The Agony and the Ecstasy of Rowing

AUTUMN 1979

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF ROWING

Volume 34, Number 3 Autumn 1979 THE FEATURES 4 THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF ROWING SHRUM Sheila Ritchie 8 THE UNIVERSITY CHAPLAINS Generalists in an Age of Specialization BOWL Eleanor Wachtel 10 THE LAST LAUGH When Simon Fraser University In Search of that Elusive Beast, Clansmen College Humor meet the UBC Thunderbirds Trevor Lautens in the United Way Charity Game 14 GEORGE VOLKOFF: Friday, October 19,1979, A Particular Kind of Genius 8 pm at Empire Stadium. Tim Padmore 17 A DEGREE OF INTEGRITY UBC will be defending the trophy won The Major Change in B.C. Education last year. Net proceeds from the game Policy that has given Degree-Granting are donated to the United Way Status to a Private College Campaign. The 1978 game drew 12,000 Murray Mc Millan fans and realized $35,000 for the United DEPARTMENTS Way. 19 NEWS 24 SPOTLIGHT Tickets: $6, $4 and $3 (students) from 30 LETTERS the Vancouver Ticket Centre. CHRONICLECLASSIFIED (A special studentrate of $2 available only through school 30 and campus sales.) - EDITOR Susan Jamieson McLarnon, BA'65 UBC supporters have seats on the west EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Christopher J. Miller (EA, Queen's) COVER PHOTO Ken Mayer side of the stadium and SFU on the east. Editorial Committee Dr. Joseph Katz, Chair; Dr. Ross Stewart, BA'46MA'48, deputy-chair; Dr. Marcia Boyd, MA'75; Geoff Hancock, Come early and attend the BFA'73, MFA'75; Michael W. Hunter, BA'63, LLB'67; Murray McMillan; Bel Nemetz, BA'35; George Plant, ALUMNI PRE-GAME BASc'50; Lorraine Shore, BA67; Nancy Woo, BA69. ADVERTISINGREPRESENTATIVES WARM-UP PARTY& Alumni Media: Vancouver (604) 688-6819 Toronto (416) 781-6957 DINNER By special arrangement this issue of the Chronicle car- 6 to 73pm, Sports IHall of Fame, B.C. ries as an insert an alumni edition of UBC Reports, the Building, PNE grounds. university administration's campuspublication. The UBC information office has responsibility for the editorial content and production of UBC Reports. The Dogwood Roomwill be serving dinner ISSN 0041-4999 cafeteria style,so plan to bring the whole Published quarterly by the Alumnl Assoclatlon of the Unlversily of Brltlsh Columbia, family. For reservations call the alumnioff ice, Vancouver, Canada. The copyrlght of all contents IS reglstered. BUSINESS AND EDITORIAL OFFICES: Cecll Green Park, 6251 Cecll Green Park Road, 228-331 .... Come, givea cheer ... Vancouver, B.C V6T 1x8. (604)-228-3313SUBSCRIPTIONS: The Alumnl 3 Chronlcle IS sent lo all alumni of the unlverslty. Non-alumnl subscrlptions are avallable at $3 a year. student subscrtptlons $1 a year ADDRESS CHANGES: Send new address wlth old address label 11 avallable, lo UBC Alumnl Records, 6251 Cecll Green Park Road, Vancouver, B C V6T 1x8. Canadian college football Return Requested. at its best.... Postage pald at the Thud Class rate Permlt No 4311 Member, Councll for the Advancement and Support of Educatlon Indexed In Canadlan Educatlon Index Sheila Ritchie

The Aaonv “Friday evening, July30, 1954 was a ~YOUG!moment for Vancouver; athletesof 24 countries marched into Empire Stadium to open the British Empire and Commonwealth Games... . What thrills the and the Ecstasy next fewdays provided. On Chilliwock’s Vedd,erCanal, the untried UBC boG!t upset mighly England in the 8-oared event. This was the beginningof a decadeof groiwing rowing achievement.” “CBC Sports- of Rowing ’ estled comfortably in thepraotective lap of Stanley Park’s Coal ]Harbor, the Vancouver Rowing Club (Van- couver’sN oldest athletic organization; established in 1886) was the early ,training groundfor LJBC oarsmen.There, with borrowed VRC equipment, trainingfacil- ity and coach Frank Read (a VRC :international rower), an inexperienced yet grizzly bunch of rowers delivered their oars tothe chilling harbor waters. The next 10 years -- th.e Frank Read era from 1950 to 1960 -- sawthe development of fledgling oarsmen into top-flight UBC crews. And to extendthe progress beyondthe collegiate season in April, Read mobilized the famousVRC-UBC combination, a pooling of collective rowing power, estab- lishing a string of international victories to include threegold and foursilver medals. Itseems somewhat ironicthat UBC rowers, by tradition,have nev’er been athletes. Many came from limited aquatic programs in the interior regions of the province andsome couldn’t even swim. “I never saw a crew from UBC with,winning ~ ~~ ~ .~~~ ~~~ potential”comments Read. “Most boys Over and down - One foot in - And built-insauna right in the heart of an came out for crew when they found they away -- Number off from the bow when iceberg.” couldn’t makeany otherteam. Ihad a ready -- Sit up - Ready - Row.” On good daysthe crew witnesed a group of boys whom I helped and guided. A morning weekday rowto Second priceless scene of splendid sunrise colors They showed up and did thework.” Narrows Bridge was typical. The punish- - golden yellow and blazing red, Canada The tearn’s successful reputation began ing 36 strokes per minute at periods from geese honking in flight, inviting brewery to attract a horde of aspiring oarsmen to one tofive minutes were interrupted only smellswafting over thewater and the the daily practices. The grueling fitness by the leisurely flick of Read’s cigar ash as changingenergy level of a city coming program -- Frank Read’s McDonald’s he followed behind in the coach boat. alive. Abdominals, soon renamed McDonald’s “On weekends we never knew how far While few oarsmen enjoyed the hard- Abominables - was a series of 16 strenu- he would push us,” recalls John Cartmel, ships .weather provided, manystill re- ous, gut-wrenchingcalisthenics which BPE ’66. “The point of no return was minisce about the beautiful memories of discouraged all but the most dedicated. Second Narrows Bridge. When Frank fi- the8-oarcd boat. To them it was the Four sets of 40 squat jumps, arms fully nally said ‘easy all’, we were grateful. But epit0m.e of the sport and, if not the only extended above the head, with a total of lookingaround, we found ourselves 50 event (others include single, double and one minute’s rest has to this day,become a feet from Port Moody’s beach - a total 36 4-oared events), itwas certainly the one in practised ritual. mile row.” which UBC specialized. “For land training we used one corner The ha1 touch to every workout was “The cohesiveness and aestheticfeeling of WarMemorial Gym,”recalls Lyle the 2,000 metre race (the standard dis- of 8 men swinging through the full. span Gately, BEd ’68,MA’71. “And because tance for all men’s events) from the CPR together, lifting the boat out of the water the sweat used to peel the varnish off the dock past the memorized landmarks - oil and flying was magnificent,” notes Bill gym floor, it had to be refinished every barges,pilings, the Royal Vancouver McKerlich, BEd’60. “People talk about year. Worse thanthat was the muscle Yacht Club. Then the wheezing cry of highs today. As far as I’m concerned, soreness. We couldn’twalk downhill “Taconite” (a yacht moored 20 strokes nothin,g has ever compared to the feeling without collapsing and one week later we from theclubhouse) echoed across the of being in that boat.” were still wallung backwards.” harbourand ushered in an exhausted PhilWebber, BCom’68, LLB’69, a Training twice daily year-round on the crew. laterrower, agrees. “It’s the totalto- water was even more rigorous.The junior Weather was never a problem; that is, getherness with nature and and the feeling and varsity crews assembled promptly at practices were never cancelled because of of eight guys gettingiton with 250 strokes 5:30 a.m. in VRC’s dark, damp changing it. Flimsy singlets and shorts were often over 2,000 metres; a symphony of wood, room where the Stanfield longjohns, stiff mean targets for cold, unrelenting winds water and humanity anda harmonic sense from salt and sweat, hung like boards and and pelting hail and rain. of the physical surroundings with mind the incoming tide used to rise above the DonArnold, BPE ’62, remembers and soul.” narrowly-spaced flooring. breaking a skiff of ice to clear the theshell The mastery of such an intricate skill After lighting a coal stove to warm the past Coal Harbour. And for Lyle Gately, requires the perfect orchestrationof every water supply for after-practice showers, the memoryremains clear. “From the instrument - blade catch, pull and re- the coxswain directed the team to the dry-bow of the longboat, looking down the covery - a cloning of every oar’s move- ing room tomanoeuvre the shell, a reluc- backs of the men, bent and rasping over ment in time to a finely tuned machine. tant 16 foot centipede, to thewater’s edge. their oa:rs from fatigue, I can still see the The frustration of coordinating all oars “Above heads - Up - Inside grips - steam rising as the snow falls. It was a withthe shell’s precarious balance and .-” ”,.. -.*?IPL, . ” w .__-

- .~“ ., Whatever theelements of awinning number of alumni whohave been in- crew,the initial success story for UBC volved inthe UBC program since 1960 rowers has muchto do with coaching. (when Frank Read retiredfrom coach- Manyoarsmen believe Frank Read was ing).Whether as referees, assistants or ahead of histime as acoach bothin coaches, they continue to contribute their strategies and in thepsychology of sport. time and expertise to the success of UBC maximizing the run of the boat (space be- If notthe instigator, certainly he im- crews. tween the last stroke and thenew one) was plemented many techniques before they RodBell-Irving, BSc’73, alumni borne out by miles of fatigue and mental becamevogue. For example,UBC oarsman and 1979 men’steam coach looks andphysical preparation. One-eighth coaches are still using binder twine run- forward to continuing theUBC tradition. inch mahogany shells the consistency of a ning the lengthof the shell (a quarter-inch “UBC offers anexcellent, concise and match box occasionally broke in half or outsidethe ear) to stop unnecessary challenging program in terms of on-land/ were swamped by the wake of passing movement of rowers’ heads; fatigue bar- in-water training and competitive expo- tugboatswhich chugged toward the riers and peaking during a performance sureto other teams,” he says proudly. bridge. Withhalf the crew bailing and the are now coaching took of the trade. Read “And with many practices now at Bur- remainder rowing, power took a back seat once ordered an oarsman to “break that naby Lake, a ratedVisa Class “A” course, tosurvival. And infrequent capsizes, oar” so that hewould apply a proper work we have some exceptional training oppor- thoughshort-lived, werelong remem- force through the water. tunities.” bered. “We’d do anything for Read,” laughs On-land sessions from October to the Whenbackside blisters the size of JohnCartmel. “That rower broketwo end of Aprilinclude strenuous weight strawberrieschafe against wet, salted 14-pound oars, one right after the other.”exercises, distance runs averaging 40 shorts, blood poisoning and staph infec- Frank Read’s philosophy was directed miles per week and exhausting rows on tion become of major concern. Scraping toward people, not rowers; individual de- weekends at the lake. In April crewsrow oar handles against thighs and knees with velopment became more important than twice each day - 16 kilometresin the bruised, cut hands(which weren’t allowed winning,though medals were always morning and20 kilometres in the evening. to be bandaged) ensures a bloody initia- cherished. Adds Read, affectionately, “I Both typesof training emphasize pacing,a tion and certainlyslows progress. Rowers cracked abig whip; I made thoseboys dig rhythm, speedwork and endurance exert- could lose up to 10 pounds in a practice right down inside andsee what was there. ing fully over periods up to six and one- from dehydration, acondition which And I think I instilled a desire in many of half minutes (the estimated race time for waned an oarsman’s energy and upsethis them to go after what they wanted in life. the 8-oared event). sense of balance in theshell. Through Surely, thisis what teaching is all about.” “It’s difficult to communicate anun- ineffective handling,an oar might then The appeal of rowing seems to go well derstanding of what the dedication is all “catcha crab” (enter the water atthe beyond the physical skills, the condition- about,” notes Bell-Irving. “The only con- wrong angle), orbiting a surprised rower ing, fellowship, co-operation and trust in sideration is totalcommitment to the out of the boat. every crew memberfor a good result. sport in order to rise to such a level of Don Arnold, stroke of the “Cinderella David Helliwell, BA’57, regards rowing expertise.While most athletespeak in 4,” was part of the championshipcrew “asthe best learningexperience I ever their early twenties, oarsmen don’t ma- which set an unofficial world record at the had. It made me realize that there are no ture until their late twentiesor early thir- 1956 Olympics inMelbourne. “We did limits to what I can do.” ties - after thousands of miles of rowing well due to guts and determination more “I’ve applied what I learned in rowing experience.Traditionally, rowers are than style,” he noteswith conviction. “Af- to every day life,” adds George Hunger- graduates, are working and/or are married ter the first 200 metres the pain becomes ford, BA ’65, LLB ’68, an Olympic gold by this time. Theseresponsibilities can be unbearable. Legs burn and a numbness medalistwith pairs partner Roger very distracting. While this might apply sets in until the1500 mark. Thenit’s just a Jackson, MPE ’67. “To go beyond your to other sports, I can’t see a majority of matter of mind over body to finish the capabilities,to set goals andcomplete alumni athletes committing themselves to race.With every crew in suchsuperb them successfully, gives a person a real the same kind of training routine.” physical condition, the group which wins sense of accomplishment.” John Richardson, LLB ’71,34-year old hasto have the best combination of The gratefulness of many oarsmenfor a stroke of the 1980 Pan Am Games VRC- technique and attitude.” lesson well learned is evidenced by the UBC crew is acase in point. Rowing since 6 Chronicleiilurumn 1979 ~ ~~~~~~

1963, he is somewhat “addictedto the the Canadian team andthere’s no question push themselves at 70 to 80 percent effort sport” because of its challenge and com- that UBC oarsmen have a decided advan- forone and one-half hours and tryto radeship. However, he recognizes that the tage over eastern rowers who hope to be maintain a heart rate between140 and 160 training and self-discipline are brutal and selected.Adds Bell-Irving, “onpaper, beats per minute. because of family commitments considers this isn’t the university function, but in Battersby cautions one of the rowers. 1980 to be his last year. realit!?it’s exactly what happens.This “You’re working too hard at 170. Knock As usual the sacrifice, dedication and year there will be a migration of rowers to your power by 10 percent.” punishment have paid off again in recent the west coast and Vancouver will be the With six novice rowers in the Varsity months.UBC and VRC-UBC crews centre of rowing activity for both men and 8-boat, Battersby boasts the best Junior proved that they can compete on equal women.” collegiate women’s crew in Canada and terms with some of the topAmerican row- Establishedin September 1976, the “probably the best Senior 8.” The rowers ing artillery. At the Nile Regatta last De- UBC women’s crew is a dedicated group in this shell average 160 pounds and are cember, .the UBC Invitational in March, whose newly-acquired credits are fast ap- six feet tall, many with as little as 13 per- the San Iliego Crew Classic in April and proachingthose of the men. Not to be cent body fat. Tall, lean and lightly mus- the Pan Am Games in July the oarsmen upstaged by the long established success cled, they project grace and femininity. collected an enviable number of medals. of the UBC oarsmen,the women are Inside the shell, their unfaltering rhythm At theCanadian Championships in goal-c’riented and, judging from anim- is maintained by an efficient and power- Welland, Ontario, the Canadian Henley pressive number of victories since 1976, fully coordinated effort. in St. Catharine’s (the biggest club regatta deserve tobe taken seriously. Thisyear at “That’sright.,” prompts Battersby. in the world), and the World Champion- the Western Sprints in May at Los Gatos, “Fin:.sh off the stroke. Work the handle ships in :Bled, Yugoslavia later this year California against some of the top-flight round and take it to the tape. Use those they are considered among the top con- American crews, they became the West- legs now. Don’t slip the clutch.” tenders. ern IntercollegiateRowing champions. His pride inan relatively inexperienced But regardless of the power of the 1979 And at the NorthWest Women’s Regional crewis obvious. He predictsthat “wo- team(averaging over 6 feet and 200 in Seattle, the Junior 8 captured the gold men’s rowing will be oneof the most com- pounds), coach Bell-Irvingintends to and the Senior 8 (Varsity shell) squeezed petitive sports UBC has ever seen.” stalk campus during registration to recruitthe silver. (All women’s crews race 1,000 CathyGirvan, a third-year physical the biggest and tallest rowing potential he metres and are clas,sified as Junior until educationstudent, believes there’s a can find. they win a Junior event or qualify for the strong future in rowing for many of her “Given that a taller athlete has an ap- national team.) team mates. “The basic motor mechanics propriate attitude, which isn’t always the A hard-drivingtraining program can be mastered in a month,” sh.e says. case, his stroke (the lengthwith which he schedules land work five days a week from “But thefinesse of the sport takesyears to can put the blade into the water) will be Septemberuntil the end of February. develop. We all have aspirations for 1980 longer. That’s not to say a comparatively Calisthenics, jogging and weight work are and our goals go well beyond the collegiate shorter man can’t make a boat,”he points routine andweekends are devoted to rows regattas we row in.” out. “But, in most cases, that’s a faster at Burnaby Lake andCoal Harbour. After Addsteam captain Diana Harris, in shell.” Marchthe twice-daily water workouts fifth-year education, “the beauty ofateam Since 1972, the national team has con- combine long distance rows using inter- sport like rowing is that there areno stars sisted of individuals(not club crews) val, fartlek(a variation in heart and stroke in an eight.The final outcome depends on selected to attendthe national training rate) and tempo (overspeed) techniques. the ej’forts of a cooperative crew. Andit’s camp. A majority of these oarsmen con- At an early morning practice on Bur- nice IOknow that when I graduate, I can tinue to be UBC athletes. naby Lake, coach Glen Battersby, BASc conti:lue to get in on theaction by rowing John Gjervan, a third-year commerce ’71, corrects technique as the crew paces for VRC.” student recognizes the advantage of west throug,h a fatiguing 16 kilometres (eight Thecombined VRC-UBC effort has coast training and he hopes to be a part of lengths of the lake). main1:ained an enviable standard of excel- the 1980Moscow crew. “I haven’t been “That was only 20 strokes per minute,” lence in UBC open events and has guaran- rowing very long,” commentsGjervan, barks Battersby from the coach boat after teed a vital west coast rowing base for the “so my ultimate goal is the 1984 Olym- looking at his stop watch. “Take it up to future. Both groups have a good thing pics.” 24 .” going. After 25 years, the marriage can To make the national team in an Olym- As the shell turns for a repeat perfor- only get better. 0 pic year, the competition willbe fierce. mance, every rower checks her heart rate ” The University Varsity program, VRC to ensure that the aerobic training is on Sheila Ritchie, BPE ’72, teaches school and Burnaby Lake clubs act as feeders to target. At this enduranceworkout athletes in the winter and writes in the summer. Eleanor Wachtel

hat’s been characterized as “loit- ering with intent,” provides 24 W hour-a-day service, and seldom wears black? The man from Glad? A post box? The Wreck Beach Flasher? No, the answer is campus chaplains. What’s more, none would be shocked by such aglib description. Contrary to the prevalent notion of men of the cloth as fusty, other-worldly figures who preside over life’s serious rituals of birth, marriage and death, UBC ministers are variously women, political activists,enthusiastic scholars, health food aficionados, pinch- hit plumbers, teachers-people, in short. However, despitetheir diversity of in- terests, ideologies and aptitudes, several features unite them andset them apartas a group. All sharea concern with value, display asurprising flexibility, anden- courageself-questioning. “The un- examined life is not worth living.” Soc- rates’ words echo from the borders of the campus. The University of BritishColumbia, without historical roots entwining church and college, has adoptedan essentially Americanmodel of theseparation of church and state. The university is secu- lar,but accommodates the presence of church-sponsored clergy at its perimeter. “Chaplainsare on the fringe of the university-both figurativelyand literally,’’ agrees Don Johnson of the Luthe- ran Campus Centre, low-lying a sprawling building at 10th Avenue and Wesbrook. At theUniversity of Western Ontario, campus clergy are supplied with a suiteof offices;at Simon Fraser University, they’re given a single office; UBC regards them with benign neglect. “We exist in a kind of limbo,” puns another. ToGeorge Hermanson, BA ’64, of theAnglican- United Church Campus Ministry, “Mar- ginality means you can ask questions that no one else can, but it also means that you’re not necessarily heard.” Is there a prophet in the house? Things used to be even tougher. The first minister on campus and the longest- servingchaplain in Canada, John Ross came to UBC 22 years ago. “Everyone wanted to know what I was doing here. Did the church regard the universityas an area to be missionized? Being Presbyte- rian, I generated the image of Calvin and the Calvinist ethic; and also as a Presbyte- rian, it was such a small denomination in semblies of Canada,“we used to meet concerns-they are real and often deep.A the West that I was a nobody, a mouse that regularly and pray together.” Geraldine certain hopelessness, a despair about the might try to roar.”Ross’ major role was as Fordyce, MSW’73, works with Gerard as future is discerned. It’s a frustration that an apologist, trying to justify the place of executivesecretary of thePentecostal leads to destructiveness anda packed pub religion on campus andmore broadly, ina UBC chaplaincy. every night of the week. So recreation secularworld. Now he finds greater Campusministries are accessible to alternatives are provided by all chaplain- openness toa variety of viewpoints. “I’m a inter-denominationalnon-and ciesand their student-run clubs. The translator, a bridge between the univer- denominationalclientele. “We are not Lutheran Campus Centre, St.Mark’s Col- sity and theology.” here to protect the faithof the students,” lege (Newman Centre), andHillel provide The last few years especially have seen emphasizes Hermanson. And while once a physicalarena for social activities, something of a return to the fold. Along they mayhave been perceived as a kind of speakers, small libraries, snacks, and so with today’s neo-conservatism is a greater refuge for the lonely undergrad, a home on. Student Union Building is utilized for acceptance of establishment institutions away from home, by the late ’60s there group activities, and for coffee-cup coun- like the church. Where a decade ago a was a shift in focus andthe university selling. solitary undergraduate might attend the itself was being called to a proper voca- On such a large campus, where faculty Lutheran Sunday service, today the 90- tion. To varying degrees, chaplains still in a single department may barely know seat chapel is jammed anda double service view that as part of their role: raising ques- each other, the impact of a chaplain may planned. Yet few chaplains are heartened tions. Last spring a seminar on bioethics be hard to measure. (Don Johnsonwould by increased attendance alone. Religion was held; this winter there will be an in- like to see the campus carved into imagi- has become privatized;for many, it is ternational conference ontheological pro- narysections that each chaplainwould enoughto attend services withoutany cess and the aesthetics of Alfred North then concentrate on to make contacts.) further involvement. Whitehead. Ross is currently completing Operatingin a multiplicity of roles, “This return toreligion, a turn towards a book on theology and technology. oftentheir influence isconveyed dif- dogmatism is a passingerror,” notes Formalcounselling occupies a rela- fusely. Ernest Runions isalso principal of Rabbi Daniel Siegel. “I’m not so excited tively minor place in thechaplain’s reper- the Baptist residentialcollege, Carey Hall; when a lot of kids become Orthodox.” toire. Here the problems raised by stu- John Ross is also dean of residence at St. Siegel, Hermanson, and Johnson are un- dents are the same as ever: disorientation Andrew’s Hall. With two pipe wrenches repentant children of the ’60s. Social ac- on a large, anonymous campus; the crises lying on a table beside Ten Faces of the tivism was a vehicle-often ahead of or of unwanted pregnancy, drug reaction or Universe in Ross’ office, there’s an attempt impatient with its time-for expressing suicidal depression; concern with career tointegrate the physical, social and concern about others, a consciousness of choice-finding a job that will be mean- spiritual. world problems. But even Neil Kelly of ingful; questions about personal relation- In an age of increasing specialization, St. Mark’s College, a gentle, older pre- ships, although “marriage counselling” is the chaplain is a generalist: neither coun- sence, acknowledgesthat today’s students now frequently for couples just living to- sellornor teacher, clergyman nor ad- are looking for an established orthodoxy gether,and questions of religious ministrator, but all. “I thinkof myself as a witheverything settled, “an active identity-brought by people who feel a professional humanbeing,” states Rev. spiritual life in a narrow sense. They see sense of religion but aren’t comfortable or Ross. In a time of frenzied activity, jof- the priestas one whose job is to put things sufficiently familiar with the faithof their ging escapism, the chaplain simply is. I in place definitively, though neverI did.” family. Some have experienced religious spend my time being,” FatherKelly adds. Rosstoo finds a greaterpragmatism involvement-evangelical movements- “Aspiritual lifestyle,” concurs Rabbi nowadays. Personalpolitics (of dating and but need a “mainlinechurch” to make Siegel, “means thatyou get a huge amount marriage) have replaced more metaphysi- sense of it for them, to add substance. of satisfaction just from being rather than cal questions. He’s not displeased when a More of the counselling occurs infor- doing.” No wonder they’re an enigma to student barges into his office, flops into mally, inconversation, simply because the rest of us. Chaplains are free spirits, the big easychair, and demands, “Whatis the ministers make themselves available. theexact opposite of thestereotypic life all about?” Without hesitation, Ross And that is important because many can- “church-man.’’ They straddle artificially replies, “It’s aboutstudents who come not frame their questions. Siegel observes raised borders and disciplines. into my office and ask what life is about. that frequently students’most basic prob- If the university matrix is indeed the We offer process, continuing discussion, lemgoes completely unrecognized by primary value-creating mechanism in soc- not final answers.” them:their shallowness, “a narrowness iety today-leaders inpolitics, science Chaplains see as their constituency not which is a reflection of the times.” If they and arts, are shaped here-the chaplain’s just students, but the whole university- articulatean interest in student rights, role c;an hardly be bounded. Gene Kelly faculty, staff, and interested members of Hermanson points out that isit simply an aside,about the only thing a chaplain the community. “When Margaret Fulton, expression of consumer rights, students doesn’t have to display anaptitude for MA’60, (formerdean of women,now acting as an interest group without any these daystap-dancing. is 0 president of Mount St.Vincent College in wider vision. The approachis to blend - Halifax) first came to UBC, she foundso it comfort and advice with searching ques- challenging,”describes Bernice Gerard, tioning, to encourage thought. EleanorWachtel is a Vancouver freelance BA’62, MA’67, of thePentecostal As- The chaplains don’t deny the students’ uriter and broadcaster. ChronicleiAurumn 1979 9 less, flowing joke. Especially the solemn, like Walter Scott’s: 0 what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive! -to which J.R. Pope (?-1940)added the rectitude-cracking coda: Butwhen we’ve practisedfor a while How vastly we improve our style! These things may, or then again may not, tickle us. All otherdistinctions - irst: What, then, is humor? Wit,Irony, Satire, Existential Pornog- Intrepid explorer We pause for a jillion years’ reflec- raphy,Proselytizing Vegetarianism, tion. Reptilian man drowning in the Politicians - are mereacademic conceits, Trevor Lautens Fmud of the oozozoic age seizes a twig. literally fit only for the studyof academics “Clutching at straws,” hoots a fellow re- or, usually with disastrously unfunny re- invades a jungle ptilian man, slapping wherehis knee will sults, humorists outof humor. eventually form and becoming the first We have learned nothing. Let us stand closer. humorist.Maurice Baring (unjustly neg- of old Ubysseys lected English novelist) recalling a visitor Ahyes, humor, subspecies college to the family home who “made jokes so humor. Whither? Whence? Wherefore? in search of quietlythat you overheardthem rather There is an indefatigable human im- than heard them” and who, after going pulse to necrophilia. To mourn the pas- duck hunting, was asked if he had shot sing of. Men were men then, cloth was that elusivebeast, ” any: “Noteven a mallard imaginaire,” was cloth, ice cream and maidens were purer, College Humor. his answer, to the uproarious delight of Rome isn’t the same as it used to be (and, .04 per cent of mankind, or fewer if in- as someone said, never was).An irony- cludinguniversity graduates. TheTwo mongerdiscovered years agothat even Ronnies: “A woman streaker ran through nostalgia isn’t the same as it used to be, a nightclub in Leedslast night, until she and by the way, why did theworld have to wasseized by thebouncers.” Oscar wait for me to remark: Who hasa greater Wilde: “Forgive your enemies, nothing need of change than the nostalgist? annoys them so much.” Erica Jong: “The Thus when asked to limn that staple world is a predatory place. Eat faster!” question of college publications,What Jack Benny. Erma Bombeck. Cook and Ever Happened to College Humor? your Moore.Charlie Chaplin. Doonesbury. limner experienced two simultaneous im- MontyThingummee. Reader’sDigest. pluses. One, to organize a search party. Your old mother’s one funnyline. Father. Two, to save a lot of bother and enjoy a Everything that happens- life’s chapter- good old deadline-stretcher, one of the 10 ChronicleiAurumn 1979 few genuine epiphanies of journalism, by lack of a sense of humor, as S. Leacock asking someone who has been there. remarked. This unquenchable font couldonly be Mr. F. having written the article for me, Mr. Allan Fotheringham, husband of the I was ready to sink into an overstuffed sometime Vancouver Courier columnist chair, let the royalties pour in, and maybe Sallye Delbridge Fotheringham. He, one turn the whole thing into a musical. But, felt, could state precisely when the Golden uncharacteristically,the ancient jour- Age of College Humor, species Ubyssey , nalistic impulse toinaction left my curios- was on its knobbled legs. ity unpiqued. Why go? Because it’s ru- Mr. Fotheringham, claiming a 20 per mored tobe there. Still I resisted.But cent finder’s fee, which is still cheapcom- when a department storeheld a sale of pith pared with the cost of the pith helmets and helmetsand insect repellant, I saw the insect repellant required for a full-scale hand of God in it. search of The Ubyssey underbrush, made Thus armed with the rich troveof Mr. oath and said: F.’s recollections, I have swacked my way “The Golden Ageof Ubyssey humor clear back to 1917 when the avatarof The is.. .” Ubyssey firstappeared. This progenitor (Pure word magic so far). was quaintly called The Ubicee. (Though “. . .Himie Koshevoy presumably was even it - Vol. 1, No. 3 - had ancestors. alive duringthe mother lode. He once Vol. 1, No. 1 in the year 1916 was called wrote apiece for a 25th anniversary Ubys- Anon. Its successor the following January sey wondering why no giggles any more. was entitled Anonymous. With parentage “I didtoo at some later anniversary like that, we see little defence to the per- issue under, I think, Mike Hunter.” Mr. ennial charge thatThe Ubyssey has always Fotheringhamthen goes on verblessly, been run by a bunch of bastards.) apparentlyan addition to the humor The editor of TheUbicee was C.P. catalogue: “Mr. Justice Nathan Nemetz Munday, Arts ’18, and under his suze- as sportseditor under S. Keate.” (The rainty the first identifiable shard of cam- irreplaceable retired publisherof the Vun- pus humorin these parts appeared. It comer Sun, J. Stuart Keate, baseball fan bearsthe pseudonymMordax Cynicus, and career Libra). and its title is The Awts Dawnse, or The Tears seem to have smudged what fol- Sophistication of a Freshman. Harken to lows: “From what little I know, the Gol- the words that began the wealthy tradition den Age was just preceding the war and of humor at UBC: “I was just going up just after, that being the extended tenure stairs when Dink appeared, clapped me of [Eric] Nicol as Jabez - the funniest on the back, andexclaimed: ‘Well, AI, old stuff I have ever read this side of Max boy, are you going to the Awts Dawnse Shulman. Thereis a memorial plague[sic, to-night?’’’ sic, sic!] to Jabez raised by his grateful We are not, perhaps, amused, or ex- contemporaries.” (This harmless slip of pectingto be. Maybe it’s theethnic the third digit occasioned a typical weak humor. But we shouldn’tbe surprised. note from this reporter to Mr. F.: “How Yardsticks don’t comelong enough to unfortunate that the plaguewasn’t catch- measureeven thedistance between the ing. ”) Allens - Fred andWoody - and already “Littleknown,” Mr. Fotheringham some aficionados are muttering that the continues, mentally fondling his 20 per latter’s Golden Age has been sold off. And cent, “is that at the same time, vying for at around $300 an ounce, why not. Fresh popularitywith Nicol as thesupreme intoour explorations, we have already humor columnist, was one Les Bewley.” found that humor is the Baked Alaska of (As in “Here come de judge,” a splendid writing. Don’t expect it to keeptill tomor- example of the vanishing whims of humor row. But give Mr. Cynicus his due. He that ages unborn will frown at in puzzle- amused,he momentarily relieved pain ment.) (what higher good can the cap-and-bells “[Pierre]Berton, a maniac, figures man aspire to?), and I thinkI will steal his largely in stunts and things but not so line, “I graduated at the head of my class much written humor, if Iam correct. (the other student failed).” Still, nothing He composed the infamous pub board inthat seminal issue seemed quite as song, suitably obscene, that attracted so whimsical as the ad for suits at $25 from manyawe-struck freshettes (and Sandy Tom the Tailor. Ross) to the pub board. By 1919 humor’s cracked chalice was “The Golden Age was, of course, the borne by a column first called Deer Jane era of Foth(campus chaff) andChuck - Joe, then Deer Mertel- Joe, using the Coon, whose colyum was Up a Tree,if you time-stained gimmickof an illiterate’s let- can believe it. ter to his lady love. (A hilarious variation, “Sandy (who hassince done everything by the way, was Allen Coren’s purported do-able in journalism out of Toronto) in- letters from Idi Aminin Punch magazine a troduced the banjoage, about the timeof few years ago, which ceased aboutthe thefolk-singing Kingston Trio. Then time thatAmin became too murderous for came a clutch of terribly serious, earnest laughs. Yet one would hesitateto look types” - across whose names we draw a back even that short time lest the fun has veil, largely in order to forestall legal ac- vanished, the kneegoes unslapped.) tion. No one can abide the accusation of In theearly 1920s the funny stuff ran in ChronicleiAutumn 1979 11 hint. It quite properly went on with its up, may be - critics, especially mean, perishablefun, being no wiser thanits physical ones, will note the qualification age, orours. By 1934 it wasjoined by - the best of all time. Under the editor- another column, Dirt and Digs From the ship of Jack Margeson, the paper looked Campus Garbage Can, which apparently more professional by far than for years on wasgiven torunning sly gossipy jibes, either side of the period. And a numberof such as (under What PeopleAre Saying): its staff, besides Nicol and Keatley, went “StuKeate: Nancy has ‘Perley’ teeth.” onto impressively lose theiramateur Ahhhhaaa! perhaps.Around that time status: Lionel Salt, Lister Sinclair, Dor- Nancy Miles wrote a bright,light column win Baird, and of course Pierre Berton. that nevertheless didn’t quite qualify as (Boy, did Pierre lose his amateur status.) humor. Nothing as amusing as the photo But humor ... Jabez ... ah, there was of the young Alex MacDonald, future at- theOriginal Tickle. To quote a little torney general, that ran on the frontpage wouldbe like eating peanuts - you of the Nov. 2, 1937 issue. couldn’t stop. It moved (the simile may Something vaguely recognizable as the not impress you)as lightly as one of those modern era (anarbitrary call that I spiderywaterbugs across the surface of wouldn’t care to defend) began in the late college life. There you had not so much 1930s with the long-runshaggy-dog serial college humor as humorfrom college. Chang Suey, the epitomeof collegehumor How quickly Mr. Nicol found his mature of a certain genre, a phraseso stuffy I will style - or perhaps, hewould indignantly pretendit was writtenin by the copy retort, immaturestyle. For it’s The Boy in anitems column called Muck-a-Muck. editor. It very likely was amusing. One us that’s the basis of humor isn’t it? (Or, to Example:“Advice toFreshmen: Feed can only guess. avoid sexism, The Boy That Girls Havein your baby sister garlic so you can find her Ah, but then, but then, Mr. Fothering- Them Too.) The top hat and thesnowball in the dark.” Uh-huh. This column lived ham’s stained map in hand, we find El- and the banana peel. Some forms of writ- onunder the rubric Straw from the dorado. Thisis the age so dominated by a ingarc thundering gods on thrones, Stacks. By 1925 it had shrivelled in the single fine hand that it merits the name theothers are the last day of the circus, still guise of More or Less Jokes.A year later it Age of Jabez. others are the stone that must be pushed sankwith the ashamed alias Kampus Jabez was of course Eric Nicol, but the up the slope. But of all written devices, Krax. most ruthless scholarshipcan turn uponly isn’t humorthe pet frog andpolka-dot In the late1920s it insisted on resurrect- one Ubyssey story that actually bore that kerchief on the endof a stick? ing under the tag Muck-a-Muck again. byline. Possibly it wasn’t ruthless enough. Stay. Stop. Halt. Awetez. We came not Coleman: “Aren’t you wild about bathing The scholarship,not the story. In any to analyze or dissect; already we have kept beauties?” Pretty: “I don’t know, I never event, it was as Jabez, author of the col- you here too long. We came to worship, bathed one.” Yuk, yuk. umn The Mummery, that Mr. Nicol lay and, here in the mouldering volumes, to A goon issue was produced in 1930 with the foundation of his distinguished career allow ourselves a frou-frou of tenderness the titleThe Doyussey.It had all the typog- as Canada’s premier humorist of the day, for that brilliant copy of 40 years ago. We raphical trick and in-jokes of the breed, three-time winner of the Leacock medal came not only to praise the laugh-maker doubtlessmirth-provoking at the time. for humor, playwright, columnist ... but but to imagine thelaughees, the boys and We remained unmoved. So, apparently, we are getting stuffy again. girls of laughter of those retreating days. was at least one member of the contem- As advertised, it’s true that Jabez stimu- We came for the communism of human poraryaudience, Prof. F.G.C. Wood, lated his rivals. We were not prepared for fun. whose nameliveth. Said Freddyin a a Les Bewley, for instance, quite as light- But it would not do to end our journey critique of the paper: “My personal opin- heartedly amusing as he was. (Nor for a on this gentle,minor key. Life is allegedly ion of the Muck Page is that it is an un- column by Pat Keatley, long-time writer real.Returning from this hallowed happy reflection of the mental in-alertness for London’s Guardian anda familiar ground, we ran into Mr. Vaughn Palmer, of a large portion of the student body. voice from London on CBC radio, under Ubyssey editor 1972-73 who with crushing Much of it is strained, and of the level of the curious title of Eating Fruit Salad.) cheerfulness said: comic strips in the daily paper.” These Ubysseys of the early 1940s, be- “The Golden Age of Humor? Thatwas TheMuck-a-Muck did not take the fore and around the time the war hotted Jim Davies and Allan Doree and Shane McCune andRyan Geddesand Paul Knox and Michael Finlay and Leslie Plommer and the infamous parody of Easter in the 1959 goon issue and the fake story that I[CAREER CHANGE? DeepThroat was shown atthe faculty club and the take-off on a government Make it a reality have a anti-drug ad campaign showing W.A.C. Bennett as a pusher. Professional Resume “Most of it had passed,” he added, “by the time I was there.” signed and produced by experts Autres temps, autres moeurs. I sat down and fanned myself with the pith helmet 68819886 anddrank theinsect repellant. 0 Call now for an appointment A bewildering array of UBC degrees and credit lines can be claimed by those mentioned in this article, with the possible exception of Baring,Benny, Chaplin, Doonesbury & 900 Hastings St., 9th W. Floor Co.... Researcher Lautens, an editor of the Vancouver Sun, is a former member of the Chronicle editorial committee. 12 ChroniclelAutumn 1979 when you'give him a break: George Volkoff: A Particular Kind of Genius

travellingthrough Russia recruiting Shrum came along. “Hewas as colorful as Tim Padmore people to settle CPR land on the Prairies he is now,big and loud and funny. WhenI who showed Volkoffs father, an engineer- got 100 per cent in my first mid-term, he or a bright young physicist, 1936 was ing professor and principal of the Rostov called me over and said, ‘Well Volkoff, an exciting time. The deepest struc- Polytechnic Institute, the way to a haven what are you going to be studying next ture of matter was unfoldingand for his family. “From the pointof view of year?”’ There wasn’t much doubt about withthe new understandingcame the the CPR,we were to be farmers. From the the answer, once Shrum got going, andit promise of new wealth and powerfor point of view of Russia, we were koman- was an influence Volkoff doesn’t regret. mankind. dirovka on an official mission -- to study Momentous discoveries about the atom George Volkoff was 22, the top of his irrigation techniques.” The family landed and its nucleus were popping out of the class at the Universityof B.C., and hewas in Quebec City, made their way to Win- world’s laboratories andelectrifying class- off to study nuclear physics in California nipeg, where “tales of enduring a Win- rooms. “To have participated in the de- with the brilliant Robert Oppenheimer. nipeg winter scared even a Russian,” and velopment of nuclear physics was some- Inhis pocket, his shiny certificate of then on to Vancouver. thing that happensonly once. There was a Canadiancitizenship, behind him, the Volkoff showed mestamps from the time way back when fire was discovered turbulence of the revolution that cast him collection he smuggled, quaking, out of and this was a second kind of fire.” on Canada’s shores, and ahead of him.. . . Russia. His billowing greatcoat also con- He took his excitementto California Aheadwere things no onecould cealedother family treasures,some of andrubbed shoulders with men who foresee. Nuclear energy would bring vic- which would be sold later to support the would later win Nobel prizes. With Op- tory,and tragedy. It would bringun- family in Canada, for the senior Volkoffs penheimer,he developed the theory of looked for benefits, too, bpt the peaceful struggleto establish himself as anen- neutron stars, 30 years before they were nuclearplowshare would be stained gineer was unsuccessful. discovered pulsing the message of their forever with the imageof Hiroshima. The “We lived mostly on selling mother’s superdense hearts in powerful bursts of young physicist would enjoy success and linen and jewelry. I sold newspapers - I radio waves. revel in the excitementof the time.But he remembercalling ‘Extry, extry, Volkoffwas scarcely back at UBC, a would discover that he would never be a LindberghFlies the Atlantic. Read all professor now, just married to his under- great physicist. A time would come when about it’ - and I bought myself a bicycle graduate sweetheart, when Shrum got a he would stop being a physicist at all - a and loaned money to my father.” Hot cryptic message from Ottawa: Would he time when he realized he could create dogs and baseball supplanted the revolu- release Volkoff for an important wartime monuments of another sort. tion for three years. Then his father gave project? “For the first time in my life I GeorgeMichael Volkoff retiredthis up the struggle and took his family to an travelled in a commercial airplane.. .. We year as dean of science after 45 years of academicjob in Harbin, Manchuria. had to useoxygen masks over the Rockies. association withUBC. Oneevening re- Young Volkoff thrived in the polyglot at- I had no idea why I was going. It was all cently he reminisced with The Chronicle mosphere of an American YMCA high highly exciting.” andshared some thoughts about his school withWhite Russian teacherson In Montreal, he learned why: To work career. Chinese territory. on an Allied project to build an atomic He was bornin Rostov in Southern He graduated firstin his class (as usual) bomb. He was shocked, but it was by the Russia on the eve of the first world war and it was clear to the family that, for dimension of what he was going todo, not and the Revolution. InMoscow, the fight- George, the future lay in Canada. UBC by the morality of it. “People have had ing was allover in the winterof 1917 but in wasn’t too sure about the Harbin gradua- qualms by hindsight, but I don’t know Rostov, the strugglewent on into the early tioncertificate, even withgold-medal anyonewho had qualms at the time. ’20s. Volkoffs childhood was marked by standing, and wouldn’t admit him to en- People were working in war conditions flights to the basement toescape artillery, gineering but let him into first year arts and peoplewere thinking, Who’s going to shell fragments in the laundry and back- and science. drop it first?” yard gardens to cope withfood shortages. What he wanted was to be an electrical Canada’s part in the project led by a It was a Canadian Pacific Railroad agent engineer - butthen physicist Gordon long path to the Candu reactor. Volkoff,

L 14 ChroniclelAutumn 1979 George Volkoffs last day in the dean’s chair. On the wall behind him, “my predecessor, my brother-in-law and my photographer.” as head of the theoretical nuclear physics group at Chalk River, laid a part of the path through his contributions to the design of theNRX, the country’s first energy producing reactor. Back in Van- couver in 1946, he collected an MBE and an honorary doctorate from UBC for his war work: “Sincemy work was secret, nobody knew whetherit was important or not, so they had to assume it was important,” he laughed. The joke reflects his self-doubts at the time. He’s frank about itnow: “There’s a difference between a good student and a good scientist... . All through my career I have been a diligent and successful student, winningscholarships and prizes, but there are many people on the physics staff at UBC whoare better physicists thanme, and Ireadily admitit - I brought some of them here.” He began to succeed at a different kind of challenge. With Shrum, he builtup the graduate program- the first BritishCol- umbia PhD was one of Volkoff‘s students - and in 1961 he took over as head of the physicsdepartment, which Shrum had nurtured from three to 25 faculty members. That total had doubled when Volkoff acceptedthe invitation to take over as dean of science. “It just sort of fitted very well. I developed as UBC did.” Building up Chalk River. Building up the university. Building up the $30 million Triumf nuclear facility. Those were the things, it emerged, that he had a genius for. Take Triumf, forexample: A long-term friendship with thechairman of the board of governors, Nathan Nemetz,was crucial in getting UBC’s go ahead. “Some of the most important decisions about Triurnf werereached in Nemetz’ swimming pool.. .. My contribution was that business of building a bridge between the UBC hierarchy and the scientists.” “Administrative monuments” he calls these things. That evening therewas another kindof monumenthe was just asproud of. A family of UBC grads: Wife Olga, BA’33, MA’35, sister of another UBCscience dean,Vladimir Okulitch, daughters Elizabeth, BA’68, Olga and Alex, BA’71, and, perhaps a future grad, infant grand- son David, entrusted to the grandparents for the first time that evening. It’s important, said Volkoff, to understand what contributions one can make, whether they are as modest as a nuclear accelerator orasmagnificent as anew life.0

A lapsedphysicist, TimPadmore, BA’6S (PhD, Stanford) wn’tes on science for the Vancouver Sun.

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Published as a supplement to the UBC Alumni Chronicle by In- formationServicts, University of B.C.,2075 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, B.C. ’V6T 1W5. No. 10, Autumn, 1979. Jim Banham and Judith Walkcr, editors.

1979hternational A UBC law teacher karof the Child says legislation ABOUT THIS ISSUE ‘This issue of UBC Reports, like dealing with children past autumn issues which have appeared as an insert inthe UBC needs an overhaul. Alumni Chronicle, is devoted to a See page 6. single subject. Our topic this year is UBC research and ideas about children, wh.a are in the limelight as a result of the United Nations declaration of 1979 as the International Year UBC architecture of the Child. Because of space limitations, we students have been in have been able to deal only with a small fraction of the total number Greece to prepare plans of projects by UBC faculty for A,thens playgrounds. members that bear on theworld of the child. See page 2. We have chosen to describe the research and ideas of faculty members who represent many faculties, schools and departments of the University to indicate that concern about young people is not confined to obvious areas such as educationand pediatrics. Teaching and research on the subject of children is also taking place in architecture and law. We hope you enjoy the contents of this issue.We’ll be pleased to hear from readers who may have ideas for single-subject issues in the -future. 1

A UBC pediatrician A UBC expert describes 1 has spent 20 years the “golden ages” of Blind kids can studying babies of children’s literature. look after themselves. low birth weight. See page 12. See page 8. See page 4. Students give Athens a playground \ “To designplaygrounda is to some five years ago in a report which Athensand itsthree-and-a-half designspaces for life generally, in hepresented to the Greek govem- million people. Seminars were set up whichplay opportunities reveal ment. The Greek ministry of public with local historians and social scien- themselves to the playful.” works decided to implement his pro- tists so that the students would have Withthat as part of their posal as part of its contribution to the someidea ofhow theGreek society philosophy, 20 studentsfrom UBC’s International Year of the Child. Even- worked beforethey attempted to School of Architecture set out last tually, 265 streets will be closed to create a new area. Januarychangeto a plazain vehicle traffic to create play areas for Then came door-to-door interviews, downtown Athens into a playground children. accomplishedthrough translator,a and generalmeeting place for the But in the 100 days which the UBC with the people in the neighborhood neighborhood. students had in Greece, they could on- to find out what their concerns were The students would havefrom ly realistically tackle turning one area andwhat they wanted in a Januaryto mid-April to become ac- into a successful playground and com- neighborhoodarea. The residents’ quaintedwith the community, find munity place. concerns, they discovered, were dif- out what the residents wanted, design ferentfrom the concerns of the the playground, get the project plans shopkeepers, the latter being womed approved by variousgovernment Credit course about the effect on their businesses of bodies, and begin construction. That closingthe surrounding streets to was a tall order,and project co- There was little time for sightseeing vehicular traffic. Loading, service and ordinatorJohn Gaitanakis, an assis- at first forthe students, whowould garbage collection were also problem tant professor inArchitecture, gave receive half of their year’s academic issues to the shopkeepers, just as they the project a five per cent chance of credits for the project. would be at home in Canada. ever being built on the site in Athens. “It wassix weeks before they even Thesquare chosenfor renovation He needn’t have beenso pessimistic. got to the Acropolis, although we lived was, infact, a multi-purpose area. Aboutthree days before Mr. next door to it,” said John Gaitanakis With a major Athenian church abut- Gaitanakis left Athens in the spring, a who, along with Ron Walkey, was one ting one endof the plaza, it had to be local contractor was chosen by the of the two faculty members who ac- not only aplayground, but also a governmenttobegin building the companied the students. “It was that place to worship, to sit in the sun and playground and communitymeeting intensive. We went through the whole watchpassers-by, aplace to meet place. project telescoping intosix weeks what friends-in short, a place for all ages. The idea for closing off some of the sometimes takes years.” Afterthe design stagefor the streets downtownof Athensand The first two weeks of the adventure creatingplaygrounds and pedestrian was spent totally immersingthe Continued on page 14 plazascame from Mr. Gaitanakis students in the history and culture of See ATHENS

Z/UBC Reports The children of Athens play in car- chokedstreets, left, because the built-up central partof the city lacks playgrounds. From January to mid- April this year, !20 studentsfrom UBC's School of Architecture were in the Greek city preparing plans for changing a plaza, pictured at right, intoplaygrounda and general meeting place. Artist's rketch above &ow theplaza as it will appear after work, now underway, is com- pleted.Plan involved closing off street shown in picture at right.

UBC ReportdS UBC study of low birth weight babies yields exciting results

A 20-yearstudy of babies oflow extracted from a socio-economic ques- “The MBD concept is that children birth weight by a University of B.C. tionnaire. have minorabnormalities in oneor medicalresearch team is yielding By 1972, 6% years afterthe last more of these areas,” Dr. Dunn said. some exciting results that will enable child had been taken into the study, “A child with amild motor abnor- doctors to predict the problems which theresearch team had collectedan mality would be clumsy, one with sen- many of these children will encounter enormous amount of data which had sory problemsmight be unable to later in life. been stored inUBC’s computer. There drawbecause sheorhecan’t This is one of the important results were more than 40 IBM cards full of distinguishbetween, say, a diamond to emerge from the study which has information on each child. and a square, achild with intellectual preoccupied its principal, Dr. Henry As theresearchers expected, they difficulties would show some learning Dunn, professor of pediatrics in UBC’s weren’t able tofollow the development disability, and one with problemsin Faculty of Medicine, since 1959. of every child. In the low birth-weight the electrical sphere might have ab- Some 30 medical and other experts, group, 82 children or 16 per cent of normalbrain wave patternsbut no including medical research associates, the 500 babies,died in the firstfew epileptic seizures.” psychologists,neurologists, eye weeksof life. (By contrast. only one specialists,educational and childinthe normal birth-weight audiological consultants, a succession group died.) Under attack of nurse-co-ordinators,computer There was further attrition in both analystsand electroencephal- groups because many moved to other The concept of minimalbrain ographers, have been involved in the parts of the continent, although the dysfunction isnow underattack by project, which has been supported by researchteam did manage to track critics who claim that MBD symptoms ’ research grants from the Department some of themdown. Another factor are simply a grabbag of items that ex- of National Health and Welfare. that affected the numbers in the nor- plaineverything and nothing. Re- The project is yielding new insights mal birth-weight group was the fact searchers,the critics say, haveto be into thedifficulties of low birth-weight that some parents lost interest in the more specific about what is wrong childrenand confirming results study because their childrenwere pro- with a child who is hyperactive or has reported by research teams elsewhere. gressing normally. a brief attention span or who exhibits “It’s been known for some time,” In the final analysis, theresearch clumsiness,poor hearing or speech Dr. Dunn said, “that children of low team was able to follow 335, or 80 per defects. birthweight, both prematures and cent of the survivorsof low birth “One of ourmajor efforts atthe those born at term, have a higher in- weight, and 139, or 70 per cent of the moment,” Dr. Dunn said, “is to per- cidence of neurologicaldefects than children with normal birth weight. form a sub-analysis of the 61 MBD those born with normal birth weight. Inthe group of 335 low birth- children of low birth weight to deter- weight children the researchers found mine what symptomsof MBD each ex- that 140, or 42 per cent, developed hibits. Here we runinto a lot of Major defects one or more neurological problems. In overlappingbecause thosewho are all,the 140 childrenexhibited 180 clumsy often cannot read well and an defects. overactive child may exhibit psycho- “The low birth weight children have One of theinteresting findings of logical problems such as tantrums.” It a higher prevalenceof mental retarda- the studywas that the commonest pro- has also emergedfrom the research tion. cerebral palsy and epilepsy and blem encounteredamong 61, or 18 group’sstudy that mild forms of many alsohave majordefects of per cent, of the low birth-weight dysfunctioncan rarely be diagnosed speech, hearing and eyesight.” children, was acontroversial entity when the child is under 2% years of When Dr. Dunn talks about babies knownas “minimalbrain dysfunc- age and that the manifestations may of low birth weight he means a child tion,” or MBD for short. This proved change as children grow older. who atbirth weighsless than 5% to be more common than the severe “It’s not until the child reaches the pounds or 2,500 grams, which cor- defects recorded by researchers in the age of 4 or even 6% years that MBD responds to an official international past,such as mentalretardation becomes thesingle most important definition. (found in SO), cerebral palsy (in 27), problem among the low birth-weight The UBC studydealt with 600 major visual defects (in 15), hearing group,” Dr.Dunn said. “So it’svery babies born at the Vancouver General loss (in 12) and epilepsy (in 11). Important to observe how MBD symp- Hospital between 1959 and 1965 who MBD. Dr. Dunn explains, rests on toms evolve. For instance, a delay in weighed less than 4% pounds or 2,040 theconcept that the brain has four the development of speech may herald grams at birth. For purposes of com- main spheres of function - motor ac- future MBD.” parisontheresearch team also tivity, sensory perception, intelligence An important extension of the pro- followed the progress of 200 children and electrical activity. In the severest ject was a “daughter study”supervised of normal birth weight who were born cases, achild with motorproblems by Dr. Dunn between 1974 and 1977 at VGH during the same period. wouldhave cerebral palsy; one with when the low birth weight children The children in both groups were sensory problemsmight be blind or and the normal birth weight controls given an intensive series of neurologi- deaf: a child with intellectual deficits had reached the age range of 12 to 15 cal,pediatric and psychological ex- would be mentally retarded; and one years. aminations at regularintervals from with problems in the electrical sphere The researchteam managed to birth to the age of 6% when all had would beepileptic. In particularly recall 40 MBD children and matched reached school age. The children’s severe cases. a child would have more controlchildren oflow birth weight development was correlated with data than one of these deficiencies. who had beenconsidered neuro- 4/UBC Reports Two UBC medical students confer with pediatrics professor Henry Duntn in VC:H intensive care nursery logically normal at 6% years, as well neurologicalabnormalities in the stimulation and hearing aids. It would as 25 normal birth-weight controlsub- future.’ also enableearly adjustment by jects, to carry out aseries of tests show- “We think we can achieve about 80 parents to the child’s problems.” ing how children in each group had percent accuracy predictingin The huge amount of data collected developed.They found that the whetherspecifica infant will be during the study could be a gold mine earlierneurological problems of the neurologically normal at age 6% and for future researchers, Dr. Dunn MBD children hadabated con- whether he or she will be in the correct believes. “We’re only utilizing part of siderably,but psychological and grade by the third year of schooling. I it to analyze the outcome and to id’en- behavioral problems persisted. think the possibility of being able to tify the signalsthat will enable doctors “Many had overcome such thingsas predict is the most exciting part of the to predict future abnormalities. and clumsiness,” Dr. Dunn said, “but dif- study.” there are plenty of opportunities for ficulties visualin perception re- other experts to use the data we h,ave mained, forinstance copyingin amassed,” he said. shapes. In the behavioral area, there At-risk register Some of this kind of research has appeared to bediminutiona of alreadybegun, he adds. One of his overactivity andtantrums, but these Dr.Dunn said the project results colleagues, Dr. Ruth Grunau, is look- same children still often had brief at- alsosuggest the need for an “at-risk ing at early psychologicaltests per- tentionspans and tended to be im- register” of newborninfants, which formedonthe low birth weight pulsive.*’ would includechildren oflow birth children in orderto correlate these The results of the daunhter” studv weightwho were ill in the Intensive with theeducational problems en- suggest that there is a continuing need CareNursery wellasas other countered by the children in school. to follow the MBD childreninto categories,such as those whose Other associates havebeen in- adulthood in order to examine long- mothers had German measleswhile terestedin feeding patterns among term effects, Dr. Dunn said. pregnant, and those who had a brain low birth weight children. “The ques- He also believes that the results of hemorrhage a birth. tion iis whether those oflow birth thestudy will enablethe research “The establishment of sucha weight who take in a lot of calories in team to isolate a battery of the most registerunder government auspices the Eirstweek ultimately do better important 5 or 6 predictive signs out would enablepediatricians to detect than those who are starvedbecause of 120 surrounding low birth weight. defectsearly in the child’s life and they aire too weak or fragile or cannot “In other words,” he said, “we may follow them intensively. For instance, breatheproperly early in life.” said be able to say to pediatricians: ‘Here children with hearing defects, which Dr. Dunn. “It appears that an under- are six signals that you must look for in are hard to detect before six months, fed child of low birth weight may suf- a baby oflow birth weight to deter- could be identified early in life and fer braindamage through lack of minewhether the child will exhibit steps taken to help them with speech nutrients.” UBC ReportsIS UBC Lawprofessor Donald MacDougallsays he can’t understandwhy B.C. hasn’t movedimplementto new child-protectionlegislation. “It’s not an areawhere one wouldexpect that proposals would be amatter for par- tisan politics.”

Canada’s child laws 1F! .!- n” need an e 1 .Y overhaul e4

A UBC law professor says proposals “The UN declaration,”he adds, children and their rights is clearly infor a Bill of Rights for children are “a “presupposes that you are treating the adequateand needsthorough a simplistic solution to a complex pro- child as an individual, whereas in overhaul to make it moreresponsive to blem” which are likely to be ineffec- western society we assume there will be contemporary life. tive because they ignorethe impor- a very important relationship between Much of the existinglegislation that tance of the family in western society. thechild and its parents, who will affects children can be characterized Prof.Donald MacDougall, a guide and direct the child for a con- as “paternalistic,”Prof. MacDougall specialist in family law, says the 1959 siderable period of time.” says. Moreover, the legislation reflects UnitedNations’ Declaration of the The family, Prof. MacDougall con- adults’concerns rather than the in- Rights of the Child (see box), a cor- tinues, is under stress. Inideal cir- terests of children. nerstone statement marking the 1979 cumstances it provides a setting for the “One very apt comment made in International Year of theChild, is individual to reach his or her peak of really an ideal statement of childhood the report of the B.C. Royal Commis- personal developmentand fulfillment. sion on Family and Children’s Law which is important as basic a “But many families fall short of that philosophical position. (the Berger Commission) in the ideal,” he says. “We allknow situa- mid-1970s was that the existing pro- The inevitably vague and general tions where families are utter failures phraseology of the UN declaration vincial Protection of Children Act fails and there are many others that need to take into account the child’s sense would make it almost unenforceable extensivecommunity support if legally, Prof. MacDougall believes, of time. they’re to functionat T satisfactory and any meaningful Iegislation would level. The crucialquestion is:‘How “The very important decisions af- impose duties on parents and govern- fectingchildren thatcan be made are the childrenof these families to be ments which would have widespread underthe act are madeain protected?’ ” implications for the complex relation- reasonable period according to the ships between thestate, the family Prof. MacDougall believes that ex- adult’s sense of time, but after a very and the individual. isting Canadian legislation protecting considerabledelay in terms of the

6/UBC Reports child’s sense of time.”according to into 1qal contractsunder existing allowed toremain in at-risk situa- Prof. MacDougall. legislation. tions.” The B.C. royal commission recom- “Andthere are increasingoppor- He admits that gettin full and ac- mended changes in the Protection of tunities for talented young people to curate information on t1 e subject of Children Act so that lawyers,social developathletic and artistic talents childabuse is very difficult. Much workers and judges involved in a case which require them to sign legal con- child abuseatill goes undetected, even affectingchildren would have to tracts.” thoughone of the “major legal observemandatory time limits Prof. Machugall believes that breakthroughs of the lash 20 yean has designed to ensure that a child is not these are areas affectingyoung people been the establishment of child-abuse left languishing. where “the law is clearly out of touch regisltries.” It also recommended thatcourts with reality.” Prof. Machugall says majora should be able to review placements One of the areas thatmost concerns criticism of provisions requiring child made under that act. Prof. Machugall is that of child abuse to be reported is the tendency to The government has not acted on abuse. believe thatthe problemhas been the recommendations of the B.C. The provincialProtection of solved as the result of the inclusion of royal commission. However, adraft Childrea Act requiresan individual such provisions. “In effect,” he adds, family and child services bill was cir- who becomes aware of abuse to report “not a great deal has been done to culated lastyear tointerested B.C. protwtthe child from abuse unless groups and individuals. It met with a services are expanded to copewith the “negativeresponse,” Prof. Mac- increased number of reported cases.” Dougall says. Ten basic Prof. Machugall sympathizes with Since the provincial proposals were those!who are responsible for ad- circulated, says Prof.MacDougall, a rights of ministeringthe law onchild abuse. provincialelection has intervened, “It’s clear they have difficult decisions and the fate of the proposed legisla- child listed to make, but once again my concern tion remains uncertain. stemsfrom thenumber of cases of .. Here are the 10 basic rights of abuse that take placeeven after anin- thechild proclaimed by the vestigation has been conducted.” United Nations for the Interna- tional Year of the Child. 1. The right to affection,love Action needed and understanding. 2. The right toadequate nutrition and medical care. Basic reasons ’ Prof. Machugall sayshe can’t 3. Theright to protection understand why there hasn’t been against all forms of neglect, are basic reasons this, more action in B.C. to move ahead cFelty and exploitation. There two for with legislation in the child-protection he believes. “First. even thoughthe 4. The right to free education law gives the government authority to field. “It’s not anarea where one to and full opportunity for play remove a child fromsituations in would expect that proposals would be and recreation. which he orshe’s at risk, there appears a matter for p’artisan politics,” he says, 5. The right to a name and and most Canadian provinces have to be a lot of misinformation among nationality. social workers about what courta made some notable advankes in this 6. The rightto special care, .if the area, particularly Ontario, which has will ,require by way of legal evidence handicapped. before ordering a child’s removal. incorporated many of, thesuggestions 7. The right to be among the made by the B.C.royal commission “An excellent case can be made for first to receive relief in times of mom co-operation between the profes- into new legislation. disaster. Another piece of legislation, the sionall disciplines, becauselack of 8. The right to learn to be a communication is clearly one of the federalJuvenile Delinquents Act, useful member of society and to whichhasn’t been significantly problems. develop individual abilities. “A, relatedproblem,” he says, “is changedsince 1908, contains many 9. The rightto be brought up provisions that don’t adequately pro- the &ill and experience of the social in.a spirit of peace and univer- worlcers investigatingchild-abuse tect childrenand is based on the sal brotherhd. assumption thatthe juvenilejustice cases. The judgment requiredis of the 10. The right to enjoy these highest order and I can’t help but feel systemwould operate ona pater- rights regardless of race, color, nalistic basis, Rof. MacDougall says. thatthe profession hasproblems sex, religious, national or social recruitingenough people of the re- Anotherfederal act which Prof. origin. Machugall points to as being adult quired calibre.” oriented is thefederal Divorce Act, There is no lackof interest in family under which arrangements forcustody it to thesuperintendent of ,child law in UBCs law school, Prof. Mac- and maintenance of children usually welfare, who is empowered to conduct Dougall says. “Inthe mid-l960s, are determined by adults. “There is’a an investigation. many lawschools, including UBC, case to be made for a review of those “Thegeneral philosophy of the decided to put increased emphasis on arrangements and for the child to be ministry - and it’s one I can’t family and criminal law. represented at that time,” he says. disagree with - is that every effort “Since then, I think it’s fair to say Other areas of legislation that need should be made to keep the child in that most students who have passed to be looked at cloely, he says, are the the family situation.” through this lawschool have taken rights of infants to dealwith property However, he adds, “the statistics on fami:ly law, even though it’s optional. as well as contracts of employment. the numberof children who are killed Early in the 197Os, I stqrted a courae “Even though the age of majority or seriously injured even after an in- in law relating to juveniles and has dropped to’19,it’s very possible to vestigation hastaken place raiscs thou,ght I might get 10 to 20 studenta find a sharp 17- or 18-year-old who is doubts in my mindabout the ade- interested in more specialized work. quite capable of manaqng a business quacy of the res+nae; It seems to me I’ve never had less than 60 inthat but who would find it difficult to enter that too many cliildrenare being COUnK:’ Blind kids can.. . UBC team helps those who help the blind Every year, 150 or more Canadian children are born blind. Most new parents feel overwhelmed when they think of the years that lie ahead in coping with the problems of raising and educating a visually impaired child. Life has been made a little easier for this special group of parents by ateam of people closely associatedwith UBC. They’ve produced a pair of books, one for the parents of blind children and the otherfor professionals working with the visually handicapped, that are designedto be both informational and supportive. Principal authors listed The principal author of Can’t Your Child See?, the handbook forparents of blindchildren, isEileen Scott, who holdsa clinical appointment in UBC’s Department of Olphthalmology and who was for 30 years associated withthe Canadian National Institute for the Blind until she retired last year. Her associates in the production of the book for parents were Dr. James Jan, co-ordinator of neuropediatric and blind programs in Vancouver’sChildren’s Hospital Diagnostic Centre, who also holds a clinical appointment in the UBC Faculty of Medicine, and Dr. Roger Freeman, professor of psychiatry at Learn to bowl UBC. The roles of the trio were slightly rearranged for the production of Viwal Impairment in Children and Adolescents, a book designedfor professionalsworking with theblind, including doctors, teachers, neurologists, pediatricians and rehabilitation medicine specialists. Dr. Jan served as the principal author for this volume with assistance from Dr. Freeman and Miss Scott. Miss Scott, who holds a Bachelorof Social Work degree from UBC, says Can’t Your Child See? is designed to be supportive and reassuring for parents whoask questionssuch as: “Can blindchildren grow anddevelop like otherchildren?”; “Do blind people ever get married?”; “Can they work and earn aliv- ing?“; “Can they be happy?” Positive climate for growth Often, the parents of blind children are tempted to hand the child over to specially trained people who know how to educate and handle them, Miss Scott says in the preface to the book. “Perhaps it would be easier for the parents;but past experience has shown that loving, informed parents can provide a much more positive climate for growth than can any institutionfull of so-called experts.” Miss Scott says the response to the bpok, publishedby Univer- sity Park Press in Baltimore, has been very positi.ve. “I’ve had parents write to me or tell me in person that they wished they had had such a book available to them from the time their children were born,” she says. And many parents of blind children, because they’re well informed on the topic of visual impairment. also find the com- panion volumefor professionals useful andinformative, she adds. Books liberally illustrated Can ’f Your Child See? is liberally illustrated with photographs taken by the UBC Department of Biomedical Communications in the Facultyof Medicine. They’re designed toshow that blind children are capable of doing a lot of things for themselves and participating in many recreational and otheractivities like normally sighted children. A selection of the photographs used to illustrate the book appears on these pages. Play checker Paddle a canoe and learn water safety

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Pictures by UBC Department of Biomedical Communications

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UBC Reports/S Enrichment is key element in pilot project for the gifted I I Several hundred giftedB.C. children Prof. Blank saidthe gifted-children through the next level of learning how to aregetting special attention inschool projecthas been introduced inwidely use basic knowledge, which leads to classrooms this fall as the result of a scattered, large and small school districts teachingstudents how applyto provincial-governmentfunded program throughout B.C. knowledge. developed in UBC’s Faculty of Education. Prof. Blank estimates that outof B.C.’s “The gifted child,” Prof.Blank said, Prof. Stanley Blank, a UBC graduate total school population of just over “has the ability to go beyond the level of and a 13-year member of the UBC facul- 500,000 pupils more than 50,000 could knowledge application. He or she is able ty, is the co-ordinator of an enrichment be described as gifted. “The definition of toanalyse, to look forcausal relation- program for giftedchildren, who have the term ‘gifted’ varies widely,” he said, ships, to connect seemingly unrelated been a “woefully neglected’ segment of “from the narrowtwo per cent who are in ideas and synthesize them so that he or theNorth American school population the near-genius category up to 12 to 15 she is able to solve problems in unique until recently. per cent whowill scorehigh on IQ or and creative ways.” Since the beginning of this year, Prof. academic achievement tests and who also Gifted children, he adds, also have a Blank and a team of eight persons - six exhibittalents in otherareas such as remarkable ability toevaluate, “to be graduate students and two consultants - leadership or creativethinking, or in able tolook at a problem,develop criteria have developed curriculum materials for specific areas of achievement such as the for evaluating it, and to go through the giftedchildren in grades 4, 5 and 12 performing or creative arts.” evaluation process in a meaningful way. which are being introducedas a pilot pro- “In short, you have a child who thinks ject in more than 25 B.C. school districts differently, who is notonly able to do this fall. Lists abilities morequantitatively, but who cando The UBC team also developed a special much more with the knowledge he or she kit of material designed to train school Prof. Blank estimates that five per cent has.” teachers in the techniques of dealing with of thestudents in the school districts The program which Prof.Blank and gifted children in the districts where the chosen will take part in the UBC project his project team put together for gifted pilot program has been introduced. in the coming year. children is founded on enrichment as op- The teachers came to Vancouver late The ability of gifted children to syn- posed to acceleration. in August for an intensive, one-week im- thesizeknowledge is thegeneral “In the past,” he said, “teachers tended mersion course to introduce them to the characteristic which distinguishesthem tomeet the needs of the giftedchild program. Prof. Blank and other members from others, Prof. Blank said. throughacceleration, by keepingthem of the project team will continue to pro- The giftedchild outperforms other occupiedthrough an increased work vide the teachers.with assistance during pupils at almost every level of learning, load. Anything to keep them from getting the 1979-80 schoolyear and begin an he says, from the lowest, “where you are bored, which leads to behavior problems evaluation of the program. simply teaching students about things,” and, in many caxs, dropping out. “Allowing the gifted to skip gradeswas another way of dealing with them. For a veryfew giftedchildren, tho& at the near-genius level, this probablymakes sense. But for the majority of the gifted, removal from their peer group can result in some pretty maladjusted kids who are simply notable to cope with the social and emotional environment of an older age group.” Greater depth Skippinggrades is notadvisable on philosophicalgrounds as well, Prof. Blank said. It’s ill-advised to push gifted children ahead by a year or two, he said, when theopportunity exists toprovide them with greater depth and breadth of knowledge using as a basis the curriculum of their peer group. “Enrichment involves increasingthe complexity of the problems presented to thefted child,” Prof. Blank said. Enricfment for a grade five child study- inglanguage arts, for instance, would mean utilizing the grade five curriculum to expand his or her awareness of non- verbalcommunication, body language say, so he or she understands that people UBC Education profmr Stanley Blank, left, goes over curriculum materials communicate in a variety of ways. developed for gifted children in B.C.’s school system with graduate studenta “Enrichment would also mean learning Michael Izen and Suzanne Kenney. about how and why language was in- 10/UBC Reports Prof. Stanley Blank lectures to teachersof the gifted who cameto Vancouver late in Auguat ctolearn about UBCdeveloped program. vented and othermethods of communica- ly intelligent children. They have to have that uniformity is impossible in an case. tion as an addition to or an auxiliary to the ability to guide and direct the student “There i13, however, the Fib’L‘ty of language. The object is to develop in the to the sources of knowledge and to be uniformity of approach. We can all start giftedchild a richer understanding of able to work with students on the basis of with an agreed-upon approach andwhat language and communication as opposed individualized instruction. happens after that will depend on the in- to merely developingcompetence in “Thereare a restrictednumber of teraction between student and teacher.” language usage.” things that can be carried on as group ac- Onalong-range basis, Prof. Blank Prof. Blank also believes that gifted tivities with thegifted,” hesays. “But wouldlike to see enrichmentprograms children have maximum opportunity to one-to-one interaction is more important developed for all school levels from develop theirpotential whenthey because the individual differences among kindergartengradeto 12. “Why associate with other gifted children. “The the gifted are greaterthan the differences shouldn’t we have ‘think tanks for kids, gifted,” he said, “need to be challenged among students in the population of the as well as centres of intellectual challenge and engaged at their own level, so I’m in normally intelligent.” in the fine arts, music and drama?” he favor of enrichmentcentres in each said. school district where thegifted can be In the finalanalysis, he believes there:is brought together for so many hours per Growing concern a vast, untapped potential among gift’ed week or for specified periods of time. children. “The centres don’t have to be schools Prof. Blank is no stranger to working “In thepast,’’ he said, “we’ve tended to specifically set aside for the gifted. I think with the gifted and with teachers of the treat the giftedas though theywere an or- in terms of a mini-school, aschool within gifted. For the past sevenyears he has dina.ry group of individuals who had IRO a sdhool, where the gifted have their own been working in Chilliwack onehrich- specral needs.In many cases, even the classes, but interact sociallywith other ment programs that are now in place for gifted haven’t been aware of their own students.” grades three through nine. abilities and as a result we’ve lost them as It also takes a special kind of teacher to A few other school districtsin B.C. drop-outs. deal with the gifted, he said. “The gifted have startedprograms for thegifted, “What we’ve really lost is a vital are characterized by higher-than-a some of them using materials already on resource, a resource for future leadership average curiosity and an enthusiasm for the market, others manufacturing their by a group of people who have special learning, which has to be matched by own. Prof. Blank has worked closely with talents and abilities. And we need leadn- similar characteristics on the part of the most of‘ the districts that have started ship as never before in all sphem of our teacher. such programs and many of the teachers society, from the obvious ones such as working with thegifted have obtained- government and education to the perfor- “Teachers of thegifted also have to their training at UBC. ming and creative arts. have a relatively strong ego because in “There’s certainly been a growing con- “So I’m delighted that the provinci.al many cases the students may be more cern for the needs of the gifted over the ,government has decided tofund this pro- talented than the teacher. In addition to last decade or so,” Prof. Blank said, “and ject, which could have incalculabk patience, the teacher of the gifted also re- almost every school districtin the pro- benefits fix B.C. It’s especially heartm- quires a sense of humor, which is a highly vince has done something, even if it’s only idg that they’ve chosen to do it in the UN developedcharacteristic amongst to establish a committee to look into the Year of th.e Child, which places emphasis talented children.” problem.” on education.” Prof. Blank says theteacher of the What has been lacking so far is unifor- giftedperforms a different function in mity, said Prof. Blank, and many people the classroom than theteacher ofnormal- who deal with the gifted wbuld maintain Today’s worldmirrored in children’s

Adults who want to know what con- The children’s literature of this se- the children of the Moffatt family just temporary society is really like should condgolden age also depictsthe about sum up the values of the writers takea long, hard look atchildren’s children as being members of stable, of the second golden age. “You know literature, says SheilaEgoff, a happy households led by parents who that those kids are going to grow up to member UBC’sof School of are there to help if the children get in- be solid citizens with their psyches in- Librarianship. to trouble. “Even the stories that deal tact,” she says. Prof. Egoff, who’s already produced with children who come from poor Inthe 1960s. Prof. Egoff says, one standard reference book on families reveal stable homes in which writers of children’s literature decided children’s literature and is working on the child can handle the problems of that childhood was no longer impor- asecond, believes that anyradical poverty, not, as in so many contem- tant or valuableinitself. “What changein society affects the young porary books, a situation where pover- became important.” she says, “was the more quickly than any othersection of ty is going to leave a deep and lasting idea that children had to betold the population and that the changes impression on the child and warp his everything, no matter how harsh the arereflected more quickly in mind for all time.” reality was. What was important was children’s literature than they are in For Prof. Egoff, the books of honesty ...letting it all hang out,as the adult literature. American writer Eleanor Estes about expression is.” She thinks the reason is that writers of children’sliterature strive for simplicity and directness, whereas writers of adult fiction are often more concerned with subtleties anda sophisticationthat’s absent from books for the younger set. “I can enjoy a really good novel written €or children more than I can one written for adults,” is the way she puts it. But, she adds, children’s literature is, on the whole, ignored by parents. “They’re awfully eager to know what books theyshould put theirin children’s hands.” she says, “but parentsrapidly lose interestin what their kids are reading as the children get older.” It wasn’t always so, she says. Inthe Victorian period, say from 1850 up to the end of the 19th cen- tury, which shecharacterizes as the first“golden age” of Children’s literature, books forchildren were produced by adults whowere intent on inculcating basic moral values in the young. “Childhood wasseen by the Victorians as a training ground, a time when children were trained to accept the responsibilities of adulthood. “Thus, the books of that day characterizechildren as good,innocent, perceptive, but in need of protection. It produced some great storytellers,for example Lewis Car- roll, who wrote Alice> Adventures in Wonderland, which can be read en- tirely forits entertainment value, quite apartfrom its parodiesand take- offs on Victorian manners. “For me, the two finest children’s novels of that period, novels that sum up the Victorian viewof childhood, are George Machnald’s At the Back of the North Wind and The Princess and the Goblin. ” The authors who wrote for the se- condgolden age of children’s literature from the 1930s to the endof the 1950s got rid of the didacticism - the instructive aspects - of Victorian literature and tended to let children Children’s literatureexpert SheilaEgoff,. left,and researchassistant Judi exist in a world that excluded adults, Saltmanare in the proca of cataloguingand annotating a collection of Prof. Egoff says. “What these authors children’s literature donated to UBC in 1975 by 1925 graduate Stanley Arkley suggest is that children need time to and his wife, Rose, of Seattle. The collection of more than 1,OOO items includes play,to have fun, to explorebefore manyfirst editions and rare items. The ArkleyCollection is part of a takingonthe responsibilities of 25.000-volume collection of children’s literature housed in the UBC library, adulthood and learning aboutthe which is used for teaching andresearch purposes by Prof. Egoff and other UBC harsh realities of life.” people. IVUBC Reports literature Here’s sorne of the The new genre has come mostly fromthe U.S. andBritain, but the American influence is so widespread that the newwave has been dubbed best ever written the American Problem Novel,she says. “The themes are much heavier IJEC Reports asked Prof. Egoff to 0 Pearc(e, Philippa. Tom’sMidnight than those dealt with earlier and in- prepare a listof some of the best Gardtm. London: Oxford, 1958. A volve divorce, drugs, sex, disappear- children’s booksever written togo time sitory in which a modem boy ingparents, emotional and physical with hercomments onthe current and 21 girl from Victorian times cruelty and, overall, a sense of aliena- state of children’s literature. Here’s find companionship. Pearce’s clear tion.” her choice of the 10 top books, all of prose, energetic dialogue,and Prof. Egoff also points out that con- which are in print. At the end of the vivid imagery makes this stylistical- temporary writers of children’s novels list, she briefly comments on what ly one of the finest books in modem also deal with unusual children, those may appear to some readers to be a children’s literature. fromminority groups, abused sew surprising omissions. 0 Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treature childrenand the mentally and Island. New York: Scribner, 1947. physically retarded.“The shift,’’ she Stevenson’shighly colored says, “has been away from a concern characterizationand flawless with childhooddealingto with 0 Alcott,Louisa May. Little Englishprose make this pirate children as individualsand the pro- Women. NewYork: MacMillan, adventure one of the most famous blems that confront them.” 1962. The everydaylife of the stories ever written. First Dublished March girls still has pleasure and in 18113. As an example, she cites a book meaning for modemchildren. 0 Tolkim.I.R.R. TheHobbit: or. called Hey,Dummy by American This lively, naturalnarrative of There ald Back Again. Boston: author Kin Platt, in which a normal family experiences is as well-loved Hougl~tonMifflin, 1938. Though, child attempts to befriend a retarded tmoday as when it first appeared in on the surface, a story of a search child to thehorror of the normal 1868. for treasure,other values, truths, child’s parents.When the normal 0 Elurnett, Frances Hodgson. The and virtuesdiscovered by Bilbo child is rebuffed by a teacher and a Secret Garden. Philadelphia:Lip- through experience helphim to social worker in an attemptto get help pincott, 1962. Three Edwardian face difficulties with wit, wisdom for the friend, he prefers to sink into children make a garden out of a and courage. retardation himself because he has wilderness and grow in friendship 0 Twain, Mark. The Adventures of come to hate the world. and imagination as they do so. Tom Sawyer. NewYork: Mac- “That kind of theme and story is first published in 1911. millan, 1962. Although it ap- fairly typical of modem-day children’s 0 Cooper, Susan. The Dark isRising. peared first in 1876, Tom Sawyer books,” Prof. Egoff says, “and I think New York: Atheneum, 1973. This has a1 continuing freshness for it reflects anambivalence, a terribly secondvolume of Cooper’s ac- modern readers throughits simple, mixed-up and uncertainview of socie- claimed quinteton the stormy direct presentation ofuniversal ty toward children, as though we don’t sltruggle between the primal forces boyhood. know how to act toward them or deal of the Dark and the Light is set in 0 White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web. New with them.” modern Buckinghamshire. Her York: Harper and Row, 1952. E.B. Certainly, she adds, the outlook of power of imaginative fantasy has White’s humorous and affectionate the booksreveals a conservatism on rarely been equalled in children’s portrayal of thebarnyard world the part of children. “They are shown literature. subtley suggests the larger world of as being desperately eager for two 0 L.ewis, C.S. TheLion, the Witch human life and, well,as the parents - in many books, the kids are andthe Wardrobe. London: Bles, wisdom that comes from life close convinc:ed it’s their fault if the parents 1950. The first of seven Namia to nature and her children. aren’t getting along- and for a stable Chronicles, this Christian allegory Some surprising omissions may well existence. And even in the best books, is played out in an enchanted land be consid.ered: Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s you findan incredible concern with of nymphs, dryads and talking Adventures in Wonderland; Kenneth death, even in those written for two, animals.Children respond tothe Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows; three and five-year-olds.” quiet humor, domestic detail, and J.M. Ban-ie’s Peter Pan; George Mac- intense dramatic conflict. Donald’s At the Back of theNorth Contemporarychildren’s stories Milne, A.A. Winniethe Pooh. Wind. All are recognizably greatin often take an unrealistic view of life, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, style andtheme. Today, however, Prof. Egoff adds. “For instance, take a 1925. Milne’sis the art that con- these appear the domain of adult in- story that has a plot based on sibling ceals art, notably his ability to let terest in imaginative writing con- rivalry. In these books, the older child the child feel superiortothe cerned with childhood as symbol and usually comes to accept the younger or loveable but bumbling Pooh. Still metaphor,rather than as the first new child by the end of the book. But the most universally popular of all spontaneouschoices of children all of us knowthat rivalries of this kind c:hildhood books. themselves. can last a lifetime. To me, that’s nota realistic view of life.” Other characteristics of contem- Shebelieves too that where the“One of the bestBritish writers of porary children’s literature: most of writers of the past “wrote for the child children’s literature, Susan Cho&rT the stories are set in an urban environ- within themselves and could univer- who was a child during the war, has ment and are limited (in America) to salize the experiences, today’s authors produced a remarkablequintet of New York, New Jersey and San Fran- are writing for theadult within books c.alled The Dark zi Ruing. Each cisco, the charactersin the stories tend themselves.” of them is concerned with the titanic to live in apartments and it’s rare for Much of the best writing for struggle between good and evil and I one to take place in a foreign setting children produced by British authors can’t help but think that that theme or in a ruralenvironment. “I think is theproduct of people whowere stems from the 1939-45 war,” says this means that kids get a remarkably themselves children during theSecond narrow viewof how life is lived as a World War, she points out, and many ‘Continued on page 14 result,” says Prof. Egoff. of the books are set in that period.

UBC Reportdl3 CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Continued from page 13

Prof. Egoff. Manycontemporary children’s books are also concerned with fantasy, Prof: Eyff pointsout. “The Ar- thunan egend as well as Norse and Celtic myth are recurring as many oftoday’s books for cE&zy but not in thesense that thestories are net in those times. The stories are set in modem times with the past breaking throughinto the present. What the authors seem intgnt on doing is giving contemporary children a sense of the continuity of time, a feeling that they’re linked with the past.” Despite the heaviness of the themes and thefeelings of alienation thatper- vades much contemporary children’s literature. Rof. Wff believes that the best of the modern stories are probably theeatest ever writtenfor Plazas in Athens arc meeting places for young and old Young FPe Modem-dayr. children’s books tend to split the readershipbecause the very best will only beread by the very dedicated. And there’s a decided gap ATHENS history prior to going toGreece. Since in good.reading material for children 2 in 9-11 age group.” Continued from page I’ve come back, though, I’ve been do- studentscame the “getting govern- ing a lot of reading, not just in Greek Prof. Egoff says there is still some ment approval” stage. Although Mr. history but history ingeneral,” Mr. good. lightweight reading available on Gaitanakis had allowed a month for Allard said. the market for children, “but they’re this stage, he knew it would be unlike- Thestudents didn’t spend all of not the boob people talk about and ly that approval would be granted in theirtime in Athens. Whenthe they don’t win prizes. Theyare, that time. Being a native of Athens. schedule allowed, they were taken on basically, athrowback to the past Mr. Gaitanakis had a very good idea a 10-dayclassical tour of archeological without being Winnie the as good as of what the political situation was in sites around the countryside, such as Pooh or Mary Norton’s The BOT- the city, andhis students had a chance Delphi,Olympia, Nauplia and rowers. ’I to become involved in the practical as Epidaurus.There, of course, they Something else she believes has gone well as the theoretical aspects of being could see architecture which had from the current children’sbook scene architects. lasted centuries. is thesharin of literature between The Athenian experiencewasn’t the adultsand cFfllldren. “There was a Major fights firsttime that UBC architecture time when adults sat down and read to studentshad studied overseas. Once children,” she points out. “But I can’t Although the project was commis- every three years or so, a projectcomes imagine a really literate adult wanting along thatsuits the school’s philosophy to read one of the modem-day pro- sioned by the Ministry of Public Works, explained Mr. Gaitanakis, “we and teaching methods. “Whatwe look blem novels to a child. Mostly because for,” explained Mr. Gaitanakis, “is an many of the books are highly symbolic were fought by the mayor and his council and we had to ovemde them. opportunity to contribute to the host and experimental instyle and muchof country.” theaction is carriedout through Another problem for the students was dialoguealone. Contemporary the question of .credibility in the children’sstories just aren’t written for neighborhood. They had tobe seen as People warm eaay reading aloud.” architects and not just students.” Havingsaid all that, Prof. After the initial rush was over, the students had a chance to explore the But if Gerry Allard’s sentiments are points out that the modem Yf probem felt by the other students, it’s also a novel is highly popular with children city and to enjoy their adventure. Ac- commodation had been found for the real opportunity to contribute to the in every =io-economic group. “Kids students’ education. “What struck me are still avid readers.” she says, “and groupin a neo-classical three-storey housenot far from the Acropolis, most was the friendliness and warmth the new genre seems toappeal to of thepeople, many of whomhave them. It’s all very well for me toclaim where the students could cook their own meals. Said one of the students, had a very hard life,” Mr. Allard said. that most of the books by modem-day “It really does make you feel very writers of children’s literatureare Gerry Allard,graduatea student lucky to have been born in Canada, superficial,badly written and researching a project not directly involved inthe playground design, where we have things they will never unrealistic, butchildren like them, experience. I think everyone felt they perhaps because the stories comfort “There were terrific advantages to be- them, give them a sense of identity,, a ing all together. It was like having a really learneda lot abouthuman feeling that theyke not alone.” littlecommunity. Groups would go natureand human situations, and outand explore various things and how people can deal with things in a The best aconcerned parent can very much different situation to the hope for, she adds, is that the overall areas, and bring backexperiences and quality of the all-pervasive Problem information. one we have in Canada. This sort of thing really does broaden your con- Novel will improve to meetthe quality “It was very exciting to live in the of the best of modem children’s area. I had very little appreciation of ception of the world.” literature.

14/UBC &porta Pressure on’a tor more nutrition education

The next time you see a kid making a lunch out of pop and potato chips, don’t despair. According toDr. Nancy Schwartz, a nutrition expert and assistant professor in the School of Home Economics at UBC, that kid is a disap- pearing species. Given another 10 years,she feels, nutrition education will be part of the school curriculumin a major way. Children will be versed in good eating habits, beyond the basics of Canada’s Food Guide which has been, for many of us, the extent of ournutrition education. And not only will they be Dr. Nancy Schwa:rtz versed inproper nutrition, they will follow betterhabits because they’ll schools,pressure for better eating Economics in addition to their Educa- know what effect the so-called “junk habits is comingnow, andin many tion caursework. foods” have ontheir complexions, cases it’s comingfrom the students “Thmgs are definitely getting bet- body weight and general well-being. themselves. ter.There’s noquestion,” Dr. Toooptimistic? Maybe, but Dr. “I’ve been involved with a group of Schwartzsays. “But it’salso getting Schwartz takesher predictions from seventhgraders at QueenElizabeth harderand harder to getbetter what’s happening southof our border. schoolrecently where thekids because of the greater choice of infor- “There’s been alot of money allocated themselves were really wanting information, much of it conflicting, which in the U.S. fornational nutrition mation on nutrition. Once they’re old is available.” educationprograms and I really enough to realize whateating the Food fads, diet fads, the claimsof a believe that it will come here within10 wrong foods doesto them, thenthey’re fewof thehealth food stores make years. interested.” Dr. Schwartz says. people suspicious of all the nutrition “So far in B.C. there’s beenall sorts “But you can’t deny the influenceof information they hear. And for mosst of starts for general nutrition educa- advertising, either. ‘Coke is the real of us, we have little or no background tion,but nothing yet that hasany thing:‘is apretty powerful message. in nutrition or health to beable Ito ‘oomph’,” she admits. And kids want to be more like the peo- evaluatetheclaims of different One of the things that makes nutri- ple in the advertisements.” gr??PS tioneducation a lower priorityfor Some of thenutritional examples Whatnutritionists wouldreally governmentfunding than Dr. used in everyday teaching in the like to seeis anintegrated health- Schwartz would like is the difficulty of classroom are often negative, too, Dr. nutritionprogram theinformal pinpointing how incorrect diet affects Schwartz says. In arithmetic class, for education system. But that needs to be health.“The relationship between example, textbooks might use candies a priority from the Ministry of Educa- diet anddisease isn’tnearly as clearcut as a counting aid or might teach fraction or the Ministry of Health. Right as the relationship between cigarettes tions by asking students to half a cake now therearelimited nutrition and lung cancer,’’ she says. recipe calling for three cups of sugar. resources available through theeduca- Nutritionists do know that incorrect “I really think that anyone teaching tion ministry,” Dr. Schwartz says. diet increases therisk of heart disease, at theelementary level, especially, weIf hadan educated school dentaldisease, cancer of thecolon, should have some kind of basic nutri- populace with a background in nutri- possibly other forms of cancer,and tion knowledge,” she stressed. tion and its effect on health, Dr. diseases of the intestinal tract. But Teachers workshops onnutrition Schwartz feels, that would go a long they can’t say for sure that the cause of are now available from time to time way toward a potentially morehea1th.y these diseases is incorrect diet. andareconducted by nutrition adultpopulation. We can’tcontrol As more and more researchis done, educators with the B.C. Dairy Foun- risk factors suchas heredity, age orsex as people become more and more con- dation. Almost all the health units in in preventing illness, but we can con- cernedabout body appearanceand theprovince have nutritionists on trol OUI diet. body,weight, and as treating illness staff, .who are available for counselling “However, if people have the nutri- becomes more and moreexpensive, and have printedinformation on tion education and choose not to use publicpressure will grow to make nutritionavailable. At UBC, many it, then, that’s upto them,” she adi- nutrition edycation a higher priority, students in the Faculty of Education mits. “One of the things that’s harJd Dr. Schwartz feels. take coursesin nutrition aselectives for us to accept is that there’s always In many elementary and secondary throughtheSchool of Home freedom of choice.”

UBC Reportdl5 Summersoccer school, above, is highlight of UBC community sports program.Ancient dinosaur, right, guardsthe M.Y. Williams Geology Museum inthe Geological Sciences Centre.

If you have a budding zoologist on your library is a vast collection of classical hands, he or she may want to see the in- music, jazz and spoken-word records. sect (entomology) or vertebrate museums Youngpeople can play any record they housed thein Biological Sciences wish at one of the 80 or so headphone- Building. They’re open from 9 a.m. to 5 equipped listening stations and records Kids are p.m. Monday through Friday. can be borrowed for payment of an an- UBC has no permanent collection of nual fee. Parents are expected, however, art, but the Fine Arts Gallery in the north to be liable for damaged records. basement of the Main Library and the art There’s a wide range of sporting welcome gallery in theStudent Union Building facilities and events on the UBC campus stage a number of displays throughout which are available to young and old the year. UBC’s Department of Informa- every day of the week. There’s public at UBC tionServices (228-3131) will be glad to swimming atthe new Aquatic Centre tell you what’s on. every day and throughout the year there For the musically inclined, the Depart- is everything from “scared-stiff’begin- ment ofMusic sponsors noon-hour and nersswimming lessons to advanced evening performances during the winter lifesavingcourses available. Duringthe by a wide range of musical groups rang- winter and spring,special lessons are held ing from solo performers to a full sym- for toddlers, aged threeto five.Call phony orchestra. Call 228-3113 for infor- 228-4521 for information. Kids are welcome at UBC. mation. If you, or your familylike to go ice And you’d be surprised at the number The theatre season at UBC centres on skating, call the Thunderbird Winter of things there are for them to do and see the Frederic Wood Theatre, whichalso Sports Centreat 228-6121 for public on the Point Grey campus. houses the Dorothy Somerset Studio. The skating hours. At the same time you can Museums,forinstance. UBC’s Freddy Wood will stage five major pro- ask about the possibility of joining a curl- Museum of Anthropology notonly has ductions in thecurrent academicyear, ing club or renting squash and handball one of the finest collections of West Coast including Thornton Wilder’s Our Town courts. Indianartifacts anywhere, it also runs from Oct . 24 to Nov. 3 and Shakespeare’s If your youngster is a spectator, he or special artsand crafts programs for A Midsummer Night’s Dream from Jan. she will be able to watch football, basket- youngsters both winter and summer. The 23 to Feb. 2. For ticket information call ball, English rugby, ice hockey, wrestl- museum is open every afternoon in the 228-2678. ing.. .just about any sport you can name. week except Monday and on Tuesdays, UBC libraries are open - usually seven Andadmission to many events is free. when admission is free, it’s open until 9 days a week --- if the high-school students The UBC Athletic Office (228-2531) will p.m. Call 228-5087 for details on in your household want a place to study be able to tell you what’s on any day or museum programs for children. without the distractions of home. They’re night of the week. If you have a rockhound in the house, welcome to use any of the material in the The University also runs sports camps why notsuggest a visit to theM.Y. libraries, but they can’t borrow material and hockeyschools for youngsters of Williams Geology Museum in the to take out of the library. (Non-student various ages during the spring and sum- GeologicalSciences Centre. Rock adults, however, can apply for borrowing mer. Next year, when warm-weather ac- specimens and other exhibits pertaining privileges. Call 228-3115.) tivities are on the horizon, call Informa- to mining areattractively labelled and ex- Youngpeople aged 16 and over are tionServices at 228-3131 for the ap- plained forvisitors. Call 228-5586 for eligible to use the WilsonRecordings propriate phone numbers of these hours of opening. Library in the Sedgewick Library. The schools. 16/UBC Reports A Degree of Integrity

__ Murray McMillan considers the major change in B.C. education policy that has given degreegranting status toa private college.

r. Neil Perry put itsuccinctly when legisladon’s speedy journey through the he appeared in July before the pri- house avoided any thorough examination vate members’ bills committee of of the college’s qualifications, any probing theD B.C. legislature: “The granting of a of its academic standards, any assessment degree is a valuable right,” he told the of whether itdeserved the publicly granted MLAs who had gathered in committee to right tohold itself out as a degree-granting consider the meritsof Bill Pr. 401, An Act institution. to Amend theTrinity Western College The Universities Council, supposedly Act. Passage of the bill, said Perry, who establishedto provide liaison between appeared as the representative of the Uni- government and universities to prevent, versities Council of B.C., would amount among other things, political meddling in to a “major changein educational policy” universityaffairs, was bypassed inthe for the province. process. It shouldn’thave been. B.C. now How right hewas, although on the face has another institution that can hand out of it Bill 401, aprivate member’s bill, BAS; the college can assess its students, looked innocent enough: It barelyis half a but no one has yet assessed the college. page in its entirety, and when the legal Is the inherent valueof Consider theanalogy of money - hard, housekeeping items are stripped away, it cold cash. Governments print it, issue it, comesdown to three words: “a bac- a BA now to be and as long as it has, oris perceived by the calaureate degree.” Those three words are depreciated inBritish world of financeto have somethingto now added to the section of the Trinity back it up, it retains itsvalue. When gov- WesternCollege Act (alreadyon the Columbia? ernments print more, value is retained if books), which says what the college can the backing stays.But when governments grant. Trinity Western, with500 students go mad and keep the presses rolling far too at its Langley campus and its gung-ho, long, i.ts value plummets, and it’s not just boldly evangelical Christian approach to the bills fresh off the printing plate that everything, is now the province’s fourth lose. degree-granting institution. It has essen- The number of baccalaureate degrees tially been made a university. granted in B.C. over the past several de- And that gives pause for thought. Not cades has increased tremendously, but the so much thought about thespecific merits granting of them remained firmly based of Trinity Western, whatever they may be July 31; third reading, July 31; royal ason acatdemic traditionsand standards, (and whether they add up to something sent, July 31. Railroaded? Well ....Some- evenwith larger numbers of students that can be called by that nebulous term one was apparently highly anxious that meetingthe required criteria. As Dr. “university”), but about the value from the bill should become law beforethe Perry puts it: “In a publicuniversity there now on of a baccalaureate degree granted summer session of the house ended on is a sound methodof evaluating academic in British Columbia. July 31. programs, based on examinationby peers. Only the legislature can grant the right A political payoff of some sort? That Thus there is worth to the degree.“ The togrant degrees. The University of certainly appears to be possibility. a Trin- degree is sound currency inacademic cir- British Columbia, Unhersity of Victoria ityWestern is in strong Social Credit cles. and Simon Fraser University were the country and hasSocial Credit ties. Former Will the entry of a newcomer into the three holdersof that right before July31. federalparty leader Robert Thompson degree-granters’ circle have an effect on But that date marked the major change has played a major role atthe college, that currency? Is the inherent value of a Perryspoke of. Bill401 was passed - taught political science there and remains BA now to be depreciated in British Col- railroaded through is probably closer to a special consultant to its president. umbia:’ the mark, but let us remain polite - by In having Central Fraser Valley MLA There are probably those who have a the legislature. Its history is interesting: Bill Ritchie introduce the bill, thecollege degree and thosewho never want one who first reading, July 9; second reading, July found a quick, political solution to what will argue in chorus thatit has little inhe- 31; committee stage, July31; report stage, was basically an academic problem. The rent value anyway.But most hold to a ChronicleiAutumn 1979 17 traditional view thatit is something of Western is committed without reservation value, a badge of achievement no matter In its end-run to the goal to thebasic elementsof evangelical Christ- what the discipline. ian doctrine, with theofficial statement of During what debate there was in the of academic prestige, faith identical to that of the Evangelical legislatureon theTrinity Western bill, Trinity has indeed created FreeChurch,” the college’s parentor- Opposition MLAsclaimed the way would ganization. All full-time faculty and staff be paved for any private educational in- a shift in provincial mustsupport that statement of faith, stitution to use this precedent to apply for which amongother things says the Bible is degree-granting privileges. New Democ- education policy. the final authority for Christianlife and is ratRosemary Brown declared that the errorless word of God, that the be- McDonald’srestaurants could open a grant. A government of different stripe liever will have “everlasting blessedness hamburger cooking school and apply for might. Another administration might also and joy,” and that the unbeliever is con- universitystatus. Slightly far-fetched, try to reconcile Trinity’s status with sec- demnedto “judgment and everlasting perhaps, but the door to that has inched tion 81 of the Universities Act, which says conscious punishment.” open. that“Each university shall be non- Just how Darwin’s theory of evolution After the passage of the Trinitybill, Dr. sectarian.. ..” fits in with Adam and Eve as chronicled William Gibson, chairman of the Univer- A look atprecedent-setting Trinity by the “inspired Word of God, without sities Council, turned to that universal re- Western gives cause for reconsideration. errorin the original writings” poses a ferencework, the telephone directory, The term “bible college” may seem un- problem. Several courses are cross-listed and says he counted at least 50 religious flattering to some, but after a perusal of in the calendar: Fine Art 432, Creative denominations. Could they all now begin what Trinity Western’s calendar offers, it Christian Expressions (one of the three to form colleges that could eventually be- seemsconsiderably more appropriate courses listed under fine arts) is also Re- come degree-granting universities? How than“university.” Trinity Western is a ligiousStudies 432; Geography 334, many other special-interest groups could strongly religious institution and shouts Geography of the Eastern Mediterranean, do the same? the fact loudly. How that stance can be is also Religious Studies 384. The religi- No one questions the right of private reconciled with a traditional academic ap- ous studies division has the largest section groups to organize theirown educational proach to the pursuit of knowledge, an of offerings in the calendar. One of Trini- institutions. It’s the placing of a formal, approach thatcalls for problems to be con- ty’s nine academic programs is the “Insti- governmentalimprimatur on their fronted with an open mind, as free as pos- tute of Aviation,” a training course for academicproduct that must be consi- sible from preconceptions, is hard to de- flying missionaries. dered. termine. But a Trinity pamphlet claims: Whatevergoals Trinity’s faculty and Should the evangelicalTrinity Western “By stating one’s presuppositions clearly administration set may be fine for them, have thatimprimatur? That nowis a moot and openly, the processof pursuing truth but do they add upto something that de- point. It seems doubtful that the present is facilitated.” To each his own definition serves the publicly granted status of a uni- government, at least, would rescind that of truth. versity? Not by a long shot. power it was so apparently determined to The collegecalendar states: “Trinity The college has arguedthat because it is a private institution that does not accept government funds, its academic programs Guildferds should not be subject to public scrutiny by, say, the Universities Council. Then FIFTH ANNIVERSARY why the need for public authorization to grant degrees? If the college’s own pres- -an occasion to celebrate - tige is enough to support its programs, To mark this event the Volkswagen factory produced a limited number, only15 in won’t itsname alone stand behind its total, special edition vehicles just for us to our own specifications. graduates? See and drive the Anniversary Special Edition Automobiles with exteriorand interior In its end-run to its goal of academic prestige, Trinity has indeed created a shift decor especially designedfor the occasion of our fifth anniversary by George Juhasz, inprovincial education policy, a policy an artist of international fame. that is on $e law books, even though the A SPECIAL RABBIT - the GSR number of degrees is small (Trinity will classic black with gold accents- racy - elegant grant about two dozen bachelor’s degrees next spring). Andit’s a policy that appears A SPECIAL SCIROCCO -the GSS based on political motivation rather than classic black with gold accents-a sports machine by well-scrutinized merits - it’s worth notingthat Trinity’s brochures, dated Each Special Edition vehicle has its ownspecial cast dash plaque, individually June of this year, carried details of the numbered and signed by the artist. program leading to aBA even though the Own a unique, elegant and totally different automobile, but hurry, only a very limited legislation was not passed until the end of number are available. July. The members of the Universities Coun- Of course there is a large selectionof regular Rabbits, Sciroccos, Buses, Vans, cil, obviously now wondering what their Campers and premium used cars to choose from, true role is in provincial academic affairs, Prove to yourself what manyof our patrons have found: have requested a meeting with the man “It may be a little farther to Guildford who carried thispolitical football through the legislature, Education Minister Pat- but Guildfordwill go a lot further toryou. ” rick McGeer, to discussthe whole matter. WE INVITE YOUR CALLS AT 584-1311 FOR DETAILS He may have been carrying a lemon. Andit’s souring the once-sweet achievement of obtaininga degree. 0 Guildferd meters Ltd. Murray McMillan,a member of the editm‘al 584-1311 staffof the Vancouver Sun,is also a member SURREY, B.C. MOL 5396 of the Chronicle editorial committee. 18 ChroniclelAutumn 1979 I News

The Vancouver Institute: Older, and even better

Sixty-three years old this year, The Vancouver Institute gets better every season. Theout- standingcampus lecture serieshad an early start this year when the Dal Grauer memorial lecture on September 15 presented Amory Lo- vins, a proponent of “Soft Energy Paths.” A consultarltexperimental physicist, Lovins is lecturing in economics during 1979-80 at the University of California. On successive Saturday nights, thefollowing lectures are open to the public freeof charge in the campus Instructional Resources Centre at 8:15 p.m.:Sarah Lawrence Collegein New York sends Joseph Campbell, world famous the Los Angeles alumni, visired the campus this arranged for tt to be placed in the Old Arts 100 forhis studies in the field of mythology. summerto see the newWalter Gage memorial lecture hall. (Inthe foreground the unitlenity Campbel! has authored four works in his field plaquecommissioned by her group. The UBC mace.) and presents “Psyche and Symbol.”. . .Jean director of ceremonies, mathematicsprofessor Erdman follows on September29 with a lecture and demmmstration with music entitled “The Dynamic Imagery of Dance.” Erdman, creator of the ‘Coach with the Six Insides,’ is an alum- nus of th1: Martha Graham Dance Company. William G. Unruh of UBC’s physics department talks about “Black Holes - the Edge of the Universe” on October6. Unruh was part of Einstein’s centenary celebrations in 1978 at theformer academic home of bothmen,

Princeton ....‘I Emotions and Human Nature” is the subject of Robert Solomon, from the philosophydepartment of the University of Texas at Austin on October 13. This prolific author combineshis scholarship with outstanding teaching ability and wit ....Donald W. Sel- din, head of thedepartment of internal medicineat Southwestern Medical School of the University of Texas will talk on October 20 about ‘‘HighBlood Pressure: Prevalence, Risks,Treatments.” The winner of many awards for hismedical scholarship and achievementsin medical administration, Sel- din’s expNcrtise covers a broad range of pathol- ogy and health care. The departmentof psychology at UBC sends David Kahneman to share “Judgements and Preferences:the Psychology of Irrationality” October 27. His year at UBC was preceded by teaching stints at Berkeley, The Hebrew Uni- versity, Harvard, Cambridgeand Stanford:his reputation is that of one of the most-quoted psycholo];ists in the world ....Patricia Baird, acting had of the department of medical gene- ticsat UBC researches and publishes in the areas of congenital and prenatal factors in birth defects. These subjects form the basis of her address,“Heredity and Your Family” November 3....Einstein is the center of atten- Back in 1922 “Pete” MacKinnon wasthe tncluding senior posts with Time, Fortuneand tion when Eugene Wigner fromPrinceton’s ingenue in the Players’Club spnng production of Life magazines. Earlyyears rn his career were departmcnt of physics presents “Einstein - “Mr. PymPasses By.” Co-star wasJack Clyne, spent with the VancouverProvince and the the Manand his Work” on November 10. now the university chancellor,who is admiring the Herald. The painting is a gift“in memory of the Nobel laureate Wigner is regarded for his orig- most recent addition to theUBC collertron of Players Club of ’22.” The Elsons, who liveIn inal contributions toall fields of physics and as Emily Carr paintings, gifta from RobertT. Long Island,N. Y. have owned the painting for a founder: of the quantum and atomic age. A Elson and his wife, Georgina MacKinnon Elson, nearly 30 years and they wanted it “togo hack contemporary of Einstein,Wigner worked BA’22. Mr. Elson, whoalso attended UBC, has home” - where it was parefu& received. with him in Berlin and at Princeton. had a disrznguished career as a journalist On November 17 Donald A. Schon presents ChronicleiAutumn 1979 19 Records. We’vegot records.. . Almost 90,000 individual names areon the alumni files maintained by Isabel Galbraith (left) and Betty O’Bnen. Incorrectly addressed mail is expensive -and annoying. You can help us make the best use of our postage budget by letting Isabel or Betty khow when you moveor change your name... . Keep intouch won’tyou? “Will the Professions Survive? The Age of Un- certainty.’’ Schon takes a look at future shock and quick adjustment; he’s from MIT’s urban planning faculty... .Money andwhat’s happening to it arethe foci for JohnH. Young from the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C. when he returns to the Vancouver Insti- tute with hisideas, wit and courage with “What is Happening to Money - the International Monetary System” November 24.. ..Final lecture in the seriesairs December 1 when Sir Fitzroy Maclean Bart from Argyll, Scotland, winner of the Croix de Guerre, the Gold Parti- san Star and the Order of Kutusov speaks on “Holy Russia,” themost recent in his series of best-selling books on Soviet Russia. For more information on anyof the events, call the UBC information office at 228-3131, 2075 Wesbrook Place, Vancouver V6T 1W5.

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~ 20 ChroniclelAutumn 1979 Alumni gathered at the University ofToronto’s naghan, vice-president of administrative ser- kets, plaid jackets, blue, blue skies, new clas- Hart Housefor an informal reception tnJune to vices fcsr the university, visited. Alums in the ses, old friends? meet UBC student awards director Byron Hender St. John’s areawho are interestedin developing For UBC Homecoming 79, the song should (above rentrej. (right) Two of the 40 alumni who branch activities shouldgive Pat Draskoy a ring be about October - for on two days this fall, came and found something in common....UBC. the 26 and the 27,grads will beassembling at726-2576.. ..Vancouver Island’swelcome from all around, from as far back as sixty years mat will be out for the University Singersagain ago. On Friday, October 26,five classes gather: thisseason as they retrace many of their ’34 meets at the Faculty Club forcocktails, and ’39 Seminar footsteps in ayet-to-be-announced schedule dinner. Meanwhile,’39, ‘44, ’49and ’54 mingle which ]nay include a mainland stop in Chil- at dinner and dancing in the Commodore Bal- “The Roleof the University” will be the topic liwack.. ..Seattle area alumni have a pot-luck lroom.Friday is also opening night for when a distinguished panelof speakers addres- dinnerscheduled for October 19 atthe Thornton Wilder’s Our Town at the Freddie ses a special Homecoming seminar, Saturday, Robinswood Park Clubhouse, 2400 - 148th SE, Wood theatre: 8:OO p.m., $4.50 per ticket. October 26, 10 a.m. in the Frederic Wood Bellevue. Gerald and Eileen Marr at 641-3535 The class of ’24meets for lunch at high noon Theatre.The Class of ’39 hasplanned this are coordinating the menu. in Cecil Green Park, then all UBCers move on event to celebrate their40th anniversary andall to the Thunderbird Stadiumfor the 2 p.m. alumniand members of thecommunity are clash between the Golden Bears of the Univer- invited to attend. Short discussion papers will sity of Alberta and theUBC Thunderbirds (tic- be presented by the university chancellor J.V. Diamonds are Forever (Jack) Clyne, Universities Council head Wil- kets $2 at the gate). Non-footballers might don The school of nursing is wondering if it canwait liam C. Gibson, Jack Davis, Rhodes Scholar swim suits for an underwater workout at the until 1994 for its 75th reunion, so much was from the Class of ’39 and B.C. ministerof edu- UBC Aquatic Centre, which is open from 2 learned and so much was shared by the par- cation, Patrick McGeer, or their representa- p.m. until 5 p.m.: tickets are $l/adults, $.75/ ticipantsin May’s twoday seminar-cum- tives. The alumni viewpoint will come in pap- studentsand $.50/seniors andchildren. The reunion Diamond Jubilee. Box lunches in the ers from John McLaren, a faculty member at campusbus tours will alsoply their way gardens at Cecil Green Park punctuated a long Northwestern University, Robert Sibley,head through the campus leaving from Cecil Green day of seminarspresented by Dr. Marilyn of the Saskatchewan Universities Commission, Parkeveryhourfrom2:15p.m.until4:15p.m. Willman, director of the school, Ruth Elliott, Robert Bell, former principal of McGill Uni- Cultureand historyin one of the world’s baccalaureate coordinator, and Verna Splane, versity and Fred Hartley, president of Union most beautiful and dramatic settingsis also on vice-president of the International Council of Oil of California, all members of ’39. There will view: the UBC Museum of Anthropology is Nursing. A tourof the Museum of Anthropol- organizingspecial tours for reunion visitors be a question period before the noon adiourn- ogy provided a brief respite before the presen- ment. who should meet in the lobbyof the museumat tation of the MarionWoodward lecture by either 3:OO p.m. or 4:OO p.m. Then relax, re- Alice Baumgart, director of the Queen’s School vive and get ready for theclass of ’29 fifty year of Nursing, followed by a reception in the gar- reunion inCecil Green Park in theevening. Dr. den room at the grad student centre. Whew! GordonShrum is theguest speaker; “UBC Branches in Brief The DiamondJubilee had started the night Fifty Years Ago” is his topic. before with the diamond dinner at the faculty Saturday night continues with dinner at the Although autumn is the time of falling leaves club. A. repeatperformance? Communicate Faculty Club forthe classes of ’59,’64 and ‘69. and bare limbs, UBC’s branches traditionally yourenthusiasm to Earla Kerr-Smith and We’re proud of what the campus (and what initiate greater activitythen than during the JennyCraig, the indefatigableorganizers - those of ushere) have to offer to returning greendays of summer.Two exceptionsin 1994 is going to be a long time coming! alumni in this autumn of 1979: the trees will summer ’79 were Toronto alumswho gathered still provide a graceful frame to our own Cecil on June21 to celebrate the shortest nightof the Green Park, center of many alumni reunion year.Byron Hender, director of awards and activities; the gardensand groundswill be mak- financialforaid universitythe was Government Legislation ing their gentle transition to early winter and guestspeaker. Although thunderstorms HoweSound will form thebackdrop for a threatened the gathering in the U of T’s Hart Protested by Alumni weekend of memories, new experiences, new House, a slide show of UBC past and present friendships and awhole new set of good things met an enthusiastic audience.. ..Two nights The provincial government’s decision to bypass to be nostalgicabout 50 years from now. “We’ll earlier, Newfoundland alums in St.John’s got theUniversities Council and give degree- see you in Oc-to-ber ...” togetherfor a meeting when Chuck Con- grantingstatus to a private B.C. college ChronicleiAutumn 1979 21 brought protests from many parts of the province,including one from the UBC Alumni Association. Alumnipresident George Plant, in a tele- gram to the members of the private members’ billscommittee of thelegislature strongly urgedthe whole matter of degree-granting status for Trinity Western College be handed over to theUniversities Council for “considera- tionand advice before any further action is taken.” In 1969 the association, in a reporton univer- sitygovernance submitted to the provincial government,had urged the creation of a province-wide body to “bring master planning to post-secondaryeducation in B.C.” In his message Plant re-emphasizedthat policy saying “It is of vital interest that the establishment of any new university facilities and programs be given the utmost careful review to ensure that there is effective planning and integration in the attainmentof higher educationgoals for the people of this province.” Withoutsuch scrutiny as the Universities Councilcan give of programsand degrees, there is no real way of judging the value of what is offered. Alumni should be concerned about the quality of education represented by a degree offered by any B.C. institution because it reflects on the degree they have earned. Private Member’s Bill 401 passed in the final hours of the session.

Executive Director Resigns Post

The executive director of the alumni association, Harry J. Franklin, BA’49, has resigned. Inannouncing the resignation, association president,George E. Plantpaid tributeto HarryFranklin’s enthusiasm and loyalty toward the alumni programs and his contribution to the growth and success of a wide variety of campus and alumni activities since joining the association staff in 1972. As executive director he had been closely iqvolved with fund raising for the aquatic centre, andin addition he had a keen interestin campus athletics stemming fromhis student years asa member of the Thunderbird basketball team. The Association will be seeking candidates f ‘or the position of executive directorin the C:oming months.

1Alumni Miscellany IMore reunions 1Homecoming kicks off two weeks early this !(ear when Medicine’54 takes overthe Harrison 1Hot Springs Hotel, October 12 to 14. Friday’s f ‘estivities include a cocktail party and banquet 7with spouses and professors asguests. In a 1:wo-hour session Saturday morning class Inembers will catch up on research and tchievements in the world of medicine; golf tnd tennistournaments follow in theafter- Iloon, and there’s dinner afterward for victors, 1Ion-victors and spectators alike. Sunday’s xnorgasbordlunch sends the reunionees on 1:heir way for the nextfive years.. ..We meant to 1mention the class of 1919 in our Homecoming Id insummer’s Chronicle; our blushes and apologies to all class members andespecially to 22 ChroniclelAutumn 1979

I Do We Have Your Correct Name and Address?

Constance Adams who remindedus of the 60th The newportrait of Dr. and Mrs. Cecil Green, If your address or name has berng viewed by alumnt prestdentGeorge Plant, anniversary of the first class to complete all four changed please cutoff the years at UBC! Our red faces match the autumn is now on dtsplay at Cecil Green Park. The leaves that will decorate the campus October photograph was taken by Duncan McDougall present Chronicle address label 26,27 and 28 when homecoming activitieswill dunng the Greens’ vtsir for the congregation and (mailit along with the new be in full swing. ceremony that awardedan honorary doctorate to information to: Alumni Records, Mrs. Green. The portrait was funded by the Cecil Relay Runners Hit 60 Green Park management committee, the Cecil 6251 Cecil Green Park Rd., and Ida Green visitmgprofessorship program, the Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1X8. Ten years after its revival in 1969, the Arts ’20 Faculty Women’s Club, whose meeting rooms are Relay celebrates its 60thanniversary in the fall in Cecil Green Park and the alumni assoclatlon. of 1979. Last year’s defending champs, the En- gineers, try to hold onto thesilver cup as they run from 12th and Heather (the Fairview site) tothe Cairn onthe MainMall. All alumni groups (in teams of eight) are welcome to par- ticipate and should call Nester Korchinsky at 228-2401 for more information on registering. Starting time is 1 p.m., October 18. The Fair- view committee, headed by Blythe Eagles, will be on hand to greet the winners. Sunsets We have good newsfor former membersof the An excellent opportunity exists for an indlvidual motivated bya job where results grad student centre whomiss sipping Moscow are achieved by organizing, stimulating and motivatinga wide range of people in Mules while enjoying a Howe Sound sunset: business, government and the general public, both paid andvolunteer, who are Thea Koerner House (the grad centre) invites committed to working for and supporting the University. former members to pay a $25 annual fee and The Executive Directoris responsible for directing the staffof the Association, enjoy not only the aforementioned pastime but motivating and working with the volunteers, partof the 80,000 Alumni, and others also the games room, library anda dining room interested in thewell-being of the University, in ensuring the Association meetsits annual objectives in fund raising, communications and programs. that’s openfor lunch and dinner.Call the centre office at 228-3202 for details. The successful candidate will havea university degree, ten yearsof experience since graduation, a clear record of success in the organization and managementof Seminars people, strong written and verbal skills, and preferably, experience working with volunteer organizations. As the ’70s drawto a close,the College-Alumni Salary will be commensurate with experience andwill likely be of interest to an SeminarSeries, co-sponsored by the alumni indlvidual earning in the$30,000 range. division in health services planning, looks at Interested candidates should submittheir resumes in confidence to health services administration for the 80s in a Kyle R. Mitchell, Partner. series of seminarsthat bridges the decades. Commencing September 13 in Vancouver(Sep- tember 27 in Victoria), dialogue with officials from the ministries of health and treasury is included in meetings thatrun through January

at the Robson Square Theatre in Vancouver PERSONNEL COhSULrANISLID and the Eric Martin Institute Auditorium in 220 - 1155 West Georgia Street Victoria. The entireprogram canbe subscribed Vancouver, B.C.V6E 3H4 for $35 ($5 per seminar) and more information can be obtained from the Canadian College 01 (6041 685-0281 Health Service Executives, 440 CambieStreet. Vancadver Calaarv Edmonron Wtnmoeo London Toronto Montreal Vancouver V6K 2N5 (681-2374). b 1 ChronicleiAurumn 1979 23 I I Spotlight

(20s& I 30s Three of UBC’s Aggies have been honored this year: Lindsay M. Black, BSA’29, received the prestigious RuthAllen Award of the American Phytopathological Society. Black is a professor emeritus at the Universityof Illinois. The B.C. Institute of Agriculturenamed G. Gary Runka, BSA’61, agrologist of theyear, and regional range manager for Nelson, B.C. John G. (Jack) King, BSA’64, received an outstand- ingachievement award from the Society of Range Management.. . .Widely-travelled Un- ited Church missionary,Katherine B. Hockin, BA’31, (MA, EdD, Columbia), was the guest speakerat the Oshawa Presbyterial United Church Women’s annual meeting. Hockin has been both dean of studies and interim director of the Ecumenical Institute of Canada and is a widely-published author of numerous papers and articles. West Coast marine expert, Norman Rupert Hacking, BA’34, received another medal for his mantle in August at the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City: the Canadian Port and Har- bour Association awarded Hacking their medal of merit,“an award that is presentedto an individual forachievements in the maritime field ...for outstanding contributions to the shipping industry, bothas a shipping writer for the Vancouver Province and as a maritime his- torian.”. . .Will there be sufficient scientific personneltosolve Canada’s-and the world’s-technological problems of the future? An increasing number of educators think not; amongthem is William L.Ford, BA’36, MA’37, who voiced the fear in his convocation address last spring atDalhousie University. Receiving an honorary doctor of laws degree, he referred to the disturbing trendof declining enrollment in the fieldsof natural, applied and life sciences ....Robert P. Forshaw, BSA’36, (MSc, McGill), was doublyhonored by the alumni association of the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC). He received the OAC Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award and along with it, hewas the first grad tobe presented with the new accompanying honor, the Dick Waghorne Teaching Award. I

Having served as director of energy management since 1973,DanielM. Greeno, BASc’41, has been appointed corporate vice-president in charge of the newlyestablished energy and operating services department of the Stauffer 24 ChroniclelAutumn 1979 I

f ! Thunderbird Play-by-play Fall ’79

Angus Hanson Ralph Sultan :ootball

(Chemical Company in Westport, Connec- for adult education and with UNESCO, he re- 411 home games start at 2 pm, Thunderbird 1ticut ....After 38 years in education as teacher, turned in 1977 to join the newly created centre Stadiu’n. !principal and director, Ernest R. Ball, BA’47, forhuman settlements as deputy direc- BEd’48, has retired as director of secondary tor.. . .The rankof major-general was conferred Sept.22 UBCAlbertaat iInstruction in the Richmond school dis- onbrigadier-general Ernest B. Creber, 29 UBC atManitoba 3ct.6 Saskatchewanat UBC 1trict ....I‘ Uphill all the way,” says Norman K. BASc’51, this spring. Creberhas been director ICampbell, BA’44, about succeeding in Cana- general of land engineering and maintenance at 12 UBC at Calgary Idian showbiz. Nonetheless, Campbell and national defenceheadquarters, Ottawa since 19 Simon Fraser at UBC Don Harronare spending summer ’79 on a 1974.... Tim H. Hollick-Kenyon, BA’51, 27 Alberta at UBC sand dune on P.E.I. outlining a feature movie BSW’53, MSW’69, former executive director vov. 3 W.I.F.L. Playoff-#Pat #1 I3f Anne of Green Gables from the Charlot- of the alumni association, has earned his PhD 10Semi-Final Bowl Game 1tetown Festival musical version. Campbell has inhigher education from the University of 17 College Bowl Game also held boredom at arm’s length recently by Oregon at Eugene. 1producing La Fille Mal Gardee on CBC with In order to set upa private practice in busi- Ice Hockey 1the National Ballet and accepting the Order of ness evaluation,Arthur Guthrie, BCom’52, 411 home games start at8 pm, Winter Sports ICanada ....The United States departmentof ag- (CGA; PhD, Washington), has resigned as as- Centre 1riculture bestowed its highest award-the dis- sociate professor of commerce at Simon Fraser 1tinguished service award-upon the directorof University. He will continue to present semi- Oct. 6 UBC at Port Alberni 1the Beltsville agricultural research centre in nars in professional development and in other 7 UBC at Parksvllle May. Angus A. Hanson, BSA’44, has directed areas of management.. ..A change in marketing 12 Alumni Game 1the Beltsville centre since 1972, and previously efforts in order to expand the Canadian opera- 20 Brandon at UBC was chief of the forage and range reserve re- tions of the National Life Assurance Company 21 Regina at UBC search branch at Beltsville. of Canada has resulted in the appointment of 26 UBC at Lakehead After 25 years with the federal government Stanley Ross Johnson,BCom’52, as executive 27 UBC at Manitoba research community,Charles D. Maunsell, vice-president of the company. Prior to joining 28 UBC at Winnipeg BA’45, MA’47, (PhD, Berkeley), retiredas sci- NationalLife, Johnson was resident vice- NOV. 2-3 Alberta at UBC Ientific consultant with the federal fisheries and president in Canada for a major U.S.life insur- 9-10 Calgary at UBC

has been elected to the board of directors of CanDelOil Ltd. Currently executive vice- president of CanDel, he is a member of the Alberta Institute of Chartered Accountants, a director of the FinancialExecutives of Canada, and a past director of the United Way of Cal- gary. ...Paul Cameron Russell,BA’56, (DMA, Michigan), professor of music, has been appointed to chair the department of music at Alma College, Alma, Michigan. Formerly chief economist for the Royal Bank of Canada and more recently, vice-president, finance and investments, Ralph George Sul- tan, BASc’56, (MBA,Harvard), has been named senior vice-president, global marketing division and chair of the asset-liability policy committee of theRoyal.. ..John A. Bovey, BA’57, MA’67, is now hard at work inVictoria wherehe is the newprovincial archivist for British Columbia. Bovey has held the equivalent position in Manitoba where hewas responsible for the transferof the Hudson’sBay Com- pany archives from London, England to Win- nipeg. 60s Drumming up a degree in music education on his way towards teaching is Stanley R. Perry, BA’60. Perry is a professional drummer in To- After graduation it was library schod at ronto where he plays inthe Phil Nimmons Jazz &? %dvemity Of ,washingtan and while Quartet and the Nine Plus Six Group, while the&she married George “on an impalse studying at the University of Toronto. ...The one weekend.” After receiving her library May convention in Nanaimoof the British Col- degree, she worked for Vancouverthe Pub- umbiaHistorical Association resulted in the lic Librmy for 18 months. The VPL Electionof Ruth Evelyn Barnett, BA’62, as BA’29; coaidn’t ww, tma& she had won her marriage a secretbecause in those De- president. Editors of the B.C. Historical News Tkt tF6yrrgr’s teporter’s aw@ in 1925 for a pression dayswas it not supposed to employ are now Patricia E. Roy, BA’60, PhD’70, and spoof of the Fmh ini&tion. (The story married women. Kent M.Haworth, BA’68 ... .June M.Whaun, kt&gas ‘A few days ago the v&d,wooded Then came motherhood and three EM- MD’60, F.R.C.P.(C), is now a lieutenant- :olonel in theU.S. Army and pediatrician- ~~,~h~n~~~~~m~~~e~adm. Bur in her mid+ Doris decided $0 latge amemblage of terroz-dcken indi- go back to library work. “I reaily start& on hematologist with the Medical Centre of the vidds.’) She had worked hn: way up to my library career arid my writing in my old Walter ReedArmy Institute of Research in Washington, D.C. Her appointment had to be pssistgnr editor ‘andcr senior editor We ape” she explains.It was in a era when most mywhm othef staff me- included women her age still stayed at home. She approved by the president of the United States Jim& Sinciair, Sadie Bayles and Mamie worked with children’s literature and his- through a senate committee. Priorto her recent Maloney. She jusF didn‘t feel omniscient tory and started the VPL puppet shews. posting, she was director of the Southern Al- enougb to write an editorial. As a result She retired in 1975, a branch library head. berta Oncology Program of the University of Birney‘s successoras editor fired her. By this time she was the author of Bkrod Calgary. Anather story Doris tells of her Vbpq Btathnr (Macmiilan, 19701, Skw of the The mediagenic career of Hilary G. Brown, days is how Mamie Maloney took her, a Ha& (Mocmillan, 1974), runner-up for the BA’62, continues to develop. Beginning with very &y “Freshie”, on the Frosh snake 1974 Book of the Year award given by the CBC in Paris in the mid-’60s, Brown is now on &ace* which WBS quite an event in those -Canadian Association of Children’s Libat- the international beat with NBC. She covered days, The line ddanecrs wqt,in and out of rians and WaysHursh rmd Vi&#u. J. Doup the signing of the Egypt-Israel peace treaty in dawntown dart& haIls,’bi&ng streetcars taS, 19731, the Alaskan adventures of her March and credits theCBC with “opportunities pnd aaosg the St& Theatrg stage. father and his brother. :hey gave me in getting into television” which &e hrrs had an interesria$ Efe and tells Her latest book, The Evmm islmuis :ook her from Ottawa toABC in NewYork and abu8 it with alfentk sense ef bugor. Her (Gray%, 19791, is about the history of rhe low toNBC ....July saw Alfred A. Burgoyne, BSc’62, begin his duties as head, mineral re- 7k&h&, m qte of those &e came frm beautifa1 - but rektimly mknown - is- ,’ E&@’& busof the Yak& &Id Rush. lands of the Inside Passage- Quadra, Cor- iource,with thedepartment of Indianand Doris was born iir ‘Tanana, hka in IW tez,Redonda, Read and Malcolm. She lorthern affairs in Ottawa. Burgoyne came to ~ where she acqu$& B nickname, “BUMY,” spent many summers on Quadra where her .he position from the UMEX Mining Corp., ~~,~,~~,~today* Two yt8” iater fatha kedas isknd postmaster aft@ &is #here he was exploration manager for western ’ ’ &e family mov&4’to CaEifOmia and later to retirement. The story oftheseislands has its Zanada.. . .The Association of University Anes- Victoria wherex&mories of high school in- share of eccentric, lawless characters -in- .hetistselected Roderick K. Calverley, 1 cludepdaging Hdeoa oppositeJack Shad- cluding a JesseJames-type desperado who MD’72, toits society thisspring. He is as- [ ,~~’s~~y~n~rin “Midsummer‘s Night lived onRead Isfand violent deaths and sociate clinical professor of anesthesiology at 1,’ - &*,” pirate raids, perhaps even more so that the .he University of California, San Diego. ’ .At UBC shemet her future husband Guif Islands to the south. The first recipient of the Chemical Institute cieorge at a frosh reception.“He had to go Now that Doris Andersen has writtenall If Canada’s Alcan Lecture Award is Ronald G. : hom&at 11 because he was on &e fwbd these books perhaps the prospect of writing Zavell, MSc’60, PhD’62, whose research em- ”, tam’* she recaiis with a smile *use &w an editorial woufdn’t be so awful now2 lhasizes fluorinated derivatives of phosphor- : d,it: was udythe girl who had to go )us. Cave11 has been a professor at the Univer- homeeatly. - Olga Ruskin iity of Alberta since 1974.... Acadia University It Wolfeville, Nova Scotia, awarded Earle K. Kawkesworth, MEd’62, with an honorary doc- 26 ChronicleiAufurnn 1979 torate ineducation at their spring convocation. years. A stamp collector and curler inhis spare dian Labor Congress representative for Prince Hawkesworth is the deputy minister of educa- time, Brown got a thank you for being “the Edward Island. Heis a former assistant profes- tion for the province of Alberta.. . .Director of biggest asset” to the school’s library. sor of business administration at St. Francis the community planning branch of the depart- With responsibility for all export operations Xavier University at Antigonish, N.S ... . .Ber- ment of municipal affairsin Fredericton, N.B., including subsidiaries in the United Kingdom nadet Ratsoy, BSN’68, has become the direc- Tim J. JeUineck, MSc’63, has been in office and Australia, David Hugh Moms, BCom’65, tor of nursing at St. Paul’s Hospital in Van- since 1968. He views the branch’s function not is now controllerof the internationaldivision of couver., ..From test tubes to milk bottles: After as a watchdog, but as an advisorto both munic- the Toro Company... .Shifting librarians in the five years withthe RCMP crimelab in Regina, ipal and unincorporated areas.. . .Gerald D. Fraser Valley found Louise Harvey Magee, David J. Perley, BSc’69, has become a dairy Palsson, BSc’63, BLS’66,(MA, Arizona), has BLS’66, replacing Deborah Duncan, BA’72, farmer. His newfarm is located30 miles west of been appointed assistantuniversity librarian MLS’77, who has become area children’s libra-Yorkton, Saskatchewan in Willowbrook. for reference services with the San Diego State rian for the Fraser Valley, based in Chilliwack, University library, where he has worked since B.C. A strong believer inpuppet shows toliven leaving the UBC library in 1976. up story hour, Duncanopened her new tour of The last 15 years have been busy for Lorna duty (which extends from Hope to Mission) Mae Campbell, BEd’64, who is currently en- with Jack the Giant Killer .. ..Charles W. 70s rolled ina masters program at Ontario Institute Craig, BEd’67, is helping a lot of people learn for Studies in Education. Selected as one of 20 to read in Orillia, Ontario. Craig Reading and The A.13. MacKay Research Fellowship from women in 1978 for a leadership training prog- Educational Services, Inc. specializes in one- the NovaScotia Heart Foundationis helping to’ ram in Ontario, she is teaching grades seven to-onetechniques which enable non-reading support JanetM. Davies, BSc’70, inher and eight math forthe Torontoboard of educa- and non-writing adult students to learn in a studies at Dalhousie University where she is a tion and finding time to travel internationally calmand friendly atmosphere. Perceptual resident in anaesthesiaand engaged in heart whileworking becoming at vice- problems and dyslexia as well as no education research in physiology and biophysics.. ..Stu- principal ....Derek R. Francis, BLS’64, head bring Craig’s students to his Neywash Street dentsreturning to Summerland secondary of technical servicesat Douglas Collegelibrary, house. school will have a new face as vice-principal- has been appointed to chair the board of the Only one yearof study remains forJudith A. James 13. Fishenden, BEd’70, formerly vice- RichmondPublic Library, and the Greater Venning Cruikshank, BSc’67, toattain her principalat Revelstoke secondary. VancouverLibrary Federation.. ..Former medicaldegree-from the University of Roger W. Clapham, BA’71, is making life editor of the VancouverProvince, Robert B.N. Adelaide, South Australia. Judith hopes to be- sweet for a lot of people. He’s producing gift McConneU, BA’64, (MA, Chicago), isnow the comeactive in a UBC alumni branch in packs of comb honey, which he dispatches to publisher of the Gazette-the Montreal daily Adelaide.. ..Representing the CTV Network in faraway places like Japan and points west, on newspaper. McConnell joinedtheGazette three China is Dennis W.McIntosh, BA’67, who has his Aldergrove farm ... .With 13 years experi- years ago and has been assistantpublisher since been appointed to head the network bureau in ence in the oil industry, James G. O’Genski, last December.. ..From the Rocky View Times Peking.Previously, McIntosh was CTV’s BSc’71,has beenappointed vice-president, & Airdrie Echo, Airdrie, Alberta, comes news bureau chief in Washington, D.C., and he has surveys, of Petroseis Energy Ltd.. . .Peggy A. of John Antliff Brown, BLS’65, librarian at the been with the network since 1969 ....Mark C. Lew, BA’71, is executive secretary of the Save theChildren Fund in Vancouver.Urgently Airdrie High School library for the past three Alexander, BA’68, has been named the Cana- I *NOW IN CANADA verbum sapien tibus satis KANGAROO agoodbk the Uni-Sex is the Fur precrous0 Custom tailored coats for you and him in a variety of styles in vibrant,natural, pastel greys, creams and golds. lifeblood of a Kangaroo is ideal for west coast weather. The fur is thick and fine and variesin lengthto one and a half inches. These warm, light-weight shower-proofcoats master sprrrt make truly unique gifts at a very reasonable price. 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ChronicleiAutumn 1979 27 was responsible for its development and flavor experimentation, it’s called “Nature’sTreat” and, youguessed it-it’s yogurt. Winner of the George M. Darrow award, sponsored by the American Society for Hor- ticulturalScience is TinaRowena Kyle, BSc’77, a research assistant with plant sciences at UBC. She shares the award with George W. Eaton, professora of horticultureat UBC.. ..B.C. cauliflower will soon appear in retailers’vegetable coolers wrapped incel- lophane a la California cauliflower. The field pack (unwashed headspacked into boxesas picked) doesn’t maintain the freshness neces- sary to yield good return to the grower saysDan Lutz, BSc’77, an agriculturaleconomist in British Columbia. . . .Linda Svendsen,BA’77, was awarded first prize by Miss Chatelatne for )avid Morris Alexandra Volkoff her short story “Gaspumps” in the magazine’s ~ - fiction contest. Svendsen has had other publi- ware of the needs of some of the Third World in writing.. . . .Merilyn Davis McKelve Y> cation success with a play (produced at UBC), mntries,she organizes thesponsorship of BA’73, (MA, Waterloo), is with the architeX- another short story, and poetry published in :edy children throughout the world.. ..After ture and planning firm of A.J. Diamond A,S- the Dalhouste Review and Canadian Forum. :venyears of teachingEnglish in Japan, sociates of Toronto. A recentpublication of laire-Lucy Toynbee, BSc’71, has decided to hers, “Missing History:Tracking down t he ake her career commitment official and has homes of our Prime Ministers” appeared I: 1st lrolled inthe English-as-a-second-language year in the Canadian Magazine ....A trio of .ogram at theUniversity of Hawaii.. .. Winner UBC grads presented thesecond concert ofthe Weddings ‘the 1979 Queen Elizabeth I1 British Colum- Chilliwack CommunityMusic Schoolin t he a Centennial Scholarship of $10,000 over a spring:Dietrich Bartel, BMus’75, his wil e, Eerry“cNhy. Frank McLarenBerry to Pat- io-year period is Alexandra Volkoff, BA’7 1, Jocelyn Bartel, BMus’75, and her sister, V; %I- riciaMae McNulty, BPE’73,MPE’76, June lmetime Chronicle contributor. She will pur- erieVictoria Ellis Poppy, BMus’73, pe :r- 16, 1979 in Vancouver, B.C ....Campbell- le a master’s degree at the Institute of De- formed work from Bach and Mendelssohn f or Bottoms. Neil Alexander Campbell, BA’75, to :lopmentStudies at Sussex Universityin oboe, soprano and organ. The Bartels and MIS. Barbara Jean Bottoms, BHE’77, May, 1979 in righton, England. She has recently returned Poppyreside near Freiburg, West Germal1Y Victoria, B.C ....Dean-Gatley. Douglas P. om an extended stay in China. where they continue their studies of and wo rk Dean, BASc’78, to Diane J. Gatley, BSc’76, Assistant deputy minister of fisheries in St. in music. May, 1979 in Kelowna, B.C ....Stanfield- Ihn’s, Newfoundland, is Leslie James Dean, What has no preservatives, no refinedsuga lr, Bennett. Norman AllanStanfield, BMus’70, .A’73, who was formerly director of the pro- noartificial additives, is thickened wi th MMus’77,to Linda Carol Bennett, BA’75, ncial fisheries department ... .The decade of tapioca, comes in five flavors (plus plain), uses MLS’78, June 6, 1979 in Vancouver, B.C. e divorcehas given way tothe year of non-sulphured raisins, has a flavor portion of dimony-and Heather Manning Fayers, 24 percent and is an instant hit with the co n- 4’73,LLB’76, tells everyone to “put it in sumer? The brainchild of Burnaby, B.C. foc )d riting” in her new book, Ifyou love me-put it technologist, GailE. Christie, BSc’75, wl -10 Births Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Brandt, BEd’67, (Joan From the Hustings BSW62, (Van. Centre - NDP); Ilosem- LeslieMcConachie, BEd’76), a son, Conor .... ary Brown, BSW’62, MSW67, Michael, July 5, 1979 in Burnaby, B.C.. . .Dr. Canadians went to &e polls in May this year (Burnaby-Edmonds - NDP); Walter andMrs. D. Cannel1 (Bronach R. Cole, and now a numbm of grads find themselves Davidsoa, BA’62, (Delta - SC); Jack BEd’70, MBA’72), a son, Tavis Colin Peter, responsible for the destiny of the country. Davis, BASc’39, (North Van.-Seymour - August 29,1978 inVancouver, B.C... .Mr. and British Columbbnsenjoyed the democratic SC); Gary Lank, BA’63, LLB’66, (Van. Mrs.Roger D. Chan, MBA’72,(Donna J. process twice as they elected their provin- Centre -NDP); AlexMacdodd, BA’39, McLeod, BEd’72), a son, James Ernest Chan, cial government just 12 days before thefed- (Van. East - NDP); Lorne PIicokon, October 25, 1978 inCaracas, Venezuela ....Mr. eral election. BEd’63, (Nelson-Creston - NDP); ken and Mrs. Terrence V. Corcoran, BEd’73, a In B.C. the Socreds were returned to Sanford, BPE’56, (Cornox - NDP); daughter,Kylie Beth, May 4, 1979 in power and Premier Bennett’s cabinet is staf- Robert SkeUy, BA’68, (Alberni - NDP); Kelowna, B.C.. ..Mr. and Mrs. Ian W. Eas- fed by,among others: Garde Gardom, DavidStupich, BSA’49, (Nanaimo - son, BSc’69, MSc’71, PhD’75,(Marguerita BA’47, LLB’49, attorney general, (Van.- NDP). Elaine Easson,BSc’73), ason, Warren Wil- Point Grey); Allan Williams, LLB’SO, As a result of the federal election the liam,June 20, 1979in Hamilton, On- labor, (West Van.-Howe Sound); Kenneth following grads are in office: Alphonsw E. tario .... Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Griffths, BSc’71, BA’75, MD’77,(Andrea C. Davies, Me&laky LLB’M, environmenr, (Kam- Faour, LLB77,(number-Pon-au-Pon- loops); and, Patrick L. McCeer, BA’48, St.Barbe - NDP); John A. Framr, BMus’76), a son, James Christopher, April28, MD’58, education, (Van.-Point’Grey). LLB’54, postmaster general and minister 1979 in Victoria, B.C ....Dr. Edwin Charles Among the newly electedMLAs axe: An- of the environment, (Van. South - PC); (Ted) Hamre, BASc’64, PhD’70,(Elizabeth thony &urnmat, BEd’65, (North Peace A. Ron Huntington, BSA’46, minister of Chataway,BA’67), a son, Douglas James River - SC); Gordon Hanson, BA‘70, state for small business and industry, Chataway, January 14,1979 in Regina,Sas- MA’73, (Victoria- NDP); Jack Hehuich, (Capilano - PCh Waker F. MaLaan, katchewan ....Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. BAW, LLB’75, (Prince George North - BA’57, (Waterloo -PC); Doughs C,Neil, Hlatky,BSc’69, MA’73, a son, Kazimir SC); Peter Wyndtnan, LLB’66, (Van. LLB’SO, (Moose Jaw - PC); Arthat Phil- JonathonEdward, March 22,1979 in Van- South - SC); Stuart Leggatt, BA’55, lips, BCom’63,(Van. Centre - LIB); derhoof, B.C. LLB’54,(Coquidam-Moody - NDP); svend Robinson, LLB76,(Burnaby - Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. McRae, BSc’70, lames Lorimer, BA’48,LLB’49, NDP); Mark Rose, BSA’47, (Nimion-Port MSc’72, PhD’77, (Grace Ann McRae, BA’72), ~3urnaby-Wi~~~~don- NDP); Brian Moody - NDP). a son, Scott Edward Norman, March 24, 1979 Siaifh, BA’56, LLB”60, (Oak Bay-Gordon We hope our list of members is cbmplete, in Calgary, Alberta.. ..Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Head - SC); Amongthose MLAs re- both provincially and federally - if not, Newman, BSc’70, a son,Michael David O’Re- electedto office are: Emery Barnes, we’d like to hear from you. gan, May 24, 1979 in Calgary, Alberta. ...Mr. and Mrs. GeraldD. Palsson, BSc’63, BLS’66, 28 ChronicleiAutumn 1979 1% YEARS AGO THIS MAN BOUGHT HIS VOLVO BECAUSE IT WAS ADVERTISED AS THE 11 YEAR CAR. THE WORLD’S ONLY TOTAL-SYSTEM 110 SLR. WITH INTERCHANGEABLE LENSES, AUTO-WINDER, AUTO-FLASH AND PROGRAMMED AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE.

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