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U B C ALUMNI CHRONICLE 2 Vol. 11 No. 1 Spring, 1957 FRONT COVER

IndustrialFoundation on Education

“Theoutpour- befound, is a responsibilitywhich ing of highly cannotbe laid at thedoors of the qualifiedRussian schoolsand universities. Rather it is scientists and en- one for which the public and its rep- gineersin num- resentativesare responsible. isIt bersalready ex- essential, as I seeit, that the facts ceedingthose of relatingto this situation should be- allthe Western come widely known-in the hope that Officebuilding, parking garage, commercial devel- World put to- a suitableclimate of opinionwould opmentand civic square at Georgia andGranville gether,consti- hasten a satisfactorysolution to in Vancouver, designed by Keith Ewing (5th tutes a threat to them.” Year)andpresented theat10th Anniversary our economic Exhibition of the School of Architecture, U.B.C., Mr. Duncandiscussed the National superimposed on an aerialphotograph of Van- leadership and to C,onference on Engineering,Scientific couvertaken by Bill Dennett, Vancouver Sun. ourability to de- James Duncan s. andTechnical Manpower held at St. (Seepages 14-15.) fend ourselves against aggressors.” Andrew’s last September, attendedPage byInclude: Contents This was the warning presented to Canada’sleading educators and in- theAnnual Banquet of theFaculty dustrialists, and the Industrial Foun- Foundation on Education...... 3 of Commerceand Business Adminis- dation on Education which was estab- Editorial-Harry T. Logan...... 5 trationFebruary 21, byJames S. lished at that Conference. Hesaid: BranchNews-Peter Krosby ...... 7 Duncan,Chairman of OntarioHydro, GraduateProfile: Dr. A. E. “TheConference crystallised the formerChairman, President and Di- “Dal”Grauer-Larry Jack realisationthat Industry and Com- rector of Massey-Harris-Ferguson and Dick Bibbs ...... 8-9 merce, being the largest employers of Limited and its subsidiary Companies. ThePresident Reports ...... 11 theproduct of ourUniversities, had “Had it not been for the knowledge, No News is Good News- an inescapable financial responsibility which has filtered through to us from Brock David ...... 13 tothe other party.” He said the behind theIron Curtain, of thevast School of Architecture- programme of theIndustrial Foun- strideswhich Russia has been mak- 14-15 Lasserre Fred ...... dation would include: ing in the field of education, we might TheGreat Trek- well havecontinued along the even “One. The development of informa- Aubrey Roberts ...... 16-17 tenor of our wayswithout realising tionand statistics which would be NewHungarian Forestry School- the dangers implicit in this situation,” presentedtothe public insimple Allen George ...... 18-19 said Mr. Duncan, who is Chairman of form. Report on U.B.C. Development thenewly formed National Advisory “Two. Thepreparation of a fore- Fund-Arthur H. Sager ...... 20-21 Committee on theAdvancement of cast of thenumbers and kinds of The B.C. Research Council- Education. graduateswhich we must train to Gordon M. Shrum...... 22-23 “Fortunatelythe problem isnot provide for our national requirements. Leonard s. Klinck-Blythe A. an insolubleone. In the simplest of “Three. The preparation of a fore- Eagles ...... 24-25 terms,it is one of money, of vast cast of theadditional facilities -- Alumnaeand Alumni- quantities of money. It is a question, Schools,Universities, Technical In- Gallinari Sally ...... 26-28 too, of buildings - moreschools, stitutions-required over a given per- At The Sign of the Totem- teachers’colleges, more and larger iod of yearsto effectively train the Edwin B. Parker...... 29 universities,and more technical col- numbers and kinds of graduates con- Book Review-Roy Daniells ...... 30 leges.But, by far the most import- sidered essential. TheFaculty-Sally Gallinari ...... 31 ant, it is a question of teachers quali- “Four.The Foundation would also CampusNews and Views- fied to impart the leadership and the considernecessary expenditures in Smyth Ian ...... 33 knowledgewhich the youth of today connection with the provision of these SportsSummary-R. J. Phillips35 .... requires if he is to meet successfully facilities,with teacher recruitment 0. J. Todd,In Memoriam- thechallenge of tomorrow,”he said. andretention, motivations of stu- M. F. McGregor ...... 37 “Theproblem of teachers’salaries, dents,and the creation of a proper Obituaries, Births, Marriages .... 37-38 towhich an immediate solution must climate of public opinion.” Directory of Branches...... 38

B.A.’38 ; PeterKrosby, Administrative Assist- Economics,Mrs. A.R. Gillon. B.H.E.’48; Law, U.B.C. ALUMNICERONICLE ant. B.A.’55 ; Chronicle Editor, Harry T. Logan. William A. Craig. B.A.’50. LL.B.’Bl ; Medicine, Publishedby the M.C., M.A. : MEMBERS-AT-LARGE:William Dr. D. H. Zimmerman. B.A.’49, M.D.’65: Alumni Association of the University Craig,A. B.A.’50, LL.B.’51;MissRika Nursing,Mrs. Shelagh Smith, B.A.Sc.(Nurs.) of BritishColumbia Wrizht, B.A.’33: MissMildred Wright, S.W. ’50 ; Pharmacy. Fred Wiley, B.S.P.’53 ; Physical DipL’46; JohnLecky, B.A.’41; John Ashby, Education, Bob G. Hindmarch. B.P.E.’52, Social Editor:Harry T. Logan, M.C., M.A. B.A.’33;Leonard B. Stacey. B.A.Sc.’24. SEN- Work, MissMildred Wright, S.W. DipL’45. AssociateEditor: Edwin B. Parker, B.A.’54 ATEREPRESENTATIVES: Miss Marjorie ALMAMATER SOCIETY REPRESENTA- Agnew,B.A.’22: The Hon. Mr. Justice A. E. TIVE:Donald E. Jabour. A.M.S. President. AssistantEditor: Sally M. Gallinari. B.A.’JS Lord,B.A.21 ; Dr.Ian McTaggarLCowan, Board of Management B.A.’32,F.R.S.C., Ph.D.(Calif.)’35. DEGREE EditorialCommittee EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE : President,NZI- REPRESENTATIVES : Agriculture,Ralph €1. Chairman : NathanNemetz ; Members: G. thanNemetz, Q.C., B.A.’34; Past Preuident, Gram,B.S.A.’37; Applied Science, M. A. DudleyDarling, A. P. Gardner,Harry T. Logan, A. H. Sager,Peter Sharp. Peter Sharp, R.Com.’BS ; Second Vice-president, Thomas,B.A.Sc.’31; Architecture, Findlay W. Mrs.Pauline Ranta, B.A.’35. B.S.N.’39:Third Scott,B.Arch.’52; Arts, Mrs. Mary Robertson, CHRONICLE OFFICES Vice-president,Dr. M. F. McGregor, B.A.’SO; B.A.’49: Commercr, T. R. Watt, B.Com.’45l : M.A.’31;Treasurer, A. P. Gardner. B.A.’37: Education.Robin Smith, B.A.’37, M.A.’51 ; Businessand Editorial Offices: 201 Brock Hall, ExecutiveSecretary, A. H. Saaer, D.F.C.. Forestry,John H. G. Smith,B.S.F.’45; Homt U.B.C., Vancouver 6, B.C. Published in Vanronver. Canada, and authorized as second class mail, Post OfficeDept.. Ottawa.

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U.6. C ALUMNI CHRONICLE 4 Editor‘s Page Fromthe Mail Bag The DEBT, SATISFACTIONAND FRIENDSHIP “I am over here temporarily and do Retirement of Sherwood Lett not know for how long. As the Univer- U.B.C. hasbeen fortunate in her sity still has my permanent address, I Chancellors. Each of them has brought do notknow when the Alumni Fund to his high office different gifts and a Campaign will get going for this year. differentprofessional experience. Mr. However, I knowthat if I sendthe F. Carter-Cottonwas a pioneer B.C. enclosed cheque to you, it will be direc- Journalist;Dr. R. E. McKechnie, a ted to the proper channels. Hungarians show finespirit at U.B.C. “It certainly seems to me that the brilliant Surgeon; Chancellor Emeritus Basketball Game. TheHon. E. W. Hamber,a leader in Alumni Fund idea is developing well. tinanceand industry and Lieutenant- For my part the idea of annual con- tributionshas three benefits: One, to Governor of ourProvince; The Hon. ada. We weleomc. themwith ogct~ make some payment on the debt each Chief Justice Sherwood Lett, barrister, arms. individualwill always have to his soldier,diplomat. Each, in turn, has “These are the people who jokingly AlmaMater; two, the satisfaction been elected by the unanimous vote of claim that Hungary should havch been of contributingto something really Convocation; each has lent distinction awarded ten, not nine, gold medals in worthwhile;and, to keep a littlein to the office and has served.the Uni- the Olympic Games ‘because we threw versitywith unselfish devotion. They thehammer and sickle the farthest.‘ touch with a good friend.” haveall earned the gratitude of our Theseare the people who set up :L H. S. (“Peter”) Fowler, Alma Mater. free government in Sopron and ran the B.A.Sc.33, And so itis appropriate that to affairs (of theircity (nicknamed ‘The P.O. Box 1960, ChancellorLett, who retires from Faithful City’) during the Hungarian Honolulu 8, Hawaii, office thisyear, we now say a heart- revolution.They dug in in defensive January 22,1957. felt “thank you” for all he has done positionsaround their city, and re- for U.B.C.-in his six years as Chan- treated across the Austrian borderfive RETURNTO NOSTALGIA cellor,in his many years as member milesaway only after the onslaught “May I con- of the Senate and Board of Governors, of hordes of Russian tanks made theiv gratulateyou on andin all his years of leadership cause completely hopeless. theexcellent among OUT Alumni. A member of the “Theyare a Schoolwith perhaps quality of the U. first Graduating Class,1916, first Pres- more ‘school spirit’than we have H. C. Alumni ident of the Students’ Council, and an everseen. They were originally an Chronicle! early President of the Alumni Associ- independent Forestry School in North- “It is onlyre- ation, he has taken an important part ern Hungary until the border changes cently that a in the University’s activities from the after the First World War movedthem friendsent me beginning of herhistory. During the intoCzechoslovakia. So theypacked twoback num- thirty-fiveyears, or so, whichhave upand moved to Sopron. When the bersof the passed since Sherwood Lett was first Treaty of Versaillesceded Sopron to Chronicle. I am enclosing a electedto Senate, there can be few Austria they were the prime movex Frank L. Fournier administrativematters affecting the behindalocal plebiscite which got chequeforthe life of the University which have not them back into Hungary. U.B.C. DevelopmentFund and also comeunder his scrutiny and been another cheque covering my subscrip- ‘‘They are proud people with a rich shaped in some measure by his judg- tionto the “Chronicle” for the next heritageand with an intense desire ment.In fact, the Chancellor might two years. to learn the way of their new home- veryproperly be styled “Mr. U.B.C.” land. They bring with them a student “Itseems that I havebeen out of orchestra (minus instruments), a soc- touchwith my old friends at U.B.C. Welcometo Our Guests certeam, tennis champions, fencers, Aftergraduating, I spentten years skiers;in fact, ail that one migh-t inforeign fields in mining and oil fromHungary expect of anactive student group geology,having worked Newin The University of British Columbia anywhere. Guinea,Borneo, Egypt and Ecuador. will surely be envied by every Univer- “They come at a time when Canada’s Sinai Province of Egypt was the field sity of thefree world. Elsewhere in forest industry badly needs talent such of myendeavours for Standard Oil, this Issue (pages 18, 19) will be found asthey can offer or will beable to 1939-41. It is a desert wilderness but an account by Dr. George Allen,U.B.C. offerafter they learn English and I learned to love it. Dean of Forestry, of themigration, completetheir training in Forestry. “Since 1943 I have been engaged as almostintact, of theentire Forestry Thoshortage of trainedForesters is a Geologist in Canada, spending some School of Sopron, Hungary. These iine so acutein Canada that, even with seven years with Imperial Oil Limited young men and women students, with theirarrival, we must not let up in theirteachers, some with families, as Advisory Staff Geologist for West- our efforts to recruit more and more ernCanada. At the present time I havecome here with faith and high young people for careers in Forestry. expectations. Their hope is that they am located in London, Ontario, where will be able to complete their studies, “Oncethey learn the ways of our I amManager of a privateoil and far from the hate and political turmoil forestsand the problems created by gascompany. We are exploring for vastsizes and distances, they, with of their unhappy fatherland, and find oil and gas in the oldest petroliferous a home in this land of plenty to which their different background and earlier Province of Canada.London is a theirdestiny has brought them. Our training,may make valuable contri- lovely city with a beautiful University University, our Province, our Country butionsthat no oneelse could make. Campuswhich undergoingis con- Their approach to conservation prob- mustregard their welfare as a debt siderableexpansion -this year. lemsalone, could, in ten or twenty of honour we owe them for their noble “I will lookforward with great contribution to the cause of freedom. years’ time, make us extremely gratc- ful for their presence.” pleasure to receiving future copies of Thefollowing Editorial byEd the U.B.C. Alumni C,hronicle.” Parker, B.A.’54, is reprinted from the February number of “U.B.C. Reports”: Frank L. Fournier, B.A.’29, “We arc indeed fortunate in having Apt. 308-124 St. James St., the Faculty and studentsof Hungary’s London, Ontario. only School of Forestry come to Can- January 18, 1957.

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U. 0. C. ALUMNICHRONICLE 6 ingnext fall inconjunction with Homecoming. Branches The Class of 1917 has been contac- ted by a Vancouver Committee headed UNITED KINGDOM by Class Vice-president Miss Margaret Maynardto find outhow many will The U.K. Branchhas had a very be able to attend and when they wish good year.Notable among the year’s tomeet. From letters received to events was a Christmas Sherry Party, Vernon Branch Meeting with Dean G. C. Andre,# date,the Class appears to be unani- held at London House on December 15. mously in favour of gathering at the More than eighty Alumni attended the time of the May Congregation. very successful affair, including Hon- MONTREAL TheClass of 1922has its own orary Members Norman A. Robertson, Herb Capozzi, B..4.’47, President of arrangements.Their Committee is B.A.’23, LL.D.’45, High Commissioner headedby Blythe Eagles, Dean of forCanada in England, and W. A. theMontreal Branch, has resigned fromhis position with the Canadian the Faculty of Agriculture, who, with McAdam, LL.D.’56, Agent-General for Mrs. Eagles, will be hosts to the class B.C. in England. Broadcasting Corporation in Montreal totake up his new post as General at their home on July 3. AnAnnual General Meeting was Manager of the B.C. LionsFootball Otherclasses are expected to hold held in the Overseas House in London Team. The Branch has not yet elected theirreunions at thetime of Home- on February 8. The combined business thenew President to take his place. coming in early November. and dinner meeting elected the follow- Best of luckto you, Herb, in your ARCHITECTURE ingExecutive for the coming year: effortstobring the Grey Cup t.o TheArchitecture Division of the Mrs.Douglas Roe, President, James Vancouver! Clavel, B.A. ’54, Secretary, Mrs. Leslie U.B.C. AlumniAssociation held a Brown, B.A.26, Treasurer, Mr. Connla verysuccessful reunion on February TRAIL, 16. Thegathering included an after- T. Wood, B.A.’54, ChronicleCorres- Dr. John Deutsch, Head of the De- noonbusiness session in the Mildred pondent,and Mrs. J. W. R.Adams, partment of Economicsand Political B.A.’23, Mrs. 0. K. S. Laugharne, B.A. Brock Room and a dinnerand dance Science, and Colonel Harry T. Logan, inthe Brock lounge in the evening. ’25, H. F. E. Smith and J. Risk, B.A. Editor of the “Chronicle,”have been ’54, M.Sc.’56, ExecutiveMembers. Guest Speaker at the dinner was Mr. invited to speak at the meeting of th.e NathanNemetz, Q.C., B.A.’34, Presi- Future activities of the Branch will Trail Clhamber of Commerce on March dent of theAlumni Association, who include a cocktailparty at Canada 21. On March 22, they will attend th.c spoke on problems of educationand House,given by High Commissioner Annual. Meeting of the U.B.C. Alumni mentioned the work presently done by Norman Robertson, and excursions to Branch in Trail. theAlumni Committee on Education an ice hockey game, the Boat Race and EDMONTON toalleviate some of theseproblems the Henley Regatta. in B.C. A1 Westcott, B.A.’50, B.S.W.’fjl, vis- The business session discussed ways PORTLAND ited thme Campus on January 8, bring;- and means by which the :Division can The Assistant Secretary visited Port- ingnews of newAlumni arrivals in assistthe School of Architecturein land during the second week of Jan- Edmonton and of the general activiticbs improving its present conditions. The uary in connection with the Northwest of the Branch. enthusiasm displayed by the members DistrictConference of theAmerican VANCOUVER ISLAND of the Divisiondemonstrated very Alumni Council. Whilethere, he had clearlythe need which Divisions can the pleasure of meeting with members DeanGeoffrey C. Andrewand the fill in the University picture and was of theBranch for a veryinformal ExecutiveSecretary are planning to a definiteencouragement to expand andenjoyable luncheon get-together attendannual meetings of Alumni further in thisfield of Alumni activity. arranged on extremely short notice by Branchesin Victoria, Duncan, Che- Electedto the Executive of the Branch President Dr. David B. Charl- mainus,Nanaimo and points north, Division were J. Y. Johnstone, B.Arch. ton, B.A.’25. The following Graduates in late April. ’52, Dip.R.C.A.’54, James B. Chaster, wereable to take time out during a OKANAGAN B.Arch.’53, and W. W. Rennie, B.Arch. busy noon hour to attend: Dr. Charl- ’54. Continuingon the Executive for DeanAndrew and the Executive ton,Miss Margaret Sutherland, B.A. anotheryear will be F. R. Whitely, Secretary visited Alumni in the Oka- ’49, BranchSecretary, Miss Yvonne B.Arch.’53, BlairMacDonald, B.Arch. naganbetween December Paul, B.A. ’47, David A. Lewis, B.Com. 10 and 13. ’55, andDonald Coulter, B.Arch.’55. ’38, Eric Barker, B.Com.’50, and Dick DeanAndrew addressed meetings of TheExecutive members will decide Grahame, B.S.A.’42, B.Com.’48. theCanadian Club in Penticton, Ke.l- amongthemselves who is to fill the owna,Vernon and Revelstoke, and position of Chairmanpresently held SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA boththe Dean and the Executive by F. Walter Scott, B.Arch.’SZ. Mr. Kenneth Wardroper, B.Com.’47, Secretary spoke to meetingsof Alumni of theCanadian Consulate inLos Branchesin Penticton, Summerland, Angeles,was the Guest Speaker at Kelowna, Vernon, Salmon Arm and Rev- theend-of-the-year meeting of the elstoke.They also addressed assem- Annual Meeting SouthernCalifornia Branch, held on blies cd HighSchool Students and The Annual Meeting of Convocation December 8 inthe Engineers’ Club Staff at most points. and of theAlumni Association will at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. be heldon April17th in the lounge His topic was “The Point of View of of Brock Hall, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Canadain the Present World Situa- Asthere have been a number of tion,” and a lively discussion followed importantdevelopments during the the talk. REUNIONS pastyear which the meeting must Thenew Executive of theBranch, passupon, some of themneeding elected at this meeting, is headed by This yearis reuniontime for the approval in the form of amendments Stan Williamson, B.A.Sc.’36, who takes Classes of 1917, 1922, 1927, 1932 and tothe Constitution, it isessential over from Les McLennan, B.A.’22, as 1937. Committees of therespective that as many attend as canpossibly President.Other Executive members Class Executives are now forming in spare the time. areHarry Cross, B.A.’24,M.A.’35, Vancouver to look after the planning Guest Speaker for the occasion will Vice-president,Edith McSweyn, B.A. and arrangements in connection with beDr. A. E. “Dal” Grauer, President ’29, Secretary-Treasurer,and Dr. W. theseget-togethers. There is also a of the B.C. Electric Company, Member F. Seyer,former member of the possibiLity thatthe classes of 1942 of the U.B.C. Board of Governors and Faculty at U.B.C. and 1947 may wish to stage a meet- U.B.C. Chancellor-Elect.

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A. E. “DaI” Grauer

By Lawrence B. Jack, B.A.’32, M.A.(Cal.), Ph.D. (McGill),B.A.(Oxon.), andRichard M. Bibbs, B.A.Sc.’45

pic lacrosse team which won the world a back-breaking task for the ordinary championship at Amsterdam.Sand- man, it was typical of Professor wichedbetween his years at U.B.C. Grauer that he continued throughout andOxford, he also found time to the academic year 1937-38 to conduct gainhis Ph.D. inEconomics at the his full complement of teaching, com- University of California (Berkeley). mutingbetween Ottawa and Toronto Soon after his return to Vancouver to do so. Much morerecently, after from Oxford, Dal’s scholarly capacities hehad attained his present disting- were recognised by the University of uished position in the business world, Dr.A. E. ”Dal”Grauer Toronto, which invited him to join the hewas the Federal Government’s in- Department of Political Economy as a evitable choice to be a member of the Inthis age of over-specialisation, lecturer in 1931. Although Economics current Royal Commission on Canada’s the term used to typifya man of great had always been his chosen sphere, he Economic Prospects. versatility,who is at homein the soon gravitated to the Schoolof Social Asone might expect, Dr. Grauer artsand sciences as well asin pro- Work, under the compelling influence has retained, throughout his more re- fessionalor business activities and of thelate E. J. Urwick.Upon Pro- cent career as a spectacularly success- public affairs, harks back several cen- fessor Urwick’s retirement, he stepped fulbusinessman, a strongand prac- turies. Thus, a man who is truly ver- intohis mentor’s position as a full ticalinterest in education, directed satile in several spheres of activity is Professor and Director of the Depart- particularlytoward his Alma Mater. oftenreferred to as a “Renaissance ment at the age of 31. Since 1942, he has served continously man.” This flattering term can clearly on ACADEMICDISTINCTION on theSenate of U.B.C. and, be used to describe the subject of this October 2, 1956, he was appointed to “GraduateProfile.” Dal Grauer has Whenever a man achieves academic theBoard of Governors.Throughout beenoutstandingly successful in four distinction,and also clearly has a thisperiod, he has been a leading distinctcareers, as a scholar, as an soundgrasp of practicalmatters, he member of the“Friends of theUni- educator, as a businessman and as a will certainlybe called upon to help versity,” which is a group of influen- leader in community and public affairs. dealwith problems in public affairs. tialmen dedicated tohelping the As if itwere not enough to be out- Since Dal Grauer clearly had the re- Universitygrow. Hehas led the standing in four fields, he adds to his quired twin talents, he was soon drawn business community in setting a pat- intobodies which dealt with civic accomplishmentssocial and cultural ternfor endowment of scholarships, graceswhich are unusual thein problems in the Greater Toronto area. bursariesand research. Characteris- extreme. Thereputation he early achieved in tically, he feels there is yet much to In fifteen hundred words, it is diffi- thissort of communityeffort led to be donein this field. Ashe said to cultto do justice to Dal’s successful hisbeing called upon in short order theWinnipeg Chamber of Commerce achievements without making thesum- toparticipate in Federal affairs. The twoyears ago: “Business has con- Bank of Canada retained him to study mary read like a bald listing such as tributed substantially to .the provision Canada’staxation system, and this might appear in “Who’s Who”. Since of scholarships at .the University of association led later to his retention by we must start somewhere,however, B.C., but this is a field, like research, theRoyal Commission on Dominion- we can best do so by looking at what where,in not many years, I believe Provincial Relations (the Rowell-Sirois he did as an undergraduate. businessmen will look back upon their Commission) in 1937 to take a senior presentdonations as meagre.” BASKETBALLCAPTAIN position on its research staff. In .that Most important, for two years Dal capacityhe authored five reports In THIRD CAREER servedon the Students’ Council, the thebroad fields of publichealth, DalGrauer’s third career, in busi- secondyear as A.M.S. President.He labour,housing and social insurance. ness,started fitfully after he left achieved First Class Honours in Econ- Althoughthis effort alone would be Oxfordwhen he joined the law firm omics with embarrassing ease, and in his Senior year captained the Univer- sity basketball team which was runner- up forthe Dominionchampionship. These academic, athletic and Campus leadershipdistinctions gained him a Rhodes Scholarship. While at Oxford, wherehe read law, he captained the Universitylacrosse team and was asked to join the 1928 Canadian Olym-

STOP PRESS After thisProfile had beensent tothe printer, theannouncement was made of Dr. Grauer’s elec- tlon by acclamation as Chancellor of U B C , In succession to ChiefJustice Sherwood Lett.Dr. Grauer willpreside over his flrstCongregation for Senior ”A” BasketballTeam, 1924. From left,Standing: T. Wilkinson,Prof. Knapp, K. Carlisle,D. Wallis ronferrino of degrees in October. (Trainer),A. E. Grauer. From left,Seated: E. Bassett, L.Bickell, D. Hartley (Captain), G. Lewis, F. Butler.

U. B. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 8 private philosophy that “the individual owesservice to his community.” His work in this field has been prodigious andhas never been parochial. :He servedfor many years on the Boa.rd of Trustees of the Vancouver General Hospital, three of them as Chairman: he has been Honorary Vice-President. of both the Canadian Welfare Council andthe Family Welfare Bureau of GreaterVancouver, as well as being a member of theCanadian Disaster, Relief Fund. On theday he received his appointment to the Board of Gov-. ernors of U.B.C., hewas present.ed with t.he Vancouver Lodge B’nai B’riith Goodwill awardin recognition of his support for the Canadian Council of With his brother, J. Grauer of JerseyFarms, Christians and Jews. An accomplished heexamines prize-winning member ofthe herd. pianist himself, he served three terms asPresident of theVancouver Sym- OfficialOpening Seton Lake Power Development. LITANY OF SUCCESS From left: Thomas E. Ingledow, D.Sc.‘55, John phony Society. Manson, Chairman,Lillooet Village Commission, Again, on wider fronts, heis a mem- Thislitany of successmight give andDr. Grauer. ber OE theBoard of Trustees of t.hr onethe impression that Dr. A. E. InternationalChamber of Commerce, Grauer is by now an over-worked, har- of E. P. Davisand Company, being membserof theCanadian Council of rassed and much-put-upon tycoon. On called to the Bar in 1930 at the age theNational Industrial Conference, the contrary, however, he is in fact a of 24. This early legal training stood himin particularly good stead when heleft academic life in 1939 to join the B.C. Electric Company as General Secretary.The abandonment at that time of a flourishing University career and of hisposition as a trustedcon- sultant of governmentswhen he was stillonly 33, providedDal with an opportunityto test theories of business whichhe had developed in his capacity as economist, sociologist and government consultant. ForBritish Columbia, it wasthe beginning of a profitable partnership when he returned home. EYE TOEXPANSION

Throughout the war, Grauer was one Dal Grauer withthe Board of Trustees, The Vancouver GeneralHospital, 1953. of the few economists in the country From Left: Standing, W. 0. Clarkson, W. Orson Banfield, B.A.Sc.’ZZ,M.A.Sc.’23, A. L. Wright, J: R; who was convinced that the immediate Neilson,A. E. Grauer,Leon N. Hickernell,A. C. DesBrisay, Walter J. McNaughton. Seated, Alderman Earle post-war years would see expansion of Adams, Alderman George C. Miller,Alderman Mrs. R. J. Sprott andThomas S. Dixson. business activity rather than depression. Intaking this attitude, he was Board, member of the Advisory Com- tycoonwho steadfastly refuses to drawingnot only upon his training, mittee on Atomic Power, Atomic En- lookor to act like one. Still only 51, but also relying on his conviction that ergy of Canada Limited, and member heis the model father of three sons a rapidperiod of growthlay ahead of theDollar-Sterling Trade Board. andthree daughters. His deep faith for the Province of British Columbia. Thistruly impressive listing by no inthe worth of theindividual, his Therefore,building upon his convic- meansincludes all the organisations warm and compelling confidence, and tions, Dal led a group in his Company of whichhe is either an active or hissuperb faculty for unobtrusive which planned for a burst of post-war honoraryboard member, nor does it leadership have kept him a delightful activity, not only in order to catch up beginto approximate the number of and approachable man known to hun- for the wasted years when maximum groups, within both the local and the dreds simply as “Dal”. economic effortwas directed to war national community, for which he has channels,but also to meet the boom done service as speaker, counsellor 01’ * x: * conditionshe had predicted. Early in advocate. 1944, he was elected Vice-president of Withthis background of achieve- his Company and, toward the end of ment and activity, Dal Grauer clearly thesame year, Executive Vice-Presi- takeshis place as one of Canada’s dent. Elected President in the spring mostoutstanding businessmen and SERVING of 1946, he was able to follow through public: servantsin whom confidence the post-war expansion plans he had mountsyearly. This confidence has so carefully drawn, which, at a cost of beenexpressed in the invitations he 400 million dollars, have by now made has had to join the directors of such the B.C. Electric the largest business Companies as the Sun Life Assurance enterprise in Western Canada. Company of Canada, Canadian Chem- icalandCellulose Company, The COMMUNITY SERVICE RoyalBank of Canada,MacMillan Althoughthe record of effortand and :Bloedel Limited,the Montreal successoutlined above would tax an Trust Company, the Dominion Bridge ordinarymortal to the utmost, Dal CompanyLimited, andVentures Grauerhas given full effect to his Limited. FOR YOU

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U. B. C.ALUMNI CHRONICLE 10 The President Reports- The Future of Higher Education

Dear Alumni: Thefuture of HigherEducation is and I hope will continue to get, very a topicwhich has been given wide- substantialamounts of money eal:h spread public attention in Canada and year, not only from governments, but throughout the Western World in the from industry, from business corpora- pastyear. There is agrowing recog- tionsand from private citizens, in- nition of theimportance of therde cluding Alumni. HigherEducation will playin the “I may say in this connection that development of ournatural and we areplanning to organise a large humanresources. Our Universities capital drive programme in the coming havealways occupied a leadingand year 11958. Wehave already begun At colourfula ceremonyin theArmouries on distinguishedpart in the intellectual workand are hoping that it will be February 11. Lt. Col.G. M. fhrum, O.B.E., M.M., and cultural growth of every Western possible to increase private and public E.D., handed over HonoraryCommand of U.B.C. Contingent,C.O.T.C., toColonel N. A. M. nation.Today, perhaps more than contributionsto our capitalneeds. I MacKenzie,C.M.G., M.M. andBar. everbefore, while continuing their can assure you that we will do every- ancientrcle, they are being called thing in our power to attract as much upon toan unprecedented extent to privatecapital to our University as amount.The University of Toronto, take a lead in developing the economy, we possibly can. despiteyears of vigorousresistance, thephysical growth, and indcrd the “I know of no University anywhere, has finally accepted the inevitabilityof security of the nations of which they to which the student body has contrib- anenrolment of atleast twenty-two play a part. uted so much-out of their own very thousand, and the Government of the I discussed these facts in relation to limitedresources. This, despite the Province of Ontario, for .that Univer- thefuture of HigherEducation in fact that the Universityis a Provincial sity alone, is proposing to spend over British Columbia at the Annual Meet- University, with a Board of Governors fortymillions in the next ten years. ing of the Victoria and Island Publicity andSenate representing all parts of “One other fact, and in many ways Bureauin Victoria on February 22. theProvince, and situated, not in a muchmore serious one. Unlessour I thought that you would be interested Vancouver,but on Provincial land:< teachingand research staff are of in readingsome of thefollowing adjacent to Vancouver.In fact so little topflightquality in respect of their rxcerpts from that address: “The ex- claim do we have on Vancouver that abilities and training and their exper- pansion of the whole of our economy, for a considerable period of the last ience, they have no place in a Univer- and particularly of our British Colum- twelve months the Fire Department of sityand should have no part in the bianeconomy, will require farmore that city, because of legal technicali- trainingand education of thebest educatedand trained young men and ties,was apparently of theopinion, young men and women in our country womenthan we are presently pro- aswas the City Council, that they andour Province. Within the past ducing.Further, if we areto main- would have to let us burn down rather week I have had letters of resignation tain our place in the world and achieve than assist us if a serious fire occurred. from three highly qualified youngmen any degree of security in it in respect “Hereare two other illustrations who areleaving us forbetter paid of the competition for trained person- of theproblems associated with de- positions in other institutions, two of neldeveloping in the United States, veloping a Universityin Canada--- themin the United States. This is and in theface of the threat to our andinBritish Columbia. In 1948, likelyto continue in an accelerated continued existence as a free country, under heavy pressure from the peoplr way unless two things are done. One, then we must do morethan we have of the Province, from .the Legislature. that we get enough money to pay them beendoing for the Universities in andthe Government, we agreed to reasonablyadequate salaries in com- Canadaand for the University of organise a Faculty of Medicine, and parison with the offers made them by British Columbia in particular. were Flromised at that time adequatr, other institutions in the United States “Bythe terms of Confederation, andappropriate buildings, equipmenl, or byIndustry or Governments. The education,including University edu- andfacilities. That Faculty, potenti- other is that they be given reasonable cation,is a provincialresponsibility. ally one of thebest in Canada, is hope that over a period of years the Thisresponsibility, inmy opinion, stilloccupying huts on theCampus University of British Columbia will be means that the people of the Province and will ablenotbemoveto adequatelyequipped with buildings throughtheir Provincial Legislature into permanent buildings for at least. andfacilities. and Government are, and must be, re- three or four years. Last year, again “SO that you may not think that I sponsible for what I describe as “the at the request of the Government and amunduly pessimistic may I go on basicservices” of HigherEducation. the Legislature and under public pres- recordto the effect that we have, in These include all undergraduate work sure, we agreed to take over responsi- myopinion, the best University in andall professional schools, faculties bility for allteacher training in the Canada at the present time, and I am and departments. However, because of Province.To date this new College most anxious that it remain the best. the interest of other governments and and Faculty of Education is carrying Forthe time being, that is for the of othergroups in Higher Education on after a fashion in a small temporary past six months. our teaching staff has they too should make their special con- bui1din.q and a number of huts,and been brought up to the floors paid to tributions to our Universities. If Uni- again it will not be possible to provide its teaching staff by the University of versitiesare to do thebest work of them with suitable accommodation for Toronto; but I am practically certain which they are capable they must have severalyears. thatToronto will move ahead of us the maximum measure and degree of “Universitiesin the modern world within the next twelve months if we freedomin the conduct of theirown are extremely expensive institutions if do notincrease our salaries.” affairs. This is best assured when their they are to provide adequate services financialsupport flows from a wide and a variety of them. The University Pours sincerely, variety of sources, and where no one of Michiganover the past ten years government or group is able to inter- has spent more than sixty millions on ferewith or dictate to -the members new buildings and it has present plans of the academic community. We at the for sums to bespent over the next University of BritishColumbia get, tenyears two or three times this

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U. E. C.ALUMNI CHRONICLE 12 symposium . . . a Latinword, from hiscourses will receive his fullest NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS support. By David Brock theGreek, meaning a drinking-party . . . at which the cry of “Here’s mud MONARCHYABOLISHED EDUCATOR RAPS LOFTYVIEWS inyour eye!” willbe followed by a Asmall group of students at the Dr . Pellagra quite literal fulfilment of that hearty University of British Alsaskitoba has Wrimsley,noted wish. Gobs of real B.C. mudwill be decided to abolish the monarchy. “We authorityon scooped up by trained on-the-spot I?- aretired of payingship-money to mentalagrono- porters to ensure full coverage. the English tyrants,” said pert Bapsy my,declared last CHAIR OF HAPPINESSFOUNDED Mimico, who is workingher way week thatpro- TheUniversity of McGontoan- throughcollege as a psychology fessorsand stu- model. Bapsy feels Time Magazine is dentsalike must nounces the appointment of Dr. F. J. Rusma as its first Professor of Hu- a must for a girl who wants to take come out of their Lifeseriously. She has built herself ivorytowers and manHappiness. Later, degrees will a fine hifi-for-shameset and has a getdown among be grantedin this subject, provided David Brock Finds the it will make anyone any happier. pretty collection of discs. Bapsy hon- WorldMildlv Amusina thegrass roots. estlyenjoys seeing other people’s “Ifwe run across Dr. Itusma has long taught that if - colouredphotographs and is there- somc mastodonivory down there we could only understand each other’s problems, this familiarity would breed foreinconstant demand. (,This is amongthe grass 1,oots,” shesaid, No. 1 of a series of short profiles, in “we will know how todeal with it. not on.ly contemptbut unhappiness. He infact, thoroughly familiar fullcolour, of YoungMinds of All And believe me, weshall find plenty is, withthis problem. “Who is unhap- Ages.) of allies down there among the sexton pier,” he asks, “than the man whose RUSHING SEASON MOOTED beetles,moles, centipedes, rodents, wifedoesn’t understand him or the worms,and other honest realists. Ithas beensuggested that North onewhose wife understands him all American universities should adopt a Even the ostriches have the right idea, too well?” but they do not go deep enough.” Dr. briefintensive rushing season for Wrimsley feels that if you are unable Hehas studied happiness among bidding and pledging each other’s pro- larks,clams, grigs, kings, and other fessors.Except during this season, to getfully underground, at least thingsthat one can be as happy as. allpersuasion would be strictly de- duringyour lifetime, the next best “Kingspresent a specialproblem,” plored.The post office department thing is to try to get under a log or hesays. “They complain a gooddeal wouldbe asked not to transmit off- a good flat stone.“What we so des- abouttheir lot, but when forced ’io seasonoffers of employment through perately need,” she said, “is for every abdicatethey frequently utter shrill themails. “To make an offer tothe Canadian to face the future with dirt cries.”Dr. Rusma feels hibernation employee of another university is an inhis eyes. Ivory towers haven’t is only a 507~answer to the problem invasion of privacyand only censor- even got window-boxcs.” of happiness,but any students who shipcan stamp it out,” said Dean Dr. Wrimsleyhopes to conduct a wishto attempt hibernation durinp Tendergast of LussliefTech.

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13 U B C ALUMNI CHRONICLE IO Years of Architectural Development

By Fred Lasserre, B.Arch., M.R.A.I.C.,Director of the School of Architecture Interest in Structure. A CommunityCentre Con- structed by 4th YearStudent Rex Raymer. - Inchoosing a whoseopen planning and freedom are all terms associated with the new titleforthese fromrigidity liberated architectural post-wararchitecture. At the same lines I was on the thinking,allowing it toexplore new time a type of construction was being verge of “Ten relationshipsbetween interior spaces developed toexploit to the full new Years of Change” and between these and exterior spaces. technologicaladvances and the new when I realised As thearchitects and their clients type of labour force which was avail- its inappropriate- emergedfrom the war to plan the able. More and more of the buildings ness. The last ten numerousnew structures which our hadtheir parts arrive on thesite yearshave not twentiethcentury Urban Civilisation readyfor immediate assembly. The beennoteworthy required, they found a number of new amount of waste in construction dim- for “change” but factors. The war had largely changed inished.The units being assembled- theyhavefor thesocial spirit from one of preten- bathrooms,stairs, elevators, walls “development”. It Fred Lasserre tion to one of service. Buildings were (curtain walls) and a continuously in- was the years 1939 to 1945 which saw built to serve man whether for Edu- creasingnumber of otherparts were the change that established the nature cation or theUnited Nations. They being manufactured in factories away of our presentarchitectural develop- were not built to impress by massive fromthe site. The building crafts- mentand of thepresent trends in colonnades, decoration and emulation. man was no longer required. For ex- architecturaleducation. The labour scene had also changed to ample, a largehigh school recently Whatwas the Architectural Scene one of collaboration between manage- completed in a suburb of SanFran- in 1939? mentand labour. The Unions were cisco can be dismantled by the use of We saw buildings being erected then accepted asan integral part of our anordinary home screw-driver. It usingevery historical and eclectic socialsystem. The craft unions had iscompletely built of prefabricated device to hide or camouflage the tech- reluctantlyaccepted gradualthe metalparts clamped together. The nological fabric of the building. False change to more and more “industrial- separatetrades on the job are no classical columns and massive looking isation” of the building industry and longerrequired tointegrate their hollow buttresseswere added to the began to use labour and time saving work with the structure. This integra- structure of buildingsto give them machinesandprocesses. thisIn tion, just as in a machine, is done at “architecturalgrace and dignity.” changeover we lost our craftsmen, thedesign stage, the design taking Buildingswere being copied, not de- evenskilled stone masons became intoaccount the new techniques of signedorcreated. Since buildings scarce,carvers and decorative plas- assembly and of trade union relation- were being erected for new purposes terers practically vanished. ships. requiringnew forms, only the trap- TheArchitecture which appeared Thereis one other feature, which pings of historicalarchitecture re- wasan austere one; one that hoped wasimpressed on the architects try- mained;for example: a fakedhalf- toobtain its effect in a preciseand ing to find their way in the new post- timbered veneer with peaked roof and creativeinterpretation of thestruc- wararchitectural world. This was gable window would be applied to the ture of the building.The maximum that in satisfying man’s building needs front of a plainbox-like block of of efficiency was expected of buildings it was essential to include the satis- apartments, the window ending above andtheir interiors were to be condi- faction of theaesthetic side of his the flat roof of the block and backed tioned to every physiological and psy- psychologicalneeds. The great archi- by a comouflagedinterior. chologicalrequirement of man.The tectural leaders of our time from the Thefew brave pieces of modern structure was reduced to the minimum beginning had made the core of their architecture,which accepted contem- necessaryto combat gravity (and to message that architecture must be an porarytechnology as anally in the be within the requirements of building art, a veryimportant art since it is production of usefuland beautiful codes). It wasenclosed in a shell- so persistentlyvisible. It is respon- buildingswere held in contempt as the roof and walls-which acted as a sible for the appearance of what we eccentric.Only a handful of critics filterbetween the exterior and the see most around us-the rooms, build- anddevotees fully understood the interior,letting in what was needed ingsand towns. At the same time importance of thesenew buildings. forman’s comfort and keeping out thesearchitects insisted that an art Theworks of LeCorbusier, Frank what was undesirable. This filter was to be alive and meaningful must be- LloydWright, Mies vande Rohe, being made more and more adjustable long to its age and therefore the art Tecton,Gropius, Mendelsohn, Neutra totake care of thevagaries of the in our architecture would emerge only wereconsidered ugly, irreverent and weather. whenwe have exploited to the full suitedto factories and “long-haired” This fitted into the new social and thematerials and the techniques of cranks. labourpicture. The primary aim of building of ourage. Whatchange took place by 1946? thebuilding became Man and his Overthis technological building Theemergency needs of the war comfort, and his ease of mind. It also basewould be placed symbols and and the technological advances during wasto be an efficient, serviceable individualcreative expression, which theseyears combined to produce de- building with a maximum of useable completeman’s psychological and fense buildings which were functional space,capable of a multiplicity of aestheticacceptance of a building. to a high degree. There was a search usesif necessary. The freedom for Theinclusion of decorationwas con- for a simple direct architectural form which we had fought and which is at sidered assomething desirable but in keeping with the spirit of efficiency the root of Democracy found expres- its attainment was still uncertain. In and absence of waste which prevailed sion in the freedom of the plans, the this uncertainty some modern design- duringthe war years. A linkwas flowingspace through the building ers advanced the theory that “less is establishedwith the leaders of the and on to the exterior. The “picture” more” as a valid and moral justifica- modern movement, with the works of window,“indoor-outdoor living”, the tion for the elimination of all decora- LeCorbusier, Gropius and Wright “patio”, as well as the “open”plan tion.They suggested that human

U. E. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 14 beingsplus the industrially produced functional parts would act as decoration.Such features as lightingfix- tures, fulniture and drapes would give interest to the interior of the building. The exterior was to remain unadorned, relying on its general form and purity of lineto achieve its effect. Many buildings arestill being designed to- dayfollowing this architectural philosophy. Now, whathas happened in the last ten years ? Asmore and more buildings have been erected in an unadorned but preciseand well-executed manner, the brittleemotional sterility of this architecturehas become apparent. Yet the architect is caught in a technological trap. Economics and modern methodsand processes now makeit impossible to turn backto craft-like buildings.However, what isoccur- Studies in Basic Design.Constructed by 1st and 2nd YearStudents. ringthatis the craftsman-artist works more closely with industry. He foundto be riddled with contradic- can schools. Evenin such a strong- no longer works on the building structions.Buildings which claim to be hold of the academic tradition as the ture except as a surface decorator, or functionalleak badly and roast in Academie des Beaux Arts in Paris is as a supplier of art works free of the thesummer afternoon sun; build- thiscourse given. The course aims building.The sculpture forms of ings which try to be of the landscape, at freeingthe student’s thinking of classicalcolumns and Gothic portals intimatelyblended with their sur- preconceived aesthetic and visual ao- are no longerpossible. The artist is roundings,are as completelysealed tions and at giving him an understand- moreand more brought in to advise againstthe exterior as is possible, ing of the basis of visual reaction and in thecreation of richnessby the and fully artificial in every detail of of the aesthetics of architecture. mannerin which materials are as- theirinteriors (even the landscaping Atthe same time Schools in their sembled, inthe decorating of free has probably been carefully re-adjust- variousways are introducing more elementsuch as furniture,doors, ed) ; buildings are informally laid out humanitiescourses. It ishoped that slabs,sheets of mosaic. forformal functions and council this will assist the student; in obtain- Thenumber of newmodern struc- chambersare arranged for authori- ing some guidance in his evaluation of tures built in the past ten years has tarianmanagement rather than for human behaviour, of human likes and established that the old forms of ar- thedemocratic procedures professed dislikes, or human reaction and yela- chitecture,admirable as theywere therein. tionships.This is thereal substance fortheir time and incredibly beauti- Thisconfusion of architecturaldi- of the architect’s professional service fulas they are, are not suitable for and it is felt that he must assist in erectionin our time. Having cstab- rectionshas of coursebeen reflected inthe Schools of Architecture. The the search for an answer to the social lishedarchitectural emanicipation andemotional problems of our day. fromany past style a passionate one fixed and established criterion of good architecture at any time is that He cannot merely wait until a client search has unfolded for a style which defines anarchitectural problem be- bestinterprets our technological and its formis an honest expression of fore he puts the shell around it. The industrialcivilisation, and the goals its function and of its structure. The of democracy.Our “free-enterprise” Schools of Architecturehave there- architectis more and more expected democracyhasgone fartowards fore concentrated in the last ten years toassist the client in the definition socialism,with social welfare meas- on improvingtheir technical CoUrscs of thatproblem by thinking of the uresandother developments on and in making the student more con- shell at the same time as the defini- behalf of all members of the commun- scious of the functional ends to which tion is being made precise. ity.Yet, can we say that Democracy thebuilding must be directed: man’s The Curricula of the Schools, includ- is fully democratic? Are we a happy, physical and physiological welfare and ing our own, which is currently cele- well-integrated people confident of our the ultimate economic achievement of brating its TenthAnniversary, have placein theworld and in destiny ? the building. The social and aesthetic beenand still are developing in Thisreflectedis inthe confusion goals of thebuilding, those qualities breadth rather than in increased spe- which exists in the types of buildings whichwill live on beyond this epoch, cialisation. The conflict between tech- which arebeing erected. They are arestill ill-defined. The Schools are nicaland functional courses on one confused and therefore they are timid side and the humanistic and aesthetic inthe handling of theorycourses. courses on the other is very real. Our Facultymembers are suspicious of Schoolis investigating the possibil- one another’s theories, and are afraid ity of becoming a fullygraduate School of threeyears duration. This of the student being misled. wouldfollow a fouryear Arts and Certainpoints of common agrecx-. ScienceCourse prior to the student ment, nevertheless, have been reached. embarking on the more technical and Prior to 1939 thebasic studies in professionalcourses. Architectureusually started with a Thiswould lengthen the years of study of historical architectural styles study by one, but it might make them which were meticulously copied. Since morefruitful and rewarding. The thewar there has been an almost studentand eventual architect would universaldevelopment of a coursc~ have a betterunderstanding of the called Basic Design, which now forms underlyinghuman and social goals PrimitiveStructure .A Study inthe Fundamentals of Human Dwellings,Constructed by 2nd Year thefoundation course in almost onc whichhis buildings will house and Students. hundred per cent of the North Ameli-. his architecture express.

15 U B.C ALUMNI CHRONICLE Paradearrives atU.B.C. site, Point Grey

groupswhich could be persuaded to co-operate.Jack Clyne was charged THE GREAT TREK withthe responsibility of preparing datafor presentation to Government By Aubrey Roberts, Arts ‘23 and public. Drafting of the petition fell to the Addressing Freshmen at the Cairn view site of the General Hospital and lot of JackClyne and Bruce Fraser, Ceremonylast fall I ratherblandly some of theaccommodation shamed B.A.22,both now members of the asserted that we who participated in eventhe poorest of U.B.C.’s present- Bench. Professor H. F. Angus was the Student Campaign and Great Trek day army huts. The Province of Bri- consulted on the finaldraft, both as in1922 didn’t realise that we were tishColumbia in 1911 set aside a to content and formal wording of the creating a traditionfor the Univer- 3000-acresite at PointGrey for the preamble. sity of British Columbia. UniversityCampus and in 1914 con- CAMPAIGN Perhaps I wasonly half right on structionstarted theonScience When the fall term started, an ex- that point forI find that The Ubyssey Building and the Faculty of Agricul- panded Campaign Committee was ap- of Novemebr 2, 1922, carried a brief turebarns. World War I halted op- pointed.Ab Richards, President of editorialunder theheading “Our erationsand the bare girders of the theStudents’ Council, was General Heritage”which hints at thefuture. ScienceBuilding for ten long years Chairman; Percy M. Barr, B.A.Sc.24, It said: symbolised the first major disappoint- D.Sc.’45, Vice-chairman;Jack Grant “Somethinghas happened to this ment in the lifeof the new University. Campaign Manager; Marjorie Agnew University,something not easy to When U.B.C. opened itsdoors on Secretary;Betty Somerset, B.A.24, describe,and yet something which September 30,1915, therewere 379 AssistantSecretary; R. L. “Brick” shouldreceive mention here. It is students.By 1922 therewere 1176- MacLeod,B.A.25, Treasurer; Joe only now, in the presence of the genu- anincrease of 211percent served in Brown,B.A.23, M.A.25, Jack Clyne, ine that we have come to realise the accommodationwhich had increased A1 Buchanan,B.A.24, John Allar- futility of thoseflorid phrases in dyce, B.A.’19, M.A.21,and Aubrey whichwe were wont to congratulate only 25 percent. Classes were held in shacks, tents, a church basement, at- Roberts,Members. The Committee ourselves upon our college spirit. That startedimmediately on an intensive tics and nearby homes. immaturity is passed, and in its place andextensive campaign. We set up we have a consciousness-and a pride BEGINNING aVarsity Press Bureau which sent -too genuinetodress inpurple Shortlybefore the close of the material to all the B.C. weekliesand patches. We have come into our herit- 1921-22 term the Students’ Council at trademagazines. Harry Cassidy, age.” I do notknow who wrote the the prompting of Ab Richards, B.S.A. B.A.’23, Don McIntyre,B.A.23, and editorial-Harry M. Cassidy, B.A.’23, ’23, D.Sc.’49, and Jack Grant, B.A.24, yours truly were the Directors. wasEditor in Chief, A. G. Bruun, began to consider a Student Publicity Duringthe summer some 16,000 B.A.’24, wassenior Editor and G. B. Campaign(its official title)directed petitionshad been obtained and the Riddehough, B.A.’24, wasEditor for first order of businesswas an effort the week-but the author came close at theProvincial Government whose repeatedpromises and failure to re- toincrease this number to 50,000- to eventual truth about the campaign. anobjective which was exceeded by sume work at Point Grey had become Incidentally,The Ubyssey was a 6000. A house-to-housecanvass was somewhatfrustrating. A Committee weeklyin those days and I’m sure organised, a booth set up at the fair, everyparticipant in the Trek would was appointed to do preliminary plan- andone enterprising student even find much of interest and amusement ning and canvassing during the sum- rode the Fairview street car-remem- in itspages as I didrecently when mervacation. The Ubyssey fails to refreshing my memory of things long recordthe names of theCommittee past. but I am informed that itincluded Ab However, the Editor of the Chron- Richards,Jack Grant, A. H. Finlay, iclewants something factual about B.A.Sc.24,Jack Clyne, B.A.23, and theStudent Campaign and Great MarjorieAgnew, B.A.22. Each stu- Trek,not idle reminiscences. This dentwas armed with a petitioncon- then is the story of 1922 as it emerges tainingspace for 25 signaturesand fromthe mists of aninadequate urgedto make a vigorouscanvass memory. duringthe summer. The Committee BACKGROUND interviewedcommunity leaders in In1922 the University was housed every area, gave addresses at Boards Students in Shell of Present ChemistryBuilding, in temporarybuildings at theFair- of Trade, service clubs and any other FirstPermanent Building on Campus.

U. 6.C ALUMNI CHRONICLE 16 ber the old Belt Line? - all day col- lectingsignatures. The Ubyssey put out a special edition October 24, 1922, headed“Wednesday is Varsity Can- vass Day-Here are Your Official In- structions”. Speakers were sent to all who would listen,talks were given from the stage of city theatres and over radio stationCKCD, one of thecity’s first stations.The week of October 22-28 wasdeclared “Varsity Week” with a “pilgrimage”to Point Grey as the final event on Saturday,October 28. THEPILGRIMAGE -* Thepilgrimage-it wasn’t called GreatTrek passrng Georgia on Granville. theTrek until afterwards-started Each class had its own Marshall and so thatthe trekkers could make a with a paradewhich formed on the perhapsyou will remembersome of token gesture by tossing any and all Georgia Street viaduct and wound its these:Arts’23, C. Upshall;Arts’24, rocksthey could find intoits centre. waythrough downtown Vancouvey J.Lundie; Arts’25, J. B.Shore; Art.s Student volunteers in the week before (Main,Hastings, Granville, if you ’26, W. H. Sparks; Science ’23, Archie the Trek had assisted Mr. MacRitchie wantthe details). AtDavie and McVittie;Science ’24, Bob Hedley; by finding and moving the large stones Granvillethe parade broke up and Science ’25, MortRichmond; Science needed for the base and sides. the students boarded a fleet of street ’26, F. J. Owen;Aggie ’23, Harry Inside the Cairn is a roll of parch- carsprovided by the B.C. Electric. Fulton;Aggie ’24, HughRussell; mentrecording the history of the Therewas much cheering and hulla- Aggie ’25, L. A.Murphy; Aggie ’26, Campaign.The inscription on the baloo as the street cars moved across GabLuyat. outsidesays simply “To the Glory of GranvilleStreet Bridge andout At the Point Grey site the men, who OurAlma Mater. Student Campaign BroadwaytoTenth and Sasamat. had marched ahead, climbed onto the 1922-23.” There the Trek began. baregirders of the ScienceBuilding THEDELEGATION while 13rick MacLeod,yell king, and After the Trek,on Tuesday, Novem- hisassistant, E. J. Bloomfield, Arts ber 1, 1922, tobe exact, four leaders ’25, led them in a “Skyrocket” for the of theStudent Campaign went to girlsas they arrived on thescene. Victoriato interview Premier John Therewere brief speeches hy Ab Oliverand Members of hisCabinet. Richards and Jack Grant, much photo They were introduced by Ian Macken- taking(we had three newsreel cam- zie, M.L.A. forVancouver (later Rt. eramen in attendance)and a general Hon. Ian Mackenzie, M.P., Minister of whoop-de-doo. Theentire student NationalDefence). body then formed a huge “U.B.C.” on The Delegation-Ab Richards, Percy the level ground in front of the Science Barr, Jack Grant and Jack Clyne met Building, again for the benefit of the theCabinet and interviewed nearly cameras. everyMember of theHouse individ- GreatTrekkers J. F. Brown,Hon. Mr. Justice J. V. A hot dog and coffee stand was set ually. They made such a good impres- Clyne,Miss Marjorie Agnew, Mrs. J. V. Clyne and AubreyRoberts looking at a recent map of the up at the side of the road, with Miss sion that they were invited to address campus. E. P. Hansford, Miss Marjorie Agnew the Members and the House adjourned and Miss BettySomerset in charge. to theMembers’ Room for theoccasion. Theparade, incidentally, was a Profitswent to the campaign treas- In theHouse the 56,000 petitions, verycreditable effort by the stand- ury. carriedin pomp by six page boys, ards of 30 yearsago. There were a Scores-or wasit hundreds ?-of wereplaced before the Speaker roll large number of floats-thirty-five in Vancouver citizens followed the Trek by roll. They now rest in the Provin- all-most of whichcarried the mes- intheir own cars and most of the cial Archives. sage of overcrowding and undernour- trekkers got a lift back to town when Oneweek later-on November 9- ishment.The Science ’26 floathad a theshow was over. PremierJohn Oliver announced that hugesardine can labelled “Sardines, THE CAIRN the Government would make a grant Varsity Brand, Packed in Fairview”; of $1,500,000 immediately to start con- the Engineers and the Aggies had dis- TheCairn which symbolises the struction of theUniversity at the tinctive offerings. There were several Trek was a brilliantidea of the late Point Grey site. And so it was. bands recruited from friendly organ- Professor P. Boving,A. eagerly isations in the city and a number of adopted by the Campaign Committee. FOOTNOTE firms entered floats to help the cause. Theframe of theCairn was set Up Thecomment which members of We(the Campaign Committee) before the Trek by Angus MacRitchie theCampaign Committee value most highly-and whichevery student of muffedone in connection with .the of the .Art Monument Company after U.B.C. pastand present, should take parade.A C.P.R. traininsisted on the site had been surveyed by W. H. right-of-way at CarrallStreet and Powell, member of the Civil Engineer- to heart-was contained in an editorial neatly cut the parade in half! ing Staff, andA. H. Finlay, B.A.Sc.’24. by the “Daily Province.” It said: TheCairn was designed by Messrs. “Itis a remarkable feature of thismove- THETREK Sharpeand Tompson, Architects of ment,inwhich the undergraduates had TheParade Marshals-A1 Buchan- completecontrol, that it shouldhave been an,Jock Lundie, B.A.’24, andBob the U.E:.C. buildings at Point Grey. carriedout without indiscretion or sacrifice The top of the Cairn was left open or offenceagainst good taste . . . Organ- Hedley, B.A.Sc.’24, were busy during isersand participants showed the hiah theparade, but they had to swing spiritand gaiety of youth,but they did into action again when the street cars not forget that they were ladies and gentle- deposited several hundred students at men.They made their appeal without bitternessand without offense to public Tenthand Sasamat. There the trek- menand to the Community. In theyears kersformed upby Faculties and to come. when,as matureand influential Classesand started the march over citizens, theyshall contemplate the Uni- versityestablishment at Point Grey. they the wagon trail-it wasn’t much bet- may lookback ontheir early share in this terthan that-to thePoint Grey developmentwith much satisfaction and no site. JackGrant RichardsAb Percy M. Barr self-reproach.”

17 U. B. C. ALUMNICHRONICLE HungarianForestry School on Steps of the BiologicalScience Building.

dignity of man.” . . . Smallwonder, then, that the old and middleaged as Flight to Freedom well as the young have flown to seek freedomin other lands-that parents haverisked everything to give their HungarianForestry Faculty Arrives in Canada children their most treasured heritage. FORFREEDOM‘S SAKE By George S. Allen,M.A.Sc., Ph.D., Dean of theFaculty of Forestry Wevisited Eisenstadt and Andau, andthere saw for ourselves what human beings will suffer for the sake of theirown and their children’s Mr. Fred McNeil of the Powell River spiritualfreedom. We saw the work white-faced truck drivers, and pedes- of the Red Cross-of theSave the Companyand flew toVienna on I trians who would henceforth hesitate Children Fund - of the International December 13 tomeet the staff and before leaving the sidewalk. Mr. Cox RescueOrganisation. We saw the students of theTechnical University finallyadmitted defeat: “Nicht so miracle of selfless,tireless women of Hungary Sopronand discuss at schnell, Hans! nicht so schnell!”-and savingthe lives of druggedhalf- withthem their proposed move to wesettled down to a comfortable 55 frozenbabies and children and re- Canada. From Vienna we went by fast miles per hour. storingthe courage and hope of a carto St. Wolfgang where students I won’t try to describethe return proudbut frightened and exhausted andstaff were housed in a youth triptwo days later-the nightmare people. If evermoney is well spent, hosteland a resthome, respectively. might come back. itis in helping these organisations Wespent two days with the group, The Sopron students were amazing keepup and expand their wonderful showed them films and coloured stills, “covered by the poorest of clothing, work in the collecting posts and camps asked and answered questions through faces and hair shining, and eager for of Austria.Their great need is for interpreters,and discussed the pros information and a friendly word. We more teams, more money, more food, and cons of moving a University half couldfeel their tremendous need for more clothing, anda more rapid move- way around the world. reassurance that what they had done ment of refugees away from Austria. Wereturned to Vienna by even andwere going. todo would work The reservoirs are full but the swollen fastercar, spent a fewhours with out well. . . . “Had ten years of Com- streams continue to pour in. variouspeople concerned with the munistic propaganda had its effect?” I spentan hour or so inVienna venture,visited two border refugee They laughed! “How could any think- walkingwith Dean Kalman Roller, camps,slept a little,waited a lot, ingperson swallow the theory when lookingfor a bookstorethat sold travelledto Munich by bus with 60 everything around him attested to its Forestry and Basic Science textbooks. refugees, flew toAmsterdam, waited absurdity!” . . . And these were largely Ourcommunications were laboured for fog to lift, and thenat last winged sonsand daughters of farmersand andgenerally limited to such items overthe top of theworld back to workmen-the verypeople for whom as “Woist der Buchhandlung?” We Vancouver. Communism had been designed! “The did find out that we are of the same That is a summary of our trip - older people played a vital part: they age to the year, and that Dean Roller uncluttered with detail - factual, but keptthe spirit of freedomalive and has four sons compared with my one uninteresting.All of the interest lay broughttheir children up to believe sonand one daughter. This little in the details: a few of which are set in truth and godliness and the inherent exchange of confidencetook about out below. twenty minutes and one mile but we , I mentioned a fast car to St. Wolf- gotmore pleasure from it than we gang. It was driven by a stiff-backed wouldhave from a moreserious dis- Austrianby the name of Hans, a cussion. quiet,elderly man, ordinarily, who turned into a demon behind the wheel. LYSENKO NOTHUNGARIAN Mr.Gordon Cox, Canadian Char& Dean Roller’s comments on Lysenk- d’affaires,told Hans we were in a oism areworth mentioning. When bit of a hurryand to drive “quickly Fred McNeil asked how he had handled but without accident.” By a judicious the“new genetics” of theLysenko use of hornand accelerator, steering era,he explained that he and his wheeland brake, Hans managed to 7 colleagueshad to acceptthe vital DeanKalman Roller; Dean George Allen; Mr. John exceed the legal Viennese speed limit E. Liersch,Vice-president, Powell River Company; r81e played by environment in Soviet by 30 miles per hour without having Mr.Philip Bird,Canadian Department of Russiabut questioned its application an accident-but heleft behind him Immigration. in Hungary. After careful experimen-

U. 8. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 18 tationthey went so far as tostate that . . . “inRussia environment is the dominating factor in heredity but ourexperiments show that in Hung- ary,Mendelian heredity still holds.” Teachingin Hungary apparently re- quiredthe use of witsand innuendo as weli as knowledge and understanding. AtSt. Wolfgang we saw a little of the difficulty thatplagues all of thepeople and organisations connec- tedwith the Hungarian migration. Althoughstrenuous efforts had been madetobring all of theSopron studentsunder one roof, about 100 HungarianForesters Arrive at Abbotsford. were still at Sitzenheim some 60 miles away.This group had crossed the was quite withdrawn - probably sad.. INTENSIVEENGLISH borderwith arms and so hadto be denedby what they were leaving The general plan is this. The Sopron interneduntil hostilities had ceased. behindand not a littlefearful of School stayed at Abbotsford until the A happyA solution was eventually whatmight lie ahead. Slowly but accommodations at Powell River were foundand a phonecall to Budapest surelythese people changed. They readyin late February. At Abbots- broughtthe answer: “There is no beganto smile occasionally near the fordthe group began an intensive fighting.”Therefore, under interna- end of ourbus trip to Munich. They coursein English which will be con- tionallaw, the internees could be foundtheir air legs between Munich tinued at PowellRiver until about freed! On theother hand, to obtain andAmsterdam and were able t.o May 1. Thenthe students and some busesto transport the students to laugh at somefairly severe bumps. of the faculty will obtain employment St.Wolfgang appeared to be a far Thatnight in Amsterdam they sang forthe summer months, some with more difficult probleminvolving not at dinneras the orchestra played the B.C. ForestService, some with onlythe Governor of Salzburgbut Hungarianmusic. By the time we theFederal Services, and some with alsothe Austrian Army and various were over Greenland the next day we theForest Industry. In September governmentdepartments. Eventually seemed like a normal happy group of the Schoolwill probably lnove to the thenear miracle was accomplished tourist,sback from a vacationin University provided that accommoda- by Mr.Cox and on oursecond day Europe.Children had lost their un- tioncan be made available, and will thegroup arrived and joined the naturalquiet and their frightened operate for at leastone year as the others at theyouth hostel. That looks andplayed noisily like normal Sopron Forestry School. It may con- evening,Sunday December 16, we childreneverywhre. It was a great tinuein this status until all of its droveback to Vienna taking Dean momentwhen we sighted the shores studentshave graduated with the Roller with us. On Monday and Tues- of Canada as the white mountains of Sopron Diploma, or it may gradually day all were to be processed for visas Baffin Land appeared out of the haze; integrate with the U.B.C. Faculty of and receive medical examination, and allwere at the windowsanxious to Forestry,whichever appears to be theCan- Mrs.Marguerite Wilson of see everything, excited and happy with the wiser and more practical. adian Red Cross was to obtaina list of newhope as weglided over a silent clothing needs for the trip to Canada. and utterly calm land. A questionin some people’s minds Two Austrians will remain long in The climax came when we dropped concerns the ultimate effect the Hung- ourmemories. Hans was one; the downinto the beautiful fairyland arianSchool will have in R.C. and other was Franz, the same taxi driver- which is Vancouver on a clear winter Canada. interpreter who had taken Jack Web- night. The flight to freedom was over It is not difficult tobe optimistic ster to the border. Franz had nothing andsixty souls breathed the air of aboutthe outcome, even though we butpraise for Jack Webster but he their new country for the first time. realize that there will be many prob- saidhe thanked heaven when Jack Dean Roller’s triptoVancouver lems.A serious shortage of trained finallyleft. Jack’s energy and his served two purposes: (1) to see some- Forestersexists today throughout utter disregard for bodily comfort and thing ad Vancouver,the University, North America. Too few students are sleephad exhausted Franz tothe andPowell River, and (2) to discuss enrolled in the four Canadian Forest breakingpoint. Franz loved to talk with various people the details of the Schools and far too few Graduates are andhe told us muchabout old and Sopron School’s moveto Canada. He goinginto government services and new Vienna, the War, the border, and and the student leaderMiklos Gratzer, intoscientific research. The Hungar- returned to Vienna on December 24 therecent Occupation. He showed US to ian School, like most European forest join the main party. On December 28 theGrand Hotel which, he said, had schools, particularly stresses training tobe torn down and rebuilt. It had theentire group left for Liverpool in the Basic Sciences. For this reason been taken over by the Russians and and as theNew Year dawned, sailed graduateshould beespecially finally stripped of everything movable for Canada on the Empress of Britain. its when they left - even the plumbing suited to research and technical For- andthe door knobs. One Russian estry work and should help to relieve colonel hadkept goats in one of his thepresent great shortage. The twosuites for ten years to provide studentsand staff bringwith them milk forhis children. Franz con- experienceand knowledge that they cludedsadly: “it would be best to can adapt to our conditions and, once tearthe building down.” Franzwas they have become acquainted with our our friend, counsellor, and entertainer forests and our problems, the Hungar- whohelped, not a little,to ease the ians should be able to contribute sub- heart-breakingexperiences at the stantially to the progress of Forestry border. in this country. HAPPYTOURIST BAND For a time they will need help and On ourtrip back to Vancouver we encouragement but whatever is given hadfor company Dean Roller and inthis respect will be repaid many three of hisstudents as well as 56 TwoHungarian Students are shown U.B.C.Labor- times.The benefits to Canada should otherrefugees. At first thegroup atoryFacilities by U.B.C. Student. be long-lasting and highly significant.

19 U. B. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE U.B.C. Development Fund PRESENT:

By A.H. Sager, Executive Secretary, U.B.C.Alumni Association ANNUAL I In 1956, asin every year since the Board of Directors commencement of annualappeals, the Fundestablished new records and foundnew friends for the University. Total of receiptsfor the campaign which terminated onDecemebr 31- the last campaign solely under Alumni sponsorship-was$143,639.92. Thisex- ceeded the year’s objective by $44,000.00 andwas S64,OOO.OO higherthan the totalfor 1955. KenCaple Cot. W. T. Brown Mrs. Howard Dal Grauer Cot. F. T. FaireyWalter Gage A new record was also established in T. Mitchell the number of direct participants. 3,903 Alumniand 460 Friendscontri- PAST:

The U.B.C. DevelopmentFund was createdby the Alumni Association in 1948 toprovide meansa by which Alumnimight contribute to the Uni- versity and receive income tax exemp- tionfor such gifts. It replacedthe formersystem of fees,Alumni donors receiving active membership status and the Association obtaining annual main- tenancegrants from the Board of Governorsin lieu of the earlier source of revenue. From the first year of operation thc Fundhas been successful. Ithas x- sulted in a significant increase in active membership, a keenerinterest in the work of the Association, and it has provided a new and increasingly important source of revenuefor the University. W. C. Gibson Agreat many Alumni participated in the formation of the Fund and many morehave given unselfishly of their Frank Turner,Executive Director Alumni Assn. STATISTICAL REPOF (Continued on paoe 258 1946 - 1954

Alumni .. . .. RECORD OF DONORS AND DONATIONS Friends .. . AverapeAlumniGift. . ALUMNI FRIENDS TOTAL AverageAll Gifts . .. Alumni Donations hy Area: Year Donors Amount Donors Amount Donors Amount Vancouver ...... B.C.Outside Vancouver ... . 1949 1,462 $ 12,215 t 1,452 $ 12,215 YukonTerritory and Northwest Territories 1950 1,846 15,393 t 1,845 15,393 Rest of Canada ...... 1,802 17,327 1961 1.802 17,327 t United States ...... 1952 2.190 18,437 t 2,190 18,437 OtherCountries 1963 2,303 20,000* 284 $ 2,68720,072 40,072 25,39 2 2,860 25,392 50,392 1964 2.326 25,000’ 535 Non-AlumniDonations ...... 1955 3,474 35.000* 752 44,448 4,226 i9.448 1956 3.903 63,279 460 80,361$ 4,363 143,640 __ ~ ALUMNIDONATION TOTALS 19,294 $206.651 2,031 21,325$172,076 $376,924 1916 $1929 82.00 739.30 tNo solicitation of friends*Approximate 1917 19301,406.50 504.66 $Largest of Alumniorigin. 96 1918 70.00 1931 913. 1.145 .50 1932 714.1919 1932 1.145.50 Development Fund Chairmen 19202,017. 1933 176.50 2,228.6 5 1934 739.1921 1934 2,228.65 iI/55 i16.55 1035 595.1922 1035 i16.55 00 1923 1,069.05 1936 25,782. 1924 847.33 1937 794. 1925 968.50 1938 396. 1 926 516.00 1926 1939 684. 544.50 1940 931.102i 1940 544.50 19 28 491.93 1941 491.93 1928 457. ALUMNI DO B.A. $42,874.45 R.S.A. 3,213 B.A.Sc. 7,815.80 B.S.F. 631. B.Com. 3,511.60 B.S.P. 334. LLB. 300.00 B.S.W. 100. B.Arch. 148.00 B.S.N. 169. B.H.E. 421.15 M.A. 22s. Joe Brown J. M. Buchanan Harry A. Berry Aubrey F. Roberts B.Ed. 50.00 ?d.A.Sc. 30. 1949-50 1953-54-551951 1952 R.P.E. 62.00 M.S.A. 50.

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L FUTURE: IPORT 1956 CHALLENGE TO ALUMNI butedin 1956 for a total of 4,363, as Anew concept of community sup- for operatingand capital needs, will comparedwith 4,226 in 1955. Alumni port of HigherEducation in B.C. has alwaysbe required, U.B.C. musten- donorsincreased by 427. evolved fromthe U.B.C. Development listthe support of Industry,commun- All unallocated donations from Alum- Fund in the eight years of its operation ity groups, fl,iends and Alumni if it is since 1949. Thisyear the Fund rakes ni weredistributed by the Trustees to to provide the quality of education de- on anadded dimension, incorporating manded of it by the people of B.C. and AlumniRegional Scholarships (12- inone united appeal all non-govern- Canada. No longercan Higher Educa- $250.00 each)and to the President’s mental support of the University. tiondepend solely on statesupport. Fundwhich is used to meet a variety of pressingneeds not covered by Gov- Thisnew programme presents to Precedent for publicsupport of the ernmentgrants. Alumni a challengeand an opportun- University in certain areas has already ity. It was Alumni interest and gener- been well established.Private giving- Co-chairmen of thesuccessful 1956 ositywhich created the Fund, and it supplementingGovernment gra,nts- drivewere Dr. W. C. (Bill)Gibson was Alumni annual giving which made has made possible a significant expan- and Mr. John J. West. the Fund :successful. To an even great- sion of servicesand an extension of er extent the success of the integrated educationalopportunities. DevelopmentFund will depend upon It isfor these general purposes- Alumni; as at allother Universities, insupport of whichthe public has al- theexample set by Alumni isthc ready accepted a share of financial rr- measuring stick of community support. sponsibility - thatthe Development Ourresponse to this challenge will Fund will direct its annual and continu- largelydetermine whether or notthe ing appeal: University can solve its financial prob- 1. STUDENT ASSISTANCE-Schol- lemswithout reducing standards or arships,Bursaries and Loans for cap- limiting enrolment. For, while the Pro- able and deserving students. vincialGovernment has the legal re- 2. RESEARCH-Fundsfor Medical, sponsibility of meetingthe basic re- Scientificand Industrial Research, and quirements of theUniversity under forresearch in the Humanities and the R.N.A.Act, the needs of C.B.C. SocialSciences. cannever be met entirely by grants fromGovernment sources. 3. HOUSING-Residences for out-of- town students; study and dining facili- We, as Alumni of U.B.C., havean ties for students and staff. opportunity of helping our Alma Mater in a time of crisis. But the opportunity 4. BOOKS-Bonks, periodicals, scien- is even greater than this. We can helr, tific papersand other collections for toestablish a tremendouslyimportant theLibrary. John J. West precedent of communitysupport of 5. ATHLETICFACILITIES-Play- Higher Education. By investing in the ing fields and other facilities to provide University,according to our ability, an opportunity for all students to par- T OF 1956 CAMPAIGN we can demonstrate that every citizen ticipatein recreational activities. has a stakein Higher Education and 6. ENDOWMENT - “Free”money Number of Donors Amount Total that every citizen, if he values our free fordevelopment in all fields not cov- ...... 3,903 8 63,278.46 educationsystem and has confidence ered by government grants. 460 80,361.46 $143,639.92.... 80,361.46 460 inthe future of theProvince, should ALUMNIANNUAL GIVING ...... $16.21 become a shareholder in the University...... -... 32.92 TheAlumni Annual Giving Pro- DEVELOPMENTCOUNCIL gramme is the channel through which ...... $ 20,929.30 ..... 9.191.64 Thenew and enlaraed Development all gifts from Alumni should be made...... 58.25 FundProgramme will be directed by All donations by cheque should be made 30.495.60 a Development Council responsibleto payableto the “U.B.C.” Development ...... 1,992.34 theBoard of Governors. It will be Fund” or to “The University of British 611.33 8 63,278.46 L composed of members of theBoard, Columbia’’ and mailed to the Account- .. $143.639.92 80,361.46 Senate, Faculty, representatives of the ant’s Office, AdministrationBuilding, ~ ” AlumniAssociation, Alma Mater So- U.B.C. Theymay be ear-marked for Y YEAR OF GRADUATION ciety and the community at large, and any purpose, but Alumni are urged to the Chairman of all Fund Committees. support the above major objectives cov- ‘ 1942 697.75 1954 8so.ao 1943 1,581.83 1955 406.99 It will have as its main objectives the ering the areas of greatest need. Please 1944 433.00 1956 1,586.00 co-ordinat,ion of all fund-raising activ- markyour cheque “Alumni Annual 1945 585.00 Non-Grad- itiesand the stimulation of publicin- Giving”. 1946 825.98 Alumni 1.707.66 terest in the University and its needs. 1947 1,423.65 AUBREY F. ROBERTS APPOINTEDDIRECTOR 1948 1.358.45 UNIVERSITY NEEDS $ 63,278.46 TheBoard of Governorshave ap- 1949 1,911.94 Construction of necessaryperman- provedthe appointment of Aubrey F. 1950 1,531.45 Non-Alumni 1951 1.050.44 Donations 80,361.46 entbuildings and facilities at U.B.C. Roberts as Assistantto the President 1952 953.50 hasbeen delayed by two world wars andDirector of theDevelopment Pro- 1953 810.32 $143,639.92 and a depression. Now, with an enrol- gramme.Alumni everywhere will wel- ment of 7,600, which will double in ten comethis appointment. No Alumnus rlONS BY DEGREE years,theshortage of spacehas has done more to enlist support for the M.S.W. 55.00 Honorary reached a criticalstage. The students, Ph.D. 55.00 Degreea 76.00 Universitythan has Aubrey Roberts. B.Sc. 1.325.00 aware of this, are sponsoring the second Hebrings to this new and important M.S.F. 40.00 8 63.278.46 Great Trek to acquaint the public and post a wealth of experiencein public M.D. 61.00 Non-Alumni theGovernment of the urgency of the M.Sc. 30.00 Donations 80,361.46 relations.We are confident that the Non-Grad need. Development Programme is in excellent Alumni 1.707.65 $143,639.92 While generous Governments grants, hands.

21 U. B C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE ~ The B. C. Research Council

By Gordon M. Shrum, O.B.E., M.M., E.D., M.A.,Ph.D.(Tor.l, F.R.S.C, Dean of theFaculty of Graduate Studies and Director of theB.C. Research Council

When Canadian Industryand with representatives of Pressdespatches the University, the Provincial Govern- recently carried a ment,and Industry. It operatesits Dr.Lawrence Younginthe Electrochemistry story about a B.C. ownbudget to which the Provincial Laboratory. ResearchCouncil Governmentmakes anannual grant, An increasing proportion of the bud- scientist,Dr. H. maintains a veryclose liaison with G. Khorana, re- getisderived from other sources, particularlyfrom earnings and from B.C. Industryand with the National ceiving a research Research Council. grant of $80,000 contributions by Industry. Following a pattern all too familiar The Council isconcerned mainly fromthe U.S. at U.B.C., the Council’s birthplace was withapplied research and develop- Public Health anarmy hut, now occupiedby the ment. Except for a few specific grants Division, many Dean G. M. Shrum Extension Department. From there it fromthe National Research Council, members of the moved to a group of hutsnear the the Canadian Cancer Society, andsome AlumniAssociation must have asked Forest Products Laboratory, and then U.S.organisations, funds have not themselves,“Who is Dr. Khorana?” beenavailable for fundamental re- anti“What theis B.C. Research in 1952 to a permanentsite on the formergrass hockey field justsouth search.Most of theproblems under Council?”Unless they happen to be investigation are indigenous to British engaged in research in Organic Chem- of the soccer field. The present building, although relatively inexpensive, is Columbia.Those of nationalinterest istryor Biochemistry they will not areusually referred to the National know thatDr. Khorana isone of modernand attractive in design. It hasbeen constructed and equipped Research Council. However, ithas Canada’s most distinguished scientists. beenfound in all parts of Canada His work in the field of nucleic acids, entirelyfrom the Council’s earnings and from contributions by Industry. thatmany of theresearch problems and particularly the synthesisof poly- of Industrycan only be undertaken nucleotides and nucleotide coenzymes, THESTAFF when there is a close liaison between has won him international recognition. Althoughthe Research Staff of theresearch worker and the man in The B.C. Research Council was or- aboutforty has been recruited from theplant. It isfor this reason that ganisedin 1944 totake over and many countries, a large proportion are theNational Research Council has expandthe work of the B.C. War U.B.C. Graduates. It is interesting to establishedbranches of theOttawa MetalsResearch Board. In organisa- notethat all five Heads of Divisions laboratory on the Prairies and in the tion and function it is similar to the are U.B.C. Alumniwho were pre- Maritimes, and that most of the Prov- other Provincial Research Councils in viouslyemployed in Eastern Canada inceshave organised Provincial Re- Canadaand to the large non-profit andthe United States and who research Councils. ResearchInstitutes inthe United turnedto British Columbia to join States.Its over-all objectives and its the staff of the Council. RESEARCH FACILITIES FOR SMALLCOMPANIES relationshipwith the University are One of the main purposes in setting DIVISIONOF WORK up the Council was to provide research probably more like those of the Stan- The work of the Council is carried on fordResearch Institute than of any facilitiesfor small Companies which under five Divisions-Applied Biology, couldnot afford to have laboratories other research organisation. In many Chemistry, Engineering, Physics, and respects the Council functions as the of theirown. If a Companywishes TechnicalServices. These Divisions toimprove its product or develop a industrial or applied research arm of arenot sharply defined andresearch the University. new product or process, it can arrange projectsare usually carried on by to have the research and development The Council is governed by a Board teams of scientistsrepresenting two work done on a contract basis by the of Management under the Chairman- or more Divisions. Through the Tech- B.C. ResearchCouncil. In mostcases ship of theMinister of Tradeand nicalServices Division, the Council the Company wants the work done on a confidentialbasis, in which case it is expected to pay the full cost of the investigation. If the Company is will- ingto make the results available to theIndustry as a wholethen the Council frequentlyassumes part of the cost of the work. It is hoped that theprovision of localfacilities for research and development will enable B.C. Industry to compete more effec- tivelywith the larger Companies in EasternCanada and in the U.S.A. This, of course,applies more particularly to secondary Industry, in which B.C. isnot so far advanced,than it doesto the large primary Industries Research CouncilBuilding atNight of the Province.

U. B. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 22 AFEW EXAMPLES OF COUNCIL PROJECTS Because so much of thework is undertaken on aconfidential basis it is not easy to give an impressive list of theaccomplishments of theCoun- cil.However, Companies operating sulphate pulp millsnear towns and villageshave no desire toconceal the fact that they have been working withthe B.C. Research Council to reduceand control the odour from theirplants. After many years of workinco-operation with the In- dustry, and particularly with the Mac- Millanand Bloedel Company, the Council hasdeveloped a processfor theelimination of themajor portion of the offensiveodours. This process, U.B.C.Graduates on theStaff of the B.C. Research Council. From Left: Guy S. Palmer,B.A.'34; Thomas A. which is based on the oxidation of the Lambe, B.A.Sc.'52; John E. Breeze, B.A.Sc.'39, M.A.Sc.'42;Henry Zitko, B.A.Sc.'49; Gordon M. Tener, black liquor, has been developed under B.A.'49: Roy M. Cuthbert, B.A.Sc.'50; Thomas W. Mouat, B.A.Sc.'34; Denys C.Lloyd, B.A.'40, M.A.'42; thedirection of Dr.R. H. Wright, John G. Moffat, B.A.'52,M.Scc.'53, Ph.D.'56; Bruce H. Levelton, B.A.Sc.'47, M.A.Sc.'48;Christopher A. Brockley,B.A.'48, B.A.Sc.'49; Donald S. Smith,B.A.'31, B.A.Sc.'32, M.A.Sc.'33;Ronald W.Klinck, B.A.'31, B.A.'28, M.Sc.'30, andMr. R. W. B.A.Sc.'32, M.A.Sc.'35;Paul C. Trussell, B.S.A.'38; R. H. Wright,B.A.'28, M.Sc.'30; Klinck, B.A.'31, B.A.Sc.'32, M.A.Sc.'35, IanV. F. Allen,B.A.'53. I Heads of the Chemistry and Engineer- ing Divisionsrespectively. Oxidation towers for odour control have been or arein process of beingdesigned for of onekind or another.Industrial the pulp mills at Port Alberni, Nan- included a survey of SecondaryIn- noisebecomingis a considerable aim0 and Crofton in British Columbia; dustryPossibilities in B.C. andmore hazardin Industry, and the Division Hinton in Alberta, and at two plants recently, a Twenty-five 'Year Popula- has undertaken a number of projects in the United States. tion Projection for B.C. These are in involvingthe measurement of noist! additionto projects undertaken on a CONTROL OF MARINE BORERS and the design of corrective measures confidential basis for Industry. to be applied. Many requests are re- Probably the most successful project ASSISTANCEFROM THE UNIVERSITY in Dr.Paul C. Trussell's, B.S.A.'38, ceived for assistance with product de- Applied Biology Division has been the velopmentand evaluation. The latter Theeffectiveness of .theCouncil's development of a method for the con- involvesthe design of muchspecial workis greatly enhanced by close trol of marineborers in dry-docks. equip:ment tosimulate the operating association with the University. Sim- The method has been used with com- condilions in the plant. A large sha~~, ply being located on the Campus en- plete success at the Burrard Dry Dock of the Division's work has been in the ablesthe Council to attract higher- calibrescientists and engineers than in Vancouver and at docks in Seattle, field of buildingproducts. Recently, SanFrancisco and Galveston, Texas. anarrangement has been made with couldotherwise be obtained. More- The extension of the method to control the Division of BuildingResearch of over, members of the University Fac- borersin flat rafts of sawlogshas the National Research Council to help ultyhave been most generous in assisting membersof the Council Staff. proved to be quite difficult. However, withthis work. Mr. Alan Veale, The Council assists the University by it is hoped that further workwill lead B.A.Sc.'55, of the Ottawa Laboratory to a solution of this problem. has been posted with the Council and relieving those Faculty members who will devoteall his time to enquiries are engaged in Fundamental Research, CORROSION in the field of Building Research, of themany requests from Industry One of thefields inwhich the for assistance with Applied Research Research Council has been most active OPERATIONS RESEARCH problems.The arrangement seems to hasbeen combating corrosion. Our DuringWorld War I1 a newap- be mutually advantageous. proachto military problems, known marineatmosphere has been respon- SCALE OF EFFORT sible for much of the huge annualloss as Operations Research, was credited It ishoped that this brief review dueto corrosion. However, our work withan impressive list of achieve- will not give the idea that Industrial hasnot been confined tocombating mente,. Duringthe past ten years, muchthe same techniques have been Research in B.C. is being undertaken the effects of the marine atmosnhere. on anadequate scale. World War I1 Dr.Bruce H. Levelton, B.A.Sc.'47, appliedto management problems in Industry with an almost equal meas- demonstrated in an impressive manner M.A.Sc.'48, andhis grouu havebeen how scientific research applied to mil- engaged in solving corrosion problems ure of success.This is a field of ac- tivityin which the Council is just itary problems could alter the found- I irrigationin pipes theOkanaganin getting started. An experienced operation of world power. A similar effort Valley, in water mains in Saskatche- todayin the field of IndustrialRe- wan,and in cases of cannedsalmon ationsresearch scientist from the UnitedKingdom has joined the Staff search would produce a stream of new on ships passing through the Panama tolead an active group in this nc.w technicalknowledge that would sus- Canal on their way to England. Many field. tain and expand the industrial life of of the requests for assistance in this BritishColumbia. To maintain the field can be met without undertaking SURVEYS ANDECONOMIC STUDIES prosperity of this Province is a form- anyvery involved research work. For some time the Council has been idable task which can only be achieved However,they do require a detailed undertakingsurveys and economic by makingthe fullest use of our knowledge of thewhole field and a studies.The development of a new inventiveness and technical skill to in- careful study of the special conditions process or product would not be car- crease the efficiency of our present in- associated with each situation. ried very far without makinga careful dustries and to develop new commodi- evaluation of thepossible markets, ties to compete in the markets of the PHYSICS DIVISION j'awmaterials supply, and the other world.Such a formidabletask wil! Mr. J. E. Breeze, B.A.Sc.'39, M.A.Sc. economicaspects of thesituation. require a greatlyexpanded research '42, is in charge of the Physics Divi- Probablythe best known survey and programmeboth by the Science and sion. In this capacity he is concerned economic study by the Council is thc Engineering Departments in the Cni- with a wide variety of problems, many ContractorReport on the Iron and versityand by the British Columbia of which involve precise measurements SteelIndustry. Other studies have Research Council.

23 U. B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE Makers of the University

Leonard Sylvanus Klinck

U.B.C. President, 1919 - 1944

By Blythe A. Eagles, B.A.’22, M.A.(Tor.)‘24, Ph.D. (Tor.)%, Dean of theFaculty of Agriculture

cational paths had been different, one Wesbrook,his grasp of thespecial inmedicine and the other in ayricul- problems that confronted the Univer- ture, they met on common ground as sity and his successful administration biologistsand approached the prob- of theUniversity during the illness President Emeritus L. 5. Klinck, B.S.A.(Tor.), lemsbefore them through both “the andsubsequent to the death of the M.S.A., D.Sc.(lowaState College), D.Sc.‘44, LL.D. mind and the eye.” former President.” [WesternOnt.), Officier de I’lnstruction Publique, ProfessorKlinck then returned to Bornat Victoria Square, Ontario, F.R.S.C. Macdonald College to give serious con- on January 20, 1877, Dr.Klinck in- sideration to the offer President Wes- herited from his Pennsylvania-Dutch- Aprofound influence on the estab- brookhad made him to be Dean of Canadian ancestry a love of the land, lishment of the University was exerted Agriculture and Professor of Agron- anintegrity of purposeand a rare by the pioneer traditions of its found- omyat the University. He had been honesty in dealing, together with the ers. They were visionaries and dream- happy in his associations at Macdonald plainevery-day qualities of industry, crs of dreams;they struggled for College where he had gone in 1905 - courageand faith. He attended ele- things that had never been. The name thefirst faculty appointee after the mentary school in Markham township, of LeonardSylvanus Klinck, through Principal, Dr. James W. Robertson - HighSchool in Richmond Hill and hisefforts to translate into realities and had established an enviable repu- Model School in Newmarket, Ontario. the visions and dreamsof the founders tationas Professor and Head of the Theonly ambition of whichhe was of theUniversity, will alwaysbe Department of CerealHusbandry. ever conscious was, he recalls, to take among the Pioneers-“Those that try Eightmajor institutions in Canada theAssociate Course at theOntario newexperiments such as themselves and the United States had unsuccess- AgriculturalCollege, Guelph, and be- think good.” fullytried to persuade him to leave. comea farmer. At age ll, hebegan One of the first meninvited to Hisdeep-rooted pioneering instinct at home h-is first co-operative field advisePresident Wesbrook and the was stimulated, however, by the per- testwith five varieties of oatssent Board of Governorson matters of suasiveidealism and inspiration of outby Dr. C. A.Zavitz of O.A.C. policy wasProfessor L. S. Klinck of PresidentWesbrook, as ithad been Thiswas his introduction tothe Macdonald College, McGill University. byPrincipal Robertson nine years methods of experiment and extension. He arrived in Vancouver in May, 1914, earlier,and he thus became the first At 14, hevisited the experimental andexamined with the President appointeeafter the President to the plots ofO.A.C. andmet Professor amongother matters, the reports of staff of anotherpotentially great Zavitz who displayed a great interest theUniversity Site Commission and institution. hisinyoungest collaborator. The theCommittee of LandscapeArchi- Professorand Mrs. Klinck and son friendshipthus established and the tects,and discussed with Premier Ronald (B.A.’31, B.A.Sc.’32, M.A.Sc. reading of a book on Scientific Agri- McBridethe proposed sites for the ’35) leftMacdonald College on Aug- cultureby President James Mills of Faculty of Agriculture. The allocation ust 1914.1, Almostbefore they the O.A.C. and Dr. C. C. James, Deputy bythe Government in 1917 of an reachedVancouver, world events Minister of Agriculturefor Ontario, additional 298 acres of landfor the haltedthe construction of the first confirmed in him the determination to use of the University was due largely permanentbuilding atPoint Grey. goto O.A.C., whichhowever, only to his recommendation that provision Thus, as Dean Klinck began his work became possible nine years later. After should be made at Point Grey for the at the University, he experienced the ModelSchool hespent a yearon his out-doorlaboratory facilities of the realities of disappointmentand frus- father’s farm before teachingfor three Faculties of Agriculture and Forestry. trationattendant upon its birth. In yearsin a rural school. Inthe plots layingthe foundations of our Uni- at O.A.C., he learned at first hand the As President Wesbrook and Profes- versity,President Wesbrook was characteristics of each crop in a way sor Klinckpursued their discussions helped to a greatdegree by the un- that was of the greatest value when withrespect to University Policy - flinching loyalty and unselfish zeal so heassisted in the Extension Course academic, financial and administrative freely given by Dean Klinck, who as- at the College-an invaluableexper- “theywere drawn to one another sumedmuch of theburden of the ience, not only in learning about crops through a commonunderstanding of Presidency as thePresident’s health frompractical farmers, but also the the functions of a Provincial Univer- began to fail and who was appointed techniques of extension education. sity. It is easytoappreciate the Acting-President during the final per- As a studentdelegate theto attachmentthat grew up between iod of hisillness. On June 1,1919, Y.M.C.A. conferenceNorthfield,in them.President Wesbrook’s inspired DeanKlinck, with humble hesitation, Mass.,in 1900, heformed a lasting concept of theUniversity-to-be as acceptedthe high responsibilities of friendship with Dr. John R. Mott with exemplifiedby his statement “The the office of President of The Univer- whom he was later associated in the people’s University must meet all the sity of BritishColumbia to which he establishment of the Student Christian needs of all the people” could not help hadbeen appointed by the Board of Movement in Canada. but strike a most responsive chord in Governors,“in view of themarked After receiving the degreeof B.S.A. Professor Klinck. Although their edu- confidence displayedin him by Dr. in 1903, he studied at the University

U. E. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 24 of Minnesotaunder Professor Willet a singular devotion to duty to ensure, M. Hayes where he gained experience on theone hand, that the principles in plant breeding and in the methods of sound learning were faithfully ob- of approach to national problemsaff ec- served,and on the other, that the tingagriculture. Graduate study at people of theProvince were able to Iowa State College,under Professor participatefully in the benefits de- Perry G. Holden, served to develop in rived from what they had created and him a comprehensiveunderstanding supported. In his continuous effort to of thespirit and philosophy of adult further the interests of genuineedu- educationand Univcrsity extension cation, of scholarlyachievement and Some thiry years later this philosophy scientificresearch, Dr. Klinck strove found expression in the creationof our steadily for increased integration and Department of UniversityExtension co-ordination of thework of the of which a minute of theBoard of various Departments and Faculties. Governorsstates “ . . . byinsisting T. D.Psttullo (then Minister of Landsl, H. C. Throughhis sincerity of purpose, that the larger part of the only large Brewster (thenPremier), and Dr.Klinck wnth Dr.Klinck established a closeliaison sum of moneyever received as a J. E. Llmbach (then Surveyor-General) seated, andTwo Guides. with students and encouraged them to gift bythe University should be assume the full responsibilitiesof self- spent on University Extension, Presi- government.His own activities car- dentKlinck may have changed %he andMacdonald College achieved out- ried him far beyond the strictly aca- wholetrend of thoughtin British standingpronlinence as teachers, 1.e- demicsphere. He served for many Columbia. With this magnificent ges- searchscientists and administrators years as President of the B.C. Branch ture he has taken the University back in Canada and -the United States. of theBritish and Foreign Bible tothe peoplewho gave it and are Society, as a Governor of Union Col- As Dean of Agriculture U.B.C. supportingit, he has enriched and at lege, as a member of theAdvisory from 1914 1919, stimulatedthe eager mind, he has to Dr.Klinck was Board of the Y.M.C.A., andwas the respon.sible forthe organisation and warmed the lonely heart.” His address first President of theAgricultural to the Vancouver Institute in 1935 on development of thisFaculty within Institute of Canada. “A Plan for Adult Education in Brit- theUniversity. The clearing of the Thedignity and humility of Dr. land ish Columbia” is a document as valid at PointGrey claimed his per- Klinck’scharacter is revealed in his today as whenhe prepared it. One sonalattention as he lived in a tent own words as he replied to the citation senses in this brief the resistless logic on theUniversity grounds. He con- on theoccasion of theconferring on of a powerfulmind that has marsh- templatedhow the Faculty he was him of the degreeof Doctor of Science, establishingcould best discharge its alled its facts with incomparable force honoriscausa, May 12,1944: andcertainty. One also feels the educationaland economic obligations in Teaxhing, Research and Extension, “Today,pride inachievement is touch of ProfessorHolden who, with tempered by the poignant recollection Dr.Klinck in 1904, pioneeredin the and take its proper place as a partner in the building of the University. The of unattained objectives. Of the visions organisation of UniversityExtension and dreams and plans a-plenty of the effortstoreach large numbers of experimental work which led to the de- velopnlent of U.B.C. Rhizoma Alfalfa past three decades, few, very few in- people-the “IowaSeed-Corn Trains” deed,have been transmuted into re- wasalso carried on byhim atthis “the success of which depended upon alities.The academic structure, so theinsistence placed on the active time.He travelled throughout the Province learning at first hand the con- auspiciouslybegun under the first participation of local people. President,the late Dr. Frank Fair- ditionsunder which agriculture was At MacdonaldCollege Professor practisedand giving highly appreci- childWesbrook, isstill grievously Klinckdemonstrated his oustanding restricted.Nevertheless, others have ated lectures. personalcharacteristic of universal caughtsomething of thevision he courtesyand his full understanding “Ye Rigid Ploughmen, bear in mind saw so clearly-the vision of an ever- of thedoctrine of leadershipfrom Your labour is not for future hours. expanding University - a University within. He carried on extensive exper- Advance-spare not-nor look of a thousand years. If, in the begin- imentalwork in plant breeding, lec- behind; ningsthus far made, the principles tured widely in the Maritime Provinces Ploughdeep and straight with all of sound learning have been faithfully andQuebec, and was responsible for your powers.” observed and discerningly applied, the the Essex County Corn Shows in On- official passing of a pioneerworker tario,which attracted the attention Itwas not through fortuitous cir- today is of little moment: of Dr. C.C. James,who first sug- cumstancethat, during the quart.er centuryDr. Klinck served as its “For, so theArk beborne to Zion, gestedthe name of Dr.Klinck to who President Wesbrook as an adviser. He President,our University established through the achievements of its Fac- Heedshow they perished or were devotedconsiderable time to a first- paid that bore it? hand study of the administrative pat- ultyand its Graduates the highest standards of idealism and ofscho1a1.- For, so the Shrine abide, what terns of the recently established Uni- shame-what price- versities of Alberta and of Saskatche- ship,and through its Extensionand othcr activities obtained the goodwill If we, thepriests, were bound or wan.Many of hisstudents at Iowa crowned before it?” andsupport of thepeople of .the Province. With courage and determin- WithMrs. Klinck (Elizabeth Bar- ationunder trying and difficult ci1.- clayAbernethy, B.A.’20), Dr.Klinck cumstances, he gave leadership to the continues an active life of retirement building of a great institution founded in West Vancouver where he has been on aspirit and basic philosophy of engaged as a student of genealogy and education which he saw clearly-“The as a builder of the dykes which enclose hiswell-kept terraced garden. In his vision of anever-expanding Univer- hours of relaxationhe shares with sity.”He was acutely conscious that his friends the quiet pleasure and deep the tradition of a University had un- joy he derives from his fine collections dergone a revolution on this continent. of orientalrugs, Swedish glass and and, a.s he assumed the major respon- Danish silver. And, across the waters sibility of determining and establish- of EnglishBay, he looks out on The ingthe traditions of Universityedu- University of British Columbia whose FirstBuilding on Campus, 1915, withDr. Klinck, cationin British Columbia, he strove fortuneswere for thirty years so thenDean of Agriculture. constantly with unaffected dignity and inextricably entwined with his own.

25 U B C ALUMNI CHRONICLE 1928 1938 Alumnae & Alumni Hugh J. Hodginti.B.A.Sv.. prominrntVan- W-ing Commander W. BruceMillar. B.A., couver Consulting Forester. has been appointed wasnamed Officer Commandingthe R.C.A.F.’s IItcms of Alumni news are invited in the form thetonewly-created position of Manager, of press clippings or personalletters. These AdvancedFlying School at Saskatoon,in shouldreach theEditor, U.B.C. Alumni TimberDepartment. Crown Zellerbach Canada Augustlast. Since then he has completed a Chronicle, 201 BrockHall, U.B.C., for the Limited.Mr. Hodgins will be responsiblefor three-months’course on jets atTrenton. HP nr’xl issuenot later than May 15. 1957.) thcdirection of all theCompany’s timber u.as formerlyDirector of AirStaff Services at operationsincluding long-rangeits forest AirForces Headquarters. 1920 planningin B.C. Dr. WellsCoates, O.B.E., R.D.I., F.R.I.B.A., 1939 Dr. F. hI.lt.h.I.C., B.A.,B.Sc.’22. 1’h.D. (London)’Z4. 1931 John K. Davis,B.A.Sr.. Ph.D. (Mc- first Graduatein the Double Course of Arts Gill), BSc., B.A., (Oxon.), a SeniorEconomist and Science,returned to Vancouver last sum- AirVice - Marshal on theGordon Royal Comnlissiun staff, has mer to commencework with a team of four John L. Plant, B.A.- acceptedthe gobition as Director,Department other X‘ancouver Architectson “Project 58” Sc., LL.D.’45,form- of Researchand Administrative Control with which was recently presented to the Downtown erlyin Charge of the the B. C. Electric Co. Ltd.He succeeds Dr. IjusinessAssociation. “Project 58” is a set of K.C.A.F.Air Mater- L. B. Jack, B.A.’32,M.A. (Calif.),Ph.D. pro~~osal~for thepreuaration of an urban ial Command at Rock- cMcGill), B.A. (Oxon.), who will beworking designfor the centralarea of the City com- cliffe Stationin 01- on a long-rangebudget programme for the prising the [low-ntown business district and the tawa. retired last Au- Company.In his work with the Gordon Com- WestEnd. These proposals culminate in a tumn,culminating mission ou Canada’sEconomic Prospects, Dr. ~JuItIicEkhibition of thisdesign during the twenty-fiveyears of Daviswas concerned primarily with prepara- hummvr of theCentennial Year 1958. Dr. rlistinauishcdservice tion uf studies un the nation’s fuel, power and Wells Coateswas Visiting Professor of Archi- withthe H.C.A.F. industrialmaterial produc.ingindustries. terturr and Urban Design at Harvard Univer- 1940 sity Tor 18 monthsprevious to June 1956. John L. Plant Dr.Leonard #itchell, B.A., M.A.,’42, E’h.D. 1932 (MrGill),was elected recently to the position 1922 CeceliaLong, B.A., Director, Women’s Pro- Dr. A. LionelStevenson, B.A., M.A. (Tor.), of Vice-President of Frank W. Horner Limited, motions,Ronald Advertising Company. Toron- Montreal. 1’h.U. (Cal.), B.Litt.(Oxon.), who holds the to,is the first woman to be elected President James 13. DukeProfessorship of English at 1941 of theNational Federation of CanadianAd- CommanderThomas H. Crone, B.A..R.C.N., Uuke University. expects to spend the summer vertisingand Sales Clubs. hasbeen appointed Director of ServiceCondi- Abroad.Having been a Fellow of theRoyal Donald J. Morgan,Il.Com., has been ap- tionsand Welfare Navyat Headquarters, Society of Literaturesince 1951. he has been pointed District Manager for British Columbia Halirax. invitedto deliver a lectureat a meeting of forthe Royalite Oil Company, Limited. StanleyEvans, B.A., B.Ed.’44,Editor. “B.C. theSociety onJune 20. He will spend the Edward W. Richardson, B.A.Sc., hasbeen Teacher”,hasbeen elected Rezional Vice- next two months in various parts of the British appointedChief Engineer with N. W. Hullah President the Educational Press Association Isles, doingpreliminary research for hisnext ConstructionLimited of Vancouver. of book, and willthen go to Germany to give a of America. papcrat the Seventh Congress of the Inter- 1933 Dr. Francis D. Kemper, B.A., M.D. (McGill), nationai Federation ior Modern Languages and Brenton S. Brown,B.A.Sc., B.A.’33, Presi- formerlywith Imperial Oil Limited’s Health Literature at Heidelberg,August 26-30. Dr. dent,Parsons, Brown Limited, was elected Centrein Calgary, is nowRegional Physician Stt.vt.nwnis atpresent finishing work on his President of theVancouver Board of Trade, incharge of medicaladministration and serv- eighth book, a History oi theEnglish Novel, January 23, 1957. ice, ior the new Imperial Oil Limited Regional tu be pulJlishedby Charles Scribner and Sons. RichnrdDeane. IJ.A.Sc., formerlyElectrical HealthCeutre in Halifax, N.S. Arnold A. Webster, B.A..M.A.’28, former Engineerwith the West Kootenay Power and Arthur C. Rae,B.A.Sc.. formerly Manager C.C.L.‘. I’rovincial Leader and M.L.A. for Van- Light Conlpany, was appointed Chief Electrical of CanadianSales, Atlas Steels Limited, has cuu~cr East, was elected a Park Commissioner Engineerwith the Consolidated Mining and beenappointed Director of Sales for the Com- for the ninthconsecutive time in the Vancou- SmeltingCompany. effective January 1, 1957. panywith headquarters in Wt,lland, Ontario. vcr civicelections, December 12, 1956. Mr. Deanhas served in several aspects of the Mr. Raejoined Atlas Strels Limited in 1941 Company’selectrical operations since 1934. andhas served in various capacities in South 1923 Robert G. Leckey, B.Com.. has been appointed Africa, New Yorkand in the Head Office in Anne M. Angus,(Mrs. H. F.), S.A.,was Advertising and Sales Promotion Management, Welland.In his new position he will direct rlt~ted for a thirdterm to the Vancouver of LindeAir Products Company, Division of theCanadian and Export Sales Division. School Board inthe last civic elections on UnionCarbide Canada Ltd., Toronto. Uecrmbvr 12, 1956. 1942 Joseph R. Giegerich, B.A.Sc.. formerSuper- 1934 MarkCollins, B.A.,B.Com.’34, President, Stuart D. Cavers, intendent of theConsolidated Mining and B.A.S,c.,M.A.Sc.’46. Sm<.ItingCompany’s Sullivan Mine at Kim- SmithLithograph Company Limited, has been rlectedto the Board of Directorsof The Mer- 1’h.D. I Calif. I.T.j, berley, U.C., has kn appointedGeneral cantileand General Reinsurance Company of formerlyResearch Superintendent of the Company’s operations at CanadaLtd. Mr. Collins is also a Director of Engineerwith the Kimberley. Mr.Giegerich has been with Co- B. C. ResearchCoun- mincosince MacNIillan andBloedel Limited, The Litho- 1928. graphic Technical Foundation and The National cil,has been appoint- Col. JohnH. Jenkins, B.A.Sc., Chief,Forest Association of Photo-Lithographers. ed Associateprofess- I’rorlucts LaboratoriesofCanada, who was CanadianGovernment representative on the or, Department of i-maindelegation of Canadianlumbermen to 1935 ChemicalEngineer- Liushia lastsummer, has rcuently published a Dr. Stephen C. Rob- ing, U.B.C. “lie~ortof a Visit toRussia’s Forest Indus- inson,B.A.Sc., M.A. Harry J. Horne, tries”. IIe willbeshowing coloured slides S’c.’34,1’h.D. Il.Com., f o r mer 1 y dc.scriLingthis tripwhen he visits the Van- (Queen’s),has been CommercialSecretary cuuvc’r ForestProducts Laboratory inlate appointedChief of at theCanadian Em- March. theMineralogy Divi- bassyLima,in Peru, Stuart D. Caven Dr. Frank A.Turnhull. B.A., M.D. (Tor.), sion of the Geological hasbeen transferred toKarachi. Pakistan. \vas recrntlynamed Head of thrWestern Survey of Canada.In Chester R. Matheson,B.A.Sc., Consulting Nt.nronurgiealSociety. thiscapacity, he will Engineerand Project Manager for many nn- be responsible for the dertalrings of the C.D. Schultzand Company 1927 organisation and tech- Limitedsince 194Y, hasbeen made Drvelop- nicaldirevtion of the mentManager of the Company. Divisionwhich in- Edward H. Nunn. cludeswork on min- tumn,culminating Stephen c, Robinson eraha, gmchemistry, 1944 Manager of theCar- isotopicanalysis to Blair W. Anderson, thaurIlivisiun of investigate the age and origin of minerals and B.A.Sc.. formerlyAs- C r o w nZellerbach fuels,and petrography. Dr. Robinson has been sis tan t Production withthe Geological Survey of Canada since Corporation. has been Manager,St.Rwis 1948. chosen to manage the Paper C o m p a n y 1936 (Canada) Limited. new %;:~1.000,000paper E. DavieFulton, B.A., B.A. (Oxon.1, M.P. hasbeen named Gen- millbeing built at forKamloops. was one of three candidates at era1 Manager of the St. Francisville, therecent Conservative Nominating Conven- 14ritishColumbia firm Louisiana. by Time, tionheld in Ottawa, December 12-15, to choose of Power Machinery Inrorporated.and aleader of the National I’rogressive Conserva- Limited. Edward H. Nunn C r oZellerbach nw tiveParty. Corporation. Mr. 1937 H. LeslieSmith, Nunn juined theCorporation in 1930 as Edward H. Maguire,B.A., of theCanadian B.A.Sc.,P.Eng., has ChrLmist atWest Linn. Orcgon. He became Trade Commissioner Service. has hen appointed beennamed a part- AssistantSupervisor, Western Waxed Paper Consulfor the newly-opened Canadian Consul- Blair w. Anderson ner inthe Vancouver Co,, Oakland,California, in 193X ; Technical ate at Hamburg,West Germany. Mr. Maguire ConsultingEngineering firm of H. H. Min- Supervisor,West Linn 1942;in Assistant has been with the Trade Commissioner Service shallaud Associates Limited. Mr. Smithwas Mauagr~r,West Linn, 1!)53, andResident Man- since1945 and served in Buenos Aires, Argen- formerlywith the Power Division of the awr atCarthage in January, 1956. He will tina ; Santiago,Chile: Madrid, Spain ; Wash- BechtelCorporation, San Francisco, Assist- as sum^ his new position July I, 1957. ington, D.C., andin Bonn, Germany. ant I’rojectEngineer.

U. 8. C.ALUMNI CHRONICLE 26 1945 Hohert L. Haas, I3.Com.. is theManager of Robert A. Pope. C. J. (“Cy”)Bennett, B.A., B.Conl.. Serrv- theneu CityCentre Hudson’s Ray store in B.A.S(,.. hasbeen all- tary-Treasurerof School District Ii, Powell Kitimat, B.C. pointedSupervisor 01 River, for thepast nine years, acccpted the Albert F. Joplin. B.A.Sr.. formerlyKettle Engineringwith the position of Secretary-Manager of theTruck ValleyDivision Engineer, C.P.R., is the nw C. D. Srhnltzand Loggers‘Association, Vancouver, B. C.. effcr- Rc.velstoke DivisionEngineer. Company,Limitecl. tivelast Dvctmber. J. Robert(“Rob”) Keller, B.A.Sc., has been Mr.Pope has had ?x- PhyllisE. Davies \nee Phyllis Pritchardr. appointedCanadian Sales Manager, Ipsenlah periencein field man- R.A., I<,S.W.’4i, hasjoined the Social S-rvicc of Canada,with headquarters at 27 Rermond- agement of forestry 1)epartmc.ntstaff of the B.C. Division of thv seyRoad, Toronto. Since zraduation. Mr. projectselsewhere in CanadianArthritis and Rheumatism Society. Keller hasbeen active in the representati~~)n Canadaand also in Krs.Davies w-its formerlywith the Childrvn’s and sale of heavy industrial furnace equipmfmt SouthAmerica, New Aidand Infants’ Homes in Toronto. inOntario, having previously been associated Zealandandihc Walter A. Ker, B.A.Sc., M.E.I.C.,formerly withCanadian General Electric Co. Ltd. U.S.A. DeputyComptroller Waterof Rights for Dr. FlemingMcConnell. B.A.,M.D. (Tor.1. BritishGolumb~a, has established a Consulting hasbeen appointed Staff Radiologist atthe Enxineeringpractice Victoria,in 13.C. He Robert A. Pope MassachusettsGeneral Hospital Bostonin 1951 plansto spccialise in the fields of water ~111)- andto the Faculty of theHarvard Medical ply andhydraulics. School. John B. Paul,B.A.. Lecturer in I3iostatis- WilliamRuck, B.A.Sc., hasbeen named Ue- tics.Department of PublicHealth, Faculty Allan Pringle, U.A., Lecturer at the Uniwr- velopment Engineer of the Medicine Hat pruj- of Medicine,U.U.C., has been appointed Sec- sidadde Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Republic of ect of NorthwestNitro-Chemicals Limited, cretary-Treasurer of the B.C.Governm<.nt Honduras,Central America, recently com- Calgary. MedicalServices. Mr. Paul was formerlywith pleted a lecturetour of WesternCanada and 1946 theProvincial Department of Healthanll theUn:ted States, sponsored by the Baha’i Welfare. David R. Bakewell,B.A.Sc., M.E.I.C., form- faith. Lieut. John P. Faddegon, B.S.P., hasbeen erlyOperations Manager, C.D. Schultzand William M. Young, B.Com., AssistantSales uromotedCaptain theCanadianin Armv CompanyLimited, has been appointed General Manager and Supervisor of Branch Operations, MedicalCorps. Manager. FinningTractor and BkruipmentCompany, Peter J. Hall,B.S.F., with the C.D. Schultz Neil T. Gral-,Chief Bacterioloxist for the Limited,has been appointed to theFirm’s andCompany, Limited, since graduation, has FraserValley Milk Producers’ Association for Board of Directors. beenappointed Operations Manager ofthr thepast nine years, left the Association in 1949 Company. Januarylast to take a position as U.C. Sales €I. NoelHolton, B.A.Sc., a 1955 Athlonr Enzineerwith the Creamery Packace Manu- Terrence H. Butler,B.A.. M.A.‘53, of the Scholarshipwinner, has recently been awarded facturingCompany of Canada Limited. FederalFisheries Research Board, Nanaima, a Master of ScienceDegree by Birmingham George F. Peirson, B.Com.,is theManazttr hasbeen given leave of absence to aidthe University. of the Bank of Montreal’snew Branch located IndonesianGovernment in a surveyon behalf Albert A. Mackoff, LL.B., has been appointed at 2515 East Hastings St. of theUnited Nations Food andAgriculture AssistantCity Prosecutor, effective March 1. Organisation. Mr. Butler’s work will be mainly GeorgePerris, U.A.Sc., M.A.Sc.’li,is now Mr. Mackoff hasbeen in private practice since concernedwith the search and development Manager,Nylon Intermediates, at Uu Pont hisadmittance to the Bar. Hesucceeds Paul ofnew shrimp grounds. Company of Canada, (1956) Limited’sMait- E. Delaney,LL.B.’49, who has entered private landWorks. BrookeCornwall, B.A., M.A.’52, hasbeen practice. electedPresident, Clark University Geograph- 1941 William B. McTavish.B.A.Sc., hasbeen ap- icalSociety for 1956-57. Thisis the first time pointedTechnical Service Supervisor, Films James A. Beveridge,B.A.Sc., M.Sc. (Johns that a studentin residence for the first year Division,Du Pont Company of Canada (1956) Hopkins),formerly Commissioner, City of Rcd hasbeen so honoured. Mr. Cornwallis on Limited,Montreal. Dver,Alberta. accepted a similar position last leave of absencefrom the Canadian Govern- Fred Savage,B.A.Sc., has recently been Decemhrwith the City of Moose Jaw, Sas- L. mentin the Geoaraphical Eranch of the De- appointed B.C. RegionalManager uf theCan- katchewan. partment of Minesand Technical Surveys, adaCreosotinp Company Limited, with Head- HarnldPeter(“Herh”) Capozzi.B.A., whilehe is workingfor his Ph.D. quartersin North Vancouver. li.Corn.’lX,formerly Programme Director for Geoffrey C. Fawcus, B.Com., wasappointed Victor W. Seholl, B.S.A., has been appointed CBMTin Montreal. is thenew General Man- Manager for BritishColumbia for the Insur- PlantSuperintendent of the Arctic Ice Cream agerof the I%.C. LionsFootball Team. Mr. anceCompany of NorthAmerica and their Division of theFraser Valley Milk Producers’ Capozzibrings much practical experience in affiliatedCompanies, Augustin last. Mr. Association. footballtohis new position, having played Fawcusheld the position as SpecialAgent in E.A. J. (“Archie”)Sudbury, B.S.F.. is withVancouver College and the U.B.C. Thun- BritishColumbia for sevcral years prior to PlantSuperintendent Westernof Plywood derbirdsin his undergraduate years and then hisappuintment. (Alberta)Limited’s new Mill inEdmonton. professionallywith the Calgary Stampedt.rs W.Erie MacFarlane. B.A.Sc., formerly ThePlant will manufacture a plywood,iron1 (1952-63) and the Montreal Alouettes (1063.55). ‘Cellophane’Superintmdent of Du PontCom- thepoplar forests of Alberta,called ‘Cotton- Grant B. Larkin, B.S.A., hasbeen named pany of Canada (1956) Limited’sShawinigxn ply’. ChiefBacteriologist, Fraser Valley Milk Pro- Works,has been appointed Technical Superin- William J. Swan.son, B.A.Sc., Jr. E.I.C.,has ducers’Association. tendent. been transferred from the position of Residrnt DonovanF.Miller, B.Com., S.M. (M.I.T.), Norman E. Wilson, U.A.,B.A.Sc.,’SO, has Engineeron the DEW Line to work in the Executive Assistant to the President, Canadian samecapacity on the construction of a pull) FishingCompany, Limited, has been appointed beenappointed Chief Engineer. Approvalr Division,Canadian Gas Association,with mill atThnrso, Quebec, forthe Foundation to their hard of Directors. Headquartersin Toronto. All gas appliance; Companyof Canada. R. W.(“Boh”) Riddle, B.Com.. latterly with andequipment installed in British Columbia 1952 Plimley.Fourth Avenue, Vancouver, has been must carry the seal of approvalof the C.G.A. Eric M. Sandeman,B.S.A., has been named namedAssistant General Manager of Thomas Division. PlimleyLimited, Victoria. AssistantDistrict Agriculturist atCalgary 1950 forthe Alberta Department ofAgriculture. Dr.Alexander Thomson, B.A., M.D., C.M. R. MurraySutherland, B.A. 1Alta.i.B.S.W.. (McGill), formerly in practice in Victoria, has Rohin L. Caesar, B.S.F.. recentlyreturned a formerMinister in the Alberta Conference acceptedthe position of AssociateDirector, toVancouver from forestryassignments in Arizona and New Zealand for the C. D. Schultc of the United Church of Canada, has been ap- MedicalAdvisory Staff, LederleMedical Re- pointedExecutive Secretary of the John How- searchSection, Hesearch Division, American andCompany, Limited, has been appointed Supervisor of Forestry. ard Society for theEdmonton District. Mr. CyanamidCompany, at PearlRiver, New Sutherland has been aith the Provincial Ment- York. Roy P. Helsberg, B.A., formerly a Sales a1 Health Services in B.C. since his graduation 1948 Representative for FishPrScientific Limited, Edmonton,has beenpromoted to Sales Man- from U.B.C. Mrs. D. A. (Joan)Boon, B.A., Y.S.W.’56, Eric W. VanAllen, I<.Com., is now associ- ager of the Company’sToronto Plant. is now employedwith the CalgaryFamily atedwith Systems Equipment Limited as a Bureau as a CaseWorker. Her husband, Dr. Dr. Marvin 9. Kirkwood, U.A., M.A., 1’h.D. SalesRepresentative. Mr.Van Allen will DavidA. Boon, B.S.P.’51, M.D.’56, is prtsently (Tor.), .who recentlywas awarded his Doctor- specialisein xcounting systems, methods and interningat the Calgary General Hospital. atein Chemistry is nowwith Dupont Com- proceduresand other allied lines which tht, Russell B. Bridges. B.A.Sc., hasbeen ap- pany of Canada (1956) Limitedat Brockville, Companyoffers. pointed Products SalesManager, Adhesives Ontario. 1953 and Resins, Monsanto Canada Limited, Toronto. F,/LDonald H. M. Mackay.B.A.Sc., ha5 Marion E. Brown,B.S.N., formerly with the Robert G. Craig,B.S.A., has assumed the beenappointed Squadron Leader at AirForce CarletonPlace Branch of the V.O.N., isnow duties of AssistantPlant Superintendent, Pa- Headquarters,Ottawa. NurseinCharze of theBranch atOwrn cificMilk Plant. Fraser Valley MilkProducers’ Andrew I. W. Mackenzie, B.S.F., has been Sound,Ontario. Association at Abbotsford, B.C. appointedBusiness Manaxer for the C. D. T.H. Legg, B.A.Sr.. dr. E.I.C.. is nowem- MalcolmEagle, B.A.Sc., isnow aswciatud SchultzandCompany, Limited. Mr.Mac- playedwith the Radio Physics Laboratory of withthe firm of PioneerElectric Albrrta kenziehas been with the Company since his theDefence Research Lloard, Ottawa. Limited. as FactoryiManager, Red Dct-r, Al- graduation. Dr. J. A. R. GUY Paquette. B.Sc. I Montreal I, berta. Glendon W. Morgan, B.A.Sc., Jr.E.I.C., ha:; M.A..Ph.D.’SG, whoobtained his Doctorate E. MarsEarnshaw. B.A.Sc. (Nnrs.),M.P.H. beenappointed Chier Enaincer, Coast Steel intheoretical Physics at U.B.C., has been at)- (HarvardS.P.H.I. formerly Senior Public FabricatorsLimited, Vancouver. pointedAssistant Professor in the Faculty of HealthNursc for the Regina Rural Health Donald I. Nelson.B.A.Sc., Jr. E.I.C., has Science,University of Montreal. Region,has been appointed Nursing Consult- beennamed Manager of the Sudbury Branch AdamSzczawinski, Ph.D., first student to antin Childand Maternal Health, Saskat- Office andWarehouse of CanadianInrersoll- receivehis Doctorate in Botany at U.13.C.. is chewanDepartment of Health and Welfare. RandCompany, Limited. ProvincialBotanist in Victoria.

27 U. 6.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 1955 erts, Joe Brown, Harry A. Berry and T. BrianPrentice, LL.B., recentlyopened severalothers. All members of the hisown law practice at 36iS East Hastings Strwt.North 13urnaby, B.C. immediatepost-war Executives attended the many meetings which pre- 1956 ceded theincorporation, in 1948, of Geoffrey R. Cunway, I3.Com., won the Institute of CharteridAccountnnts Silver Medal for the Society known first as the “Trus- ~jlarlnelirbt in B.C. amonzcandidates writinz tees of TheAlumni-U.B.C. Develop- Lhc IntermediateChartered Accountancy ex- ment Fund.” nminatirrns in 1966. In addition,tookhe srcond placrin his year of all candidates in M.M. (Med)McFarlane was the Canada. author of the Agreement between the Mrs.Allan Jarvis (n&e Elizabeth Mulla), Association and the Fund, and of the U.S.l’., waselected President of the U.U.C. Constitution of theFund itself. Med I’harrnwyAlumni Association last Autumn. FredWiley. B.S.P.’59, retiringPresident, is burned midnight oil and spent endless theVice-President ; GordonHewitt. B.A.’41, hours in drafting the legal documents t3.S.P.’X,.-- is secretaryand May Dong, U.S.P. and only those who served with him on .>n. ~h Treasurer. committeesknew che difficulties of HONORARYGRADUATE ININDIA the problems he had to solve. Dr. LutherEvans, LL.L).’48, Director-(;err- Special appreciation is due Lo Chan- era1 of U.N.E.S.C.O., attendedthe Ninth Gen- eral Conference of the Organisation which wab cellor EmeriwsEric W. Hamber, heldin New Delhi. India, November 5 to De- ChancellorSherwood Lett and Dr. cember 5, 1956. N. A. 1VI. MacKenzie,all of whom MUNIFICENTGIFT BY HONORARYGRADUATE supportedthe establishment of the H. K. MacMillan, D.Sc.’S.O, recentlymarked Fundand insisted upon making per- his ilst birthdayby donating $60,000 to the sonal annual contributions through the VancouverFoundation, which was organised first years of its operation. in 1960 to administercapital funds for ihr perpetualsupport of health,welfare, cultural All but one of the five Trustees ap- andeducational purposes in Vancouverand pointed by the Association served con- surroundingareas. He hasstipulated that the presentgift is to be used to furthereconomic tinuously from 1948 to .the dissolution studies of theProvince’s Industries and fie- of the Society on 31st December, 1956. sources. Wepay tribute here -to theinterest HONOUR OF QUEEN’SCOUNSEL FOR U.B.C. andservice of Kenneth P. Caple, GRADUATES Chairman, Col. W. T. Brown, Vice- Thefollowing U.B.C. Graduates were among Chairman, Mrs. HowardT. Mitchell, those U.C. Uarristersrecently honoured by Secretary - Treasurer,Dr. A. E. appointmentas Queen’s Counsel: Charles W. Brazier, B.A.’30, Vancouver;Pearley R. Bris- Grauer;and to Col. F. T. Fairey, senden. B.A.’31, Vancouver;Ernest U. Uull, M.P., who resigned after seven years U.A.’28, Vancouver;Victor L. Dryer, U.A.’33, because of dutlesin Ottawa; and ’io Sail smoothly, sleep Vancouver:James E. Eades, B.A.’25, Van- DeanWalter Gage who served in couver;Thomas E. H. Ellis, B.A.’23, Van- 1956. soundly . . . leave couver; Donald C. Fillmore, B.A.’32, Kelowna ; downtown Vancouver Gilbert 1’. Hogg, U.A.’33, Victoria;Hubert U. HEAVIESTBURDEN King, B.A.’2T, PrinceGeorge; Meredith M. at 11.59 p.m. (Stand- McFarlane, U.A.’28, Vancouver;Colin D. Mc- Theheaviest burden fell upon the ard Time) . . . debark Quarrie. B.A.’33, NewWestminster; Arthur Chairmen and Boards of Directors of in H. Hay, U.A.’23, Vancouver;William A. the Fund who were responsible for the frebh and relaxed Schultz, B.Com.’33, B.A.’34. Vancouver ; David downtnl\an Victoria K. Verchere, B.A.’26, Kamloops. organisation and operation of‘che an- nualcampaigns. Joe Brown and his thenext morning. Boardset the pace in 1949. Joeac- Your own comfortable cepted the tough job fora second term stateroom with priv- in 1950”and increased the pace. John ateshower if you Buchanan, taking no rest after serv- wish.* DEVELOPMENTFUND ing as AlumniPresident, made an- Return : $6.75. Con- other new Fund record in 1951. Harry venient advancecar ConllrlLled trorr paqe LO, A. Berryfollowed in 1952 and again reser\.ationservice. recordsfell. For three very full time as leaders of the annual drives. terms,from 1953 to 1955, Aubrey Rate: $6.00 each way. Here we can acknowledge the service *At slight extra cost. of but a few. Robertsheaded the Board and under hisleadership the appeal was broad- Phone P.4cific 2212 FrankTurner, Executive Director enedto include business and other of the Association from 1946 to 1954, groupsin the community. In 1956 provided the idea and the enthusiasm thereoccurred a distinctchange of whichmade the idea a reality. To pace.Co-Chairmen Dr. W. C. Gibson him goes the major credit. For many and John J. West suggested a review yearsand to thousands of Alumni, of Fund activities in the light of new Frank and the Fund were synonymous. developments at U.B.C. Onlyone Butthinking about the r6le which majorsolicitation of allAlumni was Alumni might play in supporting the made during the year; in spite of this Universitybegan at anearlier date, the 1956 campaignrecorded its big- prior to Frank’s appointment in 1946. gest increase .Lo date. Bruce A. Robinson, Alumni President in the ~O’S,was the first exponent of Acknowledgementand appreciation Alumni leadership in fund raising and shouldgo to manyothers: to Class he was supported by P. R. (Pearley) Managers,Committee Chairmen and Brissenden and some of the members Members, and above all to those loyal of theirExecutives. andgenerous Alumni who have con- Alumni Presidents Ted Baynes,Dick tributed every year to the University Bibbs, WinShilvock and John Buch- throughthe Fund. They have set a anan, 1947-50, wereleaders of the shiningexample for all Alumni and planning committees as were Darrell theyhave added new meaning to BI,aidwood, OrmyHall, Aubrey Rob- “Tuum Est”.

U. 6. C. ALUMNICHRONICLE 28 nothingbut trained technicians, Dr. Lambwarned. Such courses should be given in technicalinstitutes leav- ingthe Universities free to concen- At the trate cln the Humanities, he said. Dr. .Lamb also criticised the survey type oi course currently being offered Sign on manyCanadian Campuses, including U.B.C. “Theymerely illustrate theadaptation of themass media to of the theclassroom. “The true function of a University is to teach its Graduates how to sup- plementoriginalthe intellectual grounding it has provided. President N. A. M. MacKenzieand Kalman Roller, “Thereis no way of teaching :a Dean of Sopron Forestry School. studentwhat he will need 25 years hence. The only thing the University cando is to instil the urge to con- tinueseeking knowledge throughout, a rental basis to firms whosestaff have DEAD SEA SCROLLS life.” been trained to use it. A distinguishedvisitor to U.B.C. Despitethe competition offered by About 175 UniversityFaculty this year was Dr. R. B. Y. Scott, Can- Industry and Business, Dr. Lamb was Membersand Graduate Students are adianauthority on thecontroversial optimisticabout the future growth also taking a course to learn how to Dead SeaScrolls. Dr. Scott, now a of UniversityFaculties. operate the computer. Professor of Religion atPrinceton, formerlytaught Old Testamentat “The University will always be able Dr.T. E. Hull, of the Mathematics UnionTheological College, Vancou- tooffer its aspirants something that Department is in charge of t,he Train- ver, Unitedver, Theological College, cannotbe duplicated elsewhere and ing Programme. Montrealand McGill University. that is a way of life. The machine which can solve in one He was awarded an Honorary Doc- “Thislife includes library and re- minute problems that would take four tor of Divinity Degree by Union Col- searchfacilities, long summer vaca- hoursby normal methods, was se- lege at aspecial Congregation and tionsto make use of thesefacilities lectedfrom 25 computers as the one spoketo U.R.C. studentsin a special andmembership in a company of most suited to the needs of the Uni- lecturewhile visiting Vancouver. Dr. scholars.” versityand the community. Scottwas lwently able to secure a RoTemary Kent-Barker, Art5‘F collection of the Dead Sea Scrolls for BritishColumbia business and in- McGill University. dustrial firms have contributed$20,000 towardthe cost of purchasingthe FILMTALKS machine.Applications havebeen The man noted made to the Federal Government for throughout t h e additional funds to help pay the $68,- world as the 000 purchase price. “Father of Docu- mentaryFilm”, THEATREEXPERIMENT JohnGrierson, is A departure in theatre was marked visiting theU.B.C. this year when the University of B.C. Campusearly in presented Shakespeare’s Richard I1 as Marchgiveto itsworkshop production in a new form of dramatisedreading. lectureson com- Dr. R. B. Y. Scott Sholto Hebenton municationsyb Thereading of Richard I1 by 30 film. Mr.Grier- !See D 331 studentswas accompanied by all the John Grierson son was Filmwasson ELECTRONICCOMPUTER colour of mediaeval pageantry in de- Commissionerand Executive Head cor and costume. of theNational Film Board from The University is taking a big step intothe realm of automationthis “Wehope this method will be a 1939 to 1945. His first film “Drifters”, springboardto more productions of revolutionised film makingby draw- year with the planned installation of Shakespeare’s plays by making them ing its drama at first hand from real a $68,000 electronic computing mach- life instead of producing it ina studio. ine. exciting to see, but less demanding of students’ time to prepare”, said Miss Thesimple story of theNorth Sea Thedigital computer ALWAC 111 DorothySomerset, U.B.C. DramaDi- herring catch brought what were then E, whichcan add two 10 digitnum- rectorand instigator of theunique new and striking images to the screen; bersin a thousandth of a second, is approachto Shakespeare. driftersswinging out to sea from scheduled to beinstalled this spring. small grey harbours; nets flung wide UKRAINIAN-CANADIAN BOOK GIFT from restless vessels; fishermen mov- It it; expected to greatly further the A fund-raising drive by membersof ing about their everyday tasks. What teachingand research r6les of the has become familiar today through a University in the trend toward auto- Vancouver’sUkrainian Community thousand documentary films had then mation. culminated recently in a presentation theimpact of startlingdiscovery. A total of 57 executives from Brit- of $500 worth of Ukrainian books to the University of B.C. Library. WHAT PRICESTANDARDS? ishColumbia business firms have en- 40-hour evening-class course The book section of the local Ukrain- “UniversityEducation is becoming roled in a ian-CanadianCommunity, headed by standardised at theprice of stand- to learn how to operate the computer. ards”,Dr. Kaye Lamb, B.A.’27, M.A. whenit arrives. Another 15 people Rev. S. P. Symchych, B.A.’50, pre- ’30, LL.D.’48, National Librarian, told had 1.0 beturned away from the sented the books to PresidentN. A. M. students here January 11, in the An- courst! whichhad a $100 registration MacKenzie. nualBostock Lecture. fee. TheUniversity Library welcomed Toomany Universities are includ- Afterthe electronic computer is the new books as a valuable addition ingvocational courses that turn out installed it will be made available on toits section of Slavonicmaterials.

29 U. 8. C.ALUMNI CHRONICLE media, we shouldmove in and do Is It a Good Book Review somethingabout improving them”. Neatly ordered and precisely reported, r 1. ”WRITING IN CANADA”-Proceedings of the CanadianWriters’ Conference Held at Queen‘s the discussions become starting points lime to Buy ...? University July, 1955,edited by George Whalley, for further discussionand the incon- withan Introduction by F. R. Scott, Toronto, clusiveness of all literary conferences Macmillan,1956; and becomes, in this instance, through this Thisis probably one of the “NEW VOICES‘’-Canadian University Writingof littlevolume, a stimulusto further 1956,selected by EarleBirney, IraDilworth, questionswe are asked most Desmond Pacey, Jean-CharlesBonenfant and critical and creative thought. Roger Duhamel,with a Forword byJoseph Mc- frequently. The answer in almost Culley,Warden ofHart House, J. M. Dent, “New Voices” gives us theother Torontoand Vancouver, 1956. side of thepicture, presenting some every case is“It depends. . .” Thesetwo volumes usefully com- fifty poems and stories, in French and It dependsupon each person’s plementeach other and are recom- English, from nearly twenty Colleges mended to all who have an interest in andUniversities, in all parts of the individualneed for investment. thebroadening flow of Canadianlit- country,the work of studentsnone Perhaps the need isfor incorrle . . . erature. of whomwas older than twenty-five. perhaps for security . . or a desire “Writing in Canada” reports on the To the publishers who have taken the . Kingston Conference of two summers financialrisk and to the five editors to achievesome measure of we owe not a little gratitude for this ago.Generously financed theby ultimate financial independence by RockefellerFoundation, the Confer- composite picture of our young crea- encewas attended by some eighty tiveminds. A better collection, it is buying securities with a future. It a fair guess, could have been produced delegatesfrom across Canada-writ- also depends OII the geueral state ers, publishers, editors, critics, librar- by any one of the editors given a free iansand others interested. The en- hand;the concept of a concensus of of business and, in marly cases, on vironmentprovided by Queen’s Uni- opinionhas taken away the element corditionsin the rrlorlcy market. versitycould scarcely have been im- of surprisethat this reader at least proved as a background and stimulus hoped forwhen he opened the book. While it is not diflicult for us to to discussion.Delegates returning to On the other hand, the Canadian dil- emmais again faced and accepted: suggest when any one person the West Coast were eager to have a similar, though smaller, Conference in thehigh price of anyattempt at shouldpurchase securities, it is achievingnational unity out of sec- Vancouver; this took place in the fol- onlyunder unusual conditions lowing January and is reported in an tional diversities. appendix, by Jan de Bruyn. At least threeof the poets-Heather that we can, without reservation, The one hundred and fifty pages of Spears, B.A.’56, Jay MacPherson and say when it is a good timefor admirablyorganised record swarm Daryl Hine-offer individualstyles with the factsof Canadian writing and and mastery of language that makeus everyone to buy. eagerfor more of theirwork. The theconcepts of Canadiancriticism. Perhaps now is a good time for Wefeel the pressure of its authors, prose is another matter: very little of its editors, its distributors, its admir- itseemed, to this reader, more than you tobuy. If youhave been undeniably competent. The problem of ers, its detractors, its well-wishers, its thinkingabout putting your denigrators,its covert enemies, its Canadianprose in its entirety is re- possible patrons and its simple read- vealedinminuscule: abundance of savings to work we invite you to ers. Certain polarities of point-of-view subject-matterbutunderstoodno talk over the matter with us. We arediscernible, notably that between theme;technical competence to burn A. J. M. 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U. B. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 30 was appointed Ceramic Instructor for The Faculty theUniversity of BritishColumbia Extension Department, last fall. President N. A. M. MacKenzie, Gilbert D. Kennedy, M.A., LL.B. C.M.G.,M.M. andBar, Q.C., B.A., (Tor.),S.J.D. (Harvard), Professor, LL.B., LL.M., LL.D., D.C.L., D.Sc.Soc., Faculty of Law,has accepted an ap- F.R.S.C.,was installed as Honorary pointmentas Deputy Attorney Gen- Colonel of theUniversity of British eralfor British Columbia, to com- Columbia Contingent of the Canadian mence about the middle of April. Dr. Officers TrainingCorps, at a special Kennedy has been associated with the Parade February 11,1957, which also Faculty of Law for 11 years. During marked the retirement of Dr. Gordon thistime he has taught a variety of Shrum, O.B.E., M.M., E.D., M.A., M. Reginald E. WattersWalter N. Sage subjects,butmainly “Wills and Ph.D., F.R.S.C.,Dean, Faculty of Trusts”, “Conflict of Laws” and “Con- Graduate Studies, who had been Hon- the years 1946 to 1955 inclusive. The stitutionalLaw”. In addition, he has orary Lt. Col. of the University Con- book consists of an outline of the gen- publishedmany articles on legal tingent since 1946. eral law of the injunction in relation topics.Mrs. G. D. Kennedy(n6e Do- Dean G. F. Curtis, LL.B. (Sask.), tothe kind of conductwhich occurs reenE. Jenkinson), B.A.’43, M.A.’48, B.A., B.C.L. (Oxon.),LL.D. (Dal- duringlabour disputes, a considera- has also taken an active part in Uni- housie, Sask.), D.C.L. (N.B.), Faculty tion of the law of contempt of court versitywork, having taught Mathe- of Law,was honoured recently when andimplications of thelaw for matics from 1943-55. appointed a Queen’s Counsel. breaches of labour injunctions, a defi- Sheis also Chairman, University Dean E. D. MacI’hee, M.M., M.A., nitivestudy of thelaw of picketing HillSchool Board, District Commis- B.Ed.(Edinburgh), Faculty of Com- withemphasis on post-wardevelop- sioner of the Girl Guides and Captain, merce,was appointed sole Commis- mentsin judicial decisions, detailed FirstVancouver Land Ranger Com- sioner of the Royal Commission estab- accounts,based on original court re- pany. lished toinvestigate the British Co- cords,with editorial comments, of John R. McCreary, M.D. (Tor.), lumbiaTree Fruit Industry. seventy-fivethe injunction cases Professorand Head of theDepart- which arose in British Columbia from Dean ment of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medi- F. H. Soward, B.A. (Tor.), 1946 to 1955, and a criticalanalysis B.Litt.(Oxon.), F.R.S.C., Associate cine,is a member of a team of Doc- of the practical use of the injunction Dean of theFaculty of Graduate tors making up the Canadian Medical inrelation to principles of law.The Studies, together with Edgar McInnis, Missionpresently in India as part lastchapter ends with recommenda- President of theCanadian Institute of Canada’scontribution to the Co- tionsrespecting certain matters of of InternationalAffairs, and the as- lomboPlan. Dr. McCreary spent one sistance of WalterO’Hearn of the procedure, and certain features of the monthin New Delhi, one monthin form of theinjunction order. There MontrealStar, has written a book Amritsarand is spending the month areeight appendices, most of which entitled”Canada and the United Na- of March near Madras, lecturing and containmaterial not available else- evaluating teaching methods in Paed- tions”dealing with Canada’s part in where; one of the most interesting is the world organisation since its incep- iatrics. an account of thesomewhat curious tionin 1945. Onein a series of na- Malcolm F. MeGregor, M.A.’31, legislativehistory of theBritish Co- tional studies of United Nations mem- Ph.D. (Cincinnati),Professor and lumbiaTrade-unions Act, passed in bersinitiated by the Carnegie En- Chairman,Department of Classics, 1902 duringthe course of a mine dowmentfor International Peace, it waselected to the Managing Com- labourers’dispute in Rossland, the analysesCanadian policies and atti- mittee of theAmerican School of language of whichextends consider- tudestoward the U.N. since the San ClassicalStudies at Athens at a re- ablestatutory protection to persons FranciscoConference in 1945. It centmeeting of theExecutive in quotesextensively from Canadian engaged in certain kinds of picketing. Philadelphia. The text contains ten tables of statis- n e w s p a p e r and Parliamentary William 0. Richmond, B.A.Sc.’29, s tical a:nd othermaterial. The boo‘k sources, and details the formulationof M.S. (Pitts.), Mem.A.S.M.E., M.E.I.C., is the first to be published by a mern- thepolicy which led to Canada’s sig- Head, Department of Mechanical En- ber of theFaculty of Law. It was nificant “middle power” leadership in gineering, has been elected President published December, 1956, by C. the U.N. today. in C. of theAssociation of Professional H., Canadian Limited, Toronto. 303 pp. Engineersfor British Columbia. Alfred W.R. Carrothers, B.A.’47, $7.50. LL.B.’48, LL.M. (Harvard), Associate Walter N. Sage, B.A. (Tor.), M.A. Professor,Faculty of Law, has writ- John J. Deutsch, B.Com. (Queen’s), (Oxon.), Ph.D.(Tor.), F.R.Hist.S., ten a book on one of the most interest- Head,Department of Economicsand F.R.S.C., ProfessorEmeritus of His- ingaspects of CanadianLabour Law PoliticalScience, was elected Chair- tory,was named President of the “theuse of theinjunction to limit man of the Arbitration Board set up BritishColumbia Historical Associa- union activity in labour disputes. “The bythe Provincial Government to re- tion recently. LabourInjunction in British Colum- viewBritish Columbia Teachers’ Sal- W. Kirke Smith, B.A. (Man.), LL.B. bia”is a study of theCanadian law aries.More recently, Prof. Deutsch. ’49, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Deputy and practice with particular reference formerlyFederal Assistant Deputy Coronerfor the City of Vancouver, to British Columbia experience during Minister of Finance,has been ap- is acting as Counsel forthe Royal pointedone of threemembers of the Commissioninquiring into British RoyalCommission established to re- Columbia’sTree Fruit Industry. view the terms of union between Can- Reginald E. Watters, M.A. (Tor.), adaand Newfoundland. Ph.D. (Wisconsin), Professor, Depart- Ivan R. Feltham, B.A.’53, LL.B.54, ment of English, is theEditor-in- B.C.L. (Oxon.),recently returned Chief of “TheBritish Columbia Cen- RhodesScholar, has been appointed tennialAnthology”, which is sched- SpecialLecturer in the Faculty of uled for publication in the Spring of Law for the balance of thisSession. 1958. “AS an official part of British He is teaching “Torts” and “Property Columbia’sCentennial celebrations in 11”, subjectstaught by Dr. M. M. 1958, theAnthology aims to offer a MacIntyreuntil his recent illness picture of the Province, its people and shortlyafter Christmas. their ways of life in both the-past and Thomas Kakinuma, a talented Jap- thepresent, as reflected in .thebest Alfred Carrothers Gilbert D. Kennedy anesepotter, painter and sculptor, writingobtainable.”

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U. E. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 32 the academic life, and student-faculty communication. HIGHSCHOOL CONFERENCE Each year the Alma Mater Society hassponsored a twoday Conference for high school students-‘‘-4 stepping stonefrom High School to Univer- sity.” Thisyear, on February 22 and 23, theTenth Annual High School Con- ference, which was started in 1948 as a Teacher Training project, attracted 223 delegatesfrom 117 HighSchools throughoutBritish Columbia and thc Yukon Territory. The aim of the Con- ferenceis not to coax unwilling stu- dentsto U.B.C., butto provide High School graduates with an introduction toUniversity life so thattheir deci- sionwhether or not to attend will have a logicaland reasonable basis. Thedelegates to the Conference are requestedto report to their schools andto pass on information to their Second GreatTrekkers Meetwith Premier W. A.C. Bennett in Victoria. From Left: Premier Bennett, fellowstudents. In order to make it A.M.S.President Don Jabour, TrekChairman Ben Trevino, Treasurer AlanThackray. easier for students from distant parts of the Province to attend, a travel ar- 1,angementwas undertaken this year Campus News and Views for the first time. RHODES SCHOLAR Second Great Trek Sholto George Hebenton, 21, Fourth Year Arts Student at U.B.C. and for- By Ian Smyth, Arts ’58, PublicRelations Officer, Students‘ Council merAlumni Regional Scholarship Winner,has been named as the B.C. Rhodes Scholar for 1957. Mr. Hebentonlives at 2140 Wes- EFFORTS BRINGPARTIAL SUCCESS studentssolemnly marched up the brookCrescent, the Beta Theta Pi “WHEREASwe consider that the Main 14all with a casketlabelled Fraternity House. He is President of young men and women of British Co- “Highel.Education” and lowered it. Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. lumbiashould be given educational into a freshlydug grave near thtt AnHonours Student in Economics facilities in no way inferior to those Cairn. andInternational Studies, the young scholar will enterOxford University offered by other Provinces in Canada Furtherdemonstrations were hast- and ily cancelled when Education Minister, “WHEREASthe efficiency of our LesPeterson, LL.B.’49, announcedin ProvincialUniversity is seriously his maiden speech in the Legislature, threatened by the present inadequate Februal y 25, that the Provincial Gov- accommodationand equipment . . . ernmentwould match corporate and we theundersigned humbly petition private donations to the University fo~. theGovernment of theProvince of capitalexpenditures up to $5,000,000 British Columbia . . .” over the next ten years. Reduced tosimple terms it means ACADEMICSYMPOSIUM “Give Us Room To Grow” - the cry At the Leadership Conference spon-- that 7600 students carried throughout sored by the Alma Mater Society last BritishColumbia this winter as they fall,delegates decided thatan op- conductedthe “Second Great Trek”. portunityshould beprovided for Studentsarmed themselves with a U.B.C. students to meet for a discus- thirtypage brief tothe Provincial sion of academic problems, rather than Governmentand collected signatures become overlyconcerned with extra- MarcBell and HungarianStudent Leader MiklosGratzer. from 86,000 votersthroughout the curricularactivities. The result of Province to support their plea. thisdecision was the first Annual (See stcrv pages 18, 19) Adelegation headed by Student AcademicSymposium sponsored by nextOctober and will study either Council President-electBen Trevino the Alma Mater Society and held dtw Modern History or Law for two years. metwith Premier W. A. C. Bennett ingthe weekend of February 22 .to BornQuesnel,in Mr. Hebenton and the Provincial Cabinet in Victoria 24 at Parksville. Ninety-one delegates spentmost of hislife in Penticton. January 25, to present their brief and representingStudents, Faculty and He was President of the High School arguetheir request that the present Alumnigathered to discussacademic andValedictorian of his CLass on $10,000,000 ten-yearCapital Expan- matters of mutualconcern. Studern graduationin 1953. Inthat year hc, delegates were chosen on the basis of sion P1,ogramme be increased to $15,- wasawarded a U.B.C. AlumniAsso- academ:ic standing and campus activ- ciationRegional Scholarship. 000,000 and that the fundsbe released ities. Faculty members who have dis- at the rate of $2,000,000 per year in- At U.B.C. he playedSecond Base played interest in student affairs were for three years on the Baseball Team, stead of thepresent $1,000,000 per invited.The ratio of delegateswas wasQuarterback for a yearon the year. set at one-third Faculty members anti JayveeFootball Team and took part WhenPremier Bennett announced two-thirdsStudents. The programme in intramuralsports. Last year hc in his budget speech that there would includedjoint student-faculty panel wasPresident of theUnited Nations be noincrease in capital grants to discussionsand informal group dis- Cluband this year isAdvertising theUniversity this year, a group of cussions on studentparticipation in Manager for the Totem.

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TheAutumn Issue of thiscolumn versityand the University of Cali- was devoted almost exclusively to the fornia at Berkeleyin early Novem- exploits of ourvictorious Rowing ber,playing one game on each Crews. The~~fore, the materialwhich campus.The U.B.C. team,which had had been prepared at that time on the fourWest Indian boys on thefirst fall sports had to be temporarily de- string, defeated Stanford 9-1 and the leted. In thiscurrent issue we would University of California 2-0. The like to present some of .the highlights StanfordCoach Fred Priddle praiscd of theFootball, Soccer and Cross theplay by the Canadian team, and Country seasons. theStanford Daily newspaper said: John Platt FOOTBALL “Thevisitors were thr best team scitlu at Frank Gnup’s Thunderbirdsab- Stanfo-din a longtime. They combin4 a high degree of individualskill with 1Jeaittihll sorbed a fewlickings in Evergreen teamwork. Their trianple movements k1‘1 Freshman Ken Winslade was awarded Conferenceplay, but were a team theIndian defenders constantly hr,lples:,. the“Rookie of theYear” Trophy. whosefundamentals were sounder, Theyvaried this pattern with long crus:;- andwho played with greater desire fieldpasses which invariably found a mall SKIING unmarked.They shut constantly, powt,rfully For the first time in ten years the than any Varsity teamin recent years. and, as can be seen by the score, acruratrl!~. Anathletic news release, which was Everyone on rhe team attacked, including the U.B.C. sponsoredInternational Invi- issued following a 53-6 drubbing from fullbacks.” tationalIntercollegiate Ski Meet at College of PugetSound, isworth- CROSS COUNTRY Rosslandwas won by the University of B.C. with361 points. The Univer- while quoting: The9th Annual Pacific Northwest “Inspite of theovcrwhelmina odds, the sity of Idaho placed second with 359.6 CrossCountry Championships were points. U.B.C.’s JohnPlatt was 4th U.B.C. Thunrlcxrbirds werestill throwing all held at U.B.C. on Nevember 10t.h, efi- they had into the Fame even up to the closing in the individual standings. seconds. U.B.C. was handicapped by the lack ciently organised by Coach Peter Mul- of experiencein the American style of foot- lins.The University of Idahodomin- At Banff thestrong U.B.C. con- ball, as CanadianHich Schools prefer other atedthe Senior event, placing iive tingentwas second to Washington sports.One can’t helu admiringthe Thun- StateCollege, against the largest- derbirds for nraintai~iinr: their fiahtina spirit menin the first seven, out of a field in spite of thelop-sided score.” of 41. U.B.C.’s Jim Moore placed 3rd, ever entry of U.S. and Canadian Uni- Our 7-6 victoryover the Central andJack Burnett 6th. The U.B.C. versities.John Platt won the down- Washington“Wildcats” at Home- Team finished 5th out of seven teams. hill eventand teammate Don Stur- coming on November3rd was sweet gcss placedthird. ICE HOCKEY indeed,and the Grads enjoyed this FormerWashington State star A1 opportunityto cheer a great coach TheThunderbirds’ HockeyIce Fishercoaches the U.B.C. team. and a great team that day. team t~avelled to Edmonton in Febru- The University of Western Ontario aryfor the Hamber Cup Series. Thtt SWIMMING “Mustangs”played sound football University of Albertawon a close. Coach Peter Lusztighas a much and gave our team a 38-13 beating at first game 4-3, and scored a convincing improvedteam under his wingthis U.B.C. Stadium on September 22nd 8-4 victoryin the second and Anal year, and with lop-sided victories over inthe 4th Annual Churchill Cup game, to takethe series 12 goals to Eastern and Western Washington, he Game.We, in turn, provided a few 7. Albertahas won the trophy in is confident the Thunderbirds will re- thrillswhen our Mile RelayTeam, seven of the past eight years. gain the Evergreen Conference Cham- consisting of DaveSmith, Dave Tre- BASKETBALL pionshipin early March. The sched- leaven, Cole Harrisand Doug Cle- ule of meetsincludes University of In spite of tough competition from Idaho,and Washington. When an in- mentset a newmeet record of 3 EvergreenConference Colleges, thc! min. 27.6 sec. todefeat the Western door pool is builton the Campus it Thunderbirdshave managed to win will notbe too difficult to develop teamby more than 50 yards.Olym- threeConference games. With an picrunner Doug Clement ran the teams of PacificCoast Conference average height of 6 ft. the ’Birds are calibre. anchor-leg in 48.6 seconds. thesmallest in the Conference, but TheThunderbird Football Team their hustle has made up to some ex- RUGBY hasbeen invited toplay against tent for this. Student interest in thc CoachAlbert Laithwaite’s speedy Western Ontario in London next Sep- team has improved with every game, rugger team will again meet the Uni- tember 21st in a return game, in aid thehigh point being reached when versity of California at Berkeley in a of theCanadian Paraplegic Associa- four-gameseries, two to be played tion. 300 Hungarian Forestry Students attended the Whitworth game and gave at Berkeley and two at U.B.C. in early Names of GraduatingPlayers - April.A select fifteen will travel on CaptainRon Stewart, Ian Stewart, anunforgettable demonstration of cheering.With this kind of support from Berkeley to Los Angeles for one RogerKronquist, Donn Spence and exhibition game with U.C.L.A. DougDuncan. the inspired players fought basket for New Captains-Roy Jokanovich and basket, losing by only 4 points in the The big Rugby news of the season Oscar Kreutziger. last 2 minutes. is thedefinite scheduling of a three- Dr. GordonBurke Inspirational CoachJack Pomfret will take ihe gameseries between a B.C. All-star Award Winner-Donn Spenceand team to Edmontonfor a two-gamc Teamand the world famous Barbar- Roger Kronquist. ians, in early May. One game will be seriesagainst the University of Al- played in Victoria and two at Empire All-ConferenceSelections - Jack berta on March 8th and 9th. Henwood-2nd All-starTeam; Roy StadiuminVancouver. This select Jokanovich,Oscar Kreutziger-Hon- PeteMullins coached the U.B.C. band of Internationals from England, orable Mention; Ron Stewart-Honor- Braves to a B.C. title last season, and Scotland,Wales, Ireland and France ableMention and also, Little All- this year took over the J.V. team when will alsoplay in Montreal and To- AmericaHonorable Mention; Pacific Dick Penn decided to handle the Sew ronto. U.B.C.’s AlbertLaithwaite is Northwest All-star. ior “A” Cloverleafs. The Junior Var- Chairman of theBarbarian Tour SOCCER sity won a playoff berth in the down- Committee. Coach EdLuckett and 14 Varsity townSenior “A” League, then lost a Ticketsmay be reserved through Soccerplayers visited Stanford Uni- closesemi-final series C-Fun. to theUniversity Athletic Office.

35 U.B.C.ALUMNI CHRONICLE erablenumber of studentsfail each year because they have not .the partic- Education-for What? ularaptitude for the subject-matter confrontingthem, or the ability to meet the standards set for those sub- By Pearley R. Brissenden, Q.C., B.A.‘31 jects.The University has to impose on them the frustration and expense of failure,or to lower its standards, or to eliminate all compulsory require- Educationhas been made of this learning to a career ments.If itfollows the second or longbeen the such as Law, Medicine and CivilSey- third course, it ceases to be a Univer- most general and vice, the subjects studied have had in- sity and becomes what might be called important of pub- tellectual and aesthetic content which auniversality. That is, it ceases to lic. matters.Only developsthe powers of abstract]‘ea- be an institution dedicated to teaching recently has it be- soning and imaginative insight. thetrue student tothink by thr come a subject of Recognition of a University’s reason challenge of newand difficult ideas wide publiccon- forexisting is still seen in the lip and methods of investigation. cern and interest, servicepaid to theFaculty of Arts TheArts and Sciences are not competing for at- andScience asthe core Faculty. But static.They grow and expand by in- tention with Hol- the core diminishes as accretions of a corporatingdiscoveries and adding lywood sex life vocational and specialised nature sur- newdisciplines, and the practical and the argument- round it. From Engineering and Agri- canoften be happily wedded to the 1‘ ont 1 of PearleyBrissenden culture and Pharmacy, associated with theoretical. But when occupational and radioand T.V. the sciences and dependent upon them, non-intellectualinterests threaten ‘to This is especially true of higher edu- thedevelopment has been continuous dilutestandards and to divert aims, cation and the present and prospective into restaurant management, methods it istime to ask whether they could flood of candidates for admission into of real estate salesmanship, and, lest not be better served by the growth of our Colleges and Universities. the aesthetic be forgotten, a course in parallel but different kindsof advanced Theprospect of rapidlyincreasing the square dance.” training. These would not neglect the enrolment gives urgency to such ques- This development, as a whole, prob- teaching of thecitizen but their tions as: How selective should Univer- ablyreflects the desire todignify emphasis would be upon technical and sityentrance be ? Howcan the poor everycalling with a degree.Or, it occupational goals. butgifted student be effectively sub- may simply express a vague optimism I will concludesimply by saying sidised? Is advanced training the same that exposure to an atmosphere con- that I haveindicated what in my as higher education ? Is there a waste tainingthe Arts and Sciences will opinion is neededand that the time of Universityteaching and facilities allow a patina of culture to form on of decisionis rapidly approaching, If on people unable to benefit from them? the mental skin of the most resistant, it has not already arrived. Howfar can federal aid go without even if all they genuinely respond to encouraging provincial governments to is a performance of “The Girl Friend” avoidwhat is a provincialresponsi- or “Boy Crazy.” bility?What is or should be a Uni- Nowsuch a responseis a good versity? thing, and the objectives of the voca- Willson E. Knowlton These questions areof vital concern tionally minded student in the narrow D. 0. S. to Alumni and to the educated public sense are good things. But are these generally,as well as to University objectives the proper and fundamental administrators. They may be reduced concerns of a University?Bentham’s OptoMetrist to two important issues, the financing utilitarian argument was in effect that of education,and the philosophy of push-pinis as good as poetry.His education. The first is simply a prac- viewdid not find favourwith the tical matter of allottingthe moneys. educatedin his own day nor has i.t MA RlNE 8011 Today sources public and private,Gov- since. Itappears now to be coming ernment and Industry, are alert to the intoits own as Universitiesseem to 823 BIRKSBUILDING problemand willing to help solve it. be yielding to alleged public pressures VANCOUVER,B.C. Butfinances are only a means to an in the name of public relations. If so, end. To what end are this interest and thenthere would be no reason why this practical aid to be directed? What anyactivity in which human beings is the philosophy of Higher Education? mightengage should not be studied Thisquestion is not as grandiose and taught at a University. 1 PITMANBUSINESS asit sounds. Itcan bebroken into To put the case in this way should two related questions. “Education-for be enoughto show its absurdity, if COLLEGE whom?” and “Education-for what?” only in practical termsof money, space Thefirst was the subject of a panel andstaff. But the larger objection “Vmcoucer’s Leading discussion on February 5th last at the brings us back tothe question of a Busixess College” University. The second is inseparable philosophy of Higher Education. If a SecretarialTraining, fromitand, itissubmitted, has Universityexists for training of .the priority. mind, then a multiplicity of non-intel- Stenography, It is trite to say that every exper- lectual activities only serve to detract Accounting,Dictaphone, iencehas educational value. The boy from the aims of a University and to Typewriting,Comptometer mending his bicycle-chain, the house- diminish the values to the community wife whose deft hand with pastry de- of its facilities and staff; and it is up lights her family at dinner, the man tothe University to enlighten Lhe Individual Instruction whobuilds a boatin his basement-- communityon what those aims and Enrol at Any Time allhave learned something good to valuesare, even if topreserve them Broadwayand Granville know.However, there are different would require the setting up of other VANCOUVER 9, B.C. kinds of education,different kinds of kinds of institutionsfor advanced experience.A University has tradi- trainingwith other aims and values. Telephone:CHerry 7848 tionally been dedicated to educationof As I said earlier, to deal with “Edu- MRS A. S. KANCS, P.C.T themind, to intellectualexperience; cation - for what ?” is to deal with Prlncipai andeven where an application has “Education - for whom ?” A consid-

U. B. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 36 interested and always informative. He theless,he was often to be seen at liked to composeverse, in Greek or cricketand in the last few years he Latinor English, and always there missedfew basketball games. Until could be found the epigrammatic line, veryrecently he played tennis and thereminiscence of Martial.Thus, if badminton;in fact, he gave me the lightverse or parlourgame was impression that he thought he should needed forthe Classics Club, it was still be playing. Todd who didthe composing; -the As a teacherTodd was in his files contain Latin cross-word-puzzles, elementwith the small class. Here, Latin limericks, all the odds and ends in theintimacy of theselect, often that have provided entertainment over inhis office, hislearning enjoyed its the years. broadest scope. He moved thoroughly Hemade a hobby of precision in from text to text, from book to book, languagewithout being thought a to his own enjoyment and that of his pedant.He used to point out, in B students.Many a studenthas left serious voice butwith a twinkling U.B.C. forthe specialising Graduate eye, that“television” is a hybrid;he Schools of the United States, there to advocated“teleoptics.” Many a man, studyfields of Classicsnot taught listeningto Todd, must have been here. No graduate,however, has re- puzzledby his reference to “arm- turned to complain of his preparation 0. J. Todd,A.B., Ph.D.(Harvard), F.R.S.C. ball,” a term that he employed quit.e or to find that Todd could nottalk seriously(and yet with quiet glee) intelligentlyinany Classical area. forAmerican and Canadian football. Andreturning students have always 3tt aPmorintn from which, as he would explain, the soughthim out, to relish once more foothas all but disappeared as a that solid and comforting scholarship, + propellant. accompaniedthebycharacteristic Football,for Todd (and many who sparkle of eye. OTIS JOHNSON TODD agreed with him), had only one mean- Thereputation of theDepartment “He was a quietscholar,” said the ing:association football, sometimes of Classics of the University of British Clergymanconducting the service in called soccer. Football was the game; Columbia - and it is considerable - memory of 0. J. Todd. The words are itdemanded well-trained men, ready restsfirmly upon the three originals nicelychosen and were especially to play at full speed for ninety min- who built it, each man utterly unlike appropriate in their context; yet they uteswithout substitution, without his colleagues, together comprising a fallshort of conveyingthe influence time-outfor rest or advicefrom a formidabletriumvirate. 0. J. Todd exertedupon generations of young coach. Forthirty-eight years, so far was the quiet scholar. people,students and others, by this as I know,from his arrival in Van- quiet scholar. couver tothe winter of hisdeath, “Malcolm F. McGregor. Scholarhe certainly was, with a Toddfollowed the fortunes of .the reputationthat extended far beyond VarsitySoccer Club, in good times British Columbia. At Harvard he had and bad, no matter what the weather; been a studentand friend of John if the boys could play, Todd was there. OBITUARIES Williams White, one of the great men Inmy day as a footballer, 0. J. of AmericanClassical scholarship. Todd appeared at practice as well as FRANCESIRENE HIGGINBOTHAM at games. I have seen him on the side- A former teacher at Kitsilano and Lord From this relationship there developed Byng Hiah Schools, Miss Frances I. Higgin- 0. J. Todd’s life-long interest in Aris- lines in pouring rain, in fog, in sleet, hotham,B.A.’25. M.A.’36, died March 11, 1956. tophanes.His work onthe comic in cold. I remember attending a game inVancouver. Early in her teaching career poetreached a culminationin 1932, lastwinter at MacInnesField when shetaught for three years (1925-28) in the inlandProvinces of China and in the Legation with the publication, by the Harvard the storm was coming in horizontally Schoolin Peking. Always an acfive member of University Press, of the monumental fromthe sea. When I reachedhome, theUniversity Women’s Cluband theAlpine IndexAristophaneus. An index to a drenchedto the skin, my wife called Club ofCanada, Miss Higainbotham was also keenlyinterested in schcml dramaticsand in Greek or Latin author is an indispen- me a lunatic. I replied,“Well, I thework ofthe Junior Red Cross. She is sabletool to the scholar; but few suppose I am, because that is exactly survivedby a brother,J. Arthur, Vancouver havethe perseverance tocomplete what 0. J. Todd said; he was there.” andtwo sisters. Mrs. E. N. 1,ockard inthe Todd had six sons and a daughter. Philippinesand Mrs. L. F.Teetzel, North such a work.Todd possessed this Vancouver. quality,and, in addition, the passion Five of thesons played football for for accuracy without which this kind Varsity (one year three were members ROBERT JENNISONBENTLEY of the first team), the other took up Flying Officer Robert J. Bentley. B.A.’BO. of book is useless. R.C.A.F., died August4, 1956.when his jet I often say to my own students that armball; it must have been very lonely aircraftcrashed a fewmiles outside Montreal. “scholarship is an infinite capacity for at home. The tradition continues, for P.Q. F.O. Bentley served for three years with takingpains”; whenever I use the Ian, under his grandfather’s eyes, has the U.S.A.A.F.during World War 11, returning to Canadain 1946. With the outbreak of words,it is of 0. J. Toddthat I am already won a Big Block. hostilitiesin Korea, hewas recalled by the thinking.The Index was greeted An extraordinary feature of Todd’s U.S.A.A.F. for service and upon his discharge. warmlyby reviewers and the copies devotion to football was that he never returned to Canada where he joined the R.A.F. that I have seen in classical seminars displayedany visible emotion what.- as a jetpilot. all over this continent have been well ever, no matterhow exciting the MRS. JAMESWlLLOX DUNCAN thumbed. game,how remarkable the victory, Mrs. JamesWillox Duncan (neeEsther Although Todd’s academic interests how distressing the loss, how regret- O’Della Denman). B.A.’ZT. died February 14. inWinnipeg. As anUndergraduate she took andlearning were varied, he was tablethe refereeing. Once, perhaps, an activepart in the work of theVarsity especiallyfond of theabstruse and nearly thirty years ago, I could read ChristianUnion and after graduation taught the little known, as his many articles histhought. I hadstopped a penalty atJohn Oliver Hizh School. Mrs. Duncan is survived by herhusband, Major, the Rev. illustrate. His colleagues and students and at Inalf-time an excitable professor JamesW. Duncan, B.A.’27, Canadian Army received the full benefit of this treas- of French, a keen supporter, embraced CommandChaplain for theWinniptp area; a ury of knowledge. Itmight be .the methoroughly. Todd was alongside sister, Mrs. AlexSweetablt., Vancouver: and pronunciation of a Greekletter, the and to this day I can see the disgust two brotherb,Albert and Wesiey of Los Anaelts. meaning of an obscure Greek or Latin aroused in him by this shocking cxhi- wordor phrase, the metrical habits bition of emotion. WELLESLEYARTHUR WOOD Footballwas his game and even- W. Arthur Wood, B.A.Sc.’32.M.E.I.C.. Chief of a poet, experiments in the keeping Engineerand Works Manager with the Har- of time (for example, daylight-saving, tuallyhe became President of the rington Tool andDie Company Limited, La- which hescorned), Todd wasalways Dominion Football Association. Never- chine,P.Q., died July 22, 1956.

37 U 6 C ALUMNICHRONICLE FOTHERINGHAM-BEATON.Andrew Mon- ORTON - PROUD.Anthony Charles Orton, BIRTHS teithFotheringham. B.A.’38, to Marjorie B.Com.’47, to Mary Geraldine Proud. B.A.’42. MR.AND MRS. ALBERT R.EZZY, Ink CurtinBeaton, inToronto. PALMER-DENNIS.James Frederick Palmer, SUZANNE E. LOURIE, B.A.’55, son, a FRANCIS - COOK.Joseph Daniel Francis, B.A.Sr.’SR. to DianneDennis, in Brampton. RobertFrancis. February 1, 1957, inVan- B.A.’56,tu Christine Cook,B.A.’55, in Vi<.- Ont. COuVer. toria. PROTHEROE-DAVIES.Edward (Ted) Bruce MR.AND MRS. FRED L. HARTLEY, B.A.Sr. GARTSIDE-LEGGE.William Marsden Gart- Protheroe, to Doreen Eleanor Davies, B.A.’52. ’30, 1ni.e MARGARETA. MURPHY, B.A. sidc, B.Cum.’5G, toGeraldine June Leyge. ‘401,daughter.a December 20, 1956. in B.Com.’56.in NewWestminster. RAINE - MINCHIN.John Raine, B.S.A.’SO, to ElspethMary Minchin. B.S.A.’50. California. GOODWIN-CORRIGAN.John Richard Good- DR.AND MRS. JAMES W. LEE, B.A.Sc.’4i, win, B.A.’61. LL.B.’52, to JoanHelen Cor- RANGER-SMITH.Eric Alfrey Ranger, Jr., M.A.Sc.’49,Ph.D. (Stanford), a daughter, rigan. B.S.P.’55, toGloria Winifred Smith. MargaretJean, November 16, 1956, inJa- GREAVES - HARRISON.Kenneth Darcy READ-G1,ADMAN.Dale Welton Read, B.A. maica. B.W.I. Greavesto Esther Bonita Harrison, li.A.’54, ’54. M.Sc.’56, Dianeto Verity Piskard MR.AND MRS. CHARLES OSSULSTON, inTaymouth, N.U. Gladman. (nke GEORGIANA L. M. WILSON, B.A.’BXI. GREEN - SUTHER1,AND.Stephen Herbert ROBIN - GALBRAITH.Edwin Peter Robin, twins.Thertse and Peter Grey, October 18. Green, LL.B.’55, toBarbara Jean Suther- B.A.’SO, M.D.’54, to RoseGalbraith. 1956, inSan Francisco. California. land. MR. AND MRS. CHESTER c. TAYLOR. ROGERS - PICKERING.Jack David Rogers. HAGGERT - MILNE.William Thomas Haa- B.Com.’51, toLois Catherine Pickering. in I3.A.Sc.’48, a son,Robert Calvin, Decembrr pert, B.A.Sc.’51, to LeonaMae Milne, U.S.P. 30, 1956, inIndependeuce, Mo. Ladysmith. ’51. SAUER - KELLEY.Dr. Dennis Sauer to Dora MR. ANDMRS. ALEXANDER M. UNWIN. HARDY - SUTHERLAND.Digby Kenneth B.A.’51,M.Sc.’53, (r1C.e E.JOAN MUNRO, ElizabethKelley, B.S.P.’54. Detroit.in Hardy,to Marie Sutherland, B.S.A.’56. Michiaan. E.A.’51,M.Sc.’53). a daughter, Judith Anne, HARDY-WOODLEY.Bruce Arthur Hardy, October 5, 1956, inMontreal. SERGY - CAMP.Wallary Michael Sergy. B.S.A.’55, toJoan Evelyn Wwdley. MR.AND MRS. ARTHUR H. WHISTLER, B.A.’51, to CynthiaLee Camp. Ann Arbor, HEALCOOK. Geoffrey H. G. Heal, B.S.A.’IU, 1i.A.Sc.’50, (neeBARBARA CORKER, B.A. Michigan. toGladys Isobcl Cook, in Hiah Bluff, Mani- ‘49). a son,Jonathan Rex, July 22,1956, in SHARPE - PENTLAND.James William tuba. Vancouver. Shame, B.S.P.’54, to LouisaLangton Pent- HODGE-BROOKE.Gerald Hdgeto I’atricia land, B.P.E.’56. *** AnneBrooke, B.A.’53. SLIGHT-MacKINNON.Gordon Peter Slight, JAMES-LOTZKAK.Morton S. James, U.A. I<.Com.’54,toCarolyn Phillips MacKinnon, ’4i,to Brana Lotzkar, in Victoria. B.P.E.’SO. MARRIAGES JARVIS-MULLA.AllanEdward Jarvis, SMITH - MacINTOSH.Kenneth L.Smith, ANDERSON-HALL.Norman Herbert Ander- B.S.P.’56 to GloriaElizabeth Mulla. B.A.Sc.’56, toSylvia Erica MacIntosh, in son, 13.S.A.’56, toMargaret Jean Hall in JOHNSON - NEWITT.William Lawrence Nelsun. Langley . Johnson, B.A.Sc.’SI, to JacquelineOlwyn SPENCER - HODGERT.John Evan Spencer, I3AKER-McKINNON.Glen Worsfold Bakcr. Newitt. B.A.(Cantab.),LL.B.’56, toJoan Patricia toI’atricia Mary M<.Kinnon, B.A.’52. Hodgert. JOHNSTON-HARRIS. Donald Ross John- SPENCEH - SNELL.Alfred John Spencer. I

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