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See Pages See Pages Eight Andnine Six and Seven a C xr P 0 N 0 N -l CI VOLUMESEVENTEEN, NUMBER SEVEN ri P MARCH 31, 1971, VANCOUVER 8, B.C. .4 SEE PAGES SEE PAGES EIGHT ANDNINE SIX AND SEVEN SEE PAGES TWO To FIVE ~~ His mature Sorts With His Vocation The following tribute to President Walter because histeaching goes much beyond mere Gage was written by u friend oj'more than expertise. He belongs to the small communion of 25 years,Dean Emeritus Sperrin Chant, born teachers. Even in this impersonal age of vast who was-head of' the Faculty of' Arts and institutions the oft repeated remark, "a university Science and the Departmentsof Philosophy is a student at one end of a log and Mark Hopkins at the other," retains its metaphoric meaning when andPsychology at UBC from I947 to Walter'sname is inserted.He makes education 1964. Following his retirement,Dean personal. Tohim students are individuals, never Chant was for many years the chairman of' masses.He recalls each by name, whether as a boththe Academic and Advisory Boards member of his class or a graduate of many years established by theprovincial government in ago. thewake of' thereport on the future of- No chronometry canmeasure the time Walter higher education in B.C. bq) UBC's former devotes to the University, "for his thoughts fly to President, Dr. John B.Macdonald. Dean it, of themselves." He takes "no care for any set Chant was also a member oj'the committee times." Even so he is never tardy. Being prompt on which aidedDr.Macdonald in the all occasions, he often has to wait for others. ,He preparation of* the report. feels no personal need for mid-term breaks as do By SPERRIN CHANT some others who become wearied by having "set times" for whatthey "commandeth upon" Although it was written nearly 400 years ago, I themselves. He does not look forward to holidays knowof nothing that moreaptly epitomizes a with pleasant anticipation, or to weekends of tributeto Walter Gage than the following relaxation. His students don't like him to be away, quotation from Francis Bacon's Essays. "They are andhe practically never is; because conferences happymen whose natures sort with their that would take him from the campus are not to vocations.. .Whatever a man commandeth upon his liking. Hehas never applied for a leave of himself, let him set hours for it; but whatsoever is absence, and doubt if he ever will. agreeable to hisnature, let him take no care for I any set times, for his thoughts will fly to it, of themselves." SENSE OF HUMOR Walter Gage's way of life affirms the truth of Walter is naturallyfriendly, but not overly sociable in a 'rparty-going" sense. His friendships are direct andpersonal rather than collective. He has little patience for inconsequential chit-chat, grandiloquence,or palaver. Yet hehas a ready sense of humor and a witty turn of phrase that at times is even consonant with the absurd. His generosity is manifold,but completely c unpretentious. I doubt if heever thinksof his open-handedness as generosity. To him it is just anotherway to help students. Whenhe sends lovely wedding presents to his former students he does not look upon them as gifts, but as tokens of continued regard. Is it anywonder that noone ever forgets him? AGE OF No other person can ever match his knowledge Veteran UBC-watchers would be hard-pressed t6. of the University. He knows both its past and its name an individual who is held in higher esteem and present. His viewpoint, however, is always affection by present-day students and graduates than contemporary and is based upon a practical- insight Walter Gage, who completes his fiftieth year of into educational values.He is not given to association with UBC this year. reminiscing about the good old days, or to tedious Even before hebecame UBC's sixth president in : reviews of former events that may have a remote 1969, Walter Gagewas known as "dean of connection with currenthappenings. everything" at Point Grey and the additional burdens A natural outcome of all this is that he became of UBC's topoffice have failed to diminish his drawn into administrative affairs. He never tried to enthusiasm for teaching,overseeing the awarding of escape that fate, becausehe is keenly aware that millions of dollars annually in scholarships, bursaries, every feature of the scene affects in some way the prizesand loans to students,and attendingto a . University's scholarly achievements.Nevertheless, multitude of administrative duties, including chairing a h e hashe neverlooked upon university UBC's Senate. administration as his vocation, or as an end in Most universities waituntil a highly-regarded itself. To him it is but one feature of a united faculty member is decentlyretired before honoring SPERRIN CHANT effortdirected toward making the University a him. Not so UBC. Bacon'sstatement. His nature "sorts with his place of learning and enlightenment. Of course, as vocation" more fully than for any other person I with others of us,he had the uniquely valuable STANDINGOVATION - know. experience of serving for many years with that Above all else, Walter is a teacher; not a most sagacious of all university presidents, Dr. In 1958 - 11 years before hewas namedpresident * pedagogue; but a teacher inthe perceptive, Norman MacKenzie. - Walter Gagewas awarded the honorary degree of humane sense. That he. has theintellectual Walter, by his ownintent, gave up much in doctor of laws for his contributions to campus life. capacity to have become a distinguished scholar is, order to serve the University - his pleasure in art, Those who were present at the ceremony remember apparent to all who know him. Buthe has used his literature and theatre, his deep and knowledgeable that he got a standing ovation which stopped UBC's . special field of study, mathematics, principally as a appreciation of music, even his interest in baseball. Congregation in itstracks for fully five minutes. language for histeaching. Hisversatility is such Whateverhemay appear to have loit,the Considering his life-long concern for students, it that he could equally well have moulded some University has abundantly gained. I havehad the seemed singularly appropriate that the first message other subject to that purpose. His place inthe privilege of being associated with Walter for more of congratulations to President Gage on his 50 years annals of this University attests to the fact that than25 years and I am perfectly clear. that he of association with UBC came from Tony Hodge, the - great teaching, such as his, is as creative a form of chose aright. He has fulfilled himself, perhaps not president of the Alma Mater Society. scholarship as is original research or the writing of in many ways, but in the wayhe chose: the way In a letter to the president in Januaryhe wrote belles lettres. he knew was the most important and challenging that "The respect that you have earned from students As a teacher,Walter hasnever shown eager course for him. In the years to come the as an extraordinary teacher,able administrator, but most important,warm friend, is indeed without enthusiasm for novelpedagogical devices or University will askagain and again "when comes equal. It has appropriately been suggested-that here classroomtechniques. He does not need them; such another." at UBCwe live andlearn in the 'Age of Gage'." Similar A P/UBC R-eportdMarch 31 1971 . I ,- . \. I . , *..!;. , i . _,...-.,,.... .._._.._._....... ...... , .*... .............. '. -,GAGE0 STARTED II 1821 messages of congratulationswere received from the students feel that "they were studying things that had so I cameback to mathematics.I've never regretted UBC Faculty Association and individual well-wishers. been writtenthat veryday," according to Walter my choice." The Age of Gage for the University of B.C. began Gage. In May,1925, Walter Gage graduated with in September of 1921,when Walter Gage, a recent The Englishlectures given byProf. Sedgewick first-classhonors in mathematics. In the following - graduate of SouthVancouver - nowJohn Oliver - until he died in 1951and the mathematicscourses winter session he completed the master of arts degree * highschool, was handed a calendar of courses in the which Walter Gage gives today have at least one thing course with first-class honors in all subjects and was registrar's officeof the University'stemporary incommon - they are swelled byvisiting students promptly hired by UBC as an assistant in quarters in the shadow of the VancouverGeneral who havean unerringinstinct for seeking out mathematics forthe academicyear 1926-27 at a Hospital in the Fairview district of the city. first-class teachers. salary of $1,200. He taughteight hours a week in The third majorinfluence onWalter Gage as a first-year mathematicsand conducted two hours of TOOK DISTINCTION student was LeonardRichardson, a graduate of the tutorials in applied science calculus. University ofLondon and a UBC faculty member .- In thosedays there were no counsellors on hand to from 1916 until hisdeath in 1943. TEAM MANAGER guidestudents throughthe intricacies of choosing Prof. Richardson is described by Walter Gage as a Duringhis career as a studentWalter Gagewas academic courses and planning a career. Walter Gage I,modest, unassumingman with amazingan active in community affairs and as a marker of class went home, read the calendar thoroughly, and signed knowledge of mathematics." He told Walter Gage, exercises fortwo UBCprofessors. Three or four up for English,French, mathematics, chemistry and oneday in his third year, that the work hewas nights a weekand on weekends he worked with physics in his first year. handing in indicatedthat he would be a successful groups of boys at a church in the Cedar Cottage area He also decided to take a "distinction"in teacher.
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