The G ?\X Chronicle .cion ^ .V /L British Columbia VOL. I., No. 1 .VER, B.C., DECEMBER 15, 1938 8 Pages THE ALUMNI TWO NEW BUILDINGS MAY ELECT BE CONSTRUCTED KEN BECKETT ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE AND BROCK MEM­ OVER 200 ATTENDED ORIAL UNION STRUCTURES THE ANNUAL ARE PLANNED MEETING SURPLUS $277 COST IS OVER $425,000 ENTATIVE plans for construction of two new buildings on ENNETH M. BECKETT, retiring T the University campus were announced last week. If, as is K secretary, was elected president hoped, they are built within the next year, the acute overcrowding of the Alumni Association to suc­ ceed Milton Owen at the annual which has gravely hampered the institution will be considerably meeting in Hudson's Bay (jo. dining relieved. room on October 21. There was an First, Hon. John Hart introduced and the Legislature passed attendance of more than 200 mem­ KENNETH M. BECKETT a bill authorizing a building loan of $350,000, if and when the bers. At the annual meeting of the Alumni Associatoin in October, Ken Lieutenant-Goernor-in-Couneil decides to proceed with it. Hon. Other members of the executive in­ (T. M. Weir, in an earlier statement, announced the money woitld clude: Miss Ardy Beaumont, vice- Beckett, the retiring »secretary, was president \ Miss Alice Daniels of New elected president to succeed Milton be devoted to construction of the first unit of a department of Westminster, secretary; Fred Bol- Owen. preventative medicine. > ton,»treasurer.;;>Edjrar-N. Brown-, edi­ Second, construction of a,-.$75,000 Brock Memorial Union Building was tor of ^ublicaUonssfJBerjt^sStntthj.re^; ', regarded its; assured when thte'Board:,bf. Governors consented to petition the cords secretary, W. O. Banfleld, aud­ TRf Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council tor permission to allocate $2,500 annually itor. out of the University budget to retire a ten-year $25,000 bond issue to be Mr. Owen's annual report stressed ANNUAL floated on the credit of the Alma Mater Society. the increasing measure of coopera­ The preventative medicine building would provide increased classroom tion between the University adminis­ REUNION BALL and laboratory space for the departments of biology, bacteriology, zoology tration, undergraduate body and and chemistry, as well as providing a new headquarters for the Provincial alumni. The executive, he said, had The executive wishes to an­ Board of Health in Vancouver. No detailed plans or specifications are yet been particularly concerned with at­ nounce that plans are under available. tempting to alleviate overcrowding way for the Alumni Annual The Union Building, which has been planned as a memorial to the late on the campus and he expressed the Reunion Dance. It is to be hope that a building program would Dean and Mrs. R. W. Brock for more than three years, may yet strike a be laid down this year. held on Monday, Boxing Day, snag if the Board of Governors refuses permission for a Class B type of December 26th at the Commo­ structure, which is reinforced concrete exterior and a wood interior. Cost On motion of Tom Watney, retir­ dore Cabaret and dancing will of a Class A structure would be prohibitive. ing treasurer, it was agreed to set start at 9 p.m. Approximately $81,000 will be available if the $25,000 bond issue is suc­ aside one-half of the current surplus, cessfully floated. Students have pledged themselves to raise an additional A committee consisting of amounting to $277, and one-half of $15,000 on their credit, about $10,000 has been collected by women workers future income from life member­ Mr. Bruce Robinson, Mrs. for the furnishings fund, and "smaller amounts have been raised by alumni, ship fees for a capital trust fund, to Kenneth Ingledew and Miss faculty and other groups. be disbursed by vote of annual meet­ Gwen Pym are assisting the ings. It will be located on the East Mall, north of the stadium and not far executive in the arrangements. from the gymnasium. Paving and beautifying of the'mall at an estimated Dr. W. Ivor Jennings of the Uni­ Some rather novel entertain­ cost of $40,000 is expected to be undertaken by the Provincial Government. versity of London, visiting professor ment is being prepared by of economics and government, was Ian Douglas, which along with the principal speaker. He was in­ TO ALL ALUMNI troduced by President L. S. Klinck. yell-leading by Tommy Berto, Annual fees of one dollar (life membership is ten dollars) for Carson McGuire, president of the and a possible Alouette by Art 1939 are now due and payable to the treasurer. Please remit as Alma Mater Society, spoke briefly Lord, will lend an informal soon as possible. and welcomed all graduates to a touch to the supper intermis­ dance in the Hotel Vancouver as The Alumni Association is apparently launched on a new guests of the student body after the sion. program of expansion and vitality. It promises to be more pow­ dinner. Tickets may be obtained erful, more valuable to the university, and more beneficial to members than ever before. Ambitious plans are being formu­ from any member of the ex­ lated and some of these will be announced in the March issue of STUDENT DIRECTORY ecutive or committee, or from the Chronicle. A long-felt want on the university the treasurer at the door. We But, if fees are not paid, the executive and the active volun­ campus is provided for this year with expect to have a large crowd teers will be hamstrung. The Chronicle, for one thing, will be the initial appearance of a Student and as Tuesday will be a holi­ forced to discontinue publication. This appeal must not go un­ Directory. A complete file of names, answered. addresses, and telephone numbers is day for many lucky people— a real celebration will be in Please remit by cash or cheque to the treasurer, Fred Bolton, included in this useful little book, 1065 West Pender Street, Vancouver, B.C.; or to the president, available for sale at the Students' order! Kenneth M. Beckett, 800 Hall Building, Vancouver, B.C. Council Office for 10c. Two THE GRADUATE CHRONICLE December 15, 1938 MORE UP-COUNTRY WORK CONVENOR Students Urge National FEATURED Scholarships IN NEW EXTENSION PLANS Objective Is To Assist 1000 Students at $500 TRAVELLING SCHOOLS FOR FARM YOUTH Each HAVE BEEN EIGHT WEEKS ON ROAD University of B.C. students have Through its increasing progress this year in a new direction, agreed to support a national move­ U.B.C. establishes a closer, more helpful contact with rural Brit­ ment requesting the Dominion Gov­ ish Columbia than it has heretofore been able to do. An expanded ernment to provide $500,000 annual­ program of lectures, group-study, craft and educational training ly for scholarships in Canadian uni­ which reaches from the campus on Pt. Grey to Vancouver Island, versities. the lower mainland, upper country, and the north, is now in full The Canadian Student Assembly, swing as organized and directed by the department of University which has already presented a brief Extension. to the Rowell Royal Commission, will send a delegation to Parliament New features and new methods" distinguish the 1938-39 Extension pro­ to 5 days, and cover problems of the to press for national aid for deserv­ gram, under the direction of Dr. local theatre group: organization, ing but needy students. Gordon Shrum. Most interesting of production, casting, scenery, voice, The initial objective is 1000 schol­ them all is the educational Chautau­ and movement. Courses have recent­ arships of $500 each. At the present qua at present stationed in Wood­ ly been given at Courtenay and Ab- time, the Dominion Government fin­ pecker, with additional classes near­ botsford. They are offered at nom­ MISS ARDY BEAUMONT ances post-graduate work through by in Prince George. Mr. Kenneth inal cost to groups of about 30. Sup­ As vice-president of the Alumni fellowships offered by the National Caple and his staff have set up a plementary to the course is Miss Association, Miss Ardy Beaumont is Research Council but has never ac­ teaching plant to draw unemployed Somerset's catalogue of about 380 chairman of the committee in charge cepted responsibilty for matricula­ young people from rural areas for plays, which, along with children's of the Alumni Reunion Dance in the tion or undergraduate students. instruction in a dozen useful fields plays and reference books, are avail- Commodore on Monday, December of study. General farming, modern eble from the Extension Library to 26. Tickets may be obtained from ing to the Canadian Bar Association homemaking, general education and groups throughout the province. any member of the executive or at here last summer, predicted a fac­ ulty of law on the campus within a recreation are the three main lines Reading courses in specific top­ the door. year or two. The University's chan­ of subjects taught. The program is ics, drawn up by an authority in cellor, Dr. R. E. McKechnie, has long a part of the Dominion Provincial each field, have been outlined for urged establishment of a school of Youth Training Plan, operated in B.C. numbers of study groups up-country medicine. ., by the Extension Department and and elsewhere. Six courses have EXPANSION OF A department of home economics the Provincial Department of Agri­ been arranged, in Economics, Brit* was agreed upon several years ago culture. ish Columbia History, Practical Psy­ U.B.C. and was on the point of being set Mr. Caple, a U.B.C. grad (Aggie chology, History of the Theatre, and up when the project had to be aban­ '26) came down this year from Sum­ Modern Literature.