RETURN POSTAGEGUARANTEED THE INFORMATIONOFFICE UNlVERSlTY OF 6.C. VANCOUVER 8, 6.C. n h:iss Anna Carson, F LiSrary, S?. ‘Col!octions, Caaps 2ail. , , .. - ... .. UBC GETS ODLUM *. LlBRdRY SIX NEW Major-GeneralVictor Odlum of Vancouver has donated his personal library of 10,000 books to UBC. Thelibrary, which General Od- Iumcollected over a period of 60 years,embraces awide variety of i*. BUllDlNCS subjects, includingliterature, bio- graphy,history, philosophy, reli- gion.science and art. GeneralOdlum’s library will be housed in aspecial room of the UBC library to beknown as “The ’OPENED Rockwoods CentreLibrary.” Gen- eralOdlum will himself recata- Sixnew buildingscosting more new look Yogue the books interms of the than $5 and a halfmillion were R. C. H. “BILL” ROGERS UBCsystem and present a printed ready for University of British Col- homecomingchairman copyof thecatalogue toUBC as umbia students when they rreturned for ‘63 evidenceof the gift. tothe campusSeptember 16 for General Odlum is a former news- the 1963-64 winter session. Otherfeature events are sep paper publisher in Vancouverand homecoming avate golftournaments -for men The mostexpensive is a $1,421,- was Canadian high commissioner andwomen graduates followed by 343 structure for the department of Abright newlook for UBC’s inAustralia as well as Canada’s luncheonand dinner inthe Fac- elaectrical engineeringwhich took 1963 Homecomingcelebrations is ambassador toChina and Turkey. ulty Club, class reunions,and the 15 monthsto complete. The four- forecastby Alumni Association General Odlum wasan MLA for officialsorganizing the annual re- annualAlumni ball, whichthis four years and served on the boards 1 +#smy -bum xontains 75,000 turn t% ‘the’ .campus October” 24, v-retttrns--to” the Commodore o+ govermrs of the-Umvcrsitp and square feet of space. It consists of Cabaret. classrooms a n d laboratories f o r 25 and 26. of theCanadian Broadcasting Cor- Returning graduates will be able Adetailed list of Homecoming poration. undergraduateteaching and ad- evehts will befound on page two vanoed research. to choose from sports,social, and In 1959 GeneralOdlum donated academicevents designed togive of this edition of “U.B.C. Reports.” his fiveand a half acreestate at Theelectrical engineering build- greatermeaning to Homecoming. BatchelorBay near Whytecliff to ing is the second buildingon a 15 Alumni officialsare cooperating the Universityfor work inthe acresite at thesouth end of the withthe UBC extensiondepart- fields of fine arts and public affairs, campus forthe faculty of applied ment to present an academic semi- andapproved student activities. science. The first unit, a chemical naron space whichwill feature a engineeringbuilding, was opened Mercury space capsule, the vehicle three named in 1961. Thecompleted develop used theinAmerican manned mentwill consistof six buildings. space program. to UBC board Thelargest lecture theatre on The capsule will go on display the campusseating 450 students is inthe UBC armoury October 16, of governors ten days beforethe space seminar part of a $1,398,503 addition to the T.hree appointments havebeen opens inthe auditorium ofthe physics building. The addition also made tothe UBC board of gover- uncreuse contains tutorial rooms and labora- newphysics building wing. Admis- norsby theLieuienant-Governor- sion. to the armoury free. torises for 500 students. is in-Councilunder the new Univer- giving Theseminar will beaddressed sities Actwhich came intoeffect A new wing has also been added by officials from Canada’s Defence Contributionsto the Alumni As- on July 1. t.0 thenearby chemistry buildi,ng Research Board, the National Aero- sociation’s 1963 annual giving ap- The appointments are Mr. Walter at a cost of $1,039,756. It contains nauticsand Space Administration peal haveincreased nearly 100 per Koerner,Mr. John Liersch, and classrooms andlaboratories for in Washington, a,nd the Institute of cent compared to the same period Mr.Leon Ladner. seniorundergraduate work inor- Space Studies in New York. in 1962, alumniofficials have re- Mr.Koerner and Mr. Li3ersch ganic, inorganic and physical chem- Interestedgraduates should con- vealed. weremembers theof previous istry. tact the UBC extension department Contributionsto August 31 this board appointed by the Lieutenant- forregistration details. year amounted to $50,235.28, a leap A new $600,000 cafeteriaand Governor-in-Council.Mr. Ladner. Some brand newcampus build- of 99,7 per ce,nt over the same commissary kitchenwill ease the formerlya memberof the board ings willloom large in Homecom- period in 1962. The number of don- shortage of eating facilities on the elected by the Senate, now sits on ing plans. orsalso increased from 1960 in campus inthe coming year. The theboard as an appointeeof the AHomecoming bonspeil cover- 1962 to 2224 in 1963. top floor of the building features a Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council. ingthe three-dayperiod will be ’. An increase has alsobeen noted double-linecafeteria- seating 600 Two other members of the board held in the new winter sports cen- in the average donation to the ap- students. It is open from 8 a.m. to announced their resignations in tre at the south end of the campus. peal. This year the average gift 6:30 p.m. Monday toFriday, and August.They are Dr.Percy Ben- FatherDavid Bauer will ice his was $22.58 while lastyear during until 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. goughof Vancouver and Mr. Rob- Canadian Olympic hockey team on the same periodthe average was ert H. 6. Kerof Victoria. The ground floor of the building Friday,October 25, for a game $14.88. The Senate ofthe University, is a commissary kitchen which will against theEdmonton Oil Kings. Last year thetotal amount sub- meeting onSeptember 20, elected preparefood for transportation to The new $600,000 commissary and scribed tothe appealover the the following persons to the Beard: fourother major food c,enters on cafeteriawill bethe sceneof the year was $36,749.55. This year’s Mr.Nathan Nemetz, Mr.Donovan the campus. annualreception and luncheon for goal is $100,000 from 4,000 donors. Miller. and Mr. J. Stuart Keate. UBC’snew Fr ederic Wood graduatesSaturday.on Faculty AAGfunds areused for a var- Underthe new UniversitiesAct, Theatre-the second unit of the members, leadingstudents and iety of purposes including scholar- theSenate elects three persons to fine arts center-cost a totalof graduates willmingle in the new ships, the President’s fund,the the Board for three-yearterms. $598,758. It was opened officially on building at the corner of the west Library. and recreational facilities. September 19 byPresident Emeri- mall and Universityboulevard. The committee in charge of the ap- tus Norman MacKenzie a few min- ThroughoutSaturday students peal is currentlyinvestigating the utes before the curtain went up for willguide graduatesabout the establishmentof a seniorstudent theinaugural performance of the campuson toursof new buildings. loanfund. Englishmusical “Salad Days.” Following theHomecoming lun- Graduates who have not yet con- Thetheatre seats 400 persons cheon, football fans will be able to tributed shouldsend gifts to the andalso includes three classrooms see the current edition of the Thun- Alumni office, .mom 252, Brock each seating 50 students. The stage derbirdsplay the University of Hall, UBC, Vancouver 8. of the theatre features two revolv- SaskatchewanHuskies in the sta- ing stages for complexscenery dium. changes. 1 UBC’s new wintersports center U. B.C. REPORTS at the southend of the campus is now in full operation and contains VOLUME 9 - No. 5 hockeyand curlingfacilities. The S E P T. - 0 C T., 1963 $5OO,OOO buiiding seats 1500 persons. ” THE FACULTY the PRESIDENTJOHN B. MAC- . DONALD was honouredby the Newsman’s Club of B.C. in August export as the 12th recipientof “British Columbian of the Year” .award. Thehonour is awardedon the results of votes by editors of daily of andweekly newspapersand radio and television news editors throughout the province. The first winner of the award in 1952 was presidentemeritus DR. By DAVID M. MYERS N.A. M. MACKENZIE. Dean, Faculty of Applied Science Dr.Macdonald was alsohon- ouredduring the summer with In the many discussions that have been stimu- honorarymembership inthe Brit- lated by the publication of the Macdonald report ishColumbia Dental Association. onhigher education in British Columbia, the Th,e honor a ry membership is question is often asked: “Why should we produce awardedto thosewho have made graduates towork in otherprovinces or coun- a meritoriouscontribution to the tries?”This is akinto the question:“When did OPPORTUNITY science and art ofdentistry. you stopbeating your wife?” It implies anas- ARTHURERICKSON, a.ssociate sumption which, if invalid,makes the question professor in the school of architec- meaningless. Toput the matter straight, let us ATSUNDOWN ture, was a member ofthe team examine the assumption. Do we, in fact,lose our For 27 yearsone ofthe bestbargains inBritish whichwon first prizefor the de- graduates toother places? Yes, wedo losea sign of thme new Simon Fraser Uni- substantialproportion of them, but wealso gain Columbia has been theprogram of evening classes of theUniversity of B.C. versity on Burnabymountain. manywho received their education elsewhere. In association with Vancouver Thereal question is whether our balance of For a ridiculously few dollars, usually less than the cost of a night on the town,anybody who wishes can architectGeoffrey Massey, Mr. tradein talent is satisfactory; no seriouscom- take advantage