News Bulletin UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH Vol. 12 - No. 15 April 11, 1968. SEMINAR ON CONTEMPORARY CHINA Why does the world need to The group of speakers will understand what is going on in include Professor E. S. Kirby of China? Why is it so important the University of Aston in Bir­ for Canadians to keep abreast of mingham, England, and formerly of events in China? These questions the University of Hong Kong. He will be thoroughly discussed at will discuss the Trade and Devel­ a weekend Seminar on Contemporary opment of Mainland China. Kayser China being held at the Univer­ Sung, Managing Editor of the Far sity of Guelph April 19-21. Eastern Economic Review of Hong The seminar, in which an Kong will speak on "The Need for outstanding group of world Understanding China.” Dr. Paul authorities on China will parti­ Lin of McGill University will cipate, is being sponsored by give a Historical Perspective on the University and the Canadian Contemporary China and Professor Institute of International F. Hung, Department of Geography, Affairs . Guelph, will speak on "Prospects Dr. W. C. Winegard will pre­ for China" while Professor C.H.G. side over the seminar which is Oldham of the University of being organized by Dr. J. F. Sussex in England will talk on Melby, Chairman, Department of "Science in China." Political Studies, and Mr. J. W. "A Canadian Looks at China" Holmes, Director General of the will be the topic of banquet Institute. speaker Principal Escott Reid, The seminar is being con­ Glendon College, York University. vened to heighten our under­ Ray Wylie of the University of standing of China, a powerful Toronto, who was a teacher in and virtually unknown nation of Shanghai during the revolution, some 700,000,000 people. Prof. will talk about the Cultural Rev­ J. A. McIntyre, Chairman, Dept. olution and lead a discussion on of Sociology and Anthrolology, the CBC documentary, "Seven who will outline the purpose of Hundred Million," that will be the seminar, hopes that dis­ shown. cussions will reveal what can be Faculty, staff and students expected to happen in China over will be welcome to attend the the next decade. sessions. Chinese Writings Found A discovery made in 1930 of early Chinese writings has pushed knowledge about the Chinese civilization back to 3500 B.C. The writings were found in a Soothsayer's cave in Anyang in the Yellow River Country of North China, the original area of discoveries of early Chinese civilizations. The characters in the writings are a simple form of the same characters in the Chinese language today. They were deciphered by Tung Tso-Pin and samples of the writings and their translations border the page. When the Soothsayer was asked advice he would paint or carve the problem on the shinbone of a sheep. This was thrown on a fire and the answer was determined by the way the splinters of the shin­ bone f ell. Silk screen copies of these writings hang in the office of Dr. J. F. Melby, Chairman, Department of Political Studies, Arts Building. When the wine is hot and the fowl has been When the warm wind blows and the fertilizing well cooked it is time for the guests to come. rain falls the farmer is happy. FACULTY ACTIVITIES Dr. D. R. Arnott and Prof. A. G. Leggatt, Dairy Science, addressed an Educational Meeting of the Prof. W> J. Carroll/ Economics, addressed the Ontario Milk Marketing Board (OMMB) held in members of the Acton Rotary Club on the sub­ Guelph. The purpose of the meeting was to dis­ ject of South America. cuss the proposed OMMB Milk Quality Incentive Program. Dr. Arnott spoke on "The Threat of Dr. Eugene Benson, English, gave the last lec­ Imitation Products on the Dairy Industry." ture in the series, "Estrangement in Modern Prof. Leggatt presented a description of the Literature." His lecture was entitled "Dylan Resazurin Test and discussed the factors in­ Thomas: The Legend of Adam and Eve." fluencing the results of this and other tests for the evaluation of milk quality. Mr. J. L. Eggens, Horticulture, attended the 39th International Turfgrass Conference and Mr. J. L. Eggens, Horticulture, attended the Show in San Francisco. The Conference was annual Lawn and Garden Meeting sponsored by the attended by representatives from many parts of South Wellington Co-operative. He spoke on the world including Japan, New Zealand, and choosing the correct plant material for founda­ Australia. tion and border plantings. Dr. John T. Powell, Physical Education, con­ Dr. A. R. Robinson represented the Department of ducted an intensive six-day course for the Peace Languages at the North-East Conference held in Corps volunteers in Hile, Hawaii. He gave a New York. series of eight lectures and conducted 34 practical sessions concerning the introduction Prof. 0. P. Dwivedi, Political Studies, return­ of Track and Field methods to elementary ed recently from Queen’s University, Kingston, school children. A feature of the course lay where he successfully defended his Ph.D. in methods of improvisation of equipment and dissertation on "Public Personnel Administration how to conduct large classes and groups in in On tar io. " restricted areas. Dr. Evelyn U. Irving and Mr. Douglas Schwenker, PUBLICATIONS Modern Languages, attended the meeting of the F. A. Dahms, (Geography) "The Hourney to Work Department of Audio-Visual Instruction (DAVI) in Auckland - Part II - Planning in Auckland," and the National Association of Language Town Planning Quarterly, No. 10, December 1967, Laboratory Directors (NALLD) in Houston, Texas. pp. 15-19. Dr. Irving is Vice-President of NALLD and chairman of the program committee; Dr. Schwenker Graham, T. O., J. H. Lee, and J. G. Metcalf. is Editor of the Ontario Directory of Language 1967. Cold temperature tomato investigations. Laboratory Directors. Pro. Canadian Soc. Hort. Sci. 6:49-65. Prof. A. M. Pearson, Dairy Science, sat with Dr. J. E. Tong, Department of Psychology, "The the provincial committee to formulate stand­ Semantic Differential with Borstal Subjects", ards for substitute dairy products. The British Journal of Criminology. January, 1968, committee met in Toronto. pp. 19-31. (with Masters, F. G.). Dean M. H. M. MacKinnon addressed the first Saison, Ruth, Dept. of Vet. Bacteriology. A meeting of the Sarnia Chapter of the Humanities Serum Post Albumin System in Mink. Can. J. of Association of Canada held at Lambton College Genetics and Cytology, Vol. X (March, 1968) , in Sarnia and the first meeting of the York pp. 196 - 197. University Branch of the Humanities Association. Both of these new groups will send delegates to Prof. Tom Settle, Dept. of Philosophy, had an the National Meeting at Calgary in June. Dean article entitled "The Grotesque Posture of the MacKinnon is a Past-President of the Humanities Church amid Revolution" published in the Spring, Association of Canada and remains on the Execu­ 1968 issue of the Anglican Dialogue. tive with responsibility for the Ontario and Quebec region. Dr. H. J. Schueler, Dept. of Languages, has had his second book accepted for publication. The Prof. A. M. Pearson, Dairy Science, presented work is a critical study of the 20th Century a paper at the 51st Annual Convention of the German novelist, Hans Fallada. Ontario Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers held in Toronto. The subject of the paper was Dr. T. B. Irving, Dept. of Languages, has just Microcrystalline Cellulose in Frozen Desserts. published the "Process of Arab Thought in Spain" in the December 1967 and January 1968 Prof. G. G. van Beers, Economics, attended the issues of Islamic Literature, which is edited Annual Conference of the Overseas Institute of in Lahore, Pakistan. This article was given as Canada in Ottawa. The new name of the Insti­ a lecture at Carleton University in Ottawa last tute is now Canadian Council for International year to mark the initiation of graduate work Development. in Spanish at that institution. Professor Irving was the founder of Spanish instruction Prof. E. W. Franklin and Dr. E. G. Lougheed, at Carleton when it was founded in 1942. Horticulture, participated in the New England Apple Harvesting and Storage Symposium at Mr. G. M. Moore and Dr. J. B. M. Rattray of Amherst, Mass. the Dept. of Chemistry and Dr. D. M. Irvine, Dept. of Dairy Science -- "Composition of Milk Cephalins" in the Canadian Journal of Bio­ chemistry, Vol. 46, pp. 205 - 209, 1968. OMHA MAKES GRANT TO UNIVERSITY A special grant from the Ontario Mental Health Association will support a program of research into the frequency and cause of emo­ tional maladjustment in Ontario children, to be conducted by the Centre for Educational Disabilities at the University. Dr. W. C. Winegard, announced that the grant had been provided to aid work under direction of Dr. D. H. Stott, Chairman, Dept. of Psychology, and Director of the Centre for Educational Disabilities. The grant will provide a William Lord, Centre, designer for the sum of $21,910 annually for Canadian Opera Company, who is arrang- two years in aid of the pro­ ing the Edward Johnson display for the gram, along with an additional Guelph Spring Festival, discusses plans for sum to provide a follow-up the display with John Cripton, Arts at the conclusion of the student, and Dr. M.H.M. MacKinnon. research program. Dr. D.H. Stott "We will be studying the possibility of a neurological factor in malad­ GUELPH SPRING FESTIVAL justment," says Dr. Stott, "as well as seeking to learn something about the origins and time Edward Johnson was most interested in of onset of behavioural disturbances." encouraging young people with their music. Groups of stable and maladjusted children When Showcase is presented on Thursday, May 9, will be studied for comparisons.