mi ALUMNI SPRING 1959 fetch] Moweu FOR SMALL BUSINESS... YOU CAN COUNT ON THIS VITAL LINK BEHIND THE SCENES from design to delivery... For many a businessman on his way up, the vital behind-the-scenes link between the design of his product and its delivery to the market is the financial counsel and support he has had from his B of M Manager. He counts on the Bank to see him through the financial requirements of his day-today operations. If you have a new product in the making, why not talk over your plans with your nearest B of M Manager. You can count on his helpful, interested approach. You will find this, too: when you ask for a loan at the B of M, you do not ask a favour . .. if your proposition is sound and reasonable, there's money for you at the BofM. Bank of Montreal WORKING WITH CANADIANS IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE SINCE 1817 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE Published by The Alumni Association of the University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada Editor: James A. Banham, B.A. '51 Assistant Editor: Frances K. Tucker, B.A. '50 BOARD OF MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: President J. Norman Hyland, B.Com. '34 Past President Dr. Harry L. Purdy, B.A. '26 First Vice-President Mark Collins, B.A. '34, B.Com. '34 Second Vice-President Mrs. Alex W. Fisher, B.A. '31 Third Vice-President Dr. Malcolm F. McGregor, B.A. '30, M.A. '31 Treasurer Donald B. Fields, B.Com. '43 Director A. H. Sager, B.A. '38 MEMBERS-AT-LARGE F. W. Scott, B.Arch. '52 D. F. Miller, B.Com. '47 Mrs. G. Henderson, B.A. '31 H. J. Franklin, B.A. '49 Terry D. Nicholls, B.Com. '55, LL.B. '56 Mrs. L. H. Leeson, B.A. '23 ALUMNI SENATE APPOINTEES Nathan T. Nemetz, Q.C, B.A. '34 J. Norman Hyland, B.Com. '34 DEGREE REPRESENTATIVES Agriculture Dr. N. S. Wright, B.S.A. '44, M.S.A. '46 Applied Science George E. Baynes, B.A.Sc. '32 Architecture James Y. Johnstone, B.Arch. '52 Arts and Science Mrs. Arthur F. McKay, B.A. '33 Commerce Emerson H. Gennis, B.Com. '48 Education Dr. Robin N. Smith, B.A. '37, M.A. '51 Forestry Kingsley F. Harris, B.Com. '47, B.S.F. '48 Home Economics Miss Anne Howorth, B.H.E. '52 Law Ivan R. Feltham, B.A. '53, LL.B. '54 Medicine Dr. John M. Fredrickson, B.A. '53, M.D. '57 Nursing Miss M. Leighton, B.A.Sc. Pharmacy O. Gordon Davies, B.S.P. '56 Physical Education R. S. Glover, B.P.E. '50 Social Work Horry L. Penny, B.A. '56, B.S.W. '56, M.S.W. '57 Sociology Mrs. W. C Johnstone, B.A. '57 Alma Mater Society Representative Charles J. Connaghan, A.M.S. President EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Chairman Mark Collins, B.A. '34, B.Com. '34 Technical Advisers J. Stuart Keate, B.A. '35 R. Campbell Kenmuir, Arts '42 R. E. "Buzz" Walker, B.Com. '47 Ronald Weber, B.Com. '47 CHRONICLE OFFICES Business and Editorial Offices 252 Brock Hall, U.B.C, Vancouver 8, B. C. Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa The U.B.C. Alumni Chronicle is sent free of charge to those making an annual donation to the U.B.C. Development Fund. Non-donors may receive the magazine by paying a subscription of $3.00 a year. UBC ALUMNI Volume 13, No. 1 SPRING, 1959 CONTENTS FEATURES 5 Chronicle Editor Retires —A Tribute to H. T. Logan 12 The Shape of Universities to Come —By James A. Gibson 14 The Story of Alfalfa Rhizoma —By V. C. Brink 16 Graduate Profile — Henry Gunning —By John F. Walker 19 The MacPhee Report —By Howell Harris 20 Arts '19 Reminisces —By Assorted Graduates 23 Book Review —By Neil Swainson 24 School of Physical Education —By Bob Osborne DEPARTMENTS 7 Branch News 9 The President Reports 11 No News Is Good News —By David Brock 26 Alumnae and Alumni —By Frances Tucker 29 The Faculty 33 Campus News and Views 35 Sports Summary —By R. J. 'Bus' Phillips 36 In Memoriam COVER MRS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT visited the campus on March 4 to address the student body. Following her speech she declared the new International House officially open. She is shown chatting with the Chancellor, Dr. A. E. 'Dal' Grauer, following the ceremony. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE TT* , LIVE BETTER , Canadians, more than any other people, benefit from electric power. Abundant low-cost electricity is one of the important reasons for so many busy factories . . . greater production of goods . . . and better paying jobs. In offices, on farms, and in homes, everywhere, electric power makes life easier and more enjoyable. What Does LBE Mean to You? LBE stands for "Live Better ... Electrically", and these words have a very real meaning behind them. In the home, for example, planned lighting brings new charm and cheerfulness to every room. Modern appliances in the kitchen and laundry save time and toil. Other appliances contribute to our leisure and entertainment. Automatic heating and air conditioning add to our comfort. There probably isn't an area in your home that cannot be equipped electrically to give more convenience, more comfort, and more service. In home, office or factory the first essential is in up-to-date wiring system — to get the best results from the electrical products now in use, and provide for those you expect to acquire. Your local power company, your provincial Electric Service League, or any qualified electrical contractor will be glad to provide expert advice and help you to plan to "Live Better . . . Electrically". CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED Manufacturers of equipment that generates, transmits and distributes electricity ... and the wide variety of products that put it to work in home and industry. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE COLONEL HARRY T. LOGAN (right), retiring editor of the U.B.C. Alumni Chronicle, was honoured January 17 at a reunion banquet for former commanding officers of the U.B.C. Canadian Officers Training Corps. Col. Logan, one of the original organizers of the C.O.T.C, was commander of the unit in 1929 and 1930 when it was reactivated following the First World War. Major Finlay Morrison, of the Faculty of Pharmacy, presented Col. Logan with an engraved silver tray at the January 17 reunion. Chronicle Editor Retires Those of us who have been conscientious readers of the Chronicle since its inception have noted with enthusiasm the striking improvement in its quality that has been so obvious in the last five years. Nor have we been slow to connect the rise in standard with its editor, Harry T. Logan. Consequently, the news of his resignation arouses surprise and dismay. If his decision comes from his desire to devote his time to other interests, we thank him for what he has done as editor and we wish him well. But the Chronicle—his Chronicle—should contain a farewell salute to its most recent and most successful editor. JOINED UNIVERSITY Harry Logan's formal association with the University of British Columbia began in 1913, before the institution existed as a physical entity, with his appointment as Lecturer in Classics to McGill University College. A graduate of McGill, he had studied Classics at St. John's College, Oxford, as Rhodes Scholar. In the following year, 1914, the new University of British Columbia included Harry T. Logan, Instructor in Classics, among its original Faculty-members. He passed through the ranks and at the appropriate time became Professor. Logan's residence at the University was twice interrupted: first, in 1915, when he began his distinguished military services, from which he emerged with a Military Cross; second, in 1936, when he accepted appointment as Principal of the Prince of Wales Fair- bridge Farm School (near Duncan, B.C.). After varied experience with the latter, in Canada, England, and Australia, he returned to the University of British Columbia in 1949 as Professor of Classics and Head of the Department. Although he reached the age of retirement in 1952, and became Professor Emeritus, he remained as Chairman of the Department until 1954 and, with the title of Special Lecturer, is still teaching to this day. SENATE MEMBER The chronological skeleton fails even to suggest what Harry Logan has meant to this University, or, for that matter, what the University has meant to him. He has been a member of Senate for many years; in 1941 that body elected him to the Board of Governors. In 1914 he was one of two organizers of the C.O.T.C; in 1929, as one of those with vision, he helped to re-establish the C.O.T.C. on this Campus. He has been a vigorous participant in scores of activities originated by students and Faculty; he has been Honorary President of various classes. An athlete himself, he has taken an intense interest in athletics and is a regular attendant in the stadium and the gymnasium. He became editor of the Chronicle in 1953 and at once devoted his energies to making this an informative magazine written by alumni for alumni. Formerly, the Chronicle had been a kind of stepchild, nurtured frugally by editors who, because of major responsibilities elsewhere, perforce neglected the burden that had been forced upon them. Under the circumstances, they did well. Logan, on the other hand, with the advantage of a base on the Campus, had the opportunity to conceive a policy and bring it to life. The Chronicle has shown the results of his thought and work. WROTE U.B.C. HISTORY When the decision was made that a history of the University should be written to appear during the year of the Golden Jubilee, H. T. Logan was an obvious choice as author. Tuum Est: A History of the University of the British Columbia appeared in November, 1958, and has been warmly received by the critics and by the alumni of the University. Yet, significant though all of this may be, it is as a Teacher that Harry Logan is known to thousands of students, past and present, of this University. From him, in the class-room and out of it, many a student has drawn the inspiration that has shaped a career, and the philosophy upon which his own life (often as a teacher) has been based. It is true that scholarship is a function of a university. Its most important function, however, is teaching. In H. T. Logan this University has offered to its students one of the truly great teachers. And it is this University's good fortune that he continues to occupy one of its classrooms. —Anon. The Chronicle lost another valued member of its staff recently in Mrs. Sally Gallinari, who has joined her husband Lucian in Italy where he has entered the business world. Mrs. Gallinari has been succeeded as assistant editor by Mrs. Frances Tucker, whose wide knowledge of the history of the University and its graduates can only make her an asset to the mag- FRANCES TUCKER azine. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE Manager of the Royal Rank's Union Stock Yards IJranch (St. Honifari.', Man.) picks up poinlrrs on htiih-LTjile beef Banker Gets the "Rijiht Steer'' Tliis Roval Hank manager is learning about his customer's for a more inlormed liankini; service. Thi> haliil ol M'ckini; business al first hand. Such visits won't make Iii til an expert inlornial ion in the held is tvpical i>( Roval Hank managers judge of cattle, but thev will give him a closer insight into the evervwliere . . . one rea^-or whv the Roval stands so hig:i at home workings of the meat industry . . . provide a better background and abroad and win it is Canada's largest bank. THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Assets exceed 4 billion dollars OVER 900 BRANCHES IN CANADA, THE CARIBBEAN AREA. AMI SOI III \MEHIC\. OFFICES IN NEW YORK. I.OMION \NI> IVMtIS U b v. ALUMNI CHROMv.Lt 6 THE BRANCHES REPORT California Branches Active After a very successful contribution through work and dollars to the University's Capital Gifts Drive, alumni throughout the continent have asked for direction for ways and means to maintain interest in their local organization. This request is now being studied by the Branches and Divisions committee under the chairmanship of Mr. Don Miller. The initial step has been taken with the addition of members to the committee from alumni living outside the Greater Vancouver area. Their findings and recommendations in the interests of the University and higher education as a whole will find their way to the far-flung branches. LOS ANGELES On December 5, at the Carolina Pines, over twenty U.B.C. alumni in the Southern California area met for their annual banquet. President Dr. Belle McGauley, B.A. '30, welcomed the guests and Rev. Ward de Beck, B.A. '38, said grace. Guest speakers were Professor John English, B.A.Sc. '38, of the U.C.L.A. engineering department, and Mr. Arthur Hicks, Canadian consul in Los Angeles. Joining in the social and dinner program were Mr. and Mrs. Clifford J. Anastasiou, B.A. '52, M.Ed. '57, B.A. '51, M.A. '54; Clymene Wilmarth, B.A. '38; Mr. and Mrs. Les McLennan, both B.A. '22; Miss Edith McSweyn, B.A. '29; Miss Maxine McSweyn, B.A. '27; John R. Taylor, B.A. '31; Jim Rhodes, B.A.Sc. '30; Mr. and Mrs. John Hig- gins, B.A. '50; Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hundal; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hicks; William Ferguson, B.A. '43, M.A. '46; Mr. and Mrs. John English, B.A.Sc. '38; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Gale, B.A.Sc. '22, M.A.Sc. '23; and Elizabeth Berlot, B.A. '40, secretary of the branch. On January 28, 1959, representatives of the executive played dinner hosts to Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Roberts, director of U.B.C. Development Fund, and Mr. John Haar, Association director, at the Knickerbocker Hotel. Accompanying President McGauley were Mr. and Mrs. Les McLennan, Maxine McSweyn and Mr. Cyril Moss, B.A. '21. Discussions ranged over a wide field of University development, construction and alumni activities with possible program projects for the future year. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Under the chairmanship of Mr. Albert Drennan, B.A. '23, representatives of U.B.C. alumni in the Bay area, San Francisco, recently met with the Alumni director at the home of Dr. and Mrs. O. E. Anderson, M.A. '31, of San Francisco. Reorganization of the northern branch brought about the establishment of regional contacts for Berkeley (Robert H. Farquharson, M.A. '56, and Mr. and Mrs. Lynne W. Pickler, B.A. '22), Stanford (Ed Parker, B.A. '54, and Mrs. A. M. Snell, B.A. '32), Santa Clara (Mrs. Fred Stephen, B.A. '25), and San Francisco (Albert Drennan and Dr. Oscar E. Anderson). Plans were made for an annual dinner, fall reception for U.B.C. graduate students in the Bay area universities, and hosting visiting University dignitaries. Miss Margaret Coope, B.A. '30, acted as secretary for the branch meeting. On January 31 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stephen of Santa Clara had open house for U.B.C. alumni in the south Peninsula region. Some twenty U.B.C. grads with spouses enjoyed the reunion and hospitality. Among those in attendance were Gordon Latta, B.A. '47, and Mrs. Latta, Alice (Morrow) Snell, B.A. '32, and son David, of Palo Alto; Stuart W. Turner, M.S.A. '47, and Mrs. Turner, David Swackham- er, B.S.A. '43, and Mabel (Robson) Swackhamer, B.S.A. '44, of Los Altos; Dr. Rod English, B.A. '51, and Shirley (Dean) English, B.H.E. '52, Dr. Lloyd Bolton, M.A. '24, and Mary (Pitten- drigh) Bolton, B.A. '24, of San Jose; Leslie O. Crosby, B.S.A. '51, and Peggy (McDonald) Crosby, B.S.A. '49, of Mountain View; Edwin B. Parker, B.A. '54, of Stanford Village, Stanford; Fred Stephen and Islay (Mc- Larty) Stephen, B.A. '25, and son Freddie, of Santa Clara; and John Haar, B.A. '50. Seattle Friends' Aid U.B.C.'s Drive for Funds Prior to 1954 the activities of U.B.C. alumni in the Seattle area could be classed as sporadic, depending on the initiative of some interested person. January, 1954, however, marked the formal rejuvenation of the branch when a dinner meeting, attended by some 30 alumni, acclaimed Dr. Fred Laird as leader, and formulated basic plans for the coming year. At the 1954 fall dinner Bob Boroughs was formally elected president, a post he ably held for three years. At that same meeting, Nora Giesey was elected secretary, to which position she has been reelected each year—unopposed. SCHOLARSHIP FUND While this growing period was passing, some members, notably Stan Arkley, thought the group should attempt something useful for the University, and so proposed the establishment of a scholarship fund by the Seattle branch to send a Seattle student, preferably the son or daughter of an alumnus, to U.B.C. The first contribution to this scholarship fund was made to President MacKenzie in 1955 and has been added to each subsequent year until 1958, when efforts were directed to the U.B.C. Development Fund. The activities of the Seattle branch culminated in 1957 when it was proposed that an organization should be formed to act as an American clearing house for the collection of funds for U.B.C. After discussions the "Friends of the University Incorporated" was formed. Stan Arkley was named president and a seven-man board of trustees elected. "The Friends" were really in business when American tax authorities granted tax exemption. WORK IN INFANCY By the end of 1958 the "Friends" had cleared roughly $12,000 in cash plus an added $11,000 in pledges from approximately 140 alumni in all corners of the United States. It is felt that only the surface has been scratched, that the work of the "Friends" is still in its infancy, and that the future could and should bring to the University much in the way of additional support. j. .','.. « , ' . ,t!I STAN ARKLEY . Heads "Friends" U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE COLLEGE and INDUSTRY From the colleges and universities of Canada come the men, from industry the improved products, to form an essential combination for the continuing development of a better and greater Canada. A typical example of this forward-looking partnership is found in Crane Limited and Associated Companies which produce so much of Canada's plumbing, heating and piping equipment, essential to better living and industrial efficiency in an ever-expanding nation. CRANE Limited and Associated Companies General Office: 1170 Beaver Hall Square, Montreal. Kingston Branch: 1111 Princess Street. Associated Companies: Canadian Potteries Limited, Port Hope Sanitary Manufacturing Co. Limited, Crane Steelware, Limited, AllianceWare, Ltd., Warden King Limited. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE ^HtioilHfelLlm" m|£j \u t iPS^fc \ Hlf* ^PfviBI™^^^HHM » jl^H f ^h^^^^^^^^^H ^^ yflftk? ^ : \ ,' ? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^fe^. jjjfel „-*■''"'"■ PRESIDENT N. A. M. MACKENZIE (r Canadian delegation to the tenth annual ference at the organization's new headqu ight) led UNESCO arters in the con- Paris during new during December. He is shown chatting with UNESCO's Director-General, Dr. Vittorino Veronese, of Italy, a break in the conference. THE PRESIDENT REPORTS Not Missiles - But Not Rockets-But Men Reason DEAR ALUMNI: For some years past the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has invited me to report to the Province on the problems, hopes and plans for the future of the University. What follows is my report to the Province for the year 1958, which was broadcast on the C.B.C. late in January. "... Ever since the end of the Second World War, when returning veterans sent enrolments at our Universities soaring, responsible leaders in education have been warning us of the dangers we run if we fail to give proper support to institutions of higher learning. Some of them—and they are not men known as alarmists or fanatics — have said again and again that the nations of the west are caught up in a desperate struggle for survival; and that, in essence, we have a choice between education or extinction. FUTURE INTEGRITY "It is only by providing increasingly large numbers of wise and well-trained young leaders, endowed with creative imagination and a sense of social responsibility, that we can hope to maintain our position in the world. "Our future integrity as nations depends not primarily on missiles but on men, not on rockets but on reason; and, in a very real sense, the teacher and the professor bear a responsibility which is given to no other member of society: that of developing minds and hearts which will, in the immediate future, be called upon to shape the social and political history of a profoundly troubled world. I think it fair to say that I am not usually given to exaggeration or overstatement, and I realize that we must all be concerned with the immediate and practical problems of a work-a-day world; yet I am absolutely serious in saying that it is the duty, privilege, and responsibility of the educator to plan the future course of history through the quality and the calibre of the education offered our young people. And this race we are running may well be lost, unless we take immediate and drastic steps to deal with the situation in which we find ourselves. . . . DECIDE NOW "Canadians everywhere must decide — and decide now — what education they really want for their children, and the limits to which they will reasonably go to make such education available. We must, each of us, engage in a process of self-examination and self-criticism, and that task will be no easier than it usually is in moments of stress and uncertainty. It calls for courage and resolution. Perhaps we, as a nation, have lost some of those muscular qualities which have been traditionally associated with the Canadian people; for at the present moment we enjoy a level of material life which has never been equalled before in history: our world is Utopian by comparison with other less fortunate areas of the world. But in the manner of greedy children we have accepted the heritage turned over to us, and like prodigals we are spending that heritage on the things which bring immediate pleasure and satisfaction. . . . NOT BUSINESS CONCERN "The University is not a business concern. It has no sources of income other than those provided by the provincial and federal governments, by gifts from industry, by grants and bequests from foundations and private citizens, and by fees from students. The only source of income over which we have any real control comes from fees; for the rest, we depend solely on what citizens and governments think it is reasonable to give to education, always bearing in mind the other important demands upon national, provincial and personal incomes. If the demands upon University facilities continue to grow year by year, as they do; if the student body continues to increase at the rate of a thousand each year, as it does; if costs go on rising because of inflation, as they have; then the University must have assurance that adequate, regular, and in- 9 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE Continued Expansion The Canada Life continued its program of expansion during the past year, making 1958 the most successful in the Company's long history. The record amount of protection placed on policyholders in 1958 reflects the vitality which exists throughout the Canada Life's organization in Canada, the United States and the British Isles. The Canada Life looks forward to ever- increasing progress in the years to come. Canada Life •/9sst//r///rr (,'ompfwu ESTABLISHED 1847 MODERN COMPANY 112 YEARS OLD creasing funds will be granted. Without such assurance, the University of British Columbia cannot continue to function as it has done in the past, or at the level of excellence we would like. INCREASED COSTS "These increased costs, that are inevitable, are necessary to maintain the University at its present levels of operation, and to provide the services we now give. They make no provision for the expansion of our graduate school, for the research that we do, for the establishment of a school of dentistry, or for additional course offerings in such widely separated subjects as music and the fine arts, physiotherapy, and a school for librarians. "Sometimes it is suggested that we might solve some of our financial problems by limiting our enrolment, and this despite the fact that, as compared with the United States and Russia, only about one-third the number of young Canadians come on to the universities as in those countries. DEPENDABLE CITIZENS "Moreover, I am uneasy about the prospects of limiting enrolment in our universities to those who are especially competent in answering examination questions, for I know that many of the citizens on whom we rely most do not have this particular gift or aptitude. I am also convinced that for our society and in our world we will need all of those who are competent and who have the determination and the desire to profit by what higher education has to offer. "So, while I am and will be happy to 'bonus the brilliant' and to encourage, by way of scholarships, prizes and bursaries, those with first-class standing and high I.Q.s, I feel it most desirable and proper to provide encouragement and assistance as well for what I might call typical Canadian students: the young men and women from the country or the small town, or from families with modest or low incomes who, anxious to get an education, are willing to make great sacrifices, to work during the summer months at anything available, to earn the money for their fees, their room and board, and to work too during the winter at part-time jobs, while their more financially fortunate companions are perhaps giving all their time and attention to studies or to a more leisurely and enjoyable pattern of life. TYPICAL STUDENTS "These that I describe as typical Canadian students, in the historic sense, are among those who will become our best citizens and who, in after life, go on to carry out many of the burdens of community and public life. And, for me at least, it would be stupid and foolish to put unnecessary obstacles in their way. . . ." U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE lO David Brock Finds the World Mildly Amusing NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS By DAVID BROCK DEFICIENCY DISEASE LOOMS The world shortage of topics for theses, at both the post-graduate and undergraduate level, is said to be causing a new form of mental disease (or, to be more precise, minus- health). This disease afflicts the topic - starved students and their professors alike. It is extremely contagious. Among its symptoms are a profound anxiety and restlessness. The patient roams fretfully, turning over any piles of pamphlets which lie in his path, and picking at their coverlets. Alluding to the galloping consumption of the few remaining topics, the disease has been named Phthesis. NEW FREEDOM SEEN Dr. Alexis Ganglion, popular professor of Mind-planning in the Department of Anthropology at the Yoicks Institute of Social Technology (Frog City, Vermont), has declared that we are on the threshold of a greater freedom than men have ever known since the human race invented itself 75,398 years ago next spring. (April 1 is the date generally celebrated.) Dr. Ganglion, well-known as a television personality and freelance pundit, recently wrote in an article in Glimpse magazine: "We will soon be able to mould human minds into any desired shape. Just think of it! This means that every human being will be free to make himself into whatever a committee of experts decides he will find blandest and least aggressive. It is, if you will pardon the Value Judgment, complete rubbish to say that this will be accomplished against his will. The very first thing we are going to rid him of will be his tendency to harbor such negative feelings about his own best interests." Long noted for the interesting series of his own marriages, Dr. Ganglion was once head of the Happy Marriage Preparatory School at the University of Catalina Island. He is also part author of, and owns a controlling interest in, the National Anthem of the Men of To-morrow, with its familiar lines: "Keep thee euphorious, Happy and glorious, Never censorious. God shave the sting." BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES Television plays are the best way of learning history, declared Dean Bulroyd K. Wrandom, of Mount Baldy College. "In order to put history across," he declared, "you need drama, condensation and selection, and freedom from bias acquired through too much reading. I find that the scriptwriters and producers who create historical dramas have very open minds indeed. Their minds, instead of being closed and loaded like some moving-van, are more like convertibles. It is very refreshing. Their confidence, too, is very infectious." SAVANT RAPS CRITICS Professor Tancred Blique lashed out early to-day (9:01 a.m.) at critics who have unfairly mocked him as an intellectual. "To begin with," screamed Dr. Blique in a sincere falsetto, "enemies of the intellect proclaim themselves enemies of intelligence, which is childish." Here the Doctor went into a sulk, and for a few moments nothing was heard but the furious sucking of his thumb. Then he spoke again. "And for another thing," he said, with a shrill note of triumph which added a delightfully human touch, "for another thing, we professors can be just as emotional as other performers. Did you ever attend a faculty meeting? Far from being rational to an inhuman degree, many such a meeting ends with not a dry eye in the house." There's a GAS HEATING system for every need! Natural gas offers business and industry a wider variety of heating unit styles and sizes than any other comparable fuel. 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ALUMNI CHRONICLE By JAMES A. GIBSON "... I once heard it said of H. G. Wells, that when he first began to write ... he was encouraged ... to deal with ordinary, everyday things, because that was what people were interested in. I cannot and do not pretend that universities are ordinary—though perhaps they ought not to be extraordinary—but they have become increasingly everyday. The everydayness, if you will, will condition the shape of most of our existing universities and of many of the entirely new universities which I would expect to see in Canada within our lifetime. It is of these problems that I would like to speak today. Some Basic, Though Obvious, Assumptions "You will perhaps consent to some basic assumptions, even though they may appear to be obvious enough. "(1) The students who will come to our universities over the next ten years already exist. They were born between 1940 and 1950; and from 1963 onward we will have a very high level of enrolment. "(2) More people than ever before are progressing from elementary to secondary school courses, and an increasing James A. Gibson, B.A. '31, B.A. (Oxon), B. Lift. (Oxon), D. Phil. (Oxon), M.A. (Oxon), is a graduate of Victoria College and is now dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science at Carleton University, Ottawa. The address which we reproduce here in abbreviated form was given at a faculty gathering during Homecoming at Victoria College in October, 1958. THE SHAPE C number are proceeding from secondary school to university . . . "(3) The percentage of students entering university from large urban (or metropolitan) areas is increasing faster than the national average . . . "(4) The universities may expect to reach the 'plateau' represented by the highest post-war birthrate in 1963. The plateau may be of indefinite (i.e., at least 20 years) duration, because not until 1957 was there any slackening in the crude rate of natural increase sufficient to offset a generally rising curve of enrolment. Unless there should be a severe curtailment to general business activity there is unlikely to be any diminishing of the materials of university populations; and even in economic adversity university enrolment has dipped far less than the index of business activity . . . "(5) The sense of opportunity, with or without the sugar-coating of utilitarian enthusiasm for higher pay cheques, is a cumulative influence on the side of higher enrolment. "Taking these five assumptions, let me ask five questions: (1) Can the present universities cope with this influx? (2) Ought they to have to cope with it? (3) What will happen to them in the process? (4) Are there any auxiliary resources to help them? (5) What is the case for entirely new universities? "The present universities could no doubt cope with the plateau-dwellers, though one hopes they would not do so at the level of academic cliff-hangers. The chief difficulty is that the excess population would be unevenly distributed . . . "But even supposing an increase which can be foreseen and forecast with some accuracy, the demands upon physical plant and even more upon human resources will be enormous. It will not be a sufficient answer to have to rely upon improvisation . . . The wear and tear on facilities which now exist, not counting wholly new buildings under construction or at the planning stage, is cumulatively also enormous. The costs of 'doing business' have increased and still are increasing faster than the possibilities of raising new revenue through university sources alone. Present Universities Could Cope with Influx "My conclusion on this first question therefore is that the present universities could cope with the influx. But they could cope with it only on a minimum, savagely utilitarian basis; and it would be many years before they could turn to other than the sheer physical problems of accommodation and maintenance. I do not recommend such a course. "What ought the existing universities to do? "They could, in theory, clamp a ceiling upon what they regard as optimum enrolment. They could refuse to accept more than a certain number of students in any one year. "By implication, they could set their own standards for entrance and for continuance in course (which is what many older universities do now). Ideally, it would be excellent to have a university of manageable size; and to the extent that deliberate selection entered in, the undergraduate body might be of superior capacities and application. This might in turn lead to deliberate, unhurried, scholarly work; a more generous emphasis upon the teaching function; and help to avoid the frustrations of too-large classes, cramped quarters, and facilities thought to be obsolescent. "But, on the other side, I cannot help feeling that as our universities in Canada are constituted at the moment, such developments might be followed by an unhappy shift to a sort of no-man's-land of academic opportunism. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 12 UNIVERSITIES TO COME There might be even more "shopping about" for courses. There would be a loud outcry about a supposed denial of opportunity, even though the loudest sounds might come from people who would have difficulty in describing the role and purpose of their nearest (if any) university. There must arise in an acute form the question whether institutions which receive direct government grants have a right to restrict enrolment. There might be clamour rather than enquiry, and prejudiced emotion instead of reasonableness. "It may therefore be useful to ask whether the universities have any auxiliary resources upon which they can draw, not as defences against an 'outside' community, but as wells of strength from which better universities are to be drawn. "One such resource would follow from a revaluation of the university process. The revaluation might be based upon and flow from three identifiable streams. Outstanding Students in First Stream "The first stream encompasses the students of outstanding abilities. These are the people who would hold their own in any university community, distinguished by native curiosity, very superior abilities, demonstrated powers of application, and a general intellectual liveliness which invokes and sustains distinguished teaching. This group contains the students in whom the teachers are not afraid to acknowledge superior qualities . . . From this group must be recruited most of the instructors which augmented enrolment in our existing or in new universities will require; and the urgency for instructors of this calibre cannot be denied . . . "The second stream will be much broader, and its current, flowing a shade more placidly, may reflect many more lights and shadows. "This stream will carry along perhaps three-quarters of the whole student body. These are the people of lively instincts, good abilities, and moderate (though not complete) application. Basically they are fair-minded, and usually good-humoured; they may occasionally be combative, but rarely are they slow-footed academically. The best of them improve as they proceed. Their ranks include a number of 'late-blossoming' types: the people who endure the obligatory subjects of the first two years the better to reach out into other (and perhaps more exotic) disciplines as areas of major study. "I once heard the students of this broad second stream described as 'decent types.' If we use this phrase I hope we use it in the sense that there are resources to be mined out, refined, even polished; and that we also mean that the process of mining and refining will be worth the effort. For when this stream meets the great river of the world's business, it will have to provide the human materials for business and industry, for many of the professions, for much managerial skill, for some inventive enterprise, and for broad ranges of teaching at the secondary and elementary levels . . . "The third stream in my riparian geography is dotted with academic question marks. It winds a tortuous course among and around the students whose lots are cast in stonier places. They may have no intellectual curiosity (that is to say, it may never have been aroused); they are almost without exception unaccustomed to rub shoulders with ideas; they may read indifferently and even spell abominably; and the poetry of motion and imagery of language are substantially lost upon them. They move from day to day in a kind of dumb show: evidently the conforming products of a system which puts a premium upon social conformity. It takes an enormous effort to get under their intellectual skins, partly because they more than half distrust themselves . . . How to Deal with Various Streams "Under pressure of numbers, how should the universities deal with these three streams ? "The first group, which may never exceed one-eighth of the academic population, should be worked up to capacity. Its students should do not only better work, but more of it. They should be asked to meet exacting standards of expression, analysis, and general comprehension. They should appear as agreeable people to have around, and they should be taken for what they are worth. "This means that they should receive generous assistance by way of scholarships; and if they justify the earliest estimates of excellence, they should be assisted throughout their undergraduate careers . . . "Assistance on this scale will appear to be costly, but I know of no other way in which the intellectual requirements of our universities can be sustained. "The second happy group—those I called the decent types—should be encouraged, though not necessarily at the public expense. Demonstrated financial need might be met by bursaries (though not by scholarships) and by loans with easy repayment terms. Deferred payment financing of many kinds of consumer goods is a commonplace, but we appear to have come round only reluctantly to what I have heard called a 'study now, pay later' plan. I see nothing unreasonable in the proposal at all; from the students' point of view it might be the means of removing much financial uncertainty and even worry; from the administration end it would encourage better use of scholarship funds which invariably are limited; and it would permit more stable arrangements in the costly and involved financial conduct of many universities. "I am assuming that all tuition fees may have to be increased sharply, because the costs of doing business (as I suggested earlier) have increased more rapidly. Tuition fees have climbed more slowly (for what it is worth) than the consumer price index or the general index of business activity. Tough Treatment for Third Stream "The third stream, I feel, ought to have tougher treatment. Its hopefuls ought to be told plainly that they can come on the university's terms, but not on their own. If they enter, they must demonstrate effective progress, or make room for students who can . . . "You will be interested to consider the case for entirely new universities (that is, degree-granting institutions with a liberal-arts outreach, not necessarily arrayed with professional facilities). No university can be created overnight, since the human materials alone can be assembled only with patience and a considerable expenditure; and some 'specialist' departments (of which physics may serve as an example) may cost as much in equipment alone as would provide four or five additional professors in the humanities and social sciences. "Our own experience suggests that three primary conditions will have to be satisfied: "(1) A new university must satisfy a sense of need in the provision of opportunity not presently existing; (2) a new university must respond to the amenities of the local community in which it is to function; and it is unlikely that a community of less than 50,000 population will supply such amenities; (3) a new university will need from the start to have a working philosophy of conduct and excellence for which it need never apologize 13 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 'Alpha-Alpha The First of the Best ALFALFA RHIZOMA By V. C. Brink The winning of a world famous agricultural trophy with seed of "Rhizoma" alfalfa at the Royal Winter Fair in November by Stanley Weston, B.S.A. '39, of Golden Hope Farms, Fort St. John, brings into prominence an experiment in heredity of far-reaching impact and of which the University of B. C. may be justly proud. The story of the experiment is a lengthy one, beginning perhaps "long, long ago," as all good stories should, with the Medes and the Persians; but much of it is told on the campus of our University. The threads of the story's warp are biological, but some of the woof are the lives of makers of the University. The U.B.C. men, Drs. Klinck, Boving and Moe, their associates and students starting the plant breeding project "Rhizoma" decades ago could scarcely have foreseen the size of the tapestry they were to create in the alfalfa world with a tiny bit of germplasm from Russia. Enthusiastic growers once believed the name "alfalfa" was a contraction of "alpha-alpha" and interpreted it to mean "the first among the best" of forages. As the first alfalfa variety of its kind, Rhizoma should enjoy the distinction of "alpha-alpha." Careful scholars, however, tell us that "alfalfa" is Arabic and is derived, in turn, from the Iranian aspasti. The plant was named medic by the Greeks, indicating its Median origin. It became medica in Latin writings and Medicago in modern botanical taxonomy. Known to Greeks about 490 B.C. Pliny and Strabo, both early Roman writers, record its introduction into Greece about 490 B.C. by the invading Medes and Persians who used it for the sustenance of their carefully nurtured chariot horses. Later it was carried to central Europe where it became known as lucerne, and to Italy and Spain. From the Iberian land, it was taken by the conquistadores to South and Central America where, it is said, Cortez and Pizarro left it in lieu of gold. In temperate North America, its culture spread mainly in the southwest, but only slowly because the original Spanish and French introductions were not cold hardy. Despite this failing, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, who, among other things, were notable agriculturists, developed a remarkable interest in the crop. Notwithstanding, it was during the latter half of the nineteenth century when moderately hardy alfalfas from Baden, Germany, were introduced to Ontario and Minnesota when the great expansion in alfalfa acreage in North America began. It is an interesting aside that Vernon C. (Bert) Brink, B.S.A. '34, M.S.A. '36, Ph.D. (Wis.), is professor of agronomy and chairman of the division of plant science in the Faculty of Agriculture, UB.C. He has been intimately associated with the research which led to the development of alfalfa Rhizoma. IF THE AMERICAN national debt of 283 billion dollars was converted into pennies it would about equal the number of alfalfa plants growing in that country. Spanish type alfalfas reached their most northerly culture at Lytton, B.C., during the Cariboo Gold Rush which started in 1858. The legendary "Century Sam," it is said, brought the seed from California. The lack of winter hardy strains, as has been indicated, was a considerable obstacle to the extension of alfalfa culture in temperate America and this was acutely felt as arable agriculture moved over the great plains. Professor Budd of Minnesota, Dr. Carleton of the United States department of agriculture, and others had already introduced valuable hardy horticultural crops and cereals to the United States after travels abroad. It was not surprising, then, that a progressive Secretary of Agriculture for the United States, the Hon. James Wilson, should approve of additional searches for hardy field crops. Plant Explorations to Eurasia Four times then, in the years from 1894 to 1909, Professor Niels E. Hansen, agricultural explorer for the U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry and professor of horticulture in the South Dakota State College of Agriculture, led plant explorations to Eurasia—through European Russia, Finland, Norway, Siberia, Mongolia, and Turkestan. Included in Dr. Hansen's collection of astonishing diversity was an interesting array of cultivated and feral alfalfas. He described these in a bulletin, published in 1909, entitled "The wild alfalfas and clovers of Siberia with a perspective view of the alfalfas of the world." A little later in a message to the new settlers of Western Canada he said: "In our Siberian alfalfas, we will extend the alfalfa belt to the Arctic Circle of the continent. That is my personal belief." Quick to appreciate the value of Hansen's acquisitions and already imbued with an indigenous interest in alfalfa was Dr. L. S. Klinck, professor of cereal husbandry at Macdonald College and McGill University, P.Q. He had seen the crop growing on limited acreages in Ontario as a student at the Ontario Agricultural College and later when he visited and studied at the state colleges of the Middle Western States. Impressed with the potentialities of alfalfa, he had started a breeding and testing program at Macdonald in 1906. Professor Hansen, ca. 1911, sent him seed of at least five of his collections of the feral "Siberian" alfalfas from which one hundred plants were obtained. Of these, Dr. Klinck has said, "A more conglomerate looking collection of plants of a single species I have never seen. At one extreme there were tall rangy plants and at the other extreme was a single small plant, the foliage of which was dense and as soft as velvet. "Three years later," he says, "when we took this single plant, named 'Don,' from its ninety-nine fellows, we were U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 14 PROFESSOR Paul A. Boving, a graduate of Malmo, Sweden, took over alfalfa research ofter World War I and obtained hybrids despite difficulties. MEN OF RHIZOMA gathered at a Faculty Club banquet recently to honour Stan Weston (third from left), who holds trophy won at the recent Royal Winter Fair in Toronto using seed of "Rhizoma" alfalfa. Others who helped develop the alfalfa are (left to right) Dr. D. G. Laird, professor emeritus of soil science; Dr. V. C. Brink, chairman of the plant science division; Mr. Weston; Dr. L. S. Klinck, president emeritus of U.B.C; Dr. G. G. Moe, professor emeritus of agronomy, and Dr. F. M. Clement, dean emeritus of agriculture. amazed to find that it was a yard in diameter." In a plant then which, per se, could have no economic importance, Dr. Klinck, alone of all the alfalfa breeders on the continent to whom the stock was available, saw merits which might be useful if associated with those of standard varieties — merits of hardiness, a spreading root and rhizome system, and fine succulent stems. Occupied as he was, when he came to B. C. in 1914, with starting a Faculty of Agriculture, clearing land, and assisting Dr. Wesbrook with the administration of the youthful University of B.C., Dr. Klinck could give little thought to the two roofings of Hansen's "Don" alfalfa he had brought with him from Macdonald College. Nonetheless he passed his views on the value of the stocks to Professor P. A. Boving, a cultured graduate of the University of Malmo, Sweden, who came to instruct in agronomy at U.B.C. in 1916. Within a few years, Professor Boving was able to obtain hybrids between the little Don and commercial alfalfa of the Grimm type. This was no small feat in those days before embryo culture and end-season pollinations, for the Hansen material was almost sterile. Formulated Variety Rhizoma Professor G. G. Moe, a former student of Dr. Klinck's at Macdonald College, assumed responsibility for the studies in 1922. To him belongs the credit for formulating the variety Rhizoma, making its qualities widely known and husbanding its stocks through years of adversity. Segregates from Boving's hybrids displayed an almost unbelievable variety. Studying and discarding and selecting them over many generations with the exacting standards in mind was exceedingly difficult. Only a few people were sensible of Dr. Moe's responsibilities as a plant breeder and of the time required to winnow the inferior genes—among these people were Dt. D. G. Laird, his colleague who later became the first chairman of the department of soil science, Dean F. M. Clement, and of course President Klinck and Professor Boving. Interest flags in long-term projects, and university budgets were reduced to bare subsistence levels in the years of the great depression. Several times the plantings were about to perish for lack of care and, on one occasion, their land was about to be taken by a commercial dairy venture. Aid came happily, though fortuitously, when most needed. One season the Hon. K. C. Macdonald arranged a grant of $500 through the B. C. department of agriculture. On another occasion, Dr. L. E. Kirk, dominion agrostologist, paid the labour bills for plot care. Mr. Alec Mercer of the Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association, Dr. Lawrence Guichon, D.Sc, Nicola, B.C., Mr. Paige of Matsqui, Col. Harry Logan, and many others gave encouragement. During the 1940s, as the variety Rhizoma was being increased for public use, the Ford Foundation and Mrs. Hay, friend of Senator and Mrs. J. W. de B. Farris, financed certain aspects of the development and the Board of Governors made a contingent loan. In 1948 Dr. Moe licensed the variety Rhizoma—the first "creeping" variety of alfalfa of commercial worth. Grown Today on 50 Million Acres Today alfalfa is a world crop grown possibly on 50,- 000,000 acres and nearly everywhere Rhizoma, its germ- plasm, and the concepts behind its moulding are being used in breeding programs. The variety itself, of course, is only regionally adapted but, in Colombia on the Rockefeller farms, its high protein content and low boron requirement assume special interest. In New Zealand its ability to stand up under heavy grazing gives it a place in the major breeding program there. Part of the Rhizoma gene complement is present in the major variety "Vernal" of the North Central States, the greatest concentration of alfalfa acreage in the world; in the leading variety "Narragansett" of the Northeastern States; in the new Canadian variety "Rambler"; and in many strains in Britain, Scandinavia, Australia, and South America. To make a concluding point, may we draw a human analogy. An aspirin tablet usually occupies a little less than .5 ml.; we say it is "small." We say, on the other hand, that the human population of the world at some 2,800,000,000 souls is "large." Yet it is a genetical fact that the totality of the genes or heredity stuff with which these people started life would occupy a volume scarcely greater than that of two aspirin tablets. Additionally, the world is greatly concerned over the rapid multiplication of heredity stuff in Egypt, India, and Japan; the situation, some say, is "explosive." That heredity stuff has remarkable properties is no news to plant breeders who are accustomed to loosing chain reactions in the plant world. Rhizoma genes are present in about one-quarter of the alfalfa plants of the U.S.A. alone. Important Chain Reaction Started You may gain some understanding of the magnitude of this if you take the federal debt of the United States, some 283 billion dollars, and convert it into pennies. The number obtained would about equal the alfalfa plants of that country. Cannot it be said that an important chain reaction was started with a little bit of germplasm from Russia, picked up by Hansen, and moulded by U.B.C. men, Klinck, Boving, and Moe, as Rhizoma alfalfa. 15 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE By JOHN F. WALKER Henry C. Gunning was born in 1901 in Belfast, Ireland. The Irish reputedly are kindly, generous people with quick tempers who love a fight. Perhaps it was because Gunning was brought to British Columbia by his parents in early childhood that he is a contradiction of a reputed contradiction. He is kindly, generous, but even-tempered and, though he loved the rough and tumble of rugby, he played a clean and sportsmanlike game. Gunning played on the second, or intermediate, rugby team in his first year engineering at U.B.C, and in his second year was considered one of the stalwarts of the team. In his third and final years he played on the line of the senior team. It was during his third year that U.B.C. first entered a team in competition for the Mc- John F. Walker, B.A.Sc. '22, Ph.D. (Princeton), recently retired as deputy minister of mines for B. C. He is a lifelong friend of Henry Gunning and worked with him for many years with the Geological Survey of Canada. GRADUATE PROFILE Henry C Gunning JUST PRIOR to Dean Gunning's departure for Africa, where he will work as a consulting geologist, V. J. Okulitch, head of the department of geology, took the informal portrait at left. Kechnie Cup. In the second game, played in Victoria, he played a spectacular game. Gunning has played the game of life as he played rugby —hard, clean, and successfully. He graduated in the second graduating class of geological engineers at U.B.C. in 1923 and went to M.I.T. for his doctorate. His thesis for his doctorate, a study of the mineral deposits of the Lardeau area of B. C, was based on field work done in 1926 and 1927. Joined Canadian Geological Survey In 1928 Gunning, after a year as instructor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, completed his thesis, obtained his Ph.D., married Frances Fitts, whom he met in Boston, and joined the Geological Survey of Canada as an assistant geologist. Two years later he was promoted to associate geologist and in 1936 to geologist. Gunning worked in B. C. for the Geological Survey from 1926 to 1932, in the Lardeau, Big Bend of the Columbia, U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 16 GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION is Henry Gunning's first love. This photograph by V. J. Okulitch was taken in the summer of 1946 whsn the two geologists were carrying out mining exploration in the hills near Ymir, south of Nelson, B. C. los River area on Vancouver Island. He then worked on the east coast of Hudson's Bay in 1933 and in Quebec in and Nimpkish, Buttle and Nahwitti Lake areas and Zebal- the Bousquet-Joannes, Cadillac and Clericq areas from 1934 to 1939. On July 1st, 1939, Gunning was appointed professor of economic geology at U.B.C. Ten years later he was appointed R. W. Brock professor and succeeded Professor M. Y. Williams as head of the department of geology and geography. In 1953 he succeeded Professor H. J. McLeod as dean of the Faculty of Applied Science, retaining the headship of the department of geology and geography. In this dual position he occupied the same positions as his teacher, the late Dean R. W. Brock. As a professor at U.B.C. he continued his professional work during the summer months as a consulting geologist. As dean his time was devoted almost entirely to university work and it was a longing to get back to geological work, other than teaching, that led him to accept an offer to go to Africa. Outside the University he has been active in church affairs, on the executive of the Canadian Club; president of the Association of Professional Engineers of British Columbia; chairman, B.C. section of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy; vice-president of that Institute; president of the Geological Association of Canada; president of Section IV, Royal Society of Canada; vice-president of the Society of Economic Geologists- member of the National Advisory Committee on Research in the Geological Sciences; of the National Committee on the removal of Ripple Rock; and a good many other national or international committees. He has a long list of scientific, technical and professional publications. Editorial Summarizes Influence The Gunnings have two children—son Don, who is married and doing graduate work in metallurgy at Sheffield, England, and daughter Pat at U.B.C. Dean Gunning's fine work at U.B.C. has been summarized so well in an editorial of the Professional Engineer that it bears quoting here. 17 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE From the Student Annual, 1923 Harry is a promising young geologist and one of the best all-round sports we have. Besides starring on the first rugby squad he is a whizz at soccer and boxing and can also step a mean mile. It is rumored that the secret of his pep lies in those cross-country hikes "in the wee sma' hours" from somewhere in the West End to the jungles of South Vancouver. Possessed of much good sense and a determined character, Harry is sure to make a place for himself. "It is with regret that members of the Association will learn that Dr. H. C. Gunning P.Eng., Dean of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia for the past five and a half years, will be relinquishing that post early in the New Year to take up an appointment as Chief Geologist with Anglo-American Corporation. "Not only will the University suffer from the loss of Dr. Gunning, but the profession also. He has been responsible in the years when he has been Dean, for the forging of a stronger link between the Association and the University, not only during the years when he was on the Council but since that time as well. "Dr. Gunning knows well the problems of the Association, having served on the Council for three years before being elected vice-president in 1954 and president in 1955. Previous to serving on Council he was on the Board of Examiners for Geological Engineering. He has also served on the Ethics Committee of the Association from 1952 to the present time. "Dr. Gunning's influence for good in the profession extended, however, far beyond his offices in the Association. The results of his influence, in the persons of graduates from the University, will be seen for many years. Shakespeare said: 'The good of men is oft interred with their bones.' Dr. Gunning exemplifies an instance where the bard was wrong, in that the good which he, as Dean, has wrought, will live long after his term of office. "As Dean, he has not been a stern taskmaster, but has been a fatherly advisor to his students. On the other hand, when sternness was required, he provided it. He was popular with the students because he commanded their respect, which he earned by being firm, friendly and fair. "On behalf of the members of the Association, we wish Dr. Gunning well in his new position. These wishes are actually superfluous, because we know that he will do well in any job he tackles. Nevertheless, it is the only way that we can show our appreciation for the work which he has done over the years. "We hate to see you go, Dr. Gunning " Henry Gunning is truly a contradiction of the reputedly quick-tempered Irish, for in the nearly forty years I have known him I cannot remember an occasion when he lost his temper. There were times on field work when he had cause to do so, when sweating up a hill in the Lardeau with deer-flies and horse-flies making passes at one's sweat-blinded eyes, and mosquitoes that paid no attention to tobacco smoke or smudges or the fly-dope of those days. The only time I have known him to be beaten was when the mosquitoes stampeded his pack-horses at the mouth of Hammil Creek at the north end of Kootenay Lake. It was just impossible for humans or horses to work in that particular spot at that time. The Lardeau was famous grizzly country but we had not seen any, though there were lots of trails and tracks and even warm ground where bears had been lying, until Gunning and an assistant and a Swede back-packer, hired for the occasion, climbed Sproat Mountain above Arrowhead. The Swede had never seen a grizzly bear and wanted to see some. He did. Above timber-line the party came upon a fair-sized grizzly which promptly ran away when disturbed by shouting. The party, led by Gunning, were going in the same direction with heads down, as back-packers do, when Henry looked ahead to see a large grizzly charging. The fair-sized bear had gone straight to Momma and she was investigating. The party had no weapons except a short- handled (boy's) axe. Guns of any kind were so much unnecessary weight and were left in base camps. Gunning told me afterwards that he pointed the handle of his geological pick at the bear and said "bang, bang," but the bear, which probably had never seen or heard a real gun, paid no attention; so Henry calmly dropped his pack, as did the others, and they ran for a rock-bluff which they climbed just in time. The bear shortly went away and the party continued its work. The Swede left the party, his work being finished, and returned to base camp. He had seen eleven grizzlies, enough for him. We hope that the ex-dean will not encounter an African lion as he did a B. C. grizzly. If he does I am sure he will meet the situation as calmly as he did over thirty years ago in the Lardeau. Nothing has been said about Mrs. Gunning. It is unnecessary, for if it were not for the better-half, even Henry, with all his charm and ability, would not have been the success he has been as dean of Applied Science. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 18 G. HOWELL HARRIS REVIEWS The MacPhee Report Tree-fruit is one of the most important of B.C.'s agricultural crops. While only six per cent of the total area in agricultural crops is planted to orchard, the value of tree-fruit production is approximately 26 per cent of all crop production. The capital investment in the industry is of the order of $100,000,000 and the annual contributions by the tree-fruit industry to the economy of the province is around $26,000,000 per annum. Orchard land values vary from $700 to $2500 an acre in the Okanagan, making the property values higher than those of any other fruit producing district on the North American continent. The 1957 production of apples was 6,981,000 boxes. In the Okanagan and Similkameen 51 per cent of the growers operate IV2 acres or less. In the Kootenays even smaller units predominate. CO-OPERATIVE INDUSTRY The fruit-growing industry today is primarily a co-operative industry. The growers' co-operatives control the management of goods, grading, selling through a central desk, and police the job to prevent consignment selling, secret rebates and unfair claims. They have installed techniques for pooling fruit and prices but have not been able to set wholesale or retail prices. From 1941 to 1949 the fruit growers were prosperous with $1000 a year higher income than any other farm group. However, during the period 1951-56 their income was extremely low by any known Canadian standard. The combination of low prices together with low yields as a result of a severe freeze in 1949 and a disastrous one in 1954-55 spurred the B.C. fruit growers in their 1956 convention to request the Provincial government for a commission to investigate their problems. On December 1st, 1956, Dean E. D. MacPhee was appointed sole commissioner under the Public Inquiries Act to inquire into the problems of the tree-fruit industry. Commissioner MacPhee concludes that 51 per cent of the growers are on an acreage not large enough for economic operation. He places anything less than 10 acres as suspect and suggests that not less than 20 acres in the North Okanagan, 10 acres in the South Okanagan, and 15-20 acres at Creston are desirable. The only growers found who had continuously made a profit were those who had the larger farms with improved plantings of varieties in market demand, and who had followed the best horticultural practices resulting in a high percentage of extra-fancy and fancy fruit. HIGH RATES High irrigation rates and high transportation charges were found to be contributing to difficulties in economic production. The dean offers suggestions concerning the irrigation problem and feels that if transportation charges are not reduced the growers must look into developing their own transit system. He concludes that there should be consolidation of packing houses in certain areas to reduce costs, but on the other hand cold storage facilities will be inadequate in five years' time. Fruit processing and facilities will need expansion. The natural market for B.C. is now adequately served from existing tree plantings and increasing yields from these plantings will be adequate for the next decade. No increase in trees is recommended. Dean MacPhee could not accept as justifiable the higher gross profit taken by the Calgary and Winnipeg wholesalers and the excessive retail profits reported by some Vancouver and Winnipeg independent retailers. British Columbia wholesalers were not found to be robbing anyone and Vancouver chain stores were behaving better than their counterparts on the prairies. No specific solution to the price problem is offered but he thinks that the answer lies with the retailers themselves and hopes that they will be persuaded to do the right thing as a result of his submitting his report to the Price Spreads Commission. It must have required clear evidence to convince the dean, an ardent advocate of free enterprise, to come out in full support of central marketing and control. Nevertheless, he wholeheartedly supports this principle as the correct one for the tree-fruit growers to pursue. AID TO GROWERS The commissioner recommends government assistance as necessary for the bona fide growers if they are to make a real recovery from the disastrous freeze-up. The Provincial Government should provide direct grants and the Federal authorities should make available long-term loans. The MacPhee report is a monumental study of the tree-fruit industry. It makes no attempt to hide the sins of the retailer yet points as directly to the growers' own faults and clearly shows that society, through its government, must be concerned. E. D. MacPHEE . monumental study G. HOWELL HARRIS . . . reviews report G. Howell Harris, B.S.A. '22, M.S. (Oregon State College), Ph.D. (Calif.), is professor of horticulture in the division of plant science in the Faculty of Agriculture, U.B.C. T9 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE THEATRE THRIVED at U.B.C. in 1919, and one of the productions of that year was "The Importance of Being Earnest." In this photograph, taken from the 1919 Annual, Gordon Scott is seen with Dorothy Adams Foulger, B.A. '21, in a scene from the play. Mrs. Foulger now lives in California. FAMILIAR FIGURE around the 1919 campus in Fairview was Bill Tansley, known to students simply as "Tansley". He was janitor in the library for many years when the University moved to Point Grey. Tansley was a member of staff from 1917 to 1941. He died in 1951. THIS INFORMAL Pl< 1919 was taken on Martin. Shown are ( who wrote the article burger Taylor, now a Madge Gill, former lil anc Arts 1919 By MARJORY PECK MARTIN To be a member of the first class to leave our halls as a genuinely University of B. C. product is a distinction and privilege which bears with it not only unique honors, but obligations, which must not be lightly shirked. If the University is fulfilling a useful and noble function, it is for the graduates to demonstrate it in unselfish service, in increased productiveness, and in a virile and honest citizenship." Foreword—U.B.C. Annual, 1919. Whether the members of the class of '19 have fulfilled the terms of this stern admonition, we leave to others to judge—but we are conscious of the honour that is ours, and, looking back on the first four years of U.B.C, find much of interest. Who really comprises the class of 1919 ? Was it the 18 men and 32 women who received their degrees or might we also include the men who left our class to serve in France? It was before leaving for overseas that Arthur Lord helped compose the once famous U.B.C. yell, "Kitsilano Capilano." We missed the men who left to serve in World War I— and we mourned the death of some of our best. We were glad to welcome back John Allardyce, Bill Dawe, Ian Gibson, Harry Letson and Gordon Scott to graduate with us. In an early publication it is noted that in 1915 most of the students arrived at U.B.C. on foot, but "a few arrived in motors, for which vehicles gravelled driveways and ample parking space had been provided." Fees were set at $17—$10 registration, $2 Alma Mater fee (raised to $4 in 1918) and $5 caution money. Since the staff consisted largely of heads of departments, all students received excellent instruction. The early annuals chronicle the achievements of grass and ice hockey, basketball, rugby and soccer teams, which played both local and American teams and often won. Vigorous student Y.W.C.A. and Y.M.C.A. branches flourished on the campus. The Alma Mater Society sponsored lectures by outside speakers and the students themselves took part in debates and oratorical contests. The annual debates between U.B.C. and Washington and Oregon universities were a highlight of the University season. A Wireless Club and a Chemistry Society were formed. Students sang in a Glee Club and players were recruited for a University Orchestra. A committee of three, Dr. Ashton of the French department, Bill Sutcliffe and Marjory Peck, president and secretary of the Alma Mater Society, compiled a student song book of well- known college songs, which was published for the students. A Western Universities Service Club was formed and a Red Cross Society flourished under the leadership of Dr. Isabel Maclnnes. The term of 1918-19 was the most eventful of our four years. Hardly were classes under way when a severe influenza epidemic broke out. Lectures were cancelled and classrooms were converted into hospital wards where volunteer University staff and students helped as nurses and orderlies. The University suffered a severe loss in the death of Dr. F. F. Wesbrook, our beloved president. World War I ended and on November 11 all Vancouver celebrated and looked forward to a new era. Finally our four years at Varsity drew to a close. Before receiving our "sheepskins" each gallant lad of '19 escorted two girls to a round of festivities—Baccalaureate service, class picnic, tree planting ceremony, theatre night, and graduation banquet, where Ian Shaw, on behalf of the men, toasted the girls with the following lines from the pen of Gordon Scott: "Here's to the ladies of Double Nineteen They will be famous in song and in story They came to us fresh and verdant and green Look at them now in splendor and glory." Have we fulfilled the stern admonition of our annual? Thirty-three of us live in Canada—29 in British Columbia. Quite a few have seen sons and daughters graduate from U.B.C. Several delight in grandchildren. Some are work- ing in universities, Roy Vollum at Oxford, Conrad Emmons at University of Wisconsin, Harry Dunlop at the University of Washington and John Allardyce, Mary Barclay and Pauline Gintzburger Taylor at U.B.C. Bill Sutcliffe is dean of the College of Business Administration, Boston University. Dr. Olive McLean Sadler practises in Vancouver, and Helen Wesbrook Robertson is secretary of the Cancer U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 20 of four members of the class of campus in Fairview by Marjory Peck J:ft to right) Helen Wesbrook Robertson, In the Player's Club below; Pauline Gintz- Imember of U.B.C.'s German department; 'arian for the National Research Council, the late Isabel Harvey. WHITE ROCK was the destination of these members of the Class of 1919 for the annual class picnic. Tires on automobiles in those days were unreliable and the travellers had to pause five times to repair blowouts. This picture, token by Mrs. Martin, shows classmates Don Morrison, Ian Shaw, Margaret Cameron Seymour and Dorothy Houston Maclaren from left to right. Reminisces Clinic. Donna Kerr, after many years of valued service in a provincial laboratory, is now the wife of Howard Green, dominion minister of public works. Alice Gross MacCorkindale, wife of a former Vancouver superintendent of schools, and Marjory Peck Martin have served as president of the Vancouver University Women's Club. Madge Gill retired recently from the position of librarian of the National Research Council in Ottawa. Gordon Scott is a Vancouver magistrate, and lawyer Ian Shaw is a past president of the Vancouver Bar Association. Lawyers, doctors, businessmen, ministers, teachers, librarians and housewives—we salute U.B.C. * * * The Players' Club flourished at U.B.C. in 1919 just as it does today. Freddie Wood, who had joined the faculty shortly before, was already making his presence felt. Helen Wesbrook Robertson writes of the drama activities. By HELEN WESBROOK ROBERTSON The University Players' Club and the Class of '19 began their academic careers together in September, 1915. Students from McGill College entering the new University had already been exposed to amateur dramatics. In May, 1915, a creditable performance of "Antigone" had been presented and young enthusiasts eagerly sought more boards to tread. It was inevitable, when Freddie Wood came to the University in its first semester, that the Players' Club should open for a long and successful billing. The first play presented by the Club in March, 1916, was "Fanny and the Servant Problem," preceded by a one-act curtain raiser. The production ran for three nights at the Imperial Theatre and later went to Victoria. Enthusiasm for dramatic expression soon became so overwhelming that membership in the club had to be limited to fifty, which represented a fair percentage of the student body. The first group of Christmas plays was presented in December, 1916, as a try-out for the spring production. These one-act performances at Christmas and the more ambitious production in March became the pattern of the Club's future activities. The University Players' Club has achieved distinction since 1915. For forty-four years many talented people have kept the show on the road. The 1919 pioneers acknowledge these contributions to the Club's prestige. But for us, the limelight must always spot the original impresario. It was our privilege to share in forming a young, vigorous organization; to act and to re-act to the tremendous impact of the ever-young Freddie Wood. Student events were chronicled in the Ubyssey and Annual. Ian Shaw, business manager and editor of the Annual, then editor-in-chief of the Publications Board, recalls 'Pub' activities. By IAN SHAW As in so many other phases of university life and history, the Class of '19 was associated from the very beginning with the founding and development of student publications. In addition to the Annual (since called The Totem,) some brave souls essayed the production of a monthly magazine of some literary pretensions, the first issue of which, under the name Anon, appeared in December, 1916. Five members of the Class of Arts '19 were on the staff. With the issue of February, 1917, this magazine became the Ubicee and so remained until the end of the spring term in 1918. Emboldened by the survival of the Ubicee, the Publications Board in October, 1918, brought out the first University newspaper, named it The Ubyssey, and continued its regular production for 40 years. Without, we trust, appearing to be boastful our class can, we think, claim to be the true parents of The Ubyssey, for while members of the class had been active in every issue of the monthly, it was our members in their final year who took the successful plunge into the newspaper field. So many contributed to the work of the Publications Board even in the far-off days of 1915 to 1919 that it would be invidious to attempt to single out any particular individuals for special mention, particularly as none of us can claim the literary distinction achieved by some subsequent Ubyssey workers in the newspaper field. We can and do claim, however, that we were the true pioneers swimming, if we may slightly mix our metaphor, in the uncharted and swirling waters of student journalism. 21 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE Student self-government had flourished during the four years in which the Class of '19 was at University. In the spring of 1919 it was severely tested and stood firm. Gordon Scott writes of the student revolt. By GORDON SCOTT An epidemic of spring fever broke out in March, 1919. Faculty reported to the Students' Council acts of sabotage towards the C.O.T.C. A hose was turned on the parade from the roof of a building. A car drove through their ranks. About the same time a group broke up a lecture by throwing various substances through a skylight. The Council heard evidence and suspended those convicted for several days. The student body revolted and at a mass meeting passed a vote of censure on the Council. The Council resigned. Another mass meeting was held. There was great excitement and a fiery debate. Finally, by an overwhelming majority, a vote of confidence carried, but Council was asked and agreed to conduct a public trial. Soon after Council sat in solemn array on the platform of the auditorium while witnesses and defendants gave evidence. Nearly all the accused admitted their offences. The court sentenced the convicted to a fairly substantial fine with suspensions as an alternative. A collection was immediately taken and the fines paid. This was the first real test of self-government. Faculty offered to intervene and enforce any judgment by direct action, but the Council refused. Self-government was vindicated. There probably will never be another such public trial. This is unfortunate, as it was very exciting. The Council was made up of President Bill Sutcliffe, Marjory Peck (Martin), Margaret Cameron (Seymour), Evelyn McKay, Ian Gibson, Ian Shaw, Don Morrison, George Gilchrist and Gordon Scott. Arthur Lord chaired the second mass meeting, Harry Letson was crown prosecutor. The convicts reformed and were thoroughly rehabilitated. The hearts of the Class of '19 were "young and gay" and they enjoyed a round of parties. Ian Gibson, a president of the Arts Men's Undergraduate Society, reminisces. By IAN GIBSON Looking back to the social life at the University in the 'teens we recall that the comparatively small student body made it possible to have class functions in the buildings at 10th Avenue and Laurel Street. Ubicee of March, 1917, tells of a Valentine party held by Arts '19, probably typical of such gatherings in that era, when the evening started with contests of various types, mostly intellectual of course, followed by dancing to 11.30 p.m., then supper and a couple of dances, after which, and we quote, "the party left the college for home, where most arrived by 1.45 a.m." There was much speculation at the time as to the identity of the authority for that final statement. The great event of the year was the Alma Mater Dance, usually held in Lester Court on Davie Street near Burrard, with Weaver's orchestra practically essential to a successful affair. Everyone appeared in his "party best" and the really socially-conscious gentlemen equipped themselves with white gloves lest they sully the beauty of the ladies' gowns. Another feature, no longer prevalent, was the dance-program with the dances listed and a space for names of partners. Transportation. Automobiles were practically unknown to the students, so most availed themselves of the facilities afforded by the B. C. Electric—doorless cars with hard wooden seats but affording a certain amount of vocal privacy thanks to the din of steel wheels on steel rails. The conductors made little effort to conceal their boredom but did serve to a certain extent as chaperones. On fine nights, if home was not too far away, those reluctant to bring the evening to a hasty close would find it desirable to walk, even up to a couple of miles or more. The 1.45 a.m. referred to above was not always the "deadline" for getting home. We know. We were there and we had a good time. How Many Do You Know? Graduation pictures of eight members of the Class of 1919 are shown below. How many of them can you identify? Answers are given at the bottom of the page. c* 1^ -dbj\[ ssojq asiJV 'L !u99.iO .1.133 buuoq -giuosqi;) UBI 'X "9 :W°°S uopaog -f iAU3i{S ubi -g !uos:ria -qojj JiociqsaM uapH 'Z 'm%-^M M^d ^•lofjejtf -j U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 22 NEIL A. SWAINSON REVIEWS . . . British Columbia: A History When, three years ago, the committee charged with planning the celebration of British Columbia's centenary decided to sponsor the writing of a new history of this province—the first since the publication in 1912-14 of the Howay and Scholefield volumes — it had a very clear idea of what it wanted. It desired a survey which would be scholarly, the product of new investigation, of the extensive research into our past over this century, and of the historic perspective which comes with the passing of the years; it wished also an account which the layman would find readable. To produce such a work it commissioned Dr. Margaret Ormsby of our own University. How admirably she has succeeded in British Columbia: A History will be already well known to her fellow alumni. From the map of one of Captain Cook's lieutenants reproduced on the jacket (which, incidentally, merits more than a passing glance) to the format which makes this handsome product the equal in appearance of the companion anthology, to the chapter titles and even more engaging chapter illustrations, to the manuscript itself, which reviews our story from the mid- eighteenth century to the recent visit of Princess Margaret, every feature of this book bespeaks great attention to detail. This precision, together with a felicitous use of quotations and a fine writing style provides delightful reading. DIFFICULT DECISIONS The necessity to restrict her narrative to five hundred pages (when Howay and Scholefield used 1300—and over two hundred illustrations—to tell a considerably briefer story) obviously faced the author with many difficult decisions. Changing interests enabled her to move with broad sweeps through numerous fields — such as boundary disputes—which, in the past, historians were inclined to catalogue in detail. But limitations of space forced her to omit or to condense in many others where she must have wished to expound. Inevitably, as a result, there will be some disappointments. Probably, for example, many of the best anecdotes have had to go. Numerous interior and Island communities are either not mentioned at all or are referred to only obliquely. Kimberley, as an instance, may wonder if the significance of the greatest mineral discovery in our history has been adequately acknowledged. There is Neil A. Swainson, B.A. '39, B.Ed. '50, M.A. '52, is assistant professor in the College of Education at Victoria College in Victoria. nothing here, really, of the story of our native peoples, just a passing reference to the first and still largely unappreciated prospecting feats in the Omineca-Cassiar country, practically nothing of the development and contribution of the province's educational system, and very little of the role of the churches in the maturing life of this province. The 500 pages, nevertheless, are packed with interesting and skilfully selected detail, and the critic who continues to regret omissions finds it difficult to suggest countervailing deletions from the story as it stands. EXCELLENT ILLUSTRATIONS The book contains some excellent illustrations of old B. C, and eight beautiful coloured engravings. It is unfortunate that it was impossible to include more. It is also unfortunate that it was not possible to include more than the two symbolic illustrations of B. C. in 1958, for they would have added considerably to the interest with which succeeding generations turn to these pages. (It is to be hoped that even industrial B. C. more than outdoes the promise of the picture labelled "B. C. of the future" —facing p. 279. Surely this hardly does justice even to Annacis Island.) Would not, furthermore, the lay reader have traded some of the reproduced cartoons for a few maps specifically designed to help him trace the many epic voyages of discovery and trade of which the first six chapters tell ? Inevitably and rightly much of our attention is directed to the province's political history. Here Dr. Ormsby is in her element. She is a fair and benign but shrewd observer who is pleasantly frank in her analysis of the calibre of the leading actors on our political stage during the last one hundred years. Reputations are adjusted in both directions. Douglas continues to emerge as the real giant of our embryonic years. Many British Columbians will be interested in the considerable stature afforded T. D. Pattullo as he receives his first real assessment at the hands of a professional historian. It is salutary to note how many of the contentious issues in our provincial politics today have been alive over most of the twentieth century. In spite of the fact that the casual reader could easily infer, incorrectly, that Mr. Bennett was the leader of the Social Credit party before the 1952 election, that Byron Johnson's hospital insurance legislation was just Dr. Weir's revived, and that the sales tax was introduced to finance it, those with any interest or ambition in the DR. MARGARET ORMSBY ... a shrewd observer science and art of government simply must not overlook this work. ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL While political and constitutional matters loom large, the role of the individual citizen and changes in the nature of the economy have not been ignored. These pages contain, for example, the story of railway promoting and building, an outline of at least major technological changes in the basic industries, a description of the waves of immigration and of the charging nature of urban settlement, especially in Victoria and Vancouver, and a good deal of attention to the alternation of eras of prosperity and distress. Many British Columbians will read here of movements and symptoms and parties of protest of which they have never heard, or which they have long since forgotten. Some may disagree with the contention that, in 1958, "More than ever before, British Columbia, with great capitalists and a large labouring force in its midst, was a class-divided society." But all who know the province and, especially, its small towns, will nod in agreement at the succinct description of the fusion of cultures which is particularly typical of B. C. life. In the fields with which it has dealt, this is as erudite a general history as one could wish for. It is, in fact, superb—a credit to its author and a compliment to the reading public. Any sane perusal of it should do much to restore that sense of perspective which, in our preoccupation with the rate of material expansion, we in this province seem at this moment to be in danger of losing. 23 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE THE SCHOOL OF Its Development and Function By BOB OSBORNE Physical education, both as a service to the students and as one of the University's instructional divisions, owes a great deal to student interest and initiative. At the same time it should be made clear that, in spite of the problems confronting this young University, struggling to establish itself on a new campus during a difficult economic period, several members of the administration and faculty at an early period were concerned with establishing physical education on the campus. In 1935 a Committee on Physical Education made preliminary investigations and proposed that work in physical education be initiated. BEGINNINGS IN 1934 The earliest interest in professional preparation of physical education teachers at the University of British Columbia may be said to date from 1933-34 if the rather limited offering to students in the post-graduate teacher training program is considered in that light. Full-time staff appointments, however, were not made by the Board of Governors until 1936 when Miss Gertrude Moore and Mr. M. L. Van Vliet were appointed as instructors. These appointments perhaps represented more of an interest on the part of the University in encouraging student participation in physical education than in developing a professional training program. The influence of these two new advocates soon began to be felt and on October 6th, 1939, Robert F. Osborne, B.A. '33, B.Ed. '48, is professor and head of the school of physical education. the Board of Governors approved the following recommendation of Senate: "THAT as soon as possible thereafter a Department of Health and Physical Education be established." During World War II no new developments took place, although the compulsory military training imposed new regulations on students and included a physical education program which was carried on by the staff in spite of great difficulties. Coincidental with the end of the war in 1945 Miss Moore resigned to enter the field of camping and Mr. Van Vliet to accept a new post at the University of Alberta. In September of 1945 Mrs. M. Sleightholme (nee Jean Salter, B.A. '30) was appointed director of physical education for women and Mr. R. F. Osborne director of physical education for men, with Mr. H. D. Whittle and Miss Isobel Clay (now Mrs. Peter Hobson) as assistants. At this time the Board of Governors approved of a proposal to initiate a compulsory physical education requirement for first and second year students and the first formal program was put into effect. In the spring of 1946 Mrs. Sleightholme resigned and subsequently Miss Marian Henderson (now Mrs. H. Penney) was appointed as her successor. PROPOSE DEGREE COURSE In the fall of 1945 the B.C. branch of the then Canadian Physical Education Association, in a letter to President MacKenzie, proposed that the University establish a degree course in physical education. The President expressed the interest of the Board of Governors in this project and so during the 1945-46 session considerable study was devoted to the possibilities and problems involved in initiating a degree course. Because of the sympathetic consideration of the Administration and the University Committee on Physical Education and Athletics, a recommendation was submitted to the Senate and the Board of Governors, with the result that physical education was recognized as a department and the first courses towards the degree of bachelor of physical education were offered in the fall of 1946. During 1951 a review of the functions of the department of physical education on the campus was conducted and effective January 1st, 1952, the school of physical education came into existence, within the Faculty of Arts and Science. The present functions of the School may be considered under five headings: (1) the compulsory program for students in the first two years; (2) the intramural sports program; (3) the extramural sports program; (4) the physical education courses for students majoring in physical education in the Faculty of Education; and (5) the courses leading to the degrees of bachelor and master of physical education. COMPULSORY PROGRAM It has long been recognized that persons engaged in sedentary occupations require physical activity as a relief or a change of pace from their pursuits which may involve a very restricted amount of body movement. A great many students fall into this category and fail to realize the necessity of a physical expression which paradoxically diminishes rather than adds to the recognizable fatigue brought on by the demands of concentration and study. The relationship of such fatigue to nervous tension and incipient poor mental health is a factor which can no longer be overlooked in the pressures of modern society. In recognition of this situation and of the responsibility of the University for the total welfare of the students, the Senate recommended in 1945, and subsequently re-affirmed its position in 1957 and 1958, that a physical education requirement of two hours per week be met by all students during their first two years of university. PERSONAL CHOICE The spirit of this regulation is contained in the belief that students should be compelled to elect some physical activity in their earlier years with the hope that they will seek their own physical recreation in later years. Therefore, the program, within the limits imposed by shortage of facilities, is designed to provide a wide range of activities and to permit the student as much personal choice as possible in satisfying the requirement. The intramural sports programs for men and women are operated by student committees under the guidance and direction of faculty members. Two essential features of the intramural system are the freedom of individuals to form groups acceptable for competition and the assumption of responsibility by student leaders to organize a competitive program in co-operation with staff members. A serious lack of playing fields restricts the outdoor activities which could be carried on. In spite of the problems caused by the heavy demands upon facilities, interest in the intramurals runs very high. Last year 25 organizations were represented in the women's program and 42 in the men's. In many cases organizations entered more than one team in a tournament or league. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 24 PHYSICAL EDUCATION This year, for example, the Engineers have nine teams entered in the men's basketball league. During the month of February alone, thirty-six games were scheduled in the "A" league and sixty games in the "B" league. More games would be scheduled to meet the demand, if gymnasium space were available. This same situation applies to other activities and is a good indication of the students' desire to participate in an organized recreation program. NEW EXPERIMENT Another interesting example of student enthusiasm was demonstrated when a new experiment was tried this session. Instead of entering a University ice hockey team in a local league as in the past, the Men's Athletic Committee agreed to co-operate with the intramural board and to make equipment and ice time available so that intramural competition could be conducted. In spite of the fact that games had to be played at very inconvenient times, twenty teams competed in a schedule at Kerrisdale Arena. All of the competitors were then given an opportunity to try out for the team which will represent U.B.C. in their annual series against the University of Alberta. It is easy to imagine the effect which an ice arena on the campus would have on this program. It is the policy of the School to work in full co-operation with the Athletic Committees and to put into effect the policies on athletics as enunciated by Senate. In so far as it is practical, all staff members contribute in some way to the coaching or administration of extramural teams. The ideal situation would be to have a faculty member available to assist with each of the sports. This situation, unfortunately, does not prevail and so the assistance of interested members of the community is welcomed and made use of in a number of sports, both for men and women. The Women's Athletic Committee organizes and administers 15 teams and the Men's Athletic Committee 41 teams in 23 sports. PROGRAM FOR EDUCATION STUDENTS Students who elect physical education as one of their majors in the bachelor of education (elementary) and the bachelor of education (secondary) degrees choose courses offered by the school of physical education. Students in the above programs are not required to study anatomy and physiology and pre-requisite courses for these subjects, and they are not required to take as many courses in physical education as students in the bachelor of physical education degree course. In other respects, however, they are treated on the same basis as B.P.E. candidates, and courses are common for both groups. In addition to the above, the school offers course work for students in the one year graduate teacher training program. Although the first two programs referred to above were initiated recently when the College of Education was established on the campus no change of philosophy was required of the school of physical education. From the begining of its professional training program, the school has stressed the methods and principles appropriate to the public school system. The emphasis has been, and still is, placed on the full educational implications of activities rather than the development of mere physical prowess. Ten years have now elapsed since the first class of nine women and twenty-nine men graduated with the degree of bachelor of physical education. Since 1949, 253 young men and women have been awarded degrees. The majority of these graduates have gone into teaching in the secondary schools but it is interesting to note that 26 are now employed in recreation, 12 in the armed services and 13 in universities. MANY MARRIED Many of the 73 women graduates are married and have families and less than half are now actively engaged in teaching. It is obvious, therefore, that present arrangements are not succeeding in providing enough qualified women physical education teachers to meet the growing demand. Consequently, it would appear that new programs, both of recruitment and of training, must be explored. The loss to the teaching profession is, however, offset to some extent by the contributions which many of these housewives will make to physical education and recreation in their communities. The school is proud of the records of its graduates, of whom 32 have gone on to do graduate studies. At least seven of these are well advanced on their doctorates and some will receive their degrees this year. The interest in graduate work on the part of its own graduates was one of the factors which encouraged the school to consider the establishment of a master of physical education degree at U.B.C. The proposed program was approved in 1958 and so last fall the first candidates were accepted for the new degree which is the first graduate degree in physical education education to be offered in Canada. ADDITIONAL STAFF NEEDED From the very modest beginnings referred to previously, the staff has grown along with the University until today there are 14 full-time members. The normal expansion owing to increasing enrolment and the new principles of the Senate with respect to intercollegiate or extramural athletics necessitate additional staff. It is expected that in due course provision will be made for the necessary personnel as well as for the needed facilities. In the meantime, the school is looking forward to meeting the challenge of the future. The inevitability of the further change which automation will bring about in the habits of our society can no longer be doubted. The significance of physical education and its capacity not only for assisting in the development of the youth of our country but also for enriching the lives of persons of all ages is slowly being understood and appreciated by the leaders of our society. It is the responsibility of the school of physical education to assist in the interpretation of these concepts through the preparation of professional personnel, through the encouragement of student activities on the campus, and through co-operating with the schools and the community at large. 1 JiimMHh ATHLETIC CENTRE at U.B.C. is the War Memorial Gymnasium, which was opened in 1951. Adjacent to the Gym is Empire Pool, built in 1954 to accommodate the swimming events for the British Empire Games. The Gymnasium houses the offices of the School of Physical Education. 25 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE Alumnae and Alumni I Items of Alumni news are invited in the form of press clippings or personal letters. These should reach the Editor, U.B.C, Alumni Chronicle, 252 Brock Hall, U.B.C, for the next issue not later than May 1.) 1921 Bay M. Carter, B.A.Sc, retired in January from the post of advertising director of "The Province" after 36 years in advertising. He brought to his chosen field a varied experience. He served through World War I with the Canadian Field Artillery and finally as a pilot with the R.A.F. A natural athlete, he "worked" his way through U.B.C. by playing field lacrosse with the Vancouver professional lacrosse team. He began his career in newspaper advertising after he left his job as a mining engineer at Britannia to play professional lacrosse once more. 1923 Sidney C. Barry, B.S.A., has been named director-general of the production and marketing branch of the department of agriculture at Ottawa. Joseph F. Brown, B.A., M.A. '25, Great Trekker Award, 1950, has been appointed a member of the new Board of Broadcast Governors. Norman A. Robertson, B.A., LL.D. '45, now under-secretary of state in the department of external affairs, Ottawa, was given an honorary degree by Acadia University, Wolf ville, Nova Scotia, at a special convocation in December. R. E. Walker, B.A., who resigned recently as president of the British Columbia Packers Limited, owing to ill health, began his career in the fishing industry at the age of 15. While he was at university he spent his summers working for fish packers. Mr. Walker was a member of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada for 20 years, and at the time of his resignation was executive member and chairman of the western division. 1924 Allen E. Davidson, B.A., M.D. (Alta.), clinical instructor, department of psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, has been recently appointed director of Provincial Mental Health Services at Essondale. Val Gwyther, B.A.Sc, in his efforts to encourage the optimum use of the resources of British Columbia, has shown a keen interest in the problems currently inhibiting development of the Fraser River basin. In his paper "Multiple purpose development of the Fraser River basin—the solution to the conflict of fish and power," published in the October, 1958 issue of the "B. C. Professional Engineer," Mr. Gwyther calls for a much broader approach to the fish-power question so that the province can enjoy both potential uses of the Fraser River. Commenting on Mr. Gwyther's article, an editorial in the January, 1959 issue of "Water Power," leading technical journal published in London, England, points out: "Mr. Gwyther argues very convincingly that fish and power are not mutually antagonistic and that if suitable precautions are taken by the power authorities the erection of power plants on the Fraser could lead to heavier and more regular runs of salmon." Jack Leslie Huggett, B.A.Sc, M.A.Sc '25, D.Sc (U. of Paris), recently retired from his position as refinery manager, Imperial Oil, Sarnia, Ontario. Paul McLane, B.A., formerly western representative of the department of trade and commerce with headquarters in Vancouver, has been named as commercial counsellor to the Canadian Embassy at Athens, Greece. 1925 William C. Cameron, B.S.A., is the new assistant director-general of production and marketing branch of the department of agriculture, Ottawa. F. A. Lazenby, B.A.Sc, has been promoted to assistant chief engineer (executive) for the B. C. Electric Company. He joined the company in 1925, on graduation in civil engineering. Attention Alumni WHENEVER YOU NEED BOOKS •TEXT • TRADE • MEDICAL • TECHNICAL • HARD-BACK • PAPER-BACK Write or Phone: THE UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE The University of B. C, Vancouver 8, B. C. Have You Got Your Copy of "Tuum Est," the New University History? CROFTON HOUSE SCHOOL Founded by the Misses Gordon, 1898 PRIMARY CLASSES to MATRICULATION Music - Art - Home Economics - Gymnastics - Games - Dancing - Riding Dramatics - Girl Guides - Brownie Pack Apply to the Headmistress Muriel Bedford-Jones, B.A., Hons., McGill Univ. 3200 W. 41st Avenue, Vancouver Phone AM herst 1-5011 "A CITY SCHOOL IN COUNTRY SETTING" 1927 George W. Miller, B.A.Sc, has been made general superintendent of the C.P.R. 's Ontario district, with headquarters in Toronto. 1929 Christopher Riley, B.A. (McMaster), M.A., Ph.D. (Chicago), newly elected president of the B. C. and Yukon Chamber of Mines, was the speaker at the sixth annual prospectors' and developers' convention in Edmonton, February 19 to 21. An expert on mining development in B. C. and northwestern Canada, he is western vice-president of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. In 1932, he went with an exploration party to Great Bear Lake where he became interested in development of the Northwest Territories. He established an assay office and analytical laboratory in Edmonton and was a consultant for various northern mining interests. From 1938 to 1946, in Toronto, he was in charge of Pioneer Gold Mines' Pre-Cambrian exploration, then was transferred to Vancouver as chief geologist in charge of exploration. 1930 Lome F. Swannell, B.A., B.A.Sc. '31, has been appoi n ted chief forester, operations branch, B. C. Forest Service. 1931 Edith J. Green, B.A., B.S. in Lib.Sc. (U. of Wash.), Diploma, Royal Victoria School of Nursing (Montreal), M.N. (U. of Wash.), has been appointed assistant professor in the division of nursing education at Indiana University. She was a lecturer and assistant professor at McGill University from 1951-53, and professor in the University of Alexandria (Egypt), 1954-56. Herbert H. Griffin, M.C, B.A., who resigned as a B. C. power commissioner in November, has been appointed assistant chief commissioner of the federal board of transport commissioners. He became a lawyer after graduation from U.B.C. After serving in the forces during World War II he joined the power commission as solicitor in 1946, a few months after it was formed, and was made a commissioner in 1954. 1932 Charles Johnstone Armstrong, B.A., Ph.D. (Harvard), will be inaugurated as tenth president of the University of Nevada in Reno on Sunday, April 19, 1959. He was formerly president of Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon. Lloyd Williams, B.A.Sc, has been made assistant to the manager of the engineering division, Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, at Trail. 1933 H. Thomas Miard, B.A.Sc, former assistant deputy minister of highways of British Columbia, was promoted to deputy minister effective September 1, 1958. Mr. Miard is a member of the Engineering Institute of Canada and the Association of Professional Engineers of B. C. PITMAN BUSINESS COLLEGE " Vancouver's Leading Business College" Secretarial Training, Stenography, Accounting, Dictaphone Typewriting, Comptometer Individual Instruction Enrol at Any Time Broadway and Granville VANCOUVER 9, B.C. Telephone: CHerry 7848 MRS. A. S. KANCS, P.C.T., G.C.T. Principal U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 26 1934 Albert Thomas Alsbury, B.A., B.Ed. 'Al, better known as Tom Alsbury, is the new mayor of Vancouver. His Worship started teaching in 1924. As he taught he continued his own formal education, majoring in economics for his B.A. degree, and obtaining his B.Ed, degree still later. In 1952 he became principal of Magee High School, which he had attended years before. He has had experience in labour relations and on conciliation boards and has given much thought to problems of civic administration and economic theory. He has read widely as a student of the American Civil War. Rev. Dr. C. H. Bentall, B.A., at present minister of Walmer Road Baptist Church, Toronto, has accepted a call to First Baptist Church, Calgary. He will take over his new post in June. 1935 John J. Conway, B.A., Ph.D. (Harvard), is master of Leverett House, one of seven centres of undergraduate life at Harvard, where some 350 students reside. He is an historian, whose special field is Canada and the Commonwealth. Robert J. Donald, B.A.Sc, M.A.Sc. '36, M.C.I.C., until recently technical superintendent, Sarnia refinery, is now chief chemist, manufacturing department, of Imperial Oil in Toronto. W. C. (Cy) Phillips, B.A.Sc, has been made district forester of the Kamloops Forest District as of January 1, 1959. Since joining the Forest Service in 1937 he has been stationed in Ocean Falls, Nelson, Kamloops and Prince George. 1936 G. F. Green, B.A.Sc, has been promoted to assistant chief engineer (technical services) for the B. C. Electric Company. He joined the company the year after he graduated in electrical engineering. D. Lloyd Munroe, B.A., B.A.Sc'37, has been appointed technical consultant for the sales department of Canadian Johns-Manville at Asbestos, P.Q. His task in the newly established position will be to see that customers are supplied with the quality of fibres most appropriate to their needs. He joined the company after war service with the Royal Canadian Engineers. Before the war he had been a mining engineer with Siscoe Gold Mines, Kerr-Addison Gold Mines and chief engineer with Granby Consolidated Mining Company. 1937 Noel W. Hendry, B.A.Sc, has been named general sales manager of the Canadian Johns- Manville Company at Asbestos, P.Q. He joined the company after service with the R.C.N.V.R. on this coast during the last war. Before the war he worked as a geologist with Canadian Exploration Limited, with Cariboo Gold Quartz Mining Company, and with Free- port Sulphur Company. Robert T. McKenzie, B.A., on leave of absence from the London School of Economics, is a visiting lecturer at Harvard University. While there, he is also conducting weekly seminars at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. In March he will spend three weeks in Warsaw lecturing in a regular series of exchange lectures. His course in all three centres is on the British political process and the variations of it within the Commonwealth. In Warsaw he will speak in English, with Polish translations interspersed every fifteen minutes. 1938 Lawrie Wallace, B.A., has been made deputy provincial secretary in Victoria. He was director of community programs and co-ordinator of teacher recruitment in the department of education, and was the chairman of the province's Centennial Committee which made such a success of the recent celebrations. 1939 C. Rann Matthison, B.A., has been appointed administrative vice-president of Westminster Paper Company Limited, New Westminster. Dr. Milton C. Taylor, B.S.A., M.S.A. '46, professor of economics at Michigan State University, is now in Saigon for research work with the U.S. government's U.N. mission. Frank J. E. Turner, B.Com., former director of the U.B.C. Alumni Association, has qualified for the second straight year as one of London Life Insurance Company's production leaders. He is second vice-president of the Life Underwriters' Association of Vancouver, and is editor of their monthly bulletin, "B. C. Breezes." He has also been re-elected to the executive of the Advertising and Sales Bureau of the Vancouver Board of Trade, and is co-editor of the weekly bulletin, "Tear Sheet." 1941 Sidney Charles Kilbank, B.A., has been appointed to the newly created post of area sales manager for Polymer in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Mr. Kilbank joined the Polymer Corporation as a chemist in 1946 and transferred to their sales service in 1950. Patrick W. Nasmyth, B.A.Sc, M.A. '52, is the new director of scientific services, Royal Canadian Navy, at Ottawa. A physicist with the Defence Research Board's Pacific Naval Laboratory at Esquimalt since 1948, in his new position he will be responsible for coordinating all navy research and scientific development projects, and for ensuring coordination between the various naval headquarters directorates and the D.R.B. and other scientific agencies. C. William Van Houten, B.Com., has been made a vice-president of Young & Rubicam Ltd. He joined the advertising company as an account executive, and was made head of the contact department in Toronto in 1958. He was assistant professor of marketing here for six years before joining Young & Rubicam. 1943 John J. Carson, B.A., has been promoted to director of industrial relations for the B. C. Electric Company. Hugh U. Hall, B.Com., has been appointed Vancouver branch manager of the Commercial Insurance Agency Limited. The operations of Cameron & Woodward Insurance Agencies Limited have recently been consolidated with it. Stanley W. Metcalfe, B.A., M.A. '45, has been appointed chief analyst and assayer of the B. C. department of mines. He joined the analytical and assay branch of the department in 1943. He is a member of the VISIT BANFF THIS SUMMER ... it's so easy by rail! Make this your summer for a holiday in Banff. One of the world's most beautiful alpine resorts—right here in our own country—you really should pay Banff a visit. Quite apart from such interesting activities as the Banff School of Fine Arts, for instance, there's always something stimulating and exciting going on here. The most practical and pleasant way to get to Banff for your holiday—or as a stopover on your way to Eastern Canada—is by one of Canadian Pacific's Scenic Dome trains: the "Canadian" or the "Dominion". You'll have your choice of berths, roomettes, bedrooms, compartments or drawing rooms Economical Skyline Coffee Shop or De Luxe Dining Room Car for your added enjoyment. For full information and reservations, contact any Canadian Pacific office. 27 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE Chemical Institute of Canada and of the American Chemical Society. E. Douglas Sutcliffe, B.A.Sc, has been appointed general manager of Western Development and Power Ltd., subsidiary company of B. C. Electric Company. He was formerly executive assistant to W. C. Mainwaring, vice- president and assistant to the president, who has retired. Western Development and Power Ltd. plans, researches and otherwise encourages industrial development in the lower mainland and other parts of B. C. 1945 Robert Frederick Binnie, B.A.Sc, chief engineer of the General Construction Company, Ltd., of Vancouver, was elected president of the Canadian Technical Asphalt Association at its annual conference in Toronto in November. Ross G. Woodman, B.A., M.A. (Man.), Ph.D. (Tor.), who is teaching English at University College. University of Western Ontario, gave a paper on "Shelly as critic" at the 75th anniversary meeting of the Modern Language Association of America in New York at Christmas time. Dr. Woodman is preparing his doctoral thesis on Shelley for publication; it will be titled "The apocalyptic vision of Shelley." 1946 Elvet Glyn Jones, B.A., M.A. '49, majoring in psychology, has recently received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Minnesota. 1947 Edward Thomson Kirkpatrick, B.A.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D. (Carnegie Tech.), has been appointed assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. He has taught at Carnegie Institute of Technology and the University of West Virginia, and before that was in industry in Canada. His major field of research is thermodynamics. M. Allan MacDonald, B.S.A., M.S.A. '49, PhD (Oregon S.C.), has been appointed to the staff of Macdonald College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue. P.Q.. as assistant professor of animal husbandry. Dr. MacDonald took his Ph.D. in animal physiology with animal nutrition and biochemistry as minor fields. He spent three years in New Zealand as research officer in charge of beef cattle research at Ruakura Animal Research Station. Hamilton. He was also technical adviser to the Now Zealand Meat Board and undertook a study which led to the formation of the New Zealand Meat Research Institute. Returning from New Zealand, he spent several months in Australia. Ceylon, India and Great Britain. D. F. Miller, B.Com., has been named to the Fisheries Research Board for a five-year term to succeed R. E. Walker, who has retired. 1948 E. Thomas L. Cantell, LL.B., has been appointed superintendent of insurance and real estate for the provincial government. Mr. Cantell, a former New Westminster lawyer, has been deputy superintendent of brokers. He joined the government service in 1951. The Rev. Michael Creal, B.A., M.A. (Tor.), B.D. (Trin.), has been appointed general secretary of the General Board of Religous Education of the Anglican Church of Canada. Ivo Giovanni Dalla-Lana, B.A.Sc, has received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Minnesota. He graduated from U.B.C. in chemical engineering and obtained his master's degree from the University of Alberta, where he is now teaching. R. S. (Bob) Harwood, B.Com., is advertising and sales manager of Moffats Limited in Toronto. He joined the firm in 1953 in Vancouver. J. D. McCawley, B.A., B.A.Sc '49, in chemical engineering, has been promoted to senior engineer at Union Oil Company of California's Research Center, Brea, California. Lome E. Rowebottom, B.A., has been appointed director of the prices division of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Harry R. Webster, B.A., has been appointed superintendent of Elk Island National Park in the National Parks Service of the federal department of northern affairs and natural resources. The buffalo herd in the park is one of the largest in North America. After taking his degree in zoology, Mr. Webster joined the National Parks Branch, then trans ferred to the Canadian Wildlife Service as a biologist. He served in Canada and overseas with the R.C.A.F. during the last war. He had taught school for some years in B. C. prior to his war service. 1949 C. Newton Hopkins, B.A.Sc, has been promoted to plant engineer in the chlorine-caustic soda plant of Hooker Chemicals Limited in North Vancouver. Mr. Hopkins is responsible for all of the plant's engineering and maintenance. Daniel E. McLeod, B.A., LL.B. '50, has been appointed assistant general manager of The Holland Life Insurance Society Ltd. He is a member of the Ontario Bar and has had extensive experience in the life insurance business. J. P. Rokosh, B.A.Sc, in mining engineering, has been appointed method study technician in the Kimberley Mines division of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company. R. J. Shepp, B.A., has been appointed general operating supervisor, integrated data processing, for the C.P.R. in Montreal. James E. Smith, B.A.Sc, has been appointed chief, Norden Products sales for Canadian Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company Ltd. The appointment marks the firm's entry into the field of electronics and data processing as Canadian representatives of the new Norden division of United Aircraft Corporation. Mr. Smith has served with the National Research Council, the R.C.A.F., and with Computing Devices of Canada, Limited. Roy H. Woodman, B.A., B.Com. '50, has been made general manager of the Quebec division of John Labatt Limited. Labatt's have a brewery in Ville La Salle, a suburb of Montreal. He has been comptroller of the Company at London, Ontario, since 1956. After graduating in economics and commerce, Mr. Woodman studied business administration at Harvard. 1950 R. G. Bodie, B.A.Sc, has been made assistant pot-room superintendent in the Aluminum Company of Canada's Arvida plant in Quebec After graduation in metallurgical engineering he worked for the Steel Company of Canada before joining Alcan at the time of the reopening of their Beauharnois plant. Mr. Bodie served in the R.C.A.F. during the last war. Iva M. Lester, B.A., M.B.A. (New York), has recently received her Master's degree in business administration from New York University. Miss Lester, who has been with the United Nations in New York since her graduation from U.B.C, is presently with the accounts division, Office of the Controller. Her work is varied and interesting and includes reconciling of bank accounts from all over the world in connection with the members' contributions to the U.N. and its Technical Assistance Program, work with the accounts of the Compulsory Pension Fund, and work with the accounts of the U.N. Emergency Force in Gaza. W. J. McNicol, B.A.Sc, has been appointed manager of the Canadian Westinghouse Company's Ontario district. Hugh W. Nasmith, B.A.Sc, has joined the consulting engineering firm of R. C. Thurber & Associates Ltd. of Victoria. He will assist the firm in its study of slope stability, landslides and bridge and building foundations. Mr. Nasmith has been a geologist with the department of mines for the last eight years. He has specialized in studies of unconsolidated materials and glacial geology, with emphasis on engineering geology and ground water development. He is a graduate also of the University of Washington. Murray Osten, M.C, B.S.A., has been appointed superintendent of Sardis utility plant of Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association. He graduated in dairy bacteriology He succeeds Fred Hutchings, B.SA. '48, who has left to accept a position in California 1951 George E. Little, LL.B., has been named as solicitor in charge of the legal department of Triad Oil Company, Calgary. He is a member of the B. C and Alberta Bars. J. D. (Denny) MacDonald, B.S.F., has been appointed forest protection officer for the Prince George forest district. Foresight... In the minds of most people is the hope that at some time they will attain a measure of financial independence. Too often this attainment is left to accident or luck. Neither is satisfactory • • • neither is sound. Experience shows that the only sure way of reaching this position is by a sound plan of investment . . . a plan designed for the investor's own requirements, plus the courage and foresight to carry it out. 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CATHARINES TWEN SOUND QUEBEC BOSTON. MA5S. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 28 THE FACULTY President N. A. M. MacKenzie in December was elected chairman of the board of trustees, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The primary function of the foundation is to provide retirement allowances and pensions for college professors and their widows. The foundation gave this1 University its first start in 1924 on faculty pensions. The President was in Ottawa February 2-4 for meetings of the Canada Council and of the newly-formed National Commission for Unesco, of which he is president. Geoffrey O. B. Davies, M.A. (Cantab.), associate professor in the department of history and assistant to the president, has been given a year's leave of absence on grants from the Canada Council and the Carnegie Corporation, to travel and study changes and developments within the Commonwealth and the new patterns of political co-operation between its members. Kenneth A. Evelyn, B.Sc. (McGill), M.D., CM. (McGill), F.R.C.P. (C), has been named professor and director, G. F. Strong Laboratory for Medical Research. The B.C. Medical Research Institute, of which Dr. Evelyn was director, formerly operated the research laboratory. They have given the research equipment, valued at $61,000, to the University's Faculty of Medicine, and a gift of $95,000 to the Development Fund. The laboratory, named after the late Dr. Strong, one of the founders of B.C.M.R.I, and a leading heart specialist, will be housed in the medical school building at the Vancouver General Hospital. Jack Halpern, B.Sc, Ph.D. (McGill), department of chemistry, is on leave for a year, on a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. * * * Vladimir J. Okulitch, M.A.Sc. (Brit. Col.), Ph.D. (McGill), F.G.S.A., F.P.S. F.R.S.C., has been named R. W. Brock professor, and head of the department of geology. The Senate has approved the separation of the department of geology and geography, linked since 1922, into two separate departments. Dr. J. Lewis Robinson, B.A. (Western Ont.), M.A. (Syracuse), Ph.D. (Clark) will head the department of geography. H. Rocke Robertson B.Sc, M.D. (McGill), F.R.C.S. (E and C), F.A.- C.S., acting dean of medicine, head of the department of surgery in the Faculty of Medicine and director of surgery at both Vancouver General and Shaughnessy hospitals, has resigned to become chairman of the department of surgery at McGill Uni- Paediatrician Named Medical School Dean The appointment of Dr. John F. McCreary as dean of the Faculty of Medicine at U.B.C. was announced recently by President N. A. M. MacKenzie. Dr. McCreary will resign as head of the U.B.C. medical school's department of paediatrics but will remain as a professor in that department and will continue to teach medical students and others in this field. Dr. McCreary succeeds Dr. John Patterson who resigned in September, 1958, to become dean of medicine at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. McCreary, who received his medical degree from the University of Toronto in 1934, came to Vancouver in 1951 as head of the paediatrics department of U.B.C.'s newly-formed medical school. The same year he was named paediatrician-in-chief of the Health Centre for Children. Prior to World War II Dr. McCreary was associated with Toronto's General Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children. From 1939 to 1941 he was Milbank Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital. As a wing commander with the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1942 to 1945 Dr. McCreary acted as a consultant in nutrition and in 1944 was detached to SHAEF headquarters in Europe to carry out examinations of more than 50,000 children in liberated areas of Europe. In recognition of this work, most of which was done in Holland, the Netherlands government awarded him one of its most distinguished decorations and named him an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. From 1945 to 1951 Dr. McCreary practised paediatrics in Toronto Dr. JOHN McCREARY and was associated with the Hospital for Sick Children, Wellesley Hospital and Grace Hospital in that city. In B.C. he has acted as a consultant to St. Paul's hospital, the Vancouver Island Solarium, Coqua- leetza Indian Hospital Sardis, and the Miller Bay Indian Hospital. He has retained the rank of group captain in the RCAF and has acted as a nutrition consultant from 1946 to the present. In 1957 Dr. McCreary spent three months in India as a member of a Colombo Plan mission studying medical education. Dr. McCreary has written numerous articles on paediatrics for medical journals. He also co-edited and wrote several chapters of a book on paediatrics published by the J. B. Lippincott Company in 1956. versity and surgeon-in-chief at Montreal General hospital, where he will have a new research laboratory to continue his research work. Dr. Robertson has already had a notable career as a surgeon, and signal honours. He leaves behind a record of outstanding contribution to the development of surgical technique and research in Vancouver including a key role in the introduction of the mechanical heart-lung machine. R. I. Ruggles, B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (Syracuse), Ph.D. (London), of the department of geography, will spend two months in the Soviet Union this summer, and has been granted leave of absence for next year to do research at the Library of Congress, Washington, on the eastern Soviets. Dorothy Somerset, A.B. (Radcliffe) has been made head of the newly established department of theatre in the Faculty of Arts and Science. 29 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE IF you have any banking problems don't hesitate to consult your BNS manager. If it's important to you—it's important to us. The BANK of NOVA SCOTIA • Your Partner in Helping Canada Grow x24 BRANCHES SERVING VANCOUVER' rrmrr Export A FILTER TIP CIGARETTES How long since YOU said something controversial? IN ANY DISCUSSION people who are really well informed take the lead because they're up on a variety of facts and can offer controversial opinions without being opinionated. How about you? We suggest that reading The Vancouver Sun in depth and detail is an excellent way to add to your store of information on the world and the way it wags. SEE IT IN THE U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 30 Rugby Teams Defend Two Trophies U.B.C. teams have always set a high standard in local rugby circles, and have done exceptionally well against touring international teams. This season, the "Thunderbirds" will defend two historic trophies, and it may be of interest to followers of rugby to read a brief account of the background of these competitions. THE MCKECHNIE CUP In 1895 the late Dr. R. E. McKechnie donated the McKechnie Trophy to be competed for by Victoria, Vancouver and Varsity Rugby Unions. Dr. McKechnie, after serving on the U.B.C. board of governors in 1914-17, became chancellor of the University in 1918, succeeding the Hon. F. Carter Cotton. The beautiful trophy which he donated became emblematic of the English rugby championship of British Columbia, and during the period from 1895, the U.B.C. "Thunderbirds" have won the McKechnie Cup 16 times, and have tied with Vancouver on two occasions. This year, Albert Laithwaite's 'Birds are well on the way to retaining the Cup, having defeated Victoria "Crimson Tide" twice and have only to defeat Vancouver this month in a sudden-death playoff. THE WORLD CUP In 1920 Mr. John Nelson, publisher of the Vancouver World newspaper (now the Vancouver Sun), donated a trophy to be competed for on an international-intercollegiate basis, between the University of B.C. and a United States university. Between 1920 and 1938, U.B.C. played Stanford, California, and the Cali fornia Olympic Club, winning five of the seven games played. In 1947 U.B.C. and the University of California agreed to play a four-game, home and home series for the trophy, and during the period 1947-58 these teams played twelve "series", with U.B.C. winning the World Cup seven times. This year U.B.C. was in Berkely on February 28-March 1, and the "Golden Bears" will visit Vancouver March 26-28. In recent years intercollegiate rugby has grown tremendously in California, and it is possible that the World Cup competition will be expanded to include other universities besides California. U.C.L.A. has indicated its willingness to enter into regular scheduled games with U.B.C, and is in fact travelling to Vancouver for two exhibition games on April 2 and 4 at U.B.C. Stadium. In addition U.B.C. played two games at Los Angeles in March, as an extension of its Berkeley trip. TOUR JAPAN In 1932 the B.C. Rugby Union sent a team to Japan, and now 27 years later, another representative team will leave Vancouver on February 25 for a series of eight matches against Japanese universities and national teams. Included on the B.C. team are four University representatives—students Ted Hunt, Gerry McGavin, Neal Henderson, and P.E. staff member Dr. Max Howell. CLOVER LEAF SEAFOODS WONDERFUL IN CASSEROLES APPETIZING IN SANDWICHES SALMON Canada's Leading Brand of Seafoods DELICIOUS IN SALADS 31 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS Summer Session Opens June 29 Extension department officials have announced the establishment of a school of public affairs as part of U.B.C.'s summer school of the arts. SEMINAR ON INDIA The school will consist of a number of non-credit courses and lectures in the field of international and public affairs. A highlight of the 1959 school with be a seminar on India. Other innovations in the extension summer school program will be courses in communications and dance. The communications section will include courses on film production, speech for broadcasting, television production and acting for television. DANCE COURSES Dance courses will be directed by Jean Erdman, a former member of Need corrugated boxes in volume; £V your H&D packaging engineer HINDE&DAUCH AUTHORITY ON PACKAGING TORONTO 3, ONTARIO the Martha Graham dance company. Courses will include national dance styles, history of dance and contemporary dance. Jacques de Tonnancour of Quebec will be one of several outstanding Canadian artists from French Canada who will conduct arts and crafts courses. George Schick will again direct the summer school of music and students will participate in operas and concerts of lieder and concert literature. A series of lectures and demonstrations by artists who will participate in the second Vancouver International Festival is also being arranged. Miss Dorothy Somerset of U.B.C.'s department of theatre will direct the summer school of the theatre. Among the offerings are courses in theatre history, scene design and directing. One of the summer school's productions will be included in the Vancouver Festival program. CHILDREN'S THEATRE Guest director will be Dr. Robert Loper, director of the Oregon Shakespeare Theatre and associate professor of drama at Stanford University. Special courses in children's theatre will be directed by Brian Way, director of the London Children's Theatre Company in England. A highlight of the summer lecture series will be daily talks over a period of three weeks by Canadian author and critic Lister Sinclair. Theme of the program will be orientation in the arts. Students of the arts may apply for Canada Council scholarships and grants by writing to the Secretary, The Canada Council, 410 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario. Details concerning fees, scholarships and accommodation available, as well as a preliminary brochure outlining summer school offerings, can be obtained by writing to the U.B.C. Extension Department, Vancouver 8, B. C. OPEN JUNE 29 The summer session will begin on June 29, a week earlier than in previous years. Decision to change the date was made as a result of a poll taken last year among students, who said they favored the earlier date. Registration for the academic summer school should be completed by June 1. Registration must be completed by June 29, but after June 1 students will be charged a late fee. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 32 Campus News and Views By BILL BALLENTINE A.M.S. Public Relations Officer "Seriously inadequate" was Students' Council's reaction to the provincial operating grant to the University for 1959-60. In a statement issued following the announcement of the budget, the Council criticized the government for granting less than one-third of the University's request. At the same time, Students' Council praised the government's fee-sharing proposal as "the beginning of a good plan." The new scheme means that the provincial government will pay half the tuition fees of first-class students and one-third of the fees of the top two thousand second-class students. The plan also includes a two million dollar loan fund to be administered by the University. A brief to the Cabinet last May from the Council had urged that such a plan be set up. But the Council has expressed fears that a possible fee increase necessitated by the size of the operating grant would negate the benefits derived from the scholarship and loan fund. Six Councillors met in Victoria early in February with Education Minister L. R. Peterson to discuss University financing from the students' point of NEW A.M.S. PRESIDENT Threats from the Engineers to paint Brock Hall red and white followed the election recently of mechanical engineering student Peter Meekison to the presidency of the Alma Mater Society for the 1959-60 term. Meekison, who graduates this year, plans to do graduate work in business administration. The president-elect was first elected to Council two years ago, as second member at large. Since then, he has been active in a number of student projects, including the Leadership Conference and the Student Executive Program. Treasurer of the Alma Mater Society for the coming year will be Dave Edgar, Law I, who served on Students' Council this year as chairman of the University Clubs committee. Previously, Edgar was president of the Students' Council at Victoria College. Other Council positions filled in the first two of three election slates are Lynne Rogers, secretary; Ross Hus- don, chairman of the Undergraduate Societies committee; John Goodwin, first member at large; Jim Meekison, second member at large; Patti Darling, chairman, Associated Women Students; and Margaret McLaughlan, Women's Athletic Director. At press time, three other positions remained to be filled on the final slate: vice- president, co-ordinator of activities, and chairman of the University Clubs committee. BRIEF TO COMMISSION A general "lack of challenge" was the charge levelled at B. C's high school curriculum in the Alma Mater Society's brief to the Chant Commission on Education. Chairman of the committee to prepare the brief, Peter Heron, said the brief was presented because "it was decided that an interesting contribution could be made by presenting the opinions and ideas of a group of university students who have had both the time and the opportunity to assess the value to them as individuals of the program of studies since 1952 in secondary schools of British Columbia." The committee, in preparing the brief, studied detailed questionnaires given to graduating students in all faculties. The brief also recommended final government examinations for high school students, more subjective and intensive examinations in the University entrance program, and that more time be spent on the "core" subjects in the high school curriculum. * * * "THIS 'N' THAT . . ." The World University Service of Canada's summer seminar this June will be held in Jamaica. Two students from U.B.C. will attend discussions of "The West Indies in Transition." . . . The National Federation of Canadian University Students will sponsor a "National Students' Day" this spring ... To promote the opening of their spring blood drive campaign, the Engineers visited Brock Hall recently and later played host to members of the Students' Council at a traditional reception in the lily pond. The blood drive quota this year is 3000 pints. A.M.S. TREASURER John Helliwell has been named B.C.'s Rhodes Scholar for 1959. Currently registered in commerce, John will enrol at St. John's College, Oxford, in September to read politics, philosophy and economics. John is currently wearing a cast on his right wrist as the result of a Christmas accident. 33 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 34 By R. J. 'BUS' PHILLIPS Athletic Director Playing in their final season of the Evergreen Intercollegiate Conference, Jack Pomfret's fledgling "Thunderbirds" have completed 16 Exhibition and Conference games to date, winning 7 and losing 9. All of the Conference games thus far have been on the road, so with a "home" schedule for the balance of the season, we are hoping to come up with a few more wins to bolster our record. The team this year is bigger, on the average, and better balanced than previously. HEIGHT PROVIDED Freshmen Keith Hartley, Ed Gushue and Wayne Osborne are providing much needed height, and are improving with every game. Incidentally, Wayne is the son of Bob "Tony" Osborne, the director of the school of physical education. The Harlem Globetrotters will return to U.B.C. for a special game on April 10. This time they will bring an all-star aggregation, featuring 7'2" Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain. Ticket reservations may be made by contacting the U.B.C. athletic office in the Memorial Gym. Peter Mullins, U.B.C.'s track and J.V. basketball coach, played for the Filers Senior "A" team when they won the Canadian championship last spring, and as their key pivot man this lanky, athletic Australian was selected to play first strii.g centre for the Canadian representative team when it participated in the World Basketball Championship in Santiago, Chile in January. In his absence the J.V. team, which plays in the Vancouver Senior "A" League, was taken over by genial Frank Gnup, better known for his football exploits. Basketball fans at King Edward high school gymnasium were treated to an unusual and unexpected show when Frank appeared on the coaching scene, complete with cigar, umbrella and a multi-coloured beret. ICE HOCKEY This year the ice hockey team did not have a regular league schedule, because of the lack of local competition, and as a result the athletic committee decided to institute intramural hockey. With practically no publicity or persuasion on the part of Intramural Director Bob Hindmarch, 20 teams registered, and a knock-out competition was arranged at Kerrisdale arena. This unprecedented demand for ice hockey proved beyond a doubt the great need for an ice arena on the campus, and this facility may become a reality. The winter sports arena would include an ice rink, indoor swimming pool and a curling rink. SPORTS SUMMARY Birds Have Last Fling in Evergreen Loop Stimulated by intra-mural hockey, the first Varsity practice drew 50 enthusiastic players, giving coaches Frank Fredrickson, Dick Mitchell and Dick Christie the difficult task of cutting the squad down to 20 in preparation for the Hamber Cup Series against the University of Alberta, at Edmonton, on February 20 and 21. SKI TEAM The U.B.C. ski team is coached by Al Fisher, a native of Rossland, who graduated in engineering from Washington State College. In the past two years of skiing in the Pacific Northwest Conference we have consistently defeated the N.C.A.A. college teams, which includes Washington, Washington State, Idaho and Montana. In the downhill and slalom races this year we have won every race by a wide margin. Our top downhill and slalom competitor, John Piatt, is rated as one of Canada's leading skiers, and Roar Gjessing, a Norwegian student, is our leading cross country runner, having won two races and finished in the top five in all the races he has competed in during the past two years. The Athletic Committee decided, on the basis of the team's splendid performance this year, to send them to the top invitational ski meet at Reno, Nevada, later this month to compete against the best ski colleges in the United States. GYMNASTICS Dieter Weichert is U.B.C.'s top gymnast and in addition is a first-class student. His performances on the side horse, high and parallel bars have won him top honours in Pacific Northwest Intercollegiate meets this year. His flawless form is setting a high standard for our gymnasts, and he has inspired many students to turn out for this fine sport. GRASS HOCKEY Llr. Harry Warren's junior field hockey promotion is paying big dividends as more and more youngsters from the University area become undergraduates and join one of the four University teams playing in the local Grass Hockey League. We are also fortunate in having the assistance of Dr. Malcolm McGregor, who enthusiastically coaches the Varsity teams. Both of these gentlemen have evolved a unique system of development, unlike many of our sports, where the players themselves do the organizing, make the decisions, and generally coach each other. While this system might not be feasible in the more highly organized sports such as basketball and football, it is certainly successful in grass hockey where the players are encouraged to develop initiative, self-reliance and leadership. 35 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE IN MEMORIAM Charles Frederick Covernton, M.D., CM. i McGill), Convocation Founder, died October 30, 1958, aged 79. "A man of rare quality, of sterling integrity, a really first-class medical man." His son, Dr. Carleton C. Covernton, graduated in arts in 1935. Dr. Charles G. Campbell, assistant dean of the Faculty of Medicine, is a nephew. * * * Fraser Sanderson Keith, B.Sc. (McGill), Convocation Founder, died October 28, 1958, in Smiths Falls, Ontario, aged 80. He lived in Vancouver from 1911 to 1915. Mr. Keith was the first editor of the Engineering Journal and was one of Canada's official representatives at the first World Power Conference held in London in 1924. He was manager of Shaw- inigan Water and Power development department for twenty years until his retirement in 7 924. He was a former governor of McGill. * * * Gordon McGregor Sloan, former chief justice of British Columbia and for the last year forestry adviser to the B. C. government, died January 14, 1959, in Victoria, aged 60. An LL.D. "honoris causa" was conferred on him by the University in 1952. 1922 ROBERT STEPHEN JANE, 1898-1958 Steve Jane died on the first of December, 1958. To his friends, the news came with all the shock of the completely unexpected. He had not been ill ; he had entered hospital for a comparatively minor operation, which could have been postponed for a year or two years or perhaps longer. But, characteristically, Steve decided that if it had to be done eventually, it had better be done without waste of time. Everything appeared to have gone well and he was on the point of leaving the hospital. Then, without warning, a post-operative embolism developed and in a matter of hours he was dead. Death came at a time when his career had reached a peak of achievement and of recognition. Thirty years in the service of Shaw- inigan Chemicals had witnessed his rise from junior chemist to president of the company. He had been elected president for 1957-58 of the Canadian section of the Society of Chemical Industry. He had been, since 1955, a member of the National Research Council of Canada. Only six months before his death, McGill University had conferred on him the degree of D.Sc "honoris causa." Robert Stephen Jane was born in Cornwall, England, on December 27, 1898. He came to Canada at the age of five. His parents, after brief residence in Goderich, Ontario, settled in Vancouver. There he attended school and, after a short period in the air force towards the end of World War I, he entered U.B.C. He graduated with the B.A.Sc. degree in 1922. Then followed three years of post-graduate work under Professor G. Stafford Whitby, in the chemistry department of McGill University, and the degrees of M.Sc. and Ph.D. In 1925, he was awarded a Wembley Fellowship and proceeded to a further two years of research under Professor Emil Hatschek at the Sir John Ca9s Technical Institute of the University of London. On his return from England, he took a position with the Canada Carbide Company in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec. Beginning as a plant chemist, he was soon transferred to the plant research department. In 1936, after Canada Carbide merged with Shawinigan Chemicals Limited, he was moved to Montreal and became, as he put it at the time, "an arm-chair chemist" in the company's research and development department. By 1946, he was vice-president in charge of research and development; in March, 1956, he was elected president of the company. Shawinigan Chemicals, reversing a trend that has become almost traditional in Canadian industry, has its headquarters and research laboratories in Canada and, besides its large Canadian operations, it has organized extensive subsidiaries in the United States to exploit products and processes developed at Shawinigan Falls. No small share of the credit must go to Dr. Jane. Few men in this country have worked more effectively to encourage Canadian research and to transmute basic research into large-scale Canadian industrial production. Fortune smiled on him in his personal life, as in his professional and business career. Married, in 1928, to Ada Lois Pirie of Vancouver, and with two charming daughters, his greatest interest was his home and his family. In recent years he had acquired a summer home on Lake Champlain, within easy reach of Montreal. Whenever he could escape briefly from the demands of an exacting job, he liked nothing better than to join his family there and work in the garden or relax with a fishing rod. Steve Jane's lifetime covered a period of immense scientific and industrial progress. It was a time of new ideas, new methods, new products, new industries. It was a time, for many people, of confusion and excitement, but Steve, calm, confident, level-headed, was neither excited nor confused. As chemist, as director of research, as captain of industry, he was a man who belonged to his time, who fitted into the pattern of his time. But the basic, human qualities belong to no time or period. Gentleness, simplicity, friendliness, sympathy, generosity, courage, integrity, re- ligous faith — all these were his, in full measure. It can be said of Steve, as justly as it was said of Chaucer's pilgrim: "He was a verray parfit, gentil knight." —J. H. M. 1929 Dr. David A. Steele, B.A., M.D. (Tor.), died February 4, 1959, in Vancouver, aged 49. A founder of the Canadian Foundation for Poliomyelitis and Rehabilitation and past national president, he was also past president of the Catholic Physicians' Guild, chairman of the school of nursing board at St. Paul's Hospital, honorary president of the U.B.C. Newman Club, a Knight of St. Gregory, a fourth-degree Knight of Columbus and a life member of the Vancouver Kiwanis Club. He was a member of the first graduating class of Vancouver College. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; four sons, David, John, Donald and Thomas ; and five daughters, Elizabeth-Anne, Margaret, Kathleen, Alexis and Barbara, all at home. 1946 S. Murray Sager, B.A., M.A. '50, died in Chehalis, Washington, on February 9, 1959, aged 34 years. Mr. Sager had almost completed work in order to obtain his Ph.D. in zoology at California when he was taken ill, and died en route home. He is survived by his wife, Lorna, and two children, Donna and Murray. He is also survived hy his mother, Mrs. Esther Sager, of White Rock ; three brothers, Arthur, Henry and Melvin ; and two sisters, Shirley and Elsie. His brother, Arthur Sager, is director of the U.B.C. Alumni Association, on leave of absence to study at Oxford. 1949 Capt. Ralph Boris von Hoyningen Huene, B.A., of the Canadian Army's Northwest Highway system, failed to return from a private boating trip on Marsh Lake, 30 miles south of Whitehorse, Y. T., on Sunday, October 19, 1958. With a companion he left an island in the lake where they had been building a cabin. After taking a boatload of supplies they were to return for their wives. Soldiers and R.C.M.P. conducted the search. Capt. Huene, who was a Korean war veteran, had his early schooling in Langley. His parents now life in Delta. He was our contact for the Yukon branch of the Alumni Association. He was 36. * * * Bruce London Boyd, LL.B., died February 11, 1959, after several years of intermittent illness, aged 33. Born in Vancouver, he was the son of the late Judge Bruce Boyd of the Vancouver County Court. He articled in the law office of Thomas A. Dohm and was called to the bar in 1949. Some years ago Mr. Boyd formed his own law firm with Malcolm G. King, LL.B. '49, and S. Martin Toy, LL.B. '54. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Jane, and his mother, Mrs. Zulette Boyd, both of West Vancouver. 1951 Norman T. Engelhardt, B.S,F., M.S.F. (Oregon), with the Forest Biology Laboratory in Victoria since graduation, died November 1, 1958. Mr. Engelhardt had completed residence requirements towards a doctor of forestry de gree from Duke University in June of this year. He served overseas with the Canadian Army from April 1942 to October 1945. During the period of his service he was promoted from the rank of private soldier to that of full lieutenant. He was in receipt of the 1939-45 Star, the France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, C.V.S.M. and Clasp and Canada Medal. Mr. Engelhardt is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, of 2617 Dalhousie Street, Victoria; his parents residing in Victoria and by two sisters residing in California. He was 38. 1952 John Warburton McCulIough, B.A., died January 14, 1959, aged 33. He was a research chemist on the staff of Shaughnessy Hospital and was a flying officer with the R.C.A.F. reserve for over 13 years. He was commissioned and served with the R.C.A.F. in the Second World War. He was a supporter of the Vancouver Symphony Society and the Friends of Chamber Music. Mr. McCulIough is survived by his mother and a brother, H. F. McCulIough, Bellevue, Washington. 1956 Norman A. W. Le Page, B.A.Sc., research engineer for the Federal department of fisheries, Vancouver, died October 18, 1958, when the car he was driving plunged into the Yamhill River about 30 miles west of Salem, Oregon. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. A. W- Le Page, of 1275 Nelson Street; a sister, Mrs. R. E. Stewart, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Blackman, all of 2264 West 5th Avenue. He was 25. BIRTHS MR. AND MRS. STAN AVIS. B.Com. '49, (nee DAPHNE BLACK, B.Com. '49), a son, Douglas John, November 26, 1958, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. AUBREY W. BELL, B.A. '51, (nee CONNIE P. NEWMAN, Class of Home Economics '54), a son, Christopher John, in September, 1958, in Trinidad, B.W.I. MR. AND MRS. MARVIN A. CARPENTER, B.Com. '54, a son, Murray Allen, May 31, 1958, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. BILL DONG, B.Com. '53, a daughter, Maureen Kelly, October 6, 1958. at Alert Bay. MR. AND MRS. LORNE DYKE, B.Com. '56, (nee ESTHER ANN BISSETT, B.A. '54), a son, September 9, 1958, in Athens, Greece. MR. AND MRS. DON SCOTT EVISON, B. Com. '48, a son, Robin Scott, October 8, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. ROD FEARN, B.A. '50, B. Com. '50, B.Ed. '55, a daughter, Margo Elizabeth, August 10, 1958, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. J. MARCEL GAUDREAU, (nee SHIRLEY M. CHISHOLM, B.A. '49), a son, Gregory Mark, November 10, 1958, in Ottawa, Ontario. MR. AND MRS. R. S. GLOVER, B.Com. '51, (nee SARA-LEE TIDBALL, B.P.E. '50), a daughter, Karen Joan, September 29, 1958, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. R. F. JOHNSON, B.Com. '50, a daughter, February 2, 1959, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. ALAN D. JOHNSTONE, B. Com. '46, (nee JUNE MARY WEAVER, B.A. '46), a son, October 21, 1958, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. ARTHUR A. KNIGHT, (nee MARJORIE ROWLLINGS, B.Com. '49), a son, October 3, 1958, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. BILL LAVERY, B.Com. '50, a son, Danny, January 26, 1959, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. HOWARD LEAR, B.Com. '54, a daughter, Penny Jane, January 24, 1959, In Vancouver, MR. AND MRS. ALLAN G. LEINWEBER, B.Com. '55, a son, Trevor Edward, July 19, 1958, in Calgary. MR. AND MRS. RON M. LESLIE, B.Com. '51, (nee EVELYN WALLING, B.H.E. '48), a son, Neil Murray, November 8, 1958, in Winnipeg. MR. AND MRS. COLIN G. McDIARMID, B.A. '54, a son, Mark Stanton, December 3, 1958, in Urbana, Illinois. MR. AND MRS. EDWIN B. PARKER, B.A. '54, a daughter, Karen Liane, January 13, 1959, in Stanford, California. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 36 MR. AND MRS. B. JOHN L. ROLFE, B.Com. '52, a daughter, Amanda Leslie, October 13, 1958, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. M. HAVELOCK ROLFE. B.Com. '57, (nee SHEILA MADDEN, B.A. '55), a son, Basil John Havelock, October 3, 1958, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. MICHAEL RYAN, B.Com. '53, a daughter. Colleen Norah, October 15, 1958, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. ARCHIE L. ST. LOUIS, B. Com. '48, a son, October 25, 1958, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. GEORGE SCRIM (nee JOAN PRATT, B.Com. '47), a daughter, Mary Frances, January 17, 1959, in Pasadena California. MR. AND MRS. PETER SMITH, B.A. '53, (nee MARY JEAN LEVIRS, B.A. '57). a daughter, Cynthia Gwen, September 28, 1958, in Victoria. MR. AND MRS. CHESTER C. TAYLOR. B.A.Sc. '48, a daughter, Jill Jennise, October 17, 1958, in Independence, Missouri. MR. AND MRS. NORMAN TODD, (nee HELEN KENNEDY, B.P.E. '53), a son. David Norman, September 18, 1958, in Winter Haven, Florida. MR. AND MRS. D'ALBERT TOWN, B.Com. '49. twin daughters, November 24, 1958, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. FRANK J. E. TURNER, B. Com. '39, a son, Geoffrey, November 22, 1958, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. ALEXANDER M. UNWIN. B.A. '51. M.Sc. '53, (nee E. JOAN MUNRO, B.A. '51, M.Sc. '53), a son, John Alexander, October 14, 1958, in Seattle, Washington. MR. AND MRS. KENNETH WARDROPER. B.Com. '47, (nee NANCY WILSON, B.Com. '46), a son, in Ottawa. MR. AND MRS. RONALD J. WEBSTER, B.Com. '49, (nee ELSPETH ANN CLYNE, B.A. '50. B.S.W. '51), a daughter, Barbara, January 31, 1959, in Vancouver. M. AND MRS. C. ALFRED WESTCOTT, B.A. '50, B.S.W. '51, a daughter, Deirdre Selina, December 22, 1958, in Edmonton, Alberta. MR. AND MRS. DENIS R. T. WHITE, B.A. '51, a son, Norman Ross Agnew, September 15, 1958, in Toronto, Ontario. MARRIAGES AJELLO-HOPKINS. Peter Arnott Ajello, B.A. '46, to Patricia Hopkins, in London, England. ANDEREGG-BROOKS. Marco Anderegg to Shirley Drucilla (Dru) Brooks, B.A. '57. ARBEIDER-WENSINK. G. D. Arbeider to Phyllis M. Wensink, B.H.E. '56. BADANIC-GARTLEY. John Stephan Bada- nic, B.A. '53, to Mary Margaret Gartley. B.A. '55. HAKONY-WHITE. Leo Irwin Bakony, B.A. '44. to Abbie Jane White, in Eugene, Oregon. BALDWIN-HOBBS. Richard William Baldwin, B.S.A. '56, to Dorothy Margaret Hobbs. BARCLAY - ESTRUP — WESTWOOD. Paul Barclay-Estrup, B.A. '57, to Patricia West- wood, B.A. '58, in Victoria. BLACK-SKEET. Douglas Peyton Black to Dorothy May Skeet, B.A. '57. BRIGDEN-NICOLLS. Jack F. Brigden to Joan G. Nicolls, B.Com. '45. BROWN-SMITH. James Brooking Brown, B.A. '40, D.Phil. {Oxon.), to Margaret Anne Smith, in Oxford, England. BURKE-LLAMAS. Louis Burke, B.A. '51, to Maria Ines Llamas, in Lima, Peru. CAIRNS-GRADY. Allan Cairns to Patricia Ruth Grady, B.S.P. '53, in Oxford, England. CONNAGHAN-McGUIRK. Charles Joseph Connaghan to Erna Grace McGuirk, B.A. '66, B.S.W. '57, in Port Moody. CRAIG-ORTON. Douglas Bennell Craig, B.A.Sc. '58, to Joan Elizabeth Ellery Orton, B.H.E. '56. DAVIDSON-KNIGHT. Grant Davidson, B.Com. '55, to Donna Knight, in Edmonton, Alberta. de GUEFE-PATTERSON. Taffara de Guefe, B.Com. '50, to Laurie Patterson, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. EIDSVIK-MACDONALD. Harold Kristian Eidsvik, B.S.F. '57, to Malvina Ann Macdonald, B.S.N. '57, in Kamloops. FARQUHARSON-RHOADES. Robert Howard Farquharson, B.A. '49, M.A. '56. to Anne Johnston Rhoades, in Berkeley, California. FLOWERDEW - HODGSON. Alan Ravmond Flowerdew to Elizabeth Jane Hodgson, B. Com. '47. FYFFE-MICHIE. Gordon John Fyffe, B.A. '49, M.D. (Tor.), to Marion Helen Michie. in Don Mills, Ontario. GALBRAITH-SADOWAY. Stuart Galbraith. B.A. '50, to Victoria Helen Sadoway. GORDON-HUCKVALE. John Robert Meehan Gordon, B.A.Sc. '58, to Jane Eleanor Virginia Huckvale, B.A. '57, in Lethbridge, Alberta. GUNNING-WILKS. Donald Fitts Gunning. B.A.Sc. '58, to Patricia Margaret (Patti) Wilks. B.A. '57. HARVEY-HADAWAY. Arthur Eric Harvey, B.A. '55, to Patricia Ruth Hadaway. HASSAN-FRY. Mervyn Leslie Hassan, B.S.P. '58, to Sylvia Ourie Rose Fry. HILDEBRAND-COLLINS. Daniel Gerald Hil- debrand, B.A.Sc. '58, to Margaret Jeanette Collins. HOLMES-BRANCA. James Patrick Holmes to Dolores Rose Branca, LL.B. '52. JEFFERSON-POUNTNEY. Peter Norman Jefferson, B.Com '57, to Lloy Joan Pountney, B.S.N. '58. JENSEN-LONG. Colin Hackett Jensen, B. Corn. '53, to Dolores Althea Long. JOHNSTON-ARMITSTEAD. David McClary Johnston, B.A. '58, to Mary Ellen Armit- stead, in Langley. JONES-DUNFIELD. Kenneth Frederick Jones, B.Com. '55, to Jane Dunfield. JOYCE-SNEATH. Murray Russell Jovce. B. Com. '56, to D'Arcy Anne Sneath, in Regina, Saskatchewan. KEMP-KAGNOFF. Marvin Gerald Kemp. B. Com. '53. to Corinne Alice Kagnoff. KIRKLAND-HERD. Philip James Kirkland, B.Com. '58. to Lois Orena Herd, B.S.N. '58. LARGE-NELSON. John Barry Large to Barbara Alicia Nelson, B.A. '54, in New Westminster. LUND-ETHERINGTON. Earl Albert Lund to Sandra Ann Etherington, B.H.E. '58. LUNDELL-McRAE. Sidney Arvid Lundell to Joan Frances Katherine McRae, B.A. '58. MeATEER-ROBINSON. Kenneth Davidson Mc- Ateer, B.Com. '58, to Diana Margaret Robinson. MacAULAY-LOCKE. James Archibald Mac- Aulay, LL.B. '56, to Alice Mary Locke, in Ottawa, Ontario. McCOURT-TILTON. William Kenneth Mc- Court, B.Com. '58, to Marjorie Joan Tilton. MACKAY-FARRIS. John Rayner Mackay, B. Com. '58. To Evlyn Fenwick Farris. B.A. '56. McWILLIAMS-BROWN. James Frederick McWilliams, B.S.F. '53, to Barbara Ann Brown, B.S.N. '57, in Regina, Saskatchewan. MASTALIR-POWELL. John Mastalir to Marguerite Joan Powell, B.A. '48, in New York, N. Y. MORGAN - PAYNE. John Francis Morgan, B.A. '54, to Patricia Alice Payne. MORRISON-UMPLEBY. Arthur Culver Morrison to Jean Sabina Anne Umpleby, B.A. '50. in Toronto, Ontario. MOUNTJOY-CHEYNE. Eric Walter Mount- joy, B.A.Sc. '55, to Anita Patricia Cheyne, (Dip. U.B.C. School of Nursing, '55), in Malton, Ontario. NEIL-LEWIS. Rupert Cleveland Neil. B.Com. '57, to Jane Lewis, in Tushingham, Cheshire, England. NELLES-WEIR. Malcolm Kenyon Nelles, B.A. (Queen's), M.A. (Tor.), to Christine Sheila Weir, B.A. "49, LL.B. '50, in Lillooet. NELSON-GILLEY. Arnold Mervin Nelson, B. Com. '58, to Wilma Grace Gilley, B.A. '57, in New Westminster. NICHOL-SMITH. John Nichol, B.S.F. '58, to Patricia Frances Smith, in East Trail, B. C. NICOLLS - UNDERHILL. Oliver Warburton (Bob) Nicolls, B.A.Sc. '58, to Mary Genevieve Underhill, B.A. '58. NIM1-MUKAI. Peter K. Nimi, B.S.P. '56, to Aster Akemi Mukai, B.S.P. '57, in Steveston, B. C. NOBLE-LAUENER. Kenneth Matheson Noble to Madeleine Cecile Lauener, B.S.N. '57, in Trail, B. C. NORDSTROM-SABELL. Thomas Alfred Nordstrom, B.A.Sc. '58, to Karel Sabell. PALMER - POSTILL. Guy Stewart Palmer, B.A. '34, to Beryl Marian Postill. PARKER-LITTLE. Ian D. Parker, B.A. '56, to Margaret Little, B.A. '58, B.Ed. '58, in Victoria, B. C. PEARSON-CLARKE. John Raymond Pearson to Betty Marion Clarke, B.Com. '57. PELTER-CHISHOLM. George Albert (Joe) Peiter, B.A. '49, to Muriel Margaret Chisholm, in Ottawa. QUINN-KENNEDY. Collin Patrick Quinn to Elaine Marie Kennedy, B.A. '54, B.S.W. '55. RAYER-FOLVIK. John Rayer, B.Com. '57, to Sylvia Janice Folvik. RENSHAW-GARLAND. Leslie Francis Ren- shaw, B.S.F. '58, to Catherine Mary Garland. RIDLEY-MATHESON. John Charles Ridley, B.A. '53, B.Com. '55, to Elizabeth (Betty) Mae Matheson, B.H.E. '66. ROSENBERG - ESKESTRAND. Kenneth J. Rosenberg, B.Com. '54, to Ruth Ragna Es- kestrand. SAVARD-SKEET. James Frederick Savard, B.A.Sc. '58, to Elizabeth (Betty) Marguerite Skeet. STOVEL-BARRAUD. Clark Ernest Stovel to Marguerite Anne Mary Barraud. B.A. '50, B.Ed. '57, in Salmon Arm, B. C. SWOPE-WOOLRICH. William Milton Swope to Mary Lou Woolrich, B.A. '56. B.S.W. '57. TOYNBEE-O'SULLIVAN. Thomas A. Toyn- bee, B.Com. '58, to Yvonne O'Sullivan. VALLIERES-KERR. Henry Bird Vallieres to Mildred Emily Kerr, B.H.E. '49, in Toronto, Ontario. WEBSTER-BRANGWYN. John Lindsay Kenneth Webster, B.Com. '58, to Ruth Mary Brangwyn. WETHERILL-TOPPAN. Ewart Arthur (Red) Wetherill, B.Arch. '54, M.Arch. (M.I.T.), to Virginia Toppan, in Newtonville, Massachusetts. WILD-O'BRIEN. Edwin Wild. B.Com. '58, to Deuise O'Brien. WILSON-HALL. Billy Dick Wilson, B.A. '51, D.D.S. (U. of Wash.), to Lois Elain Hall, in Seattle, Washington. WOLFSON-MEHMEL. Arthur Stanley Wolf- son to Lucille Clara Mehmel. B.H.E. '50, in Toronto, Ontario. WOODS-PATTEN. David Campbell Woods, B.Com. '58, to Georgena Elaine Patten, in Vernon, B. C. WRIGHT-SYKES. Ronald Harvey Wright, B. Com. '54, to Molly Sykes, in Montreal. U.B.C. 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Title | UBC Alumni Chronicle |
Publisher | Vancouver : Alumni Association of the University of British Columbia |
Date Issued | [1959-03] |
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University of British Columbia. Alumni Association |
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Language | English |
Notes | Titled "[The] Graduate Chronicle" from April 1931 - October 1948; "[The] UBC Alumni Chronicle" from December 1948 - December 1982 and September 1989 - September 2000; "[The] Alumni UBC Chronicle" from March 1983 - March 1989; and "Trek" from March 2001 onwards. |
Identifier | LH3.B7 A6 LH3_B7_A6_1959_03 |
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Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Archives. |
Date Available | 2015-07-15 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the University of British Columbia Alumni Association. |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0224197 |
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