THE U.B.C. ALUMNI I Volume 15, No. 3 Autumn, 1961 ov*xL askxcLoJUL dv4*^l Informed businessmen wishing to slay informed read the Bank of Montreal Business Review regularly. Here, in black and white, is a concise monthly spotlight on the Canadian business scene that's invaluable in keeping you abreast of economic affairs. And it's read by businessmen all over the world! There's a personal copy available for you each month—mailed free of charge —at the Business Development Department, P.O. Box 6002, Montreal 3, P.Q. Drop us a line today! letropted during the decide. Grou national ptodi roie quite tlceply in [he teven yean 1949-36. diip the rite of enpanuon hi) been definitely ilowcr. When thin in 1916. Real output io tcrmi of cootlant dollari tot* by or at a cam pound atjaMiJ rat* of 4M" during ll yean from 1949 to 1956 however the averafi iumplion increaied much le» rapidly aTter 1916. Indeed, real consumption per capita declined m 1957 ■-" ... only fractionally htfher Bank: of Montreal WORKING WITH CANADIANS IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE SINCE 1817 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 2 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE Volume 15, No. 3—Autumn, 1961 editor: James A. Banham, BA'51 assistant editor: Frances Tucker, BA'50 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER, CANADA Board of Management honorary president: N. A. M. MacKenzie, C.M.G., M.M. and Bar, Q.C, BA, LLB (Dalhousie), LLM(Harvard), LLD(Mount Allison, New Brunswick, Toronto, Ottawa, Bristol, Alberta, Glasgow, Dalhousie, St. Francis Xavier, McGill, Sydney, Rochester, Alaska, California), DCL(Whit- man, Saskatchewan), DScSoc(Laval), President of the University of British Columbia. Executive Committee: president, Wm. C. Gibson, BA'33, MSc(McGill), DPhil(Oxon.), MD,CM(McGill); past president, Donovan F. Miller, BCom'47, SM(M.IX); first vice-president, Franklin E. Walden, BCom'38, CA; second vice-president, Mrs. John H. Stevenson, BA, BCom'40; third vice-president, Patrick L. McGeer, BA(Hons.)'48, PhD (Princeton), MD'58; treasurer, H. Frederick Field, BA, BCom'40, CA. members-at-large: (Terms expire 1962): Paul S. Plant, BA'49, Ben B. Trevino, LLB'59, Mrs. Kenneth M. Walley, BA'46. (Terms expire 1963): Mrs. David C. Ellis, BA'36, Alan M. Eyre, BASc'45, John D. Taggart, LLB'49, Charles Connaghan, BA'59, Alan Pierce, BA'49, MA'60. Degree Representatives: applied science—Alec H. Rome, BASc'44; architecture—R. S. Nairne, BA'47, BArch'51; arts—Miss Vivian C. Vicary. BA'33; commerce—Kenneth F. Weaver, BCom'49; education—Paul N. Whitley, BA'22; forestry—William P. T. McGhep, BA'46, BSF'47; home economics—Miss Anne E. Howorth, BHE'52; law—Bryan Williams, BCom'57, LLB'58; medicine—Dr. Ralph M. Christensen, BA'50, MD'54; nursing—Miss Alice J. Baum- gart, BSN'58; pharmacy—D. B. Franklin, BSP'52; physical education—J. Reid Mitchell, BPE'49, BEd'55; science— Joseph H. Montgomery, BSc'59, MSc'60; social work— Gordon R. Wright, BA'50, BSW'52, MSW'54. senate representatives: Nathan T. Nemetz, Q.C, BA'34; J. Norman Hyland, BCom'34; Mark Collins, BA, BCom'34. ex officio members: Director, U.B.C. Alumni Association; assistant director, U.B.C. Alumni Association; presidents of Alumni branches; president, 1961 graduating class; A.M.S. president; one other designated by Students' Council. Editorial Committee: Chairman, G. Cecil Hacker, BA'33. Chronicle 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 alumni donating to the annual giving program and U.B.C. Development Fund. Non-donors may receive the magazine by paying a subscription of $3.00 a year. THE U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE Contents ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWS 4 General News Items 6 Homecoming 7 Alumnae and Alumni FRANCES TUCKER FEATURES 13 An Outsider Looks at U.B.C. ARNIE MYERS 19 U.B.C.'s 'Little Mag' JAN DE BRUYN 20 A Year of Progress at Victoria College HUGH FARQUHAR 22 Some Notes on R. W. Brock DAVID BROCK 26 Why Liberal Education for Adults? RICHARD PEARCE 28 Revolutionary Ideas in Education S. N. F. CHANT 30 Were You There? OUR COVER PHOTOGRAPH IS A PORTRAIT OF THE LATE CHANCELLOR, DR. A. E. 'DAL' GRAUER, WHO DIED DURING JULY. AN OBITUARY AND A TRIBUTE TO DR. GRAUER BY DR. WILLIAM C. GIBSON, PRESIDENT OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, APPEAR ON PAGES 1 1 AND 12. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE Alumni Association News HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION URGED BY OKANAGAN COMMITTEE The Alumni Association's new program of increased branch and regional development has resulted in increased activity in several areas. OKANAGAN - MAINLINE As a follow-lip to the very successful conference on higher education held in Vernon on May 6, representatives from communities in this region met in Vernon on June 17. The purpose of the meeting, chaired by Dr. Mack Stevenson of Vernon, was to further the organization of the Okanagan- Mainline regional committee to speak as one voice on the needs of higher education for that region specifically and for B.C. generally. A noteworthy outcome of this meeting was a telegram sent to Premier W. A. C. Bennett, followed by a letter, a copy of which went to all M.L.A.s, requesting the immediate establishment of a royal commission on higher education to study the needs of higher education in B.C. The Okanagan-Mainline regional committee expressed the view that this commission should report its findings within three months of completing its inquiry. Expressing concern over the serious fragmentation of higher education already occurring in the province, the committee urged that the commission should be composed of three eminent educational experts from outside B.C. and should study the means of decentralizing higher education within the framework of a federated system. Other branches and regions have been asked to support and endorse this action by the Okanagan- Mainline group. Vancouver island—Tim Hollick-Ken- yon, the assistant director, visited Vancouver Island branches during the last week of June. The purpose of the tour was to acquaint each branch with the latest developments in the Alumni Association's work and to explore the feasibility and desirability of a regional conference on higher education for Vancouver Island. The idea was enthusiastically received by all branches, with a date to be set some time in the fall of 1961. To plan and organize the conference, each branch was asked to name two representatives to a regional conference planning committee. Representatives named to date include: Campbell river—Mr. J. R. Caldwell, Mr. J. W. Baikie; courtenay-comox— Mr. Harold Mclvor, Mrs. Dean Mag- owan; qualicum-parksville—Mr. J. L. Nicholls, Mrs. E. Touzeau; ladysmith— Mrs. T. R. Boggs, Mr. John MacNaughton; duncan—Mr. David Williams, Mrs. J. H. Moore; chemainus—Mr. Gordon Brand; victoria—Mr. Robert Gray, Mr. David Feme. With the great interest in higher education so evident in this region, this first conference on Vancouver Island will be assured of success. This will be the third such conference on higher education, preceded by one in Vernon on May 6, and in Abbotsford on December 3 last year. Branch contacts on Vancouver Island are to be commended for the success of this tour by the assistant director. In Campbell River, meetings were held at the high school and the home of Mrs. W. J. Logie. The Courtenay group hosted a large gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. S. Mclvor, while Mr. David Williams arranged a meeting of the Duncan group. A luncheon meeting called by Mr. Norman Burgess was held in Port Alberni, and visits were made to Mr. J. L. Nicholls, Qualicum, Mr. Hugh Heath, Nanaimo, and Mrs. T. R. Boggs at Ladysmith. On June 28 representatives of the Alumni Association board of management met with the Victoria Alumni executive to discuss matters of interest pertaining to the Victoria College and the Point Grey campuses of U.B.C. The meeting provided a most helpful interchange of information and it was agreed that a regular schedule of such meetings would be established. kootenays—Early in July many centres in the East and West Kootenays were visited by the assistant director. In each community people showed a great interest in the University and its work. The need for more educational institutions, junior colleges, technical schools and vocational institutes for the Kootenays was expressed by many people. They frequently spoke of the cost of sending students to U.B.C, and of the possibility of establishing institutions closer to the central Kootenay population. To crystallize this thinking of the people in the Kootenay region, the idea was suggested of a regional conference on higher education similar to the conference held in Vernon last May. Regional support for this proposal was found to be very positive. Ways and means of holding such a conference are now being explored by the Alumni Association. The Kootenay branches were found to be actively interested in the Association's new program of regional organization, and are anxious to support forthcoming projects. Credit must be given to the many loyal supporters of the Association throughout the region. New branch contacts were established in Grand Forks (Dr. James Henniger), and Castlegar (Mr. Ed McGawley). Gatherings were arranged in Fernie, Trail, Nelson, Cranbrook, Kimberley, Creston and Invermere. These meetings were highlighted by spirited discussions on many aspects of education. Some gatherings ended by hearing a taped speech by Dr. Ian McTaggart Cowan on "Science and education—the challenge in our world today." This address is available to branches, on request, from the Alumni office. A luncheon meeting was held in Trail, arranged by Mr. Ritchie Deane. Many grads and friends attended meetings in Kimberley, at the home of Mr. Joe Giegerich, in Invermere at the home of Mr. G. A. Duthie, and in Creston, at the home of Mr. Bob Morrison. Gatherings were also arranged in Fernie by Mr. Kenny Stewart, in Nelson by Mr. Leo Gansner, and in Cranbrook by Mr. Eric McKinnon. VICTORIA COLLEGE GRADUATES DEVELOPING NEW ORGANIZATION The Alumni Association of the University of British Columbia, Victoria College, held its first annual dinner meeting on May 26th, 1961, in the Union room of the Ewing building at Victoria College. David M. Feme, president-elect, presided over the meeting which was attended by approximately 150 alumni of both Victoria College and the University of British Columbia. Special guests at the dinner were members of the first graduating class from Victoria College. Also in attendance were Vancouver members of the board of management of the U.B.C. Alumni Association. Mr. Feme, in his report to the meeting, outlined the development of the new organization from its previous status as a branch to one which now has an identity of its own. He spoke of the close co-operation that has existed between the Vancouver executive and the Victoria executive, and of how the Vancouver executive had assisted in the establishment of the new organization. He told of the setting up of a steering committee which had sent a letter to Victoria College Council asking for an initial grant of $1500 to meet preliminary expenses, and how these, and other requests, were granted. The meeting was presented with a rough draft of the new constitution which sets out as its first object "to foster in all members a feeling of loyalty to Victoria College and the University of British Columbia, and a sense of responsibility for the continuance of its educational work". Mr. Feme went on to call upon the alumni for their support. "Never before has there been such a need for higher education as there is today . . . because Victoria College has now reached University status, because it is expanding both physically and culturally within the community, there must be an active alumni". The guest speaker for the evening was Dr. Charles Armstrong, president of the University of Nevada, and one of two people chosen to receive honorary degrees at Victoria College's first Congregation. Dr. Armstrong expressed his pleasure as to the new status of Victoria College which, in his opinion, was long overdue. Dr. Armstrong, an ex-student U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 4 of Victoria College, spoke of the quality of teachers at the institution and of the important part they have played in his career. He spoke of the importance of good teaching and what it can do for an institution of higher education. GRADUATES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PRESERVE PLAYING FIELDS By G. E. ''Ted" Baynes Chairman, Alumni Center and Playing Fields Committee During the past ten years there has been a decline in the number of campus playing fields as the result of the construction of new buildings and adjacent parking facilities. If this trend continues it may be that our campus will eventually be one of large buildings surrounded by pavement and black top. Perhaps, like many American universities, only our stadium will remain as a playing field. In fairness it should be stated that the University is presently creating a 15- acre playing field at the south end of the campus. While this will result in a net increase in the amount of playing field available, the continuing increases in student enrolment will result in a relative decrease in the amount of playing field space. Perhaps U.B.C. should follow the British tradition rather than the American one in the matter of playing fields. There are two main reasons for this stand. Firstly, many of our students come from areas in B.C. where they have never had an opportunity to play team games. These people might not turn out on their own accord for the Varsity football team, but they could well play at the inter-class or intramural level. For this informal level of sport, the playing fields must be close to the classrooms and living quarters. The second and most important reason for needing many playing fields on our campus is because of the peculiar tradition of sports at U.B.C. It is a tradition of active athletic participation. All our early graduates played games and this was a most important part of our early life. Jack Tyrwhitt's MacKechnie Cup rugger team excelled because it was supported by four other teams. Dr. Gordon Burke's Hardy Cup team had graduated from three minor teams. Dr. Todd's soccer teams required several fields on Saturday afternoon. Both men's and women's grasshockey also required their space on our campus. It is reported that there is a greater variety of games played at U.B.C. than at any campus on this continent. It might also be said that until very recent years we had more participant players with fewer spectators than any other university. If we value this tradition—and if we are to encourage those who have never played team sports—we must dedicate and preserve our remaining playing fields within the campus area. In order to do this, an alert interest from graduates and others is essential. Two Remain in Election for Chancellorship Two of the four persons nominated for the office of Chancellor of the University, DR. PHYLLIS ROSS and MRS. ANNE Angus, are allowing their names to stand for the election to take place on November 28. dr. leon koerner and dr. hugh keenleyside, also nominated, requested that their names be withdrawn. A special election is necessary to fill the unexpired term of office of the late Chan cellor, dr. a. e. grauer, who died July 28, 1961. mrs. f. M. ross, nee Phyllis Gregory, BA'25, MA(Bryn Mawr), LLD(Brit. Co;.)'45, LLDINew Brunswick)'60. Elected to Senate, 1951-54, again 1960- 63. Appointed to Board of Governors, 1957. mrs. h. f. angus, nee Anne M. Anderson, BA'23, elected to Senate, 1957-60, re-elected 1960-63. ANNUAL GIVING TO BE STRESSED IN 1961 FUND RAISING APPEAL By Alan Eyre Chairman, Alumni Annual Giving Campaign This fall the Alumni annual giving campaign will swing into an all-out effort to build a staunch group of alumni who will make their giving to the University a truly annual event. Let us not confuse this campaign with the U.B.C. Development Fund, which was a capital gifts appeal to the general public, as well as to alumni, for urgently needed buildings. The Development Fund has nearly completed collecting its pledges, and now alumni will recognize the need for a renewed flow of large and small donations through alumni annual giving. The government and other donors cannot possibly meet all the needs and requirements, particularly in view of the tremendous expansion in enrolment and resultant pressure on existing facilities. We know that by 1975 there will be a student body of 23,000 students. Alumni annual giving is designed to provide for special programs and needs that are not otherwise budgeted for, to fill in existing gaps to make our University a truly first class institution. U.B.C. alumni can be rightfully proud of the support they gave to the U.B.C. Development Fund. This same type of support can be expected for the 1961 Alumni annual giving campaign. While there were Alumni annual giving campaigns before the Development Fund campaign in 1957, and while the Alumni Association appealed to alumni for funds after the Development Fund campaign was over, alumni annual giving at this University has not yet reached the level of total involvement gained by alumni annual giving campaigns of other major Canadian and American universities. The Alumni Association, commencing with this year's campaign, will endeavour to develop in all alumni a full appreciation of their obligation to share in providing for the growth of U.B.C. To say that alumni of U.B.C. have an obligation over and above that of their fellow citizens to support a "state" university is perfectly true, because alumni gained a university education and through their fees paid only a fraction of the total cost of this education. Above and beyond any sense of obligation on the part of alumni, there is the growing realization of the need to create not just a good university, but rather a great university to meet the needs of an advancing society and to protect the rights of free-thinking people. Tomorrow's students, the children of our alumni, deserve no less than this. In future years, U.B.C. alumni will take their place as the main providers of funds for all phases of university expansion into new areas. Co-ordinated leadership over the wide range of fund raising objectives and co-ordination of all appeals will make it possible for an alumnus to make one contribution to U.B.C, and have it directed to whatever channel he chooses. The needs of higher education in this province are of course not restricted to 1960 Graduates A special note to 1960 graduates: Each year's graduating class makes a grant to the Alumni Association that provides four free issues of the Chronicle to every graduate of that year. This Autumn issue is the fourth and last you, as a 1960 graduate, will receive under this arrangement. All gifts of $5.00 or more to the Alumni annual giving program provide donors with a year's subscription to the Chronicle and active membership status in the Alumni Association which has no membership fees. the U.B.C. campus at Point Grey. Victoria College this year presented its first candidates for the U.B.C. degree, and with its growth also has needs that can only be met through the generosity of alumni. Accordingly, for the first time, the Alumni annual giving campaign has been co-ordinated with Victoria College to permit a unified appeal, with provision for funds to be specifically earmarked by donors for Victoria College. This year the needs of the University are greater than they have ever been. As stated by the Alumni Association president, Dr. William Gibson, every alumnus must face up to this challenge now. The alumni annual giving appeal will look to you for support for your University. We know you will do your share. 5 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE THE 35th ANNUAL HOMECOMING Homecoming Story-1961 The largest number of class reunions ever held at one time are planned for Homecoming this year and several new features have been added to the program. Out-of-town grads have already shown exceptional interest and several regional groups are planning to be in Vancouver for Homecoming weekend. For information about the travelling group nearest them grads living away from Vancouver should write to the U.B.C. Alumni office, Vancouver 8, B.C. The program with details known at press time is shown at the right. Watch U.B.C. Reports for Homecoming highlights as plans become final. A final printed folder will bring you the complete program shortly before Homecoming. But plan now to attend. Chairmen for class reunions are: Chief Justice Sherwood Lett—1916; Mr. James Lawrence—1921; Mrs. Bert Wales—1926; Mr. John Farris— 1931; Mr. R. V. MacLean—1936; Mr. Hector MacKay — 1941; Mr. Allan Ainsworth—1946; Mr. Don Duguid and Mr. Terry Lynch—1951. Graduates of each class will receive a letter from their chairman and can get more information from the Alumni Office. New features this year include the golf tournament, a revue at the social evening Oct. 27, and more extensive guided tours Saturday afternoon as an alternate event to the Football Game. Grads are invited to choose the tour suited to their own interests. Tea and informal discussion will follow each tour. As in the past the all-grad Homecoming Ball in Brock Hall Saturday evening, a cabaret style affair, will be the social highlight of the weekend. Renew friendships, foster discussion, see the new campus and enjoy yourself at U.B.C. Homecoming. Program for Graduates FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27 afternoon: Golf Tournament at University golf course. Get entry forms now. reunion dinners: Medical faculty; Home Economics school; classes. evening: Basketball in Memorial Gym. Grads. vs. Thunderbirds — Oldtimers game. students' campus revue: An evening of fun. Informal entertainment by the students. Cabaret-style seating; refreshments available. The meeting-place for all grads after the reunions and the basketball game. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 morning: Free registration and coffee hour with deans and professors emeriti. Followed by panel presentations and discussion. lunch: Barbecue style in the Field House. reunion lunch: Class of '16, Faculty Club. afternoon: Football (Alberta vs. U.B.C.) Guided Tours of Campus 1. Medical Sciences Chemical engineering New residences Thea Koerner Graduate Student Centre New library George T. Cunningham pharmacy building reunion dinners: Classes. evening: A dance for grads at Brock Hall. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 6 Alumnae and Alumni 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 November I, 1961. 1916 thomas J. Robertson, BA, has been elected president of the newly-formed Delta Historical Society. 1921 gf.orge c. cross, BA, is still active with the George Cross News Letter, after giving ownership of the daily publication to his son, George B. Cross. The News Letter, started in 1948, covers the activities of every company in western Canada in which there is public investment, and also provincial and muncipal financing. WILFRID R. (MICKEY) MCDOUGALL, BA, prominent North Vancouver high school principal and community worker, has retired after 39 years in teaching. Upon his retirement, the city of North Vancouver presented him with the first civic award to be given by the city council. Succeeding Mr. McDougall will be DANIEL c. dempsey, BA'39. s. morley scott, BA,MA(Tor.), PhD(Mich.), attended the 14th and 15th sessions of the United Nations as a member of the Canadian delegation. Dr. Scott now heads the historical division of the Department of External Affairs in Ottawa. 1922 paul n. whitley, BA, has retired as principal of John Oliver high school. Mr. Whitley was editor of the Ubyssey in 1920-21, AMS president in 1922, and president of the Alumni Association in 1929-30. He is presently the degree representative for Education on the Alumni Association board of management. 1925 EARL B. (SLIM) GILLANDERS, BA.MA "26,PhD(Princeton), first vice-president of the Rio Tinto Mining Co. Ltd., has been elected president of the Canadian Metal Mining Association. JOYCE HALLAMORE, BA,MA'26,PhD (Munich), has been granted a year's leave of absence from her duties as professor and head of the German department at U.B.C. Dr. Hallamore will spend two months at Berkeley before going on to Germany and Austria to carry on research on two German authors. 1926 A. EARLE BIRNEY, BA,MA(Tor.) .PhD (Tor.).FRSC, was instrumental in acquiring a number of Malcolm Lowry's unpublished manuscripts for the University of British Columbia library. Dr. 7 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE Birney is in hot pursuit of other writings that Lowry may have left as a literary legacy. B. BRITTON brock, BASc,PhD( Wis.), a longtime resident of Johannesburg, has been awarded the Draper Memorial Medal for his contribution to geology in South Africa. Dr. Brock was president of the Geological Society of South Africa in 1957-58. His recent publications nearly all pertain to the broad structural aspects of geology. His brother, dave brock, BA'30, has written an article on their father, the late Dean Brock, also in this issue. 1927 WILLOUGHBY WALTER MATTHEWS, BSA, we have discovered, has been living in Burma for years—during the war he was in the Burmese navy. This spring he was presented with the Order of the British Empire by the British ambassador just before the Queen's birthday reception at the British embassy. Mr. Matthews is the Rangoon general manager of Ellerman's Arracan Rice & Trading Co. Ltd., 26 Phayre Street, P.O. Box No. 600, Rangoon, Burma. 1928 william e. Thomson, BA, a director of Pemberton Securities Limited of Vancouver, has been named president of the company. 1929 Joseph c ink, BSA, has been appointed supervisor of Cominco's safety and hygiene department. II. BORDEN MARSHALL, BA,MA'31, PhD(McGill), director of the department of chemistry, Ontario Research Foundation, Toronto, has been named winner of the Montreal Medal of the Chemical Institute of Canada. Dr. Marshall is well known for his research in pulp and paper. Christopher riley, BA(McMaster), MA,PhD(Chic), well known B.C. mining geologist, attended the Commonwealth Mining Congress in South Africa. 1931 helen i. barr, BA, West Vancouver high school teacher, will take a year's leave of absence to lecture in Switzerland. c w. e. locke, BASc, has been appointed vice-president in charge of Asian operations, including the Middle East, South Asia and the Far East, for Sandwell International Limited in Vancouver. Mr. Locke, who has recently returned from Europe to take up this new appointment, spent several years in Pakistan as resident manager of the mill built by the Sandwell Company. 1932 william (bill) hall, BASc, is the 1961 president of the Association of Professional Engineers of B.C. He has held the position of chief of Aero Surveys Division, Lands Service, Department of Lands and Forests of the B.C. Government for the past ten years. 1933 louis T. rader, BASc,MSc(CI.T.), PhD(C.I.T.), whose transfer to International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, New York, we mentioned in the June, 1960 issue, was appointed to that company as vice-president. As group vice-president—Linked States commercial, he has charge of all non-military operations for ITT's United States companies. Dr. Rader spent more than twenty years with General Electric Co., where for the past six years he was general manager of the specialty control department, located in Waynesboro, Virginia. He is considered one of the leading authorities on automation and tape control. The combination of the two is the basis of G.E.'s "flexible automation" concept, created at Waynesboro while he was general manager there. 1934 T. ALLAN HARRISON, BA,MA'42, steps into the vice-principalship of North Vancouver high school this month. Mr. Harrison was a former teacher and counsellor at Delbrook high school. GEORGE M. VOLKOFF. M.B.E.,BA,MA '36,PhD(Calif.),DSc'45,FRSC, is the new head of the U.B.C. physics department. More news about the appointment will be found elsewhere in this issue. Mrs. Volkoff is the former olga okulich. BA'33, MA'35. 1935 donald h. baker, BASc, is manager of the new newsprint mill at Crofton, B.C. for B.C. Forest Products. The mill is a $47 million laboratory operated by specialists and technicians who convert forest waste into 500-pound bales of gleaming white fibre sheets. Mr. Baker has the responsibility of maintaining the volume and quality of the product. david a. lesser, BA, was elected president of the Retail Merchants Association of Canada at the annual executive convention held in Waskesiu, Saskatchewan. DONALD C. S. MACDONALD, BCom.BA. is commanding officer, RCAF Station, Rockcliffe, Ontario. ITAI.O A. rader, BASc, is sales manager for Canada with Allan Bradley Manufacturing Company in Gait, Ontario. FLORENCE H. WALKER, BA,BASc(N), executive secretary of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, has retired to her native Glencoe, Ontario, after sixteen years' service. 1936 r. a. Hamilton, BASc, is product planner for induction motors with the apparatus department, Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd., in Peterborough, Ontario. mrs. yuriko moriya (nee yuriko "lily" mizuno, BA), the first Japanese from Japan to take an honours course at U.B.C, has a daughter, Atsuko, on campus taking graduate studies. Atsuko is believed to be the first second-generation Japanese taking a degree at U.B.C. Mrs. Moriya visited Vancouver in 1950. Robert r. smith, BA, a retired Vancouver school principal and past president of the B.C. Teachers' Federation, was the winner of the Fergusson Memorial Award for 1961. Mr. Smith received the award for his contribution to education and the welfare of teachers. He has been a member of the U.B.C. senate, and played a part in the development of the U.B.C. summer school for teachers. 1937 john o. hemmingsen, BASc, has been appointed vice-president, logging, for MacMillan, Bloedel and Powell River Limited. Mr. Hemmingsen will also direct the towing and log purchase departments. 1938 ian douglas boyd, BA, principal of Queen Elizabeth Elementary School, attended a world teachers' conference in New Delhi, India, August 1-7, as a delegate from the Canadian Teachers' Federation. He is a past-president of the Federation. edmund v. caspell, BA, has retired after eighteen years as principal of Renfrew School. 1939 JOHN ALFRED (JACK) HAMILTON, BA (Wash.),NGA, who was principal of grade eight elementary schools in Vancouver from 1905 to 1948 when he retired to enter business, is (at the age of 77 years!) a freight claims adjuster with Cottrell Forwarding Co. Ltd. in Vancouver. Mr. Hamilton took most of his undergraduate work at U.B.C. harold e. harvey, BA, is the director of the Cultus Lake research laboratory for the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission. The laboratory is dedicated to the protection and extension of the sockeye and pink salmon industry. MRS. D. MILTON OWEN, (nee MARION reid, BA), has been elected the first woman president of the Vancouver Children's Aid Society. 1940 lester j. pronger, BA,MA'48,Dde l'U (Paris),PhD (Harvard), has been promoted from assistant to associate professor of French at York University. 1941 honel A. cox, BA,MA'43, is now vice- president of research and development engineering and a member of the board of directors for Personal Products Corporation, Milltown, New Jersey, which is affiliated with Johnson & Johnson. Dr. Cox joined Personal Products in March, 1961, after serving for over seven years as director of research for Johnson & Johnson Ltd., Canada. pit desjardins, BA, has been appointed vice-president, timber supply, for Western Plywood Company Ltd. Mr. Desjardins has served in various executive positions with Western Plywood since he joined the Company in 1946. gerald v. Howard, BA,MA'47, director of the United States Bureau of Commercial Fisheries biological laboratory at San Diego, California, has an interesting article in the May, 1961 issue of Western Fisheries on "The Pacific Coast Tuna Fisheries". JOHN C. F. MACDONALD, BA,MA'48, PhD (Tor.), is an assistant professor on the staff of the newly-formed department of therapeutic radiology, created within the faculty of medicine at the University of Western Ontario. MRS. A. C. BRUCE SINGLETON, (nee JEAN AGNES ROBERTSON, BA, MD(McGill), after graduating from U.B.C. and McGill, studied tropical diseases at Edinburgh University, then entered the colonial medical service and spent six years in Nairobi and three in Nyasaland before returning here where she is working at number three Metropolitan Health Unit. 1943 john G. h. halstead, BA, was in Vancouver on leave for a week during the summer. He has served as counsellor in the Canadian Mission to the United Nations in New York for the past three years. In August, Mr. Halstead went to Paris as minister in the Canadian embassy. 1944 byron t. estey, BA, president of Columbia Distributors Limited, has launched a $250,000 a year industry in throw-away hot drink cups. The name of the new company is Impac Containers Ltd. and is jointly operated by Estey and Impac Containers Ltd., Ontario. The industry is the first of its kind in Vancouver and on the west coast. N. e. taylor, BASc, has been appointed manager of Texaco Canada Limited's B.C. division with headquarters in Vancouver. 1945 GEORGE H. blumenauer, BASc in mechanical engineering, has been elected vice-president, Otis Elevator Company Limited, with responsibility for all sales, service and construction activities of the company throughout Canada. After wartime service as an engineer officer (RCEME) and graduation he joined the Otis company in 1946 as a student engineer, and since then has had varied experience with the company. He returned to Hamilton head office in 1959 as general manager of operations. j. david king, BCom, BSA, area development representative of B.C. Electric has been appointed industrial development manager of the firm's mar keting division. In his new role, Mr. King will direct B.C.E. efforts to encourage expansion of local industry and to interest business leaders across Canada and in other nations in locating in B.C. byron w. straight, BA,MA'49, author of an article, "The Need for Portable Pensions", in The Business and Professional Woman magazine, May-June issue, is a partner and consulting actuary with the firm, Byron Straight & Company, Vancouver. He has designed and been responsible for the actuarial work in connection with many pension plans in Canada since 1951. Mr. Straight is co-author of "The Actuary's Pension Handbook", the only published set of complete actuarial tables for pension plans. 1947 a. w. r. carrothers, BA,LLB'48,LLM (Harvard), of the Faculty of Law, and director of the Institute of Industrial Relations, has been elected president of the Canadian Association of University Teachers. His marriage is noted elsewhere in this issue. MRS. R. H. LAURENCE (nee MARGARET c. Wilkinson, BA), whose latest book, This Side Jordan is now on the market, is living in Vancouver. Mrs. Laurence has been living and writing in Africa. d. MOIRA SWEENEY, BA, BSW'50, MSW'51, is program director at Alexandra Neighborhood House in Vancouver, and also holds the office of first vice-president of the B.C. Association of Social Workers. 1948 KENNETH M. AITCHISON, BA,BEd'51, MEd'58, is the 1961-62 president of the B.C. Teachers' Federation. Mr. Aitchi- son will be on a year's leave of absence from his position as senior English teacher and boys' counsellor at Burnaby South High School. MRS. RALPH E. GIESEY, (nee NORA Clarke, BA), received a master of social work degree from the University of Minnesota last June. Mrs. Giesey was studying on a grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health. arthur H. Goldberg, BA, managing director of Sightseeing Limited in Israel, has agreed to act as the Alumni Association's contact in Israel. THE REV. JOHN P. GORDON, CD,BA, BTh(McMaster),BSW, has retired as padre at Camp Borden, Ontario. david f. hayward, LLB, together with his wife, the former ruby dunlop, BA,'49, and their four children are home on furlough after seven years in the jungle country of India, where they are with a Baptist mission. Mr. Hayward may be remembered as the founder of the "Jokers' Club" on campus and his wife as the only freshette ever to reign as Queen of the Mardi Gras. david r. williams, BA,LLB'49, president of the Duncan Chamber of Commerce, declined an invitation from the Victoria Waxworks Museum to say a U.B.C. alumni chronicle 8 few words of welcome to a wax figure of Queen Victoria. Mr. Williams is our branch president in Duncan. 1949 henry w. D. ARMSTRONG, BASc,MBA (McGill), has received his diploma in management and business administration from McGill University. floyd w. bigsby, Jr., BASc,MS(Iowa State),PhD(Iowa State), was recently awarded the latter degree from Iowa State University of Science and Technology at its annual commencement held in May. His major for the PhD degree was in the field of agricultural engineering - theoretical and applied mechanics. william d. ferry, LLB, has been appointed judge of the County Court of Cariboo in British Columbia. Mr. Ferry has practised law in Prince George since 1949. lamond a. milne, BCom, has been elected president of the Society of Industrial and Cost Accountants of British Columbia. david R. owen, BSF, has been named market research analyst connected with the building materials division of Crown Zellerbach. daniel g. rice, BA,BEd'60, is the new administrative officer in charge of the Prince Albert training school in Saskatchewan. Mr. Rice will be in complete charge of the institution, including a staff of 78 nurses, recreation and occupational therapists and social workers. His main work will be organizing a training program for the 350 trainees. john m. sif.burth, BSA,MSA(Wash. State),PhD(Minn.), who as associate professor of anima! pathology at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, joined the 23rd Argentine Antarctic Expedition Group three years ago, is now vorking in marine biology. He was appointed a year ago to Rhode Island University's marine biology lab in Narragansett Bay. allan g. stables, BA, principal for the last four years of Prince George senior high school, has resigned to accept the principal's post in a new high school in North Vancouver. Mr. Stables will also work towards a master of arts degree while in this post. 1950 e. g. bennett, BASc, has been appointed district manager of Pioneer Electric Limited in Vancouver, j. k. cavers, BASc'51, is now the western sales manager in Winnipeg for the same company. paul r. bianco, LLB, has been appointed manager of Eastern Trust Company in Kamloops, B.C. Prior to his new appointment, Mr. Bianco held the position of trust officer in the Vancouver branch. francis j. cairnie, BA, is the secretary-treasurer of the B.C. Teachers' Federation for the next year. Mr. Cairnie is living in Victoria. mervyn davis, BSW, called on citizens to forget their awe of the expert and get on with their job of helping in the field of correction. Mr. Davis is executive director of the John Howard Society. ada george, BASc(N), is the new president of the Registered Nurses' Association of B.C. john graham, BASc, has moved from the Ocean Falls division to become industrial engineer at Crown Zellerbach Canada's converting plant in Richmond. george r. j. law, BSA,MS(Wash.), PhD(Calif.), has joined Poultry Farms basic research laboratory in Johnston, Iowa, to engage in research of blood groups of chickens. Dr. Law moved there from California where he was studying blood groups of turkeys. 1951 THE rev. HARRY B. BARRETT, BA, has been appointed secretary for college work, youth work and church vocations in the department of religious education of the Anglican Church of Canada. Rev. Mr. Barrett's marriage is noted elsewhere in this issue. john m. (jack) gillis, BA, has been promoted to casework supervisor, Vancouver Family Court, taking Tim Hollick-Kenyon's place. Mr. Gillis has been a probation officer in the Vancouver Juvenile Court for the past six years. THOMAS BARR GREENFIELD, BA, a Student at the University of Alberta, was awarded a $3,600 Alberta graduate fellowship. michael hind-smith, BA, has been appointed national program director for the CTV Television Network Limited in Toronto. JAMES R. MIDWINTER, BA, who has been in India for the past two years as second secretary (commercial) in the Canadian High Commissioner's office, Delhi, has been posted to Santiago, Chile, as first secretary (commercial) with the Canadian embassy there. His wife is the former sally herd, BCom'53. THE REV. G. HOWARD TURPIN, BA, for eight years in charge of the United Church at East Chilliwack, Rosedale and Cheam, has accepted the pastorate of Trinity United in Vancouver. CHARLES A. swanson, BA,MA'53,PhD (Cal.Tech.), professor of mathematics, U.B.C, received a $15,090 research grant from the space agency of the U.S. Air Force for work in theoretical mathematics. MRS. ROBERT W. WELLWOOD, (nee mary v. Mackenzie, BA), was elected president of the B.C. Chapter of International House, U.B.C, at its annual meeting. Main objective for the coming year will be new dormitories for graduate students. 1952 marshal l. smith, BPE, supervisor of playgrounds and community centres in Vancouver, is the first Canadian named to the advisory board of the National Recreation Association in the U.S. GEORGE W. STEVENSON, BA,MSc'56, PhD (Stanford), received his doctorate in chemistry from Stanford University. 1953 Margaret avison, BA, has asked us to correct the note we published under her name in the last issue of the Chronicle. We wrongly reported that she had won. this year's Governor-General's award for poetry for a book of poems, Winter Sun. It was Margaret Avison of Toronto who won the award. We apologize to both Margaret Avisons but especially to our graduate for repeating an erroneous report. Our Margaret Avison, who has been teaching in Vancouver, is shortly returning to teach in Japan where she spent three years after her graduation here. IVAN R. FELTHAM, BA,LLB'54,BCL (Oxon.), assistant professor in the Faculty of Law, has been appointed to the faculty of Osgoode Hall in Toronto where he will be teaching in the same field, mercantile transactions and private international law. Before leaving the west coast, Mr. Feltham and his wife, the former kristine strombeck, LLB'48, who has been working as junior on the city solicitor's staff here, attended the summer workshop in international legal studies at Berkeley, California. NEIL A. Hamilton, BCom, who spent two years in the Paris office of Price, Waterhouse & Company, chartered accountants, has transferred back to the Vancouver office of the company. Walter a. kenyon, BA, expedition leader of Royal Ontario Museum archaeologists, has unearthed skulls of Assini- boine Indians, entombed 760 years ago in the Rainy River district of Northern Ontario, that show strange and perhaps gruesome burial rituals. Mr. Kenyon is certain the discovery "will modify an awful mess of things" in anthropology once he completes his study of the skulls. jack f. lintott, BASc in geological engineering, who has been instructing in marketing at the School of Business Administration of the University of Western Ontario, has been granted an MBA, and plans to start studies towards a doctorate in business administration at the University of Michigan this fall. His wife is the former k. vaughn thorsteinson. BA'54. 1954 EDWARD G. (TED) LEE, BA.LLB'55, with his wife, the former beverley joan saul, BA'54, and their two children, has returned from a two year tour of duty with the Canadian Embassy, Djakarta, Indonesia, and will spend the next two years in Ottawa. While in Vancouver their youngest daughter, born in 1959 in Djakarta, was christened Barbara Patricia. 9 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 1955 george h. collin, BSA, has been appointed research scientist in vegetable investigations at the horticultural experiment stations at Vineland and Simcoe, Ontario. brian a. cooper, BCom, has been appointed regional manager of sales for the Canadian division of the National Supply Company in Calgary which manufactures and sells oilfield equipment. Mr. Cooper was previously tubular manager in the Calgary office. He is now in charge of sales for all of Canada. The latest addition to the Cooper family appears in the birth column of this issue, a sister for Paul. Mrs. Cooper is the former faye fingarson, BA'55. KENNETH HUNT, BA,MSc'57,PhD (Queen's), has received his PhD in chemistry from Queen's University, Kingston. john j. krahn, MD, is in Nablus, Jordan, on a two year assignment doing medical relief work in the frontier villages. We hope he will meet our other U.B.C. graduate in Jordan, Murray wiggins, BSA'48. toivo (tony) laanamae, BCom, has been named manager of market research for Crown Zellerbach Canada. In his new position he will be responsible for the market research activities of all company divisions. john k. t. taylor, BA, Vancouver school teacher, has left with his family for Sarawak, Borneo, to take a teaching post under a plan financed by the B.C. Teachers' Federation. Mr. Taylor will teach regular classes and help in all- round development of the Simangang secondary school, which is co-educational and inter-racial. 1956 donald g. bellow, BASc, has been awarded a $2,600 scholarship for postgraduate work at the University of Alberta in mechanical engineering research. the rev. Murray l. garvin, BA, and Mrs. Garvin, formerly stationed at Fort St. John, B.C., have been appointed as missionaries to Formosa by the Presbyterian Church in Canada. terence c. o'brien, BA, LLB'60, has been appointed to a post with the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. He is working in the office of the high commissioner for refugees. Mr. O'Brien was president of the U.B.C. Conservative Club and was active in the provincial Young Conservative Club while on the campus. DOROTHEA M. N. ROSS, BA,MA'58, of Victoria, won the American Association of University Women international fellowship of $2,500. Miss Ross studied child psychology on a Canada Council scholarship at California's Stanford University. Paul russell, BA, this spring received the degree of doctor of musical arts from the University of Michigan. r. a. Hamilton, BASc'36, of Peterborough, Ontario, was present at Mr. Russell's piano recital presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree. One of the selections played was Mr. Russell's own composition. KENNETH G. SCRIMGEOUR, BA,MSc'57, has won his PhD degree in biochemistry from the University of Washington. RONALD L. SOMERVILLE, BA,MSc'57, received his PhD degree in biochemistry from the University of Michigan. 1957 marcus a. m. bell, BSF,MSF(Yale), has won a $2,200 post-graduate study scholarship for the second time. Mr. Bell, working towards his doctorate in botany and forest ecology at U.B.C, received the award from the National Research Council. peter c. clegg, BA.CLU, has been transferred from Toronto to Vancouver as western manager of Hobbs Savill & Bradford Limited, consulting actuaries. He will be specializing in all employee benefit welfare plans as well as estate planning and business insurance. harvey l. dyck, BA,MA'58, has been given an eight month extension on a previous Ford Foundation fellowship, which will allow him to complete studies for his thesis on German-Soviet relations from 1926 to 1934. Mr. Dyck has completed the academic requirements for his doctorate at Columbia University in New York, and is now travelling in Germany and the USSR. ian s. gartshore, BASc,MSc(London), is with the Defence Research Board in the aeronautical division in Ottawa. james r. gibson, BA, has been awarded a $4,200 Ford Foundation fellowship for advanced study in geography at the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Gibson went to Wisconsin in 1960 on a $2,000 Canada Council grant. He plans to visit the University of Moscow, in Russia, next summer. J. F. GERALD HODGE, BA,MCP(Calif.), entered Massachusetts Institute of Technology this January to work towards a doctorate in city planning. HOWARD E. JOHNSTON, BA, BEd'58, Lillooet high school teacher, has been awarded a scholarship permitting him a year's study at London University's Institute of Education. The scholarship is awarded by the provincial department of education. HARVEY R. SCHNEIDER, BSc( Alta.) ,MA, has left for London University to work with NATO British Empire research team. Dr. Schneider's fellowship was received under the Canadian Defence Research Board. 1958 william d. burton, BA, has received a second $1,500 Canada Council grant to continue his history studies at Kyoto University, Japan. Mr. Burton went to Japan after his graduation here on a two-year Japanese government foreign scholarship. ROBERT W. V. D1CKERSON, CA.BCom, LLB'61, is the author of an article in the May-June Advocate entitled "Solicitors' Trust Accounts, the Views of an Auditor." edward d. greathed, BA, who received the degree of master of international affairs from Columbia University, is public education secretary for the Canadian Institute of International Affairs at its national office in Toronto. flora m. macleod, BA, has accepted a position in the library of the University of Alberta, Calgary branch. Miss MacLeod, past president of the Alberta Library Association, has been head of the reference department of the Calgary municipal reference library for the past five years. Kenneth w. mahon, CA.BCom, was the winner of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Gold Medal in the 1960 final examinations. nancy e. Morrison, BA, has received her LLB degree from Osgoode Hall law school, Toronto. She will article with the firm of Smith, Rae, Greer in Toronto. robert s. roger, BASc, a Canadian research student at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, has modified the aerial on the world's largest radio telescope to make it capable of tracking the Soviet probe to Venus. Mr. Roger began his studies at Jodrell Bank Observatory more than two years ago and has been investigating the effect of the earth's atmosphere on radio signals from artificial satellites and is also studying moon echoes. He expects to do one more year of research at Jodrell Bank before returning to Canada. Births MR. AND MRS. ALLAN H. AINSWORTH, BA'46, (nee mary h. oxley, BA'48), a son, May 3, 1961, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM R. BALLENTINE, BA'59, a son, William Robert, July 17, 1961, in Montreal. MR. AND MRS. BRIAN A. COOPER, BCom- '55, (nee faye e. fingarson, BA'55), a daughter, Valerie Anne, April 13, 1961, in Calgary, Alberta. DR. AND MRS. RAYMOND E. COUNSELL, BSP'53, PhD (Mich.), a son, Ronald Lloyd, June 29, 1961, in Skokie, Illinois, U.S.A. MR. AND MRS. ANTHONY DAVIS, BA'52, (nee Pamela j. mawhinney, BA'54), a daughter, Santha, June 16, 1961, in Singapore. MR. AND MRS. R. B. FRASER, (nee DOREEN armour, BSP'53), a son, Bruce Phillip, June 3, 1961, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. C. PETER JONES, BA'47. BASc'48, a son, Hugh Alexander, January 6, 1961, in Vancouver. MR. AND MRS. COLIN G. MCDIARMID, BA- '54, a son, Duane Malcolm, June 12, 1961, in Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A. MR. AND MRS. BEVERLEY J. TWAITES, BA'54, (nee louanne c davies, BSP- '53), a son, Robert James, July 2, 1961, in Vancouver. Marriages aitchison-wildgrove. John Patterson Aitchison, BA'57, to Jean Mary Wild- grove, in New Westminster. bankes-crabtree. Hugh John Bankes, u.b.c alumni chronicle lO BASc'59, to Sallie Margaret Isobel Crabtree, in Beamsville, Ontario. barrett-reed. The Rev. Harry Bernard Barrett, BA'51, to Mary Pauline Reed, in Ottawa, Ontario. berridge-horton. The Rev. S. L. G. Berridge to Ruby J. Horton, BA'30, in Vancouver. bruce-spencer. Lawrence Norman Bruce to Barbara Ellen Spencer, BA- '42, in Kelowna. bruce-berry. Ronald Phillip Bruce to Donna Phyllis Berry, BHE'53, in Vancouver. butterworth-pritchard. Harold Douglas Butterworth, BCom'61, to Ellinor Lynne Pritchard, in Vernon. carlson-geddes. Glen C. Carlson, BA- '55, MD'60, to Margaret Anne Ged- des, BSc'58, in Vancouver. carrothers-boyd. Alfred William Rooke Carrothers, BA'47, LLB'48, LLM (Harvard), to Margaret Jane Boyd, BA'47 (nee macintosh), in London, England. cissell-morrison. Jimmy Howard Cis- sell to Christina Ann Morrison, BSN- '59, in Vancouver. colby-eory. Howard Douglas Colby, BSP'61, to Judith Eva Eory, in Vancouver. comesotti-gagnon. Thomas Leo Anthony Comesotti, BCom'61, to Jeanne Anne Marie Gagnon, BSP'59, in Vancouver. eaton-bissett. George Howard Eaton, Jr.. to Elaine Florence Bissett, BA'60, in Vancouver. f.nkin-raels. Melvyn M. Enkin, BA'60, to Pearl Ann Raels, in Vancouver. gaines-steele. F/O Edward J. Gaines, BASc'59, to Margaret Denise Steele, BA'61, in Vancouver. gardner-betts. John Peter Gardner to Sarah Isobel Betts, BSN'60, in Vancouver. hack-bruckshaw. Kenneth F. Hack, BASc'60, to Barbara Lynne Bruck- shaw, in Vancouver. hargrave-piro. William Denis Hargravc to Katherine Anne Piro, BSc'58, in Vancouver. havens-hodson. John Renford Havens to Doramy P. I. Hodson, BA'60, in Vancouver. heskin-kluck. Bernard Anthony Hes- kin, BASc'58, to Marie Cecilia Kluck, BSN'58, in Vancouver. heslop-suhr. Ian McGregor Heslop, BASc'59, to Eleanor Suhr, in Vancouver. hunter-wotherspoon. John Munro Hunter, BA'48, BASc'55, to Louise Wotherspoon, in Vancouver. johnston-jarvis. R. Laurence Johnston, BCom'58, to Sheila Jarvis, BEd- '61, in Vancouver. martin-cook. Frederick John Stuart Martin, BA'60, to Marilyn Margaret Cook, in Vancouver. meekison-darling. John Peter Meekison, BASc'59, BA'61, to Patricia K. Darling, BA'60, in Vancouver. miles-wright. William Robert Miles, BCom'60, to Sharon Jeanne-Marie Wright, BCom'59, in Vancouver. oaks-dugal. David Stephen Oaks, BASc- '60, to Monique Dugal, in Ottawa, Ontario. penz-marshall. Alfred Johan Penz to Sonya Sharron Marshall, BEd'59, in Vancouver. peters-johns. F/L Terence David Peters, BASc'57, to Beatrice Elizabeth Johns, in Ottawa, Ontario. rayward-shaw. Michael Rayward, BSA- '60, to Barbara Alice Shaw, BSA'61, in Vancouver. richards-mackenzie. Richard Lawrence Richards, BCom'60, to Marilyn Ruth MacKenzie, in Vancouver. rochester-mcgrath. Ian Dane Baillie Rochester to Mary Helen McGrath, BA'55, in Ottawa, Ontario. sharp-willmore. Robert Murray Sharp, BASc'59, to Wilma Jean Willmore, in Wabash, Ontario. sleigh-pryce. Alfred Dudley Sleigh to Shirley Colleen Pryce, BSW'55, in Vancouver. smith-young. Douglas Charles Smith, BCom'57, to Gwynnith Heather Young, in Peterborough, Ontario. sopp-ellip. Edward John Sopp, BA'50, BSW'51. MSW'54, to Maimo Ellip, BA'54, BSW'55, in Vancouver. stokfs-schell. Terrance Wayne Stokes, BASc'60, to Jane Elizabeth Schell, in Vancouver. sotvldt-farrell. Kenneth Henry Adair Sotvedt to Wendy Louise Farrell, BEd- '60, in Vancouver. symonds-buker. John Robert Symonds. BCom'60, to Elsie Patricia Marilyn Bukcr, BEd'60, in Vancouver. tangen-fitzpatrick. I.enhart Tangen to Margaret Eleanor Fitzpatrick, BA'50, in Calgary, Alberta. teichmann-farris. Herbert Wilhelm Teichmann to Elizabeth Wendy Farris, BA'59, in Vancouver. tompkins-dale. Francis Michael Tompkins, BCom'60, to Judith Dale, BEd- '60. in Vancouver. wareing-fenton. Richard Edward Ware- ing to Sheila Edith Fenton, BHE'61, in Trail. winch-shaw. Harry C. Winch to Gladys N. Shaw, BA'23 (nee weld), in West Vancouver. winter-hardie. Jeremy Stephen Drummond Winter, MD'61, to Frances Jane Fleetwood Hardie, in Victoria. winton-downs. John Leonard Winton, BA'49, to Sylvia Milada Downs, BA- '57. in Vancouver. Deaths 1925 ALBERT EDWARD GRAUER, BA,BA(Ox- on.),PhD(Calif.),LLD'58, Chancellor of the University of British Columbia, died July 28, 1961, at the age of 55. At the hour of his funeral, on Tuesday, August 1, the campus of the University was stilled for two minutes in tribute. Plans are now being made for a memorial service to be held in the War Memorial gymnasium at 4 p.m. on Thursday, September 28. Graduates who wish to attend will be welcome. "Dal" Grauer was born in Eburne. B.C., one of nine children of immigrant German parents. His father, who came to B.C. in 1886, started a highly successful cattle business and the Grauer family became the largest dairy farmers in the province. Dal, who was a serious student, graduated from King Edward high school at 15 and from U.B.C. at 19 with first class honours in economics. He served on the Students' Council for two years and was president of the Alma Mater Society. He was captain of the University basketball team which was runner-up in the Dominion championships. The combination of athletic and scholarly excellence earned him the Rhodes scholarship. He read law at Oxford, was captain of the lacrosse team there, and was invited to join the 1928 Canadian Olympic lacrosse team which won the World Championship at Amsterdam. After securing his doctorate in economics from the University of California he became a member of the department of political economy at the University of Toronto. Later he joined the School of Social Work at that University and by the age of 31 was a full professor and head of the school. When he left university life two years later to go into the B.C. Electric Company he said of his decision: "lt had everything 1 was interested in. It involved labour relations, welfare and economics. By that time I had so much theory I wanted to see how it would work out. I wanted to test some of my classroom ideas in a real business situation." Seven years later, at the age of 40, he became president of the company. For the last six months of his life he was chairman of the board. In the words of the president of the University, Dr. N. A. M. MacKenzie, "To an unusual degree he combined academic interests with the career of a man of action and his counsel and experience were eagerly sought by government and private organizations. He was retained by the Bank of Canada to study the taxation system. He was a member of the research staff of the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations (the Rowell-Sirois), and, more recently, was a member of the Royal Commission on Canada's economic prospects. Dr. Grauer's close association with the University of British Columbia was renewed in 1942 following his return to western Canada to accept the position of secretary of the B.C. Electric Company. Almost immediately he became a member of the University Senate and since then has served continuously on that body. He was appointed to the Board of Governors of the University in 1956 and in the following year was elected Chancellor by acclamation, to succeed Chief Justice Sherwood Lett. He was re-elected Chancellor for a second term only last year. "As scholar, athlete, teacher and administrator, Dal Grauer was an adornment to his University. We mourn the death of a man who has enriched the 1 1 U.B.C ALUMNI CHRONICLE Alumni President's Tribute to Chancellor The thirty thousand Alumni of the University mourn the death of their Chancellor, Dr. A. E. Grauer. For thirty- five years he served the Alumni Association well, and throughout his remarkable career maintained his interest in its activities on behalf of higher education in the province. He repeatedly urged the graduates of U.B.C, wherever they settled, to interest themselves in the provision of university training for larger numbers of our population. As scholar, professor, industrialist and public servant, the Chancellor brought lustre to his position, and continued his exertions for education in an expanding province long after his fatal malady was diagnosed. In his last speech, given before the first Convocation to be held on the Victoria campus, the Chancellor stressed the role of sister institutions in sharing the responsibility for the teaching of the liberal arts in the province. Surrounded as he was in his industrial and cultural enterprises by U.B.C. graduates, Dr. Grauer said that he found it easy to keep up to date on Alumni affairs. At the mention of playing fields his eyes would light up and he would speak about the field which he helped to build at the corner of Wesbrook Crescent and University Boulevard even before the move to the Point Grey campus. Lacrosse would similarly bring a smile to his otherwise quiet face. He was at his best when, at the opening of the University Club of Vancouver, he discoursed entertainingly on his life in several universities. He was always a student at heart, and the Chancellorship of his Alma Mater he held as his greatest honour. No university could wish for a more loyal graduate. William C. Gibson, M.D., President, U.B.C. Alumni Association life of the mind, the body, the imagination and the world of affairs. In our own sense of loss, we extend our deepest sympathy to his devoted wife and family." He leaves his wife, Shirley, and six children, three boys and three girls. ROBERT HARVEY CLARK, BA'05,MA'08 (Toronto),PhD'09(Leipzig), Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, honorary life member of the American Chemical Society, honorary life fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada, emeritus professor of chemistry and head of the department of chemistry at U.B.C. from 1927 until his retirement in 1948, died in Vancouver July 25, 1961, at the age of 81. Born in Blythe, Ontario, he earned his degrees with distinction from both Toronto and Leipzig universities. He came to U.B.C. in 1916, and was a member of the National Research Council of Canada from 1937 to 1943. The hospitality of Dr. Clark and his wife will be remembered especially by the students who specialized in chemistry. After his retirement Dr. Clark served for eight years as chairman of the board of Union College of British Columbia. He is survived by his wife and two sons, Robert mills clark, BCom'41 ,BA'42,AM,PhD (Harvard), professor of economics and political science, U.B.C, and douglas harvey clark, BA'48, finance officer, federal department of finance, Ottawa. CHARLES JOSEPH THOMPSON, LLD'59, honorary fellow, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, honorary member, Architectural Institute of B.C., senior partner in the firm of Thompson, Berwick & Pratt, died in April, 1961, at the age of 82. Born in London, England, he became an associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects before coming to Canada in 1906 as an assistant architect with the C.P.R. In 1908 he came to Vancouver and formed the firm of Sharp and Thompson, the forerunner of the present firm. In 1912 the firm began its long association with the University of British Columbia when it won a competition open to all architects in Canada for a general design for the campus and plans for four buildings. Mr. Thompson leaves a son and two daughters. 1916 ella Gladys Cameron, BA, died suddenly on May 22, 1961, at the age of 66, in Vancouver. Born in Brandon, Manitoba, Miss Cameron taught in B.C. schools for 39 years, for the last 29 years at Victoria high school. When she retired in 1956 as head of the mathematics department there, h. d. dee, BA'27,MA'43,BEd'49, principal at that time, called her one of the finest math teachers in the province, who demanded, and got, the best from her classes. Her other interests, second only to mathematics, were the theatre and travel. 1921 LESLIE THOMAS FOURNIER, BA,MA'23, PhD(Calif.) in economics, died July 5, 1961, in Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S.A. He was 59. Born in Sudbury, Ontario, he was brought up in Vancouver. After taking his Ph.D. he taught at Princeton University until he was appointed special assistant to the Securities Exchange Commission in the United States in 1935. He was vice-president and treasurer of Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. and Trunkline and Gas Co. from 1946 until his death. He leaves his wife in Ridgewood, and two daughters. STEPHEN becher plummer, BSc, a chemical engineer who started his studies at McGill College of B.C. before the First World War, has died in Toronto. After serving overseas with the McGill company of the P.P.CL.I. and in the R.F.C, he completed his degree and worked for a pulp and paper company in B.C. for ten years before moving to eastern Canada to an oil firm. Mr. Plummer is survived by his wife and family in Toronto, and by a sister and brother in Vancouver. He was 67. 1929 Marion H. langridge, BA, died suddenly July 30, 1961, in Oxford, England, as she was sketching in the gardens of Merton College. With her sister Gertrude she was spending the school vacation in Europe. After attending the Shakespeare plays in Stratford, and staying in Oxford with the Roy Vollums, fellow U.B.C. graduates, she was to join her sister in Paris for a tour of France by motor, when death intervened. Marion Langridge taught English in Magee high school for over 20 years and coached the school plays. Each year she also came out to the College of Education to give a lecture in Miss Mollie Cottingham's English course on the teaching of Shakespeare and drama production in high schools. She was a devoted member of the C.C.F. party for years, greatly interested in international affairs (she had attended discussions on the subject during her stay in Oxford), and an amateur painter. Her interests enriched her teaching, and she leaves a wide circle of friends besides her sister Gertrude and her cousin, Hilda Langridge. 1947 DEAN REGINALD MACKAY, BA,MA'49, died April 5, 1961, in Victoria. After teaching for some years on Vancouver Island and in the interior of B.C., he served for four years in the Canadian army before returning to take degrees at the University. From 1948 to 1954 he was principal of two Victoria schools until illness forced him to transfer to the administrative staff in Victoria as research consultant. He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Kathleen, a teacher in Victoria, and Judith, attending Victoria College. 1950 RAYMOND JOHN WATSON, BSP, district manager for Ayerst McKenna and Harris, Ltd., in Toronto, died in May 1961 after a long illness. Mr. Watson was born in Grand Falls, New Brunswick, and attended U.B.C. after serving for six years in the army, twice wounded. He leaves his wife and five children in Toronto. He was 40. 1951 CAPT. IRVING NEIL NICHOLSON, BASc, died June 8, 1961, after sustaining critical injuries in a car accident at Bowden Junction, Alberta. He left the army, at Kingston Military College, nine months ago to join the public health engineering branch of the Department of National Health and Welfare, and was doing research in water treatment and sewage disposal in the Canadian north country. He is survived by his wife Leona and one daughter, Janet Lee. U.B.C. alumni chronicle 12 AN OUTSIDER LOOKS <■? AT THE UNIVERSITY In April of this year Arnie Myers, one of the top reporters on the staff of the Vancouver 'Sun' was assigned the task of writing a series of articles on the state of the University in 1961. Myers spent almost two weeks on the campus interviewing U.B.C officials and gathering research material for a series of three articles. The 'Sun' has kindly granted permission to the 'Alumni Chronicle' to reprint the articles. The series, which deals with the University's problems and prospects, begins on the next page. 13 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE POPULATION EXPLOSION HITS U.B.C. The University of British Columbia, like universities everywhere, is wracked by a population explosion. Five years ago U.B.C. had 7,700 students. Last session it had 11,651, or an increase of nearly 4,000. This fall, it's expected, registration will run between 12,800 and 13,000— an increase of 1,200 to 1,400 in a single year. This puffball growth presents the University with a host of pressing problems. One of them—the space shortage—could be solved almost overnight if enough money were available. But even though more than $20 million has been poured into new buildings in the last three years, the University has not been able to replace one of the 300 superannuated army huts which have cluttered its campus for the last 15 years. More buildings are needed, obviously. But classrooms and laboratories are useless without teachers. Will the teacher supply be adequate for this year's 13,000 students? And what will the situation be in five years' time, when an estimated 20,000 young people in B.C. will be demanding a higher education? High academic standards can be maintained in this situation only if good teachers can be retained on the faculty, and new ones added at a rate at least equal to the influx of students. This is not the case at U.B.C. The ideal student-faculty ratio—■ admittedly one few universities ever achieve—is 10 to 1. The ratio for all Canadian universities for the year 1958-59, as estimated by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, was 14.3 to 1. In 1959-60 it had improved to 13.5 to 1. That year, U.B.C.'s ratio was 16.2 to 1. Since then it has worsened. In 1960-61 it was 17.2 to 1, on the basis of 11,651 full-time students and 675 permanent faculty members. (It should be noted that there is some dispute as to whether the national and U.B.C. figures are strictly comparable. A weighted ratio for U.B.C, taking into account its sessional and part-time teachers, would be about 16 to 1. But even this is a good deal higher than the national average.) Last fall, when U.B.C. enrolled 1,017 more students than it had the previous year, it was able to increase its faculty by only 20 members, in spite of the fact that its faculty salary floors are unsurpassed in Canada. U.B.C. now pays deans and full professors a minimum salary of $12,000 a year. Associate professors get a minimum of $9,000, assistant professors $7,000 and instructors $5,500. These minimum rates are equalled only by the University of Toronto and Victoria College. But this does not necessarily mean that U.B.C.'s teachers are the best-paid in Canada. Individual salaries are a secret at the moment, although next year the University will be forced to reveal them under a new provincial law. Meanwhile, tables of average and median salaries tell part of the story. The average pay at U.B.C, for teachers of all ranks, is $8,700 a year. This is a bare $2 a year above the national average. On this basis U.B.C. ranks 12th among 28 Canadian universities. It is far below Laval ($9,996), the University of Saskatchewan ($9,665), the other two western universities and all the big eastern ones. Some faculty members at U.B.C. undoubtedly command salaries well above the minimum for the categories. But it's a fact that half the full professors and associate professors at U.B.C. are paid less than $100 above the minimum. For assistant professors and instructors this median salary (the point at which half the people in a salary list are paid more and half are paid less) is a bit higher off the floor. The median for assistant professors is $7,630 (minimum $7,000) and for instructors it is $5,820. The U.B.C. Faculty Association wants these medians raised to $14,000 for full professors, $10,500 for associate professors, $8,000 for assistant professors and $6,250 for instructors. This should be done, the Association says, by merit differentials geared to a teacher's advancement through the academic ranks. Thus a teacher would not be retarded in his advancement from one rank to the next—as now sometimes happens—simply because the difference in pay is too great for the University to meet. U.B.C ALUMNI CHRONICLE 14 U.B.C. once had a system of merit differentials but this was wiped out during a two-year round of wage increases which hiked professors' salaries by $2,000. The University administration hopes soon to be able to re-establish the differentials. The Faculty Association's proposal would cost U.B.C. an extra $700,- 000 a year, raising the total annual academic salary bill to $6.5 million. The Association says U.B.C, if it wants to attract top teachers, must be prepared to pay up to $20,000 a year for them. It points out that salaries like this are not uncommon at such U.S. universities as Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, the Universities of California, Florida and Michigan. But even such big-league salaries may not be sufficient to keep U.B.C.'s faculty roster up to strength. The fact is that Canada is simply not turning out enough qualified teachers to meet its uni versities' demands. In President N. A. M. MacKenzie's phrase, the country is not reproducing herself economically and he doesn't expect her to for at least another decade. Meanwhile U.B.C. must seek new teachers from the United States and the United Kingdom. And there are signs that these pools of talent are drying up as the American and British universities face their own population explosions. U.B.C.'S OPERATING COSTS DOUBLED In a mere four years, U.B.C.'s operating costs have doubled. In 1955-56 the University spent $6.8 million. In 1959-60, the last year for which figures are available, its operating expenses totaled $14.6 million. For last year, U.B.C.'s budget probably was between $16 and $17 million. Who pays this bill? The students, of course, pay part of it through their fees. But in spite of a recent $100-a-year increase, student fees total only about one- quarter of U.B.C.'s budget. Three- quarters of the cost of a student's education is paid by other sources. A sizeable part of U.B.C.'s income comes from industry and organizations and individuals interested in furthering higher education, in the form of scholarships and bursaries. Money for research comes largely from the National Research Council and the Defence Research Board. The United States government also contributes to research at U.B.C. (One department head, although delighted to get his hands on some of these Yankee dollars, nevertheless considers it "a scandalous thing" and a "disgrace" that Canadian scientists should have to depend on U.S. support). The lion's share of U.B.C.'s expenses is borne by the Canadian and B.C. governments. Together they provide about $60 of every $100 that the University gets. Higher education has traditionally been considered a provincial responsibility. But since the end of the war, when it began to spend millions on veterans' education, Ottawa has been increasingly involved. Since 1951 Ottawa has been making per- capita grants to the provinces for higher education. These now amount to $1.50 per head of population. But while federal support to U.B.C. has been rising, the provincial government's support (in terms of a percentage of U.B.C.'s budget) has been steadily shrinking. In 1954-55, the provincial government paid 44.5 per cent of U.B.C.'s operating costs, and the federal government less than 10 per cent. In 1959-60, Victoria's share had de clined to 34.3 per cent and Ottawa's had risen to 25. This change has come about because Victoria has been increasing its operating grant to U.B.C. at a rate of only about $500,000 a year while U.B.C.'s costs were rising at a rate of $1.7 million. In addition to its operating grants, of course, Victoria has also been making capital grants to help finance U.B.C.'s $35 million building program. Victoria has promised U.B.C. $ 10 million in outright grants, plus another $10 million to match the $10 million raised during the development fund campaign. (The remaining $5 million comes from the Canada Council). So far U.B.C. has received $5 million of the outright grants from Victoria and only "$1,250,000 of the matching grant. It will be 1967 before Victoria has discharged its obligations. As a result, U.B.C. has had to finance most of its recent construction out of development fund receipts. This fund has actually collected $7,912,000 in cash (another $2 million is pledged) and 15 U.B.C. ALUMNI chroniclf has spent, to date, $7,900,000. Remaining construction will be financed out of fund pledges and the annual trickle from Victoria. The building program began in 1958. To date it accounts for $21,788,000 of new buildings either completed or under construction. (This includes $4.5 million of construction financed either by loans or by outright gifts from private sources.) Still in the planning stage are such top-priority projects as extensions to U.B.C's chemistry and physics buildings, a new electrical engineering building, and a new student union building and winter sports centre (to be financed largely by the students). The extensions to the chemistry and physics buildings are badly needed. In both these busy departments makeshift laboratories have had to be squeezed into every available foot of space. The physics building contains a laboratory built into a former storage space under the front steps; in the chemistry building, a former lavatory has been converted into a laboratory. U.B.C. also needs more money for research, for faculty salaries, and for student aid. In this last field, the B.C. government has made a notable contribution through its new scholarship program, under which it pays half the fees of any student who attains first-class marks, and one-third of the fees of the top 2,000 students in the second class. In 1959-60, 1,540 students at U.B.C. benefited by this program, to the extent of $203,000. All told, student aid, including the provincial scholarships, amounted in 1959-60 to about $1.3 million. About one out of three students now gets some form of assistance, averaging about $230. Student aid, research and salaries all could be substantially increased if the B.C. government treated its University as generously as other western governments treat theirs, as the U.B.C. Alumni Asso ciation advocates. The Association pointed out in a brief to the provincial government last year that B.C., although the wealthiest of the four western provinces, is the most niggardly in its support of higher education. In 1959-60, B.C. contributed only 1.706 per cent of its provincial revenues to its University; whereas Alberta gave 1.772 per cent, Saskatchewan 1.892 per cent and Manitoba, the poorest province of the four, gave 2.886. Looked at another way, Manitoba gave its university the equivalent of $726 for each full-time winter- session student, whereas B.C. contributed only $493. The Alumni Association asked the B.C. government to raise its operating grant to U.B.C. to the Manitoba level of $726 per student. This would have given U.B.C. $9.5 million for the current academic year. Instead, the government raised its grant only to $504 per student, or a total of $6,550,000. ROYAL COMMISSION MAY BE ANSWER U.B.C is Canada's third-largest university, topped only by the University of Montreal and the University of Toronto. At U.B.C. the growing pains that are besetting universities everywhere are compounded by the fact that higher education is more popular in B.C. than in any other province in Canada. Last year the number of students enrolled in all institutions of higher learning in B.C. was the equivalent of 16.2 per cent of the province's college-age (18 to 21) population. For Canada as a whole the figure was only 11.2 per cent. This wide difference is partly explained by the fact that B.C. admits students at the junior matriculation level, whereas many Canadian universities insist on senior matriculation. U.B.C. thus gets its students younger and keeps them longer. Another contributing factor is B.C.'s heavy immigration. Half the students at U.B.C. are the sons and daughters of new Canadians, who place a higher value on education than do the native-born. University enrolment will continue to increase faster than the growth of the population because a professional education is becoming a necessity for an ever-widening section of the populace. B.C. may some day catch up with the United States, where university enrolment now equals 20 per cent of the U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 16 college-age group and is expected eventually to level off at 40 per cent. Last year U.B.C.'s enrolment was 11,651. This year it's expected to be nearly 13,000. There are educators who say a student body of this size is too big, and that U.B.C must become more selective about its students, or higher education in this province must be decentralized. U.B.C. could insist on senior matriculation as an entrance requirement, thereby trimming out 3,000 students. But this would be possible only if senior matric courses were provided in all high schools. Another kind of entrance hurdle often suggested is the scholastic aptitude test now used by one-third of U.S. colleges. This kind of test aims to weed out the students who are obviously unfitted to cope with university-level studies. That there is a good deal of weeding-out to be done is indicated by U.B.C.'s failure rates. Last year 30.5 per cent of the first year arts-and-sciences class failed to pass, for one reason or another. Of these, 22.3 actually failed their exams; the other 8.2 per cent dropped out for personal or financial reasons or because they couldn't face the prospect of inevitable failure. Obviously, not all the potential failures could have been detected by aptitude tests. Some of them were able students who simply hadn't had the benefit of specialist teachers in their small-town high schools. Others were academically capable but unable to adjust to university life. Both these groups would have passed the aptitude tests—and would still have failed. (About half the failures, incidentally, return to U.B.C. the next year, and pass.) Dr. Norman A. M. MacKenzie, president of U.B.C, opposes aptitude tests. He reckons they would cost $100,000. But what's the cost of a failure? It costs an out-of-town student a minimum of $1,200 for a year at U.B.C, and it costs the university more than that to keep him there. Heading off 40 failures would pay the cost of the tests. Another, more drastic way of limiting enrollment is by fee increases. U.B.C. proved the effectiveness of this technique two years ago when it raised its fees by $100. That year the freshman arts class was actually smaller than the previous year's. But none of these curb-reins is popular with U.B.C. administrators. Dr. MacKenzie is dedicated to the proposition that every young British Columbian who is suited to a university education should have a chance at it. The alternative, then, is decentralization. It has frequently been suggested that two-year junior colleges should be established at strategic points in the province. The theory is that these colleges would ease the strain on U.B.C. by absorbing many of the first and second-year students, leaving U.B.C. free to concentrate on the higher undergraduate years and on post-graduate training. Dr. MacKenzie has some doubts about this plan. Junior colleges would be worthwhile, he says, only if they could be staffed with first- rate teachers. And junior colleges won't find good teachers any more easily than does U.B.C. These colleges would be costly, he warns, and B.C. must be sure before it starts to build them that they are really needed and that they will get enough money to operate efficiently. Dr. MacKenzie suggests a thorough review of all the relevant factors: "the condition of the province, its financial resources, its population, the distribution of that population and more particularly the percentage of the resources that we citizens of the province are prepared to set aside for higher education." The U.B.C. Alumni Association and the president have proposed a high-powered royal commission of top-notch, non-B.C experts be established to conduct this kind of investigation and to chart the future course of higher education in B.C. Australia recently established just such a commission. Within a few months the commission had completed its survey, and made its report; its recommendations were immediately implemented by the government; a flood of new money poured into the universities and many of their problems were solved. Many U.B.C. educators and alumni believe that action of this kind is overdue for British Columbia. READERS MAY BE INTERESTED IN SOME DATA SUPPORTING THE STATEMENTS MADE BY MR. MYERS. ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS A TABLE OF FIGURES EXTRACTED FROM A PAMPHLET ENTITLED "SOURCES OF UNIVERSITY SUPPORT" ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION, 77 METCALFE STREET, OTTAWA. SINGLE COPIES OF THE PAMPHLET ARE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE. IF MORE THAN ONE COPY IS REQUIRED ORDERS SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY PAYMENT OF 25 CENTS PER COPY. 1 7 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE Provincial Support of Universities and Colleges, 1958-59 Support Support Per Capita Support as % of Province Per Full-Time of the Population Personal Income of Student of the Province the Province Dollars Dollars % NEWFOUNDLAND 371 0.92 0.11 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 441 1.82 0.21 NOVA SCOTIA 206 1.45 0.14 NEW BRUNSWICK 366 2.14 0.23 QUEBEC 462 2.86 0.23 ONTARIO 1,105 5.13 0.30 MANITOBA 954 5.79 0.40 SASKATCHEWAN 857 4.27 0.33 ALBERTA 1,776 7.74 0.50 BRITISH COLUMBIA 569 3.89 0.23 AVERAGE, 10 PROVINCES 765 4.16 0.29 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 18 ppicii/i a maw*1™' •* r«M«mtM>r«rtr » By Jan de Bruyn The 'little mag' plays a vital role in fostering literary culture. It is, like any other publication, a vehicle by means of which writer reaches reader, but it has a special character, and its particular nature should ideally perform a function not otherwise fulfilled. Prism, soon to complete its second publishing cycle, was founded with the idea of providing an additional outlet for Canadian creative writing. By avoiding critical articles and reviews already adequately covered by such periodicals as Canadian Literature, Fiddlehead, Tamarack Review and several others, we are able to devote all our space to imaginative writing. Prism's descriptive sub-title, therefore, "a magazine of contemporary writing", indicates one aspect of its uniqueness. One important aspect of Prism's editorial policy is the energetic encouragement of new writers who have something of interest and significance to say and say it well. In this respect. Prism in its short career has scored some memorable successes. Through the close contact of the editors with the University of British Columbia and specifically with the writers being attracted to the extensive creative writing program set up by the department of English, they have access to the work of a stimulating group of new writers, among whom some are outstanding. Prism first published the poetry, for example, of Lionel Kearns, who now is receiving acceptances from other literary periodicals, and who this vear won the Macmillan Prize for Jan de Bruyn is the editor of Prism and an assistant professor in the department of English at U.B.C. Subscriptions to the magazine can be obtained by writing to 3492 West 35th Ave., Vancouver 8, B.C. 19 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE As a vehicle for new writing talent Prism has acquired an enviable reputation among Canadian periodicals in its first two years of publication. Editor Jan de Bruyn here examines some of the magazine's accomplishments and describes plans for the future U.B.C.'s 'Little Mag' poetry at the University of British Columbia. Prism has afforded to other students in creative writing their first professional publication; so impressive was the material coming from such writers (Melvin Kero, Vincent Sharman, Elizabeth l.uckhurst, Richard Watson, Claire Sanford, W. J. Sigurgeirson) that we produced an issue devoted entirely to the writing of university students across Canada to which fifteen people from eight universities contributed. Not all Prism's new writers, however, have been university students. It has been our privilege and pleasure, for example, to discover the wealth of Margaret Laurence's talent and to publish two of her short stories and a pre- publication taste of her novel, This Side Jordan. Now Mrs. Laurence's novel is well-known and appreciated by all Canadian readers, and it has been awarded the Beta Sigma Phi prize as the best first Canadian novel of 1960. She was also presented the University of Western Ontario President's Medal for the best Canadian short story, which was published (wouldn't you know it!) in Tamarack Review. Another function of the 'little mag' is to provide space for serious writing which, because of its experimental nature or because of its frank treatment of socially taboo themes, is not likely to be published in the more orthodox and commercial outlets; and also for good writing done originally for the ephemeral radio and television media. Such writing should be preserved for the discriminating 'little mag' audience. Hence Prism has published Wilfred Watson's story The Lice, which he had almost despaired of seeing in print; and George Woodcock's radio play, Masker- man. Moreover, in the coming year. Prism is planning an issue of writing with a difference: experimental, 'way-out', new. Prism is designed primarily as an addilional publication for Canadian writers, established as well as new, but accepts also good material from elsewhere. The editors feel that it is interesting and indeed necessary to set the Canadian literary product beside its counterpart from other parts of the English-speaking world, and we have therefore been pleased lo present work by writers from the United States and England. Prism is anxious to provide variety and substance, and besides bringing forward new writers of high promise, has been privileged to present the latest work of such people of established reputation as Dorothy Livesay, Earle Birney, Anne Marriott, Wilfred Watson, Alden Nowlan, Raymond Souster and Henry Kreisel, whose story, The Travelling Nude, in Prism's first issue, won the President's Medal for 1959. The editors have as their next special project an issue of French-Canadian writing which will be published as far as possible in both languages. With this project Prism hopes to contribute to the now happily growing consciousness that Canadian literature has within it a large body of outstanding work written in French. Like all other 'little mags', Prism struggles to stay alive. After surviving the first year of its existence. Prism received grants from the Koerner Foundation and the Canada Council—an indication that its value and interest were appreciated and considered worthy of continuance. Grateful as we are for such support, we hope in the coming year to approach self-sustaining status by developing an ever-increasing readership, especially among the alumni of the University of British Columbia, which, in President Mackenzie's phrase, is Prism's "spiritual home". A year of progress at Victoria By Hugh E. Farquhar It may well be said that Victoria College "came of age" in the year 1960-61. This most significant year reached its climax with the graduation ceremonies held at the time of the first Convocation. On May 29th Dr. A. E. Grauer, the late chancellor of the University, conferred degrees upon 37 students graduating in arts, science and education. The members of the class of '61 formed the first group to complete a full degree course at Victoria College. Taking part in the impressive and colourful program were His Honour Lieutenant-Governor George R. Pearkes, Visitor to the University, Dr. Grauer, President N. A. M. MacKenzie, His Honour Judge J. B. Clearihue, chairman of Victoria College Council, Principal W. Harry Hickman and Acting Principal R. T. Wallace. The band of The Royal Canadian Engineers, under the direction of Captain A. Brown, CD., provided the processional music and presented a musical program. Chancellor Grauer conferred special honour on two distinguished educationists who have had a long association with Victoria College. Mrs. Henry Esson Young, a teacher of the first class of students to attend Victoria College, and Dr. Charles J. Armstrong, president of the University of Nevada and a former student of Victoria College, received the honorary doctor of laws degree. Dr. Armstrong gave the Congregation address, speaking on "The idea of a university." On the preceding Sunday evening members of the graduating class, members of faculty and friends attended the first Baccalaureate Service in the Oak Bay United Church. The sermon was delivered by the Rev. A. Calder. Following the graduation ceremonies the first Graduation Ball was held on Monday evening in the auditorium at the Gordon Head campus. The building was attrac tively decorated and dancing was enjoyed to Len Acres' orchestra until one a.m. Mr. Acres has provided music for the College dances for more than thirty years. The gift of the graduating class to the College was a beautifully- designed silver mace, to be carried on special formal occasions. This traditional symbol carries the College crest which was registered with the College of Heralds during the past year. In March the College conducted its first faculty-student symposium on higher education. Representa- demic field but also in physical expansion. During the year 1960 the Victoria College management committee, under the chairmanship of Mr. R. B. Wilson, conducted a campaign for funds with the ultimate objective of raising $2,500,000 over a five-year period. The success of the appeal for financial assistance for the construction of new buildings is evident in the total amount of $2,040,000 subscribed to date in cash and pledges. This money is being matched by the provincial government as new buildings are constructed. Premier Bennett has Professor Farquhar is executive assistant to the principal of Victoria College, U.B.C.'s affiliated College in the provincial capitol. tives of faculty, students and alumni met together to discuss the question: "What is a university?" The topic was divided into four areas of influence—the students, the faculty, the alumni and the campus. Professor H. E. Farquhar, executive assistant to the principal, was general chairman of the conference. Dr. William C Gibson of the University of British Columbia gave the keynote address. Other principal speakers were Mr. David Edgar, president of the Alma Mater Society of U.B.C, Dr. William Gaddes, head of the department of psychology at Victoria College, Professor Tony Emery of the Victoria College department of history and Mr. Art Sager, then director of the U.B.C. Alumni Association. Students and faculty participated in group and general discussion periods and expressed the hope that such conferences might be held annually. The change in Victoria College is taking place not only in the aca- indicated that his government will continue to provide matching funds up to $5,000,000 over ten years. In January of this year the E.B. Paul building on the Lansdowne campus was completed and officially opened by the department of public works. This building, which contains 11 classrooms, 30 offices and the bookstore, was named after the first principal of the College. At the same time the former provincial normal school building was officially named the Henry Esson Young building, in honour of a former minister of education. In the fall, the 1,800 students expected to enrol will fill the available space to capacity. The early completion of the Paul building makes it possible to cope with the increasing number of students until new accommodation can be provided. The Victoria College development board, faced with the responsibility of providing facilities for a rapidly- increasing student population, made the decision early in the year to call U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 20 College upon the services of internationally- known campus planner, Mr. W. Wurster, dean of the college of environmental design and professor of architecture of the University of California. The firm of Wurster, Emmons and Bernardi of California was retained to survey future College needs and to recommend a program for further expansion. After spending several days on the campus, Dean Wurster and his associates submitted a report which contained a recommendation that the site of the university should be on the 120-acre College property at Gordon Head. The decision to de- Dr. G. R. Elliott, of Victoria College's department of commerce, economics and political science, acted as mace bearer (above) at the first ceremony for the granting of degrees at Victoria College in May. The 38-inch long silver mace, engraved with the College's coat of arms, was the gift of the first graduating class to the College. The picture on the opposite page shows the new E. B. Paul building, named for the first principal of the College, which contains classrooms, offices and the bookstore. On the recommendation of landscape architects the Victoria College development board has decided to carry out further physical development of the College at Gordon Head where, land has been purchased for future use. The Gordon Head site is shown in the aerial photograph above. velop the campus on the new location was then made by the Victoria College Council and received the enthusiastic approval of the community. Subsequent negotiations resulted in the acquisition of additional property from the Hudson's Bay Company as well as other small parcels of land, bringing the total College holdings to approximately 300 acres, sufficient for a possible enrolment of 10,000 students. The development board has appointed a team of Victoria architects under the direction of Mr. Robert Siddall to design the buildings to be erected in the first phase of the program. These architects are now proceeding with the drawing of preliminary sketches for four new buildings. The firm of Wade, Stockdill and Armour will plan a building to contain fifteen classrooms to be ready for occupancy by September, 1963. At the same time a students' union building will be constructed under the supervision of architect John A. Di Castri. The Provincial department of public works will complete the drawings for the $2,000,000 sciences building, which have been under preparation for some months. This building will be ready for use by the fall of 1963. It will be occupied by the biology, chemistry and physics departments. Mr. Siddall will design the new library, which is expected to cost $1,000,000. A preliminary master plan for the entire area has been developed. Central feature of the academic area will be a quadrangle forming the heart of a walking campus. The development board plans to complete the buildings in the first phase of the program in 1963. At that time it is hoped to provide space for 2,000 students on the new site. The buildings on the Lansdowne property will continue to be used for an indefinite period of time. Administrative and other services as well as some teaching facilities will be located on the present campus. In the coming years considerable use will be made of hut accommodation at Gordon Head. The former army drill hall now serves as a very fine auditorium-gymnasium. A second playing field has just been completed, adjacent to this building. For the past year physics laboratories have functioned very effectively in huts. These facilities have been expanded during the past summer. Members of faculty have assisted in converting another building into a reception and meeting centre. Shops, storage and supply accommodation are located in other huts. Classrooms, students' lounge, dressing rooms and shower facilities have been prepared for use in the new term. The past year has been one of rapid expansion for Victoria College. The next years will witness even greater changes as the College takes its place as one of Canada's finest academic institutions. 21 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE The pictures on these pages were provided by David Brock, BA'30, who has written the accompanying article on his father, Dean Reginald W. Brock. Dean Brock is shown at breakfast at his Alta Lake summer home tn the picture at top right with three of his sons and the former Babs Coulthard now Mrs. David Brock. In the right foreground is Philip (Pip), BSA 38, and half hidden beside him is Tom, BA and BASC36, MASC37. The author sits beside his father. The next photo shows Dean Brock in uniform as commanding officer of the Seaforth Highlanders. The next picture, taken m the late '20s, shows him seated cross-legged on the lawn of his home at Jericho Beach The above picture shows him kneeling by a stream in a meadow while on the walking trip in the Coast range described by his son in the accompanying article. The monolithic rock in the background somehow seems fitting in view of his profession. ' i j'". p** - *''s >»;'' -If SOME NO" written by When I was a child, there lay around our house some useless reference work which described my father as "probably the best travelled man in Canada". These words were written in 1912 or so, when he was 38. At that time he had been director of the Geological Survey of Canada for nearly five years . . . he had been not quite 34 at the time of his appointment. Now, there must have been many men in Canada, born rovers, who had seen far more of the world than my father had. Nor was there any official contest, with strict records kept, to see who could cover the most miles. Yet in many ways that vague little statement was true and important, and it got truer all the time, until he died in 1935 at the age of 61. It was true and important for this reason. On his travels, which were extensive enough, he saw more, remembered more, deduced more, enriched his mind and character more. And through himself did he enrich his professions of geology U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 22 ES ON R. W. BROCK his son, david brock ■) and education, and his hobbies of soldiering, international relations, geography, and the proper study of mankind, which is Man. I have never seen a man whom it was harder to bore, he travelled with his eyes and mind so open. He would not have known what you meant by the "boredom" of crossing Canada by train when there are rocks, vegetation, climates, seasons, towns, farms, industries, men and other animals to watch, and men to talk to, and work to do. The idea of having no work to do was as unreal to him as the idea of having nothing to watch. On occasion, like most other serious thinkers, he could be the absent-minded professor. But more often he was thinking of at least two things at once and observing several things at once. A short time before he died, I was lucky enough to accompany him on a two-day scramble across a northwest corner of Garibaldi Park. (When he was 60 and I was 24 he could walk me 23 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE off my feet.) I thought at first his mind was on holiday, like ours. And so it was, in the way he gave himself to the joy of violent exercise and to the quiet and the colour of the forests and the alpine meadows, and all the smells from bacon to bears. He enjoyed such things unreservedly, like a boy or a dog. Enthusiasm in most people is a blind thing, and indeed doubly blind, as both a cause and an effect of the enthusiasm, but in my father it was more often a sign of startling vision. Vision, and the other senses. William Blake asked us how we know that every bird that cleaves the airy way is not a vast world, closed to our senses five. I sometimes thought it was not closed to my father at all. And this brings us to the surprising fact, which needn't astonish us, that a really outstanding scientist should be something of a poet, grateful for the world and conscious of the interlocking harmonies of all the sciences. The world is fugue. Only a few scientists and a few poets and prophets can distinguish the many voices of that fugue or hear their relationship and unity. Well, behind the holiday mood of that affable and tough-looking tramp, I soon discovered a quiet but piercing awareness of the great hills as a whole, and of their finest detail too. Whether he was telling jokes or drowsing by a woodland fire or plodding over a devilish rockslide, he was appreciatively studying and effortlessly memorizing those Coast Range shapes and the skies about them and everything that clothed them, including his human companions. He could think on several levels at once, and on several scales at once. This accounts for his excellent sense of humour, but it accounts for much more. In the winter that followed, I lived alone, with every opportunity to consider those two lucky days when I had got to know my father a little better . . . that man who turned out to be so wonderfully simple where other men are a kind of shattered mosaic, and so richly complicated where other men are a single and tired grey smear. My mother had resented, laughingly but very firmly, our leaving her alone in the cottage. Had she known it was going to provide me with a life- time's supply of portraits of him as he really was, she would have resented nothing. If he had lived, no day would have passed without my learning something from him. But the important thing here, in a small impromptu essay which is a sketch of him and not of me, is this: if he had lived, he would have continued to learn and to grow himself. He was a bigger man at 61 than he was at 60, and he would have been bigger still at 62. We were speaking of scale just now. It is difficult for the son of a big man to convince a stranger of that bigness. The stranger will make every discount for loyalty, affection, tact, boasting, and subordination. He knows, like the shrewd stranger he is, that to a foot passenger any horseman above him will look enormous. It is especially difficult today to praise your own father when it is the profitable fashion to write about him as a villain or, at best, a quaint and burbling old pixie, to whom the writer invites every cheap dullard to feel superior, since herein lies the source of his rather dirty pennies. Not for money, but to strengthen your belief in the plain facts I am relating, I have tried to think of some faults to mention, some warts for the portrait. I have asked others, too, for some suggestions here. But it is hard to think of many faults which were significant. He had a tendency to shout while arguing with you or even while explaining things to you, so that while few of his enthusiasms were blind, a good many of them seemed to be a bit deaf. Sometimes he would address a companion as if he were in the back rows of a large com- ' pany. At home this was usually bearable, except when the subject was our failure to come up to his standard in examinations. And it certainly did our hearts good to hear him yelling for the whole of one day at Bertrand Russell. Russell's credulity about human perfectibility was only matched by my father's belief that he could re-educate that shifty old idealist in a single day, provided he yelled loudly enough at him. But when our father explained anything too loud on a street-car we wanted to get off and walk. Another difficulty is this: he was much bigger than any job he ever held, and bigger than the total of these jobs. To a stranger who might judge him only by the jobs, and by the mere names of the jobs at that, without any knowledge of the surprising way he went to work, the real size of the man is not appar ent or credible. If I wrote a book about him one day, as I should like to do, a stranger might well ask why I was devoting a whole volume to a man who had been nothing but the director of a geological survey, a professor of geology, a dean of applied science in a provincial university, a forgotten athlete, a major at Allenby's G.H.Q., and so on. I used to be sorry he did not concentrate his efforts more, so as to be recognized everywhere as the leader he was. As a chooser and handler of men, and a born educator, he should have been president of some famous university. (One such invitation was being drafted at the moment he died.) As a geologist he should have been removed from education and administration and peacetime soldiering and all the rest. Yet now I am not so sure. His life and character did have a unity and coherence after all. At any moment, there was nothing in his past that was wasted. Far from it. Each side of his experience gave strength to all the other sides, so that as a soldier he failed to be bluff, as a professor he failed to be dusty and myopic, as an athlete he was no mere animal, and as an administrator he never forgot that the machine was there to serve. And it wasn't simply that age could not wither him nor custom stale his infinite variety, though there was that too. His infinite variety was not just a preservative but something that let him grow continually. lt was ironic, but it was no contradiction, that when he died a colleague told me one day: "He was the only man at faculty meetings who could get those professional talkers down to earth and back to the subject. From his brisk and relentless common sense, you could not tell he was a professor at all." And yet on another day this same colleague could say that without R. W. Brock the campus had shrunk alarmingly and seemed less a University. There was no contradiction here. He could have said both things in the same breath. They were two sides of the same man . . . two of many. I mentioned the way he went to work. When he took over the Geological Survey at not quite 34, he had been engaged in making the school of mines at Queen's University an international model. The Survey was at that time an international joke, but he and O. E. LeRoy made that an international model too, within the fewest of years. Wherever he went, he had an uncanny knack of picking the best men and making them better, and getting out of them something better still. What men he selected for the unborn U.B.C! Years later, people all over the earth, leaders in their professions, would tell him " I don't know what your university is like in other lines, but in my own it's the best in the world." This was partly his own doing. When last I heard, not too long ago, his geological maps of the West Kootenay, made at the turn of the century, were still in profitable use, long after they should have been superseded. His one-man geological survey of Palestine, made at lightning speed under enemy fire, is still a classic. And here I should pause to tell a most beautiful story. His geological work for Allenby was partly to locate water supplies for the advancing armies—and partly to assess the value of what might well become a British protectorate. For both jobs he needed to follow the German and Turkish retreat so closely that at times he was being used as an intelligence officer as well as a geologist. Years later he allowed himself, busy though he was, to join the militia in Vancouver. Before he could become commanding officer of his regiment there he had to pass a staff course. One question dealt with the Palestine campaign, and when he answered as he saw fit, the examining officer said that the intelligence officer at Dead Sea Post would have reported such-and-such. My father said quietly, "I was that officer." The examiner got flustered (as who would not?) and said "Well, good God, man, look at the map." My father said "I made that map." As second-in-command of the 196th Western Universities Battalion, he turned practically every private into officer material. Before the unit was broken up on a charge of being too good to use, its various teams were breaking Imperial Army records of every kind in machine- gunnery, barbed wiring, and just about everything else. At Seaford Camp, in Sussex, he set up a Khaki College, by way of occupational therapy, and here he offered to give any man instruction in any subject he could name. The results were astounding. For instance, the normal War Office course in wireless telegraphy was eighteen months, with plentiful and good equipment. The Seaford course was four months, with dummy equipment made on the spot. The Seaford boys passed top of the list every time, just as the U.B.C. boys in engineering were heading all sorts of lists in the U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 24 1920s. These things happened too often, in too many lines and too many places, to be a coincidence. R. W. Brock was just about a world- beater in whatever came his way. And that is why I cannot be so positive that it would have served him and the world best if he had remained locked in a lab or a library for forty years. He was fond of saying that if a man was gifted and had received proper training in any subject, he would probably shine at any other subject too. If a man had time and money, a degree in engineering (say) and a degree in law (say) it would enable him to learn any other craft in a short time. Perhaps he overstated the case, to correct an opposite error in this age of isolated specialists. If his rule is good, I know a terrible number of exceptions to it. But it was certainly true of himself, and of the kind of men he liked to have about him. Even if you believed me, I should not like to weary you with a list of the callings he was advised to enter. When he gave up newspaper work as a boy, he was called every kind of fool, and thirty years later a newspaperman who remembered that boy invited him to come and be editor of a great American daily .... he, a professor of geology! And it was the same when he gave up ice hockey, and work in a department store, and the Canadian Corps. Whoever he met, no matter how briefly and in what way, remembered him vividly for ever after. Vividly and often wistfully. An old prospector in the Kootenays, about forty years after he last saw Brock, said "He was the only professor we never laughed at." For it wasn't only the learned he impressed. During a bitter waterfront strike, he was the only Harbour Board official to get his car through the picket lines. Men can recognize a real man, and a real prince. The other day, I wrote and asked a great geologist what he thought about R. W. Brock. Here is part of his reply: "The story of his life would be the story of a chronic conflict between the inherent impulse (and ability) to "think big" and the determination not to lose touch with (a) the nuts and bolts of geology; (b) hoi polloi; (c) the training of the young. "Not only could he see what needed to be done, he knew how to see that it was done. This meant that he had executive positions of great responsibility from his middle twenties onwards. "But once he got an organization built up and running smoothly, he would move on to another pioneering sort of job. And, throughout, he would take time off to do field work. Was it a self-discipline, or did he find it necessary to get back to nature from time to time? "In the early decades of the century he was one of half a dozen geologists in North America who could see the potentialities of applied geology. Up to that time, geology was practised only by academicians and hobbyists, and outside the profession it was considered tea-party stuff. "The breadth of R.W.B.'s interests was as broad as geology itself, and more. It led him deep into the realms of geography, archaeology, anthropology, ethnology, etc., and his reorganization of the Survey brought in other sciences as well. Although he did not specialize himself, he saw the need for specialists, and he could more than keep his end up with specialists in many branches. His training in Germany must have fostered a nose for detail, but this in no way impaired his gift for synthesis. "When I say he did not specialize, I mean the breadth of his interests belied any suggestion of his being a specialist, yet he could speak and write authoritatively in many branches of the earth sciences, with perhaps a bias towards economic geology and Precambrian peolosy, both of vital importance to Canada. Exploration and geography generally were important ancillary studies." Guessing at influences is too easy, and too hard. He was certainly influenced enormously bv G. M. Dawson of the Survey, Willet Miller of Queen's, and Goldschmidt and Rosenbusch of Heidelberg. His partnership with O. E. LeRoy, at work and play, was also priceless to him. Miller and LeRoy died while he was overseas and at first he did not want to return to a Canada which lacked them. It is rare to have friendships mean so much, but that is because real hearts and real heads are rare. He was probably influenced by his father, a fighting Irish Methodist minister, and later by being left fatherless. He was undoubtedly influenced by the wilds . . . and here one might note that he was the first white man to cross from the Ottawa River to Lake St. John, via Lake Mistassini, in 1896. He and games probably influenced each other in equal proportions . . . he invented the modern ice-hockey stick, coached the first Toronto Varsity hockey team, and played first-class hockey with the crowd that furnished the first professionals. In football, he played on the most famous Queen's team, the one that beat Yale. The one that made Jim Corbett say with a shudder that the prize ring was good enough for him. This was a golden age of stamina, much of it lost in France and Flanders. Everything, including a man, is caused by something else. But in many ways he was his own invention, and it might be more interesting to trace his influence on those he led, and whose chief discipline was their desire not to let him down . . . him, and his fantastic standards which were so often reached because he wished them to be reached. At home he was a wonderfully varied mixture of songs and wit and high spirits, and sudden shynesses unusual even in much quieter families. When he played tennis in a bathing suit and bare feet and a fedora hat, and yelled "Rats!" in a loud bellow each time he missed a shot, you would never guess he was the same man who would come into your study to rebuke you, pick up some object from your desk, examine it with interest, and depart without a word. When we felt we had not met his wishes and his standards, the shynesses between us grew. Well, there are worse things than shyness, though it has a price. One day, perhaps, I can list you some of the memorable things he did say. As on the occasion when I ran away from boarding school. I travelled all night and got home* tired and frightened. My mother was' appalled, and telephoned him at his office to say "Reg! David has run away from school! What will I do''" He said, "Is he tired?" "Yes." "Then why not put him to bed?" I can remember a time at U.B.C. when his standards, far from being met, were merely snorted at. He had put up a notice to the engineers, saying that after a hard day of lectures and labs it is difficult to study at home. It often helps, he said, to take some violent exercise and a bath on reaching home. Perhaps a nice long run. A little knot of students read the notice and someone said "Huh! The Dean thinks we're as young as he is." If he really did think they were as young as he was, when he was still under 60, he was very wrong. I told you I would try to think of some of his mistakes, and that was an elementary one. 25 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE WHY LIBERAL EDUCATION FOR ADULTS By Richard Pearce During the last half century there has been considerable debate about the importance of having a general education as opposed to a specialized education; the educational journals of the early part of the twentieth century are filled with material concerning liberal versus vocational and professional education. During the last decade a new problem appears to be emerging from the previous imbroglio. The present argument is not which of the two types of education is essential to the individual but how the adult can possibly acquire both a liberal and a vocational education during his lifetime. Today it is generally agreed that neither a liberal education by itself nor a vocational or specialized education by itself is an adequate preparation for today's world and contemporary living. Society and the individual need both. The enormous growth of new knowledge and techniques in the modern world and the resulting demands for specialized skills have led to a greater emphasis on vocational and professional education. Such specialist education is essential to our national life, but higher education will suffer an irreparable loss if it neglects those portions of education that place the man before the occupation. Such neglect is widespread today. The problem is this: how can working men and women, preoccupied with their day-to-day jobs, become wiser people with better understanding of social and public Richard Pearce, the author of the article on these pages, is a program supervisor in the division of liberal education in the U.B.C. extension department. affairs; how can they acquire a broader outlook and thereby be better able to see the ultimate as well as the more immediate effects of the decisions they are called on to make? What course of action can they elect to become not necessarily more skilled professionally but better, wiser, and more cultivated adults? First of all "liberally educated" is not something one "becomes". A liberal education has or should have a continuing and continually changing goal toward which one studies, broadening interests at times, intensifying them at others; it is not something one "gets". It is a process. Secondly, we alumni are all laymen in many fields. In many categories of experience and knowledge we too belong to the masses. And so do our friends, and our neighbours, and our University colleagues. Here, then, is the reason for continuing education. Here is the reason each one of us must be forever studying and growing in understanding if we are to achieve some larger view of the world than appears through the lens of our immediate preoccupation or specialization. A truly liberal education is the product of a lifetime of learning, study, and reflection. The best any institution or agency can do is to lay the foundation for a liberal education, which, when continued and enriched during the later years, can result in a true liberal education. Finally, we as a nation believe that the responsible performance by the individual in such essential roles as those in the home, on the job, and in the community requires liberal education. We believe in the worth of the individual, in the sharing of freedom and responsibility by everyone, and that in the long run the quality of public understanding and knowledge determines the quality of our national life. If this be so, then we must create and improve opportunities for all people to continue their liberal education throughout life. A survey of the vast number of liberal adult programs across the country reveals three rather distinct schools of thought. The first of these is based on the curriculum of the liberal arts college, bodies of knowledge which the academic tradition has codified in a series of scholarly disciplines — the sciences, the social sciences, the humanities. In this regard, a liberal education consists of a judicious and fair selection from among this curriculum. The significant characteristic of this whole type is the transmission of bodies of knowledge and principle within the recognized boundaries of the liberal arts with little regard to the variations in selection, methodology, presentation, or format. The second school of thought emphasizes the development of intellectual skills (analysis, criticism, and judgment) rather than the understanding of knowledge and principles. Here the assumption is, that properly equipped, the student will explore for himself the significant concepts of the various disciplines, and will be able as well to transfer the intellectual skills of judgment to the solution of practical problems. The third camp stands firm on the ground that the most important factor in liberal education is to instill certain attitudes, values, and habits of mind which characterize the educated man. Thus, rather than in content or method, the emphasis lies in the development of U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 26 the individual for it is he who will create a good society. It is interesting to note how closely the emphases of the aforementioned schools lie to the aims of all education. However diversified the schools of thought may be, the end result, obtained by few, embodies the wisdom, judgment, and perspective which the individual requires to enable him to be better able to face the daily decisions of life—in his work, in his own family, in his community and in the world at large. The process is lifelong, and the man who is becoming educated is the man who is finding out what he needs to learn and how to go on learning throughout his life. He is a man who is mastering certain methods of dealing with subject matter; he is a man who is learning how to proceed. In a recent article concerning liberal education, Ralph Barton Perry writes, "Liberal education makes successive generations of men aware of the widest range of possibilities by the discovery of new possibilities, and by reminding of old possibilities forgotten. It does so in order that men may choose with the utmost amplitude of freedom in order that their lives may be filled to the maximum extent by what they thoughtfully and wittingly choose them to be." This brings us to the point where we ask, "What has been done on the national as well as the local scene to facilitate this increase of awareness on the part of the individual in our society?" A convenient point at which to start is 1951 when the Ford Foundation established an independent organization, the Fund for Adult Education, whose specific concern was "that part of the educational process which begins when formal schooling is finished" and whose specific task was "that of supporting programs of liberal adult education which will contribute to the development of mature, wise and responsible citizens who can participate intelligently in a free society". During the following ten years an enormous amount of research and experimentation was carried out in the field of liberal education programs for adults. Recently, ten universities across North America were selected as sites for university-centered adult programs. This year the establishing of a liberal education division marks not only a new emphasis on liberal education but also coincides with a milestone marking a quarter of a 27 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE century in the history of the U.B.C. department of extension. It may be wise to state at this point that liberal education is by no means a new area of endeavour for our extension department. As Dr. John Friesen, the director, noted in "The Scope of Activities Proper to a University Department of Extension", "our University has traditionally emphasized extension offerings in liberal education. Today we enthusiastically subscribe to, and promote this basic area". To give some indication of the extent of the liberal education program already established in the department, one has an expansive range from which to choose: 70 percent of the courses in the evening class program, practically extension's entire summer program, the major areas of the fine arts, the living room learning program previously established by the F.A.E., and the numerous programs on public affairs are only a few examples of activities involving the liberal arts area. Under the guidance of Mr. Bert Curtis, extension^ assistant director, program supervisors are at present designing several large-scale programs involving organizations and communities. With the formation of this new division in extension, existing programs together with the emerging projects will be offered to the public on a more widespread basis. Lately several issues have created more than casual attention. Although a liberal education is the product of a lifetime, would it be possible to establish an adult degree for those individuals who reach a specific point in the exploration of a liberal education? Immediately the problem arises of defining content and selecting methods to be used. The program will have to be broader and more meaningful than a liberal education program for undergraduates. The adult brings greater experience, deeper emotional meanings and overtones and a more mature perspective to his program than does the undergraduate. Considering the diversity in backgrounds and levels of education which our society possesses, the task of liberal adult education tends to be two-fold; not only remedial for those whose education has been overbalanced by technical or professional content, but supporting for those whose undergraduate preparation was well-balanced, and who have needs for continuing education. We might recall that as with any educational process, the liberalizing process cannot be discontinued at the time when a degree is received, but must be a continuing process throughout the active life of each individual. Again, the aim of liberal education is to produce not necessarily a more skilled professional but a better, wiser, more cultivated man. 1 can find no statement which expresses the current situation better than one made by our president, Dr. Norman MacKenzie, in his annual report for 1952-53. With reference to the needs of individuals and communities, he writes, "If we are to have and maintain a society in which every adult citizen is called upon to have opinions and vote on matters not only of local— but also of national and international—importance, and if we are to continue to live in a world that is inter-related so intimately as to regulate the standard at which we can live, and indeed whether we can continue to live at all, some agencies must exist or be created to try to develop and obtain as great an understanding of the problems and nature of citizenship — in its broadest sense—as is possible. Also if we are to continue to live in a complex technological world that is changing and developing rapidly we must have agencies to help keep the adult population informed about the changing world, and the implication of those changes both for their lives and livelihood. And finally, if we are to enjoy the real benefits of technological development, we must help multiply the opportunities for self development and individual satisfaction in the leisure time which technology has made possible." It is agreed that participating in meaningful adult programs offers individuals a chance to find valuable new skills in communication and leadership, to develop exciting new interests and perceptions, and to evaluate one's thinking and experience with those of other individuals in a constantly-changing society. It is the hope of the liberal education division of extension that a stronger interrelation between extension and alumni will result in you, the alumni, not only making an ever-increasing use of the programs now offered in liberal education but also advising the department on the development of additional courses which you feel reflect the changing needs of our society. Dean S.N.R Chant, chairman of the recent Royal Commission on Education, spoke at the recent Alumni annual dinner meeting. In his address he explained why he does not favour the establishment of junior colleges in B. G at this time. On these pages we are reprinting parts of his address to the annual dinner meeting. REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS IN ... I believe that additional facilities for post-high school education are needed in local centres throughout the province. This can be provided by extending senior matriculation for those who choose to continue in an academic type of program. Senior matriculation provides a minimum equivalent of first year university. For the immediate future, I believe this is the limit to which university education should be provided locally. I do not favour, at least for some years to come, junior colleges which provide for two years of university education. My reasons are as follows: The term university means a centre where the universality of knowledge is indicative. This implies a great deal more than classroom instruction, the passing of examinations, and the procurement of a degree. A university in the true sense requires a wide diversity of scholarly viewpoints and disciplines, the exchange of ideas between students from many places, participation in a variety of intellectual and cultural activities, an enormous accumulation of resource materials, and a degree of autonomy that can withstand local interference. Any advanced work in the sciences, arts, letters and professional fields can be carried out successfully only where expensively equipped laboratories, very large libraries, and other cultural and intellectual resources are at hand. I believe that the universality of knowledge can flourish only in centers of sufficient cultural and intellectual interest to attract scholars and students from many lands. Non-cosmopolitan centres do not provide such settings, which are indispensable for the intellectual quintessence of university life. Local pride cannot overcome this lack. To limit a student's participation in such an intellectual and cultural environment to fewer than three years, I believe rarely allows for full intellectual development. Even large, fully established universities have a very difficult time keeping abreast of the ever-expanding universe of knowledge. The tendency to look upon university education as mainly vocational has had a deleterious effect upon the nature of university education. A university should not be merely an extension of the kind of atmosphere which rightly pervades a high school. Nevertheless, the need for post-high school education at a local level is greater than ever before. A very large number of our young people are not getting the type of education that is most suitable for them. Moreover, our universities cannot continue to bulge and bulge with more and more students without losing their distinctive value and purpose. Yet I do not believe that the way to meet these situations is with small local universities. It would seem that the post-war boom in education somewhat pushed us off base so that we have not thought through a realistic plan for post-high school education. We have thought too much in the traditional terms of the university and junior college type of institution, and the kind of education they provide, as being the only way to meet the situation. But properly understood a modern university is only one type of institution for further education. It is intended for those people whose abilities, interests and intentions are suited for professional and advanced types of academic education. It is not for those who take only a casual or secondary interest in academic studies. Universities should not be regarded as the only means for educating young people to assume positions of responsibility of leadership in the world of today and of tomorrow. If we persist in any such outmoded viewpoint our educational standards will become mediocre at every level. More needs to be done to develop the various kinds of ability which young people possess. I prefer to speak of levels and kinds of ability rather than levels of intelligence. The term intelligence has been thought of too narrowly and too erroneously as sheer intellectualism. An over-emphasis in the schools on I.Q. tests has encouraged this idea because the tests are academically slanted. We must become more aware of different kinds of ability as well as differences of degree. Some people excel in one way, some in another. To meet the de- U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 28 EDUCATION mands of the future, educational programs will be needed that will make the most of the various kinds of ability displayed by young people. A corollary to this is a full recognition of the social equality of a wide variety of occupations. Probably we tend to put the professions on too lofty a pedestal. I have heard that in Russia some professions are more exalted than in Canada. But I am not enamoured with the Russian way of doing things, and I believe that our democratic principles can do better than their communist practices. We do not need to borrow our viewpoints from them. It is dangerous to retain any occupational distinctions that lead people, especially young people, to look upon their work as being second rate, whatever it is. In the past, those engaged in heavy labour often took pride in their sheer muscular strength and toughness. But with the mechanization of industry that time is past. Today skill, alertness and understanding are more important, and these too can become sources of pride in occupations other than professional. People who are led to look upon their work as inferior tend to lose the incentive to strive for excellence. They tend to give way to a grudging effort to get as much as possible for doing as little as possible. Nothing can be more threatening to our way of life than such an attitude. The spies of any foreign state are not nearly as menacing as such a decay within. What is needed is an educational system that will enable young people to develop their abilities to the fullest extent, whatever they are, without looking upon those who go here or go there as belonging to different social or occupational levels. This wilfbe a major step in the further democratizing of our social and economic life. Of course, we must not underestimate the importance of making the most of intellectual ability. Unfortunately we are not achieving as much in this regard as we should, because we are trying to force young people whose abilities differ through the same type of post- high-school education. The development of scholarly, scientific and cultural talents should be intensified, not diluted. But scholars and professional people alone cannot sustain our way of life. Intellectual and scholarly achievements can flourish only when those with other abilities have an opportunity to develop their particular talents to the fullest extent. By far the largest percentage of Canadian youth will never complete a university education, unless our universities lower their standards and fail to exact the best achievement from those who do display intellectual ability. I do not support the idea that every young Canadian should plan to go to university. Those who do not go through university are not on that account inferior or lacking in ability. In fact they often excel in some very important ways.They often display more practical and technical ability, more ability for dealing with people, and more ability, in terms of sheer good judgment than some others who excel along scholarly lines. These able young people are capable of managing and of providing leadership in many of the most important affairs of community life. To date we have not provided them with the educational opportunities their abilities warrant. This I believe is the greatest weakness of our educational system, and one which, if not soon corrected, will put us behind in world affairs. If a system of diversified education, similar to, but not necessarily identical with, that recommended by the Royal Commission, were introduced at the secondary school level, a more effective educational program could be provided for capitalizing upon the abilities of the students. Moreover, for those who are proceeding to post-high school education the standard of work now reached in Grade XII could be readily accomplished in Grade XI. Beyond this about two or three years of technical, cultural and general education would benefit a large number of able students, who will not spend 4, 5, 6, or 7 years to fit themselves for a profession for which some of them may not be well suited. This would reduce the numbers who come to university as well as the percentage of students who fail or drop out before completing their courses. Such post-high school education should be terminal in nature and not looked upon as preparatory for further education at university. Along with this, however, an extensive program of adult education would be carried out locally, so that people could continue to learn in order to meet the demands of a changing world. Of course such a system will cost money. However, in any case if we are to maintain our position in the world of today and of tomorrow, greatly increased sums will be needed for education. In fact such changes as have been proposed may ultimately be less costly than undertaking to perpetuate the inadequate system we now have. In conclusion, I believe that as we become more democratic in our outlook the true purposes of post- high school education will become more apparent, and in the light of this a post-high school program of education to care for the needs of modern youth will evolve. I believe that revolutionary changes in our present educational structure are necessary and inevitable, if we are to maintain our national position. Well, in the course of this talk I have been largely thinking out loud. I cannot claim to have provided a blue-print for the future of post-high school education. The whole matter requires a great deal of careful thought and planning. However, I believe that we are beginning to see our needs more clearly and, as these become recognized, I am confident that suitable arrangements can be provided for the most effective education of our youth. 29 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE i ri * 3 .-S S - XI X i) '•5 o- S QJ X X> _ ?3 w — -3 > «3 .a s c a o - u ^ -a x - cl» ~ u c o £ X U o E o — x- d a C O .H o X ' rt rt > cu rt ■ - g C rt X a rt on n x: o c rt 3 o C 's> > > XJ 0 £ 0 tu c c .2 u E G. u u O fc: 0 o a rt x X c aj "c o SI OJ x OJ rt -a a) 0 o a X > x > x X) rt 00 rt o U "S, x OJ <D ^ o rt *F J' o i- rt C T3 - E o o .c -^ > X) (i) XI <1> X <+- o li. 5 M <u aj .,_, T3 tj u, L-i c -u OJ O O aj Ml _ — — o ~ ii e -S -a ~ ■■= .S C •° E - -a ca u . Xl C J- 3 * ii - '5 ■= o 2 c rt $ s> a> rt e H o L_ XI *a a> U X c c rt o i-, TJ x an 0) C > c aj X c % o o h o £ .5 o >. c x: X X "- ^_ Si E *-" X o o a XI ■^ L- c UJ o O OJ u o ab rt s UJ o ~ o O cm U. o r- 5 y. -= „ CO D o > X? ^ « O c XT " & -E o O ■<t n ri X ' U r> C ir, < CJ cu 111 of" u rt X T3 .__ o XI i€ 5 x 3 X t; s X -o U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 30 Overseas Service Two attractive graduates of U.B.C.'s school of home economics arrived in Ghana early in September to work with the department of community development and social welfare in the African state in a mass education program for rural women. The girls, Jocelyn King, BHE'60 and Judy Foote, BHE'55, were recruited by the president's committee on student service overseas which is chaired by Dr. Cyril Belshaw, professor of anthropology and director of the United Nations Training Center located at U.B.C. The graduates were recruited at the request of Volunteers for International Development, an American organization located in Massachusetts which recruits volunteers for overseas service for the UN and American government agencies. The two girls have signed 18 month contracts and will live in primitive conditions in Ghana. They will be posted with adult education teams to rural centers and will work with people at the local level. Funds to send the graduates to Ghana were raised with the cooperation of the Vancouver Sun which put up $1500 and then asked readers to match the sum. With the help of U.B.C. students, who staged house to house canvasses in various Vancouver areas, and B.C. Electric employees, who canvassed employees of their firm, a total of $6,000 was raised. Miss King is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold King. Mr. King holds a unique place in U.B.C. history as the composer of the student song "Hail U.B.C." He is now a teacher of music at Magee high school. His daughter, who has a teaching certificate in addition to her BHE. was on the undergraduate societies committee as home economics representative and served as vice-president of the HEUS while a student. She was also a member of the Varsity Outdoor Club. Her companion, Miss Foote, is a Delta Gamma and was a member of the U.B.C. Christian Science Organization while on campus. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Gerald C. Foote, of West Vancouver. Cheque for $6,000 is presented to President N. A. M. MacKenzie (right) by Vancouver Sun publisher Donald Cromie (left). The funds were used to send home economics graduates Jocelyn King (second from right) and Judy Foote to Ghana, where they will work in a mass education program for rural women for 18 months. The graduates were recruited by the president's committee on student service overseas at the request of Volunteers for International Development, an American organization. The posting of the two girls to Ghana marks the first concrete step taken by the president's committee to recruit students for overseas service. Another project which the committee is currently working on is the recruitment of teachers to go to Ghana and the names of 14 students who wish to participate in this project have been forwarded to the Ghana government for approval. These students would be placed on the Ghana civil service list. In the meantime Dr. Belshaw has been named one of two vice-chairmen on a national committee which will raise funds to send students overseas and provide a central registry for job opportunities. The Canadian National Commission for UNESCO is acting as secretariat for the national committee. At U.B.C, Dean G. Neil Perry, dean of the faculty of commerce, is chairing a local fund raising committee. Affiliated with the U.B.C. committee is a committee of students, which plans to assist in fund raising amongst students and publicizing job opportunities. The committee is chaired by Roy Marson. Medicine A gift of $250,000 to the University of British Columbia from Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Woodward's Foundation has been announced by President N. A. M. MacKenzie. The gift. President MacKenzie said, will be used to provide for a biomedical library in the University hospital which is now in the planning stage. "Mr. and Mrs. Woodward," the President said, "have been generous friends of the University in the past, and this latest gift is further evidence of their interest in the continued growth and development of the University." U.B.C.'s dean of medicine. Dr. John F. McCreary, said the University hospital, to be erected on the campus as 3T U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE soon as funds become available, will be a medical research and referral centre for the entire province. A bio-medical library is, of course, an essential feature of the building, he added, and the gift from Mr. and Mrs. P. A. 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He did not disclose the price paid by U.B.C. Sir William Osier was born in 1849 and achieved fame as the first professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. In 1905 he was named Regius professor of medicine at Oxford University. He died at Oxford in 1919. He was a close friend of Henry Esson Young, former provincial minister of education and one of the founders of U.B.C, and Dr. F. F. Wesbrook, the first president of U.B.C. * * # U.B.C. has received a grant of $5000 from the Canada Council to extend its book collection in the field of Slavonic studies. U.B.C. applied for the grant following an announcement by the Council that it would accept applications from Canadian universities which have special library collections and well-developed programs in Slavonic, Asiatic, and medieval studies. U.B.C.'s Slavonic studies department is the largest at any Canadian university. Last year 1100 students were enrolled for courses with the department, and library holdings now amount to 22,000 volumes. Professor lames St. Clair-Sobell, head of the department, said the latest grant from the Canada Council would enable U.B.C. to remain in the forefront of studies in this field in Canada. He said the board of governors, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Mr. Walter C. Koerner, a member of the board, had all made outstanding contributions to the growth of the U.B.C. department. Between 1949 and 1955 a total of $100,000 was received from the Rockefeller Foundation, and since 1952 Mr. Koerner has contributed $40,000 for the acquisition of books and provision of scholarships for students in the field. An additional $1000 has been contributed by the Polish Friendship Zgoda Society of Vancouver for books. A. E. Ames & Co. Limited Purchasers and Distributors of Government, Municipal and Corporation Securities A. E. Ames & Co. 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Prof. Verner is a graduate of the College of William and Mary in Virginia where he received his bachelor and masters degrees. He did postgraduate work at Columbia which awarded him his doctor of education degree. Mr. Wood is a graduate of Cambridge University with honours in modern languages, history and literature. He received his masters degree from the same university and continued postgraduate work at the University of Paris. During and after World War II Mr. Wood served as a foreign service officer for the British government in South and Central America, Scandinavia, Germany, Austria and Finland. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1954 for service in Germany. dr. john f. Mccreary, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, was made an honorary member of the Canadian Dietetic Association at the concluding session of the 26th annual convention, lune 15, in the Hotel Vancouver. He is the sixth person to be so honored by the Association. The second world war provided Dr. McCreary with extensive opportunities for additional nutrition studies when he joined the R.C.A.F. as nutrition consultant. Attached to General Eisenhower's staff overseas, he headed up SHAEF's nutrition team into Holland and received the Royal Order of Orange Nassau from Queen Wilhelmina. Three University of British Columbia professors have received grants totalling $57,271 from the Office of Aerospace Research, the research agency of the United States Air Force. Largest single grant of $30,000, went to professor r. e. burgess of U.B.C.'s physics department, dr. c. a. swanson, assistant professor of mathematics, received $15,090, and dr. maurice sion, associate professor of mathematics, received $12,181. Since May ■'.- of this year the research agency has awarded more than $4 million to 70 universities and other research organizations for basic research. The appointment of three persons to the staff of the new school of librarian- ship at the University of British Colum bia have been announced by President N. A. M. MacKenzie. The school, which is under the direction of dr. samuel rothstein, former associate librarian, enrolled its first class of students this month. The appointments are miss rose vain- stein, public library specialist in the United States office of education, Washington, D.C, as associate professor; Robert Hamilton, assistant librarian of Parliament, Ottawa, as assistant professor, and dr. ronald hagler, of the Kitchener, Ontario, public library as instructor. Miss Vainstein, who is mainly responsible for teaching courses in the public library field, took an undergraduate degree at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. She obtained her bachelor of library science degree from Western Reserve University and a master of science from the graduate school of library science at the University of Illinois. In 1952 she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship which allowed her to study municipal and county library development in England. She has worked for library systems in Ohio and California and was head of extension services at the Gary, Indiana, public library. She is a frequent contributor to library journals and author of a number of government publications. Mr. Hamilton is president elect of the Canadian Library Association and a graduate of McGill where he received the degrees of bachelor of arts and bachelor of library science. Tn 1936 he received a Carnegie fellowship to study Quebec and Ontario government documents. He is currently chairman and director of the Canadian Library Research Foundation. He has been associated with the library in the Houses of Parliament in Ottawa for the past 23 years. Dr. Hagler is a graduate of the University of Ottawa where he received his bachelor of arts in 1955. Postgraduate work followed at the University of Michigan which awarded him a master's degree in library science in 1957 and a doctorate in the same field this year. He also holds an MA in Latin from the same institution. From 1955 to 1957 Dr. Hagler was employed by the University of Michigan library as a library service fellow and scholar. Since 1957 he has been associated with the Kitchener public library as a general librarian and cataloguer and as order librarian. DEAN GEORGE ALLEN, head of the Faculty of Forestry since 1953, has resigned to accept a post as head of the Weyerhaeuser Company's forestry research program wh'ch has headquarters in Centralia, Washington. Dean Allen will direct the 22-man staff of the laboratories as well as the forest research program on the company's tree farms. Dean Allen is a graduate of U.B.C. and the University of California. dr. roy daniells, head of the English department, has been named to the 1961 Governor-General's literary awards committee by the Canada Council. The awards are made annually to Canadian authors excelling in poetry, prose, fiction and non-fiction. dr. c. w. j. eliot. assistant professor of classics, was awarded his doctorate by the University of Toronto in June. dr. w. neil holmes, assistant professor of zoology, has been awarded a Guggenheim fellowship for a year's research in Florida. His research will be concerned with the question of how some mammals and fish manage to live in, or drink, either fresh or salt water. prof. j. fred muir, head of the department of civil engineering, spent the summer in Europe studying power dam construction. He attended an international engineering convention in Rome and, in addition to dam inspection, examined fish passage facilities in Scotland. dr. g. m. volkoff, M.B.E., head of the physics department, has been elected vice-president of the Canadian Association of Physicists. At meetings of the Royal Society of Canada in June, Dr. Volkoff was named convenor of the physics subject division, one of eight divisions in the joint science section of the Society. He also presided at a session on nuclear magnetic resonance and electron spin resonance held during the meetings, dr. c. a. mcdowell, head of the chemistry department, and other present f.nd former U.B.C. faculty members, were invited speakers at the session. george woodcock, associate professor of English, has been granted leave of absence for the academic year 1961- 62. He will leave in September for India where he will gather material for a book which has been commissioned by the London publishers, Faber and Faber. He has received a Canada Council travel grant to assist in travelling expenses. Mr. Woodcock will be accompanied by his wife, who will spend some time on the northern frontier of India continuing her studies of the Tibetan language. john haar, director of International House and student activities, spoke on "Philosophies for international centers" at the first world conference of directors of international centers in Paris July 16 to 23. The conference was followed by a tour of international centers in West Germany. Retirements Dr. N. A. M. MacKenzie, president of the University of British Columbia, announced in mid-Iune that Dean Gordon Shrum, head of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and the department of physics at U.B.C, would retire June 30. Dean Shrum, a member of the faculty since 1925 and one of Canada's best known scientists, was succeeded as head 33 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE of the physics department by Dr. George M. Volkoff, a professor of physics at U.B.C. since 1946. The president also announced that Dean F. H. Soward, associate dean of graduate studies and head of the history department, would succeed Dean Shrum as head of graduate studies. In announcing the retirement Dr. MacKenzie paid tribute to Dean Shrum for the contributions he has made to the growth and development of U.B.C. "Dr. Shrum," he said, "came to U.B.C. in 1925 when the University moved from the Fairview shacks adjacent to the general hospital to Point Grey and has been responsible, in large measure, for the leading position we now occupy in Canada in the fields of physics and graduate studies." Dean Shrum, the president added, also made distinguished contributions to the growth of the U.B.C. extension department, which he headed from 1937 to 1953, and as chairman of the U.B.C. housing and food services committees and as commanding officer of the U.B.C. contingent of the COTC from 1937 to 1946. Dean Shrum was born in Smithville, Ontario, and did his undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Toronto, which awarded him the degrees of bachelor and master of arts and doctor of philosophy. He joined the physics department as an assistant professor in 1925 and became a full professor in 1937. He was named head of the department in 1938. He became the second dean of the faculty of graduate studies in 1956 succeeding Dean emeritus Henry F. Angus. Professor George Volkoff, who succeeds Dean Shrum as head of the physics department, was born in Moscow. Russia, and came to Canada as a boy in 1924. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1936 and is acknowledged to be one of Canada's leading nuclear physicists. Dr. Volkoff is a U.B.C. graduate. He obtained his bachelor of arts degree in 1934 and his master of arts degree in 1936. His doctorate was awarded in 1940 by the University of California. Dr. Volkoff studied under the famed American physicist Dr. I. R. Oppenheimer from 1936 to 1939 at Berkeley and under Prof. E. P. Wigner at Princeton University in 1940. He joined the U.B.C. faculty in 1940 as an assistant professor of physics. He was granted leave of absence in 1943 to become a research physicist at the Montreal laboratory of the National Research Council. In 1945 and 1946 he was head of the theoretical physics branch of the division of Atomic Energy of the NRC and took part in the design of the NRX heavy water uranium nuclear reactor at Chalk River, Ontario. For this and other work at Chalk River he was awarded the M.B.E. in 1946. Dr. Volkoff returned to U.B.C. in 1946 as a full professor. In 1957 he was awarded a Ford Foundation fellowship to visit the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1958 he acted as advisor to Dr. O. M. Solandt, Canadian delegate to the seven-week conference in Geneva of experts to study the possibility of detecting violations of a possible agreement on suspension of nuclear tests. Dr. Volkoff returned to U.B.C. after attending the second "Atoms for peace" conference in Geneva as a member of the Canadian delegation. He has been editor of the Canadian Journal of Physics since 1950 and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1948. Dean F. H. Soward, who succeeds Dean Shrum as head of the faculty of graduate studies, has been a member of the faculty since 1922 and head of the history department since 1953. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto, which awarded him his bachelor of arts degree with first class honours in modern history in 1921, and the University of Oxford, where he obtained the degree of bachelor of literature (B. Litt.) in 1922. He has been a guest lecturer at a number of Canadian and American universities and was visiting professor of Commonwealth history and institutions at the Indian School of International Studies in New Delhi, India, in 1959. From 1943 to 1946 and in the summers of 1949, 1951 and 1952 Dean Soward served as a special assistant to the Canadian undersecretary of state for external affairs. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a former president of the Canadian Historical Society. Sports Report By R. J. (Bus) Phillips Athletic Director The upswing of enthusiasm for professional football in Canada generally and in Vancouver since 1954 in particular, has produced the opposite effect, as we see it, on intercollegiate football. This has been noticeable at the University of Toronto, McGill University and at U.B.C. where attendance and gate receipts have slowly but steadily declined. The men's athletic committee is making an all-out effort with the 1961 football program at the University of British Columbia, with the hope of recapturing the interest and support of students, faculty, alumni, and the general public. U.B.C. now plays in a Canadian Conference, the W.C.I.A.U., and through this body is affiliated nationally with the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union, which was just recently re-constituted to include all the Unions from the Atlantic to th Pacific. You may be interested in some of the steps being taken to make the football games more attractive— 1. The institution of a Grad-Thunder- bird football game, to open the home schedule on September 16th. Grad general manager, Ian Stewart, has announced the signing of Herb Capozzi as head coach. This game promises to be a highly entertaining affair, and fans will have the opportunity of seeing many of the former Varsity greats in action against the current crop of "Thunderbirds". 2. Painting and decorating the stadium. 3. Reorganization of the Booster Club. This will include special attention to half-time entertainment. 4. Provision of an attractive printed programme for each game. 5. Improvement of concession facilities. 6. Earlier starting time of the games— 1:00 p.m., so that students will be encouraged to stay on the campus after Saturday morning lectures. Please reserve Season Football Tickets at $5.00 each. Check ^ □ Bill me later. □ Enclosed find $ . Seating Preference — State Section NAME ADDRESS Street City Province Class & Year of Graduation Make all cheques payable to University of B.C. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 34 7. An attractive schedule of home games, as follows: September 16th—Grads; October 7th—Whitman; October 28th —U. of Alberta (Homecoming); November 4th—Willamette: November 9th—U. of Saskatchewan. 8. Special price on season tickets—Alumni may purchase reserved seat season tickets in the covered stands for only $5.00 (for five home games). Let's make 1961 your year to support your U.B.C. Thunderbirds. There is a throne waiting for you at U.B.C. Stadium. You and your companions will be entertained as Kings as you witness the powerful 'Birds and the finest intercollegiate teams in the West. To ensure good seats, fill in the special order form on page 34 and mail it to the athletic office. Coach Frank Gnup is optimistic about the 1961 edition of the Thunderbird team, especially with approximately 20 letter- men returning. He promises a hard-hitting, wide open brand of football, played by well-conditioned, well-coached, college athletes. If you are interested in watching football, then make this your year to cheer the Thunderbirds to victory. At our prices, what can you lose? Music An organization for the support of the school of music at the University of British Columbia has been formed through the Community Arts Council. Organizer of the new group is Professor Leonard Marsh. director of research in U.B.C.'s school of social work and chairman of the music division of the Community Arts Council. About 50 persons in all parts of the province have already signified their interest in the organization, Professor Marsh said. The new organization will operate on a province-wide basis. Professor Marsh said, to encourage support of U.B.C.'s music school, now in its second year of operation, through scholarships, donations of musical instruments and books and other projects. EXPORT PLAIN or FILTER TIP CIGARETTES /" AUTOMATIC GAS HEATING! Home at last, after a day of work, a day of shopping. And now it's wonderfully different - all because of your new automatic gas heating; system. You don't stoke the furnace, you don't haul ashes, you don't worry about fuel deliveries. Ready, steady Kas heat has eliminated these problems - automatically. You do enjoy even-heating comfort - in a home that stays cleaner with less care. And gas is so economical. Your efficient gas heating system costs less to buy and install, and natural gas fuel costs less to burn. If you're building, remodelling or modernizing, why not start with the heart of your home - by installing modern, automatic gas heating? Thousands of homeowners are glad they did! B.C. E/ectric's Heating Advisory Department will be glad to check your home or plans, recommend the size and type ot automatic gas furnace you need, and give you a free estimate ot your annual heating costs with gas. B.C.ELECTRIC P.S. Xutin-al G«x i'k irnnderfii', too, for cooking, clothes drying, water heating ai,<l incineration! 35 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE Student Affairs U.B.C students have approved a referendum calling for maintenance of Alma Mater Society fees at their present level to provide for construction of a winter sports center and a new student union building. No starting date has been set for construction of the two buildings. The site of the new student union building will be the parking lot adjacent to Empire pool on University boulevard. The winter sports center will be constructed in the same general area. At present students pay an AMS fee of $24, with $14 going to support of student activities, including athletics. Of the remaining $10 half was used to pay the costs of constructing a new residence for men. This gift to the U.B.C. Development fund has now been met. The remaining $5 is being used to repay a loan for the addition to Brock Hall. The loan will have been repaid by the end of the 1962-63 session. The total cost of the winter sports center and the first unit of the new student union is estimated at $1,300,000. The board of governors has agreed to pay $250,000 to provide for food services in the new union building and $250,000 or half the cost of the winter sports center. The cost to the students will be $550,000 for the student union and $250,000 for the winter sports center. AMS president Alan Cornwall estimates that it will take eight years to pay off the loan necessary to construct the buildings. Students hope to add a second or third unit to the student union building in the future. The first stage will be a general activities building only and will not contain the AMS office or club- rooms. New School The senate and the board of governors of the University have approved the establishment of a school of rehabili tation medicine for the training of physiotherapists. The school's first class started this September, with facilities for 15 students. Dr. Brock Fahrni has been named director of the school, and two lecturers have been appointed, Miss Jane Hudson in physical therapy and Miss Margaret Hood in occupational therapy. Students will be admitted to the school on completion of the first year of arts and science at U.B.C. or its equivalent or senior matriculation. For admission, students will be required to have com- CRIPPEN WRIGHT ENGINEERING LTD. ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS Investigations, Designs, Supervision Hydro Electric Developments, Water Supply Projects Industrial Structures, Bridges, Dams, Electric Power 207 West Hastings Street Vancouver, Canada Write or Phone THE UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE Vancouver 8, B.C. CA stle 4-1111 whenever vou need BOOKS Text Trade Medical Technical Hard Back Paper Back CLOVER LEAF SEAFOODS WONDERFUL IN CASSEROLES APPETIZING IN SANDWICHES « 5w- ^SALMON Canada's Leading Brand of Seafoods DELICIOUS IN SALADS U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 36 *»v? ■"*%* A The promise of The genie of the old fairy tale, who sprang out of a bottle found in the sea, could shape the future in his giant hands. Today's genies come out of the laboratories, where scientists discover new materials and methods that shape modern technology and improve our way of life. Cyanamid needs well-educated Canadians eager to share in important Cyanamid developments relating to mining, paper-making, plastics, textiles, pharmaceuticals, general industry and agriculture. At Cyanamid of Canada they will find that career opportunities hold bright promises of personal accomplishment. C ~YA JV A TSSK I X» CYANAMID OF CANADA LIMITED MONTREAL, QUE. Sales Offices: Toronto • Montreal • Y'ancouver 37 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE pleted courses in English, chemistry, mathematics, zoology (biology in the case of senior matriculation), and one other elective. The course leading to a certificate in physical medicine therapy will consist of three years of study. The first two academic years will be taught on the campus, followed by a third rotating supervised interne year. After receipt of the certificate and two or more years of practice, therapists in good standing may return for a third academic year leading to a bachelor's degree. Dr. Brock Fahrni said the training of therapists was "an urgent community health need"; care in the field of chronic illness was at a standstill in B.C. because of a lack of trained therapists. A number of organizations have shared in the cost of converting an existing building at U.B.C. to house the school. They are the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society, the Poliomyelitis and Rehabilitation Foundation of B.C., the G. F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre and the Vancouver Foundation. Money for salaries and equipment, said Dr. Fahrni, will be met largely through federal rehabilitation health grants. Miss lane Hudson is a graduate of the University of Toronto with a physical therapy diploma and a post-graduate diploma in the teaching of physical therapy. She has been a lecturer in physical therapy at the University of Toronto since 1957. Miss Hudson is licensed by the Canadian Physiotherapists Association and was president of the organization in 1957. Miss Margaret Hood is also a University of Toronto graduate and holds a diploma in physical health and education and a diploma in occupational therapy. She is a registered occupational therapist and has been supervisor of occupational therapy at the Workmen's Compensation Board rehabilitation center in Vancouver since 1955. Before coming to Vancouver Miss Hood was occupational therapy supervisor for the Ontario Workmen's Compensation Board. Gifts The U.B.C. board of governors has accepted an offer of $20,000 from the Association for Retarded Children for establishment of a center for handicapped children. President N. A. M. MacKenzie, in announcing the board decision, said half the grant would be used in the coming year to appoint a clinical psychologist to the U.B.C. faculty. The balance of the grant will be held in reserve until additional University facilities are available to set up an investigation center, the president added. The first phase of the program will result in a more active program of training of teachers of handicapped children. The clinical psychologist to be added to the U.B.C. staff will have a dual ap pointment in the Faculty of Education and in Medicine. In the second phase of the program an investigation center would come into existence to which mentally retarded and handicapped children would be referred. lt would serve as a research and teaching center for students in education and medicine. Extra-mural Teachin lg U.B.C. will this month send a professor to Prince George for the second consecutive year to offer courses in English and history. President N. A. M. MacKenzie announced that the senate and the board of governors had approved the proposal for the 1961-62 academic year. loseph C. Lawrence, a lecturer in the U.B.C. department of history, will teach courses in composition (English 300), and two courses in the history of the United States (history 212 and 427). The Prince George school board has agreed to underwrite the full cost of the program. Students will be required to register in the normal way with U.B.C. and pay the regular fee of $66 per course. During the 1960-61 academic year a total of 75 students were registered for three English courses given at Prince George by Ronald J. Baker, an assistant professor in the English department. What's Going On Around Here? THE WORLD is in a state of chassis, as (like?) the man said in the play, and every day brings new confusion and menace. But it is a reasonable guess that citizens who keep themselves well informed are less unnerved by it all than those whose rapport with events is sketchy. A good way to avoid being in a permanent condition of surprise and hor- rification is to follow the news intelligently in a comprehensive newspaper like The Sun. "Page Five" in The Sun is an appreciated feature that gives a daily rundown of world opinion in our time. Keep up with the news, say we . . . SEE IT IN THE U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 38 sp—*- Canada's oldest and largest manufacturer of electrical equipment that generates and distributes electricity, and the products that put it to work in home and industry. CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED 39 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 7h>gre$s fs Our Most Important Tfoducf- MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY "A Company that Cares for your Affairs" SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS Executors <S Trustees Employee Pension Funds Endowment Funds 466 Howe Street MU 5-6311 Vancouver 1, B.C. /. N. Bell—Manager ^v^A.VS/^/^Ai)/^>A')yn/^c)/-^/^v^>A *kV. VTkIW.'k? 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Logie, BA'29, Box 40. castlecar—Edwin McGawley, BA'51, LLB'52. Box 615. chemainus—A. Gordon Brand, BCom'34, MacMillan & Bloedel Co. Ltd. chilliwack—Mrs. Leslie E. Barber, BA'37, 525 Williams Road N. cloverdale—Rees L. Hugh, BA'53, Box 730. courtenay—Harold S. S. Maclvor, BA'48, LLB'49, Box 160. cranbrook—Eric C. MacKinnon, 233 - 14th Avenue S. creston—R. L. Morrison, BA'28, BASc'29. duncan—David R. Williams, BA'48, LLB'49, Box 280. fernie—Kenny N. Stewart, BA'32, The Park. ERASER VALLEY UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION—Mrs. G. E. W. Clarke, BA'22, Box 1261, Abbotsford. grand forks—James Henniger, MD'54, Box 309. haney—G. Mussallem, c/o Haney Motors. hope—Roy Felix Thorstenson, BA'40, District Superintendent of Schools, Drawer 700. invermere—Mrs. G. A. Duthie. kamloops—Roland G. Aubrey, B'Arch'51, 242 Victoria Street. kelowna—R. C. Wannop, BASc'50, 409 Park Avenue. kimberley—Wm. H. R. Gibney, BASc'50, 26- lst Avenue, Chapman Camp. ladysmith—Mrs. T. R. Boggs, BA'29, Box 37. langley—Norman Severide, BA'49, LLB'50, Severide & Mulligan. Wright Bldg., Drawer 400. lillooet—Thomas F. Hadwin, BASc'30, District Manager, Bridge River Area, B.C. Electric Co. Ltd., Shalalth, B.C. mission city—Fred A. Boyle, BA'47, LLB'50, P.O. Box 628, Arcade Bldg., 12th Street. nanaimo—Hugh B. Heath, BA'49, LLB'50, Box 121. nf.lson—Leo S. Gansner, BA,BCom'35, c/o Garland, Gansner & Arlidge, Box 490. Oliver—Rudolph P. Guidi, BA'53, BEd'55, Principal, Elementary School. osoyoos—Wm. D. MacLeod, BA'51, Principal, Osoyoos Elementary-Junior High School. penticton—Mrs. Odetta Mathias, BSA'39, MSA'41, 148 Roy Avenue East, R.R. No. 2. port mellon—L. C. Hempsall, BASc'50, Box 128. powell river—Donald Stewart, BASc'46, 4557 Willingdon Avenue. prince george—George W. Baldwin, BA'50, LLB'51, 2095 McBride Crescent. prince rupert—James T. Harvey, Q.C, BA'28, P.O. Box 188. qualicum—J. L. Nicholls, BA'36, BEd'53, Principal, Qualicum Beach Junior-Senior High School, Qualicum Beach. quesnel—C. Gordon Greenwood, BEd'44, Box 1119. revelstoke—Mrs. H. J. MacKay, BA'38, 202 - 6th Street East. salmon arm—C. H. Millar, BSP'49, Box 176. smithers—Laurence W. Perry, LLB'50, P.O. Box 790. summerland—Mrs. N. O. Solly, BA'31, R.R. No. 1. trail—R. Deane, BASc'43, 1832 Butte Street, Rossland. vernon—Dr. Mack Stevenson, (University Committee), 3105-31st Street. victoria—David Ferae, BCom'54, 1681 Derby Road. white rock—Mr. and Mrs. Lynn K. Sully. BSA'44, BA'40, L. K. Sully & Co., 14933 Washington Avenue. Williams lake—Mrs. C. Douglas Stevenson, BA'27, Box 303. Canada (Except B.C.) -Dr. Parzival Copes, BA'49. Avenue, St. John's, New- atlantic provinces- MA'50, 36 Golf foundland. calgary, alberta—Richard H. King. BASc'36. Oil & Conservation Board, 603 - 6th Avenue, S.W. deep river, Ontario—Dr. Walter M. Barss, BA'37, MA'39, PhD'42, 60 Laurier Avenue. mon i real, p.q.—Lloyd Hobden, BA'37, MA'40, 28 Arlington Avenue, Westmount, Montreal 6, P.Q. Ottawa, Ontario—Thomas E. Jackson, BA'37, 516 Golden Avenue, Highland Park Drive, Ottawa 3. Peterborough, Ontario—R. A. Hamilton, BASc'36, 640 Walkerfield Avenue. regina, Saskatchewan—Gray A. Gillespie, BCom'48, c/o Gillespie Floral Ltd., 1841 Scarth Street. saskatoon, Saskatchewan—Dr. J. Pepper, BA'39, MA'41, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan. Toronto, Ontario—John Ridington, BCom'56, 2 Lome Avenue, Toronto 18. Winnipeg, Manitoba—E. W. H. Brown, BA'34, Manager, Hudson's Bay Company. Foreign Israel—Arthur H. Goldberg, BA'48, P.O. Box 1713, Haifa, Israel. japan—Takashi Kiuchi, MA'60, 13,6-Chome, ligura-machi, Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. United States California, northern—Berkeley—Mrs. Lynne W. Pickler, BA'22, 291 Alvarado Road, Zone 5. Menlo Park—Charles A. Holme, BCom'50, 940 Cotton Street. San Francisco—Dr. Oscar E. Anderson, BA'29, MA'31, 185 Graystone TerTace. Santa Clara—Mrs. Fred M. Stephen, BA'25, 381 Hayes Avenue. California, southern—Mrs. Elizabeth Berlot, BA'40, #40 - 3806 Carnavon Way, Los Angeles 27, California. new york, new york—Miss Rosemary Brough, BA'47, #4L-214 East 51st Street. Portland, Oregon—Dr. David B. Charlton, BA'25, 2340 Jefferson Street, P.O. Box 1048. Seattle, Washington—Frederick L. Brewis, BCom'49, 10714 Lakeside Avenue, N.E., Seattle 55. spokane, Washington—Don W. Hammersley, BCom'46, 212 Symmons Bldg. Commonwealth united kingdom—Mrs. Douglas Roe, 901 Hawkins House, Dolphin Square, London, S.W. 1, England. HE WANTS TO GROW UP (and he will, all too soon!) NOW, before he is as tall as you are, is the time to protect your son's future. 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