The Graduate Chronicle of the Alumni Association of the University of British Columbia POSTAGE PAID PORT PAYg 1 = VOL. II., No. 2 VANCOUVER, B.C., MAY 7, 1940 no. 3287 VANCOUVER A Welcome to Grads of '40 THIS issue of The Graduate Chronicle hails the 25th anniversary of the creation of the University of British Columbia in 1915, casts back a glance to the first graduating class of 1916 and extends a welcome to the newest members of the Alumni Association —the class of 1940. Publication of this issue was timed to coincide with Congregation and to announce two. functions sponsored by the 4!}imni Association in honor of the graduating class—a tea in the Brock Building after Congregation and a dance in the Hotel Vancouver after the Convocation Dinner. The executive of the Association, which jointly published this edition, join in welcoming the Class of '40 into the ranks of Alumni. We hope you will become active members, take an interest in the organization, derive pleasure and satisfaction in working to create a strong body in support of your alma mater and, may we say it quickly, we hope you will pay your fees. The financial year of the Alumni™' Association begins with the annual meeting in October and fees are payable then. However, if the newly- fledged graduates wish to take up their responsibilities now, they can share in a bargain. Fees ($1 annually or $10 for life), if paid now, will be credited to the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year in 1940-41. In other words, it's two-for-one day. There will be a table at the dance after the Convocation Banquet for all who can not resist a bargain. It should be repeated once again that the Chronicle, which is published four times a year, is sent only to paid up members. The $1 is not only the annual fee, it is also the subscription to the Alumni publication. Bolton Talks Back By FRED BOLTON President, U.B.C. Alumni Association The editor suggested that I might write a few remarks on activities and plans for our Alumni Association, so we will outline them as they come to us. Our brain child, which consisted of converting the wavering Quadra Club into a University Club which would be a home for the Association and a meeting place for all alumni, has suffered a knockout blow for, as many of you know, the Quadra Club has been dissolved and has now been converted into the Moose Hall. To erect a new building would involve raising money at a time when our funds should be used to finance a united Canadian war effort and to make our soldiers comfortable, so this scheme is shelved for the moment. Probably the best piece of news to the membership in general and music lovers in particular is the decision of former members of the Musical Society to form a Graduate group, which will enable them to sing together once again and, methinks, to sneak out on wifey the odd night, or vice versa. More about this in another article in this issue. The other night Darrel Gomery and yours truly attended a meeting of the New Westminster branch at the home of Alice Daniels. The high- (Continued on Page 3) See BOLTON TALKS BACK Grad Mus. Sod As the University Musical Society is on the threshold of its twenty-fifth anniversary, announcement comes of the formation of an alumni club to carry on its work. That the idea is certain to be a critable success will be evident if one examines the history of the campus organization. Club members have always lamented the termination of their club affiliations with graduation. Many wish to continue in operative work; all wish to maintain a bond of friendship with the people with whom they have worked and with the campus club. At the first meeting, names familiar in U.B.C. history were present. Dr. Joe Kania, Alice Rowe, Nelson Allen, Vernon van Sickle, Elizabeth Dow, Catherine Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Russel and Gordon Heron are a few who were prominent in Musical Society triumphs of yesteryear. An executive elected at the meeting consisted of: President, Jack Gray, Agris. '39; vice-president, Catherine Washington, Arts '38; secretary, Vera Radcliff, Arts '36; business manager, Gordon Heron, Commerce '38, and Jim Findlay, Arts '37. Work was begun immediately on the possibility of putting on an opera. At the time of writing, a light opera production in the fall seems to be fairly certain. A committee is working on several other ideas that could (Continued on Page 6) See GRAD MUS. SOC. •Timies, Sinclair, M.P. First U.B.C. graduate to be elected to Parliament BRANCH NOTES New Westminster The New Westminster branch held a "get together" meeting on Mon- iift,?;J:Api'i! 22, \?..t the,homes of Mins. Alice Daniels, Fifth Street. Our guests were Mr. Fred Bolton and Miss Darel Gomery. Three excellent solo numbers were given by Mr. Mel Smith, accompanied by Miss Marion Daniels. Following a suggestion of Professor Soward at our previous meeting the subject of our branch creating a bursary was brought up and discussed at some length. The question of exploration of ways and means was left to the new executive which will be elected at our next meeting. Our treasurer reported a slight increase in the number of those who have paid their fees. * * * WEST KOOTENAY BRANCH This Branch held its annual reunion in November, taking the form of a successful Banquet and Dance. The officers of this Branch are as follows: B. K. Ferrar, Mrs. Cyril Selby, Miss R. Deane, Mr. F. Mitchell, Miss B. Lang, Mr. Jack Sumner, Mr. Harold Smith, Miss K. Scott and Mr. James Armstrong. * * * TORONTO BRANCH Mr. Ken Atkinson, 111 Strathallon Boulevard or Miss Helen Carpenter, 237 Castlefield Avenue, Toronto, will be glad to hear from Alumni-members passing through Toronto. * * • SECRETARIES OF BRANCHES Mr. P. J. Kitley, Box 585, Kelowna. Mr. Harold Smith, Tadanac Staff (Continued on Page 6) See BRANCH NOTES For The Class Of 1940 Members of the graduating class of 1940 will join with members of the Alumni on May 9th in celebrating their newly acquired degrees and sundry honors. On that day they will be guests of the Alumni Association at a tea after the graduation ceremony, and that evening at a dance after the Convocation banquet. Formal invitations ha>*e been issued to the gratuating class for the first time, as it is felt (that such an invitation will make-' the functions an entry into active-Alumni life. THE.TEA- ' .,-'•' The Brock Memorial Building will for the first time open its doors to the Graduation) assembly. The tea given aTTnuaij?0*8l^M!* Aulmlil A"Sss-- ciation to members of the graduating class-.ljas for many years been held in the dearly beloved caf, amid much clattering of crockery on white tiled tables, much stumbling over wire- backed chairs and much precarious manoeuvring by hard , worked .servi- teurs. This year's tea will assume new dignity against the beige walled background of the Brock Memorial Building's main lounge, wherein flowing academic robes may have room suitably to flow, and earnest hostesses room to attend the needs of academic appetites. Presiding at this function will be Mrs. Daniel Buchanan, Mrs. J. N. Finlayson, Miss Mabel Gray, Mrs. Sherwood Lett and Mrs. Arthur Lord. The Alumni committee in charge consists of Darrel Gomery, Mrs. Harry Pearson and Mrs. Kenneth Ingledew. Serving will be Mrs. Jack Streight, Mrs. Bruce Mackedie, Ardy Beaumont, Marion Reid, Myrtle Beatty, Margaret Morrison, Mrs. Gordon Stead, Jean Macdonald, Kathleen Bourne, Margaret Buchanan, Gwen Pym, Grace Cavan, Barbara Robertson, Mrs. David Oppenheimer, Louise Farris, Leona Nelson, Hilda Wood, Elma Newcomb, Dorothy Newcomb, Ruth Scott, Marjorie Moc- Donald, Betty McLachlan and Mary Heyer. THE DANCE Two years ago the Alumnae Association sponsored a dance in the Crystal Ballroom after the Convocation banquet. The affair proved to be a very successful climax to the week's graduation festivities and an excellent opportunity for a reunion of alumni members attending the banquet. It was repeated last year. Next Thursday the Alumni Association will hold a third dance, which (Continued on Page 6) See CLASS OF 1940 THE GRADUATE CHRONICLE May 7, 1940 SIX PROFESSORS BID FAREWELL By DR. BLYTHE EAGLES Third Vice-President, U.B.C. Alumni Association U\\70VEN into the stuff of other men's lives"— W This quotation comes to mind when we realize that this year six members of the University Staff are retiring from active service—six members who have contributed, in their respective spheres, many bright threads to the fabric of the University. They are: Capt. J. F. Bell; Dr. P. A. Boving; Dr. H. T. J. Coleman; Dr. C. McL. Fraser; Mr. J. Ridington; Col. F. A. Wilkin. Every Alumnus will recall with pleasure their many achievements and distinctions and will share the general regret at their withdrawal, by reason of age, from active service in the University. While the following biographical accounts which The Graduate Chronicle has secured are necessarily much abridged and incomplete, they are nevertheless sufficient to indicate the richness of the patterns these men have woven, not only into the stuff of individual lives, but into the whole cloth of the nation itself. province. In recognition of the contribution which Dr. Boving has made to Canadian Agriculture, he was made a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists in 1939. Dr. Boving is to give the principal address at the forthcoming Congregation. Capt. J. F. Bell Engineer-Captain John Fawcett Bell, Q.B.E., R.N. (retired), M.E.J.C., was Born in Carlisle, England. He was educated at Grosvenor College and the University of London. After spending three years' apprenticeship with an engineering firm in Carlisle he passed the entrance examination for the Royal Navy, which he joined as Engineer Sub-Lieutenant at the age of 24. He has served in various parts of the world, including two years on the flagship of the North American and West Indies Squadron, two years at the submarine depot at Portsmouth, and two years on a river gunboat on the Yangtze River, deep in the interior of China. In 1910 he was loaned to the Canadian Government as an advisory officer. At the outbreak of the Great War he was serving in H.M. C.S. "Niobe," stationed at Halifax. He returned to the Royal Navy in 1915, and was placed in charge of the building of a light cruiser flotilla at Liverpool. Thereafter he was transferred to the staff of the Admiral Commanding the Tenth Cruiser Squadron, in which he served until the end of 1917. For his work at this time he was awarded the O.B.E. After the war Captain Bell was again lent to the Canadian Navy and spent two years at sea on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of Canada. He retired from the Royal Navy in 1922. The following year he spent in Toronto, lecturing at the Toronto Technical School. Captain Bell became a member of the Faculty of the University of British Columbia in 1924, and is the last link with the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering staff of Fair- view. He brought to the University a wide experience and practical knowledge of engineering. In addition, he was keenly interested in the welfare of his students, and had the habit of discussing with them, in an informal way, a wide variety of subjects. Many graduates will recall the pleasant and profitable hours spent around the table in the "Thermo Lab.", and will long remember Captain Bell's pleasing personality, his fund of stories, his varied experiences and his sound philosophy of life. Captain Bell has recently beer "> called t($ service, and is at present engaged in war work at Ottawa. In his new and important post we wish him well. Dr. P. A. Boving Paul A. Boving, Cand. Ph., Cand. Agr., LL.D., was born in South Sweden of mixed Dano-Norwegian-Swe- dish stock. He matriculated at the age of fourteen, took his Arts Degree in 1889, practised Agriculture for some years and received his Agriculture Degree in 1899. During subsequent years Dr. Boving travelled and studied in several European countries, taught at Ron- neby Folk High School in South Sweden, was supervisor of local fertilizer experiments in the three Scan dinavian countries and for two years, previous to his Canadian odyssey, was leader of plant improvement and plant propagation at Froodlin- gens, Gothenburg, then affiliated with the world-famous plant breeding institution at Svalof, Sweden. Shortly after his arrival in Canada in May, 1910, he became attached to Macdonald College, McGill University. He remained there for six years, during which time he had charge of root crop investigation. Besides President Klinck, who was established Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at The University of1 British Columbia in 1914, Dr. Boving was one of the first three men appointed to this Faculty in 1916. He became Professor and Head of the Department of Agronomy in 1919. Ill health compelled him to relinquish Ihe headship of the Department in 1929. Dr. Boving served as representative of the Faculty of Agriculture on the University Senate from 1918 to 1924, and since 1933 has been a member of Senate elected by Convocation. In October, 1939, at the time of his retirement from the Nni- versity, he was made Emeritus Professor of Agronomy and the Honorary Degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by the University. As a specialist in plant breeding, Dr. Boving was the first in North America to apply genetic principles to the breeding of roots, and this work has left many valuable strains for use by the farmers of Canada. He produced the popular U.B.C. Cylindrical Swede—a turnip that is now widely grown in British Columbia. The No. 122 Yellow Intermediate Mangel, which he developed from a selection made from the Danish variety, Sludstrup, is also popular throughout the Province. Storm Rye the most popular variety grown in British Columbia, and which won premier honors at the World's Grain Show in Regina in 1933—was developed by him from an original importation of rye from Sweden. He made the original cross between the two alfalfas—Medicago media and Medicago falcata—which material has formed the basis of the alfalfa breeding work carried on in the Department of Agronomy at the University. His interest and studies in the field of fertilizers and soils gave a new appreciation of the value of fertilizers to the farmers of this Dr. H. T. J. Coleman H. T. J. Coleman, B.A., Ph.D., was born in Durham County, Ontario. His early education was obtained in the Public and High Schools of that province. He received the B.A. Degree from the University of Toronto, and obtained his Doctorate of Philosophy from Columbia University. Dr. Coleman has had a varied and distinguished career in the field of education. His early work was in the Public Schools of Ontario and in North Dakota. He later became principal of the city High School in Spokane, Washington. He held the Chair of Education at the University of Colorado for a time and returned from there to his Alma Mater to serve as Associate Professor of Education during the years 1907 to 1913. He then became Dean of the Faculty of Education, Queen's University, relinquishing this post to accept the appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science and Professor and head of the Department of Philosophy at The University of British Columbia in 1920. Dr. Coleman was instrumental in organizing the Department of Education in the University for the training of University graduates as High School teachers. Under his directorship also, the University Summer Session established itself as an integral part of the work of the institution. In addition to his published work entitled: "History of Education in Upper Canada," Dr. Coleman has brought together in book form collections from his poetical writings. He has published two books of seri- ouse verse: "The Poet Confides," and •'Cockle Shell and Sandal Shoon"; and two books of children's verse: "A Rhyme for a Penny" and "Patricia Ann." He commemorated the occasion of the conferring of the Hon- (Continued on Page 7) See SIX PROFESSORS May 7, 1940 THE GRADUATE CHRONICLE Bad Grads Active This March the U.B.C. Alumni Badminton Club completed its second year of existence. For several years Ted Baynes, Tom Ellis, Milt Owen, Ken Beckett and other athletically-minded alumni had been hoping to form such a club, but is was not until a year ago last fall that they engaged the University gymnasium for this purpose. The response to pleas for membership was most encouraging; before the end of the season there were forty-eight members. Last year the membership was smaller because we had some difficulty in arranging for playing time at the gymnasium. At the outbreak of war the C.O.T.C. took over the floor for drilling on the night which we had hoped would be allotted to us. However, we opened the fall season by playing on Sunday afternoons and later were given Tuesday night. An enthusiastic group of alumni has been turning out, and we feel that this alumni project is now an established branch of the association. Ted Baynes has acted as president with Myrtle Beatty as treasurer. Tom Ellis helped with the organization and has proven since that he has lost none of his amazing energy. Incidentally a game of doubles between the Tom Ellis' and the Ted Baynes' is worth the price of admission anytime. Rouena and Aubrey Gross also provided some interesting doubles games against Marjorie Green and Don McKay. Marjorie is one of the best women players we have; several of the men would be more than elated if they could take a game from her. Jean Witbeck is another good player, and Charles Craster from Vernon hits a mean shuttle. Some of the other members of the club are: George and Helen Shipp, Isabella Arthur, Ed Lunn, Enid Wyness, Clayton Stewart, Jack Stevenson, Bessie Cheeseman, Mildred Fraser, W. Auld, Kay Spence, Audrey Fraser, Avril Stevenson, Walter Lind, Margaret Clarke, Jerry and Art Laing, Dave Allan and Dr. Todd, Gavin Dir- om, Bob Henderson, Henry Givens, Dorothy and Ken Mercer, John Hedley, Vivian Hudson, Carl Hedreen, Steve Carr, Auth Herbert, Mary Henderson, Ken Tryon, Mr. and Mrs. V. Skllling, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Burton, Kay Bourne, Wells Wood, J. L. Munro, Lorraine Bolton, Virginia Moore, Louise Poole, Abner Poole, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mather. Anyone interested in joining next year can obtain information from Ted Baynes, Tom Ellis, Ken Beckett and Fred Bolton. We are always glad to have prospective members come out and play as guests for a couple of nights. There are some excellent players and a few beginners, so that everyone can get good games. The main thing is that we have a lot of fun. How Long Would It Take You To Build a Lamp Bulb? TO make it by hand—to die the sand and make the glass; to blow and etch the bulb. To mine the tungsten, hammer it into a ductile wire, draw it finer than a human hair; coil it into a filament. To produce the sheet brass and shape it for the base. Even after all the parts were made, it would take you hours to assemble them and evacuate the bulb by hand. And yet, in less than 15 minutes, the average Canadian workman can earn enough to buy a MAZDA lamp. How can this be possible? It is possible for the same reason that you can, today, buy hundreds of other manufactured products that would be unobtainable if made by hand. Modern machinery, driven by electricity, has made it possible to turn out millions of products at low cost. If made by hand, few would be sold—their cost would be prohibitive. But because these products arc made by machinery, millions of people can buy them, and so thousands of new jobs have been created. General Electric research and engineering are helping you obtain the products you want at low cost—and are helping to create thousands of new jobs at higher wages. G-E Research Saves the Canadian Public Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Annually. CANADIAN GENERAL H ELECTRIC Halifax . Si John . Quebec • Sherbrooke • Mor • Fori W.lliam ■ Winnipeg . Regina • Sastalo Lclhbridgr * fdmcnli BOLTON TALKS BACK (Continued from Page 1) light of the evening, aside from the chocolate cake, was the formatoin of a committee to investigate ways and means of establishing a yearly bursary for a needy U.B.C. student from New Westminster. This is certainly a worthy idea and a project of this nature will do wonders to build up the personnel and spirit within the branch. May it be successful/ There has been some talk of the formation of a Graduate basketball team which would be entered in the City Senior A League. Your executive is investigating the possibility of obtaining a franchise in the League and, if one is available, you may have a chance to get out and root for the ex-Varsity stars who will be playing together again. If sufficient support is forthcom ing, we will endeavor to hold a dance this summer, probably in collaboration with the summer school students. This will give those who are not able to attend the Reunion Dance at Christmas a chance to have an evening together and to swap a few stories. Before signing off, let me remind you that you haven't deluged your executive with ideas or criticisms, both of which are quite acceptable. THE GRADUATE CHRONICLE May 7, 1940 Grads Far and Near BIRTHS To Mrs. and Mrs. Arnold Anderson, Sc. '38, a daughter, in New Westminster, in March. To Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Appelbe (Doris Jean Woods, Arts '28), a son, in Vancouver, in February. To Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Archibald (Constance McTavish, Arts '29), a daughter, in Creston, in February. To Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Bell, Sc. '28, (Hilda Coles, Arts '27), a daughter, in Vancouver, in February. To Mr. and Mrs. H. Clark Bentall, Sc. '38, a daughter, in Vancouver, in March. To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Breckin (Jean Galloway, Arts '34), a daughter, in Kamloops, in April. To Mr. and Mrs. Blake Campbell, Ag. '35, a daughter, in Ottawa, in April. To Mr. and Mrs. John V. Coleman, Arts '30, (Sheila Tisdall, Arts '3D, of Duncan, a son, in Vancouver, in April. To Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cruise, Sc. '31, a daughter, in Vancouver, in April. To Bev. and Mrs. James Dunn, Arts '30, (Frances Robinson, Arts '3D, a daughter, in British Guiana, in February. To Mr. and Mrs. J. Edwin Eades, Arts '25, (Jessie Aske, Sc. '29) a son, in Vancouver, in January. To Mr. and Mrs. Howard Eaton, Arts '26, a daughter, in Vancouver, in January. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Haggerty, Sc. '32, a daughter, in Vancouver, in April. To Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johnston, Arts '27, a daughter, in Ottawa, in January. To Mr. and Mrs. Franc Joubin, Arts '36, a daughter, in Vancouver, in March. To Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Malm, Arts '31, a daughter, in Vancouver, in January. To Mr. and Mrs. John Manley (Kathleen Baird, Arts '28), a daughter, in Urbana, 111., in January. To Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Miller (Arts '24), a daughter, in Vancouver, in February. To Bev. and Mrs. Wilfred H. Morris, Sc. '28, (Ruby Williams, Arts '34), a daughter, in Lima, Peru, in December. To Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Morrison, Arts '30, (Isobel Barton, Arts '26), a daughter, in Vancouver, in December. To Mr. and Mrs. Nick Mussallem, Arts '31, (Frances Lucas, Arts '33), a son, in Vancouver, in March. To Mr. and Mrs. Archibald McKie, Arts '27, a son, in Vancouver, in March. To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pierrot, (Cicely Hunt, Arts '3D, a son, in Vancouver, in March. To Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Saunders (Kathleen Taylor, Sc. '38), a daughter, in Vancouver, in March. To Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Searle (Eleanor Brine, Arts '33), a daughter, in North Vancouver, in February. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Sharp, Arts '32, a daughter, in Vancouver, in March. To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shearman, Arts '35, a daughter, in Vancouver, in December. To Mr. and Mrs. Alex Smith, Arts '30, a daughter, in Vancouver, in December. To Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Telforjd, Arts '28, a son, in Vancouver, in March. To Mr. and Mrs. Allan Todd (Ella St. Pierre, Arts '30), a son, in Vancouver, in March. To Mr. and Mrs. Allan Stanley True- man, M.A. '35, of Gibson's Landing, a son, in Vancouver, in February. To Flying Officer and Mrs. Alfred Watts, Com. '32, (Rosalind Young), Arts '33), a daughter, in Vancouver, in February. To Mr. and Mrs. Dean Whittaker, Sc. '34, a son, in Vancouver, in April. To Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Williamson, (Ruth Lundy, Arts '35), a son, in Vancouver, in April. To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wilson, Arts '31, a daughter, in Vancouver, in January. To Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Young (Mable Brown, Arts '32), a son, in North Vancouver, in March. DEATHS Grace Victoria Adams, Arts '32, in January, in Vancouver. MARRIAGES John Aikins to Anne Carter, Arts '39, in Vancouver, in February. Residing in Naramata. Harry Berry, Arts & Com. '37, to Mabel Pearce, Arts '37, in Vancouver, in December. Ray Brunt, Arts '32, to Georgina Dawd, in Vancouver, in December. Residing in Cobble Hill. Lieut. Desmond Byng-Hall to Betty Jack, Arts '33, in Vancouver, in December. Stanley Copp, Com. '37, to Alice Chose, in Vancouver, in January. Residing in New Westminster. Reginald Claydon, Arts '36, to Blanche Cornwall, in Vancouver, in February. Robert Davey, Arts '37, to Margaret Reid, Arts '34, in West Vancouver, in December. W. Smith Dorsey to Helen MacKen- zie, Arts '33, in Vancouver, in December. Gordon Draeseke, Arts '36, to Mildred Gow, Arts '38, in Vancouver, in May. Frank Elliott, Arts '27, to Rhona Grahame, in Vancouver, in January. Dr. Reid Fordyce, Sc. '35, to Alice MacLeod, in Dayton, Ohio, in December. Dr. Roscoe Garner, Arts '29, to Margaret Milburn, in Vancouver, in March. Ruston Goepel to Frances Tremaine, Arts '32, in Vancouver, in December. Arthur Gourlay to Margaret Riggs, Arts '30, in Vancouver, in December. Edward George Hemsworth to Edna Palmer, Arts '32, in Vancouver, in March. John Hess to Marjorie Menten, Arts '26, in New Westminster, in December. Flying Officer John Herriott to Jean Dawson, Arts '36, in Vancouver, in February. Gordon Hilker, Com. '34, to Elizabeth Anne Petch, in Vancouver, in February. Douglas Jewett, Com. '35, to Marjorie Blundell, in Vancouver, in April. Hugh Douglas Keil, Arts '36, to Pearl Lemon, in Toronto, in December. Residing in Hamilton. William Kemp to Stella Dunn, Arts '32, in Nanaimo, in March. Patrick Larsen to Sheila Wilson, Arts '39, in Vancouver, in December. Walter Lamm ers, Sc. '38, to Isabelle Freeze, in Alberni, in January. Residing in Zeballos. Humphrey Mellish, Arts '31, to Hyacinth Harfield, in Victoria, in April. D'Arcy Marsh, Arts '26, to Jane | Smart, in Ottawa, in January. "Ernest McGauley to Evelyn McGill, Arts '32, in Vancouver, in December. Residing in Rossland. Douglas McMynn, Sc. '34, to Kathleen Rutherford, in Regina, in January. Residing in Penticton. Douglas Kenneth Macrae, Arts '34, to Marjorie Davenport, in Vancouver, in April. Capt. Harry Oborne to Jean Allln, Arts '36, in Vancouver, in December. Residing in Regina. David Pugh, Com. '34, to Ilene Tait, in Oliver, in March. He has gone east with the Seaforths. Henry Richmond, Sc. '33, to Bernice Needham, in Vancouver, in October. Residing in Port Alice. Norman Rothstein to Annette Smith, in Vancouver, in April. Capt. Kenneth Stevenson to Grace Hope, Arts '27, in Newport News, Va., in December, residing in Wal- dobow, Maine. Jack Streight, Arts '31 to Isabel Bews, Arts '32, in New Westminster. Thomas Walker to Marion Bullock- Webster, Arts '26, in Victoria, in February. Abraham Wilson to Margaret Webber, Arts '35, in Toronto, in February. Eric Wood, Com. '37, to Barbara Lee, Arts '37, in Vancouver, in March. Alice Morrow, Arts '32, has done a great deal of work as chairman of the Vancouver division for the Voluntary Registration of Women. Marjorie Leeming, Arts '26, of Victoria, has returned home after fifteen months as an exchange teacher in South Africa. (Continued on Page 6) See PERSONALS PERSONALS Mary McGeer and Margaret Johnston, both of Arts '35, are studying for their master's degrees at Washington University, St. Louis. Betty Bingay, Arts '38, is taking the library training course at McGill. You'll Agree "IN B.C. IT'S V.C." Enjoy the smoothness, mellowness and hearty, full bodied goodness you find only in this balanced, COMPLETE beer — the beer that gives you more. CAPILANO BREWING CO., LTD. Vancouver, B.C. VITAMIN .^^CONDITIONED LAGER This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia May 7, 1940 THE GRADUATE CHRONICLE Lights Out In Europe (An intimate glimpse of London and Paris as war broke out by a party of U.B.C. grads) By ZOE BROWNE-CLAYTON HIGH up in the Iff franc gallery of the magnificent Opera House in Paris, watching Serge Lefar and his ballet dance "Le Festin de l'Araignee," the music of which I had last heard at one of Professor Dilworth's summer school lectures in Musical Appreciation, an alumni meeting was held last June. Seated altogether were Allan Walsh, Arts '37 his w,fe Frances, also a graduate, Norman Hacking, Arts '34, Jim Beveridge, the '37 Totem Editor, Lloyd Hobden, who won the French government scholarship in '38 and myself, who left the campus in '37. All of us had decided separately to come to Europe and it was a mere coincidence that we, who had all known each other well on the campus had found ourselves together in Paris that June. evening The same evening as we came down the wide steps of L'Opera we were greeted familiarly by Harry Hickman of Victoria and Max Humphrey, whom we had last seen walking across the campus from the Theological College, his gown streaming behind him. Staying in Paris at that same time were two other U.B.C. alumni; Dr. Dorothy Dallas, and Alfred Carter, the student of French who went to Paris to study Latin. As a group we were not good tourists. Only one of us climbed the Eiffel tower; but that he did by sheer accident. Every day for lunch we met at the same cafe, just off the Boul' Mich and revelled in French biftecks, strawberries and creme fraiche; from there we moved to the bistro across the street for coffee and liqueurs. Gems of conversation flew to and fro and profound conclusions were reached; such as the one—'if there is any object or thing in France which is puzzling it almost inevitably has something to do with sex.' We lived in a semi-domestic atmosphere as our life as a group was conditioned by the feeding times of the Walsh baby, Marie. One or two of us stayed in the neighborhood each evening to feed and change her at nine, and all became expert in knowing just how hard to smack a child to make her burp. She was a placid baby and greeted a new foster parent each evening with a cheerful grin. Early in our^-visit Norman Hacking and myself decided to make an expedition in search of culture, so devoted an afternoon to the Louvre. We wandered through the vast palace for e. long while without stumbling upon the Impressionist paintings we particularly wanted to see. Finally I stopped a kindly bearded attendant and asked in \my very inadequate French, "S'il vous plait, monsieur, ou est les peintures de Gauguin?" He was very amused and very friendly, explaining with many Gallic gestures that we must "montrez les escaliers a le droit" etc. Finally he insisted on coming with us for a short way to be sure we went right. Soon after we left the museum well satisfied and determined to return at an early date. Next day in the "Paris Soir" we read to our amazement that the day before between 3 and 3.30 p.m. someone had stolen Watteau's painting "LTndifference" from the Louvre. The attendant had not noticed be cause his attention at that time had been distracted by a blonde foreign woman with a companion. They were obviously members of the gang and the police were on the lookout for them. We dared not go near the museum again. A similar visit was paid to Versailles. Here we strolled at length through the magnificent park which makes England's Hampton Court look like a suburban garden. We spent so long in the park that we had a mere half hour left before the chateaux closed. A dash up the stairs, a breathless glance at the Hall of Mirrors with a few mutterings about the Treaty of Versailles, then on to the Hall of Battles with a brief pause en route so Lloyd Hobeen could bounce on Louis' bed in one of the state bedrooms, arid then out into the sunshine again. Some of us then went on a bicycle tour in Normandy before returning to England. During that trip we spent less than two dollars a day; hotel rooms, clean and comfortable, were from 45c to 60c a night, breakfast about a nickel, lunch 25c and a full five course meal at night for 60c with wine. Bicycles cost $2.50 a week. The low prices were of course due in part to the rate of exchange. We found very few English speaking people so had to depend entirely upon our own meagre French, but managed quite successfully and at times actually achieved chatty conversations. In Le Havre we found an American sailor and promptly introduced him to the French dynamite drink Pernod to his Immediate downfall. Back in England towards the end of July Norman Hacking, Jim Beve ridge and myself found ourselves small one room flatlets in the very respectable Royal Borough of Kensington. Here other U.B.C. alumni gathered including Joan Wharton, Arts '36, who is still working on the Milk Board in London, Helen Bal- loch, who had been in England for several years and David Murdoch, Arts '31, who was over for a visit during his holidays from Yale. Soon Jim, Norman and I got restless again and renting more bicycles we set out for Devon and Cornwall with our untidy packsacks. The Youth Hostels where we stayed knew us at once for Americans because our packs were messy,—the English cyclist apparently folds everything neatly in watercloth. Wisely too, for during the whole of our trip it rained at least once every day. We had chosen the hilliest part of England and not only did we constantly have to walk the bicycles up hill but several times it was so steep we had to walk them down as well. However the marvellous Devonshire cream teas, the purple heather and the wild sea cliffs more than made up for that. Apart from the teas respectable meals were hard to find and several times we wished we were back across the channel where perfect food can be found at every turning in the road. Most of the time we had to fall back on fish and chip shops as a sole diet. Not so hard on Norman and Jim who regard marine food in a kindly light but pure penance for me who would be quite cheerful if all fish stayed in the sea where they belong. We had to be in the hostels at 10 each evening and lights out by 10.30. Our evenings were spent in Pubs getting acquainted with the "locals," who proved very pleasant and friendly, although we were appalled at their general lack of teeth. Late in August we were back in our "digs" in London and the crisis was upon Europe. The general feeling of tension loosened English reserve; strangers spoke to each other in busses and theatres. And in our apartment block all the tenants became most friendly and talkative. There was an air of false gaiety about; the restaurants around Pica- dilly and Soho were crowded each evening and the theatres were packed. We all got fitted with gas masks and after reading the warnings in the papers decided that it would be a good idea to combine together in war supplies. The expectation was that in the event of war a general food shortage would result. So with pooled resources we bought a giant box of rye-vita, 7 shilling bars of chocolate, three pounds of tomatoes, a bottle of rum and one of sherry. In addition we had an immense Dutch cheese, which Jim had brought back from a week-end excursion in Holland, and we filled some decanters with water. However the days dragged on. I volunteered for canteen work and was told I would be called upon when and if the air raids began. We got cheerful letters from Lloyd Hobden in Paris,—saying there would be no war and why not come back to France again,—we wrote back saying we-would and to expect us on the 18th of September. Finally the Friday arrived and Germany marched into Poland. Sandbags sprung up like mushrooms everywhere,—the sky immediately became filled with the silver blimps of the balloon barrage. The landlord of the flatlets where I lived was an Italian who up to this point had been firm in the belief there would be no war. Now he turned the place into a flurry of activity. Black paper was pasted over every window, hall lights became dim blue bulbs and all other lights were shaded in black. He decided that an air raid shelter was needed so some of us volunteered to help dig it. The boss of the gang was an Italian refugee, who could speak no English but had dug trenches in the Abyssinian campaign. Following his gestures we dug one the full width of the garden and deep enough to hide two regiments standing upright. I personally gave up when we hit a bed of tiles mixed, with bits of iron, (Continued on Page 6) See LIGHTHS OUT Mother's Day —or for any other oooa- aloii, flowers can beat express your sentiment*. For Vancouver delivery or Florista' Telegraph Delivery to anywhere In the world, call JOE BROWN, (Arts '23) Manager F&OWEXtFONB SEymour 1484 BROWN 665 GRANVILLE ST B R.QS. 189 WEST HASTINGS ANNUITIES LIFE INSURANCE SPECIALIZED SERVICE CONSULT PETER D. CELLE Agency Representative THE IMPERIAL LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF CANADA 640 West Hastings Street Vancouver THE GRADUATE CHRONICLE May 7, 1940 IN RETROSPECT Just twenty-five years ago, old McGill University College ceased to exist and the University of British Columbia came into being. The old college served higher education as a branch and sort of western outpost of McGill University. It had much the same relation to McGill as Yictoxia_.C.Qllege has to U.B.C. and its graduates normally went east to complete their degree courses at McGill. So, looking back, it is fitting now to recall the first class to graduate from the University of B.C.—the class of 1916. Then as now a war was being fought and its influence was keenly felt on the Fairview campus. Thus Sherwood Lett, first president of the NAME George Annable Ella Cameron Muriel Carruthers Florence Chapin Nancy Dick Charles Duncan Marjory Dunton Belle Elliot James Galloway Henry Gibson Laura Lane Lawrence Luckraft Isabel MacMillan Grace Miller Roland Miller Lennox Mills Edward Mulhern Hugh Munro Jean Robinson "~*rh"omas Robertson Gladys Schwesinger David Smith Percy Southcott Edna Taylor Clausen Thompson Josi Uchida Irene Vermilyea Otto Walsh Mary Wilson AIM IN LIFE To take notes To teach Assistance To be less pleasant Not to miss a movie To be like Macbeth Mince pies To go to Paris To be a Cicero To be a Plato Teasing To be a preacher Sandwiches and cake Mission study Oratory Highest class standing To get his own way Sunday school superintendent To live in Victoria To get a crush To be on Students' Council Best To love and be loved General proficiency To climb Mt. Baker To do nice things unnoticed To get members for Y.W.C.A. Marconi To like latin Alma Mater Society and the first Rhodes Scholar from U.B.C, was on active service and had to take his degree later. The first Totem, then called the U.B.C. Annual, was issued in the spring of 1916. It printed the portraits of all professors and students, along with the usual bright remarks characteristic of the Totem, and it included a graduating class horoscope. The horoscope is reproduced below and the older graduates can judge how close it came to the mark. The names of four graduates—Jessie Anderson, Ernest LeMessurier, Jean Macleod and Tom Shearman — are omitted because they have since died. FINISH A graduate Ideal husband Persistence Still pleasant Blind Editorial chair Dyspeptic Mrs. JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED Seven experienced Pharmacists to dispense just what your Doctor ordered. Bring your next prescription to us. GEORGIA PHARMACY LIMITED 777 WEST GEORGIA STREET MArine 4161 Pharmaceutical Chemists Leslie G. Henderson Gibb G. Henderson, B.A., B.A.Sc. Oc P. '06 U.B.C. '33 Legal light Editor of Punch Perfect lady Bishop Somebody's cook A noble reticence Verbosity Egyptologist Minister of justice Paderewski In Victoria Crushed Intensive farmer Slight improvement Permanent coach for ladies' basketball Success ? Sweet old lady A manse Success A meek wife BRANCH NOTES (Continued from Page I) Mr. Murray Garden, Kimberley. Mr. L. Reid, Kamloops. Mr. W. W. C. O'Neill, 136 West 5th Ave., Prince Rupert. Mr. W. R. McDougall, North Vancouver HU,"h School. Mr. Frank R. Barnsley, 1000 Beaver Avenue Hill, Montreal. Mr. Fred K. Crimmett, Chilliwack. Miss Marjorie Dimmock, Box 1275, Vernon, B.C. Miss Margaret Biggs, 52, 4th Street, New Westminster. Mr. Harry Hickman, 2122 McNeill Avenue, Victoria. Mr. J. Ross Tolmie, Income Tax Division, Dept. of National Revenue, Ottawa. Miss Helen Carpenter, 237 Castle- field Avenue, Toronto. GRAD MUS. SOC. (Continued from Page 1) be adapted by the new group. The support of the Alma Mater Society and the Alumni Association is de- House, Trail. GLASS OF 1940 (Continued from Page 1) it is to be hoped will become an annual affair, in the ballroom of the Hotel Vancouver. For a nominal charge of 25 cents, graduates may dance from 10 to 1 to the music of the hotel's Dal Richards and his orchestra, making the cost of the entire evening, dinner and dance, $3.50 per couple. It is expected that many new graduates will take the opportunity at this function to become members of the Alumni Association, at special bargain rates now being promoted by the treasurer. sired. Qualification for membership in the new club is not limited to the ex-Musical Society members. Any graduate who attended U.B.C. and is interested in the type of work intended can join the club as an associate member^ A cordial invitation is extended to all those who may be interested. For further particulars, please phone Vera Radcliff, Kerrisdale 2233-L, or write to Jack Gray, 4165 West 11th Ave. LIGHTS OUT (Continued from Page 5) deciding that we had probably reached Roman remains and it was time for me to quit. So I sat on an earth pile nursing blistered hands watching the others slave on. Next day a truck from the Department of National Defense arrived and decided the hole was too big,—the country couldn't afford the corrugated iron necessary to cover it up. So they filled up about seven-eighths and turned the remain' der into a small kennel like shelter, which would hold two comfortably and four uncomfortably. Later on the blackout became more intense, only one building showed any light—the German embassy where the officials were packing up to leave foi home. Going home that night in a blacked-out bus everyone by common consent sang. Old songs like "Loch Lomond" and "Annie Laurie" rang out untunefully but cheerfully as our bus slowly picked its way past Hyde Park. All English restraint seemed to have been laid aside with the lights. Next night—still no war but increased blackout. No front lights on cars or busses, no torches allowed, not the faintest gleam from any building —the only lights allowed were the pin prick red and green stop signs Our party went to the "Gate Revue," which has since become one of the greatest war time successes. When we came out a storm was in full progress. Rain smacking the dark streets, thunder rolling like cannon. Flashes of lightning lit up the towers of Westminster for brief seconds before casting them into inky blackness again. Dim ghostly busses moved slowly down the streets with the conductors shouting out the numbers above the noise of the rain. As we rolled home past Hyde Park the lightning grew wilder, illuminating the gardens and trees in a weird glow, like some make-believe and magnificent ballet set. An appropriate setting for a declaration of war. Next day the war was declared. I left for Ireland to pay a farewell visit to some relatives. The train was loaded with young Irishmen leaving England for fear of conscription, and with families fleeing the war zone. Over four thousand people landed that day and O'Connell street in Dublin was as crowded as an ant heap. Immediately there was a shortage of sugar and coffee, and prices in Ireland went shooting up. For the first few days there was a sort of PERSONALS (Continued from Page 4) Another exchange teacher is Wan- etta Leach, also Arts '26, who is at Agincourt, Ont. Mrs. Thomas Maslin (Mary Watts, Arts '29), is living in Berkeley, where her husband is a professor of zoology. Eddie Merrett, Sc. '32, has returned to Sheridan, Man., after spending a holiday in Vancouver. With him were his wife and seven-months' old daughter, Brenda. Kenneth DePencier Watson, Arts '37, has been appointed instructor in economic geology in Princeton University. Five 1940 engineering graduates have already received appointments with- Canadian firms. They include Jack Cosar and Milton Kennedy, who have been awarded two-year apprenticeships with Westinghouse testing laboratories at Hamilton; Marino Fraresso, Alfred Parker and Roy Bogle, who have similar awards from the Canadian General Electric Co. and will work at Peterborough. blackout, as the Irish felt it wasn't fair to light up and show the Germans in what direction England lay. However, after three days the blackout of street lights was called off for it was felt that, Germans or no Germans, the pickpockets and thieves were worse. After a few days in Ireland I went back to London. Children had more or less vanished from the streets and consequently the pubs, only gathering places opened, were fuller of women than usual. There was little war work at that time and increasing unemployment. As for ourselves we walked and talked and walked some more and wished we had something active to do. Then one day Jim Beveridge and myself happened to wander into the C.P.R. office and asked if there was a boat going to Canada in the near future. Yes, we were told, if you can leave London at eight tomorrow morning—they could just squeeze in two more third class passages. A rush for baggage and passport exit-permits and we left, taking our war provision chocolates with us. The rye- vita we left with Norman Hacking who stayed an extra month,—the tomatoes had long since gone bad. More blackouts on the voyage over and then in eight days the lights of Quebec, which seemed to glare almost indecently. May 7, 1940 THE GRADUATE CHRONICLE SIX PROFESSORS BID FAREWELL orary Degree of LL.D. upon the late Lord Tweedsmuir in the form of a sonnet telling of the signing of the register by a royal representative with a royal quill. Dr. Coleman retires with the rank of emeritus professor of philosophy and psychology. (Continued from Page 2) Dr. C. McL. Fraser C. McLean Fraser, B.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.C, was born in Huron County, Ontario. He graduated in 1898 from the University of Toronto, with honors in Natural Science. Following graduation he held the position of Science Master at Collingwood Collegiate Institute for two years, Graduate Assistant in Biology at the University of Toronto for three years, and Principal and Science Master of Nelson High School, B.C., from 1903 to 1910. Most of the summers of this whole period were devoted to research work at Marine Biological Stations on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. In 1911 he received his Ph.D. Degree from the State University of Iowa, following which he spent the summer at Marine Biological Stations at Wood's Hole, Mass.; South Harpswell, Me.; and Beaufort, N.C. He was appointed Director of the Biological Station at Nanaimo in 1912, and continued in this post until 1924. He has been Professor and head of the Department of Zoology at The University of British Columbia since 1920. Dr. Fraser has attended the meetings of all the Pacific Science Congresses. These were held in Hawaii, 1920; Australia, 1923; Japan, 1926; Java, 1929; Canada (Vancouver and Victoria), 1933, and the United States, 1939. He is a member of the Standing Committee of the Pacific Science Association on Oceanography and at the meetings held in Canada was chairman of the Division of Biological Sciences and of the Section on Oceanography. At the Congress held in Java he was leader of the Canadian delegation and member of the Council of the Association. Since 1926 he has been a member of the Standing Committee on Conser vation of Nature. In' 1934 Dr. Fraser was a member of the Allan Hancock Expedition to the Galapagos Islands, at the time of the hundredth anniversary of Darwin's visit there. Since 1938 Dr. Fraser has been a member of the Advisory Board of the Allan Hancock Foundation. Dr. Fraser has published over one hundred scientific papers in the fields of aMrine Zoology and Oceanography. His two most important contributions are: "Hydroids of the Pacific Coast of Canada and the United States, 1937," and four papers making up Volume IV of the Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. The excellent illustrations for nearly all his publications were done by Mrs. Fraser. From 1933 to 1936 Dr. Fraser classified the hydroids sent to him by the Emperor of Japan from the Zoological Laboratory, Imperial Palace, Tokyo. In token of his appreciation, the Emperor, in 1937, through the Japanese Consul in Vancouver, presented him with two rare cloisonne vases. Dr. Fraser's activities outside the University have included membership in a large number of scientific societies. In 1911 he became a member of the Honorary Scientific Fraternity, Sigma Xi. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1916. He is a charter mefi*- ber of the B.C. Academy of Sciences organized in 1909, a member of the executive since its inception, has been president for three years, and was recently elected to Honorary Life Membership. In 1921-22 he served as president of the Vancouver Institute. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the International Fisheries Commission, and member of the Council of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was chairman of the Associate Committee of the National Research Council on Oceanography, 1927 to 1938, and is a charter member of the Ecological Society of America. Dr. Fraser retires with the rank of emeritus professor of zoology. Arrangements have been made for him to continue his scientific investigations at the University of B.C. John Ridington was born in England of old Cornish stock. He was educated at public - and private schools in London and was articled as a "pupil teacher" at Tredegar Road Wesleyan School, Bow, London. Concluding four years of service as a "pupil teacher," he passed the Scholarship examination of the Department of Education. He came to Canada in 1889 and taught school in northwestern Manitoba for a period of seven years. He then bought the Carberry News, a weekly paper which he edited and published for seven years. He joined the staff of the Winnipeg Free Press and went RALPH McL. BROWN Arts '31 REPRESENTING CROWN LIFE INSURANCE CO. Life Insurance Pension Bonds Annuities Parsons, Brown Limited ALL FORMS OF GENERAL INSURANCE 822 ROGERS BUILDING - TRinity 5101 Complete written reports and quotations on any insurance problems or requirements gladly furnished John Ridington through almost every editorial chair up to editorial writer. Threatened ill health caused his resignation from the Free Press in 1910. He then became Superintendent of Agencies for a Canadian colonization land company in Saskatchewan. In 1913 Mr. Ridington came to British Columbia. He gave a course in English Literature at the Vancouver Night Schools during the winter of 1913-14, and served on the Board of Trustees of the Vancouver City Li- fcrary. In 1915 he was appointed to the University staff as "Acting Cataloguer." In 1919 he was made Acting Librarian and Cataloguer. Three years later he became University Librarian. His work as Acting Cataloguer was the organization of the basic collection of books—about 15,- 000 in number, purchased in Europe by Dr. J. T. Gerould before the opening of the University as a teaching institution, as well as the 500 or 600 volumes that were in the library of McGill University College. From this nucleus the University Lobrary has grown to almost 125,000 volumes and more than 50,000 pamphlets. It contains a larger percentage of the flies of scholarly periodicals than does any other Canadian University library of equal volume-total. The books are hard-worked. In the winter session the circulation exceeds 20,000 volumes a month. Recognition of the standing of the University Library has been received from governments and educational foundations. The Library of Congress made The Unicersity of British Columbia one of its three Depositories in Canada. As a bibliographical aid in research this Catalogue is invaluable. The Carnegie Corporation of New York has in many ways shown its appreciation of the work done by the University Library. It gave a grant of $15,000 for the purchase of undergraduate books and presented to the Library its University Art Collection of books and reproductions of pictures. The development of the University Library from humble beginnings is in large measure due to the efforts of Mr. Ridington and represents a considerable personal achievement. Mr. Ridington has served two terms as president of B.C. Library Association and twice as president of the Pacific North West Library Association. He has been a member of the Provincial Library Commission for six years and has served cn important committees of the American Library Association. He was selected by the American Library Association as the chairman of a Commission to make a report on library conditions throughout the Dominion. This work was carried out in 1932 and the report of the Commission is highly regarded. He served as president of the Vancouver Institute for a period of- °two years. Recently the Belgian Government desired to confer on him the Order of the Belfian Crown for services rendered in connection with the design and organization of the Bibli- atheque Albert 1-er, the national library to be erected in Brussels to the memory of King Albert. He retires as emeritus librarian. Colonel F. A. Wilkin, B.A.Sc, was born in Yokohama, Japan, and was educated in Engineering at McGill University, receiving his Degree in 1895. From 1895 to 1900 he was engaged in the surveying of mines and mineral claims in the vicinity of Ross- (Continued on Page 8) See SIX PROFESSORS THE GRADUATE CHRONICLE May 7, 1940 The Graduate Chronicle A quarterly journal owned by and devoted to the interests of The Alumni Association of The University of British Columbia. This edition was edited and produced by the Executive, including Fred Bolton, Darrel Gomery, Marguerite Manson, Ken Beckett, Blythe Eagles, Edgar and Grace Brown. TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1940 Editorials JUST A SUGGESTION ON several occasions during the past months the executive of the Alumni Association have informally discussed the possibility of providing an annual scholarship for the University in the name of the Association. If it were done, it would need to be started on a modest basis, perhaps an annual award of $75 or $100, with .the hope that before too many years an endowment fund might be set up to make the scholarship perpetual. Or, should we say, "perpetual" for as long as bonds continue to pay interest. The Association is slowly building up a reserve fund by setting aside half the income received from life memberships. This fund is already sufficiently large to guarantee a scholarship for two or three years and it is to be presumed that life memberships will continue to be taken out. It is something that ought to be done. The "Alumni Association Scholarship" would be a tangible contribution of the Association to the University and it would also be something to which all members of the Association could take pleasure in assisting. Possibly a resolution to authorize the scholarship will be presented at the next annual meeting in the fall. In the meantime, some thought should be given to such questions as: should it be a scholarship or a bursary? What amount should be set aside for -rH—H-a-scholarship, for what faculty, year or subject of study should it be offered? THE OLD ORDER PASSES IT is unlikely that the University has ever suffered such losses in one year as has occurred this year in the retirement of six of the best known members of the staff. Without exception they are distinguished men who have contributed much to the development of the University. Without exception they are human, friendly men, who have been more than teachers to thousands of students and whose retirements will stir fond memories in the minds of many alumni. Capt. J. F. Bell and Col. F. A. Wilkin of the Applied Science Faculty, Dr. H. T. J. Coleman and Dr. C. McL. Fraser of the Arts Faculty, Prof. Paul Boving of the Agriculture Faculty, and John Ridington, the librarian, have all spent their last days in classrooms and laboratories. With the exception of Captain Bell, who has been recalled by the Royal Navy, they will enter into a well earned retirement. Retired or not, none of them will be idle. Already plans for fishing, for writing books, for gardening, for travelling, have been prepared. For men such as these, leisure will not be a burden but an opportunity for enriched life. It is to be hoped that they all have many years of it. It is timely, too, to congratulate Dr. Kaye Lamb, a member of the Alumni Association, on his appointment to succeed Mr. Ridington as University Librarian. He has been doing excellent work as Provincial Librarian and he is admirably equipped for his new position. The Alumni Association wishes him well. SIX PROFESSORS (Continued from Page 7) land, B.C. He then spent a year travelling in England and South Africa. From 1901 until 1914 he was employed by the Survey and Construction Departments of the C.P.R., with headquarters at Winnipeg. His work in the location of railway lines in the four western provinces has earned him recognition as one of the outstanding reconnaissance engineers in Canada. He served overseas in 1914, with the rank of First Lieutenant in a machine gun unit. He was decorated with the M.C. and made a Lieutenant-Colonel at the Somme in 1916, and was later transferred to the Canadian Railway Troops. Prior to his appointment to the staff of the Department of Civil En- Two Poems Mrs. Carol Coates Cassidy (Arts '30), whose recently published chap- book of verse, "Fancy Free" (The Ryerson Press, 60 cents), was reviewed in the last issue of The Chronicle, sends along two more poems. One of them—the timely "The Unfilled Order"—was entered in a poetry contest, with what success we have not heard. THE UNFILLED ORDER Is that Human Lives Limited? May I speak to God, please? Yes, it's important. So sorry to trouble you, But yesterday I lost my son. He was shot down in a plane in Prance. They tell me the plane took months to build, And cost fifty thousand dollars. They didn't say how long it takes to build a son, Nor dare to mention so costly a price as love. Yes, I must have another, Can you get me one? Twenty, and tall, With a soft wave in his hair, back from the forehead, And eyes that are a little bit special. Dark, sort of hard to describe, Like a deep summer night: You know, don't you, the kind I mean? May I have him soon, please? Charge it to the head of Wars Incorporated. I think he lives in Germany. What's that you say? But why? ZIPPERS Zippers are an open sesame to temptation, And shouldn't be on the market for lusty youth. For with the tiniest tug of a roving hand, They can glide so glibly, Down past the tempting contours of the bosom, Down, down, down. No doubt, no doubt, The high-collared fashions of the Victorian era, With their infinitude of hooks, and eyes and buttons up the back, Labored valiantly in the cause of virtue, And not in vain. A hundred years hence, "What are zippers, mothers? Were they so wicked?" gineering at The University of British Columbia in 1921, Colonel Wilkin Col. F. A. Wilkin was engaged in work with the C.P.R. Survey Department for a period of two years. He served as acting-head of the Department of Civil Engineering from September, 1930, to June 1936, and as representative of the Faculty of Applied Science on the University Senate from 1933 to 1936. "The Colonel" was one of the most popular lecturers in the Faculty of Applied Science, endearing himself to succeeding generations of undergraduates by his kindly manners and dry humor. He is a recognized authority on Railway Engineering and Hydraulics, and in giving the course in Engineering Economics was able to draw upon his wealth of experience for illustrations from real life. He was very popular with undergraduates, occupying on many occasions the position of honorary president of the Science Men's Undergraduate Society, as well as of the English Rugby Club. Colonel Wilkin is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers for B.C., and of the American Railway Engineering Association.
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