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Postage -.A d at the Third Class rate Permit No. 2067 embei Jouncil for the Advancement and Support of Education. Presidents Message How easy it is, in the rush of business and family commitments to put off careful consideration of issues which wil! have a long range effect on our lives and those of our children. As alumni of UBC we have an even greater responsibility than most to make ourselves aware of developments in education — particularly in B.C. — and to present to our communities a balanced view concerning decisions which must eventually be made in the political arena. There are currently a number of matters involving B.C. education at the university level which warrant your careful consideration: 1. The Winegard Commission on Degree Programs — relating particularly to the availability of degree programs outside the major metropolitan areas. 2. The Faris Commission on continuing education. 3. The Health Education Advisory Council chaired by Kenneth Strand, former president of Simon Fraser University. In addition to the above you will be hearing more and more about the financial pressures being felt by the university. As the provincial government has encountered tightening in its sources of revenue it has passed those restraints on to the various services which it funds. This restraint has been felt acutely at UBC and if continued or increased will inevitably lead to reductions in quality and breadth of education provided. Discussions of expanded programs in B.C. could lead to concern that they will be undertaken at the expense of reduced university financing for existing programs. Dr. Kenny has stated, for example, that the Winegard proposals would be substantially more expensive than proposed. The financial constraint problem has reopened the question of student fees — still held at the 1966-67 level. Comments from students and others concern not only the objections of some to any fee increase but also raise questions concerning the equitable distribution of university costs between students, business and the general public. Quite apart from those concerns some people will question the ability of the present or any proposed distribution to meet social needs. Your participation is vital if we are to have a reasoned debate in these vital areas. I urge you to become knowledgeable about these important questions and to participate in the debates. I would personally welcome your views or requests for information which should be sent to me at the alumni office, 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1X8. In alumni program areas I am pleased to report that our UBC Speakers Bureau, chaired by president emeritus Walter Gage, is off to a busy start and is now prepared to handle requests for speakers from areas outside the lower mainland. Give the association (228-3313) a call for more information. Finally, as the year draws to a close, my wife and I are joined by the staff and board of management ofthe UBC Alumni Association in wishing you a festive holiday season and a joyous new year. James L. Denholme, BASc'56 President, UBC Alumni Association J 3 But Some Arc Viveca Ohm bus stops in front of the low, »ied building at the edge ofthe trees. children spill out, some looking j id hesitantly from the top step, ;t s tumbling down to be hugged by .oming teachers. visiting parent who has come to •- -ve watches them with fond recog- /■i. "There's April... there's Eric... . at Cathy." And then she goes off i a staff member to follow her own i.'s progress through the one-way ns adjacent to each classroom. typical morning has begun at the Berwick Centre, the newest ver- . of the UBC education faculty's ■' al education department preschool Handicapped children. The pre- )! program itself is nothing new; it i been carrying on quietly in the old 3ia camp huts since its inception in early '60s. Its present home, a ;r, more spacious structure with :ial activity rooms and a swimming I has only been open since last May, ing that special group of buildings Jvided by private rather than gov- :nt funds. (Cecil Green Park and Koerner Graduate Student Centre (two ofthe others.) The construction entirely financed through the fund ing efforts of Tent 47 of the Variety >, assisted by the Vancouver Sun's ise of Hope campaigns. igned by Barbara Dalrymple, '74, the centre is named for ; Berwick, a partner in the ar chitectural firm that built it. Berwick, the father of a retarded child himself and an active member of the Variety Club and the Association for the Mentally Retarded, died as the building neared completion. On any school day there are between 32 and 36 children, aged three to six, at the centre. Like any children, they play on tricycles, fight, sing, get excited, grumpy, dirty, sleepy. But as far as the school is concerned, it is the kids who are the teachers. Adults are the "enab- lers"; their function is to enable the retarded child to cope with him or herself and others in the widest possible way. "Retarded" is a word that nobody connected with special education likes. Conservatively, ten per cent ofthe children in B.C. are "special" children — special insofar as their needs are sufficiently different as to require facilities or an environment other than the regular school system. Used in connection with them, "retardation" is more of an umbrella term for general delay caused by genetic, metabolic, emotional or environmental factors. A child may have a visual or hearing impairment, cerebral palsy, Down's syndrome (commonly known as mongolism), or some deep-seated emotional disorder — any of which will delay his or her normal development, but in the early years of childhood it is difficult and dangerous to fit children into too specific categories. There is a great deal of overlap, and a strict measuring of retardation can be as much a hindrance as a help. Take Gary, for instance, who hovers around the edge of classroom goings- on. He doesn't play with other children; he pays no attention to the group around the table singing Old Macdonald; he trudges from one end ofthe room to the other, picking up things and putting them down, as if searching for something. Is it an emotional withdrawal that makes for this apparent inability to focus his attention? Or does he, as the authorities suspect, have a hearing impairment? You cannot ask him. In either case, he will be up against problems in communication, language and learning, but a hearing loss would bring in a range of new factors and treatments. Jeff works with a physiotherapist to correct the hip rotation common to Down's syndrome children. But he also needs help to deal with his anger. Melanie has seizures. The causes could be many and are hard to pin down. Some children simply outgrow them. Meanwhile, how is Melanie to cope ? "Parents want definite answers," says preschool director Wanda Justice, "but they're very hard to give...." A tall, soft-spoken woman who organized preschool programs for Vancouver and Richmond before returning to campus as a director, she herself is leery of definite answers. She'll tell about the Down's child from a Chinese home who 5 ■:-V-'.1 .-:■.■■ ■=.t:. i"/--.^ - ■. ■" ' ■-':' "■"■■ ' ■ ■•■' .'"■ '-r^ , . ' .'ft- , -■»?->.: ■;--:.V. 5 ':■>. :'*;,J'- l>: could speak both English and Cantonese and translate from one to the other. "I've never taken too much for granted since." Or about the five year old Down's girl with a reading vocabulary of a hundred words and still growing. "Her world is a much wider place than it would have been years ago, when Down's children were classically assumed to be uneducable. "We don't know handicapped people." says Justice. For so long it was the trend to keep them apart, away, "in the name of kindness, but subconsciously in the name of our own comfort." Since the late '60s that trend has been reversed; now every effort is made to integrate "special" children into society and into ordinary schools whenever possible. Normalization, special education professor David Kendall calls it. "We've inflicted an abnormal environment on many handicapped people, deprived them of their civil rights and opportunities... this has made them more different than they need be." At the preschool the focus is not on the handicaps but on the children, and the fact that they are children. In the summer, for instance, the centre opens its doors to "normal" and gifted kids as well. The program is called Serendipity, and in it, Wanda Justice says, "we lose a lot of our assumptions from the winter. We learn a lot from the kids... for one thing, children don't fit into the categories we adults put them into. Kids group across categories. Two kids may become fast friends — one gifted and the other moderately retarded — because they're both adventurous. With children, style rather than intelligence level is the important thing. The quiet ones group together, so do the lively ones.... "We've never had to recruit kids," she adds, in answer to any suspicion about the possible reluctance of parents of "normal" kids to send them to a preschool serving the handicapped. When the summer is over, it's often these parents who are reluctant to move their kids out. For one thing, this is a good preschool. For another, they recognize the therapeutic and practical value of the experience, and that.it works both ways. For "special" children, Justice maintains, have as much to offer society as society does them. The winter program is somewhat more structured (although the structure is flexible, sometimes even invisible) and it operates with a regular staff of four teachers, four assistant teachers, two psychologists and one aide. The latter is a middle-aged, retarded woman who started as a volunteer more than 20 Uncle Charlie, a most musical friend. years ago and has since becorrr ued member of the school. She e found there any day bringing tea paring the classroom snack tray wheeling happily squealing c'sild down the corridor on her trollev The cost of the preschool pro; ram, the parents is kept as low as pos • ible- Jtl°n $35 a month for three and four y< -ar old ® W' and $25 for six year olds. UBC p ovide '•ft a large portion of the centre's budge ■ with additional funds coming from th local school boards and the province !C!°C ministry of human resources. But th I budget is still tight, "we have $2500fo ! the year for equipment. That has ti 'f cover everything including the appl juice the kids drink." Staff salaries at still on the low end of the scale — but incle Bi chile toyi (her inch kalin (Yfit great improvement over the $100 h month ofthe early '60s. But "even witl f the low salaries we have people beatinj \ down the doors to get in," says Justice ?se, Some of these are the graduates of thi ! UBC special education program. Thi !r.? reason why there are not more is proba "l " bly because other institutions and edtt cation systems are able to offer bette salaries. Each child has an individual progranjjj designed by the teacher and consultinj : > therapists to focus on his/her specia ?. needs, and gets an extensive teacher re :.. port twice a year. The overall progrart 9nm aims at self-help skills and developinj awareness through field trips, ex . periencing the community, swimming °. physiotherapy, speech and musit :.. therapy. j^j It's mid-morning now. In the large ... classrooms (which, like the rest ofthe building, seem to contain almost no right angles) the kids are getting ready for snack time, unaware they are being ^ watched through one-way glass. Food is . an important learning tool. It can be ■■ seen, touched, smelled, talked about;it j. provides an opportunity for a language , lesson as well as for learning social graces. Nor is there much need for heavy teacher-decrees; if a child doesn't catch on that pushing and shoving are not the way, the other children wil! soon let him or her know Susan prefers to go it alone, feeding her doll from an empty teacup. That'sall right too. But her solitude is short-lived as Jeff tries to lure her away by banging on a plastic barrel. The others look up momentarily, then return to their apples. It has not taken very long at all maybe ten minutes of watching, and they're "just kids." There are about eight or nine children to a class with two or three teachers The basic staff-child ratio is one to four. but it often comes to more as students come in to do four to five week practica. Not just UBC students, but people from Capilano College, Simon Fraser, Douglas College. Nor is education the only faculty involved; the preschool vvorks v tlosel -v with nursing, medicine. in t ''Lvch'>i°g*y' social work, home P'e ;t0nor:iics, physical education and re- ,d^ Vain"1- even dentistry. Ie' | |n fse observation room, a visiting i 'petia:isl from Ottawa is discussing var- 101 nations of Down's syndrome and agree- wi»h ihe staff that "it's no longer an uaiified tragedy when a child is born Jnth Down's." She isjust one of approximately 1100 visitors a year to the pre- 1 V.ijchool Like the others she will get the 1claHll tour of the new facilities, from the J.f'indoor pool with the big blue whale °™-nted on the wall, to the music room ere instruments range from piano drums to autoharps and African ;. Jimbas (all donated by the Nine ."'■O'clock Club, a group of gentlemen *' ■ meet at the Cobalt Hotel at that ofthe morning for beer). Music is as communication; the rhythm can caught and answered by the teacher other children. Then there is the ac- room, a large, slant-ceilinged gym re the muralled sun shines even in ment weather. But today the real sun is out, and the n have gone to play in the open yard where there are sandboxes swings and things to climb on and , and winding walks to ride tractors On top of a grassy knoii stands thing that looks like an upended r tank, painted with a mustached, ngface. That's Uncle Charlie, and n two kids pull the handles on either , the metal rods that stick out of his ;;j begin to chime. Uncle Charlie is '?■■ creation of musical sculptor John \ K; .yson, who also designed the sound S: s on the covered deck — boxes and .''■ s that kids can crawl into and acti- musically by touching, pumping, ^ pvuu.ling. "Something I'd really like to 11 see is an Aeolian harp that could play in ;$ the wind," says Wanda Justice. "If only '4 I could find a music student to design p one ." y _ In coordination with the preschool, y infant programs are offered by many of community organizations to help parents guide the development of children up to three. Although the Berwick Centre requires no previous programs, U children who come from an infant prog- |j| ram have a real head start, not least |v because parents have a long-standing |; awareness of their needs. And what happens after the Berwick Centre? Some children go on to special classes within the school system, some require the individual help of developmental schools, a few are able to move mto "normal" kindergarten classes. The centre, however, does more than house the preschool. It is also the new home and headquarters of the B.C. Mental Retardation Institute. In the future the institute will sponsor projects in the centre for groups of children and ^ults with various levels of handicaps. A big blue whale watches over the water babies in the Berwick Centre's pool named for the late Bill Gait, BA'47, managing editor ofthe Sun As the preschool is a link between the community and the university, so too is the B.C.M.R.I., which was set up in 1967 in response to parental pressure for more professional training in the field of mental retardation and developed by Dr. Charlotte David, professor of special education. Essentially the institute is a group of faculty members whose aim it is to make sure all students in their various fields have orientation to the needs ofthe retarded and his or her family. "We're here to provide facilities for education, training and research," says institute coordinator Anne Tilley. As an associate professor in physical education and recreation her particular concern has been for students in those areas to have access to course work and experience working with the retarded. Representatives from nursing, medicine, rehabilitation medicine, education, social work, and home 8 economics have similar roles. The institute is unique in Canada among university-community projects. Because it has the sponsorship of the local parents' associations the institute is eligible for a provincial government operating grant for its UBC activities. For additional funds, it must depend on private donations. This year those donations included a $5,000 gift from the 1976 UBC grad class. When it comes to training teachers of the handicapped, this is undeniably the province of the UBC education faculty's department of special education. The department offers three diploma programs — in education ofthe deaf, of the mentally retarded, and of children with learning disorders. Why does education of the deaf constitute a diploma program al! its own, as opposed to say, deaf and blind children? The reasons are many. Higher incidence for one thing — almost twice as many children are born deaf as are boi blind. (Rubella used to be a major facti in both; now even the experts scratt their heads over the exact cause). Mai faculty members agree that "teachii deaf kids is one ofthe hardest things yo can do; it takes a very special teacher Also, education ofthe deaf was the fit of the diploma programs to be set back in 1968, by then departmei chairman David Kendall, a pediatric specializing in speech and hearing. (J to that time, teachers of the deaf had be brought in from outside Canadg. The learning disorders program coi ers a wide area, from emotional turbances to behavioral and learnin problems arising from visual o neurological impairment. Dr. Sail Rogow, head of the program and specialist in visual impairment, explain that the thrust ofthe program is two-fol concentrating, on the visually impairs "for whom there have not been enoiijj trained teachers in Canada," and o language and communication. Roughl 300 children in B.C. are several enough impaired to be registered wit the Canadian National Institute for th' Blind, many more have less severe sigl impairment. Children in the latte category are not necessarily visual impaired. They may be non-verba mentally delayed, autistic, dysiexi (real dyslexia, which involves an inabi ity to interpret written symbols eve though the spoken language has bee mastered, is rare) or have mild languaj or vocabulary problems as a result either insufficient stimulation or, mot often, neurological problems. In case the focus of the program is tional rather than diagnostic; not much what is wrong with the child how he or she can learn to function fiau 'ore. len Oow i han of language and learning. U we classically think of as mental ition can occur at any time bearing and after birth and can hap- i any family. If may involve 's syndrome in which 47 rather •ie standard 46 chromosomes are nest >i in the genetic makeup; it may ill from birth injury, certain virus i-ions in the mother during preg- \ or from socio-environmental fac- after birth. '■j Acceptance into the one-year prog- lams requires not only a degree from a 'icognized university, but also some Experience with handicapped children, ism alone is no passport. Many lie ants are mature students who _.„ve been out in the work force or public school system for some years. The k'lifnrol orient is limited and very select; Ihe three programs together turn out Inly 30 graduates a year. Regardless of which specialty they choose, all must ♦take an "Introduction to the Study of Special Children." They then complete .eight of 29 available undergraduate bourses in special education in areas ioi ,|uch as multi-handicapped and maiad- iti justed children and speech disorders, lit 'along with an extensive practicum at the hool, in line with the department's t philosophy that theory and prac- go hand-in-hand. The department offers two courses on and creative children. They too "special" and often have been neg- ted in favor of the more obviously handicapped. Formerly "gifted" referred only to academic or intellectual superiority but. children with a high degree of artistic and imaginative skills are just as likely to suffer seriously at being kept back from the kind of development that they need. Gifted and creative children make up approximately two to three per cent of the school population in addition to the more recognizably handicapped children. Launched in 1958, when a special education position was funded by the Poliomyelitis Rehabilitation Foundation, the department really only began to flower in the hands of David Kendall, for over a decade its chairman. In addition to the diploma programs, those years saw the beginning of the preschool, an expanded curriculum, graduate courses, and the hiring of specialists in. various fields. In a relatively short time, the department has grown from a one-man offshoot of the education faculty to nine full-time and two part-time faculty members who are presently contemplating a BEd program in special education. Kendall, who no longer heads it (the rotating chairmanship is currently held by Dr. Stanley Perkins) says the department is developing in the direction of providing more and more special resource people. Faculty members serve as special consultants in their fields. Increasing numbers of graduates are going into administrative and advisory areas. With the trend to integration, teachers in "normal" schools need special assistance. Politicians may (as Kendall hints) view integration as a "cheapo way of education," but there is no underestimating the preparation required on both sides. At a staff meeting, department members agree to add a graduate course in comparative special education, that will look at programs in other countries.... Then there is the ticklish question of funding for the new BEd program — can it be obtained without giving up any of the diploma programs? This the department is loath to do, as it sees the diploma programs producing a different kind of specialist than the degree program. Ultimately, they would like to see an introductory course in special education required for all teachers: until that's achieved, they guard their highly concentrated training program with what is probably, after all, understandable vigilance . Through it all, the prime concern is still the needs ofthe "special" children. Their needs are many and varied and new questions constantly surface as the old ones move closer to being answered. But the basic one remains; what are we doing for "special" children and how are we helping them take an increasingly larger part in the "normal" world? □ Viveca Ohm, BA'69, is a Vancouver writer. Hmrow«%TOK»!Sv A ®ss£jfi*rsri i.v"W«j?K::| r A UBC professor makes them all add Tim Padmore Hanging on Colin Clark's living room wall is a copy of Maurits Escher's lithograph "Three Worlds." It shows a catfish swimming in the hazy depths of a pond. Floating leaves define the surface of the water, and three trees appear as reflections. The picture neatly symbolizes Clark's career. He is a mathematician, a professor in the UBC department of mathematics, but his fame rests on his contributions to ecology and the management of biological resources ranging from anchovies to Douglas firs. The uniqueness of his contribution has been his ability to marry biology with economics. The mathematics remains, of course; it is the glue that holds the synthesis together, the interface, like the leaf-dappled surface in the Escher print. His work recently earned Clark the $1,000 Biely Faculty Research Prize for 1976. He is the eighth winner of the prize, awarded annually to a UBC faculty member for distinguished research carried out and published over the previous five years. The prize was established in 1969 by Mr. and Mrs. George Biely, in honor of Prof. Jacob Biely, former head of UBC's department of poultry science and one of Canada's leading agriculturists. Clark says that the combination of a study leave at New Mexico State University in 1970 and the "ecology craze" of the late '60s deflected him from the straight and narrow of pure mathematics. "1 toed the line for a number of years until I got the promotions and the Colin Clark, one ofthe new conservationists, and Skana, the Vancouver Aquarium's killer whale. While killer whales are not "fished" in the usual sense, they are now protected from indiscriminate capture along the B.C. and Washington coasts. other goodies ofthe university settled," he said with a grin. "I sort of studied on my own... I hadn't made up my mind how to bring mathematics and conservation together; it was about a year before I realized there was a connection. It was an advantage, I guess, being completely ignorant of the field when 1 started. What I realized was that conservation is really an economic problem as well as a biological problem." That is, he added, if you mean by conservation what he does, not preservation of nature in its pristine state, but keeping it in its most productive state. That means thinking about profits and costs of capital, as well as about reproductive rates and fish catch sizes. UBC, he said, turned out to be a good place to put it all together. When he returned from his sabbatical he found people like Peter Larkin, now dean of graduate studies, a world authority on fishery problems, and economist Gordon Munro, with whom Clark frequently collaborates. Clark's technique is to search for simple equations (a successful graduate of UBC's first year mathematics course could follow most of Clark's work) which describe in a rough way- how biological and economic factors interact. He avoids the massive computer calculations with hundreds of variables, which are popular with resource managers but give little insight into what is really going on. Clarkian insights have shattered the aplomb of many conservationists. Here's an example, from Clark's forthcoming book, Mathematical Bioeco- nomics ("Catchy title, isn't it?"). Biologists believe that if there were about 74,000 blue whales (there are now perhaps 8,000, because of overfishing), whalers could harvest 2,000 a year. That is thought to be the "maximum sustain- 11 able yield." if ihe herds were larger, competition between whales would result in higher natural mortality; if smaller, there would be fewer births — the two effects are in balance. Two thousand whales a year at, say, $10,000 apiece: $20 million revenue. If the whalers ofthe 1930s had only had the sense, they would have limited themselves to that and guaranteed themselves a lifetime income of $20 million a year, right? Wrong. Suppose they decided to harvest the whole 75,000 at once, extinguishing the species. Total revenue for the year: $750 million. Invest that at the modest interest rate of five percent and you get a lifetime income of ... $37.5 million. The example is oversimplified, of course. It neglects the rising costs of capturing whales when they become sparse, for example. But Clark's detailed calculations show that the effect is still there. He finds that the most profitable course (for the fisherman) usually results in fish populations well below the level for maximum sustainable yield and that extinction is often a real possibility. Thus, Japan-and other nations that press for larger whale quotas are not stupidly brutal exploiters. They are acting, perhaps unconsciously, quite rationally. This sobering insight has been a bit of a shock to the conservation community — a current flurry of reports and letters to the widely-read British science journal Nature over Clark's work attests to the high interest. Clark's services are in demand, despite the fact that he is sometimes the bearer of bad news. He is currently serving on a committee on marine ani- malVestablished by the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization and, on a U.S. President's Council on Environmental Quality, and is doing a study for the Canadian government, on the likely effects ofthe 200-mile fishing limit. He has written more than 15 articles and still another book on management of renewable resources. A native of Vancouver, he graduated from UBC in 1953 with a BA and got his PhD from the University of Washington in 1958, the year he joined the UBC faculty. He has just returned from a year's study leave in Australia and is now working to refine his fisheries management theories. What is it that makes this kind of resource management so difficult? "The problem with fisheries," Clark explained, "is that no one owns the stocks. The forests are owned by the people who exploit them, so they don't make many errors.... But fishermen are competing for the same resource, and what one fisherman does influences others." The simplest theory of the exploita- 12 tion of this kind of "common property resource," he said, is that each fisherman will try to maximize his "rent, "an economic term meaning simply the excess of revenues over costs. Since unit costs are lower if fish are plentiful, the maximum rent principal says fishermen should maintain stocks at a level, even higher than that which produces the maximum yield. Two things foul up this simple picture: If fish stocks are at the rent- maximizing level, so that fishermen are making money hand over fist, others will want to become fishermen too, upsetting the balance. The second thing is the "discounting" of future earnings, illustrated in the example of the blue whale. Clark has shown that if the available interest rate (corrected for inflation) is bigger than twice the maximum rate at which the population can increase, and if there is still money to be made by catching the last surviving stocks, then extinction will occur. For the blue whale, with a reproductive potential of five to 10 percent a year, and discount rates running about 20 per cent in the whaling industry, the situation would be grave indeed, were it not for the present moratorium on hunting that species. In contrast, anchovies have a much larger reproductive rate and would seem to be relatively safe from the discounting trap. Yet, the Peruvian anchovy fishery, for a brief time the world's largest commercial fishery, collapsed in 1972, a combined result of heavy fishing and a biological aberration — a change in ocean currents reduced the amount of nutrients available. Peru's policy makers, said Clark, did not listen to the warnings of biologists and resource management experts — having let the fishing fleet grow to an enormous size it would have been very difficult to drastically limit catches when the current shift occurred. Clark has also developed the mathematics to handle many of the complications that characterize real fisheries: The presence of more than one species (whalers, who would otherwise have stopped hunting blue whales when their numbers got low, kept on killing them because they were still able to make money by catching fin whales at the same time); the effect of interspecies competition (which can wipe out whole populations, particularly when combined with man's efforts); the presence of fish of different ages and sizes in the same population; the effect of complex fishing policies, such as "pulsed" fishing. But analysis, he admits, still has its limitations. The biggest problem is getting accurate data. Take the halibut, for example, the West Coast's second largest fishery after the salmon. The population is complex, with members up to 20 years y old and 400 pounds in weight (all iouj these are increasingly rare) and t iefih range over a half million square p les ocean. There are wide swings n catches and "the biologists aren qm ; sure what's happening," he said Th^I <•• there is the tuna, which Clark -, c|n I rently studying for the InterAm i\\$%Ui Tropical Tuna Commission. Bioogis^f^ don't know the mortality of the a n can't even tell reliably how old a v men is and are hampered by the ture's fragility — if you catch a id one, it is very likely to die froti shock. "If you know the biology, you can build the right structui» your equations. They have mode s, they're very ad hoc... It'scurve-f you take the data, fit a curve and your teeth." One of the most basic difficulties how to incorporate intangible van such as the scientific and aesthetic portance of preserving a spea "These things are not quantifiable, the conservationist says, quantifiable not, you have to take them into count "' He said he plans to spend much of time in the coming year thinking how to regulate the fishing industry control capacity and yet maintain free enterprise competitiveness "keeps the fishermen on their toes." an example of the subtleties invol he recalled the bumper year B.C. mon fishermen had in 1973: except! runs and the highest ever prices. If system had been unregulated, the of the fishermen would have been s led by newcomers anxious to cash But because permits are required didn't happen. However the exi fishermen took their fat profits and vested in bigger boats and better eq ment and the fleet capacity incri anyway, to a certain extent wiping the gains of the permit program, w had succeeded in reducing the fleet by about a third. In the future, Clark sees some of thi biggest problems not in the scientifk area but in the area of institutions. Thi International Whaling Commission isar example. Long controlled by commer cial motives it has now moved, in thi face of declining catches and public pressure, to protect many species and may yet declare a complete monitor^ um. "It was a victory for the scientists and conservationists," he said. ''But the IWC has exactly the same members and constitution as in the past. My que* tion is, is it going to continue to work' At a recent U.N. meeting on marine resources in Bergen, Norway, he tried to raise the issue, but it was an ide i, said, that they didn't seem quite reads' for yet.D ib TimPadmore, BA '65, (PhD, Stanford), is science writer for the Vancouver Sun. Wtof s It lite to b© a first year styefent at UBC? Eleanor Wachtei ifOrn {ihot lurta ,n$cho. 500 j.fflinu k e tlBC "the e '{ions ihe v ■' Al ;et, can, «boi. ibiev ings ost of us, wrote Ivan Illich inDe- !ing Society, "The right to learn is led by the obligation to attend I." Each year, nonetheless, about people commit themselves to a <um of four years of such activity iroling as first year students at What do they hope to gain from perience? What are their expecta- ind how do these stand up under *ar and tear of university life? ng with their toothbrush, typewri- rsd T-shirts, incoming students their baggage of goals and myths university life. And however .irned, briefed and advised by sibl- friends. Jerry Rubin and the media, they remain vulnerable. The sprawling campus, the elusive professors, the sudden vagueness of requirements and expectations produce mild disorganization and soul-searching. A student comes to UBC expecting to meet many people; this is considered a big part of the educational process. After a month or two, unless he or she lives on campus, it is realized with a touch of disappointment, even defen- siveness, that "no, I see mostly my friends from high school," "no. I haven't gotten around to joining any clubs," and "well, no, ! haven't been to the new anthropology museum. I tend to hang around where my classes are." Limits have their positive side and the university is seen as being of more manageable size than it first seemed. Personal limitations may be more difficult to reconcile. The realization that "there's a helluva lot more people smarter than I am than I thought there were" is combined with the recognition that the onus for academic initiative is on the student. "Teachers don't make you do things; it's up to you, and self- motivation is not easy." Not surprisingly, students find motivation easiest when the professor is dynamic. Behind the responsive student is an energetic instructor. And the faculty are generally well-regarded de- 13 spite the student's sense of distance and relative anonymity. Still feeling their way and perhaps a little insecure, many first year students claim a marked preference for concrete and applicable subjects. "I like something I can see right in front of me or that relates to me." One student, for example, liked her biology class where a heart had been presented for study far better than physics which she felt she could only memorize, not understand. Social activities are restricted for two-thirds of the frosh by the age 19 drinking cut-off. Said one, "I was looking forward to all the social life here and one big reason why I haven't been (involved) was because I was underage but now finally I've turned 19. The trouble is my friends are still underage which makes things very difficult. I really feel that if you're not 19 your social life is pretty bare." Unanimous opinion is that social life must be sacrificed for academic priorities, or perhaps it only seems that way around exam time. . . . These observations are informed by the views of eight entering students, four women and four men. They were interviewed first during registration week in September and then again about six weeks later, as they faced the round of midterm examinations. Their number includes a foreign student (a group which comprises just under 1% of the 1975-76 first year enrolment), a Canadian from outside B.C. (3.2% ofthe total first year student body), and three B.C. students from outside Vancouver (29.2% ofthe total). Similarly, the faculties of arts, science, education, and agriculture are represented. In the end, their candor is more revealing than a wealth of statistics. '"Sometimes it can get really depressing especially when the work starts to pile up, which it does pretty often." Judith Allsopp, an 18-year old from Guyana, is enrolled in arts. She came to Vancouver two years ago, living with an uncle while finishing high school in anticipation of going to university. "Pretty well all along I knew I wanted to go to university. My father had studied in England and he talked about what you can learn. He was probably the driving force, wanting all of us in the family to go. I am the eldest and the first." Judith hasn't decided on a career yet but expressed a preference for anthropology. Her interest developed through reading and anthropology's po- 14 tential usefulness for Guyana. As well, she favors 20th century history, finding it "really interesting because you're learning things you can relate to, that happened almost in your lifetime." Judith regards most of her teachers as very good; none are dull. "They are different from high school because they don't discipline you. You don't really get to know your teacher here; he doesn't get to know you. You just sit there and he gives you information but he doesn't know whether you are getting it or not. Most of your classes are 200 or more so it is rare for him to remember who you are. But you do get to know your T.A. (teaching assistant) as the discussion groups are much smaller. "And teachers expect a lot from you. That, I think, is one ofthe main things that is hard to get accustomed to, the amount of work you have to do, the number of books to be read." But learning is a primary goal. In that first week her hopes were "that by the time I leave here I will have learnt a lot, not just educationally, but in general. I think it's going to be good." The optimism is tempered now with the weight of work and the limited arenas for social contact. "When I registered I didn't really know what it was all about. To me now it is almost, like a little city or town: you just run from here to there. I spend most of my time on campus at the dorm or my classes. You "By the time I leave here ! will have learnt a lot, not just educationally, but in general.! think it's going to be good. " - Judith Allsopp "It's more work than I've done even in college and! thought that was a lot of work." - Robert Fleming can live here comfortably and not realize there's anything out there." There is a subtle sadness. "I find it is not as easy to make friends as in r. school because your classes are so much bigger and you're always rushing from place to place. It is only in residence where you meet people often enough to get to know them. Othc rwise on this campus, when you meet some one once, you never see them again." Robert Fleming and Janet Holland have interestingly parallel career^ going into university. Both are from Vernon B.C., and two years have elapsed since they attended high school. Now both are enrolled in agricultural scienc s- At the end of grade 12 Robert de>. ided to go to university. But he took acvuple of years off to work and, undecided what program to follow, did a yi-.-r °> "Sure you learn things for I the sake of the job you want to get but it's [Interesting too just to know more, be more knowledgeable about things, and have something to talk about besides the weather." - Janet Hadland genera! courses at Okanagan College. Last March he met a fellow in the agriculture department at Vernon "who had studied agriculture and engineering and now had a good job. Well, it's a government job — 1 suppose it's good. "He kind of gave me the seed. Whether 1 continue with it or not will depend on how I do. But 1 didn't want to oe a carpenter or plumber or something. Agriculture seemed interesting and a developing field so there would be a lot pfjobs, (an underbreath of"! hope"). If it ail fails, 111 just farm myself. But 1 wanted to learn a little more than just how io plant something. "Vv's 1 hope university leads to a job; ' suppose everybody hopes that. I'm not s.;re what business or government wpect in the way of degrees, (if you neec! a Masters or whatever), but I'll find out. i don't want tojust take a B.A. and be a plumber like I wasn't going to be before." School has meant attending classes and studying at home. Robert lives in a basement suite off campus, has a network of friends outside UBC, and a girlfriend back in Vernon. He feels somewhat insulated but didn't anticipate "any great things socially. I didn't expect to come here and meet a lot of people and make a lot of new friends. I've got a fair number of friends now. You spread yourself thin if you go to see 25 people." Study and a sprinkling of sports take priority. There is a feeling of being behind, especially with the onset of midterms. "It's more work than I've done even in college and I thought that was a lot of work. But there it was easier to get help from the faculty. With only 60 or 70 students in science and three or four profs, you could see them anytime. Here it is going to be harder to get information, to find the profs — 1 found one guy once." It was last January that Janet Hadland, after working with horses for two years as a riding instructor, decided that "there wasn't much of a future in that, and that I'd like to get a university education." Building on her experience with and enjoyment of animals, she enrolled in agricultural sciences with the intention of focusing on animal nutrition, especially horses. UBC has one of the highest proportions of female students in its agriculture program of any Canadian university, with this year's incoming class including-more women than men. Like many, Janet isjob-oriented but she feels the professors are "trying to better everyone's education. Sure you learn things for the sake of the job you want to get but it's interesting too just to know more, be more knowledgeable about things, and have something to talk about besides the weather." As for the transition from work to university, Janet thinks it's easier to enter straight from high school. "Maybe you have a better idea of what you want if you come from work — you don't come because someone is telling you but because you want to — and maybe you get more out of it that way, but you don't remember that much from school, I find. You need to get used to studying again." At the end of high school, however, Janet thought about university and felt she wasn't ready to go. All her immediate family had graduated from UBC but Janet thought, "I might have a future in something else rather than just being like everybody else and going to university. I wanted to be a little different. Yes, it is sort of a let-down to think: Oh well, I'm like everyone else in the world, I'm going to university." That bit of ethnocentrism is not rare. Six weeks later, the university itself "doesn't seem quite such a madhouse," and Janet doesn't regret joining what she thinks of as the flock. "I'm happy I came. It's debatable how I would have planned my life if I was doing it al! again. But I'm glad I got here — eventually. I enjoyed what I did before too, but it is quite acceptable being a student. There are many things it wouldn't be as nice to be. It's pretty boring just going to work or something; the novelty wears off pretty fast and so far the novelty hasn't worn off here. Maybe five years from now it wil! have but right now it hasn't." Kirsty Gourlay had considered waiting a year after high school in order to "It's really broadening my horizons a lot.... I'm getting into extra lectures, subjects outside my courses. And just picking people's brains. That is what I think one of the main purposes of a university is — to have knowledge around for people to acquire." - Kirsty Gourlay 15 ±j£ going lo "I figured if I could get a better education, I could probably get a high-paying job. I'm going to try to get into medicine." - John Tan feel surer about what she wanted to do. "But then 1 decided to go now and see what it's all about." From Lethbridge, Alberta, she had attended boarding school on Vancouver Island and was familiar with both B.C. and dorm life which she resumed. Not surprisingly then, she has thrown herself most enthusiastically into the social and extracurricular life at UBC. "I've been to a few movies, dances, theatre. I've joined the sailing club and tried out for one ofthe plays, but wasn't accepted. I was told 1 was too young. Now it would have been OK if I wasn't good enough, but I don't agree with being too young — that's prejudice. If I'm old enough to be here then I'm old enough to do the things that are here. "But with so many people doing so many different interesting things, it could never be dull here." Does she expect intellectual stimulation, new ideas? "Of course! Isn't that what it's all about?" And the following month: "It's really broadening my horizons a lot. For instance,! was never interested in sciences before but I'm beginning to recognize them as a valuable part of society now. I'm getting into extra lectures, subjects outside my courses. And just fe picking people's brains. That is what I think one of the main purposes of university is — to have knowledge around for people to acquire." This generalist approach is consistent with Kirsty's as yet undefined career goals and the view that being a perennial student might be an attractive idea at least until her objective become clarified. "There are lots of things I want to do other than go to school but those' will all come. At this point in my life I want to be at university." From the diffused to the focused. John Tan is a science student whose family, (they immigrated to Vancouver four years ago), always wanted him to further his education at university. "1 didn't mind; 1 figured if I could get a better education, I could probably get a high-paying job. I'm get into medicine." John lives at home, corn mi UBC by car pool, cats lunch in H with friends from high school within this orderly routine. Job press ions of UBC arc chany didn't think life would get so Running around between classe: you get home you're too tired a have to do your homework. It tightens up. (The teeth grit.) Yi. to arrange yourself according n tain schedule or you find you kt -p tdljj§en ling behind at school work, ; d ^ lion teachers don't really care sin*, the Pro1 don't see you on a one-to-one basis asii ^ high school. §°[ "It's a lot harder than I'd expected Pe0 When the professor asks: 'Oh do yoi ^ have any questions,' a lot of people an 'ere too lost to figure out if they have a ques ^v tion. Faculty make the assumption tha Petl you know what they're talking about." f Like many off-campus students, Joht ^ seldom stays to work or socialize a sc" UBC during evenings or on weekend! ^ despite acknowledged distractions a w^: home. Regardless of initial discourage ment though, John is determined. " think university is good. I just needti f10 learn to discipline myself, to get ad justed to life out here." When first interviewed, Gu Heywood, of North Vancouver thought he might want to be a mathema tics major. He had enrolled in Arts One Fr because of a wish to avoid "the factor syndrome that is still quite prominent, the oversize classes that had caused ^ friends to drop out of university. A month later Guy described math his most difficult subject. "I was p wil 5rob-|to "When you're in a class of 130 it's really not a matter of competition with anyone else or any relationship with the teacher at all. It's really just with-yourself." - Guy Heywood 16 '"^ly ,i > arts student by the time grade 12 1 |3(Tje ut I kept up in math and did very !,|ell. ,!»w f can't apply it to anything , v | !,;JlKj I >i in a minority amongst science j ' \tude- is In my math class. I'm not only Yiloidt ng as well, I've lost interest in it. , '1 .kayt it is due to the loss of competi- ■^ , Hon ■''hen you're in a class of 130, it's uh L'leally lot a matter ot competition with d ^ 001''' e'se or any relationship with the l(1(j( each, r at all. It's really just with.your- ., Thi • reliance on sell" is a common ex- p f.i ierierce, but the notion ofthe stimula- i(j (1 jon which a sense of direct competition . ,(,,' jrovides was unique to Guy. Further, s as i' te fou nd interaction in some discussion group-, to be lacking. "There are only 12 ■cttiil Pe°P^c m ooe c'ass an£" I do a lQt °f the ,i Vo, talking. Nobody else seems to be in- ,jear terested in it at all and that gets me down. The teacher is technically com- t but passive." Guy also felt that socially, university t not even be as good as high . In any event,although he spends t all his time with old friends, he rushed by a fraternity. This year he play on their hockey team, perhaps g next year when he feels "a little mature and can handle the work If anything is going to suffer now ^because of my bad work habits, it might if as well be my social life." Originally Guy expected to go on to y*jgraduate school. Now, "I've got to evaluate what I'm actually doing, how ma much of an education I want and what I'm going to use it for. My biggest problem I find is initiative. I didn't really have it built into me as a kid so I've got ti) work on it now. I'm having second thoughts about how long I'll last, not how long I'd like to spend here. I'd like "ob- to stay around, but I might get in over my head." One thing he was sure about was that he wouldn't remain in an arts program; he'd switch into commerce or education. The closer he looks at comr ?rce, however, the more he favors education. And although he likes the idea of a practical base, he wants to take courses that interest him. In the distance is the possibility of law school. Wally Wiebe graduated from high school in Abbotsford in 1969, the recipient of two university scholarships but cho:=e to travel instead, " to get it out of my system." Last July she returned from her most extensive world trip. She had been struck by school conditions in Indonesia, Fiji, and Samoa, where educate >n is a considerable expense for the average person. She observed that many classes were taught by relatively unskilled teachers., some "almost chiJ- drer themselves." Wally then decided to'become a primary school teacher. The idea was to travel but this time in a use'lil capacity, perhaps to teach in an underdeveloped country through CUSO. Since most of her savings were consumed on her last trip, she planned to work part-time as a B.C. Tel. long distance operator. During registration, Wally sensed it might be difficult to stay in one place, "but with a specific goal in mind I can make myself stay." The university itself would be an exciting adventure: "I'm going to be completely open to whatever is offered here — there's so much. I looked through the book and nearly went wild: what am I going to take! It's restricted by course requirements but I'd like to get as much out ofthe courses as I can possibly wring out of them." But then, weeks later, "I had too idealized a picture of it all. I don't know if I'm going to stick to four years. Now it's just one year, let's see how I do. If I think of four years I want to quit. If I think of one year I'm still wanting to quit, so I'm looking at a day at a time because otherwise it's just too big to look at for me, I'll feel defeated. I'll see at the end of first year if I want to continue. "This was my first week in an elementary school to see if I like the system and I enjoyed it but I no longer want to do it. That's my first impression that I don't want to be a teacher. So the first time out it's already given me a negative view. If I stayed on, I would try secondary education or linguistics or something to do with travel, like anthropology. I'm just having second thoughts about teaching." Only slightly over three per cent of year one students are over 25. Wally has a sister five years her junior and so feels comfortable with that age group. Nonetheless, largely because of the demands of her job, the 26-year old feels she doesn't spend enough time on campus to get to know people well. She feels "sort of alienated, on the periphery, in and out, not really in or out, sitting on the fence which isn't ideal." (She hopes to cut down her job commitments after Christmas, and, if she is at UBC next year, not to work at all over the winter.) This sense of ambiguity manifests itself in role identification as well. "I haven't quite adjusted to the fact that I'm a full-time student." If she were at a party and was asked what she did, what would be the response? "It would depend on the context. If I was with a bunch of working people I'd emphasize the work and if with students, the school But no, I still prefer to be considered part of the working class." Why? "Well, looking at the students around me, for example in my English class, I feel that I'm a lot stupider than most people in basic intelligence or common knowledge —- say in relation to books. Less is expected of me if I say I'm a worker than a student. Standards two special packages: The 3-day MM-We©k Plan. From $79.00*. Per person, double occupancy. 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I'd like to see more of a liberal education encouraged, especially among first year students." - Jack Hittrich are lower, I'm less critically judged; maybe I just feel inferior." Here is a woman who was confident, assured, and articulate, but in the interim has had the wind knocked out of her sails. Still she is enthusiastic about the learning process, about the classes; she"d love to attend lectures and follow up interests, grow without conflicting demands. "I'm happy here during the week, when I'm attending lectures, but on weekends, every weekend 1 make up my mind to quit. Then when I'm back in class I wonder why I consider leaving. But weekends, I just hate it, the thought of coming back here. As soon as I'm back, I'm glad." * Jack Hittrich was well-prepared for university. He lived near-by, was famil iar with the campus since his mother was a student at UBC just a few years ago. His high school operated on a university-style flexible schedule. "Since grade eight I've been very conscious of university and its various degrees and I've been planning my future more or less since then. I'm expecting a lot from UBC: I view university as sort ofthe place for me and I imagine I'll be devoting many years to it. "I'm enrolled in the faculty of arts but wp. sivv^; v vi?!kst; \^yyyy\ £.& v< 18 with all science courses to keep in 0pl tions open as much as possible Fni' planning on going into medicine pdt tially because of home pressure \ here my family envision my becoming. dot' tor, and 1 guess I want to live ;.p t0 .that." Jack didn't find his courses difficult {i if anything, they turned out to be ( asieil than he expected. But he did find himij self turning away from science tov ards!l1 the humanities and social sciences medicine receding for the rnomeir. He would like to take more arts courses next year. "I'm a little disappointed. I'm firiding that UBC is somewhat too rigid, tending to channel students quit early, and it does limit you. I'd like to see more of a liberal education encouraged, especially among first year students. I get the feeling there are too many would-be technocrats, too many people who come to UBC intending to go into medicine or engineering and it's basically only a means to getting some place. Most are hard-working but lack insight or real sense of value of what education is or should be. It's a shallow approach. "I don't find UBC stimulating enough. That may sound very arrogant I don't really know what I'm looking for but — in a way I do 1 guess, and that isto be saturated with new ideas, to be really turned on, and I'm getting that in two of my courses as these have such outstanding professors. If I were to go to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, one of the University of California campuses, my chances of getting good profs would increase so in that respect a university like that would be better. Perhaps I'm too severe in my attitude. "What I would like to do actually is not continue my education at UBC. I would prefer a smaller, more prestigious university and perhaps a degree in social science. At the moment I'm thirsty for knowledge and I really can't limit myself to one area." In the first year 3.7 per cent, on avei- age, of the new students drop out, perhaps twice that number fail; and almost 10 per cent transfer in and out of faculties. Within a faculty, about 15-20 per cent change programs. With students re-evaluating their position alter only six weeks, certainly their moods and minds will change many times in :he next few years. It would be interesting to hear from them in four years v,nd again in ten. Now that would be a stu.'y □ Eleanor Wachtel is a Vancouver tr/vv/ and broadcaster. * At press time, we learned that WoJh Wiebe has left university to re-join '.he ranks ofthe gainfully employed andv is therefore not available for a photograph. "LJ3C LIQUOR SALES HALTED FOR 'STUDENT DRUNKENNESS'" announced the headlines in late October. "Vandalism, drunkenness and dangerous driving by University of B.C. students has resulted in a one month suspension (self imposed by the Alma Ma'er Society) of ail undergraduate liqror outlets on campus...." What's this? Liquor, demon booze... on campus? A licensed pub in the Student Union Building? Yes, indeed — recent innovations all, and ones which today's students apparently can't Murray McMillan handle any too well. But can it be any fun drinking in The Pit (as the SUB pub is called), or in the Lethe (pronounced Lethay), the Alma Mater Society's licensed lounge, named after the river of forgetfulness in Greek mythology? What of the hunt for the elixir itself and the nefarious pleasures of consuming it in circumstances on the borderline ofthe law? All manner of campus characters have taken on the challenge ofthe hunt and chug-a-Iug with great devotion over the years, but few (although the sciencemen-cum-engineers may dis pute it) have approached the occupation with greater fervor than UBC's journalists. Pubbing was the occupation, Publications (with a capita! P, as in the Publications Board) was the avocation (although the terms occupation and avocation could easily be interchanged), and taken together they produced Pubsters: the ever-eager — either to write or drink — staff of The Ubyssey. Who else could be better historians of campus drinking habits? "When I put in my freshman year in '22-'23, UBC was still located at Fair- view, on the grounds of Vancouver 19 LADIES SHOP LTD. your headquarters for fine fashion gifts A One suggestion. . . an attractive Mouse by Ports International The tie-blouse illustrated is beautifully made from flattering and very feminine caress jersey, 40.00 A Edward Chapman LADIES SHOP LTD. ' Where quality is always in fashion' UPTOWN Granville at Tenth 732-3394 OAKEIDGE 132 Oakridge Mall 261-3833 WEST VANCOUVEE Marine Dri?e at 18th 922-4320 CHARGEX or MASTER CHARGE 20 Genera! Hospital. B.C. still had prohibition, and to get your liquor you tried to take out a nurse from VGH in the hope that she might bring some medicinal alcohol with her," recalls Alan Morley, veteran Vancouver journalist and author of the history of Vancouver. Milltown to Metropolis. "The amount of laboratory and hospital alcohol that went into UBC students in those days was very large indeed." By the time Morley returned to UBC a few years later to resume his studies after wandering around the world, prohibition had ended, and a new B.C. institution, the beer parlor, was, as he puts it, "in full flower-" Some would contend the flower has been wilting ever since. Now isolated on the new Point Grey campus, students had to make a Great Trek in the opposite direction, into the downtown area, if they wanted a legal cooling brew. The beer parlors were in a circuit, of sorts, Morley recalls — down Granville from False Creek to the harbor, then out along Hastings and Cordova to Main Street, then back south along Main. "At one time there were as many as 37 of them, and it used to be a favorite occupation to get four or five fellows together and start at one end of that loop and see if you could make all 37, having one drink in each." Names like the Travellers, the Stanley,the Fountain, the Palace, the Manitoba, and the matriarch of the student pubs, the Georgia, spring to Morley's lips — some respectable establishments, others wild hangouts for Skid Road and sea-going types who created an atmosphere of excitement and danger which appealed to the students. But those were the spots for a glass of suds. Where did a fellow go when he needed something a little stronger to calm his nerves before or after exar, in, tion or some equally tortuous occas on He went to his favorite bootleg^. ;i\ that's where, and usually got introd to more than just hard liquor. It w is places like "Big Marie" Lyons' andi Lady Caroline's establishments thai much young innocence was lost. I. ooi leggers abounded, many of them ■ vere' women, and most kept a girl or tw )oir the premises so that several v icesi could be satisfied in a customer's one' stop. The bootleg joints, as they vere! known, thrived well into the 1950s, bui they didn't have an exclusive hold the crowd that likes something stro than beer. Night spots such as the Trianon, the Alma Academy and par ticularly La Fonda, in the Fourth and Alma area, catered to the UBC student and advertised their "dancing every night" establishments in The Ubysse\ The booze was carefully spirited into1 the spots in purse or brown bag, or, as one veteran put it, sometimes by the suitcase load. La Fonda was a place where you could have a great evening on an 85-cent bottle (a mickey of course) of Silver Fizz gin, recalls Stuart Keate now publisher of The Vancouver Sun but in those days an ardent Ubysso editor. The trend changed to private parties in the mid- 1930s, historian Morley says and for many years UBC drinking habits centered on pubs and parties. Through it all there was one constant, the put) that everyone who is asked about old drinking spots mentions in his or her first sentence: The Georgia. From the end of prohibition to its clo sure in 1962, the Georgia Hotel'- downstairs beer parlor was the UBC hangout, a spot where in its early davi the manager knew half the student bod\ by name. It was also the site of numei ous hijinx, the place where a fellow would leave the room, come back and tell one person at a table "the phones for you" — then hand him the phone freshly ripped off the wall. Today the old Georgia pub is a sedate lounge, its mock Olde English decor resounding with chatter of Howe Street stock dealings and lawyers' arguments rather than students' philosophical de bates or rugby songs. (Beer is also $ 1.2^ a bottle rather than 10 cents a glass which it was then). When the clock in the Georgia inched around to a quarter to midnight, he scramble for further action was on "The best parties always began at he Georgia," Jim Banham, a former Ub>s sex editor, recalls of his student drink ing days in the late '40s. "The last th ng one did before you left was to buy a six-pack — if you had the money." If there wasn't a private party to go o there were places like the Embavs\ ballroom on Davie Street. All in (Continued on P. 21, following in. ertif ;i c S I Si fil L©wmi [F[r»©r ~r ■f. %yf >$$&. UBC's Westwater Research Centre recently completed its first major study — an investigation of the Lower Fraser River from Hope to the sea. UBC Reports interviewed Westwater director Prof. Irving Fox, left., about the Fraser study and the'future activities of the centre. See Pages Two aod Three. UBC and-the Okanagan The focus is on the Okanagan area of British Columbia on Pages Eight through Eleven of this issue' of UBC Reports. The interior' district stretching from the American border at Osoyoos to Salmon Arm has been the scene of many UBC continuing education courses and is a fruitful area for research as well. ~ ind Comadion Literature .CPa ftLffl rT"'.t Ei J5E3, TEI3 One of Canada's most successful "little magazines" is Canadian Literature, which has been published by UBC for the past 17 years. Part of its success is due to the energy and talents of Dr. George Woodcock, left, who is himself one of Canada's best-known writers. See Pages Fourteen and Fifteen. UBC's Westwater Re .. _entre, established in 1971, completed its first major study earlier this year — an investigation of the condition of the Lower Fraser River from the town of Hope to the sea. The centre's findings were published in a book entitled The Uncertain Future of the Lower Fraser. UBC Reports talked to Westwater director Dr. Irving Fox about the Fraser study and the future aetlwities of the centre. UBC REPORTS: What were the asms of Westwater in studying the Lower Fraser? PROF. FOX: To provide a foundation for two things — first, for the improvement of policies relative to pollution and, second, to suggest ways of improving the institutional arrangements — the legal and administrative arrangements — for managing the Lower Fraser. UBCR: In general terms, what condition is the Lower Fraser in? PROF. FOX: If we limit the question to pollution,- the Lower Fraser was found to be in surprisingly good shape. One reason for this is that it's a remarkably big river — the third largest in Canada — and has the capacity to take quite a lot by way of insults. But there's a dark cloud on the horizon — that's why the phrase "uncertain future" was used in the title of our research report. The Fraser is receiving large amounts of toxic material from a number of sources, including sewage treatment plants, storm sewers, industrial plants and run-off from urban and' rural lands, either through river tributaries or from farms that border directly on the river. UBCR: Can you be specific about the sources of toxic materials reaching the river? PROF. FOX: We know that the major sources of pollution are associated with urban-industrial development. But we don't have a good handle on the significance of the discharges to the river by industries because there are no good records of the quality of such effluent. Industries such as metal finishing, which use toxic materials in their processing activities, are undoubtedly an important source. Sewage treatment plants are another obvious source, since not all the toxic materials are removed when sewage is treated. There are other complicating factors, for example, the Iona Island plant south of Vancouver receive* run-off from both sanitary and storm sewers. When a rainstorm hits Vancouver — and that's fairly frequently at this time of year — the Iona plant can't handle the volume of material reaching it. The plant has a by-pass system in periods of heavy run-off which results in quantities of raw sewage reaching the river before undergoing treatment. I don't think people realize how many pollutants reach the river through storm sewers. For instance, most of the lead that reaches the river comes from urban run-off. It reaches the streets through the exhausts of cars that use leaded gasoline. A heavy rain simply washes it into streams and the storm-sewer system. While some storm sewers are connected with treatment plants, such plants do not remove all toxic substances, and in the case of the Iona plant it is necessary to by-pass the plant when a heavy storm occurs. UBCR: Would better treatment plants eliminate the pollution problems on the Lower Fraser? PROF. FOX: To a certain extent treatment plants will greatly reduce bacterial pollution. But we think there could still.be a high bacterial count in the river because of the run-off from lands that drain into the river, which carry such materials as animal wastes that cause bacterial pollution. Also, there appear to be cross-connections, probably inadvertent, between domestic and storm sewers in the Lower Mainland, and this isn't helping to keep the river clean. UBCR: Can you summarize the report's recommendations. PROF. FOX: 1 think our most important recommendation is that public agencies should attack the pollution problem in a comprehensive fashion. Such a program would include efforts to control pollutants at their' source and generate better data for management purposes as well as utilize sewage treatment plants. Of major importance is the need to develop a better understanding of the aquatic ecosystem so that the effects of pollution, in the Song and short runs, can be estimated more precisely. We recommend that the Greater Vancouver Regional District — the organization representing the cities and municipalities bordering on the river — launch a study to find the specific sources of toxic discharges so i r \) \z "C PROF. IRVING FOX they can be controlled at source never get into the sewer system, already mentioned the metal-finis industry in this regard and thi some evidence that the City Vancouver is taking steps to co" toxic materials from this source. UBCR: What about the IonaIsi problem? PROF. FOX: We ask that a study be made of the by-pass that combines sanitary and sewers. One device that mightf considered is a system of storing! in the sewer system during a storm then letting it out in control amounts after the storm is over The report also contains sf suggestions for incentives to peo and industry to keep toxic matei out of the river. We mention econoi incentives — almost automatic pen! systems — for those who disclii toxic materials that will evenM reach the river. 2/UBC Reports i;^:;@ '1 ,.s? gCK: Ss there a need for some ^11 agency to co-ordinate a ange program for the river? J^QF FOX: The problem is one .the Greater Vancouver Regional net. Its member cities and tcipalities have to come to grips »ithe realities of the situation. shjne of the interesting things about ol of the river is that the various of government involved — provincial, and municipal — o-oidinated to the extent that don't overlap and each knows the other is doing. What is not ing is a comprehensive thrust ,ill parties to carry out the nt studies of the kind we've we've recommended that the D set up an environmental ion. department, not to take what other levels of government aw doing, but to add to what is ntly being done and to nate a comprehensive research ro! program. >'ve suggested that these activities be funded by a very modest tax on the gallonage of discharges he river. Even a modest charge give such an agency more / annually than was spent by ■ater on its study of the river. CR: How much die! you spend contributed? OF. FOX: We spent about i,0OO over a four-year period. The contributors were the Inland Directorate of Environment , the federa! Fisheries Service, nada Council and UBC. s a bit difficult to be precise the number of people involved ! study. Ten people devoted uli or part time to it and there a substantial number of students ved, particularly during the sr. participants were drawn from a range of disciplines, including *t/ni>ts, biologists, oceanographers, ^ncrs, economists and even a legal \$n It was a very broadly based /"disciplinary group. pJBCR: Is there any evidence that ^recommendations are being taken l>HiY? WOF. FOX: Yes, there is. I've ^ady mentioned that the City of 'ficouver has instituted an ''Stigation to remove toxic materials -•heir source. *nd the provincial and federal 1 fcies have agreed to an on-going % program of monitoring as a follow up to our studies to "keep track of changes that are continually occurring in the river. UBCR: You're optimistic then about the Lower Fraser's future. PROF. FOX: I'm cautiously optimistic. As a result of the Westwater study, I don't think the Lower Fraser will ever be the same again. We've changed the whole perspective on the Lower Fraser and the various agencies are going to be very sensitive to what we've said. I think, too, they'll be very concerned about being criticized for not reacting to what we've proposed . There's still the risk that a lack off, action could result in a continuing build up of toxic materials which would result in some rather dramatic changes in a few years. Then a long period would have to elapse before the river could be brought back. And we can ill afford to allow that to happen. The Fraser is extremely valuable to the economy of this province in terms of the salmon run alone. B.C. stands to lose a great deal if it doesn't respond to our findings. I UBCR: Has Westwater been doing other things while the Lower Fraser study was going on? PROF. FOX: Yes, we have. With the help of a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, David Le Marquand, of our staff, has been investigating the management of international rivers. Over the past two years, he's been looking at the various factors — the politics, economics and physical factors — that foster or inhibit agreement on the management of four rivers that cross international boundaries or serve as borders between countries. UBCR: What were your conclusions? PROF. FOX: We found that countries are motivated to agree or disagree by a substantial number of political and economic factors. And in their efforts to devise agreements between countries on the management of rivers, the parties frequently fail to take these motivations into account and consider wh?t each has to do to satisfy the needs of the other. The study is now complete and will be published shortly as a book. It's also attracted the attention of the' United Nations and we've recently completed a paper for them on the management of international rivers for the Wot Id Water Conference to be held in 1977 in Buenos Aires. UBCR: Is Westwater planning any additional studies? PROF. FOX: There are two under way. As a result of the study on international rivers, the Rockefeller Foundation has asked us to look into the role of the International Joint Commission in dealing with environmental problems on the border between Canada and the U.S. We have a grant to study the role of the UC and determine whether there's any way of strengthening that body as an instrument for promoting agreement between the two countries. This study, incidentally, is being sponsored jointly with UBC's Institute of International Relations, UBCR: You said you had two studies underway. PROF. FOX: We're proposing to undertake a five-year research program on the management of coastal resources in B.C. It's widely felt that the land along the sea and the waters close to the land pose some very special problems in the development of policies for the wise and efficient allocation of resources. This delta land, and the adjacent estuarine waters, are very sensitive and productive in a biological sense. The waters are valuable for fish production and oyster beds, to name only two factors, and the land near the water is valuable for agriculture and as a nesting area ' for wild fowl, for instance. We can't study every little inlet on the B.C. coast, of course. Dr. William Rees, of UBC's School of Community and Regional Planning, is currently going over data on the coast and developing an overview of the current situation and the problems that exist By next summer we hope to have some representative situations identified for more intensive study. We're also- working on the methodologies to evaluate the environmental effects of a given action in a specific coastal area. By next spring we'll move into a research program that will look at the problems of these areas from a policy point of view. We'll be working closely with the provincial and federal governments on this study. Ultimately, our aim is to suggest an approach for policy development and decision-making that will preserve and conserve these sensitive coastal areas. UBC Reports/3 pS®JM w©Sc©nn@di President Douglas T. Kenny has welcomed the announcement by the provincial government that it will implement its commitment to improve health education facilities and expand the size of the UBC medical class. But he has also warned that many problems remain to be solved. President Kenny's statement was issued on Oct. 22, the day after the provincial government announced a $50 million program to improve B.C. medica! teaching facilities. The program includes: 9 Construction of a new 240-bed hospital in UBC's Health Sciences Centre; 9 Provision of new medical science teaching space at UBC at a cost of $5 million; and a Expenditure of more than $13 million to upgrade teaching facilities at four Vancouver hospitals — the Vancouver General, St. Paul's, Shaughnessy and a new children's hospital. Here is the full text of President Kenny's Oct. 22 statement: "I am pleased that the government is prepared to begin implementing its commitment to improve health education facilities and to expand the medical class at UBC. I appreciate that this represents a significant long-term commitment on their part to improving health care and health education opportunities for the people of the province. Many problems still remain to be solved, however. "The University is ready to resume discussion with the government ofthe conditions required to assure the necessary academic funding for the expansion plan. In doing this, we will have to take into account the further tightening of the total University budget which has occurred since the medica! expansion plan was first announced last spring. ''We are also prepared simultaneously to begin work towards securing the required academic approvals-at the University. "I hope the various problems can be satisfactorily resolved and that it will be possible to begin moving towards a phased, expansion of the . medical school in the near future." The provincial government's Oct. 21 announcement was another link in a chain of events that began last March 9 when Education Minister Patrick 4/UBC Reports PRESIDENT DOUGLAST. KENNY McGeer announced that $50 million would be available to construct a new hospital at UBC, double the size of the medical class and upgrade facilities at teaching hospitals associated with UBC's medical school. At the request of the provincial government, UBC prepared a comprehensive report on the proposal and submitted it to Victoria'within a 60-day time limit. The UBC report was then subject to review by a Task Force on Medical Teaching Facilities, under the chairmanship of A. C. L. Kelly, former chairman of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. The UBC report was accepted by the task force, which recommended the expansion of medical teaching facilities in B.C. The provincial government also announced on Oct. 21 the creation of a new project co-ordinating pommittee to ensure that the new health science building projects at UBC and work at the downtown teaching hospitals proceed as expeditiously as possible. The co-ordinating committee, which will also be under the chairmanship of Mr. Kelly, wil! ensure that personnel and equipment, both on campus and at downtown teaching hospitals, are available in time to serve the increased number of medical students. The co-ordinating committee will include representatives from UBC, the Department of Education, the G Vancouver Regional Hospital Distr and the provincial Department Health (Hospital Programs). The provincial government's 21 announcement said a new f inanci formula had been established to "me' the urgent need for these addition medical educational facilities ? The capital costs of the new UI Par. hospital and the developments downtown teaching facilities will borne by the provincial Departrrien ase[ of Health and Education, the Gr. Vancouver Regional Hospital Distrii and the federal government throui the Health Resources Fund. The proposed expansion of the si of the UBC medical class and cam medical facilities has yet to approved by UBC's Faculty Medicine, Senate and Board Governors. ,e I al r B V 8 C of es niza fes cat it ivinct he unci! is r janizi 1001 ivers :.- r;a1 ies c nfer 1001 he our- UiC receiwes four niafor grants f-SU| me ant; rtici The sbi tern velc the Pro stiti jdic UBC has received four major gran totalling $1,373,715 in recent montt to aid its teaching and researt program. The largest single grant — $806,00 ^. — has been made to a team of 1QUBl|Tl economists who have launched integrated study designed to throi light on one of the least explored ara of modern economics - th management of the world's natun resources. The Canada Council grant, whic will be received over a five-year period will provide for a wide range of studie that will result in reports on sucl topics as energy policy; petroleum mineral, fisheries and forestr problems; and' the policies governments and industry in relatio r"oc to the exploitation and taxation natural resources. Prof. A. D. "Tony" Scott, long-time member of the UBC faculty and one of the prime movers in till proposal to the Canada Council, sail the project is unique in that it wi the first time that any university groui in Canada has undertaken integrated study of natural resourci use. He said UBC has the largest group of economists in Canada, "and perhaps anywhere," who are interested in th^' economics of natural resources. "This concentration could mean a r breakthrough in terms of a mass atta Th hii II acr epa Tr u.d' ic im !CU T lad act roc eat T P iw for ull rir lai problem of the economics of .j.gl resources," he said. ;i,; W. K. Kellogg Foundation of ,:,; Creek, Mich., has approved a ■' v/of $265,965 to UBC to aid in 1 , establishment of a new '\ noiiuation that aims at further ,i0fessional development for •jjcational administrators in the i>nce. jffhe new organization is the B.C. ,nc'Suncil for Leadership in Education. »' is made up of nearly a dozen l0"'Manizations, including the provincial 'I'.pattment of Education, the B.C. Trustees Association, UBC, the rsity of Victoria and Simon ser University, and provincial ociations of school administrators. a fhe BCCLE plans to organize a ies of short courses, workshops and nferences throughout B.C. for 100I administrators. The grant will be made to UBC over four-year period. It is expected that BCCLE program will then be f-supporting through a combination membership dues, special purpose ants, publications income, and rticipant fees for program services. The third major grant of $250,000 been made to UBC's Institute of ternational Relations for the further lopment of research and teaching the area of strategic studies. Prof. Mark Zacher, director of the stitute, said the grant will expand jdies begun a number of years ago id develop Canadian experts in the ild of strategic studies. The grant will enable the University hire three post-doctoral fellows who II continue research at UBC and ach an existing course in the epartment of Political Science. The three post-doctoral fellows will udy Canadian arctic and security )licy, Canadian policy on the export nuclear technology, and how imand for resources affects a nation's icurity relations. The Law Foundation of B.C. has lade a grant of $51,750 to the UBC acuity of Law to expand a clinical rogram offered to law students last ear. The UBC Legal Clinic, established in eptember, 1975, operates as a regular iw office with senior law students 'orking as lawyers for half the diversity year. The students are responsible for bout 20 clients each and deal with a ill range of legal problems from 'irninal charges to minor financial iaims to family crises and divorce 'roblems,. The Law Foundation grant will nean that the clinic will be able to ^commodate 20 students per term, P from 12 students each term last 3C's new Law Building was officially opened on Sept. 17 by the chief »tice of Canada's Supreme Court, Hon. Bora Laskin, and named.for Dean neritus George F. Curtis, right, head of the faculty from 1945 to 1971. of. Curtis, who continues to teach in the faculty, was succeeded by Prof. bert J. SVlcClean, centre, who was dean from 1971 until. June of this year, ten he was succeeded by Dean Kenneth M. Lysyk, left, who at the time of ; appointment was deputy attorney-general for Saskatchewan. Dean Lysyk no stranger to UBC, howewer. He taught at UBC from 1960 to 1970, when resigned to become professor of law at the University of Toronto. Picture Jim Banham. Brine courses start at UBC Courses in naval architecture and marine design engineering will be offered as fourth-year options at UBC as the initial stage of the development of Canada's first professional school of naval architecture. Canada's shipbuilders and ship designers now have to recruit naval architects from the United States and Britain, and Canadian students seeking professional training in naval architeeture must obtain their schooling outside Canada. "Seed money" to. initiate the courses within UBC's Department of Mechanical Engineering has come from Canadian shipbuilders, designers and allied industries, the provincial government and the federal government. This will enable the University to make ?n immediate start on the program by hiring a research professor to develop curricula and co-ordinate existing courses and propose new ones. Dr. James Duncan, head of Mechanical Engineering, said the recent construction of a $1.7 million towing tank and manoeuvring basin at B.C. Research on thecampus, coupled with the expertise already available within Mechanical Engineering, makes UBC a logical university for the establishment of a centre of naval architecture. The towing tank was financed through federal and provincial grants. TTswnnarget-- free treatment Nearly 1,300 children from the Vancouver, Surrey and Richmond areas received free dental services valued at more than $273,000 at a summer clinic operated by UBC's Faculty of Dentistry from May 31 to July 31. The clinic, staffed by 34 senior dental students and 11 dental hygiene studepts, was operated for the third consecutive year on a grant from the provincial Department of Health. Dean S. Wah Leung, of the Faculty of Dentistry, said the summer clinic was an extremely valuable experience for the dental students, who provided services under the direction of UBC faculty members. Children treated under the program PSease turn to Page Fifteen SEE ROUNDUP UBC Reports/5 DR. NORMAN WATT Dr. Norman Watt, director of UBC's Office of Extrasessional Studies, has been honored for a second time by the Western Association of Summer Session Administrators. Dr. Watt received the Creative Programming Award from the association at its annua! meeting in Honolulu on Oct. 14 for the 1976 Olympic Field Study Program operated as part of the 1976 UBC Summer Session. The program, which was run in co-operation with the University of Nevada, enrolled a total of 72 Canadian and. American students for a credit course that involved a comparative study of physical education, recreation and athletic programs and facilities in the public schools and universities of four Canadian provinces — B.C., Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. The students, who were instructed by Prof. Robert Osborne, head of UBC's School of Physical Education and Recreation, and Prof. Jack Cook, of the University of Nevada, visited Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal, where they held seminars with university faculty members in each centre and visited university and community recreational facilities. The month-long course from July 1 to Aug. 1 included tickets to the 1976 6/UBC Reports Olympic Games held in Montreal, where students had the opportunity to meet informally with Olympic officials and athletes. Dr. Watt spent 31/2 years making arrangements for the program and accompanied the students in their cross-Canada study. Most of the students took the course for credit and the balance registered as auditors. In 1974, Dr. Watt received the Creative Programming Award from the same organization for his initiative in developing a program of free summer courses for senior citizens, which remains a feature of UBC's annual Summer Session. * * * Dr. S. M. Drance, head of the ophthalmology department in UBC's Faculty of Medicine, will give the second Spaeth Memorial Lecture in Philadelphia in March, 1977. * # * Dean David Bates, of the Faculty of Medicine, has taken part as an invited participant in three recent meetings, including a seminar to the Committee on Pollution Abatement Research of Environment Canada. He also gave an invited talk to the Alberta Society for Internal Medicine on 'The Post-Osier Physician," and gave the third annual Donald F. Egan Scientific Lecture to the American Association for Respiratory Therapy in Miami Beach, Florida, in November. Dr. Bates has submitted his resignation as dean of Medicine at UBC. effective June 30, 1977. He wil! continue to teach at UBC as a full professor in the Departments of Medicine and Physiology. * * * Prof. Colin Clark, of UBC's Department of Mathematics and winner of the 1976 Prof. Jacob Biely Faculty Research Prize, is the author of a book entitled Mathematical B io eco no m ics: The Optimal Management of Renewable Resources, published by John Wiley and Sons of New York. The book synthesizes biological and economic principles in mathematical models for the optimal use and renewal of natural biological resources. * * * Dr. Jorgen Dahlie, of the Faculty of Education, has been appointed to the editorial boards of Canadian Ethnic Studies and the Review Journal of Philosophy and Social Science. He also represented Canadian historians as an invited delegate to the Nordic Emigration/American Bicentennial Conference, held in Uppsala, Sweden, in June. * # * Dr. Noel Hall, of the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, was named in mm1 by the federal Public Service Relatj Board to mediate the dispute technological change in Cana( postal service. The commerce faculty is condu a search for a new dean to repl Prof. Hall, who resigned as head of faculty on June 30. He continues as igre active member of UBC's teaching$5 ?ro' Prof. Stanley Hamilton is acting dK Prof. Erich Vogt, U B( vice-president for faculty and stud affairs, was in Ottawa on Oct. 20to invested as an Officer of the Order Canada by Canada's governor-gene Hon. Jules Leger, at Governs House. To honor the 1976 birthday UBC's president emeritus, Dr. Wa Gage, the Engineering Undergradu !"' Society made a gift of $200 to Crane Library for the blind. The library has used the funds. purchase two special cassette machii \" for installation in listening cam which have been constructed to all users of the Crane Library to listen books and other materials recorded standard cassettes. Dr. Gage, who continues to ti mathematics to UBC engineeri students, has contributed hundreds hours of his time to the Crane Libra m recording difficult computer sciei and mathematics texts for use by bli and handicapped students who cai read ordinary print. rhr< •e ver: e i \j mi >art ee ivei it, ivi an tig< in ( wai W. no ole /l\i bli Th sne ste its. Two well-known members of UB( it< Faculty of Medicine were inducti wy into the Most Venerable Order oftpiti Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem; ceremony at Government House Victoria recently. Named Knights of Grace, t ogi highest honor awarded by the order Canada, were Dr. John F. IVScCrear professor emeritus of health scienc and former dean of-Medicine, and! iS° F.R.C. Johnstone, .of the faculty eel Department of Surgery Dr. McCreary was also honon recently by the Canadian Paediatr Society. He was named recipient the Ross Award, the highest honor the society, for his outstandii contribution in the field of chil health care. uel Dr. John E. Hay, associate profe of geography at UBC, is the president of the 700-member Canadiaj Meteorological Society. * * * Prof. Hugh Wynne-Edwards, head' the Department of Geologi' Sciences, is the president-elect of I sociation of the Scientific, ,i 'Jgineering and Technological ,edVm'nunity of Canada (SCITEC). i * -K- * dii3t; I fhtee members of the UBC faculty tluq' ,e honored by .other Canadian itpf iveisities this year when they ioficeived honorary degrees at esas'|ngiegation ceremonies. si Professor Emerita Margaret Ormsby, le, jrmer head of the history '''paitment, received the honorary yn'w of Doctor of Laws from the turidiversity of Victoria; Prof. William Ot hit, of the zoology department, ^•reived an honorary degree from St. ^ancis Xavier University in igonish, Nova Scotia; and former sn of Graduate Studies Dr. Ian McT. wan was honored by the University Waterloo, where he received the norary degree of Doctor of vironmental Studies. Prof. Cowan was also honored this ■ by the Canadian Society of logy. He was the recipient of the Medal, awarded to a scientist who made an outstanding contribution knowledge and understanding in his her field and to the development of alogy in Canada. Prof. Hoar received medal in 1974. arri ten erj Two UBC scholars shared the 1976 Medal for Popular Biography, 'arded annually since 1952 for the st book by or about a Canadian blished in the previous year. The winners were: Prof. Margaret ing, head of the Department of story, for her book N. W. Rowell: itario Nationalist, a biography of an itario politician, constitutional wyer and one of the founders of the ited Church of Canada; and Dr. urge Woodcock, editor of the UBC urnai Canadian Literature and thor of Gabriel Dumont, a ography of the "adjutant-general" to wis Riel in the 1885 rebellion. Prof. Prang was also elected esident of the Canadian Historical isociation for 1976-77 at annual eetings of the association in June in ebec City. * * # Prof. ASan Cairns, head of UBC's rtment of Political Science, is the J76-77 president of the Canadian "||litical Science Association. i, * * x V "jDi. William G. Wellington, director ■^ the Institute of Animal Resource V»,co'°gy» is the president-elect of the .'jntomological Society of Canada, i. * * * j^Piof, Gideon Rosenbluth, of the jjepaitment of Economics, has been carried to a 12-member consultive cfjoup established by the Canada ''ouncil to examine and report on the UBC zoologist Dr. William E. Neill was the recipient recently of the George Mercer Award of the Ecological Society of America for the best scientific study in the field of ecology published in any Canadian or American Journal in 1975. Dr. Neill received the award for a three year study of fresh-water invertebrates. problems of scholarly publishing in the humanities and social sciences in Canada. The group, under the chairmanship of Prof. Ronald Baker, a former UBC faculty member who is now president of the University of Prince Edward Island, wil! examine current editorial procedures, production, marketing and funding policies, all with a view to determining how better use may be made of existing funds and resources. * * * The new head of the Bookstore began his duties in the summer. John Hedgecock brings to UBC 23 years of experience in the book industry and is president of the National Association of College Stores, a North American organization for bookstore managers. Two new deans and a new acting dean started their terms in the summer as well. Dr. Warren Kitts was named dean of Agricultural Sciences in July after being acting dean for a year. Kenneth Lysyk took up his duties as the new dean of Law in July, leaving his post as deputy attorney-general of Saskatchewan to come to UBC. Four new department heads and a new director of TRIUMF also began their terms on July 1. New head of the Department of Biochemistry is Dr. William Polglase. Head of the Department of Pathology is Dr. Bawid Hardwick. Both departments are in the Faculty of Medicine. The new chairman of the Department of Bio-Resource Engineering in the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences is Prof. John Zahradnik, who comes to UBC from the University of Massachusetts. Named as head of Creative Writing is Prof. Douglas Bankson. Taking his place while he is on leave of absence this academic year is Prof. Jacob' Zilber. Dr. Jack Sample, a faculty member from the University of Alberta, has been named as the new director of TRIUMF, a nuclear research centre on campus, for the next three years. Canadian-born UBC graduate Dr. Paul C. GiSmore will become head of the Department of Computer Science on July 1, 1977. Prof. Gilmore, who has also been named a full professor in the UBC department, succeeds Prof. J.E.L. Peck, who wil! remain in the department as a teacher and researcher. * * * Prof. Walter Hardwick, currently on leave of absence from the University as deputy minister of education in the provincial government, has resigned his post as director of continuing education at UBC. Prof. Hardwick, who has been a member of the UBC faculty since 1959, was appointed director of continuing education at UBC in July,. 1975, and went on leave as deputy minister of education for B.C. in January of this year. Prof. Hardwick wil! continue to hold his academic appointment in UBC's Department of Geography. UBC has been named as a beneficiary in the will of the late Prof. F.G.C. "Freddy" Wood, one of UBC's first faculty members and founder of the Players' Club, who died in June at the age of 89. Prof. Wood has left UBC a trust fund of $15,000, the income from which will be used as a grant toward the expenses of one production yearly in the Department of Theatre, to be called "The Beatrice Wood Production." Prof. Wood was a member of the original UBC teaching staff in 1915 and was the first native British Columbian appointed to the faculty. He taught in the Department of English for 35 years until his retirement in 1950. UBC conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature on him in 1971. UBC Reports/7 \y 0 feTSsuusn Okanagan This section of UBC Reports foeusses on the Okanagan, an area of the province that is important to UBC in a variety of ways. The valley stretching from the American border at Osoyoos to Salmon Arm has been the scene of a wide range of UBC activity over the years in terms of continuing education, credit programs and research. Articles covering each of these topics begin at right. UBC in the Okanagan is only one side of the coin, however. The O'kanagan was very much a pprt of UBC last year because of the enrolment of 876 students from that area on the Point Grey campus. There's hardly a faculty at UBC that doesn't have its Okanagan representative. Last year 143 Okanagan students registered in Arts, 179 in Science, 162 in Education, 71 in the health sciences — rehabilitation medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, medicine and so on. Another 19 were registered in the Faculty of Law, 32 in Forestry, 20 in Agricultural Sciences and several in other faculties. What form will UBC's presence take in the Okanagan in the future? That's a question that UBC's president. Dr. Douglas SCenny, addressed hisTsseif to recently in Kelowna Excerpts from his speech begin En column three on this page. A banker in Oliver attends a seminar on new aspects of tax legislation. A newly-elected alderman in Kelowna takes part in a program examining the Municipal Act. A police officer in the Okanagan gets one step closer to his certificate in criminology by taking a psychology course by correspondence. The common thing to all these people is UBC. People from the Okanagan have been asking for, and getting, opportunities to improve their skills or upgrade their qualifications, or just enjoy learning, for longer than most people can remember. Extension courses in agriculture have probably been around for longer than the extension department itself, and that's 40 years, says Colleen Bourke, communications director for what is now called the Centre for Continuing Education. There's a lot more to continuing education programs in the Okanagan now than just agriculture courses, although those are still offered (and well received). In fact, UBC now has one person stationed full-time in Vernon co-ordinating UBC's Interior Program, an open program of non-credit lectures, seminars and short courses by UBC faculty which are designed to meet the interests expressed by people in the area. The Interior Program, begun last January, has arranged more than 20 faculty visits this year on topics from "Protein and the Sea" to "Early Spanish Presence on the West Coast." Well over 1,000 persons have participated in the program so far, and more seminars are*scheduled. Program director John Edwards, who lives in Vernon, expects a 50-per-cent increase in enrolment next year as the program becomes better known. This year cable television subscribers in Vernon are able to tune in to the local cable station and take Fine Arts 125, "The Pyramids to Picasso," for credit. UBC's first venture into credit television courses has chosen Vernon as one of the few centres where this course will be offered. The course is also available in Salmon Arm. Another area of continuing education which greatly affects the people of the Okanagan is professional programs. UBC offers a wide range of programs for lawyers, doctors, engineers, nurses, cattlemen — you" name it. The division of continuing legal education in the Centre for Continuing Education last year offered four programs for lawyers in the Okanagan and 153 persons took advantage' Variou them. Another program was schedu%ere s for early December in Vernon. i:0r Two continuing education cour egton for engineers were offered in thea irovin last year and about 50 professio JBC ' engineers attended. Another semi ip se in contract law was held in Novern esour in Kelowna. Cor Two seminars in cornmun ieen c planning for professional plann est o were held in Penticton and Kelou 'ears last year and programs for nev vithir elected local government officials hi i.C been held in the Okanagan, as well line s other centres throughout the provin \rmr for the past eight years, helping with 1 make members of local governnnei ravel better informed, sooner than mil ireas happen through education by trial a Wo error. itudy For teachers, the educati founc extension division this fall offered JBC drama workshop and an educati lelpfi planning seminar in the Okanag :o t area. For dentists, two seminars eque UBC's pmn In September the provinc jnive government released the report oft ire c Commission on University Prograi apit in Non-Metropolitan Areas, prepar )per; by Dr. William Winegard, a formjfiery president of the University Guelph. UBC's president, Dr. Dougjjpr. V Kenny, discussed the report at leng the when he spoke to the Kelow simp Rotary Club on Sept. 28. Wh follows is an edited version of I that remarks. Repc cont i 8/UBC Reports Many of you are familiar with tl )r. Winegard Report and recommendations. Essentially, D most Winegard proposes that foipont University Centres should established, each offering a restrictegs a number of degree-completio ofa t programs in arts, science education. These centres would i have located in Prince George, Kamloop Nelson and here in Kelowna. A to i additional headquarters site would \ )ffer in Vernon. At each centre there woul belie be 10 full-time-equivalent faculty, pi' »cic various outreach programs emanatin The from the headquarters site. Finally, Dr. Winegard recommeni that these centres be set up under th am control of Simon Fraser Universit /iev and that the programs be offers 2orr largely by faculty attached to thftjual 1 Fi buck S ove oo €©mnm©Bi 9 'pilous aspects of their profession j^ie scheduled for Kelowna this year. ■■or pharmacists, more than 30, jgional co-ordinators throughout the lovince have been trained through BC to pinpoint local needs and set jjp seminars and courses using UBC 'esource people. Continuing medical education has offered in the Okanagan and the t of the province.for more than 10 rs and the programs offered reach thin 25 miles of 90 per cent of all C. practising physicians. Last year seminars were offered in Salmon rm, Vernon, Kelowna and'Penticton th two members of the UBC faculty efling to those cities to speak on of concern to local physicians." Women wanting to set up women's y programs or women's centres nd the expertise offered by the BC Women's Resources Centre Ipful. Staff from the centre travelled the Okanagan last year upon equest to help establish centres and also gave a workshop for women in Kelowna. For bankers, the Faculty of Commerce, in conjunction with the Institute of Canadian Bankers, offers two or three seminars a year throughout the province on topics of current interest and concern. The first this year was held in September in Kelowna. And for people who want to complete their undergraduate degrees or diplomas or just take a credit course for their own interest, there's that old standby, the correspondence course. Right now 32 people in the Okanagan are taking courses by correspondence In English, psychology, history and other subjects. For many Okanagan people UBC is an important part of their lives, as it is for many people living in the Cariboo, or the Kootenays, or other parts of the province. There's more to the UBC campus than meets the eye. speaks in Kelowna niversity. The costs of this solution ire estimated as about $8.5 million in apital costs over five years, with derating costs of about $7.1 million w year. Quite frankly, I do not believe that )r. Winegard's recommendations meet the problem. In my view they are simplistic and unrealistic. First, let me make it quite clear that my criticism of the Winegard Report is not sour grapes. Quite the contrary. For many people at UBC, )r. Winegard's recommendation that iimon Fraser University should do most of the job and that UBC should continue to be the major research and professional institution of the province is a welcome and seductive one. The lob to be done here in the Interior is a difficult and expensive one and we have plenty on our plate already. But despite the temptation for UBC to relinquish its responsibility for Bering more such programs, I don't Relieve it would be academically or socially responsible for us to do so. iyfhe need is too great for us to pass the '|1 Second, let me make it clear that ! If;am not simply expressing a personal |View here. When the Winegard ^Commission was . set up, a highly \Qualified panel of people from higher education were appointed to advise and assist Dr. Winegard in preparing his recommendations. These people, unlike Dr. Winegard, know B.C. well, are experienced in our higher education system and familiar with the needs of this province. A number of them — and not only those from UBC — are in disagreement with Dr. Winegard's recommended solution to the problem. Among the criticisms they have made are the following: The Winegard Report underestimates seriously both the capital and the operating costs involved in meeting the need. The estimate of $8.5 million in capital costs seems to be based on highly optimistic construction cost figures. A preliminary examination by qualified people of the actual costs of the capital part of the proposal suggests that the cost will not be $8.5 million, but somewhere between $14 and $16 million. More serious, however, is the fact that the Winegard estimates of operating costs are based upon a plan which simply would not provide the breadth and quality of programs which interior students need and want. These programs must be as good as'any PSease turn to Page Eleven See SPEECH The Okanagan Valley may be 200 or so miles away from Point Grey as the crow flies, but over the years it has been a fruitful area for the research and training activities of UBC faculty members and students. And the benefits of these activities can be seen in the area today. In recent years the Okanagan has been the scene of projects involving the faculties of Agricultural Sciences, Applied Science, Medicine, Forestry and Science. Projects, many of them carried out in co-operation with federal and provincial government agencies, cover a wide range of studies, including horticulture, weed control, pollution, water resources, forestry, fisheries and astronomy. The most recent example of UBC involvement was the appointment by the provincial government in October of three UBC researchers to study the possible use. of the herbicide 2,4-D in controlling the spread of weeds in Okanagan Lake. The investigating committee is made up of Dr. C.J.G. Mackenzie, head of the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology; Dr. William Oldham, of the civil engineering department; and Prof. W. D. Powrie, head of the Department of Food Science. The largest single project involving UBC faculty members and students was a $234,000 study of the water resources of the Okanagan basin, carried out in the early 1970s under a $2 million contract let by the federal-provincial Okanagan Basin Study. The UBC contract was a major part of the overall study which resulted in a report suggesting policies for managing the water resources of the basin until the year 2020. Water pollution research carried out under the contract was directed by Dr. William Oldham, of the Department, of Civil Engineering. He spray-irrigated 120 acres of land with effluent from Vernon's waste treatment plant and found that he could vastly increase the production of alfalfa, a valuable forage crop for cattle. Vernon is currently building spray-irrigation facilities into its Please turn to Page Ten See RESEARCH UBC Reports/9 CoiRiDued from Page Nine nraiment plant as a result of Dr. Oldham's research. Dr. Oldham says the new method will make the Okanagan an exporter of alfalfa to other parts of the province. Now other Okanagan centres— Kelowna, Penticton and Salmon Arm- are considering installation of similar equipment. Another major contribution to the basin study was carried out by Dr. Denis Russell, also a member of the civil engineering department. He researched methods of controlling the volume of water that drains into the basin, which is a series of interconnected lakes draining south into the Columbia River system in the United States. A third contribution to the basin study was carried out Dr. T. G. Northcote, of UBC's Institute of Animal Resource Ecology, who used fish in the lakes of the Okanagan basin as a measure of lake pollution. Another contribution to the overall study, funded separately from the $234,000 UBC contract, was carried out by Dr. Robert Willington, of the Faculty of Forestry, and two graduate students. Their project, an evaluation of watershed deforestation and harvesting policies in the basin, is apparently the only investigation of logging practices in the Okanagan. The faculty with the most extensive involvement in Okanagan basin studies over the years is Agricultural Sciences. Prof. Bert Brink, of the plant science department, is co-operating with federal and provincial government agencies in research designed to rehabilitate depleted grasslands used for grazing cattle. His research is being carried out on 144 test plots near Round Lake and Armstrong in the Okanagan Valley. Prof. Arthur Renney and Dr. Judith Myers, also members of the plant science department, are involved in a project begun in 1952 for the control of diffuse knapweed, a weed which was introduced into B.C. in the early part of this century in alfalfa seed shipments from Europe. The weed is now controlled by chemical methods recommended by UBC researchers. Current research on control of the weed involves the use of biological methods. ^ Prof. Brink is also involved in research on tryptamines, a poisonous substance found in some Okanagan forage crops. He plans to grow strains of low-tryptamine forage crops to overcome the problem. Plant scientist Prof. George Eaton is engaged in a number of projects related to the Okanagan fruit and grape industry. 10/UBC Reports h)iifin fliers jinin Okanagan will foe able to export alfalfa in the future as the result of UBC research that used sewage effluent for irrigation, above. UBC animal scientists are co-operating with provincial game officials in a five-year study of California bighorn sheep in the Okanagan, below. .He's studying interna! bark necrosis, a debilitating disorder _, that reduces apple-tree production, and a problem of Spartan apples related to calcium levels in the fruit. Prof. Eaton is also carrying out, as funds permit, a mineral nutrient survey in each of the five main varieties of grapes grown in the Okanagan region. Three other members of the faculty, animal scientists Dave Shackleton and Ray Peterson and plant scientist Michael Pitt, are co-operating with the fish and wildlife branch of the provincial government in a study of California bighorn sheep in the Okanagan, which is under the direction of UBC graduate Don Eastman. The Okanagan Game Farm in Penticton has made 90 acres of available for the study to be cdi out over a five-year period. Dr. John Vanderstoep, of faculty's food science department directing work of a graduate studenti • ara co-operation with the feder] <,oD|e government's Summerland reseaictdi d station on the testing of gioJxh 0 regulators in peaches to produce morf! y\ uniform ripening of the fruit. It'sal||ara been found that the use of growt \ m regulators can diminish bruising j -p peaches. ^ The Okanagan region has also servei Is ^ as a research and training site fo mtr students in the Faculty of Medicine. |uiva Medical student Richard Stewat >ssib spent four months this summer j ogra Kelowna General Hospital, where h sl worked under Dr. W. W. Arkinstallo luca' a clinical research project that involve It respiratory function in -pregnan enr^ women. In addition, four UBC medica 's students spent the summer j ajor Kelowna, Vernon, Salmon Arm am ts< Oliver getting their first practica asor experience in patient care under th e ' watchful eyes of general practitionei em in each city. °Pe tem UBC's Geology Field School nea . tc Oliver in the South Okanagan has bee gjor a major training facility for gradual jc and undergraduate students i 0bc geological sciences and geography. mes More than 700 geology student jnec have taken field training on tli oult 90-acre property and research studit >uld carried out there have resulted in ft j,0C bachelor and two master of scien; ;arh theses and three Ph.D. theses. ese And since 1971 some 10 im, geography students have lived at tli ffei school for two-week periods in Apri eth and May for field studies i ogr climatology, geomorphology an Ffie hydrology. Se Finally, two telescopes operated I) ine> the federal government at sites in th jth O kanagan are used by gradual ir s- students for advanced studies ii Des astronomy. Three graduate student ffe were at Mount Kobau near Oliver thi rofe summer using the 16-inch telescop 0 tl there for studies of the gravitation) ursj field of our galaxy. )|le< Prof, Fritz Bowers, of the electric; (a, engineering department of the Faculti ^ [ of Applied Science, has served as< St consultant to the federal government' ot radio telescope near Penticton sina i,0j( 1961 and was responsible for th ian design of a new type of dat ena processing system for the telescopf hie He currently has a graduate studen rese working there on a Ph:D. thesis. I ina member of the UBC physi( Ihol department, Dr. William Shuter, hJgJn e: been a frequent visitor to tlfsniv installation for research using the radfflorti telescope. U T 2 ;|pnKH | jjnrinued from Page Nine Hi,j-ipis in the province. To offer imimal and superficial degree '(i,ogidms would be a disservice to the 'lople of the Interior. 1'I do not believe that programs of jch quality can be offered at the cost \ Winegard estimates. To provide ms equal in quality to those at the universities would .™jre up to three times the number |i{ faculty Dr. Winegard recommends. is highly unlikely that a university tie with only 10 full-time- ivalent faculty members could ibly provide high quality degree s, even in a limited number subjects in arts, science and tion. t requires at least two faculty s to teach a single major, and is proposed to offer a range of in each of three faculties — science and education — plus a able choice of electives. Thus proposed 10 faculty members entirely inadequate to maintain a ■oper standard of education. To tempt to do the job this way would i to short-change students at the gjonal university centres. To do the job properly would obably require something like three rnes the number of faculty Dr. inegard has proposed. This in turn ould cost a good deal more. This cost >uld easily amount to as much as i,000 per student per year, which is iariy 50 per cent higher than the esent cost at UBC, SFU or UVic. In im, I do not believe that the report ffers an economically feasible ethod for. offering high quality ograms, even in the limited number fields proposed. Secondly, S do not believe that the inegard Report adequately copes ith the problem of choice of program >r students in the Interior. The report 3es suggest that UBC, which already ffers nearly all the needed rofessional programs, should help to this job in fields like forestry and ursing. This we are willing to do if illed upon. But even then, the need a wide range of'subjects would still "lot 6e met. ■£ Students from the Interior should |pt be penalized by having less free phoice of what they want to study 4an others. And they should not be penalized by being offered programs '^hich are of lesser quality than those presently available at the-universities. 'mally, the people of the province as a whole cannot rightly be asked to pay 'tn exorbitantly higher price to provide '»niversity-levei education to one portion of the population. , These are the factors in the problem, then: tree choice of fields; equity of access to programs; maintenance of high standards; and reasonable economic efficiency. I do not believe that the Winegard Report meets these requirements. And that is. why I believe that it must be viewed as bad news for higher education and for the people of the Interior. But I believe there is also some good news on this topic. I believe that better means do exist to provide more degree programs for people away from the coast. And I believe it is still not too late to take advantage, of these opportunities. In order to do this, we must realize that the problem is not a simple one. Therefore it cannot be solved by one single, simple solution. Only by using a variety of means, coupled with imagination, can we really improve the accessibility of programs to Interior students. Three kinds of means are available to us. The first is the establishment of university centres, as UBC proposed to Dr. Winegard, but with crucial differences from the form recommended in his report. Each of these centres should be associated with a particular university, rather than.all being offshoots of one university. This would allow much greater flexibility and strength of offerings at each centre. Second, each centre should be established with a closer association between the regional college of the area and the university involved. Clearly, some of these centres undoubtedly will evolve into autonomous universities.. This evolution can only be hampered by centres being too much under university control. Third, such centres should draw more directly upon the faculty and resources of the university associated with them. This is a complex and difficult thing to work out, but it is essential to the maintenance of standards that the centres have direct access to the academic strengths of the university through such means as joint appointments, visiting faculty and so on. The second means which must be more fully /utilized is a variety of innovative methods of teaching. Many of these are already available. The special programs which have been so successfully begun in the Okanagan by John Edwards for UBC's Continuing Education Centre are one instance. Another is independent study courses, a considerable number of which are already offered by UBC. It is essential to integrate these courses with other means of delivery, rather than merely duplicating them. Still another means, which is both flexible and economical, is television education. Preliminary estimates — and ! want to stress that they are preliminary - suggest that such courses can be developed at costs considerably lower than those of conventional means. A third means available is one which has not been seriously examined in this province. I believe the time has come to look at it. That means is what I would call "distance subsidies." At present, students from the Interior are in fact being penalized for having to come down to Vancouver, Burnaby or Victoria to get a university education. Their costs are often proportionately higher than those for our commuting students in Greater Vancouver. This is especially true for those who live in the more remote parts of the province. They might as well be living in the Yukon as far as access to a university education is concerned. In fact, these students would be better off in the Yukon, because it just happens that in the Yukon there is a plan for just such distance subsidies as I am proposing we should examine. I am not suggesting that we should pay our students to go to another province or country. 1 think we should offer them full opportunities here. But I believe that some such plan of distance! subsidy, combined with various other means, would help to equalize both the costs and the opportunities for higher education. In examining such a plan we should remember that instituting degree programs in Interior centres will, given the higher costs per student, constitute a subsidy for those students. This is fair enough. But other students from the same area, who wish to study in fields which cannot feasibly be offered at such centres, should have the opportunity for some equivalent subsidy in another form. These three means, then, are available to us, if we only have the imagination to use them. Flexible university centres, imaginative and economical teaching methods, and some form of distance subsidy can be combined to solve the problem. No single, simple method will do the job. Only if the government, the universities and the colleges together meet to work out an equitable, multiple and practical set of means can the problem be solved. Solution by commission or by government fiat will not give us the answer. Finally, let me make it clear that while I have been critical ofthe means so far proposed, UBC still stands ready to do its share. We wil! not only do all we can to contribute to finding a good solution, but once that solution has been decided — even if we don't agree that it is the best one — we are ready to help make it work to the very best of our ability and our resources. UBC Reports/11 Marc Pessin, left, reviews another taping session art history Sept. 27 was a history-making day for the University of B.C. On that day UBC premiered its first-ever public television credit course, a product of 17 months of work involving about 15 campus people. The course was a first in many ways. Not only was it the first television credit course offered by UBC, it was the first such course developed in B.C. by British Columbians. The course is entitled "The Pyramids to Picasso" and is the equivalent of the three-unit course offrred on campus as Fine Arts 1 25, "History of Western Art." The TV course was sponsored and funded by UBC's Centre for Continuing Education, which has enrolled a total of 253 persons in the Lower Mainland, on Vancouver Island, and in the Okanagan for credit or as auditors. On the Lower Mainland, 67 persons are taking the course for credit and 151 are looking on as auditors. There are eight credit registrations in Campbell River on Vancouver 12/UBC Reports )i Island and in Vernon and 27 persons are auditing the t oUr, in these centres and in Salmon Arm. Marc Pessin, the affable young Fine Arts instruc, who hosts the course, estimates that there are sornewh between 2,000 and 3,000 persons throughout the prov who are watching the program "as a valuable cultu resource." Mr. Pessin got the idea for the course — "It came to in a flash" — while participating in one of a seties programs entitled "Beyond the Memory of Man Vancouver Cablevision. It was brought home to him that there were all kinds people who didn't have access to the physical UBC cami but did have access to a television set. It was a natural put the Fine Arts course on TV because the subject is visual one, he says. 'This course is interesting because it reverses the roles the University and the students. Here the University goes the student, but it's more than a correspondence couri because this adds the immediacy of the tube to it." The course is aimed entirely at those who, for reasons geography or health or situation, simply cannot make itoi to the tip of Point Grey during the week for an evem credit program. It's not available for credit to full tin students, and transfer credit to local regional colleges assured. There's a real need here, he stresses, on the part of tl handicapped, the elderly, those who can't come to t campus because of children at home, or those outside the Lower Mainland. He is also hoping to reach thos people who, for many reasons, may be afraid of attempt to take a University course. "Many people wouldti normally consider doing University work," he says, bi this gives people the opportunity to do so without havir to make the effort of finding their way around th University. The half-hour programs are shown two evenings a wee and the fee for the course includes two art textbooks and home manual with assignments to be sent in to UBC. Preparing the course for TV and taping the 45 half-hoi programs began in April of last year, 17 months before th course was to be broadcast. The videotape facilities of th Faculty of Education were used for the taping session Each of the lectures had to be fully scripted and keyed the art which would be shown on the screen wit split-second timing. "We found one of the hardest things was the lack o audience feedback. In a classroom, you know if you loo out into a sea of sleeping faces, or if you hear a lot o rustling of paper and moving about, that you're losing th class and you'd better change the pace of the lecture. Whei you're just talking to a camera, you don't know how it' coming across. "You can't say 'urn' or 'ah' on television either. It sound terrible. And you can't rephrase things. You can't sav 'That was a dumb way to say that; let me put it thi way . . .'." Each half-hour program took about eight hours to tap at a cost, he figures, of about one-third of what an averag television course offered in the United States would cost, He sees a real future for this kind of credit program" British Columbia because the cablevision system in th province, which would carry the programs, has th potential of reaching almost the entire population. "This year, through the three cable systems carrying programs (Vancouver, including Richmond, Burnaby, parts of Coquitlam, the Campbell River area and Vernt there is a potential audience of close to a million peoj he says. He smiles at the idea of turning that many peof on to art history. tr I V V oy jiivi dmivrhivi information Officer, UBC once had a curious statistic stored or "toy m mY heacl about Pennsylvania. ,iOne of the items in the Banham IsPibiary of Useless Information was the that that state produces more ■ofessional athletes than any other in e union. When I learned that the late mented Frank Gnup came from that of the world 1 asked him about at statistic. His answer was delivered in that sty-voiced, broken-speech manner at was so typical of him. "Listen," he said, removing his ade-mark cigar from his mouth ande uinting at me through the haze of ioke, "you live in a small town in nsylvania . . . only two things you do, see. Go down in the mines or >rk in the steel mills. Who wants a etime of that? You got talent, you in for sports. All those guys have caped. You see?" saw. I saw also that Frank was mething of a sociologist. You were always finding out things out Frank, things that surprised Like opera. When he was a ident at Manhattan College in New >rk, where he was something of a orts celebrity, he got a job at the etropolitan Opera as an usher. He ally enjoyed serious music. Something no one mentions about ank. His gait. For a guy who was an outstanding tball player in his day and a seball prospect for the Pittsburgh ates, he had a curious way of liking. Neat, short steps and a little t of a rolling gait, as though he'd ent time at sea. It wouldn't have rprised me a bit. Now that business about his being a w York sports celebrity. He was so nous, apparently, that a New York per, The Post, actually instigated a 'up limerick contest that drew 678 tries. Here's the winner: There once was a man named Gnup More ferocious than Elie Yale's pup In the midst of a tackle He's often heard cackle Here we go -.cheerio - bottoms up. It didn't take Frank long to become sports celebrity at UBC after he 'lved to take over as football coach d instructor in physical education in 55. At his first P.E. class, Frank called of the students over and asked if d like an "A" in the course. When ; FRANK GNUP the student allowed as how he would, Frank said, "Then get me a cigar." It's not recorded whether the kid got the mark, but Frank got his cigar. As football coach, Frank's first reaction to the 20 students who showed up to try out for the team was: "What the hell did I get into?" He learned, however, that most of them were tough, if inexperienced. "They may get whipped by smaller colleges," he once said, "but they're never outgutted. They play as,well as they know how." Not every year was bad. From 1959 to 1965 the 'Birds won 31 of 53 games and captured three western collegiate titles. And his players loved him. He fed them, financed them and advised them on everything from their future careers to their sex lives. He never had any quarrel with the UBC policy that prohibited athletic scholarships. He once told one of his star players whose marks were slipping to quit football and go for the marks. "Besides," he added, "that lets someone else get into uniform. You've had your chance." And there were those Dutch-treat banquets he used to organize every year after the season was over. And those crazy trophies that he and his wife, Stevie, used to make. I've got one myself. It says "Scoop Award - University Division - 1971" on it. It's a couple of blocks of stained wood with a gilded sugar scoop atop a short pedestal and I got it for a piece I did on him in this journal in December, 1971. Anybody who got one of those trophies treasures it, myself included. And I'll bet everyone misses those banquets. Frank used to needle everyone in sight university presidents, deans, newspapermen, colleagues, opposing coaches. A great stand-up comedian. No one was immune and no one minded. It was an honor to be kidded by Frank Gnup. So there I was on the morning of Sept. 28, hacking away at my beard and waiting for the sports news to learn if the Boston Red Sox had won the previous day and remembering that only a few days before I'd bet Frank that the American League would take the World Series this year and feeling a little bit guilty that I'd never got around to paying off on our bet of the previous year by ..taking him to lunch after the Cincinnati Reds had managed to eke out a victory in seven games over the Red Sox. The first item on the sports news made me freeze. Frank Gnup . . . former UBC football coach . . . died suddenly l,ast night . . . aged 59 . . . at his home while watching a football game on television. I thought about all the people, myself included, who were starting their day at rock bottom. They held a memorial service for Frank on Oct. 1 in the foyer of the War Memorial Gymnasium and some 600 people turned up. There were tributes by a member of the news media ("They've been good to me, but I've been good to them, too," Frank once quipped, and there's not a newspaper columnist in town that won't say "Amen" to that), two of his former players, and Dr. Gordon Shrum, who recruited Frank in 1955 in Hamilton, Ont., where Frank's fortunes were at a pretty low ebb and he was facing a lifetime of work in the steel mills of that town. Frank arrived.for an interview with Gordon Shrum in his work clothes and 30 minutes later accepted the job as football coach at UBC. The deal was closed with- a handshake, Gordon Shrum recalled, and a single sentence from Frank: "Doc, I'll never let you down." And he never did. Not Gordon Shrum, or his students, or his players, or the University. They've established a memorial fund in Frank's name and if you want to make a donation, send it to the UBC Alumni Fund (Gnup Memorial), UBC Alumni Association, 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver V6B 1X8. There's even talk about renaming Thunderbird Stadium in Frank's memory. We'll see. UBC Reports/13 ikmmmmmi "Canadian Literature (quarterly, $8 per annum. University of British Columbia, Vancouver), now in its 17th year, is by far the most important journal on the subject of Canadian writers and writing ever to have been produced in this country. . . . The success of this journal is largely a result of the efforts of one man — its editor, the amazing George Woodcock." — Canadian author Morris Wolfe, writing in Content, Canada's national news media magazine, August, 1976. George Woodcock, who's now in the process of editing the 71st issue of Canadian Literature, says the past 17 years have been as much of an education for him as they have been for readers of the magazine. Dr. Woodcock freely admits that when he was approached to serve as editor of the journal he was far from being an expert in the field of Canadian literature. Today he regards himself as an expert in that discipline, largely because Canadian Literature has over the years published a comprehensive survey of Canadian writing from its 17th-century beginnings in Newfoundland to contemporary novelists and poets. The success of the magazine also reflects a coming of age of Canadian literature. Dr. Woodcock believes. "The rise of literary criticism within a country usually means that there exjsts a body of mature literature that reflects that country's cultural values. In England, literary criticism made its appearance about the time of the Restoration when there was a body of literature in a variety of forms to enable the critic to take a longer view. Similarly, in the United States, when American literature came into its own there appeared an Edmund Wilson to write about it critically." The idea of publishing a magazine about this country's literature took shape in the mid-1950s among groups in the UBC English department and the Library. Dr. Woodcock, who was then teaching full-time in the English department, says he came to the University with the idea that his background in editing might be used to publish a magazine of some sort. "My lack of background in Canadian literature made me a little hesitant about taking on the editing of the magazine when 1 was approached," Dr. Woodcock says, "but 1 eventually decided to accept the challenge. We got a small subsidy from the @ University and a grant from the Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation, and I began to learn about Canadian literature as I went along, as it were. "Initially, we functioned as a sort of cottage industry," Dr. Woodcock recalls, "I did the editing from my academic office in the English department, Inglis Bell carried on promotion from his Library office, and after the magazine was printed it was prepared for the mail in the depths of the Library by Basil Stuart-Stubbs, who's now UBC's chief librarian." Not the least of Dr. Woodcock's problems in those days was finding qualified contributors to write the * magazine's review and critical articles. "1 had to badger people to write for us in the earlydays," he says, "the point being that we were asking for criticism from people who'd never written- anything of that sort in their lives." In the first three or four years of the magazine's existence, it managed to review almost every book of any literary interest published in Canada. Then, in the mid-1960s, Canada experienced an explosion in the field of publishing which Dr. Woodcock says was due to two factors — technological advances that made possible an increase in the number of small Canadian presses, coupled with an upsurge in Canadian nationalism. "This explosion forced Canadian Literature to become much more selective in reviewing books, while Continuing our other goal of compiling an on-going literary history of Canada," Dr. Woodcock says. One aspect of the publishing explosion of the 1960s that interests Dr. Woodcock is the revival of poetry, both spoken and written. "Every culture has a tradition of oral poetry," he says, "and as a literary form it appealed to the counter culture of that time because it was possible to be ■ respectably irrational in verse. The term 'poetic licence' really does have some validity in that context and poetry became a symbol of rebellion against rationalism and excessively academic values. "Unfortunately, many of the poets of that period tended to write verse that sounded good but looked dreadful on the printed page." Today, Canadian Literature is a firmly established literary journal that receives annual grants from the Canada Council as well as a small continuing grant from UBC. "Grant's," Dr. DR. GEORGE WOODCOCK Woodcock says, "just about cover costs of distributing the magaz while the balance of our budget, which pays for printing made up from subscriptions advertising." The problem of obtaining 8 critical writing has also solved over the years. "Initially," Woodcock says, "we \ commissioning three-quarters of reviews and critical articles. Today receive unsolicited articles and ' find myself in the position of rejec material that I would have acceptei years ago. Right now I have a stock of material that will see me over next two years." He agrees that one of the ben of publishing the magazine has bee stimulate serious critical writinc Canada. "I've been surprised to how many creative writers, particularly poets, are also critical writers," Dr. Woodcock "Margaret Atwood, Louis Di Douglas Jones — all poets - have our best critical writers over the For some reason that escapes 14/UBC Reports feGM @IM; ^ tion writeis simply don't go in yen tor criticism." Hi he magazine has always paid its s *'jntribu tors for their articles, U igmning at the rate of $3 per page ' l'% using to $5. "It's no more than I'Yten payment for their efforts," he 'i "and no one should count on jawing rich writing for Canadian hrature." .The magazine now has a circulation [some 2,500, about 65 per cent of copies go to institutions and the to individuals, most of them tics or writers. "It's interesting, 0, that 27 per cent of our circulation to institutions and individuals je Canada — 18 per cent in the States and 9 per cent to other untries. I think this means that itside Canada there are a srabie number of people who iaware that the literature of Canada |worth taking note of," says Dr. :k. iCntics themselves have come in for jt of criticism over the years, but Woodcock believes they serve a Liable purpose in the spectrum of studies. ["The essential role of the critic is of a mediator between the reader the writer," Dr. Woodcock says. r,he critic, because he is a sional and has insights into the of writers, is able to make the smoother for the reader. 'I don't think critics have much uence in forming imaginative ature, but there is a certain nt of interaction between writers $d critics. I've found, as a writer, that |1e comments of a responsible critic n be very valuable. They enable 'iters to see their work through lother's eyes and to get some idea of lere they're going wrong or how ey might improve their work." On the whole, says Dr. Woodcock, inada and the world would be a iec forer place if Canadian Literature tei id never appeared on the scene. "I lC'( ink it's given a sharper focus to Inadian writing and created an outlet 't responsible and serious literary en iticism in Canada. Certainly, over the iee sars, I've noted an improvement in e quality and an increase in the Jantity of criticism of Canadian *erature." f It's obvious, too, that George < j loodcock believes that in the long run 3U'Is little magazine will have the effect '\i improving the quality of creative 'ft'terature produced by Canadian 3s, ovelists and poets. 1 Ccmlimued ftorn Page Five were selected after being examined by public health officials in the Vancouver, Surrey and Richmond areas. A treatment innovation this year was the division of the dental students into 14 teams, each composed of two senior dental students and one dental hygiene student or junior dental student. The team was responsible for the total care of each patient assigned to it, including examination, diagnosis, x-ray, preventative and treatment services and chairside education. "The students showed great imagination and ingenuity in developing programs that would maintain the interest of the patients and at the same time motivate them to practise good dental health habits," Dean Leung said. Every patient was given individual instruction in home care and was provided with a free home-care kit that included toothbrush, toothpaste and floss. Appointments at the summer clinic totalled 5,560. Services provided included 1,275 examinations, 2,544 x-rays, 7,481 amalgam fillings, and 887 fluoride treatments. New UBC centre starts programs UBC's new Centre for Human Settlements has begun to make use of the huge collection of audio-visual materials that were shown at last summer's Habitat conference in Vancouver. UBC announced the creation ofthe centre late in May to act as custodian for the 10,460 audio-visual items, which are housed in the campus Woodward Instructional Resources Centre. The items make up the 240 presentations made by 140 countries that participated in the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements — commonly referred to as Habitat — in Vancouver in May and June. On June 12 representatives of the UN, UBC and the federal and provincial governments signed an interim agreement vesting the audio-visual materials in UBC until the end of this year and assuring the University of substantial funding. Prof. Peter Oberlander, pro tern director of the centre, said he expects that the UN General Assembly will shortly approve an agreement naming UBC as custodian of the material for five years. Since acquiring the material, UBC has begun the job of assessing all presentations — films, slides and videotapes — and preparing an inventory as the first step in production of an annotated catalogue that will include an evaluation of each presentation. The centre has also responded to any reasonable request for the use of material in the collection and has been showing some of the films at noon-hour on campus. At a recent meeting of the centre's board of management, which is chaired by dean of Graduate' Studies Peter Larkin, it was agreed that the centre should initiate three programs to make use of the collection. Early in January the centre will start a public screening and discussion program jointly with UBC's Centre for Continuing Education on four themes — environment, water, transportation and governance. The centre also plans to hold an invitational seminar on land use and initiate a scholar-in-residence program to bring specialists to UBC to review the audio-visual library and assess its relevance for Canadian development policies. Dean Larkin emphasized that the presence of the collection at UBC will not mean any new degree or training programs. "The centre will provide a service to existing UBC disciplines," he said, "and will draw to UBC scholars and students from all over the world to utilize a unique collection of material." Prof. Oberlander said the collection promises new directions for teaching, research and public education at UBC and in other parts of the province. Four from UBC In U.S. milf A quartet of UBC students placed second overall in the "Sea to Sea Econorally" that started in Bellingham, Wash., Aug. 1 and ended nine days later in Washington, D.C. The four UBC students drove a Mazda Mizer on the cross-country rally which was designed to demonstrate the possibilities for fuel economy, performance and exhaust-emission control available with current technology. - The UBC car was one of four vehicles entered in the competition in the over-2,000-pounds category. In addition to placing second overall in the competition, the UBC car placed second in emission control, third in fuel economy, and third in performance. Head of the UBC team was Doug Worden, a fourth-year student in mechanical engineering, and the chief driver was classmate Malcolm Perry. UBC Reports/15 In 1974 the first team the UBC Thunderbirds faced on the football field under their new coach Frank Smith was the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, the 'Birds were humiliated 63-0. This year, on Nov. 6, the Thunderbirds had their revenge. They defeated the Huskies 36-10 in a sudden-death playoff for the Hardy Cup, emblematic of the Western Canadian University football championship. The win was sweet for both coach Smith and for Thunderbird captain and quarterback Dan Smith, who are not related. Dan Smith was the starting quarterback in 1974 and in 1976. The last time UBC's name appeared on the Hardy Cup was in 1962, when they shared the honor with the University of.Alberta. The 'Bird win climaxed an amazing rags-to-riches story which _ saw the team improve .from a 1-8 season three years ago to the western championship in 1976. "The first season I felt like General Custer," said coach Smith after the victqry over Saskatchewan. "Today I feel more like General Patton." 'The win over the Huskies sent the Thunderbirds to London, Ont., on Nov. 13 for the Forest City Bowl game against the University of Western Ontario Mustangs, the first time a UBC team has participated in a national semi-final football game. In that game it was all over for the 'Birds by the end of the first quarter. Some bad breaks and the loss of fullback Gordon Penn with a knee injury in the first play of the game gave the Mustangs a 25-0 edge by quarter time and a 25-8 lead at the half. The final score was 30-8. Penn was outstanding for the 'Birds during the regular season, rushing for 1,050 yards this year and 1,065 in 1975. He's the first 'Bird footballer in history to go over the 1,000-yard mark. Penn's 58-yard touchdown run in the second quarter of the UBC-Saskatchewan game turned the game in the 'Birds favor. Penn and three other Thunderbirds, defensive end John Turecki, offensive tackle Al Cameron and tight end Evan 16/UBC Reports UBC football coach Frank Smith, holding the Hardy Cup aloft, was hoisted ont the shoulders of his players after winning the western Canadian championslii against the University of Saskatchewan on-Nov. 6. Picture by Jim Banham. University of Toronto Blue Concordia University Stingers wont! tournament with a 2-1 overtime wi over Dalhousie University. * * * A touring rugby team from UB lost ■ only one game in a six-gan schedule in Japan in September an October. The 'Birds finished in fit style with a 31-10 win over i all-Japan team in Tokyo. By • mid-November the 'Bin boasted a 4-0. record in Vancouv Rugby Union play and seem their way to matching last record, when they captured Canada West title, the World Cup the Northwest Intercollegiate cn Jones, were named to the 1976 all-conference team in the Weste/n. Intercollegiate Football League. * * * UBC's soccer Thunderbirds are proving to be virtually unbeatable this year. They won the Canada West University Soccer Championship in Saskatoon late in October, beating the University of Saskatchewan Huskies 2-1 in the final round of play. Early in October the Thunderbird soccer club went undefeated in a 10-game tour against various university sides in Utah, Colorado and California. In the course -of the tour the 'Birds' won the Brigham Young Invitational Soccer Tournament in Salt Lake City. Oi the same weekend that the football Thunderbirds were losing to Western Ontario, the soccer team was in Montreal attempting to win the national collegiate title for the second year in a row. The soccer club managed only a third-place finish, however, .winning the consolation final 2-1 over the By mid-November the US Thunderbird hockey team found i in a three-way tie in Canada competition, sharing the lead in! standings with the University Alberta ' Golden Bears and University of Saskatchewan Hus! the;>'ngham, who has gone on to i e'tings since he wrote The Ubys- s s ( ;impus Chaff column in the early .escribes a young gentleman's us operandi: "You'd arrive in time pie! up a secretary or a nurse. The st th-ng you did was ask 'where do e,' then 'would you like to ance. If she lived east of Victoria )rive, ''ou moved on down the line." For hig dates, the Hotel Vancouver's 'anonnna Roof was the place, accord- !g to columnist Jack Wasserman, a IbvsM'}' city editor in 1948. The iown-bagged bottle was kept under the ible.outof sight of regularly-patrolling quor squad officers, and when you ran it yoti called your bootlegger. "You had really established yourself /hen you had a line of credit with your ootlegger," says Wasserman. "Guys ke Big Al Nugent or Nick the Roofer harged you liquor store prices plus .50 delivery. It was much faster than ny taxi will get a bottle to you now, ecause the car didn't have to stop at the quor store!" At the Roof and the Cave and the 'alomar there were bowls of ice — "the owls were always hot," says Wasser- lan — at 50 cents a piece, and small lottles of 7-Up and ginger ale at 50 cents swell. In the mid-1950s, the social drinking cene began to decentralize, suburban r parlors such as the Fraser Arms ook trade away from downtown, alii the Georgia remained a focal >oint until its pub closed, despite tudent-led demonstrations to "save the Jeorgia," in 1962. The Arms, close to ampus, became headquarters. The Cecil got some of the Georgia owd and much of the'60s hip scene yl|rowd, although the hotel's manage - nt viewed the increased business as a nixed blessing. The Georgia's old prob- ems of disappearing glasses and the oc- :asional disappearing chair recurred at jfj [he Cecil, causing the then manager, onard Norman to complain: "We lon't want the business — why sell $1 vorth of beer when you've got to spend he dullar on repairs or new equip- nent." Tod:iy you'd be hard-pressed to pick >M a bona fide student in the Georgia or he Ceil, and on a Friday night where :'ght i.-r ten years ago the Fraser Arms vould have been a sea of red engineers' ackeK, you can't find one, even with he S'udent Union Building's Pit and -the closed. It looks like the classes of'77 and '78 'nd ".''»and "80 will have far less colorful mbibiMg to look back on. Nostalgia, as V sny, isn't what it used to be.□ Mairi,- McMillan, is a part-time UBC hiidein, full-time member of the Van- ouve, Sun'.v editorial stuff, one-time yuiavmg editor of The Ubyssey and winei^ne imbiber. 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Urged on by his love of philosophy and antiquity, the honorable D. Petrus a Valle, knight and patrician of Rome, travelled like a second Apollonius through Greece, Palestine, Persia, India, Arabia and almost the whole eastern world, and came finally to Egypt, the fruitful source of all learning, intending to explore for himself the wonders of which he had read." These are the words of Athanasius Kircher (1601-1680) describing a journey to the Near East by Petrus A Valle in 1615. The words rang in my memory as I boarded the airplane to begin ajour- ney that was to take me to Egypt, Syria and Jordan. I could not have chosen a better time to arrive in Cairo. It was shortly before sunset on the evening ofthe 27th day of Ramadan, the month of fasting in Islam. Eight million Cairenes were hushed, awaiting the setting ofthe sun to break the day-long fast. But this was a special night, the Night of Qadar (Destiny) on which, according to Islam, the Qur'an was first revealed to Muhammed in a cave outside Mecca, many miles away. The silence was interrupted by the haunting sound of chants coming from the many minarets, silhouetted against the sky. "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greater), echoed the intoxicating cry. It was very clear to me that 1 had passed into a different world. Five thousand years of history written in stone and clay lured me again as it had so many in the past, and as it will continue to hire others in the future. (left) Sailboats and barges along the Nile at sunset. From Herodotus in the fifth century B.C. to Auguste Mariette in the 19th century, the list of travellers runs to endless lengths. The accounts of the early travellers give the impression that in the apparently ever-changing world ofthe Nile and the Levant, nothing really changes. What is it in this region that lures travellers in spite ofthe hardships of travel? The star-pierced sky on a still night? The morning dew that passes as a fleeting love? The fragrance ofthe dust and herbs? The struggle of the desert and the sown, of Abel and Cain? The anguished cry of Gilgamesh and Job, "Why should there be suffering and death?" The echo of the footsteps of conquerors treading soil which never quenched its thirst for sweat and blood? Is it the crumbling stones, the fallen pillars, the silent mounds hiding in their wombs the records ofthe past? Or is it the knowledge that here one finds the roots of civilization? Is it not in the presence of these ruins that one would repeat in the manner of a litany, "Here, for better or for worse, it all began." Waiting for me in Cairo were 25 lovers of antiquity, members of this study tour organized by UBC's Centre for Continuing Education. Our tour was to be a "pilgrimage" to some of the great centres that testify to millennia of human accomplishment: Ugarit. Aleppo. Hama, Palmyra. Damascus and Bosra in Syria; Gerash, Amman and Petra in Jordan and Cairo, Aswan, Memphis and Thebes in Egypt. In 1929 a Syrian peasant cultivating his field found what archaeologists identified as a Mycenean tomb. This was the beginning of the excavation at Ugarit. Since then, interrupted only by World War II. the excavations have continued. 23 (left) The minarets of the Collect Mosque of Sultan Hasan in ('ait jini,shed in 1362. Thousands of clay tablets, writu n language of the middle of the - * nJ millennium B.C., yielded details >i (tJ, religious, economic and social lift, it th/ Canaanites. The material that w s unj" earthed: the tablets, the tempk . tht', palace, the harbor, the houses, tl ■ p0|i" tery and other objects, all testify o thu achievement of this people. One isim guished scholar has suggested ui lt was from them that the Chri tun* learned the concept of God as F; hei The road from Ugarit to A eppo winds through some very rugged ter rain. As we passed, men and v omen were cutting wild myrtle in prepa alion for the annual visit to the tombs o relatives and friends, a practice reminiscent of rites of ancient times. The ro;d de scends to the valley of the Oronte, \, River. The bridge over this riwr re-|l places a Roman structure which was seen by travellers as late as the last century. Not far from this spot, Bohemond IIS, king ofthe Franks, allowed his miserably besieged garrisons to surrender to Saladdin. Between the bridge and Aleppo stretches one of the richest plains ofthe Near East, whose fertility was praised by the indefatigable Roman traveller and geographer, Strabo (63 B.C. - A.D. 21). In a region where the chalky soil rapidly loses the limited moisture it receives, fertility became the core of religion. The never ending love affair of Baal and Anat sung about in the mythological texts of Ugarit found expression in moulded c figurines and a few reliefs and statues of the goddess. The finest of these, in my opinion, is a rare statue that stands') feet SO inches tall, dates from the century B.C. and comes from ancient Mari, on the west bank of the Euphrates. We did not visit Mari, but we could see the objects from that and other equally rich sites displayed in the simple but well organized museum in Aleppo. The many structures in Aleppo; nd its environs look like an illustrated beckon history. The partly restored citadel, of medieval date, is situated where Fie acropolis ofthe city once stood. E; cava- tions show evidence that so far da'es the. acropolis to the ninth century B.t . The| written records point to a date ;..< least ten centuries earlier for the fount ng of the city. The mosques, medreseh (col leges) and the bazaar point to a bi sthng era, when Aleppo became the car talof an autonomous Muslim principate n the tenth century. But to me the archa olog ical beauty of this region lies in i gged« terrain 20 miles to the north of th cit\ '_, in the "dead cities" of northern }ii'l[ t discovered in 1860-61 by the Marq = isc4e - c Vogue. Dating from the early pei 'dot j m 'fynn Kin history (fourth - sixth cen- iic i these ruined "cities" were built |0I u y fine limestone and decorated ittith *'ine of the most remarkable re- lu_.(^, ,id mosaics. The elegantly curving |,ichi. - the finely executed decorative thelilesit. '•> and the patinated masonry give theHonc t ^ impression of being in the.pre- uJSseiic*. of some of the freshest forms of thelaichi'ecture to be found. The most at~ lot-Httacti'-e of these loci no doubt is Qalaat thejLd F-*-'ii" Seman named after St. Simeon tin-lstylitcs (A.D. 390-459) who started the settlement as an ascetic retreat. Tradi- insBtion tells us that he chose to live in a cell fat the top of a pillar which stood ultimately 30 cubits (45 feet) high! His de- Ivotecn built a monastery, a basilica and hostelry to accommodate the pilgrims !\\ho stopped to pay their homage. Not far from there one can still see a intBwell preserved stretch of the Roman lejfioad that once linked Aleppo with An- esitioch, and from there with Turkey. This 'e-1 stretch of road is only a humble remin- asider of the extensive network of roads n-lthat once criss-crossed the Near East. The Romans, master builders and shrewd organizers, paved in stone what once had been only a dusty road, thus facilitating the already prosperous flow of trade. Three main routes stand out for their significance in the early history of The Near East. The first ran from Thebes in Egypt along the banks of the Nile to the delta, then through Palestine to Aleppo via Horns and Hama. This has been called the via maris. The second route ran from the southern tip of Arabia through Mecca and Medina, Pet- ra, Gerash and Bosra to Damascus. From Damascus it continued across the Syrian Desert to Mesopotamia, through Palmyra. This route was named the King's Way. A branch road also ran from Damascus to Aleppo -along the edge of the desert. The third, the Silk Route, ran from the Syrian coast through Aleppo into Mesopotamia, Iran, Afghanistan and over the Pamirs into China. It was at oases along these routes that commercial and caravan centres Came into existance and developed into major cities. From Aleppo we travelled by road along major portions ofthe King's Way stopping at each of the main caravan centres. Each had its story to tell. Beneath the sumptuous Roman and Muslim structures were remains of earlier occupation, in some cases dating back to the beginning of urban history, around 3000 B.C. But the traveller cannot escape the towering structures of the empire builders. In Hama one can still see the church that was turned into a me sque in the seventh century. The most attractive sight, however, is the n<>riir. a huge wooden wheel that is turned by the river current and that dravs water from the river to an aqueduct. This was a masterpiece of A young Egyptian girl (below) outside her house in Deir El-Bahir, near the City of Kings. On the wall in Arabic script -Allah. At Hama a noria, or water wheel (bottom) built in the middle ages still lifts water to an aqueduct and still provides power to grind com. ■ -.-yy.\<v.- ?■,;■ •■. ■«.4-.:w*:*v- s-' ■'?•*■*r-ttf-s* %-ti^&*»$t?& # >* The Basilica (below) at Qalaat Seman, one ofthe "dead" cities of northern Syria, built to commemorate St. Simeon Stylites. The railway tracks are part ofthe archaeologist's equipment. The immense columns ofthe hypostyle hall ofthe Temple of Amon-Ra at Karnak (bottom) are decorated with hieroglyphics and capitals carved to resemble palm fronds. 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" '. •>"-: - - • —. .- .■. ■..-..' .'.-..- ■",'.." . •■;-:■ '-' .:■■' ■ ..V y-:- ■■':■■.;■-■: ■■ -' "•.-- .-.'"■';-.'■■ ■'-■'" ':f-■■'.-"'*'' ■'- ^.'"V- " ."■V.*"-V ' ' ■■■-■■ ■■-■■ - ■ ...•'.■ ;' V- .':; :■■■ ■fit- '..V ■ ■•■'. -i. •; ".'' ■* v;^?.^^!^.^ -'■ . ■ :■:' ■ ■'.'■'. -v... .■- ■■. . ■ ' .: ■'--.-'.. ■>-■' ,; -'■•.-■. ■ ■ ."'■»' -:5.; ■ ,*•■ -.-■ 1 ">■•..*"■■ ■'■ J. t.l i. ■■. -,-T. Ror den Chi ric s itec trai Bo more reliable supply of water and \ ;ge. nan tation. In an oasis the nomad grad: ally sma becomes a settled farmer. One c the ant: most striking oases in the Syrian d sen Ha> is the location of Palmyra, once the ,:ap. con ital of a desert kingdom that for a • hort bee while rivalled Rome. Palmyra stan sas elegantly today, although in ruins, n its golden age, it was ruled by an intell.^ent but ruthless woman, Zenobia. , vs a widow she ruled on behalf of her son, and secured for him, through agj ran- disement a vast kingdom extending from Egypt to Asia Minor. It was only when she proclaimed her son "atgus- tus" that Rome retaliated. After a bitter fight Zenobia's forces were defeated in A.D. 271 and Palmyra was reduced to a village, a blow from which it has never recovered. One can still see the magnificent colonnaded streets, the temples to Baal, the elegant theatre, the senate building and the tombs. Particularly notable is the blending of the architectural and artistic techniques of Rome and Persia. The only oasis larger than Palmyra is Damascus. The vastness of its arable land, the abundance of its water and its location on a major trade route of antiquity destined it to play a major role in history. Damascus is the oldest city in the world with continuous habitation Unfortunately, because of this it is ex tremely difficult to carry out any major archaeological work in it. The records tell us, however, that around 1200 B.C it became the capital of the kingdom of the Arameans. Introducing cavalry into warfare, they became a major power to be reckoned with, and even when they were finally conquered by the Persians in 539 B.C. they continued to play an important role in the Persian empire. Their language became the lingua franca ofthe segment ofthe empire west ofthe Euphrates; and as late as the Roman era inhabitants of the Near East (including Jesus Christ) spoke Aramaic. This language merged with Arabic in the centuries following the rise of Islam and it is still \preserved in a purer form in the dialects of the various Eastern and heretical churches of the area. The status of Damascus as a capital city was revived with the expansion of Islam, when in A.D. 660 the Umayyad caliphate chose Damascus as the c;-pital ofthe Muslim empire, instead of Medina. They modelled their state adn inis- tratively and architecturally afte the Byzantine empire they had decim ted. One of the best preserved monun ents that would testify to the continui y of the late Roman architectural tradi ions in Islam is the Grand Mosque of Damascus, a masterpiece of blending predominantly Byzantine features with Persian decorative elements within the framework of Muslim theologica restrictions. Less than 25 miles to the soun of 26 nam /scus one comes to Bosra, now a ;tnali village of less than 2000 inhabitants nd situated in a very fertile plain. (Havi.ig come into prominence after its jconq.;est by Alexander of Macedon, it beca: ie the capital ofthe newly founded Rom-n province of Arabia, and resident of the imperial legate. It was Liver- the prestigious status of colonia unde; Septimius Severus and raised to Ihe n nk of metropolis under Philip the j/irah Its greatness continued into the [Christian era when it became a bishop- jricar.d, later, an archbishopric. Before his call to prophethood Muhammad visited the city and, according to Muslim (tradition, his vocation was foretold in [Bosra by a resident Christian monk. [When the King's Way was relocated farther to the west Bosra began a rapid 'death, and travellers in the last century jfound it completely deserted. However, the ruined buildings, churches, mos- Iques, hostelries and water reservoirs speak eloquently of her past glory. An extensive program of restoration has been started recently and before too Hong it should be possible to see more clearly the architectural features of this [lost capital city. We entered Jordan by crossing the tiny Yarmuk River, the site of many major battles in history. To the south, beyond the hills of Gilead stands jGerash, the caravan city that became a major frontier settlement under the Romans. It was founded in Hellenistic [times by Alexander or his General Per- dicas. During the Roman period it was made one of the "Ten Cities" (De- capolis). Situated on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire on the King's Way, Gerash became a city with architectural splendors. The building program was stimulated, as was common, by an imperial visit, this time by Hadrian. But the city reached the peak of its prosperity when its rival caravan metropolis Palmyra was destroyed. It continued to prosper during-the Christian era when it became a bishopric and achieved the apex of its distinction by sending an episcopal delegate to the Great Council of Seleucia in A.D. 359. Churches replaced temples during this era, but the city retained its splendor. Then began the series of attacks by Persians, Arabs, Turks and Crusaders that ' _" to its final destruction by Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem. The city neverthe- 'ess remains one ofthe best preserved of I all Roman cities. The visitor can still see "the circular forum, the colonnaded street s with traces ofthe chariot wheels m the stone pavement, the theatre and I the tt mple of Artemis, the baths and the larch of triumph commemorating Had- rr'anV visit, as well as the remains of some ofthe churches that once adorned theci<y. No visit to the Near East is complete w'th,'. ut a stop at Petra (the rock), in '.'-.' ' ■" ■ > '."' rV *■■!:/*'■*' •£•'$'" *&Y,*'i '*t'^'^ ■.* , 'K - .1-5- j-*'-,c■; . .* ;.-.-sy:■■.:-. ■&■*•*' - 27 southern Jordan. Hidden in a depression in the rock, the city cannot be seen until one actually arrives at it. It was "lost" for six centuries and only rediscovered in 1812 by the famous traveller Burckhardt. The city is reached by a winding, narrow gorge (six feet at the widest) with cliffs on either side rising to 260 feet in height. There is nothing more exciting in travel than to enter Petra along this gorge on horseback. The visitors know they are at the end of the gorge only when suddenly they find themselves in front of the so-called "Treasury of Pharaoh". Like all the Nabataean structures in Petra this "building"' is entirely carved in the rose-colored rock and stands more than 100 feet high. These sculptured buildings display an attractive blend of Greco-Roman, Egyptian and Persian designs. In this capital of the Nabataeans the visitor gets the feeling that he or she is in a city of giants with a splendid aesthetic taste. For many of us, this feeling of exhilaration was yet to reach its climax as we arrived in Egypt, described correctly by Herodotus as the "gift ofthe Nile." The ancient Egyptians spoke of their country as the "Two Egypts" a name which is also preserved in the Biblical Hebrew name misravim. One, Upper Egypt, had its capital at Thebes, modern Luxor; the other, Lower Egypt, had its capital at Memphis, on the outskirts of Cairo. Lower Egypt was more Mediterranean in character while Upper Egypt showed more African influence. Sadly enough. Memphis does not offer the visitor as much in architectural remains as does Thebes, simply because it had been built over, while Thebes remained less molested by successive occupants. As a result, many people arrive at the incorrect conclusion that the achievements of Lower Egypt were limited to the building of the Pyramids and the Sphinx. The Cairo Museum contains many objects that give evidence to the contrary. Whether in Thebes or in Memphis the Egyptians have throughout their history displayed a uniquely impressive taste in art, architecture, music and literature. One is overawed by the engineering and stone-work of the Pyramids and the Sphinx; by the endless number of temples along the banks ofthe Nile from the Cataracts to the Mediterranean; by the wall paintings and the furnishings and sculptures in the tombs of kings, queens, artists and scribes; by the towering obelisks rising to touch the sun. One, in addition, is impressed by the fine artistry of the Copts, the Egyptian Christians whose early patriarchs in Alexandria were surrounded by a host of learned men intent on carrying on the tradition established in Hellenistic times, which had made Alexani i(l major centre of learning. The tni the Muslim era beginning wit seventh century are equally striki the Mosque of Ibn Tulun (ninth eenf tury), in Cairo, mud, brick and p iste speak as eloquently as do stom an marble in the finest cathedrals. '! i j Middle Ages Cairo boasted many ! is tals, public libraries, endowed pri\ at or by the ruler, a university, Al-/ 7 (A.D. 970), which is the oldest tit Western world, colleges and sc 1 and many mosques of exquisite design Egypt is not only a "museum wi walls", it is an artistic and intoxiea feast. Who could forget the sigh s either bank ofthe Nile as we sailed from Aswan to Luxor? At the hotel in Luxor I was given the specific room I had requested. It was a vast room, elegantly furni shed and look ing over the Nile toward the City ofthe Kings. At different times two of the giants of my childhood had stayed in it, Howard Carter and the Earl of Carnarvon. It was a marvellous way to end this journey into time.D Dr. Hanna Kassis, is associate professor of religious studies at UBC and hit has dedicated this story of a modem pilgrimage along the route of kings tot. Dr. M. McGregor, a lover of Greect[ and "herparents." , amp torn emu }mti Brio. di bn, ode kti oati >sso iw, ivk 'ml ■-fl •■ 1 We're Going on a Cruise, And We Hope that You Will Join Us. It's the UBC Alumni Association ■ Block Seci/greefe Isles Hir /Sea Cruise We depart Vancouver via Seattle On May 21st, 1977 And return on June 3,1977 Our Ship: Prestigious Sun Line's Stella Oceanis. Our Charter Cost-Saving Price: As low as $1498, which includes round-trip airfare via chartered jet; accomodations aboard ship; gourmet dining; transfers and baggage handling; pre-arranged optional shore excursions; gala parties and nightly entertainment. Mail this coupon today for a memorable and carefree holiday. Deluxe Adventure Our Exciting Itinerary: Athens, Hydra, Patmos, and Mykonos, Greece; Dikili/Pergamon, and Istanbul, Turkey; Odessa and Yalta, USSR; Constanta/Bucharest, Romania. 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": ■ ..V j-.-.,-,■■■.■,!■.?. -;-•;■■..■ :.ii i..Vi-- -. - ■..-.. ■•....-' ■ ■.■.:':: »?... ■-■/-i Government Health Sciences Commitment Welcomed The alumni board of management has welcomed the provincial government's reaffirmation of its commitment to upgrade the medical teaching facilities on and off the campus and to build a community teaching and research hospital on the campus. The announcement ofthe government's intention was made October 21 by the minister of health, Robert McClelland and the minister of education, Dr. Patrick McGeer. In a letter to the premier and the members of the government alumni president, James L. Denholme, said the board of management ofthe association particularly welcomed the announcement in that the medical school will now be able to begin preparations for its long-needed enrolment expansion allowing British Columbians an opportunity for a medical education that approaches that ofthe rest of Canadian students. (In 1950-51, in B.C., there were medical school entering class places for one in every 19,000 ofthe provincial population. This was 6,000 over the national ratio. In 1974-75 the number of entry places at UBC had increased by 20 to allow 80 new students each year. This meant that one in 30,000 of the provincial population had a chance at a medical education. The national ratio? 1:12,643.) Each year for the last three years there have been more than 800 applications for admission to the UBC medical school. Of these at least 220 were excellently qualified young British Columbians. Clearly there is a demand for medical education among the most qualified students. And there is a need, too, for more doctors. Projections prepared by a UBC research group for the provincial health manpower working group indicate that the UBC medical class must be expanded to 160 places if there is not to be a 29 Cecil Green Park is wearing a new coat of paint thanks to the Young Alumni Club. The club contributed $5,000 to the cost ofthe project. YAC members Michael O'Neil and Catherine Stewart inspect the new color scheme. ■■ry i-\ ■■■.•..■-: ■ --■ V*. v ■• m:: r/jf UBC Memorial Book contains the names of all those from the university who served during the two world wars. Looking through the book is ceremonies director, Malcolm McGregor, head of a new project to complete the book's biographical data of the UBC veterans. Alumni are being asked by letter to send in details of their service careers for inclusion in the book. If any UBC veterans do not receive this letter, please contact the alumni office, 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, B C , V6T1X8 for full information. serious decline in the present physician/population ratio in the province. Current figures indicate that 160 physicians retire from practice each year in B.C. During discussion of last March's announcement of the government's health sciences proposal the alumni board of management expressed concern regarding the operational funding for the campus hospital and the increased costs associated with the expanded medical school. This concern, a request forfunding clarification, became part ofthe board's unanimous motion of support for the project. As a result, said Denholme, "the board was very pleased to note the government's assurance that operational funding for the hospital and the expanded medical school program will be provided in addition to the budget allocations needed to maintain the other important educational functions of the university." It's been 30 years since the alumni association adopted as a policy the principle that the university should have a campus teaching and research hospital to complement the 30 teaching facilities arranged with the city hospitals. There are still, as UBC's president Douglas Kenny has said, problems to be solved, but we're a lot closer to turning the sod. CUP Comes to Ubyssey " Hands up all those who can identify the The Finest Student Newspaper West of Blanca. Well done, it is The Ubyssey. Full marks to the boy in the back row." The Ubyssey has won top honors among its peers in the Canadian University Press so often it's become a bit of a habit, picking up all those awards. This year they won't have so far to carry them back to the newsroom. The Ubyssey is hosting the 39th annual conference of CUP at the Vancouver Sheraton Plaza 500 Hotel, December 26 to January 2. Representatives from the more than 60 member university student newspapers are expected to attend the sessions on news writ ing, newspaper production and design, thi role of the student newspaper and trends education. (We understand there may be occasional social event.) The Ubyss<'\ stafi has been very busy raising funds to cover the costs ofthe conference. A $2,500 grant from the UBC Alumni Fund is helping towards their $ 13,000 goal. Old Pubsters who feel clined are most welcome to attend ary or ofthe seminars. For more info call S e Voh- anka, co-editor, The Ubyssey, 228-2 :01 Vancou wer Institute: Spring Season 61 The Lower Mainland's premier : series, UBC's Vancouver Institute or spring season of its 61 st season on J 15. It offers an outstanding collec ideas, opinions and knowledge for s;? by all those who make their way on S; ecture ens thi :inuar> 'ion mpling tarda)1 of Ilor Donovan Miller (centre) guest at \lo\ ngeles branch meeting, chats with ^ R id and Elva Plant Reid, B.A. '52, 'JO s to lecture hall 2 of the campus In- uctji 'ial Resources Centre at 8:15 p.m. z\ ct nplete schedule will be available in jrly December but to date confirmed speak- isare Dr. Alexander Woodside, of UBC's istory department speaking on China and 'letnatn, A New Era; Dr. Tuzo Wilson, an na<ionally famous geophysicist from the i ity of Toronto; Dr. James Kennedy, fofessor of computer science at UBC, '11 toll us about computers and how they ot that way; Vice-president for faculty and tudent affairs, Dr. Erich Vogt, will be pro- idmg an up-date on the accomplishments of riuraf, the university's meson facility; Dr. Lysyk, the new dean of law, a lecialist in constitutional law and native Professor A.G. Woodhead, a classicist Cambridge University; and Professor Iberhard Belhge, an authority on to- jktarianism and Professor Juan Linz, from 'ale, discussing Spain and Portugal. Both lofessors Bethge and Linz are visiting the ampus as Cecil and Ida Green Visiting Pressors. In the "pending" section are Al Johnson, resident ofthe CBC and Catherine Graham, ublisher of the Washington Post. All lectures of the institute are free to the ublic and new members are most welcome. 'he fee is $6 for an individual, $2 for students r$10for a family membership. These funds re used to prepare the program brochures nd advertising and for occasional travel ex- enses for speakers — all of whom volunteer leirtime to the institute. Membership appli- ations and brochures are available prior to ach lecture or by calling the UBC informa- on office at 228-3131. [here's Hore to AC Than Yak, Yak herd of YACs is heading off in all direc- The Young Alumni Club, one of the as- n's most active groups is busy invent- ng new ways to expend all that collective mergy They ventured into politics with a t-the-candidates-night" before the Vancouver civic election. And would you leheve a Halloween party with prizes for costumes? They have several sessions of their successful Manning Park ski weekends planned: December 11-12; January 22-23; February 12-13; and March 5-6. The costs are kept to a urn, so if you are among those who like ne combination of slopes, skis and sun sometimes) at bargain rates contact the ilumni office, 228-3313 and make a reservation. The weekly YAC gatherings continue at -ecil (.reen Park with piano music, Thursdays, £ p.m. to midnight and a live band on Friday-. from 9 p.m. Membership is $8 and 'Pen t--> alumni and senior students. New AC president, Tony Toth, BA'73, is on land most evenings and he's the one to see if °u've ,'ot a great idea for the club program. pey ar - always looking for something diffe- €fent-1 st month they had Cecil Green Park wtPaintet, "Come with ira toTheHarrii^i.' for just 12 dar.;. I promise yoivil discover a beautiful senfy ©f well-being'■"-.:. renewed vital;'1 '■•■ Ifs a wonderf( feeling!" Kelerae Eberle, previously / s:« . ., ■, Program Director ofthe [■ J '.-.v1- farmous Golden Door Eeaaty Sjss. ■*..-■.. . .. .' ' .''i-if ..-yy'. . "It's new. And very exciting. The Harrison Health and Beauty Holiday. A 12-day program of exercise, relaxation and good nutrition I've devised that really brings benefits to both your mind and body. Under my personal direction you'll discover many simple techniques you can use in your daily life, but here at The Harrison we'll take advantage ofthe natural hot mineral pools, our ladies' health centre, specially prepared menus and beautiful surroundings. I promise you'll discover that wonderful sense of well-being and renewed vitality. Write me, or contact your local travel agent." New! The Harrison Health and Beauty Holiday. A 12-day wonder. In The Harrison Health and Beauty Holiday you get meals, daily massage, beauty treatments, hair appointments and gratuities all included. Send for our brochure. The Harrison Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia. In Vancouver call toll-free 521-8888, elsewhere (604) 796-2244 or see your travel agent. 31 t u Reunion Days '76 welcomed many alumni back to campus. It was open house at Cecil Green Park and Donald Hammersley, BCom'46 (top, left) of Spokane and Arthur Wirick, BA'36, Saskatoon, came down for coffee, cookies and conversation while Rose Whelan, BA'36, BEd'52 (above, right) took a bus tour ofthe campus. At the Winter Sports Centre, Team Alumni took on the ice hockey Thunderbirds. Mickey McDowell, BPE'68, MPE'69, (above, left, without helmet) gives some coaching from the bench. The score? Birds, 6; Alumni, 3. Other reunion activities saw alumni from the classes of years ending in '/' or '6' dining and dancing on campus at the faculty club and graduate student center and downtown at the Commodore. The class of physical education '50 got together in mid-September at the Surrey home of William Smithaniuk.for a barbeque, with nearly 50 alumni, faculty and spouses attending 32 Gage Student Aid Project Underway Every student needs a helping hand from time to time and it's part of UBC's history that so often that hand was Walter Gage's. As professor, dean and president he always seemed to be able to come up with the extra dollars needed to help a student project get underway. When Dr. Gage, who still teaches a full schedule of math classes, retired as president in 1975, the Engineering Undergraduate Society established the Walter Gage Student Aid Fund to ensure that support would be available for student projects unable to find funding elsewhere. The EUS made a special appeal for the fund to faculty and engineering alumni and other contributions came from the 1975 and 1976 Grad Classes, the Vancouver Rot ary Club, alumni and other friend university. The fund is administered by a co? composed of representatives of the association, the alumni association, ident ofthe EUS and the director o' awards. In the past year a wide v, iety student groups have receive^ he Speakeasy, the SUB based inform; ion a counselling service used $200 to j irch; pamphlets on birth control and vern eald ease for free distribution to student , a$, grant assisted the women's sailing :earn ti compete in an international regatta in Bos ton; theG.M. Dawson Club was abk tosem several representatives to the weste n university geological conference as a resul of a $275 grant; Intervarsity Chris?.an Fel lowship and the Contemporary Dance Qui also benefited. The Walter Gage Student Aid Fund is, you can see, a lot of things to a lot of people But the one thing it is not is a scholarship bursary fund and it should not be tonfusei with the Walter Gage Alumni Bursary Fur which provides academically based awan for students in need of financial assistance. brochure outlining all the activities of thi Walter Gage Student Aid Fund is availabli by contacting the UBC Alumni Fund, 625 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1X8(228-3313). Commerce Faculty Seeks New Dean Situation vacant: UBC Dean of Commerc and Business Administration. Dr. Noel Hall, dean ofthe faculty for thi past two years has resigned to return to fulltime role as professor of industrial fel tions. One of Canada's leading mediators,! is currently trying to find a way to solve son of the post office's problems. And a facult] and student committee is trying to find a dean. The committee is looking for nomination! and applications for the position and the) have asked alumni to forward any sugges tions regarding qualified candidates who are or who may be interested in the position "We hope to ensure that no good candidate overlooked," said Dr. Karl Ruppenthal.sec retary of the selection committee. Wnttei applications or nominations, accompamei by a resume of qualifications and experiencf should be received as soon as possible and nc later than January 31, 1977 by Dr. B. Reidel, Selection Committee, Dean of Commerce and Business Administration, UB1', 207S Wesbrook Place, Vancouver V6T 1W5. Alexander Wood memorial Fund Established To more than a generation of UBC indent Alexander Wood was a friend and 'eacher His colleagues recognized his out-tandmi research contributions as a nui itiona biochemist. A UBC graduate in agriculture f;' W1 followed by a master's degree in H38 earned his doctorate from Cornell Unvei in 1940 before returning to join the I BC fa culty. During his years at UBC as pi fessoi '] {nfanimal husbandry he also served as direc- jaLrof t ie university research farm and direc- t tor of research activities in animal nutrition. '$L \%> 'ie was as^ed to come to the Univer- \ Ltv of Victoria as dean of arts and science. rer.iained in that post for two years, here signing to be the founding head of the ,nent of bacteriology and biochemistry UVic. After Dr. Wood's death last June in Vic- :i memorial fund in his name was estab- by a group of his former students, coles and friends. They hope to raise money to provide an annual scholarship for a fourth year student in agriculture who plans to go on to graduate work, prefer- jbly in the field of nutrition. A committee, chaired by president emeritus Dr. Norman MacKenzie, is preparing an appeal for funds for the scholarship. Contributions can be made through the UBC Alumni Fund. H\ , ,!.,, r ,- ' i1: - ' v-~: - v" Alumni miscellany is Concerts will be making more music m the new year with student concerts I January 20, February 1 and 17. AH concerts begin at 8 p.m. in the recital hall ofthe UBC music building.... The highlight ofthe spring sporting schedule, the Fifth Annual Chronicle Invitational Squash Tournament and lumfeed is set to begin play 10 a.m., Saturday, February 12 at the Winter Sports Centre. Smashers, flailers and assorted hangers-on most welcome.... UBC president Douglas Kenny was special guest at the home economics division annual student-alumni dinner, November 15 at Cecil Green Park.... A lot of alumni in Vancouver heard bells ringing on November 18. The reason? Nearly 40 student members ofthe Big Block Clubs, spent a lot of time on the phones for the UBC Alumni Fund Phonathon.... The student af- committee hosted an informal dinner at Cecil Green on November 4. Guests were faculty members and student leaders from many areas of the campus. Chuck Connaghan, UBC vice-president, administrative services was guest speaker and fielder of many questions. (Where to park your car and soggy sidewalks are real issues on this campus--still!).... MUSSOC, the student musical society, is taking a nostalgic look at Broadway, from 1900 to 1976. "They Said It With Music," an original production, written, directed and produced by the club members will open at Victoria's McPherson Playhouse January 28. There will be an opening night reception and discount tickets for alunrni. (More details to come.) The show open at the Old Auditorium, UBC, February 2, 8 p.m., for a two week run. Tickets, $3 an i $4, from the Vancouver Ticket Centre and tse UBC Thunderbird Shop. The MUSSOC visit to Victoria is assisted by a grant from the alumni fund.... Other areas around the province and further afield are planning alumni branch events for the near future: ftrtirtom; Trail, Nelsom, Castlegar; Prince George, Williams Lake; Port Alberni; Courtenay; Seattle and Edmonton. Watch your mail 'ior more details.... For information on any of these programs or events contact the alumni office, Cecil Green Park, 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, V6T 1X8, (228-3313). D '..'■■ ■ //>*/ : ..:■•'f-'Vjffc t hid :■ • .-■J -:•'. > 4,v\nT ■*-#!;- ' ! . \ :y fe v. *-i -1-' k\ ij-",. ■; v Jr.. 33 poryoiHnr ins nd. ack lgv elo Dorothy Blakey Smith, BA'21, MA"22, (MA, Toronto), (PhD, London), received another honor for her editing of The Reminiscences of Doctor John Sebas-tian Helmcken. She was presented with the Dr. Walter Stewart Baird Memorial Gold Medal on the recommendation of the faculty of medicine. The medal, recognizing outstanding work in the history of health sciences, is donated by Barbara Baird Gibson, BA'35, BSN'55, BLS'63, in memory of her father.... In a recent letter, Harold Offord, BA'24, MA'25, expressed his concern over the dearth of contributions in the 1920s section of "Spotlight". The passage of time was made more evident to him when a grand niece of his, a UBC graduate of '75, was married. We share his concern and urge all of you to drop us a line. Let us know where you are and what you're doing. Speak up — we know you're out there. The passing of 46 years brings enormous change to the face of a university as W. Merle McKeown, BSc'30, noted when he visited UBC for the first time in that many years. Former classmate, James A. Pike, BSc'30, of Vancouver, informs us that he had to help McKeown 'find' the library as so much had changed since he left for Capetown soon after graduating. McKeown, now retired, was with the Anglo American Corp. of South Africa for most of his career.... The Brothers Gibson have both had the occasion to speak to rather distinguished audiences lately. At a lecture marking his appointment as the 1976-77 visiting professor of Canadian studies at the University of Edinburgh, James A. Gibson, BA'31, (B.Litt, MA, DPhil, Oxon), president emeritus of Brock University, spoke on the subject of Canadian viceroys at Canada House, London. William C. Gibson, BA'33, (MSc, McGill), (D.Phil, Oxon), (MDCm, McGill), head ofthe UBC department of the history of science and medicine, gave the FitzPatrick Lecture for 1975 at a special joint meeting of the Osier Club of London and the Royal College of Physicians of London that marked the 300th meeting of the Oslerians.... Retirement does not necessarily go hand in hand with inactivity and such is the case with Geoffrey G. Smith, BA'37, and his wife whose retirements in June were marked by a special din- 34 Ruth Simonsen Lotzkar How did it all start? It was actually very simple — boys' corduroy pants to be exact. As Ruth Simonsen Lotzkar, BA'52, recalls, "a bunch of us had talked about the problem of children's clothing over a bridge game, and we found that we were all concerned about the shrinkage, costs and so on. Someone asked whether we wanted to come to a meeting about this new association. We thought we should really do something." The new association was a local branch ofthe Consumers Association of Canada that former head of the UBC home economics department, Charlotte Black, was attempting to form on the North Shore. Lotzkar joined as a charter member and for over nine years has been involved with one area or another of the association. She has served as the B.C. president and, for the past two years, prior to her election this year as president ofthe C AC, was a member of the national board. Growing out of the Wartime Price and Trade Board, the present association was formed in 1947. The original objective, to curb the rising cost of living, has remained a top priority with the organization. As Lotzkar puts it, "We work as watchdogs really. We watch government and industry. We try to communicate and we try to be as cooperative as possible; we like to have input into legislation. Our role is to protect the consumer in the marketplace, and we feel that we've helped to make it more fair." Today the CAC has over 90,000 members and is trying hard to deal with three major issues of public concern — comprehensive national energy, food and housing policies. Its past successes are numerous: changes in health protection, food and product safety standards; investigations into air fares, railway rates and passenger problems. "People want durability in services as well as products so that there is less taxing of our resources. We attempt to disclose shoddy products." The problem of funding is a tough one for the CAC. Run strictly on a volunteer basis, it draws its money from memberships and subscriptions to the Canadian Consumer and a federal government grant. Low income groups are a major concern of the organization and various methods are being attempted to contact them. "We would like to offer free information and magazines to those who can't afford it, and perhaps have two types of memberships, one with lower fees." Lotzkar feels that the middle-class nature ofthe organization is essential to its existence. "Our volunteers are really subsidizing the CAC — they feel that they are helping others." Lotzkar is no exception. Like the other active members in the association, her position demands an awesome amount of her time. It is usually the telephone that starts her day at 6 a.m. — calls from the east where it is already mid-morning. One result of her position is that her entire family, husband Joseph, BA'50, and her five teenage children, are all involved with her work. "They get annoyed at me at times. Yet they're quite good about it." She flies to Ottawa regularly where she meets with federal government officials and attends industry conferences as a consumer representative. It is with communication that Lotzkar is most concerned — not just between the vanous departments of the federal government, but between the association and the consumer. "I feel that we haven't bee: as open to the public as we should h ;ve been," she explains. She means by t■ .is, not just keeping the consumer in the marketplace informed, but also with pro id- ing public access, before legislation to the numerous research documents nat tax dollars h^ye prepared. "These should be available to us if they're not an issu of national security." Meanwhile, ;ne strength ofthe CAC lies in numbers. " Ve would like to reach everybody — an ■;n- possibility unless you have access to he mass media and the advertising budg.-'ts that some companies have." , ir tfte «y iion jlan »itn ,usi forrr Cou ager Ian: tor.. mad wer cam the i a reef that led lea\ will c find higl pre Cai dia go\ de\ pec cot COI U vei flln hi rea ou: ac Va Co foe Fo Ri( fo pn No im an> me wr fa er; hr of m; Cg tic pr. an -rided by more than 200 guests. Vete- ,o missionary service in China, England A'rica, the Smiths are not about to sit iring their official retirement. In keep- ,wi h their history, they will undoubtedly ■ loo ing for new challenges. lis retirement as director of technol- a sessment with MacMillan Bloedel, Cox, BA'41, MA'43, (PhD, McGill), l j continue his career as a consultant t'e Science Council of Canada and to ness and universities. Dr. Cox is a member of the National Research il of Canada and of the board of man- it of B.C. Research, and was MacMil- Bloedel's first corporate research direc- The guerilla-like raids into Lebanon by Ian McCiaren Steele, BASc'45, for neither Palestinian nor Syrian They were attempts to straighten out daily business of managing an oil refinery a country swept by civil war. His most departure was aboard a US Navy craft sped hirn to safety after the Syrians shel- the Mediterranean Refining Co. Now on n Vancouver, Steele assumes that he eventually return to the Middle East, and one way eagerly looks forward to it — he the Vancouver food prices unbelievably high. Ranjit Hail, BA'46, has been elected the president of a new association helping new Canadians and landed immigrants from India Hall, an administrator with the federal government in Ottawa, is concerned with the development ofthe awareness of the Indian people that they are now citizens of this country".... Although some actors would consider it a fowl blow, Joy Coghill Thome, BA'47, is not the least upset by her latest venture — playing a chicken in the recently filmed Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang. Determined not to lay an egg when reading for the part, she "very conscientiously went out into a field and practised being chicken." Former artistic director of the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, Coghill finds herself playing opposite ex- footballer Alex Karras in the part of Mistress Fowl, a miserable jailer, in the Mordecai Richler script.... Still in the realm of show business, vice-president of programming and production for Vancouver's new CK VU-TV, Norman Klenman, BA'47, brings with him an impressive background in television, film and journalism. Among his past achievements is a stint as the first chairman of the writer-' committee of ACTRA, and he was a found) ig member of the International Writers'G-.ild. Was -em D. Kills, BA'47, MSA'49, (PhD, wa), has been appointed UBC's new dean ofagn :ultural sciences. Dr. Kitts, who was made fellow ofthe Agricultural Institute of Canad t in 1974, is a specialist in animal nutrition aid physiology.... A former assistant Profes or for the department of health care andep demiology at UBC, Robert G. Wilson, "A'47 was appointed secretary-general of •taCt! iadian Medical Association. Dr. Willis :o stranger to the CM A, as for several years :e represented B.C. on the board of '"recti TS and in 1973 was appointed chairman. % ' fecial Bewley dispatch comes word that B.C. provincial court judge Cordon Victor Hugo Johnson, LLB'48, has been elected president of the Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges. The 900-member association has two aims — to assert and maintain the independence of the judiciary as the third arm of government and to provide upgrading and continuing education for its members.... Leaving behind the Montreal winters, Albert F. Joplin, BASc'48, has moved to Bermuda. The decision to move was not entirely based on climatic considerations; it followed his election as president and chief executive officer of Canadian Pacific (Bermuda) Limited. Prior to his new appointment, he was vice-president, operations and maintenance for CP Rail.... Formerly a judge in the New Westminster county court, Leslie Malcolm McDonald, LLB'48, was recently promoted to the position of senior judge. This appointment was one of two court changes involving UBC alumni announced in Ottawa by justice minister, Ron Basford, BA'55, LLB'56. The other concerned Vancouver lawyer Hugh Legg, BA'50, LLB'51, a former treasurer of the B.C. Law Society, who was appointed to the supreme court of B.C. The UBC computer science department recently changed leadership as Paul C. Gilmore, BA'49, (MA, Cambridge), (PhD, Amsterdam), assumed the position of head. He returns to UBC from the IBM Watson Research Center in New York. In 1971 he was on the faculty as visiting professor of mathematics.... Irving John Payne, BA'49, MA'52, (PhD, Pennsylvania), recently joined the staff of MEI-Charlton, a Seattle consulting engineering firm, as principal bioscientist. Prior to his appointment, he was professor, chairman and director of graduate studies at Quinnipiac College of Connecticut.... William Winterton, LLB'49, has left Calgary to take up his new position of company general counsel for Gulf Oil Canada in Toronto. For the past six years he has managed Gulfs legal affairs in western Canada, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. As president of the British Columbia Development Corp., Donald Duguid, BSc'51, is concerned with the province's economic growth. The corporation was formed in 1973 to provide loans and assistance to small businesses and to develop and provide serviced industrial land within British Columbia.... Ross G. Duthie, BSc'51, president of Placer Development, celebrated fifty years of successful mining by having the company sponsor a cross-country tour for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.... The congregation of St. Mark's Anglican in Kitsilano is now under new leadership with the induction of Bruce Gifford, BA'53, as its minister. After serving on the staff of St. James Church in Gastown for five years, Rev. Gifford spent ten years as a professor of German literature at Simon Fraser University and served for three years as the senior academic advisor. It takes a special kind of person to accept a job for which the salary is extremely low and the working conditions very poor, in a country where our 'necessities' are regarded as luxuries. Such a person is John McGhee, MD'56, who. with his wife and three chil- Leonard Marchand dren, has been sent by CUSO to Papua, New Guinea for one year. He will work as a surgeon and his wife, as a general practitioner.... The new minister of state, responsible for small businesses, Leonard Marchand, BSA'58, is the first Native Indian to hold a federal cabinet post. He is the MP for Kamloops-Cariboo.... After a three- year absence to serve as one of the four original members ofthe B.C. Labour Relations Board, Nancy Morrison, BA'58, (LLB, Osgoode), has returned to the bench in North Vancouver. Known as a strong and vocal supporter of more justice for all social minorities, Morrison's opinions must now be strictly neutral. However, in a discussion about judicial decorum with the chief judge, it was agreed that it would not be a conflict Now published! HISTORY ofthe FACULTY OF COHHERCE and BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION by Dr. Earle D. MacPhee We are pleased to announce the publication of Dr. MacPhee's book The History of the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration. Available only at the UBC Bookstore. Or mail coupon below. The Bookstore The University of British Columbia 2075 Wesbrook Place Vancouver, B.C., Tel: (604)-228-4741 Please send me copies at $4.95 each plus 50c postage and handling. □ Cheque □ Money Order NAME ADDRESS 35 Thunderbird Spring 77 The horne and away schedules for men's and women's basketball are identical. All home games are played at the War Memorial Gym: women, 6:30 pm; men, 8:30 pm. Jan. 7-8 UBC at Alberta 14-15 UVic at UBC 21-22 Calgary at UBC 28-29 UBC a* Saskatchewan Feb. 4-5 UBC at Lethbridge 11-12 Alberta at UBC 18-19 UBC at UVic (Jan. 1-2, Thunderettes host an invitational tournament at the Memorial Gym.) Rygby All home games begin at 2:30 pm at Thunderbird Stadium. Feb. 19 UBC at Oregon State 21 UBC at Oregon 26 Washington at UBC Mar. 12 Western Wash, at UBC 19 UBC at UVic tee Hockey AH home games start 8 pm, UBC Winter Sports Centre. Jan. Feb. Mar. 7-8 Saskatchewan at UBC 14-15 UBC at Alberta 21-22 UBC at Calgary 28-29 Calgary at UBC 4-5 Alberta at UBC 11-12 UBC at Saskatchewan 18-19 Alberta at UBC 25-26 UBC at Calgary 3-4 playoffs, location TBA All Thunderette games played at the Memorial Gym. Jan. 8 Thunderette Invitational tournament, 8:30 am to 11:30 pm 28-29 UBC at Alberta Canada West tournament Feb. 12-13 Canada West tournament at UBC. For tickets and further information on the above events or on any UBC athletic events contact the athletics office, 228-2295 (women) or 228- 2531 (men). It is suggested that you inquire locally for location and time of "away" games. 36 for her to continue to speak out on the subject of women's rights. Bruce E. Spencer, BSc'58, has recently been appointed exploration manager for Western Mines Ltd. Spencer has been with the company since 1970 and prior to his new appointment, was chief geologist.... Bruce K. McKnight, BSc'65, has joined Western Mines as exploration manager for eastern Canada. Based in Toronto, he will coordinate the company's eastern projects with particular emphasis on uranium exploration.... David Gordon Butler, BSc'59, MSc'61, (PhD, Sheffield), is now professor of zoology at the University of Toronto.... John F. Ogilvie, BSc'59, MSc'61, (PhD, Cantab), is now with the department of chemistry at Kuwait University. He was previously with the chemistry department at Memorial University in Newfoundland.... Leaving the Simcoe County Children's Aid Society, Ian D. Wallis, BSW'59, MSW'60, (MEd, Toronto), has joined the faculty at Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology. He will be teaching in the mental retardation counsellor training program, Orillia Campus. Inger Hansen, LLB'60, is in and out of jail frequently, but it's all in the line of duty for the penitentiary services investigator who was in Victoria for the local justice council panel and the annual meeting ofthe B.C. Bar Association. With access to any of the 50 federal prisons, she refers to herself unofficially as an ombudsman because the title more aptly describes her function of listening to the inmates' numerous problems and making her subsequent recommendations.... The one that got away is often the subject of Fishes of the World by Joseph S. Nelson, BSc'60, PhD'65. The new book discusses evolutionary theories from the most primitive forms and their fossil relatives through to the most evolutionary advanced specimens in the waters today Accepting the Nanaimo posting "because ofthe beauty of the area," Bruce Hoadley, BEd'63, is now Nanaimo district superintendent of schools. Our better mousetrap department... The two years of research conducted by Reginald Clements, MASc'64, (PhD, Saskatchewan), in his basement laboratory at the University of Victoria, has sparked considerable interest in Great Britain. His efforts to develop an internal combustion engine that would save on fuel and maintenance and cut down on pollution emissions, has led Clements to the design of a high energy spark plug capable of a much greater efficiency than the conventional plug. While he works at perfecting the engine, Clements hopes to attract the attention of the Canadian industry — the door is open and the path as yet unbeaten.... Avtar Singh Dhaliwal, BSc'64, recalled in a recent interview what it was like in 1964 wher he started to work for Alberta Government Telephones and was only one of a handful of East Indians living in Edmonton. Dhaliwal is president of the Sikh Society of Alberta, a group representing about 2000 East Indians, most of whom have come from the state of Punjab in the north of India. William Neilson, LLB'64, has resigned as deputy minister of the B.C. consumer services department, an office he held since the department was established in 1973. Neilson David N. Spearing leaves January 1 st to teach law at the Univei sity of Victoria.... If you have been con|n; cerned over the damage caused by deer am i? other such munchers as they browse you IE' shrubs and trees, you can now relax. Ken i , neth J. Mitchell, BA'65, (MA, PhD, Yale)!* has reason to believe that in most cases thi I damage is only slight. While on the faculty or?11 the Idaho College of Forestry, Wildlife anil J111 Range Sciences, Mitchell has developer*1"10 computerized techniques for predicting thi growth and yields of forest plantations. HiH.1' theories are illustrated by a system of tre P* growth models that show in miniature th §, effects of variable conditions on forest plots fev — all that munching is just judicious prun|ra ing.... Niarudeem O. Adepipe , BSA'66|| PhD'69, writes to inform us that he is novir professor of agricultural biology at the Unijjn versity of Ibadan, Nigeria. J|SS1 David N. Spearing, BArch'66, foresees a™™ economically disastrous future for the pro ductivity of B.C.'s flatlands unless steps an taken to investigate the benefits of mountan slope communities. Author of Living oi Mountain Slopes, his work has gone virtuallB unnoticed in Canada's most mountainouiir' province. But he now finds himself delugeijP with enquiries from foreign countries tha||or want to apply his research to their particulaIor situations. Spearing argues that continue! ^e use of such areas as the Fraser Valley folMa habitation and industry is bound to destrofl ^ the agricultural productivity of B.C., and hip maintains that mountain-slope living can nol only be safer, but more attractive and nil ™ more expensive.... Glenn Allison, BA'67, is* hard at work in the UBC Fine Arts Gallerfl1!' determined to restore the old image and tig °r revamp the rather poor exhibition sp-ce. Hp was appointed curator in July. Allison prog poses to have the gallery "act as a Kind ojL catalyst for general awareness ofthe r.nblic.'B Meanwhile, he is busy wielding brush aim paint — not on canvas, but on the b.'^emenlj s walls of the UBC library where the gallerw has been located for the past 20 y -*ars .BP Shirley K. Funk, BSc'68, (MBA, Nor'hwe ern), was appointed assistant to th;. viceHB president of technical administration f< Travenol Laboratories in Illinois. Barry G. Hitchens, BCom'68, M;«A'7i has been appointed vice-president ant;' dr tor of A.G. Becker (Canada) Ltd. Becker Securities Corp. (Chicago). M also been named a director ofthe Ca.-i Pension Management Association . Leslie Horswill, BA'68, has been appoint' 1, v & Mr. and Mrs. William N. Duncan, BA'66, a daughter, Beth Erin, August 31, 1976 in Kamloops.... Mr. and Mrs. George Teather, MASc'67, (Vicky Palsson, BA'68), a son, Erik William, June 16, 1976 in Ottawa.... Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Lott, BSc'69, a daughter, Heather Anne, August 17, 1976 in Vancouver.... Mr. and Mrs. Eonald E. Sowerby, BCom'69, (Lynne Bergman, BEd'67), a son, Kevin Brent, September 7, 1976 in New Westminster.... Mr. and Mrs. David' H. Friederich, BA'72, a daughter, Rachel Kara, June 30, 1976 in Dawson Creek. Paisley a advisor to Progressive Conserva- leader Joe Clark. He is responsible for dinating Clark's parliamentary ac- ,ities He joined the Opposition leader's lice in 1969 as a research assistant, and in 1573 became the assistant program advisor to Stanfield.... Brian Paisley, BEd'69, is C 's new theatre consultant. After UBC he nine years in London where he was imanly involved in theatre education, his return from England, he has been ,ith the Vancouver Playhouse. Two UBC alumni are recent arrivals in Biunswick. Robert J. Lamb, BA'69, Missouri), (ABD, City University of York), is assistant curator at the :verbrook Art Gallery , Fredericton, he is preparing a catalogue of the gal- y's permanent collection cf British and an art. William H.W. Lynch is now an it professor at the University of New ick. ton Journal reporter, James Davies, 70, (BJ, Carleton), was twice honored a 1975 Journal series entitled "Pensioner a Month". He took second prize in the Club of Canada news category, and in he won the Grant MacEwan Commun- Coilege President's Media Award 'for huting to the good of the communi- P. Rolf Johannson, BA'70, (MA, PhD, Hopkins), is director of conferences short courses at Simon Fraser Universi- Pnoi to joining SFU, he was a research tant with the B.C. Universities Council and the B.C. department of economic development. Departing for a warmer clime, former UBC law students association president, Til ULNawatzki, LLB'72, (BA, SFU), has left Burnaby law practice of two years to William I. Wilson re-open his office in the Cayman Islands.... Aslrid Janson, MA'72, is an illusionist. With space her medium, she sculpts and illuminates the stages ofthe Toronto theatre. After UBC, she returned to Toronto where she was resident designer with the Toronto Dance Theatre. She has also worked for Toronto Workshop Production, and for the past year has designed CBC-TV's Tommy Hunter Show. Tired of being shoved around but afraid that you will look too pushy if you object? Helga Weber, BA'73, has the answer for you and it's called assertiveness training. During a six-week workshop held this fall, Weber, a counselling psychologist, guided her disciples through a re-learning of behaviors. As she puts it, "a lot of things we've learned to do we can unlearn... basically assertiveness training is putting out what you want, how you feel, and what you're asking for and doing it in such a way that you don't feel guilty about it.".... After serving many years on the board of directors ofthe B.C. Association of Non-Status Indians, William L. Wilson, LLB'73, has been elected president of the organization. The association has dropped the title "Non-Status Indians", a classification made by the federal government, and renamed itself the United Native Nations. It devotes itself to the cause of preserving the languages, cultures, religions, art forms and traditions of Native Indians. Addressing the annua! conference of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, Rupert Bullock, BCom'75, sergeant and head of stock-market surveillance in the RCMP's Vancouver commercial crime section, urged accountants to stop avoiding their responsibility to report any illegal activities of management. He reminded his listeners that they "must remember that they are employed by the shareholders, not by management, although it often seems the reverse." Bullock has been investigating white-collar crime since 1970. WEOOD Griffaths-Davies. Robert A. Griffiths, BSc'71, BA'75, to Andrea Carol Davies, BMus'76, July, 1976 in Vancouver.... Roberts-Wilson. S. Scott Roberts to Brenda R. Wilson, BSc'72, August 21, 1976 in Vancouver.... Hunter-Chubb. Neil Hunter to Catherine Chubb, BA'70, MSW'73, October 23, 1976in Vancouver.... Life-Barry. Robert C. Life to Laura Lee Barry, BSc'73, October 11, 1976. ©EATfHt Leslie E. Carbert, BA'46, (PhD, Columbia), August 1976 in Palo Alto, California. He was recently named chairman of the Santa Clara Planning Commission of which he had been a member since 1973. In 1953 he joined Pacific Gas and Electric Company as a tax economist. Since that time he served on numerous international, state and local commissions and committees. He was a founding regent ofthe John F. Kennedy University, Martinez. He is survived by his wife, two children, two grandchildren and his parents. Hugh Graham Christie, BA'42, MSW'52, accidentally in West Vancouver in August 1976. After 11 years as warden of Oakalla, the B.C. penitentiary, he resigned in 1963 to join the Department of External Affairs, foreign aid section. He spent two years as executive director of the Canadian University Service Overseas before being appointed the senior United Nations representative in Nigeria in 1968. Two years ago he was appointed a member of the National Parole Board. He is survived by his wife, two sons (Graham Christie, BSc'73), and a daughter. Willson H. Coates, BA'20, (BA, MA Oxford), (PhD, Cornell), September 1976 in Rochester, New York. Historian and professor emeritus at the University of Rochester, jN- £>* xja^*" Wayne Bartsch. . .He's ail ears for your OSympus questions. Knows most of the answers too! ^^yymsmmMi^^m^mmcnmMM. UBC ALUS1NS ASSOCIATION BOARD OF ilANAGEHENT 1976-77 Honorary President: Dr. Douglas T. Kenny, BA'45, MA'47. Executive President: James Denholme. BASc'56; Past President: Kenneth Brawner, BA'57, LLB'58; Vice-president: Charlotte Warren, BCom'58; Treasurer: Paul Hazell, BCom'60; Officers: J.D. (Jack) Hetherington, BASc'45; W.A. (Art) Stevenson, BASc'66; Oscar Sziklai; MF'61, PhD'64. Members-at-large (1975-1977) Aunna Currie, BEd'60; Michael Hunter, BA'63, LLB'67; Donald MacKay, BA'55; Helen McCrae, MSW'49; Thomas McCusker, BA'47; M.T. (Mickey) McDowell, BPE'68, MPE'69; Mark Rose, BSA'47; W.A. (Art) Stevenson, BASc'66; Doreen Walker, BA'42, MA'69. Members-at-large (1976-78)* Joy Fera, BRE72; Joan Gish, BA'58; J.D. (Jack) Hetherington, BASc'45; Brenton Kenny, LLB'56; George Plant, BASc'50; John Schuss, BASc'66; Oscar Sziklai, MF'61, PhD'64; Robert Tulk, BCom'60; Kenneth Turnbull, BASc'60, MD'67; Barbara Vitols, BA'61. Committee Chairs Douglas Aldridge, BASc'74, Student Affairs: John Cartmel, BPE'66, Men's Athletics: Blythe Eagles, BA'22, Hon. DSc'68, Fairview: Watler Gage, BA'25, BA'26, LLD'58, Speakers Bureau: Wayne F. Guinn, BA'70. LLB'73, Spec/a/ Programs: Joe Katz, Com- mui\ications: W. (Bill) Keenlyside, BA'34, Aquatics Centre Fund; James McWilliams, MSF'53, Allocations: E. Roland Pierrot, BCom'68, MBA'69, Alumni Fund: Tony Toth, BA'73, Young Alumni Club: Jennifer Warny- ca, BSN'69, Womens Athletics: Randy Yip, BSc'66, Travel. Division Representatives Commerce: Pat Parker, BCorn'68, MBA'69; Dental Hygiene: Frances Lawson, DDHy'71; Home Economics: Nadine Johnson, BHE'65; Nursing: Ruth Robinson, BSN 70. Alma Mater Society David Theessen, President: Herb Dhaliwal. Finance. Faculty Association Representatives Leslie Crouch, President: Roger M. Davis, BCom'68, Treasurer. Executive Director; Harry Franklin. BA'49. "These members-at-large were declared elected on April 26, 1976, in accordance with the UBC Alumni Association constitution, for a two-year term, 1976-78 he was internationally known for his writing and editing on.British history and Western European cultural history.Following service in the First World War. he returned to UBC to become president of the Alma Mater Soc - iety from 1919 to 1920. A former Rhodes Scholar, he joined the U.R. faculty in 1925. He was founder and first editor, 1960 to 1970, ofthe "Journal of British Studies;" He returned to UBC as a lecturer in the Summer Session of 1970 when he joined the 50th anniversary ofthe class of 1920. In 1972 he served as chairman ofthe Joint Committee of Canadian and American Historical Associations. He is survived by his wife and three sisters, (Dr. Lila Coates Maltby, BA'21; Bertha Coates Cooper, BA'24; Carol Coates, BA'30). Gordon W. Coghlin, LLB'52, August 1976 in Farmington, Connecticut. A Second World War veteran, he joined the Travellers Insurance Companies in Vancouver in 1953. In 1973 he was appointed director of international operations in the life, health and financial services department ofthe companies in Hartford, Connecticut. He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters. Joan E. French, BA'27, September 1976 in Victoria. She is survived by her sister. Robert A. Healey, BCom'66, November , 1976 in Vancouver. He was president of Edoco Healey Technical Products and Excelsior Paper Stock Ltd. At UBC he was a memberof Zeta Psi. Survived by his wife and son, mother and two sisters, (Carlie Healey Baker, BA'63). Rosemary Hodgins, BA'49, LLB'50, November 1976 in Toronto. A practising lawyer, she was on the board ofthe Ontario Elizabeth Fry Society and the Ontario Association for Penal Reform. At UBC she was a member of the AMS council and Delta Gamma. She is survived by her mother. Stephen Edward Maddigan, BA'30, (MS, PhD, Purdue), June 1976 at Walnut Creek, California. The first director of the British Columbia Research Council, he established the major fields ofthe council's present day activities. After leaving Vancouver and until his retirement in 1970, he was assistant director of research for Kaiser Aluminum Company and later senior technical advisor at the Kaiser Centre for Technology in California. He is survived by his wife, a son and two sisters. John Frederick McKenzie, BA'50. 1976 in Calgary. In 1939 he enlisted as a boy seaman and was selected from the ranks to attend Royal Roads Military College from which, in 1941, he graduated as one of the youngest lieutenants in the Canadian Navy. After his service as an anti-submarine specialist in the Second World War, he worked in the petroleum industry and was later appointed Commander of HMCS Tecumseh at Calgary. In I960 he became the first Albertan to be installed as honorary aide-de-camp to the governor-general. He is survived by his wife, a sister and a brother. Erhart Regier, BA'50. October 1976 in Langley. B.C. He was on the executive of the B.C. Teachers Federation and was an organizer and executive member of the B.C. Credit Union League. He was elected from Burnaby-Coquitlam to the House of Commons in 1953. resigning in 1962 to provide a by-election opening for then national New Democratic Party leader. Tommy Douglas. He is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters. D 1 LETTEB An Historical Postscript In Sally Abbott's article "A Gentlewo nr\ British Columbia" (Autumn 1976), t the following statement: "The Alliso uscript is an extraordinary one, the o tl tant account ofthe life of a pioneer wo British Columbia...." This statement is not really accura el grandmother, the late Eunice M.L. H- rig (nee Seabrook) widow of the late Juo Harrison, a judge named in the same ment as Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie, her autobiography entitled Pioneer J,u Wife in 1946. This book was the story life in Victoria, the Cariboo and Nana from her birth in 1860 and life in Briti1 h umbia in the pioneer days from 1864 to I Her manuscript was published post! ously in the magazine, Northwest Dij. November 1951 to May 1953, in e number of that magazine, which was is monthly. Her original manuscript was purchase the Archives at the Parliament Buildinj Ottawa, Ontario in 1959, and a bound co[ all the installments of Pioneer Judge's was also bought by the Archives in Vict and a bound copy ofthe installments pi in the historical museum at Barkerville Elouise Harrison Wilson, LL Crofton. A Credit Line The article "Squeezing the Research Do by Murray McMillan in the Autumn issue was most thought provoking. However, Mr. McMillan was remiss i giving credit to Ed Murphy of CJOR raised over $25,000 for Dr. Tze's dial research. Mr. Murphy's outstanding suf was given short shrift in the mini-fea Open-Line Funding. Credit where credit is due, please. Arleigh F. Martin, BE Richmond For The Record I would welcome Dr. Roger Gaudry with greatest warmth to the McGill staff (Chi cle, Autumn 1976, page 27, column 3). Ut tunately for us at McGill, Dr. Gaudry member of our great sister institution, University of Montreal. He was in fact first lay Rector of the university, bol' office from 1965 to 1975 through the penc the university's greatest expansion. Robert E. Bell, BA'39, A McGill Unhe Montreal. C In the listing ofthe speakers in the fall.^ t'O of the Vancouver Institute Dr. Ga m name was associated incorrectly with I Id University rather than with the Univei >'M Montreal. Dr. Bell, principal and i| chancellor of McGill, also notes "que. un pen surpris. mats comme ban diplo'ii^ UBC.je sais bien que cette institution it' jamais des erreurs." (The Chronicle n >ij something else again. Pardon! - Editi i) 38
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Title | UBC Alumni Chronicle |
Publisher | Vancouver : Alumni Association of the University of British Columbia |
Date Issued | [1976-12] |
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University of British Columbia. Alumni Association |
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Language | English |
Notes | Titled "[The] Graduate Chronicle" from April 1931 - October 1948; "[The] UBC Alumni Chronicle" from December 1948 - December 1982 and September 1989 - September 2000; "[The] Alumni UBC Chronicle" from March 1983 - March 1989; and "Trek" from March 2001 onwards. |
Identifier | LH3.B7 A6 LH3_B7_A6_1976_12 |
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Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Archives. |
Date Available | 2015-07-16 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the University of British Columbia Alumni Association. |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0224396 |
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