"CONTENTdm"@en . "UBC Library Staff Newsletter"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1216361"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2015-07-13"@en . "1969-05"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/biblos/items/1.0190784/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nVOL, 5 No. 7 of the U.B.C. LIBRARY STAFF NEWSLETTER\nMAY/JUNE\n1969\nSummer's here, the grass is green,\nThere's faces missing from the scene\nAs staffers travel o'er the lands\nOr lie upon the local sands,\nAnd though at times the library steams\nIt's great to have the \"in betweens\"\nEnjoy the now - and don't remember\nIt's not too long till next September\nsiightly browned\naround\ntouri sterial\nbacteri al\nninety five,\nto revive,\ncrowded stack\nthey WILL be back\nHAPPY VACATION EVERYONE!\nThe Editor. Pat LaVac.\nINDEX\nSTAFF CHanges (many)\nThe Memorial Room (Woodward)\nCollects\nThe S.F.U. \"Drop Ins\"\nIncoming and Outgoing Mail\nCollectors Item. Skeletons.\nStopgap Solution to an Emergency Problem\nor the latest on the tower\nSt. Wibby Reports\nTour of the Public Safety Building\nYour Editorial Staff\nColquhoun's Campus Capers\nPage\n2\n4\n5\n7\n8\n9\n10\n14\n17\n23\n24 APPOINTMENTS:\nSTAFF CHANGES\nMargaret Lambert\nSal ly Krieger\nUrsula Disharz\nCarol Wilson\nMan W. Pyo\nKathy Cheang\nMargaret Glover\nDean Olson\nSharon Brown\nDilma Huggett\nJerilyn Sproston\nElaine Hoffman\nKaren Shaw\nMoraig Fulton\nRalph Stanton\nHelen Schmidt\nAnne Davis\nSuzan York\nTim Massey\nDiane Anderson\nDiane Ellert\nGrace Ferguson\nSheila Smyth\nMarion Price\nJean McLeod\nPopy Koveos\nSandra Sloan\nKate Gibson\nDiana Bverk\nSandra Smith\nDale Mei r\nLinda Redfern\nPat Lang\nCarol Kurylko\nL.A. II\nWoodwa rd\nL.A. 1\nFine Arts\nL.A. 1\nCi rculation\nL.A. II\nMath\nStack Attendant\nCi rculation\nL.A. 1\nCatalogue\nL.A. 1\nWoodwa rd\nL.A. 1\nWoodwa rd\nL.A. II\nWoodwa rd\nL.A. Ml\nCi rculation\nL.A. 1\nCurric. Lab.\nL.A. I\nCi rculation\nL.A. II\nCatalogue\nL.A. 1\nAcquisit ions\nL.A. II\nAcqu isitions\nL.A. 1\nLaw\nL.A. II\nWoodwa rd\nL.A. 11\nSerial s\nL.A. Ill\nColbeck Room\nL.A. 1\nCatalogue\nL.A. 1\nCurric. Lab.\nL.A. 1\nSerial s\nL.A. II\nCatalogue\nL.A. Ml\nCi rculation\nL.A. 1\nCatalogue\nL.A. 1\nCatalogue\nL.A. 1\nCi rculation\nL.A. 1\nCi rculation\nL.A. 1\nPeriodicals\nL.A. Ml\nCi rculation\nL.A. 1\nCirculation\nL.A. 1\nCi rculation\nL.A. 1\nSystems\nL.A. 1\nCatalogue PROMOTIONS:\n3\nJohn Johnston\nL.A.\n1 1 1\nCi rcu\nlat ion\nto\nL.A.\nIV Periodicals\nJosephine Cuff\nL.A.\n1\nCatal\nogue\nto\nL.A. 1\n1 Catalogue\nRick Welch*\nL.A.\n1 1 1\nCatal\nogue\nto\nL.A.\n1 11 Catalogue\nShirley Dahlie\nL.A.\nII\nAcqu isitions\nto\nL.A.\n111 C i re.\nLouise Hazels-\nL.A.\n1\nCi rcu\nlat ion\nto\n' L.A.\n1 Woodwa rd\nBetty Van der Velde\nL.A.\n1\nWoodwa rd\nto\nL.A.\n11 Woodward\nGudrun Hiemstra\nL.A.\n1 1\nCatal\nogue\nto\nL.A.\n1 11 Catalogue\nZorka Srej ic\nL.A.\n1\nAcquisitions\nto\nL.A.\n1 1 1 Catalogue\nGiesla Mailue\nL.A.\n1 1\nSeria\nIs\nto\nL.A.\n111 Catalogue\nJane Johnson\nL.A.\n1\nLaw\nto\nL.A.\n1 1 Law\nCarol Trueman\nL.A.\n1\nB.M.B\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nto\nL.A.\nII B.M.B,\nEleanor Maze\nL.A.\nMl\nCatal\nogue\nto\nL.A.\nIV Catalogue\nTrudy Lewis\nL.A.\n1\nPeriodicals\nto\nL.A.\nII Serials\nGerri Minaker\nL.A.\n1\nCi rcu\nlation\nto\nL.A.\nII Ci rculation\nCeci1ia Wan\nL.A.\n1 1\nCatal\nogue\nto\nL.A.\n111 Catalogue\nMarg Scott\nL.A.\n1\nCi rcu\nlation\nto\nL.A.\nII Ci rculation\nHuiberdina Van Elst\nL.A.\n1\nWoodwa rd\nto\nL.A.\n11 Science\nMaureen Fromson\nL.A,\n1 1\nCatal\nogue\nto\nL.A.\n111 Catalogue\nCarole Wisdom\nL.A.\n1 1\nPreb*\nndery\nto\nL.A.\n1 1 1 Prebindery\nTannis Mulcahy\nL.A.\nII 1\nCi rcu\nlation\nto\nL.A.\nIV Ci rculation\nInge Fleet\nSec.\nI 1 1\nC? ret\ni lation\nto\nL.A.\nIV Ci rculation\nWE SAY FAREWELL TO:\nJackie Steed\nL.A.\nIII\nLaw\nTherese Poisson\nL.A.\n1 II\nCatalogue\n1lze Gravitis\nL.A.\n1 II\nCatalogue\nGlenda Midgley\nL.A.\n1 1\nCatalogue\nMon i ca Lomow\nL.A.\nIV\nCi rculation\nElliott Bold\nL.A.\n1\nCatalogue\nLinda Cluff\nL.A.\nII\nWoodwa rd\nAnita Houston\nL.A.\n1\nSerial s\nMariella Rodger\nL.A.\n1\nCi rculation\nJim Russell\nL.A.\n1\nCatalogue\nDiana Colquohoun\nL.A.\n1 1 1\nCi rculation\nAlexandra Dobbs\nL.A.\n1\nGov. Pubs.\nEdna Johnson\nL.A.\n1 1\nMusic\nEsther Vital is\nL.A.\nIII\nCatalogue\n* Transfers 4\nTHE MEMORIAL ROOM\nThe Woodward Memorial Room is the oak-panelled library of your dreams.\nBesides a Gobelin tapestry, it sports a balcony, a huge chandelier,\ncarpets and soft leather chairs. It also contains books.\nThe room houses most of Dr. Sinclair's collection which was purchased\nin ig65 for $250,000. You may remember Dr. Sinclair's spending spree\n(he bought two cars, one of them an Aston-Martin). He also funded his\nown biochemical research at Oxford. The collection contains two\nincunabula: Gerson's \"Opera\" of 1494, now in Special Collections, and\n\"Sermones notabiles de tempores et de Sanctis\" by Albertus Magnus,\nprinted in 1481 by C. Zainer,\nIn 1963, the Leake collection was acquired for $50,000 from Chauncey\nD. Leake, a famous physiological pharmacologist. Two of the books\nwere published before 1501. The earlier one, printed by Johannes de\nColcnia in partnership with Johannes Manthen de Gerretzem, at Venice,\nwas a gift from Dr. Leake at the opening of the Woodward Library in\n1964. It is a 1480 edition of Johannes de Janduno's \"Quaestiones\nsuper tres libros Aristoteles De anima\". The Memorial Rooms's only\nilluminated incunabulum begins with a capital decorated with flowers\nof gold leaf and blue, red, green, yellow and purple pigments. The\nbottom of the first page is bordered in the same colourings. The\nquestions are introduced by red or blue Q's. All of this imitates the\nmanuscripts of the pre-Gutenburg era. Like the earlier hand-written\nbooks, this one has no title page. The colophon at the end identifies\nthe printers and gives the exact date of printing as June 18, 1480.\nPl'rius Secondus' \"Historia natural is\" is a later volume with a\nrudimentary title page indicating author and title, but for full\ninformation, one must look to the colophon. It was printed in Venice,\nby Bartholomaeus de Zanis on December 12, 1496. By this date, the\nhand done, coloured initials seen in the Janduno volume were replaced\nby a set of wood-cut letters which a printer used in all of his books.\nThe \"Historia natural is\" text was a source for many medical writers in\nthe 15th and 16th centuries. It contains references to the use of\nmandragora and opium for relieving pain during operations.\nDr. Sherrington donated a 15th century volume by Lorenzo Valla called\n\"Elegantiae linguae latinae libri sex\". Printed in 1476 by Andrea\nVendramine, it is the Memorial Room's earliest book. This Venetian\npublication has no title page and further simulates a manuscript with\nits hand done rubric.ations. Our copy is bound in the original boards\nwith brass clasps. THE MEMORIAL ROOM (cont'd.)\n\"De nuptiis philogogiae et mercurii\" by Martianus Capella was printed\nat Modena by Dionysius Bertochus, May 15, 1500. At that time a title\npage was customary. Here it reads \"Opus, Martiani Capellae\" followed\nby a list of contents. The printer's device identifying the workshop\nin which the book was produced appears at the end of the book.\nAdrienne Clark\nThese five books are a basis for the history of medicine and science\ncollection kept in the Memorial Room.\nCOLLECTS.\nTrudeaumania\nAuthur Lismer (83)\nToronto Maple Leafs\nJohn Mason Brown (68)\nCharles Libre\nDon Messer's Jubilee\nFranz von Pappen\nMother Goose (Xerox Corp. suppresses 3,000 copies reprint ed.\nbecause it's \"anti\" -)\nDawsons of Pall Mall (Booksellers expelled from Antiq. Booksellers\nAssoc, for hanky-panky,)\nThe Canadian university professor.\nSt Christopher\nSmother Brothers\nAbraham Fortas\nNegro (the word) \"Where do you stash the porno, Cookie?\" And now a word from our honourable associates, the S.F.U. Drop-\nins .\nHidden in a dank, windowless corner of the main circulation office\nis the exiled inter library loan department of Simon Fraser Univeristy.\nUnknown to many, the three staff members unobtrusively accomplish\nmonumental amounts of work with only an occasional whimper. The\nthree are paid (little) and equipped by Simon Fraser but spend\nall their time at UBC. Dale Liberty (ostensibly) heads the\ndepartment with strong (albeit clumsy) supporting roles played\nby Jean Swindells and Bill Watson.\nTheir duties involve searching for and xeroxing articles for\nfaculty and staff at SFU, University of Victoria, and BCIT, as\nwell as locating and shipping books. SFU maintains its own xerox\nmachine down in the lobby of level one.\nThese duties are, alas, becoming more and more arduous. The\ntotal number of requests sent during April of last year was 336.\nLast month 1,097 requests were handled. The total number of pages\nxeroxed April of 1968 was 5,918; last month's total was 11,49).\nOriginally only one staff member was required to handle requests\nfrom SFU An increase in the number of SFU requests and responsibility for the University of Victoria necessitated the addition of\nanother staff member. Ever increasing requests and the addition\nof BCIT requests have forced the addition of yet another full-\ntime worker.\nIf the present rate of increase continues SFU will require no\nstaff members at UBC at all by 1977. They will have worked\nthemselves out of the job by having xeroxed every book in the\n1ibrary.\nDale Liberty 8\nINCOMING AND OUTGOING MAIL\nRecei ved \t\nDear Sirs,\nMy wife's name is Dona Rawlins (see\nMr/Mrs/Miss Dino Rapanos got a surprise,\nreceived his/her library card in the mai\nthe envelope la\n1 bet, when he\n1!\nbel)\n/she\nActually, it's rather heart warming to have been involved\n(in a minor way, of course!) in the University's little mistake;\nit's sort of nice to know that even in such an academic atmosphere, one can find evidences of the human hand.\n\"Do nothing my halves\" is the rough translation of some\nGerman writer's words. Thus I'm constrained to suggest that\nperhaps when you can see fit to err again, you might just slip\ninto the mail my wife's degree in Education - mine too perhaps?\nIn the meantime, here's Dino's card;\naccept my thanks and best wishes.\nsend out Dona'\ns, and\nThoughtfully yours\nJohn T. Rawlins.\nOUTGOING \t\nand incoming.\nced wi th outs ide\nand back in on 1\nmai 1 .\ny five\nSee what happens\nThis notice went\nmonths \t\nwhen campus mail is mi>\nall the way to Germany\nMICHAEL S. BATTS\nGerman\nReturned for insufficient address!!!!. Collectors I tern from the Law Library\t\nSKELETONS \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Minimizing the Effect of Exhibiting a Skeleton\nto the Jury.\nProblem Presented In recent years attorneys appearing for\nthe plaintiff have quite frequently made use of skeletons.\nThe subject matter of the litigation may involve solely a\nbroken bone in the leg but the attorney for the plaintiff\nwill exibit the entire skeleton to the jury.\nTrial Strategy If the court permits the exhibition of\nthe skeleton to the jury it is important for the defense attorney to adopt a method for counteracting the effect the\ngruesome exhibit may have on the jury. One effective method\nis not to appear too tense but consider the exhibition of the\nskeleton as a joke. Referring to the skeleton by given name\nsuch as \"Oscar\", \"Clarence\" or \"Elmer\" will relieve the tenseness in the courtroom. An alert defense attorney, when his\napponent unveils the skeleton may nonchalently ask if it is\nthe skeleton of his grandfather or one of his uncles. He may\nalso inquire if it is one of the skeletons in the plaintiff's\nattorney's closet or if it is merely one of his clients which\nhas been picked. It is reported that.on one occasion when\nthe plaintiff's attorney unveiled\nhis skeleton he found to his utter\nastonishment that there\nwas a cigarette protruding from the skeleton's\nmouth. Just how the cigarette\nhappened to be in the\nskeleton's mouth is unknown.\nIf some of these methods are\nadopted the jury will\nprobably be doing more\nlaughing than giving\nserious consideration\nto the gruesome exhibition!!!,\n(Defense Law Journal Vol. I 1957.\ntributor furnished upon request)\nContributed. 10\nAs Eiblos likes to keep abreast of the times, herewith the latest use\nfor the \"erection\" on the Library Lawn.\nA STOPGAP SOLUTION TO AN EMERGENCY PROBLEM - or A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW\nUNDERGRADUATE LIBRARY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES.\nMR. W. WATSON\nIn response to students demands, made clear in a library survey of\nstucent traffic routes, we propose the conversion of the existing,\nbut virtually unused Bell Tower into the NEW SEDGEWICK UNDERGRADUATE\nLIBRARY.\nThis proposal, we think, has many attractive advantages, A\nclose examination of the structure will reveal that it consists\nof ten convenient levels. What good librarian could resist the\nurge to reclassify the undergraduate collection using the\nDewey Decimal System, and reshelve it in the tower - one section\nfor each of Dewey's ten divisions. It is proposed that the interior walls of the structure be faced with book shelves. A\nnarrow spiral (ascending only) staircase would provide student\naccess to the shelves. There is obviously no room for studying\nin the stack area, so we suggest a quite reading area built\ndirectly under the chimes. The Spiral Stair-Case should be\nconstructed in such a way that it leaves enough space for a\ncentral dumbwaiter to be used by the sub-professional bookshelver.\nYou may have realized by now that the plan as it has been described leaves no route for exit from the library. Herein lies\nthe genius of the proposal. We propose to limit exits from all\nfloors, except the tenth which houses the BELLREL REAL * TIME\nON * LINE Computer Check-out System. This way, students would\nget their required amount of physical exercise (ask any library\nschool student!) and a more acute awareness of the library's\ntotal collection, each time a book Is borrowed. As the book is\nchecked out the student is supplied with a colourful parachute\nwith which he descends from the library heights. (Students with\noverdue books could be threatened with use of chutes packed by\nnewly trained student assistants!) We believe that this may add\na little fun to a student's dreary life.\nUndergraduate students have long been the under-dogs on univer-\nsity campuses. We believe that to give them an under-ground\nlibrary would be the final insult. But, being served by the\ntallest library on campus will give them a feeling of well-being\nand enable them to hold their heads up high within the university\ncommunity. 11\nPlease see the appended, diagram for other library services.\nWe hope that our proposal will meet your approval and beg you\nto remember that this is only a preliminary draft. We are\nwilling to meet you and your coleagues to discuss improvements\non our proposal. You need only drop us a line.\nProfessor Aldon Norbury and Colleague\nSlash - Burning, Indian Arm. . i\nI April 16, 1969 f jtX C*AM*1\nloo*\nvt\n-i*#\nSara\"'\nOK' ftrJt, 'B\u00C2\u00BBck\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 no ouetctws\nV\n.frjfs*\ndil 12\n\nf \u00C2\u00A39\\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E->>\n\\\vl(i/Wi'llWU, 17\nTOUR OF PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING\nAlthough there was no connection, it was All Fool's Day that a group\nfrom U.B.C. Libraries and their friends took a tour through Vancouver's\nMain Public Safety Building as arranged by the U.B.C, Library\nAssistants Association. Considering the \"Public Safety Building\"\nin the vernacular is \"Police Station\" it was surprising that over\nthirty persons turned up for the tour (some of the gals dragged their\nhusbands along).\nDuty obliged our Biblos editor's better half to be present and it was\nhe who was elected to conduct the tour. Most of us have met up with\nGerry socially (like the L.A. Association wine and cheese party) and\ntherefore know that he cuts a fine figure...you should see him in\nuni form.,.perfect!\nAs one of the group I was asked to give my impression of the tour.\nTo give a detailed description of all we saw would take more time\nand space than is available, so this report will be brief. If you\nwish to learn more of P.S.B. (Public Safety Building) contact the\nother thirty persons or better still, arrange for a visit to P.S.B...\nit is worth the effort if only to realize how well your safety is\nbeing protected! We visited the following sections: Starting at the\nsixth floor and working down.\nFIRST STOP FINGER PRINTS ROOM\nAny person arrested is fingerprinted so you can imagine what\nvolumes of files this room holds. Fingerprints are also \"lifted\"\nat the scene of any crime and if possible matched with those on\nfile thereby narrowing down the search for the suspect.\nThe fingerprint room is small, dark and dingy, crowded with file\ncabinets and other necessary equipment; comparative readers, mounted\nmagnifying glasses, two desks, no windows - airless, we were relieved\nto move on.\nDETECTIVES OFFICE - IDENTIFYING\nIn contrast to the fingerprint room, this room was well-lighted\nbut with a purpose. A battery of lights is directed to one end\nwhere a suspect, together with non-suspects, are 1ined-up.\nWitnesses are called upon to identify the person involved in the\ncrime. Due to the strong light persons in the line-up cannot 18\ndescern the witnesses, thereby protecting them from recognition by\nthe suspect.\nHere also we were most interested in thumbing through the case\nfiles. Any call requiring police attention is given a case no.\nStarting with number one (1) each current year on January 1st.\nThe night we visited the case numbers were in the mid 19 thousand\n(three months of the year having passed).\nIn this room also there are dozens of bound volumes of identification photos. Each page carries approximately a dozen pictures,\ntwo of each person that has violated the law, crimes ranging from\npetty larceny to homocide. A complete description is also recorded\nwith all known identifying marks; likes, dislikes, habits, aliases\nand vital statistics. Beside this hard copy, all data is stored\nin the computer. When a crime has been committed, clues are fed\ninto the computer making it no longer necessary for a weary witness\nto thumb through thousands of pictures. By a process of elimination the computer assists detectives in narrowing down the suspects\nfor identification. We were amused to find that one person\nin the picture gallery \"liked jam sandwiches and was prone to take\nthem for lunch whilst on the \"Job\". This fact too was^Torfed\nin the memory of the computer. m*\nSO ON TO THE PARADE ROOM\nHot much of interest here since\nno one was on parade. The room\nis best described as a barracks,\nits function however serves\nwell as it is here that all\nmembers of the Force are duly\ninspected before going on duty.\nOrders for the day are on the\nwall, stolen car lists are\non the desk and notices of\nsocial functions and \"naughty\njokes\" are on the bulletin board.\nTARGET RANGE\nWithout giving it too much thought we accept the fact' TrYSt our\npolice officers are armed, and being armed must keep in practice 19\nto use the weapons they carry. Dummy bullets are made at the\nrange for target practice (thereby saving the taxpayers money)\nIt was interesting to examine the melting pot, the molds and the 3\nfinished product. There are four target ranges, the target distance(^y\nbeing 66 feet. We learned that arrangements may be made\nto practice at any time. However, A jAm\ntests are mandatory and officers rV 1;\nare called upon, without prior notice\nto exercise their skill at\nleast once in a three-\nmonth period. The score is\nentered on record, (ed. not the\nones in the ceiling) We were\nalso told that there\nan outside range for\nlong range target\npractice elsewhere.\nMAGISTRATES COURT.\nThe further we travelled on\nthe over-crowded conditions\nbecame at\nv _3\nthis tour the~\"more\nFortunately our group was not\non official business when we visited the courtrooms; I doubt if\nthe space could have accomodated us! Most of us are familiar\nwith the Perry mason-type court room so to inspect these court\nrooms was quite a contrast. The facilities were all there but\non a reduced scale. Offices for court room officials and stenographers are small, windowless, hot and depressing cubicles\nagain fantastically over-crowded.\nThe elevated witness box stood out starkly. A black-covered\nBible rested on the ledge of the witness box and I wondered how\none could swear to \"tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing\nbut the truth, so help me God\" when ones belief was that \"God\nis Dead\". (ed. oath can be taken by \"affirmation\" and also\nthere are copies of the Koran, Old Testiment and other Sacred\nbooks. Many of the older Chinese witnesses still take the\n\"chicken blood oath\" which is quite a colourful procedure.)\nThese are the \"lower courts\" presided over by a magistrate. Trials\nare held here and sentences passed. On more serious cases\npreliminary trials are held and when necessary referred to the\n\"county court\" which is presided over by a judge. 20\nCOURT CLERKS OFFICE\nOpen 24 hours a day with a Justice of the Peace in attendance at\nall times to set bail, swear out warrants and advise police\nOfficer's on due process of Law.\nWEAPONS CUPBOARD\nOur next scheduled stop was the Phone Room but an armed hold-up\nhad just occurred in the city so the Phone Room was out of\nbounds to us at that time. We moved on to the arsenal, the\nWeapons Cupboard, which is kept locked at all times. Our guide\nobtained the key, unlocked the cupboard permitting us to view\nthe contents.\nAnyone interested in weapons has much to see here. Guns of all\ndescription, bullet proof vests, tear gas and one small can of\nthe notorious Mace which we gathered dwells in lonely state as\na sample. At this time I was at the tail-end of the group and\ncouldn't hear too well what was being discussed on weapons supply.\nI sauntered around the outer office, noticed a sheaf of papers\nhung under a sign \"Daily Reports' and upon reading the first\nreport I became aware that this was not just a tour of the Public\nSafety Bldg. I was experiencing but the law in action. This report gave the details of a theft that had taken place at 5 p.m.\nthat day. A young man had been arrested stealing meat, from a\nsupermarket. The stark details of how this person was caught and\nunder detention at that very moment saddened me. I felt compassion for this unknown; what prompted the action? was it bravado? was it for profit? or did he take the meat because he was\nhungry? I shall never know; at that point along came the Sergeant -of-the day, to take my attention. He was very subtle but\nI realized that I was reading confidential material. Embarrassed\nat the faux pas, I was relieved to catch up with the group and\nmove on to the Records Room.\nRECORDS ROOM\nRecords are kept of all persons that have committed crimes within\nthe city limits of Vancouver and they fill many files and book\nshelves. These records are retired only upon the absolute proof\nof the persons decease.\nPHONE ROOM\nThe crime that was being committed while we were on weapons in -\nspection was now under control so we proceeded to the phone room. 21\nNot too long ago we had the minister of education visit the\nlibrary so that he could see the crowded conditions under which\nwe work. Someone, soon, should invite the minister of justice\nto the P.S.B. to witness the cramped conditions under which these\npeople work!., by contrast ours are palatial.\nA very small, poorly-lighted room with four desks pushed together\nas one. A corner of this room is set aside as a \"lunch room\".\nThis \"Lunch room\" aprox 3x4 feet, could accomodate one electric\nkettle and one chair only. A young woman having lunch while we\nwere there remarked that the area (Main and Hastings) was not a\ngood-neighbourhood for eating out. (ed. the coffee shop in the\nbasement is only open whilst court is in session - closing at\n5 p.m.)\nThe desks had phones manned by four young women, only one being\na regular police woman and while we were there the phones were in\nconstant use (remember this was a\nTuesday night, the weekends\nmust be h...! ) Messages were\njotted down and passed through\na connecting chute to the Radio\nRoom, Perhaps I have\nbeen fortunate in that I have\nnever had occassion to\ncal1 a police station.\nThe visit to the station\nhas given me full confidence of the attention I\nwould receive if I were\never in trouble and a call was necessary!' The women\nincoming calls were efficient, getting all data pertaining to the\ncall. All four phones are inter-connected permitting one operator\nto switch in on another operator's call. We were permitted to listen\nin on calls when given the okay by an operator. One call was from\na dear old lady reporting that she was going away on holiday! She\nwasn't asking that her premises be gaurded but rather chatting that\nshe was tired and needed a holiday, one of the many lonely persons\nthat phone the police department. The operator was very gracious\nand kind, wished her a happy holiday and terminated the call. I\nlistened in on the report of a stolen car, the operator asked the\nperson calling the necessary questions, jotted down the replies\nand the report was passed into the chute connected with the Radio\nRoom 22\nRADIO ROOM\nThe radio room is the hub of public safety operations since the\nofficers on duty at the switchboards are in direct contact with\nall police cars patrolling the city. Before entering this\nsection we were asked to be silent; it was explained that if\nand when the officers on duty could accept questions they would\nso indicate. Our group was too large for all to visit this\nsection at one time so we split into smaller groups of seven\nand tiptoed in.\nThere are two switchboards manned by officers wearing headphones.\nA magnetized map of the city and small squares of metal are used\nto track the location of each ladio patrol car on duty. At frequent intervals patrol cars report their location and the control\nofficer moves the \"car\" on the map. At all times this radio\nroom is in command of the safety of the citizens of our city. One\nwonders how they can handle the volume of work a city this size\nmust entail at peak hours and weekends.\nThe chute in the phone room leads directly to the switchboard.\nThe officer picks up a report from the chute, contacts the patrol\ncar that is in the vicinity of the reported trouble and the patrol\nofficers take it from there.... Car.. Man wishes to give himself\nup at the corner of Robson and Granville ... Car ... reporting\nWhat for? ... We have no further information caller incoherent..\n... We111 check it out ..\"\nThere was a brief lull; the officer enquired if we had any questions,\nWe learned that each patrol car has a specific area to cover and\nunless instructed must not go out of the assigned area. When\nso instructed orders are promptly obeyed. For instance, responding to a reported bank reobbery (alarm system) patrol cars are\ndispatched to the bank from all quarters to surround the area.\nThe lull had passed so there was no time for further questioning.\nWe silently tip-toed out nodding our gratitude...\nThe jurisdiction of P.S.B. extends to the Vancouver City limits....\ncity limits ends at UBC gates! One of these days we must\narrange a tour of the RCMP station.... 23\nThe personnel of the Public Safety Building are to be commended\nfor the interest they take in the protection of our safety; for\ndedication to duty under trying conditions and the dispatch in\nwhich these duties are carried out. A very special thanks is\nextended to Gerry LaVac for conducting this very instructive\ntour. His patience and endurance while playing \"Pied Piper\" was\nremarkable... and appreciated.\nAnn Gardner\nNEWS FLASH: dateline \"Vancouver Sun\" May 12/69\nALL B.C. COURTS TO BE RE-LOCATED\nBlock 61 Skyscraper planned to Hold every Level of Court\nAll levels of Courts in Vancouver will be accomodated in\nthe proposed B.C. Bldg. Block 61, says Chant (Hon. W.N.\nChant, Minister of Public Works) \"and not a moment\ntoo soon says I\".\nYOUR EDITORIAL STAFF.\nPat LaVac. 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