"CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1210082"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2015-07-17"@en . "1976-06-09"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ubcreports/items/1.0118040/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " \u00E2\u0096\u00A0wwii WiltmMNS\nVol. 22, No. 20. June 9, 1976. Published by\nInformation Services, University of B.C., 2075\nWesbrook Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1W5. J.A.\nBanham, editor. Judith Walker, staff writer.\nProduction assistants, Anne Shorter and Louise\nHoskin.\nubc reports\nCanada's governor-general. His Excellency Jules Leger,\nvisited UBC May 30 to cut the ribbon officially opening the\nnew Museum of Anthropology, above left, while UBC's\nchancellor, Donovan Miller, looked on. Prime Minister\nPierre Trudeau, gesticulating with newspaper in picture at\nright above, had a private one-hour tour of the museum\nwith, left to right, museum director Michael Ames; Arthur\nErickson, the Vancouver architect who designed the\nmuseum; and UBC's president. Dr. Douglas Kenny. Pictures\nby Jim Banham.\nUBC stages remarkable week\nUBC went through a remarkable\nseven-day period from Wednesday,\nMay 26, to Tuesday, June 1.\nDuring that period, the University:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Staged its annual three-day\nCongregation ceremony May 26 to 28\nto confer 3,400 academic degrees on\ngraduating students and six honorary\ndegrees;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Announced on May 27 the\ncreation of a Centre for Human\nSettlements to further the objectives\nof Habitat, the United Nations\nConference on Human Settlements,\nwhich opened in Vancouver on May\n31;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Held a ceremony on May 29 to\ninaugurate the new centre, which was\nattended by some 100 politicians,\nacademic and Habitat officials and\ndelegates;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Held yet another ceremony on\nMay 30 at which Canada's\ngovernor-general, His Excellency Jules\nLeger, officially opened the new $4.3\nmillion Museum of Anthropology in\nthe presence of 2,000 spectators and\nrepresentatives from the provincial and\nfederal governments; and\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Hosted Prime Minister Pierre\nTrudeau, who paid a one-hour private\nvisit to campus on June 1 to see the\nMuseum of Anthropology just before\nit opened its doors to the public.\nFor top University officials, and\nespecially Chancellor Donovan Miller\nand President Douglas Kenny, the\nperiod meant an almost constant\nround of public appearances,\nspeech-making and hand-shaking.\nThe week of events also meant\nvirtual non-stop work for a number of\nother UBC departments \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Physical\nPlant, which makes all physical\narrangements for UBC ceremonies;\nFood Services, which provides\nrefreshments following campus\nceremonies; Traffic and Security,\nwhich handles traffic and parking and\ndirects visitors to campus events; and\nfinally the Ceremonies Office, which is\nresponsible for planning UBC\nceremonies and instructing other\nsupport departments on the\narrangements that must be made for a\nsmooth-running event.\nThe thousands of spectators who\nattended UBC's three-day\nCongregation ceremony in the War\nMemorial Gymnasium saw honorary\ndegrees conferred on Prof. Harry\nHawthorn, of UBC's Department of\nAnthropology and Sociology, and\nartist Bill Reid, two pre-eminent\nfigures in the revival of interest in west\ncoast Indian art; Barbara Ward\nJackson, the internationally known\neconomist whose writings have\nhighlighted the problems of developing\nnations and who has been a key figure\nPlease turn to Page Three\nSee UBC WEEK Director named for new office\nDr. Norman Watt, currently\ndirector of UBC's Summer Session, has\nbeen appointed director of a new\nOffice of Extra-Sessional Studies\nwhich will come into existence on July\n1.\nThe new office will co-ordinate the\nadministration of all part-time degree\nprograms offered by the University\nduring the late afternoon and evening\nand on weekends, as well as credit\nprograms offered during the May-July\nIntersession and Summer Session.\nDr. Watt's new appointment was\napproved at the Board of Governors'\nregular meeting on June 1. Dr.\nKenneth Slade, now associate director\nof the Summer Session, was named\nassociate director of the new office.\nProf. Michael Shaw, vice-president\nfor University development and\nchairman of the President's Permanent\nCommittee on University Extension\nand Continuing Studies, said\nestablishment of the new office\nreflected the growth in the number of\npeople who wish to take credit courses\noutside the regular daytime Winter\nSession.\n\"For some time there has been a\nneed for unification of administration\nfor extra-sessional offerings,\" Prof.\nShaw said.\nHe said the new administrative\nstructure had been agreed on in\ndiscussions between the deans of Arts,\nEducation and Science, the director of\nSummer Session, and the Centre for\nContinuing Education.\nProf. Shaw said the prerogatives of\neach faculty of the University with\nDr. Norman Watt\nrespect to academic requirements for\ndegrees, content and format of\ncourses, and appointment of lecturers,\nwould be maintained and\nstrengthened.\nThe deans of Arts, Education and\nScience will each appoint a\ncoordinator of courses who will work\nclosely with the new Office of\nExtra-Sessional Studies in organizing\nprograms and courses of study.\nTho existing Summer Session\nCouncil will be abolished at the end of\nthe 1976 Summer Session and\nreplaced by a co-ordinating council\nwhich will assist the director of the\nnew office and advise on long-range\ndevelopment plans, budget\nimplications, guidelines regarding\nmaximum units taught and taken\nduring Intersession and Summer\nSession, the financial implications of\nthe enrolment of regular day students\nin evening classes, and other academic\nmatters.\nProf. Shaw said the new Office of\nExtra-Sessional Studies would report\nto the director of the Centre for\nContinuing Education, which will\ncontinue to be responsible for credit\ncourses held abroad and for\nindependent study programs.\nDr. Watt, who is an associate\nprofessor in the Faculty of Education\nas well as director of Summer Session,\ngraduated from UBC with the degree\nof Bachelor of Physical Education in\n1949. He received the degrees of\nMaster of Science and Doctor of\nEducation from the University of\nOregon in the early 1960s.\nAs director of Summer Session, he\ninitiated a series of special courses for\nsenior citizens at UBC in the summer\nof 1974, for which he won the\nCreative Programming Award of the\nWestern Association of Summer\nSession Administrators.\nDr. Watt was a well-known student\nathlete as a member of the UBC\nThunderbird basketball team. In 1966\nand 1967 he was coach of UBC's\njunior men's basketball team, which\nwon the Canadian championship both\nyears.\nHearings planned for June 26\nA one-man commission on\nuniversity education in B.C. outside\nmetropolitan Vancouver and Victoria\nwill hold hearings in Vancouver on\nSaturday, June 26.\nThe hearings by Dr. William\nWinegard, who was appointed as a\none-man commission early in May by\nEducation Minister Dr. Patrick\nMcGeer, will take place from 9 a.m. to\n5 p.m. in the auditorium of the new\nCommunity Music School in Vanier\nPark near the Centennial Museum.\nDr. Winegard, a former president of\nthe University of Guelph in Ontario,\nhas been asked \"to advise the minister\non all matters related to the delivery\nof academic and professional programs\noutside of the Vancouver and Victoria\nmetropolitan areas, and academic\ntransfer programs and their\narticulation.\"\n2/UBC Reports/June 9, 1976\nA position paper, which has formed\nthe basis for a series of meetings the\ncommissioner has been holding in the\ninterior of B.C. in recent weeks, is\navailable from the commission's\nsecretary, John Bottomley, who is\nworking in the offices of the\nThree win awards\nThree UBC students are among 100\nCanadian students of exceptional\npromise who have been awarded\nspecial M.A. Scholarships for 1976-77\nby the Canada Council.\nThe three are Elaine Hoag, a\nstudent in the English department,\nStephen Rupp in Comparative\nLiterature, and Susan Van der Flier in\nAnthropology and Sociology.\nThe scholarships are worth $5,500\neach and include a travel allowance.\nUniversities Council of B.C., telephone\n872-0245.\nDr. Winegard is being assisted by a\nnine-member advisory panel made up\nof representatives from the three\npublic universities, Notre Dame\nUniversity and the interior regional\ncolleges.\nUBC representatives on the panel\nare Jindra Kulich, acting director of\nthe Centre for Continuing Education,\nand Prof. Donald MacDougall,\nchairman of the Senate Committee on\nContinuing Education and a member\nof the Faculty of Law.\nIndividuals who wish to make\nwritten or oral submissions to the\ncommission should contact Mr.\nBottomley for details.\nDr. Winegard is expected to report\nto the provincial government by Labor\nDay. UBC WEEK\nContinued from Page One\nat Habitat Forum and in the\nVancouver Symposium; Father Gerard\nDion, of Laval University in Quebec\nCity, a noted industrial relations\nexpert; Prof. Kathleen Coburn, a\nrenowned English scholar from the\nUniversity of Toronto; and Stanley\nArkley, a 1925 UBC graduate and a\nbenefactor of the University Library\nand School of Librarianship.\nIn his Congregation address,\nPresident Kenny told graduating\nstudents that the degrees they had\nreceived were \"certification that in the\njudgment of this University you are\nready to start learning on your own.\nThat piece of paper is also an\naffirmation of this University's faith\nthat you will continue to learn \u00E2\u0080\u0094 on\nyour own.\"\nHe said that one of the main things\nthat has made it possible for students\nto continue learning on their own has\nbeen the process of discovery by\nfaculty members through research.\n\"That research,\" President Kenny\nsaid, \"also has another purpose\nbeyond its contribution to teaching.\nThat researcn is an essential part of the\nlearning process of our entire society.\n\"Any nation that stops learning,\nexploring, discovering, gives up its\nright to its own future,\" the president\nsaid. \"Just as any human being who\nstops exploring and learning also gives\nup the right to his or her future.\"\nThe president described as\n\"ominous\" the recent decline in\nnational support for scientific research\nfor reasons of \"supposed economy.\"\nHe added: \"I am not being alarmist\nwhen I say that these actions represent\na dangerous change in public policy \u00E2\u0080\u0094\na change that threatens Canada's\nfuture, that is, your future.\"\nPresident Kenny described the\nreason given for financial restraints\nbeing placed on research \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \"current\neconomic conditions\" \u00E2\u0080\u0094 as\n\"short-sighted public policy.\" He said\nit is precisely at times of difficulty\nthat the need for research is greatest to\n\"tell us how to strengthen the\nlong-term development of our\nresources and lives.\"\nAs graduates of UBC, the president\nsaid, \"you carry with you a\nresponsibility to recognize the\nimportance of knowledge, of learning,\nin the long-term life and well-being of\nthis country. You carry a special\nresponsibility ... to contribute\nintelligently to public policy decisions,\nto urge upon your government and\nyour fellow citizens the need for\nlearning and discovery to be sustained\nif this country is to retain its right to\nits own future.\"\nAt the inauguration ceremony for\nthe Centre for Human Settlements in\nthe Woodward Instructional Resources\nCentre on May 29, spectators heard\naddresses by Enrique Penalosa,\nsecretary-general of Habitat; Hon.\nHugh Curtis, minister of municipal\naffairs and housing in the provincial\ngovernment and a member of the\nCanadian delegation to Habitat; Hon.\nBarney Danson, federal minister of\nstate for urban affairs; Chancellor\nMiller and President Kenny.\nMr. Curtis said he would introduce\na motion at the UN conference\ninviting the UN to turn over all\naudio-visual material prepared for\nHabitat to the new centre. Such a\nmotion was introduced on June 4 and\nwas to be voted on later this week.\nMr. Penalosa spoke warmly of the\nmove by UBC to create the centre and\npresented a bound volume of Habitat\ndocuments to Chancellor Miller, who\ntraced the long involvement the\n'Freddy'\nWood dies\nUBC lost part of its living history\nlast week with the death of Dr.\nFrederic G.C. Wood, better known as\nFreddy Wood. He was 89.\nDr. Frederic Wood was one of\nUBC's first faculty members, and the\nfirst British Columbian to join the\nUBC staff. He was appointed to the\nEnglish department when UBC opened\nits doors in September of 1915 and\nremained with that department until\nhe retired from teaching in 1950.\nDuring his years at the University,\nFreddy Wood founded and directed\nthe UBC Players' Club, a major UBC\ninstitution in the early years, before\nthere was a theatre department or\nacademic credits to be gained by the\nstudent actors. The Players' Club\ntravelled throughout the province,\nperforming their successful\npresentations in a time when talking\nmovies were rare and television\nunheard of.\nThe Frederic Wood Theatre on\ncampus honors Dr. Wood's long-time\nsupport of drama in the province.\nDr. Wood was awarded an honorary\nDoctor of Literature degree by UBC in\n1971. Since his retirement, he had\ndivided his time between homes in\nVancouver and Laguna Beach, Calif.\nHe is survived by his wife, Beatrice,\ntwo daughters, and a son, Dr. William\nF.J. Wood, an assistant professor in\nCommerce and Business\nAdministration at UBC.\nUniversity has had with the United\nNations and with questions related to\nhuman settlements.\nPresident Kenny said the centre will\nnot lead to new academic courses in\nhuman settlements, but will support\nexisting disciplines and professional\neducation in a variety of ways.\nThe next day, Sunday, May 30,\nbrought the long-awaited opening of\nUBC's Museum of Anthropology by\nHis Excellency Jules Leger,\ngovernor-general of Canada.\nThe museum houses UBC's\ncollection of northwest coast Indian\nartifacts as well as extensive\ncollections from other parts of the\nworld and the priceless Koerner\ncollection.\nThe opening was attended by\nSecretary of State Hugh Faulkner,\ndeputy premier Grace McCarthy,\nmuseum director Michael Ames as well\nas President Kenny and Chancellor\nMiller.\nMr. Faulkner told the crowd that\nthe museum has the potential to\n\"become a centre for Canadians of all\nwalks of life to come to an\nunderstanding of what our history has\nbeen, at least part of it, how\ndistinguished the contributions made\nby the native people of Canada.\n\"Maybe some day it will become\neffective in our own thinking of our\nown past,\" he said.\nPresident Kenny said this museum\nwas \"a place we can enter to regain a\nsense of our past....\n\"The bulk of the materials on\ndisplay here are, as you know, the\ncreations of the Indian peoples of this\npart of the world. In view of that fact,\nand in view of the history of those\npeoples since the European arrival\nmore than a centucy ago, it may at\nfirst sound strange to say that this\nmuseum preserves our past.\n\"That past does not yet belong to\nus.... Part of the price of sharing that\npast is a willingness to share our own\npresent and future. With these\nbeautiful artifacts, the people who\nmade them are permitting us to share\ntheir culture, their history, to make it\nours as well. We will not be worthy of\nthis gift, however, unless we are willing\nto invite them and their children truly\nto join us in our present and future.\n\"This is only possible if we are\naware of more than objects. This is\nonly possible if we are aware of the\npeople who made them.\"\nThe Museum of Anthropology is\nopen Tuesdays from noon to 9 p.m.\nand Wednesdays to Sundays from\nnoon to 7 p.m. until the end of\nAugust. During the winter months the\nmuseum will be open Wednesdays to\nSundays from noon to 5 p.m.\nAdmission is free Tuesdays and other\ndays is $1 for adults.\nUBC Reports/June 9, 1976/3 THIS WEEK AND NEXT\nNotices must reach Information Services, Main Mall North Admin. Bldg., by mail, by 5 p.m. Thursday of week preceding publication of notice\nThroughout the winter and spring of this year, \"This\nWeek and Next\" covered the period from the Thursday\nfollowing publication to the following Thursday\nmorning. Although this period was convenient for those\nreaders picking up UBC Reports from various campus\ndrops, those receiving UBC Reports through the mail\noften did not receive their copies in time to take\nadvantage of some events listed.\nIn an attempt to make \"This Week and Next\" of\nmore use to our readers. Information Services is\nchanging the period covered in this column to the\nSunday following publication until the next Saturday.\nThe deadline for submission of notices remains the same,\nthe Thursday before publication at 5 p.m.\nTHURSDAY, JUNE 10\n4:00 p.m. ARCHITECTURE COLLOQUIUM. E. Duek Cohen,\nassociate professor, School of Town Planning, University of New South Wales, Australia, on \"Slow\nWays\" in Cities. Rooms G53-55, Woodward Instructional Resources Centre.\nFRIDAY,JUNE11\n1:00 p.m. MEDICAL GENETICS SEMINAR. Dr. T. Chow,\nObstetrics and Gynaecology, UBC, on Ultrasound\nImaging: The Use in Antenatal Diagnosis.\nConference Room, fourth floor, Health Centre for\nChildren, Vancouver General Hospital.\n3:00p.m. SCIENCE AND RELIGION DISCUSSION GROUP.\nLutheran Campus Centre.\nTHURSDAY, JUNE 17\n4:00 p.m. BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR. Dr. Elliott Schiff man,\nLaboratory of Developmental Biology, National\nInstitute of Dental Research, Bethesda, Maryland,\non Some Aspects of Phagocyte Chemotaxis. Lecture\nHall 3, Woodward Instructional Resources Centre.\nFRIDAY, JUNE 18\n1:00p.m. MEDICAL GENETICS SEMINAR. Dr. D.A.\nApplegarth, Paediatrics, UBC, on The Pathogenesis\nof Cystic Fibrosis. Conference Room, fourth floor.\nHealth Centre for Children, Vancouver General\nHospital.\nThree awarded honorary degrees\nThree well-known members of the\nUBC faculty were honored by other\nCanadian universities this spring when\nthey received honorary degrees at\ncongregation ceremonies.\nProfessor Emerita Margaret\nOrmsby, former head of UBC's history\ndepartment, received the honorary\ndegree of Doctor of Laws from the\nUniversity of Victoria on May 29.\nProf. Ormsby, who taught at UBC\nfor 31 years and was department head\nfrom 1965 to 1974, was the author of\nthe official history of B.C. issued to\nmark the province's 1958 centennial.\nProf. William Hoar, former head of\nthe UBC zoology department, was\nawarded an honorary degree by St.\nFrancis Xavier University in\nAntigonish, Nova Scotia, in April.\nA UBC faculty member for 31\nyears, Prof. Hoar was head of Zoology\nfrom 1964 to 1971. He is one of\nCanada's best known scientists and is\nnoted for his studies ancl publications\nin the fields of physiology and\nendocrinology, particularly as they\npertain to fish.\nProf. Ian McT. Cowan, who retired\nlast year as dean of UBC's Faculty of\nGraduate Studies, received an\nhonorary Doctor of Environmental\nStudies degree at the University of\nWaterloo in May.\nAn internationally known\nzoologist, Prof. Cowy-n has received a\nnumber of awards for his\ncontributions to the study of wildlife\nconservation and ecology\n**/UBC i~i\u00C2\u00A3ipCt iS/ Jo.!.. Z, 1C/6\nProf. Cowan was also honored\nrecently by the Canadian Society of\nZoology. He was the recipient of the\nFry Medal, awarded to a scientist who\nhas made an outstanding contribution\nto knowledge and understanding in his\nor her field and to the development of\nzoology in Canada.\nThis is the second time the award\nhas been given to a UBC zoologist.\nProf. Hoar received the medal in 1974.\nThe first travelling exhibit to visit\nUBC's new Museum of Anthropology\nopens tomorrow (Thursday).\n\"The Legacy,\" part of the B.C.\nProvincial Museum's collection, is a\nunique collection of the work of\nleading contemporary artists and\ncraftsmen of the northwest coast\npeople and includes both traditional\nand contemporary carvings, jewellery,\npaintings and weaving.\nIt has been lent to the Museum of\nAnthropology for display until Oct. 1\nThe public is invited to the opening of\nthe exhibit, to be held from 5 to 7\np.m. on Thursday.\nThe museum has now been open to\nthe public for one week and is proving\nto be a popular place. Just under\n4,000 people have toured the museum\nsince its opening.\nDr. John Hay, associate professor\nof geography at UBC is featured on\nSaturday, June 12, in the CBC radio\nprogram ''Conversations with\nScientists.\"\nIn an interview with Bert Nelson,\nDr. Hay discusses how changes in the\natmosphere in other parts of the world\naffect British Columbia's weather\npattern.\nHe also explains the rather\ndepressing fact that we are currently in\nthe trough of an approximate 15-year\nweather cycle around Vancouver,\nwhich may account for this cold, wet\nspring.\nThe UBC geographer also discusses\nhow changing building patterns in the\ncity, and farming techniques in the\ncountry, can affect climate.\nThe program is aired on CBU (690\non the AM dial) from 5:03 to 6:00\np.m.\nA NATO Scientific Affairs Division\npanel on research grants will visit UBC\nJune 28 to conduct an open meeting\non NATO's research grant program.\nThe meeting will be held in the\nBoard and Senate Room of the Main\nMall North Administration Building at\n2:30 p.m.\nPurpose of the NATO research\ngrant program is to stimulate scientific\nresearch carried out in collaboration\nbetween scientists in the member\ncountries of the alliance. 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