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Alumni CHRONICLE Published by the Alumni Association of The University of British Columbia Editor: Harry T. Logan, M.C, M.A. Alumnae Editor: Joan Fraser, B.A.'51 Board of Management President Peter J. Sharp, B.Com.'36 Past-President G. Dudley Darling, B.Com.'39 First Vice-President _ Hugh John Hodgins, B.A.Sc.'28 Second Vice-President Mrs. Frank M. Ross, B.A/25 Third Vice-President Dean Blythe A. Eagles, B.A/22 Treasurer Archie P. Gardner, B.A.'37 Executive Secretary A. H. Sager, D.F.C, B.A.'38 Chronicle Editor Harry T. Logan, M.C, M.A. Members-at-Large: John Ashby, B.A.'33; Mrs. Morris Belkin, B.A.'40; Dr. W. G. Black, B.A/22; E. G. (Ernie) Perrault, B.A/48; Mrs. Lawrence E. Ranta, B.A.'35, B.A.Sc.'39; Leonard B. Stacey, B.A.Sc.'24. Degree Representatives: Agriculture, Jack Gray, B.S.A.'39; Applied Science, S'uart S. Lefeaux, B.A.Sc.'45; Architecture, Harry Lee, B.Arch.'50; Arts, Harold W. Fullerton, B.A/29; Commerce, Donald A. McRae, B.Com.'47; Forestry, Norman Dusting, B.S.F.'52; Home Economics, Mrs. George Cornwell, B.H.E.'49; Law, Brian W. F. McLoughlin, LL.B.'50; Medicine, Victor A. MacPherson, B.A.'50, M.D.'54; Pharmacy, Miss Anne Tomljenovich, B.S.P.'54; Physical Education, Hugh k. Marshall, B.P.E.'50; Social Work, George V. Jones, B.S.W/49, M.S.W/50. Senate Representatives: Dr. Earle Foerster, B.A.'21; Dr. W. C. Gibson, B.A/33; Dr. Harry V. Warren, B.A/26, B.A.Sc.'27. Alma Mater Society Representative: Dick Underhill, A.M.S., President. Editorial Committee Chairman ... Dean Blythe Eagles Advisory Members Peter Sharp, (ex officio) Ormonde J. Hall, Past Editor Undergraduate Representative Ted Lee Ex-Officio Harry T. Logan, A. hi Sager Chronicle Offices: Business Office: 201 Brock Hall, U.B.C, Vancouver 8, B.C. Editorial Office: 207 Brock Hall, U.B.C, Vancouver 8, B.C. Published in Vancouver, B. C,and authorized as second class mail, Post Office Dept., Ottawa DIRECTORY OF U.B.C. ALUMNI BRANCHES Calgary—S. (Stan) R. Hughes, B.S.F. '49, 1740—24th St., S.W., Calgary, Alberta. Kamloons—Miss Evelyn M. Bradley, B.A. '44 (Exec. Member) 2-728 Pine St., Kamloops, B.C. Kelowna—Winston A. Shilvock, B.A. '31, 286 Bernard Ave., Kelowna, British Columbia. Kimberley—John W. Stewart, B.A.Sc. '39, Box 632, Kimberley, B.C. Montreal-—E. A. Thompson, B.A.Sc. '42, 58 Belmont Ave., Valois, Que. Nanaimo—E. D. Strongitharm, B.A. '40, 4 Church St., Nanaimo, B.C. Northern California—Albert A. Drennan, B.A. '23, 420 Market St., San Francisco 11, Calif. Ottawa—Dr. W. Kaye Lamb, B.A. '27, 7 Crescent Heights, Ottawa, Ont. Penticton—J. Peter Van der Hoop, B.A. '50, LL.B. '51, c/o Boyle & Atkins, 284 Main St., Penticton, B.C. Portland—Dave B. Charlton, B.A. '25, 1834 S.W. Vista, Portland 1, Ore. Regina—Rex. L. Brown, B.A.Sc. '27, c/o Imperial Oil Limited, Box 400, Regina, Sask. Seattle—Dr. Fred W. Laird, B.A. '22, Medical Centre, Summit at Madison, Seattle 4, Wash. Southern California—Lester W. McLennan, B.A. '22, 917 Sierra Vista Dr., Fullerton, Calif. Summerland—Ewart Woolliams, B.A. '25, Summerland, B.C. Toronto—Roy V. Jackson, B.A. '43, Apt. 38 - 48 Glenview Ave., Toronto, Ont. Trail—Dr. C. A. H. Wright, B.Sc. '17, 306 Ritchie Ave., Trail, B.C. United Kingdom—Lt.-Col. H. F. E. Smith, '25, (Hon. Sec), B.C. House, 1-3 Regent St., London, S.W.I, England. Victoria—Gil J. Smith, B.A. '49, Room 328, Pemberton Bldg., Victoria, British Columbia. (Except in the case of Kamloops and the United Kingdom, the Alumnus named is President of the Branch.) Volume 8, No. 4 Winter, 1954 CONTENTS INCLUDE Page Christmas Greetings ... 3 Editorials 5 From the Mail Bag 6 Branches — 6-7 Rebuild The Brock—Art Sager , 7 Graduate Profile—Edith Lucas—Mrs. Howard T. Mitchell 8-9 Chemical Institute of Canada—W. A. Bryce 9 The University, 1954—President MacKenzie 11 No News Is Good News—David Brock 12 A Day of Remembrance . — 13 Friends of the University—Asian Studies Proposal 13 Autumn Congregation 14-15 Portrait Presented by Faculty Women's Club 15 MacMillan Fine Arts Clubs—Marjorie Agnew . r 16-17 Canadian Universities C'ub Formed in London— Lt. Col. H. F. E. Smith 17 Convocation—Alumni Annual Meeting 18-19 1929 Reunion—Gift to University—Mary Morrison 20 Great Trekker Phyllis Ross—Dorothy Taylor 21-22 Oxford in Restrospect—Pat Taylor . 22-23 Schools—Architecture—Home Economics 26 The Faculty ..... 27 Summer School New York—Mary Fallis 29 Handicap—Geoffrey Riddehough 29 Thunderbirds in Close Game with Varsity Blues—Bus Phillips 30 First Term Athletics—A Summary—Bus Phillips 31 The Frederic Wood Programme . 31 Campus News and Views—Danny Goldsmith 32-33 Marriages . 33-34 Births ,...._. 34 Obituary—Dr. George A. Lamont , 34 PHYLLIS Trekker, 1954. by Henry Carr FRONT COVER GREGORY ROSS, D.B.E., B.A., M.A. (See pages 21-22). The Photo is Photo by Courtesy U.B.C. Audio- , LL.D., Great of a painting Visual Services aHjr Alumttt Asaortatimi lExmtttur (Unmmtttw, mtite &Uit mh ffltjramrli? wialj all r^atera a fKwrg (EtjrtHtmaa anJ» a Ijapjtg Nwu f rar ATTENTION GRADUATES! APPLICATIONS INVITED The University will shortly be making a senior appointment on the engineering and maintenance staff. Applications are invited from graduates who have had experience in municipal engineering, public works, or building construction. Enquiries may be sent c/o the Chronicle office. —Advance Notice— UNIVERSITY WEEK—FEBRUARY 28th — MARCH 5th OPEN HOUSE '55 Saturday, March 5th During the week, evening events are being planned, and on Saturday the entire University will be on display. Keep the day and the week, in mind and extend invitations to as many people as possible. Gordon Armstrong, for Open House Committee. Meet Your Old Friends at the Happiest Party of the Year! THE UNIVERSITIES BOXING DAY BALL At the Commodore Cabaret, Monday, December 27th, 9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. Tickets can be obtained at the Alumni Office, Brock Hall Telepho ne: ALma 3044 $6.00 per couple U. B. C. AtUMNI CHRONICtE Necessity is the mother of banking invention. Since no two customers have exactly the same plans and problems, the Royal Bank must be flexible and adaptable in its approach to your banking needs. Existing services are constantly strengthened, extended and improved to meet new demands and requirements. You can bank on the Royal to be constructive, practical, resourceful in helping you with your problems. THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Total assets exceed $2,675,000,000 V. B. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE The Editor's Page THE CANADA COUNCIL-AN INSTRUMENT FOR PEACE The announcement made recently in Ottawa that the Government proposes to provide funds at once to set tip and administer a Canada Council to foster research in the Humanities, analagous to the National Research Council which promotes study in the Sciences, reveals a policy decision which is of the utmost importance for the future well-being of Canada. As with many other nations, history and geography have combined to make of Canada a land of diverse peoples and regions. — factors which, in themselves, stand in the way of national unity. In other lands the struggle to overcome these harriers has been long and laborious, and often accompanied by civil wars. We have been fortunate in Canada in the fact that the two principal races composing our population very early adopted a policy of "peaceful co-existence," which has gradually developed into one of friendly co-operation in attaining the larger ends of our life as a nation. The union of two peoples in a single national whole, each respecting the rights and ideals of the other, has created an atmosphere of tolerance and understanding of other peoples to an extent not always found in a young country, and this attitude of our people has helped in assimilating the thousands of other nationals who have come to live among us. International events and responsibilities undertaken abroad in the past quarter century have knitted us closer together so that, in the words of Prime Minister St. Laurent, "to-day the Canadians of French origin and those of English origin are able to live side by side and work together with the more recent arrivals in building a greater Canada." While Canada has grown in population, in wealth, in power, in a sense of unity and in influence among the nations, the feeling lias increased in the minds of thoughtful men and women that, although the general education of our people lias been more or less adequately cared for in our schools and universities, and study of the Sciences has been intensified to serve well the needs of industry in the development of our natural resources, for the purposes of trade and for national defence, the Humanities—Literature, Arts, Social Sciences—have been neglected. For some years the Humanities Research Council of Canada has drawn attention to the serious consequences of this neglect for our national life, and by study and action it has sought to remedy the unhealthy condition. The Federal Government's interest in the issue was shown by the appointment, in 1949. of the Massey Commission, which made its report two years later. The first concrete result of the Report was the Federal grant to Canadian universities, amounting, this year, to more than five and a quarter million dollars. Other recommendations of the Commission have been acted upon with respect to the National Art Gallery, the National Library and Public Archives, and Radio and TV Broadcasting. The Canada Council, whose establishment the Prime Minister first announced, fittingly enough, in an address to a National Conference of the Humanities Research Council of Canada on November lit. lies at the heart of the Massey Commission Report, for it is designed to foster Canada's cultural development at home and her cultural relations abroad. Its most important duty will be to administer a system of fellowships, scholarships, studentships and bursaries, at all levels of study, in the humanities, social sciences and law: assistance will thus be given to Canadians to study these subjects at home cir abroad, and to students, artists, musicians and writers from abroad to study in Canada. In concluding his address the Prime Minister said, "The future of Canada and of the free world docs not depend alone on the ability of our scientists and on our material progress. Important as they are, these aspects of our life cannot do more than open up to us the possibilities of greater human progress in other fields. Great also is the part the humanities have to play, not only in enriching the lives of Canadians, but by helping us to understand other peoples, their thought processes anil their way of life; in these ways they too are contributing to world peace." SITE PLANNING FOR BUILDINGS AND PLAYING FIELDS In his article on page It of this issue President MacKenzie writes, "At the present time I believe the most useful thing that could be done, in the immediate and long term interest of the university, is to add another 500 acres tc the campus. This would not cost anyone a nickel for it is the wild land south and east of the campus and held for our benefit by the Government. It would ensure that the university will, for all time, have enough land for its needs." We realize how great and how rapid has been the growth of the T'ni- versity when we reflect that the University site commission, having selected the present location, reported to the Lieutenant-Governor on June 28, 1910, in these words, "we respectfully suggest that not less than 250 acres be set apart for the University campus." It is now felt by the President that the campus area should be enlarged by no less than twice its original acreage. The truth is apparent that there is no longer sufficient land available on the University site to satisfy the urgent demands of University policy and undergraduate needs. This being so. it becomes increasingly important that any Master Plan which may be drawn up now will envisage future needs and will not. under the influence of present pressure, make decisions which will hamper future developments, whether of buildings or of athletic areas. The original design for the lTniversity, prepared in 1913. by a commission of three distinguished architects and planners, acting witli the University architects, was comprehensive. It provided for "the needs of a University potentially great", whose relatively small beginnings were "arranged witli due regard for economy and efficiency, yet in such a manner as to ensure co-ordination with a properly planned and steadily developing scheme". (U.B.C. Calendar. 1919-20. p.20). Because of the First World War, this plan was hardly begun when it had to be abandoned. Were it not for tills intervention of Fortune, who gave us good measure with a Second World War, it is quite possible that the development of our Buildings and Grounds might have kept pace with our needs. We appear, however, to he on our way again. As things stand now, the University lias committed herself for the forseeable future witli respect to the location of her Playing Fields, which must, of course, be sited as near as possible to the dressing rooms of the Stadium and the two Gymnasiums. The case for adequate Playing Fields, suitably placed, has been carefully studied by Charlie Campbell's Alumni Committee on Athletics, whose report, witli its recommendations, appeared on page 1.3 of the Summer Chronicle, and it is hoped that some way can be found to implement the enlightened spirit, if not the letter of this report. If Chuck Campbell's hopes are realized for 1.25 acres of playing held per 100 students, and Bill Birmingham's Alumni Housing Committee (see Autumn Chronicle.p.13 I reaches its objective of Dormitories for all out-of-town students, — not to mention the University's immediate need for Academic and other buildings to replace the Huts — it would seem that the only hope of avoiding a head- on collision, in the scramble for suitable sites, is to be found in President MacKenzie's proposal "to add another 500 acres to the campus." (Xnsv-j T, L 1 CXa^ V. B. C AtUMNI CHRONICLE ROM THE MAIL BAG Southern California I have no news regarding local alumni, but hope to remedy the situation before the next issue. In any case, a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from our local chapter to all other U.B.C. Alumni! Regards to you and Mrs. Logan from Cora and Lester McL. (Lester W. McLennan, B.A.'22, 917 Sierra Vista Dr., Fullerton, California.) Pittsburgh Thank somebody for getting our address to you so that we could receive our copy of the Chronicle. It is appreciated. Be sure to send us a bill if our past subscriptions are not sufficient for future copies. For us, the main "bill-of-fare" is study and more study. The Carnegie Institute of Technology is a wonderful place for post-grad, work in Mechanical Engineering and I'm learning a lot. Barb and the youngsters (Allan, 4 years, and Karen, 6 months) are tine. Best personal regards, Barb and Ted Kirkpatrick. (Edward Thompson Kirkpatrick, B.A.Sc/47, and Mrs. Kirkpatrick, nee Barbara Kelsburg, B.A.'47) London Attached is a short writeup of the Canadian Universities' inaugural dinner meeting which took place on the 11th November, which will probably be of interest to your readers. As you know, the U.B.C. Alumni Association in this country was functioning to some extent up till 1950, but since then has been a dormant organization. With the advent of the Canadian Universities Club it seems expedient that the U.K. branch be revitalized. We have on our membership list at the present time some 35 members who are actively interested in continuing their U.B.C. associations in some manner. The advent of the Canadian Universities Club is an excellent reason for banding together as a more cohesive group. As you probably know there are several alumni groups who are quite active in London, the largest being the McGill Society of Great Britain, then the Toronto Alumni Association (U.K. Branch) and the Dalhousie Society of Great Britain. Dr. Roy Vollum of Oxford was down to see me two weeks ago and asked, because he was not living in London, to be relieved of the duties of President, and he asked if I could find someone else to take his place. Mrs. O. K. S. Laugharne, who is now living in East Grinstead, has expressed a willingness to take an active part in the organization. Mrs. Laugharne, whose maiden name was Grace Smith, was, I believe, prominent in Student Council work during her years at University (Arts'25). Accordingly, I would like to call together a group of U.B.C. graduates in order to duly elect a President, Secretary, etc. WTould you please ask the Executive Secretary to send me the details of how a proparly constituted U.K. branch WINSTON A. SHILVOCK President Kelowna Branch of the U.B.C. Alumni could be formed, so that I could put this in the hands of Mrs. Laugharne for her use at the reorganization meeting. With best personal regards and with kindest wishes, I am, H. F. E. Smith. (Lt.-Col. H. F. E. Smith, Arts'25, British Columbia House, 1-3 Regent St., London, S.W.I.) I am very sorry to have taken such a long time to produce the enclosed short article on the Canadian cricket tour of last summer. Please alter or rearrange it in any way you like, and please do not worry on my account if you think that the time for publishing something of this nature has passed. I have deliberately kept it pretty short, and mentioned only one or two significant features. Basil Robinson, B.A.'40. Office of the High Commissioner for Canada, Canada House, London, S.W.I. Toronto Roly was the only Conservative observer on the Delegation. We all lived very chummily together in the Beekman Tower Hotel, which is situated on First and 49th, and were well looked after by our Secretary General, Mr. Derek Bedson, and his staff, including R.C.M.P. officers on guard 24 hours a day. There is a superb view from the windows of the Beekman—the East River, the U.N. Buildings and the whole galaxy of twinkling skyscrapers at. night. New York is a most stimulating city. Sir Zafrulla Kahn came and stayed last week-end with us and we entertained for him, took him to the country and talked a lot. We also had Lady Noon from Pakistan here this last summer and we see something of the Baigs, High Commissioner for Pakistan in Ottawa. Yours sincerely, Norah Michener. (Nee Norah E. Willis, B.A.'22, Ph.D., Edgehill, 5 Rosedale Road, Toronto 5, wife of D. Roland Michener, Q.C., B.A., B.C.L., M.A., LL.D., Canadian Government observer at United Nations this autumn.) Branches KELOWNA Oct. 20th. The children of Kelowna and many adults were thrilled with the live performance of the Vancouver Holiday Theatre's production of "Puss- in-Boots." A sell-out matinee was followed by a second performance that evening. The "Friends of the Library," which group includes various alumnae members, were responsible for this effort. Their purpose is to raise one thousand dollars to furnish the new library which will be opened in Kelowna in December. Our versatile Ethelwyn Logie (Mrs. Jim Logie) scored a great hit when she and the Club president, Frank Bishop, gave outstanding performances in the Kelowna Little Theatre production of Mary Chase's play "Harvey" at the Empress Theatre, November 3rd and 4th. The two protagonists received excellent support from Mrs. Douglas Kerr and Mrs. Frank Bishop, as well as others in the cast. Mrs. J. MacLennan, B.A.'23. OTTAWA We are meeting on Wednesday, December 8. Ronny Burns (B.Com.'31) is goius to bring us up to date on the state of things in B.C. Each autumn we try to have some newly arrived exile from the West Coast tell us what has been happening lately, and Ronny is this year's victim. I don't think there is anything very startling in the way of news. You will know that Leslie Brown (B.A.'28), is leaving Ottawa and will be trade commissioner at Caracas. He and Ruth are to be here on December 4, and leave for South America immediately thereafter. Perhaps you did not know that Donald Munro (B.A.'38) has been appointed to the Canadian Embassy in Dublin. He was acting-Minister most of the summer. Wm. Kaye Lamb, B.A.'27, M.A.'SO, Ph.D.(Univ. of London)'33, LL.IV48. SEATTLE Just a short note to tell you that the Seattle Branch of the U.B.C. Alumni Association held a meeting on Friday, November 5. at the Student Union Building of the University of Washington. We had about thirty members present and took the opportunity of the gathering to hold an informal meeting. The result of the meeting was that we decided to hold a meeting in February that would take the form of a cocktail party; that we would follow this meeting with a more formal gathering, possibly in the nature of a dinner meeting, at which time we would hope to have a representative from the University present. Our summer picnic at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Arkley we felt was so successful that we will U. B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 6 i: t The hurned she,, ot Br.ck Ha„, as see. ,fom ,he Library roof on 0ctober ,, ^ ^ ^™^ **-Vi«-. -rv.ces REBUILD THE BROCK If proof were needed, the Are in the Brock on October 25th provided a convincing demonstration of the increasing amount of'interest being shown in the University by its Alumni and friends. On the morning after the fire, the President received an anonymous donation of $5,000 and, shortly after, contributions to the Dollar Campaign started pouring in from alums all over the world. In the first two weeks of the appeal, nearly 1,000 graduates had responded and the reconstruction fund was off to a good start. To those who attended U.B.C. in the thirties and after, the Brock Memorial Building was more than just a student centre, more than just a building. It was another symbol of student-alumni initiative and endeavour. Like the Great Trek, the campaigns for the first By ART SAGER Gymnasium, the Stadium. Plaving Fields, and later the Memorial Gymnasium, the long drive for funds to build the Brock was part of the unique Tuum Est tradition of U.B.C. To an earlier general ion of students, the Brock was something more again! It was a living memorial to the late Dean Brock—leader, teacher, friend, first Dean of Applied Science—and to Mrs. Brock, his great-hearted wife. To all who used Brock Hall—students, faculty, graduates, civic organizations and occasional visitors it was the campus community centre, clubhouse and meeting place. Insurance on the Brock Building—as on all other campus buildings — is sufficient to cover the cost of replacing the structure exactly as it was before the fire. It. is not sufficient, however, to replace old furniture and equipment with new, nor to p.,y for the extra cost involved in excavating the basement below the main floor. Many Alumni will remember that when the Brock was built, there was not enough money on hand nor h, -i-ht to construct, a full basement. Experience of the past few years shows that it would be short-sighted not to ,10 this work now, before replacing the floor which was destroyed by the tire. The new area thus created will help to relieve the pressure on a building already being used to capacitv. With the help of friends' and graduates, the students at U.B.C. are now rebuilding Brock Memorial - everybody's building and everybody's home on the campus. in all probability do something similar this coming summer. Our meeting was marred by the fact that our President, Dr. Fred Laird, and his wife had been in a rather serious automobile accident the previous evening. You will be glad to know that they are progressing nicely and that Dr. Laird has been discharged from the hospital. I am enclosing a *list of all the members who attended our meeting at the University, and I regret that we do not have the year of graduation for them. I might also add that it was on this evening that we first heard of the tragic fire at the Brock Building. There were many members present who had fond memories of the Brock, and I am sure that you will find many contribu- 7 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE tions coming in from Seattle members for its reconstruction. ("Marjorie Greene, Chester Pederson, Jack Grant, Elizabeth Nori, Stan Arkley, Ronald Todd, Florence Weinstein, Sophie Birch Hil- dred Bligh, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Matkovchik Allan J Bluechel, Nora j. Clarke, Roman Mostar, Peter McTavish, Mr. and Mrs K R Peters, Hermie Lyons, Betty Groves, Lorna Carson Evans, Mary McGregor, Mr. and Mrs Bob Boroughs, Nancy Lees, Jan Selby W a' Rosene Fred Brewis, Sophie Ladd,' Shirley Ellison.) ' Robert J. Boroughs, B.A.'39, M.A.'43. TORONTO Until I read David Brock's "No News is Good News" in the last issue, I did not expect to have anything for the Winter Chronicle. Now I have something, but it is likely too late and in any case the contribution is probably not worth printing. Anyway, here it is—perhaps your deadline is flexible by a day or two and anyway you may be hard up for the Spring issue. Roy V. Jackson, B.A.'43. (Perhaps! Many thanks, Roy.—Ed.) TRAIL There is not a great deal to report this time. Dr. C. II. Wright (B.Sc.'lT, M.Sc'20) has been elected Western Director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and H. P. (pat) Flynn (PharmacyT,2i has married Sylvia Elizabeth Moore of Trail. Preparations are now being made to welcome Dean Gage and Dean Chant as guest speakers at the annual meeting of the local branch on December U, 1954. A good turn-out is expected M. M. Wright, B.A.-38, B.A.Sc.'38. Graduate Profile — Edith Lucas * By MRS. HOWARD T. MITCHELL The University of British Columbia has reason to be proud of Dr. Edith Lucas and of her achievements. In the light of her contribution to education as Director of High School Correspondence Courses, Dr. Lucas is considered one of the province's foremost educationists. But her further accomplishments in the instruction of Canadian immigrants since 1948 have given her renown of national significance. Her Simple-English Course, embodying her own method of familiarizing students as quickly as possible with the sentence pattern of everyday speech, is used throughout British Columbia. It is considered one of the best systems ever devised for the teaching of English to foreign students. In an age of speed, even the assimilation of new citizens must be accomplished quickly. Dr. Lucas' Lessons in English produce results almost immediately in the use of our national language and in making the students familiar with the customs and thought of their new homeland. Edith Lucas graduated from U.B.C. with the Class of Arts'25, with double honours in French and Latin and the Governor-General's Gold Medal as Head of the Graduating Class. She was accustomed to her place at the top by that time, since it had been hers each year of undergraduate study at Victoria College and at U.B.C. In 1927 she was awarded one of the coveted Nichol scholarships for three years' study in France at the Sorbonne. By 1930, on completion of a book-length thesis and her defence of it before an examining board of Sorbonne professors, she added the degree of Docteur de l'Uni- versite (Paris). One of the conditions imposed by the Hon. Walter C. Nichol ob recipients of his scholarship was that they must return to British Columbia to give the province the benefit of their graduate studies. We might otherwise have lost the services of this brilliant young woman. But in 1930 she joined the staff of the Prince Rupert High School, wThere from 1931 to 1937 she was Principal. She left this post to accept work in the Correspondence Division of the Department of Education in Victoria. One of her first undertakings was the writing of the French courses offered by the Department, and the excellence of these courses is a byword of instructors and pupils alike. * (Nee Janet R. MacDonald, B.A.'25. After graduation Mrs. Mitchell studied at the Sorbonne, Paris. She is one of the founders of York House School for Girls, of which she is Advisory Vice-Principal. Under the pen-name of Ann Wilson, she is known to readers of Western Homes and Living of which magazine she is Foods and Cooking Editor. Mrs. Mitchell is a Trustee of the U.B.C. Development Fund. She has two sons, Donald, in 4th year Arts, U.B.C, and Howard, a student at Los Angeles Art Centre School.) Photo by Courtesy Ken McAllister, Victoria EDITH E. LUCAS In 1940 she became Director of High School Correspondence Instruction, one of the most important positions in education in British Columbia. Over 9,000 students of all ages, and occupied in a great variety of trades and professions —housewives, loggers, fishermen, etc.— are enrolled this year—an increase of well over 5,000 since 1940. Dr. Lucas supervises this valuable work with sixty-four instructors and an office staff of twenty-seven. She edits and writes courses as needed in the expansion of the School's curriculum and she corresponds with students, answering enquiries, encouraging and inspiring them by her personal interest in their progress. The scope and influence of the Correspondence School in British Columbia is not as well known as it should be. The School is in fact an integral part of the educational system of B.C., and ail instructor is, to all intents and purposes, a teacher in that school system. It is possible for students in superior schools and in small high schools to take courses not offered because of limited facilities; and in this way rural students are provided with instruction in subjects often taught only in large centres. In city schools, also, students who have failed to pass an examination or who are not permitted, because of time-table difficulties, to follow courses they want, find the Correspondence School an answer to their problem. Since teachers can purchase for their own use single copies of these courses, help is provided for them, too, in preparation and presentation of material, in teaching techniques and in the form of exercises for drill and tests. Students of school-age, however, account for only half of the numbers enrolled. The othar half is composed of adults—persons who study to satisfy a yearning for knowledge, to ensure useful occupation of leisure time and to develop worthwhile hobbies. The contribution of the courses to the rehabilitation of prisoners within our penal institutions would make a story in itself, and should not be overlooked as a further example of the widespread influence of Dr. Lucas and her remarkable department. In 1048 groups of displaced persons were arriving from all parts of Europe, most of them with no knowledge of the English language. They were put to work on farms, but it was soon evident that something must be done to get rid of the language barrier that was their greatest handicap. Dr. Lucas was asked to organize and take charge of the programme in B.C. of training in English and Citizenship. No suitable text was available at that time, but, nothing daunted, Dr. Lucas wrote a text-book herself. The results were amazingly good. She devised a method that is so easily understood, so intelligently organized, that, two months after starting their studies," many immigrants are speaking English surprisingly well. This first course is accompanied by a Manual of Teaching Directions for instructors with no professional training. All over our province housewives and others are instructing their hired help and neighbours, using Dr. Lucas' course. There are many classes of one student only. To prepare new Canadians for citizenship in the fullest sense of the word, she next produced a seco*d course in English. With each lesson of the second course they become familiar with some phase of Canadian life. There are answers to many of the questions that may occur to them concerning business transactions, the taxation system, naturalization proceedings, schools, shopping, hospitals, Photo by Courtesy Division Visual Education John Doe, at home in a remote part of B.C., working on a General Science Course experiment, under direction of High School Correspondence Department, Victoria. U. B. C ALUMNI CHRONICLE 8 menus, customs and traditions in the home. Equipped with this valuable information, the new Canadian finds his place with confidence, no longer held back by misgivings about the unfamiliar. On completion of the course, the students are given a certificate in English and Citizenship which they may show to the judge when they appear in court for the hearing of their petition for citizenship. Many new Canadians thus know more about their adopted country and its heritage than Canadians who have been bom and brought up here. The value of the course is becoming recognized across Canada and it is already being used in some cities outside the borders of B.C. Dr. Lucas was honoured as an authority in the field of Correspondence Education by being elected Vice- President of the International Conference of experts on Correspondence Courses held at Pennsylvania State College in 1953. When the Conference meets in Banff in 1957, she will be Chairman of the Vocational Education section. She is also Vice-President of the Canadian Council on Correspondence Education and is a valued member of the Victoria Canadian Citizenship Council. For her services to education, she was last year awarded a Coronation Medal. In every walk of life and in every field of endeavour, throughout the Dominion, there are grateful students Photo by Courtesy Division Visual Education, Dr. Hildegard Strathmann of Vancouver, at work on the High School Correspondence Course, English for New Canadians. who have undertaken work under the direction of this amazing woman. "Amazing" is an appropriate epithet because she has indeed accomplished a prodigious amount of detailed work in writing, revising and proof-reading such a volume and variety of courses as to constitute an almost unbelievable record in the eyes of those who have an appreciation of the labour involved. Her admirable philosophy of life, her kind-hearted interest in every student, her sympathetic understanding of their problems and, above all, her intelligent help in solving them, have won for her the universal admiration and gratitude of her students. The Nichol scholarship awarded to Dr. Lucas in 1927 has been repaid a thousandfold in a quarter-century of service to her fellow Canadians. Chemical Institute of Canada Western Regional Conference at U.B.C. By PROFESSOR W. A. BRYCE The U.B.C. Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering were well represented at the Second Western Regional Conference of the Chemical Institute of Canada held on the Campus, September 9-11, inclusive. Approximately 200 chemists and chemical engineers from Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest were in attendance. The committee responsible for arrangements was headed by Dr. R. H. WTright, B.A.'28, and included the following people with U.B.C. affiliation: Dr. J. A. F. Gardner, B.A.'40, Dr. N. M. Carter, B.A.Sc'25, Dr. D. S. Scott, Assistant Professor, U.B.C, Dr. B. A. Dunell, B.A.Sc'45, Mrs. J. G. Hooley, B.A.'38, Dr. J. G. Hooley, B.A.'34, Mr. B. A. Robinson, B.A.'36, U.B.C, Dr. L. A. Swain, B.A.'31, and Dr. W. A. Bryce, Assistant Professor, U.B.C. Seven technical sessions on chemical and chemical engineering topics were held. A discussion on Analytical Chemistry was presided over by Dr. Milton Kirsch, Assistant Professor, U.B.C, and among those contributing papers were Dr. G. C. B. Cave. B.A.'39, Mr. R. J. Hibberson, B.A.'45, and Mr. I. H. Williams, B.A.'48. Dr. C. Reid, Associate Professor, U.B.C, was in charge of a discussion of Chemical Bonding and Reaction Mechanisms, to which papers were contributed by Mr. Ross Stewart, B.A.'46, Dr. J. Halpern, Assistant Professor, I-.B.C.. Mr. E. Peters. B.A.Sc'49, Dr. C. C. Lee, Assistant Professor, TT.B.C. and Mr. A. D. Cohen, B.A.'54. The section dealing with the Chemistry of Biologically and Nutritionally Important Products was chaired by Dr. H. G. Khorana, B.C. Research Council, U.B.C. and contributions to the discussion were made by Dr. H. L. A. Tarr, B.S.A.'2«, and by Dr. Khorana. Dr. L. D. Hayward, Assistant Professor, U.B.C. presided over a discussion of the Chemistry of Plant Products. Papers in this section were presented by Dr. J. M. Pepper, B.A.'39, Mr. G. G. McKeown, B.A.V.0, Mr. J. R. Brown, B.A.'ol, Mr. I). Glennie, B.A.'49, and Dr. Hayward. A section dealing with Solid State and Surface Chemistry was headed by Dr. J. Halpern, Assistant Professor, U.B.C., and was contributed to by Dr. .1. (}. Hooley, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Chemistry, U.B.C. Mr. George Korinek, B.A.'53, and Mr. G. H. Turner, B.A.'40. The Chemical Engineering programme included a Sympoisum on "The Chemical Industry in the West: Present and Future." One of the principal contributions to the Symposium was a luncheon address by the lion. Robert Bonner. B.A.'42, Attorney- General of B.C.. on the topic "The Chemical Industry in British Columbia." Dr. L. W. Shcinilt later presided over a general session to which papers were contributed by Dr. N. Epstein, Assistant Professor, U.B.C, Dr. S. D. Cavers. B.A.Sc.'42, Mr. II. Leon, B.A.Sc'51. and Dr. I). S. Scott. Assistant Professor. U.B.C A session on Petroleum Technology, presided over by Mr. J. D. Bell, B.A.Sc. '40, included contributions made by Mr. IX Bell, B.A.Sc.'.'il. Mr. W. Ilay- duk, B.A.Sc'54. Dr. L. W. Shemilt, Dr. G. W. Govier. B.A.Sc'49. Mr. E. A. Speers. B.A.Sc'46. and Mr. .1. I). Bell. The principal social event of the Conference was a banquet held in Brock Hall on Friday evening. September 10, at which the speaker was Dr. G. M. Shrum, Head of the Physics Department, C.B.C.. and Director of the B.C. Research Council. Dr. Shrum discussed, in a witty, thought-provrffeing manner, the subject. "Science and the Changing Patterns of Civilization." The principal scientific address of the Conference was given by Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer. Dean of the College of Chemistry. University of California. Berkeley, who spoke on the subject. "Recent Advances in Chemical Thermodynamics." The program included a number of visits to plants and nearby laboratories, as well as an excursion to Nanaimo to tour the Ilarmac Mill of MacMillan and Bloedel Ltd. and to visit the Pacific Biological Station at Departure Bay. J. Gilbert Hooley, B.A/34, M.A., Ph.D.(M.I.T.), Chairman, U.B.C. Department of Chemistry, chats with Dr. G. T. Page, General Manager of Chemical Institute of Canada. It. B. C ALUMNI CHRONICLE tl UDSON'S BAY COMPANY stem-wheelers (now retired in favor of more modern vessels) have occupied a vital position in the development of Canada's North . . . plying the network of northern rivers with cargoes of troops, workers and supplies necessary for defense and expansion. INCORPORATED 2« MAY ie>70. U. B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 10 The President Reports It gives me a great deal of pleasure once again to be able to tell you something about our University, and to describe a few of the more interesting events and developments that have occurred since I last spoke to you a year ago. U.B.C. AND THE FAR EAST As you will have learned from the newspapers and in other ways, the Chancellor, Brigadier Sherwood Lett, has gone off as Head of the Canadian Mission to Indo-China. There, in consultation with the representatives of India and of Poland, he will try to bring peace and order out of that difficult and dangerous situation. I mention this not only because of our affection and admiration for our Chancellor, but because it marks in another new and significant way how much we are a part of the whole of the world we live in and how important the Pacific and Asia have become to us. This is further evidence, if that were needed, that we should do more than we have done in the past to inform ourselves about the peoples and the countries of the Far East, and so reach some understanding of their problems. For many years, we at the University of British Columbia have talked about the organization of formal courses in Far Eastern Studies, and have frequently stated that we are the logical place in Canada at which work of this kind should be organized. To date, because of limited finances, we have done very little about this, but I hope and expect that within the next year or two this most important dream can become a reality. REBUILDING OF BROCK HALL Two weeks ago, our student centre, the Brock Memorial Building, burned down. This is particularly distressing because it was one of the most attractive and useful buildings on the campus. Fortunately, we carry replacement insurance, but because replacement insurance rarely, if ever, covers all of the losses sustained, the student body with their usual energy and initiative have organized a campaign to make up for this, and the Brock is rising again from its ashes. STUDENTS FROM OTHER LANDS One of the interesting facts about our University is the number of students we are attracting from other parts of the world. This year, nearly 500 students from at least 57 different countries are enrolled here. This is education at its best and very much in keeping with the traditions and practices of great universities throughout the centuries, for these young people bring to us a variety of experience and background which could not be ob- * Portion of C.B.C. Broadcast by President MacKenzie, November 16, 1954. *THE UNIVERSITY, 1954 tained in any other way. We hope that, in return, they will take back to their respective countries good opinions of Canada and of Canadians, for it is on this basis of knowledge and understanding alone that the problems of our world can be solved. Incidentally, in this way we are repaying in some small measure the debt Britisii Columbia owes to the other universities of the world for the thousands of our young people who have been educated in them. It is particularly appropriate and encouraging that the Vancouver Rotary Club has recognized this, and is proposing to make available to us, as a major project, the sum of ■$150,000.00 with which to build an International House on the campus, to be a meeting place for these students from other lands and our own young Canadians. NEW MEDICAL BUILDING Last May, at our Spring Congregation, the first class to enroll in our new Medical Faculty received their degrees. Their undergraduate work and preclinical studies were carried out over a period of some five or six years on the campus of the University. Their last two clinical years were spent at the Vancouver General Hospital, and in the wards of our other local hospitals. The organization of a new Medica 1 Faculty is a difficult and expensive undertaking, and much remains to be done to complete this programme, particularly in respect of the buildings and other facilities needed. We were delighted, therefore, to learn a few days ago that the Government is making available some of the money—which was authorized by the Legislature some two or three years ago—for the construction of a building for the Medical Faculty on the grounds of the Vancouver General Hospital. We are very grateful to the Government for this action. DEVELOPMENT OF ENDOWMENT LANDS Because some mention has been made of our Endowment Lands in the press recently I thought it might be interesting and useful to give you the University's views in respect of them. Over thirty years ago. the Government and Legislature of that day set aside the Endowment Lands as a trust to provide endowment and to benefit the University. At the present time I believe the most useful thing that could be done in the immediate and long-term interest of the University is to add another 500 acres to the campus. This would not cost anyone a nickel, for it is the wild land south and east of the campus and it is held for our benefit by the Government. It would ensure that the University will, for all time, have enough land for its needs. Universities are likely to carry on as long as the race itself. British Columbia is bound to grow in population and wealth. And the University will grow with the Province and will need land. In the meantime we will use the extra land for buildings, for botanical gardens, for the teaching of forestry and agriculture, and as a beauty spot for the people of Vancouver and the Province. As to the rest, we hope it will be planned and developed in a way that will he a credit and a benefit lo all concerned. This is one of the finest building sites in the western world, and the best knowledge and skill available should be used in developing it. Naturally we at the University hope that the financial returns from this development will be substantial, and the highest obtainable. Because of the experience of other institutions, e.g-. Columbia and the University of Washington, and because the value of invested money can depreciate greatly over a period of years, we hope the areas developed for apartment buildings and business purposes will be held as leasehold properties, so that the University's interest in them will he a permanent one. EXPANSION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE There are many other topics that are interesting and which I would like to talk about tonight, but, as I must conclude. I thought perhaps I would mention very briefly a few of the things we would like to do- things which we believe to lie of great interest and value to the people of this Province and of Canada. I mentioned a little earlier the proposed development of a Department or School of Far Eastern Studies. We would like, in addition, to improve and increase our graduate facilities, particularly in the humanities and the social sciences. We would like to expand the work that we have barely begun in Fisheries and in Oceanography, for, if human beings are to find food for themselves in the future and replace some of their wasting assets and resources, they must turn more and more to the sea. Intelligent planning about our resources and about the organization and development of our cities and regional areas can do a great deal to improve living conditions and to solve the various problems that inevitably follow growth in population. We have made a beginning in this, in our Institute of Community and Regional Planning, but we should do more. W7e have made a beginning, too, in the field of Music and the Fine Arts, but most of this is on a voluntary and informal basis. If we, as a University, are to serve our community and country as we should, we must give more attention to this whole area of life. No country and no people that ignore these cultural fields can claim to be a civilized people. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS By DAVID BROCK I see that the revenue of all Canadian universities in 1952 was less than $50 millions, while in that same year we spent over .$90 millions on pop, over $90 millions on candy, and so on, through a very depressing and unappetizing list. To any university man this news must be as disgusting as a menu composed entirely of pop and candy. To the non-university man, too, wTho knows what the universities mean to the whole community (even in terms of dollars), this will be alarming news. What is more likely today than to give candy and pop a value that might have astonished Thomas Aquinas or Thomas More? What else would you expect? And what have the universities themselves done to postpone or prevent this day? In some ways, of course. pop is the affair of a majority that knows nothing of universities. Yet the influence of a university spreads throughout the community, or should. And the university does train a large number of school teachers, so that, while most children are not sons of Alma Mater, they are her spiritual grandsons. Further, the universities are directly resixmsible for the dictatorship of chemists and home economists over the human body, and notably over the human palate. Universities believe and teach that a chef de cuisine or a maltre d'hotcl is the last person who can tell you anything about how to eat or how to live. Universities feel that if there is one thing cooks don't understand it is cookery. Is it surprising that we have taken to pop? As for pop in a larger sense, as a warning and a sign . . . well, let me quote you Andre Simon's definition of Ginger Ale, in his Concise Encyclopaedia of Gastronomy: "One of the most popular of Minerals. It is made with a few drops of essence of ginger, or capsicum extract, and a few drops of colouring matter; also some sugar or glucose, put in a bottle which is then filled up with carbonated water. Occasionally a little mucilaginous matter variously known technically as Froth, Heading, etc., is added to give the Ginger Ale 'a better head' and the drinker thereof a greater thrill." To me this sounds very like the way a child will be educated tomorrow . . . tomorrow or late this afternoon. Into him we will pour a little pepper, a little colouring, a lot of glucose, any amount of fizz, and a bit of mucilaginous matter which he will mistake for character, and may the Lord pity him. The universities will be partly to blame. They are already to blame, at least in part, for any symptoms of pepper, colouring, glucose, fizz and mucilaginous matter in the life we all live at this very moment. If a university can't tell you how to live, or train men to tell you, and tell you persuasively, then it is dodging all the issues that matter, and might seem to deserve to be swept away in a torrent of pop when the last dams of civilization are smashed. I say "seem to deserve," for, no matter how a university fails in its explanation of life, it still pays for itself in other things. If the pop- drinkers gave the universities a little more money from the pop-fund, the universities could turn out enough scientists and technicians (having first attracted them) to prevent any future war, or at least enough to win such a war. (The Russian production of scientists and technicians is the most alarming thing in the world today, surely.) The universities could make the world safe for pop-drinkers, so to speak. They could also make the world more prosperous. Passively, the universities have failed to explain that pop comes at just about the bottom of any reasonable list of pleasures, or any list of valuable objects. Actively, they have done worse. Not in all departments but in too many they have produced young men and women who remind you of pop even when they are not physically beslobbered with the stuff. Just the sort of people to breed little popeyed savages. In the case of very young persons I am deploring less the pop-drinkers than the pop-thinkers, but with those of riper years I refer to both. In a grown-up, pop-drinking and pep-thinking go wonderfully together. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 12 A Sag of 2tem?mbranr? (£*r;emmttal &mrt« tn Me mortal OSgmnaatum A solemn service was held at 11.00 o'clock on the morning of November 11 in the Memorial entrance of the Gymnasium. A tri-service Guard of University Cadets was supplied under Navy command. Wreaths were placed beneath the Memorial Plaque by representatives of the three Officer Training Units, 190th Battalion Association, Canadian Legion Branches 72 and 142, The University, the Alumni Association, The University Employees' Union and the Alma Mater Society. The service was conducted by Rev. William Deans, B.A.'25, Chaplain, 196th Battalion Association, and addresses were given by President MacKenzie and Mr. Leonard B. Stacey. B.A.Sc'24. MEMORIAL ADDRESS Mr. Stacey reminded his hearers that the memorial service commemorated the fallen in two world wars and in Korea. "But," he said, "men and women of many nations have died for freedom throughout the ages; let us also remember them. We cannot call them by name nor feel any personal loss at their passing, but they, too, were individuals, cut off in their prime and sacrificed for the same principle for which my friends and your friends died in our generation. "To millions now dead this Remembrance Day service would recall events and names, only a few of which the historians have recorded, but all of which in their time were very real and very splendid, and without which the cause of freedom would have foundered long since. "It seems to me that in the act of remembering, especially in a group like this, where our separate thoughts run so closely parallel, we do in fact deny the death of those we remember—to the extent that they and their ideals are alive in our memory they are not dead. "So let us remember the men and women of all generations and of all nations who have died for the freedom and the dignity of human life. And let us realize that the struggle for freedom and the Christian ethic is not peculiar to our age and that it will continue until the millennium. That the struggle is still going on is proof that those whom we honour today have not died in vain. "In sacrificing their lives they not only handed the torch~<to us and to future generations, but they also acknowledged the debt we all owe to those who have gone before." Photo by Courtesy U.B.C. Audio-Visual Services Remembrance Day Procession. From Left, President MacKenzie, Rev. J. R. Grant, Naval Reserve Chaplain, Leonard B. Stacey, Rev. William Deans, Chaplain 196th Battalion, Lt.-Col. H. T. Logan, G. Dudley Darling, Lt.-Cmdr. Frank J. E. Turner. riends of the U ASIAN STUDIES PROPOSAL niversity It is safe to say that many U.B.C. Alumni do not know of the existence in British Columbia for some time past of a loosely-knit group of leaders in business, the professions, industry and public life, known as "Friends of the University" who meet together from time to time to hear of the work of the University and to discuss her problems and needs. Of special interest was a luncheon meeting in the Faculty Club on October 30, when the University was host to some fifty "Friends" and had as special guests Major General Victor Odium and Sir Douglas Copland, her two youngest Honorary graduates, who had received their degrees the previous evening, and Dr. Edgar Mclnnis, President of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, just returned from an important conference in Japan. General Odium sounded the note for the brief addresses to follow when he deplored lack of knowledge of the Far East in British Columbia, as elsewhere in Canada. "It is a fact," he said, "that these millions of people have a greater sense of our existence than we of theirs. They are now looking to us for advice and for help in the fields in which we are, for the time being, pre-eminent— in technology and business". He went on to advocate establishment of a Chair of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, "supported by the business enterprises of all Canada". Such an "educational venture" would, he thought, form a point of contact with the Orient at her very gateway, of incalculable use both to Canadians and to the peoples of the Far East. Dr. Mclnnis, speaking as a citizen and as President of the C.I.I.A., concurred with what General Odium said "about the important role that a School of Asian Studies at U.B.C. would have in enlightening Canadian opinion and in building up an active consciousness of the problems confronting us in the Far East". He paid tribute to "the wonderful job of public relations in Japan" done by the Canadian Ambassador there, the Honourable Robert Mayhew, and mentioned other factors which had increased Canada's stature in that country. Canadians as a whole, be thought, should inform themselves more widely and intimately of this crucial area of the world and "every possible opportunity should be provided to pursue studies and communicate the fruits of investigation." In bringing the discussion to a close. President MacKenzie stressed the need for a School of Asian Studies at the University. He reported that contributions towards this end had already been received, and he hoped that a move forward could be made in the coming year. He suggested that the "Friends", and particularly those with connections of some kind in the Far East, might form an advisory committee to give the project the benefit of their knowledge and experience. H.T.I.. 13 U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE Autumn Congregation Honorary Degrees for Sir Douglas Copland and General V. W. Odium The twenty-eighth Autumn Congregation was held in the Women's Gymnasium at 8:00 o'clock on the evening of October 29. In the absence of Chancellor Lett, degrees were conferred by President MacKenzie as acting-Chancellor, and the ceremonial duties usually done by the President were carried out by Dean Curtis. Two hundred and fifty-three candidates received degrees in course, including 205 Bachelors. 47 Masters and one Doctor of Philosophy, viz.. .1. Grant Robertson, B.Sc.(Manitoba). M.A.T.1. The Honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on two distinguished guests of the University, Sir Douglas Copland. K.B.E., C.M.G., LL.D., High Commissioner for Australia in Canada, who delivered the Congregation address, and Major General Victor W. Odium, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., one of Canada's best-known public servants and elder statesmen. General Odium's degree citation bore eloquent witness to his achievements, both as a great Canadian and as a citizen of the world. "Born in Co- bourg, Ontario, he spent three years of childhood in Japan, and came to British Columbia sixty-five years ago." He served for long periods as an infantry combat soldier in the Canadian forces, first in the South African war and then in World Wars I and II. "In the pursuits and activities of peace his record is a stirring example: he has been Canadian High Commissioner to Australia, Minister to China, Ambassador first to China and latterly to Turkey." He laboured in fields more local and limited "as a member of the Provincial Legislature, as a member of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. of Union College, and of our own University ; and as a wise counsellor, experienced director and tireless worker in a host of organizations devoted to public benefit." "In his own person he has taken Canada in peace and war to the outside world, and brought back to his native land a multitude of shrewd observations and stimulating ideas. And through all his many activities, responsibilities, and experiences he has remained modest and approachable, genial and humorous. If any institution can fittingly recognize the essen- Photo by Courtesy U.B.C. Audio-Visual Services Sir Douglas Copland, Dean G. F. Curtis. tially youthful elasticity of mind that defies the crowding years, it surely is a university. 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Prom academic circles he was summoned to many arduous tasks in the public service of Australia, notably as Economic Consultant to the nation's Prime Minister, and as Australian Minister to China. He has written copiously and authoritatively on finance, employment, inflation, marketing, and other important aspects of economies, and also found time to be visiting lecturer at three of the greatest Universities of the English-speaking world, Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard." ADDRESS OF SIR DOUGLAS COPLAND Sir Douglas' address consisted, in the main, of a plea for the study of Asia, her peoples and civilizations. After paying tribute to Canada's growing part in international affairs on two oceans, as instanced by her heavy commitments in N.A.T.O. and her contribution to the Colombo Plan, he said, "The responsibilities you now have assumed . . . for the final settlement of the Indo-Chinese problem represent at one and the same time the greatest compliment ever paid to a young nation and the heaviest ... international obligation ever assumed by a young nation. We in Australia respect your fortitude and welcome your acceptance of these new responsibilities in an area that so greatly affects our own destinies." In his own land of Australia the Colombo Plan and other international agencies, as well as private initiative, had brought "some 3,500 Asian students to the universities, medical schools, technical schools and agricultural colleges," and the National Australian University at Canberra had established a School of Pacific Studies which he described as "a bold, imaginative enterprise" with "Chairs in International Relations, Pacific History, Geography, Anthropology, Oriental Studies." Sir Douglas strongly urged that a similar step be taken by the University of British Columbia. "What better enterprise could you embark upon than to establish within your own academic structure a school of studies, that will bring you closer in spirit and understanding to the new world, that is now developing in the ancient world, not far from your shores, across the Pacific Ocean. It will enrich your academic tradition, and enable you to make a significant contribution to the swelling stream of Canadian interest in the affairs of the East." He spoke of the common interests of Australia and Canada in the countries and peoples that border the Pacific and said in conclusion : "With our common western heritage we hope to keep in the vanguard of technical achievement, but how can we share our fortunes with our near and populous and proud neighbours unless we pay them the respect that they deserve? We shall not do that without understanding them and we cannot understand them without a clear-and conscious effort that will be embodied in the mainstream of our academic development. All this may seem a little remote from the immediate and pressing problems that confront you here, but in the correct perspective it is just as important as is the training of engineers for your Kitimat Dam and other great projects you have on hand." Photo by Courtesy U.B.C. Audio-Visual Services President MacKenzie, Major General Victor W. Odium. PORTRAIT PRESENTED BY FACULTY WOMEN'S CLUB Fall Congregation of 1!).">4 was indeed an auspicious occasion for the Faculty Women's Club, when its Acting-President and personal friend of Mrs. Wesbrook, Mrs. B. A. Eagles (nee Violet Dunbar. B.A.'21, M.A.'22, Ph.D. (Tor.). unveiled and presented a portrait to the University with the following remarks : "Mr. President, distinguished guests, members of the Graduating Class, ladies and gentlemen, we of the Faculty Women's Club consider it a very great privilege to have the honour of presenting this camera portrait of Mrs. F. F. Wesbrook to the University. As you all know, Mrs. Wesbrook is the wife of the First President of the University and has been the Honorary President of our Club ever since its formation in 1017. During the 37 years that she has been associated with the Club she has been a constant source of inspiration and guidance to us. Her sympathetic understanding of people, her keen sense of humour and her graciousness have endeared her to all of us. And it is our hope that the young women of this University who have the good fortune to live in Anne Wesbrook Hall, where this portrait will hang, will come to admire and love, through her picture, this very gracious lady who was the first First Lady of the University. "And now. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure on behalf of th.e Faculty Women's Club, to unveil this portrait of Mrs. Wesbrook." The committee in charge of this project was Mrs. B. A. Eagles, convenor; Mrs. A. Hrennikoff (nee Alexandra Turin. B.A.'321. President of the Club, and Mrs. .1. Chapman, all members of the Executive, together with Dean Mawdsley and Mrs. Ii. H. Clark, a charter member of the F.W.C. Marlow of British Columbia was commissioned to do the portrait. a. II. Photo by Courtesy Marlow of British Columbia Mrs. B. A. Eagles unveils portrait of Mrs. F. F. Wesbrook. From Left, Mrs. R. H. Clark, Mrs. A. Hrennikoff, Mrs. F. F. Wesbrook, Dean G. F. Curtis, President MacKenzie, Mrs. B. A. Eagles. 15 U. B. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE MacMillan Fine Arts Clubs A STORY OF CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS By MARJORIE AGNEW, B.A/22 FOUNDATION 1954 marks the eighteenth birthday of the Sir Ernest MacMillan Fine Arts Clubs, founded in 1936 in Templeton Junior High School. From this club grew a federation which spread over a great portion of Canada and has been recognized by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Massey Commission, Art Galleries of Vancouver and Edmonton, Sir Ernest MacMillan's new book on Canadian music soon to be released by University Press and by many other organizations and individuals. Because of her interest in MacMillan Clubs, Marion MacMillan founded the Sir John Barbirolli Clubs of Great Britain, an interesting affiliation, as Sir John is a patron of the MacMillan Clubs. The first club at Templeton was organized by the Boys' Counsellor, D. B. MacKenzie, B.A. '35, M.A. '37, now assistant superintendent of schools and honorary president of Gladstone MacMillan Club; Ff. B. Fitch, principal; Lilla Robertson, secretary, and the writer of this article who was Girls' Counsellor. The counsellors discussed the development of music, literature and art in their classes, and, with the assistance of a few students interested in improving noon hour programmes, formed a Recital Club to present half- hour programmes once a week devoted to serious music, literature and art. A temporary executive canvassed the student body and arranged a programme of instrumental and vocal music, solo and ensemble, assisted by a good reader and commentator. Programmes continued with increasing attendance. SPONSORS, MEMBERSHIPS, DUTIES Shortly after the programmes began, Mr. Fitcli wrote to Sir Ernest MacMillan to ask him if he would sponsor the group. He replied that if he could be of any help he would be delighted. For eighteen years he has given unstintingly of his time and genius to assist the members. The Public Relations Officer of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, when asked to devote a recording programme to the club during the first year, replied that he would do better than that; he would arrange to have C.B.C. concert parties hold their rehearsals at club meetings. Because of this the first honorary members were Jimmy Yeomans, John Avison, Jean de Rimanoczy and Roy Dunlop, and these men are still actively interested in MacMillan Club activities. From that time clubs have presented programmes given by both student performers and honorary members. Membership was, and still is, of two kinds, viz., associate or those who at- Photo by Courtesy Vancouver Province SIR ERNEST MacMILLAN tend programme meetings and active members, i.e., those who engage in a number of the activities on the active member list, as follows: 1, Participating in a programme; 2, planning a programme; 3, painting murals or engaging in other art for the school; 4, collecting good recordings; 5, sending in comments re radio programmes; 6, compiling scrapbooks; 7, taking part in inter-club activities, festival, art show, literature competition, etc; 8. attending community programmes; 9, ushering at concerts, etc. GROWTH In January, 1937, Hilda Cryderman of Vernon High School, now president of British Columbia Teachers' Federation, became interested in MacMillan Clubs and organized among other things, a three-day festival with Sir Ernest MacMillan as guest of honour. Next came a Junior Club at Lord Kitchener with Allan Ainsworth, later U.B.C. Student Council president and Rhodes scholar, as treasurer; then a Senior Club was formed at King Edward from which came such distinguished U.B.C. grads as Tommy Franck, Erica Nalos, Don Anderson, Art Hill and others. North Vancouver is another club which has provided celebrities including Peter Mannering. Among the first six clubs was Sunalta Junior High, Calgary, a club in which Glyndwyr Jones was the first honorary member. It is interesting to note that Chuck Allen, a member of the staff at the Shakespearean Festival, Stratford, Ontario, was at one time vice-president of the MacMillan Club in Moose Jaw, Sask. CLUB PROGRAMMES Programmes were and are held at various times, but noon hour is the most popular choice. In addition to outstanding student talent and visiting artists, representatives of the crafts give illustrated talks. The MacMillan Clubs owe a great deal to the National Film Board which provides such excellent films in the arts. Tsolum Club, Vancouver Island, is one of the clubs which is most grateful to the U.B.C. film library for general advice. Drama has a place on club programmes, also dancing of all kinds and inter-club presentations are exceedingly popular. MacMillan Clubbers owe a debt of gratitude to artists in every field and show their appreciation by raising money for scholarships and advertising Canadian development in the arts, such as the new recording companies, Beaver and Hallmark, and working for the proposed School of Music at U. B. C. Club projects have been successfully carried out, e.g., assisting to buy grand pianos for schools, buying record players and pictures, etc. INTER-CLUB ACTIVITIES Naturally an increase in the number of clubs led to inter-club activities. Originally a mimeographed news sheet was distributed; next a small printed paper with which Phil Ashton of CKWX gave great help. Now, thanks to the T. Eaton Co., the clubs publish a fine periodical edited by another U. B. C. grad, Beverly Ann Wilson, B.A. '49, formerly a MacMillan Club president in North Vancouver High School. In addition to the Newsletter, the T. Eaton Co. sponsors a MacMillan Club Art Show, displayed for a week. The 1954 show was the most successful ever held and was under the con- venership of Ralph Hanslow. Art work came from many outside centres, including an exceptionally fine display from Whitehorse, Yukon. Although the Vancouver Art Gallery first sponsored the event, the show grew too large for the available space, but the staff of the Gallery and Art School, also the Vancouver Supervisor of Art, gave invaluable assistance as adjudicators. Photo by Arthur Babcock, Magee High School North Vancouver MacMillan Club members. From Left, Carol Richardson, Pianist, Sutherland Jun.-High; Curtis Williams, Cellist, Sutherland Jun. - High; Prisann Champion, Pianist, Club Scholarship Winner, N. Van. High School; Garth Williams, Violinist, Highland Elementary School. U. B. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 16 A central committee of sponsors meets on the fourth Saturday in September when conveners for inter-club activities are appointed and the conveners pick their committees. A club co-ordinator sends out material re inter-club events, organization, etc. An extremely capable Vancouver Secretary, Kay Rollinson, volunteered as executive secretary for MacMillan Clubs. Mr. Burton Kurth similarly directs Scholarship Adjudications. For twelve years the Provincial Government has given a small grant to the MacMillan Clubs, a welcome contribution instituted by the late Hon. George Weir, when Minister of Education. Our present Minister of Education, Hon. Ray Williston, has expressed appreciation of the work. FESTIVALS The first club at Templeton held two festivals devoted to the arts, but soon there were a sufficient number of clubs to warrant an inter-club festival. Material is sent to the clubs and sponsors arrange for applications from candidates of a suitable standard in many schools. This means a School Festival prior to the Inter-Club event which is held annually on the third Friday in February, a day which Dr. H. N. MacCorkindale, an ardent MacMillan Club supporter, likes to call "Field Day for the Arts". Various schools in Vancouver and Burnaby are used as centres. The clubs are exceedingly grateful to Derek Inman. manager of Georgia Auditorium, for his kindness in allowing the committee to use the auditorium for festival sessions. Competitive classes include piano, strings, woodwinds and brasses, girls' vocal, boys' vocal, speech arts, novelty instruments, dancing, Past Festival and Vienneze waltzing. The classes are divided into Junior, Intermediate and Senior, while former winners have a chance to compete for a Past Festival Cup. Honorary members, sponsors and schools have been extremely generous in donating trophies, which are now available in almost every class; the club committee provides prizes for classes without a trophy. With the exception of the Viennese waltzing, the adjudications take place during the day. In the evening at Georgia Auditorium large audiences see teams in costume compete in Viennese waltzing and, in addition, a number of Festival winners from the other classes are presented. For several years enthusiastic teams of graduates have competed for a special cup. SCHOLARSHIPS The winners of the Festival look forward to the Scholarship Adjudications in June. The clubs now give scholarships of $150 in piano, other instruments, vocal and art. The amount was increased this year and MacMillanites hope the increase will continue. It is interesting to examine the ways and means for raising scholarship funds which include the sponsoring of Canadian artists, money from musical and Photo Dy Arthur Babcock, Magee High School Jack Downs, Baritone, Club Sponsor, Maple Grove Elementary School. dramatic programmes in the schools, an inter-club skating party, hot-dog sales, money earned in the cloakroom at Georgia Auditorium and Avon Theatre, and donations from friends. Scholarships are presented at a special programme on the second Sunday in June at the Malkin Bowl. Stanley- Park, under the joint sponsorship cf the Parks Board, the T. Eaton Co., Georgia Auditorium and the Club Committee. Prizes for two other competitions are awarded at this time—literature competition, sponsored by J. M. Dent & Son. and musical composition, sponsored by MacMillan Clubs. The green blazers with grey badges are well known to Vancouver concert goers, whether at Vancouver Symphony. Celebrity Concerts or other attractions at Georgia Auditorium. Totem and Avon Productions, or performances in U.B.C. Auditorium. The students are exceedingly grateful for these chances to hear fine concerts. The clubs appreciate the interest o! the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation which for many years sponsored, a Club Quiz and is now calling a meeting to discuss the possibilities of a quiz on CHUT, where the head is Peter McDonald, a former King Edward MacMillan Club president, who for years was in charge of the Quiz. The first big event in the Fall was a grand inter-club programme and party for senior executives and sponsors, held on October 22. when the hosts were Mr. and Mrs. F. Ronald Graham. At this affair more than one hundred dollars was raised for the Scholarship Fund. This article ends with the hope that the members of the Sir Ernest MacMillan Fine Arts Clubs will make their motto more effective, "In the Arts We Serve". Photo by Arthur Babcock, Magee High School Prize winners at inter-club party recently at home of Mr. and Mrs. F. Ronald Graham. On the Right is Mrs. Ada Henderson, B.A/54, John Oliver Jun.-High School, Scholarship convener. (See Page 25.) Canadian Universities Club Formed in London A group of Canadian University graduates met as an ad hoe committee under the chairmanship of Mr. David Legate. President of the McGill Society of Great Britain, to form a Club open to resident graduates of any recognized Canadian University and students of Canadian Universities temporarily in the U.K. The project was launched by a Dinner which was held at the Dorchester Hotel on the night of the 11th November. The Committee were fortunate in securing as their principal guest. U.K.II. the Duke of Edinburgh. Other guests of honour included. His Excellency Norman A. Robertson, B.A. '23, the High Commissioner for Canada : It.R.II. Princess Alice and the Earl of Athlone; Field Marshal Earl Alexander and his daughter, Lady Rose Alexander. The attendance of four hundred guests was an indication of the interest that the Canadian Universities Club has aroused. The Duke of Edinburgh, in replying to the Chairman's speech, made only one specific reference to a Canadian University. He spoke of being much impressed with the showing of the U.B.C. Eight when they beat the English crew at the Vedder Canal this .summer. Ill addition to the High Commissioner, who is probably U.B.C.'s most illustrious graduate in the U.K., the following alumni were present:— Norman D. Abbey. B.A.'49. Dr. Wells Coates. P,.A.'20. R.A.Sc'22. Mrs. David Geddes. I!.A.".','. Mrs. Harold Hemming. B.A.'28. Mrs. O. K. S. Laugharne. B.A. '2.">. Major W. A. McDill. B.A.'47. B.A. Sc.'IS. P. T. Mackenzie. B.A.'54. R. II. Roberts. B.A.T.4. The formation of the Canadian Universities Club will mean that the present graduate societies in the U.K.—namely. McGill. Toronto. Dalhousie and U.B.C. will continue to exist: but all their members will be given the opportunity of joining the new organization. * • * Eighth Annual High School Conference The University of B.C.'s Eighth Annual High School Conference is scheduled for March 4th and 5th, 1955. The Conference is held to acquaint the prospective U.B.C. student with the educational and vocational opportunities of the University. Financial obligations and sources of income while attending the University are discussed, and the delegates are familiarized with the campus and its facilities. This year's Conference delegates will see a university "working-day" as well as the many displays of "Open House." held at the end of "University Week," Saturday, March 5th. (Tom Anthony, Arts'57, Conference Committee.) 17 U. B. C. ALUMNI CHRONICU Convocation—Alumni Photo by Courtesy Vancouver Province PETER J. SHARP Peter James Sharp, B.A.. B.Com.'36, was elected Alumni Association President at a well-attended combined Convocation - Alumni Association annual dinner meeting held at the Faculty Club on November 30. Mr. Sharp, who is regional Manager of the Basiness Development Department, The Royal Bank of Canada, Vancouver, has been Alumni Association Treasurer during the past year. Members of the Board of Management for 1954-55 were elected as follows: President, Peter Sharp, B.Com. '36; Past President, G. Dudley Darling, B.Com.'39; First Vice-President. Hugh John Hodgins, B.A.Sc'28: Second Vice- President, Mrs. Frank M. Ross, B.A.'25; Third Vice-President, Dean Blythe A. Eagles, B.A.'22: Treasurer. Archie P. Gardner, B.A.'37; Executive Secretary, A. H. Sager. B.A.'38; Chronicle Editor, Harry T. Logan, M.C, M.A.: Members- at-Large: Mrs. Lawrence E. Ranta, B.A.'36, B.A.Sc.'39; John Ashby, B.A. '33; Leonard B. Stacey, B.A.Sc'24. Degree Representatives: Agriculture, Jack Gray, B.S.A.'39; Applied Science, Stuart Lefeaux, B.A.Sc.'45; Architecture, Harry Lee, B.Arch.'50: Arts, Harold W. Fullerton, B.A.'29: Commerce, Donald McRae, B.Com.'47; Forestry, Norman Dusting. B.S.F.'52; Home Economics, Mrs. George Cornwell, B.H.E.'49; Law, Brian W. F. McLough- lin, LL.B.'50; Medicine, Dr. Victor Mac- Pherson, B.A.'50; Pharmacy, Miss Anne Tomljenovich, B.S.IV54: Physical Education, Hugh Marshall, B.P.E.'50; Social Work, George Jones, B.S.\V.'49, M.S.W. '50. The Treasurer's report showed an excess of revenue over expenditure for the year of $1,004.72, and revealed an accumulated surplus totalling $4,060.28, after making provision for depreciation of fixed assets. Arthur H. Sager presented a brief "progress report" of Alumni office activities since his appointment as Execu- PETER SHARP, NEW PRESIDENT five Secretary, on October 1, noting especially his duties in co-operation with Alumni committees in arrangements which included the Class of '29 Reunion, Homecoming, "Friends of the University" Luncheon. Re-build the Brock Appeal and the Annual Dinner. In referring to the Brock Hall Fire he expressed his "appreciation of the kindness and co-operation received from the President and all departments of the University during this difficult period." Aubrey F. Roberts, Chairman, Board of Directors, U.B.C. Development Fund, reported that, in 1954, the fund had reached a new high point of $50,000. with 2860 donors, of whom 2325 were Alumni Association members. Mr. Roberts made an earnest plea to all Alumni for annual donations. "Surely". he urged, "with 20,000 graduates, we should have at least 4,000 or 5,000 giving regularly. Let's make that our main objective for 1955." He has agreed to continue for a third year as Chairman of the Fund Board. (For a full report of the Fund see Autumn Chronicle. Presentations were made to Dudley Darling, retiring President, and to Frank Turner, in appreciation of their services to the Alumni Association. REPORT OF DUDLEY DARLING G. Dudley Darling, retiring President, reported on "Alumni Association activities and policies" during his year of office as follows: The University Development Fund, under the capable chairmanship of Mr. Aubrey Roberts, has completed its sixth successful year. Your Executive Committee approved the change in name of the Fund from "Alumni-U.B.C. Development Fund" to "University Development Fund." The purpose of this change was to recognize and encourage contributions to our University from non-alumni who could he reached most conveniently by the Fund Board. The University Development Fund will continue to be the principal means by which alumni can support U.B.C. However, it should be remembered that there are many other important and tangible ways in which the alumni contribute to their Alma Mater. The Alumni Chronicle continues to provide alumni and friends with news and views of graduates and the University. II. T. Logan, Chronicle Editor, has been unsparing of his time and effort in seeking to publish a magazine of interest and value. In spite of the additions and improvements made in the publication, printing costs have remained steady. Advertising rates have been increased and plans are now under way to establish a stabilized advertising programme. ANNUAL REPORTS Alumni Committees have performed useful work on University problems throughout the year. An important report came from Dr. W. G. Black, Chairman of the "Iowa Plan Committee". This report, which suggests a plan for the introduction of courses in religious instruction at U.B.C, has been submitted to the Senate for consideration. Significant reports were also submitted by the Committee on Athletics, the Committee on Residences and Housing, and the Committee on Records and Mailing. The Committees on Higher Education and The University Club are carrying forward their discussions into the new year. On the Social Calendar, the Boxing Day Dance was held in accordance with tradition and with the success we have come to expect of this Party. For the nrst time in some years, the alumni, headed by Mr. Jack Charlton, took an active part with the students in organizing Homecoming. Although the unfortunate fire in the Brock necessitated a change of plans, there was an excellent turn-out of alumni to the football game, and to the reception later at the Faculty Club. The Alumni Office has continued to be the centre of all our work. After eight years of enthusiastic and efficient service, Mr. Frank Turner resigned from his position as our Executive- Director. Mr. Turner was instrumental in establishing the Alumni Association as a working group of interested graduates, organized principally in Vancouver, and with a framework of branches throughout British Columbia, across Canada, and in several centres in the United States. The Alumni Association is particularly indebted to him for his research on Alumni Fund raising, prior to the establishment of the Development Fund. Our best wishes go with Frank for the continuance of a happy and successful career. We welcome as his successor Mr. A. II. Sager who is well known to many of Photo by Courtesy U.B.C. Audio-Visual Services President MacKenzie receives U.B.C. Development Fund Cheque from Mr. Kenneth P. Caple, Chairman Development Fund Board of Trustees. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 18 Annual Meeting PRESIDENT MACKENZIE GUEST SPEAKER us and to the University. You will he interested to know that the Board of Management of the Alumni Association and the University Board of Governors have recognized the expanding area of work of your Executive Secretary: extra to his duties and responsibilities on our behalf, he will, in future, act also as Secretary of the University Development Fund Committee which will co-ordinate Alumni and University fund raising, and, in addition, he will contribute to the University public relations programme. The University is entering another period of rapid expansion, and it is of great importance that the public throughout B.C. should understand University problems. The Alumni Association, which is closely associated with, but independent of the University, has an opportunity for service as -a liaison between the University and the public, which if wisely taken, will be of great benefit to the cause of higher education in British Columbia. On behalf of the Alumni Association I would like to express my thanks to all those who have helped with Alumni Association work during the past year. ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT MacKENZIE Mrs. Frank Ross, in a few happily- chosen sentences, introduced the guest- speaker, President MacKenzie. who chose for his subject, Higher Education in Canada. He described the purpose of higher education as being "to produce educated men and women in the broadest and best senses of the term "educated". Included in education are knowledge of human history, "some understanding of our contemporary society and of the physical, mental and emotional elements in human nature;" some knowledge of the physical sciences and the acquisition of certain practical skills. An educated man should have the "capacity to understand and enjoy our cultural heritage—the arts and letters, music, painting, literature". More important still, as a mark of education in a man is his possession of "wisdom, of judgment and balance, standards of value, and the ability to make right and wise choices." Such being the objectives in education, the problem confronting the University is "how to impart these desirable qualities and characteristics to the young people who come to us." Dr. MacKenzie pointed out that educational influences in the University are numerous and diverse. Of these, "the most important are (1) the teaching staff (2) other members of the student body (3) the medium of instruction, i.e., the courses of study (4) facilities available in the form of libraries, laboratories and extra-curricular activities and (5i Photo by Courtesy U.B.C. Audio-Visual Services Dudley Darling, retiring Aiumni President makes a presentation to Frank Turner in appreciation of his eight years' service to the Association as Executive Director. the general philosophy and atmosphere of the University itself—i.e., its attitude towards freedom and responsibility, its interest in intellectual matters, and the emphasis it attaches to things of the mind, the place and importance of social activities and of athletics on the campus." President MacKenzie went on to express it as his belief that, of all the factors that go to produce educated men and women in our Universities, the teacher is the most important. "A good teacher", he said, "if he is himself an educated man. can impart to his students most of the desirable qualities and ideas that I have described above, regardless of whether his subject is physics, mathematics or Greek literature." It is the teacher who assigns work to be done, the standards of mental achievement, and, in effect, creates the discipline that surrounds the students; he arouses interest and stimulates curiosity and the desire for knowledge and attainment of skills in the minds of those who sit under hiin. Because "education is a continuing process and the schools and universities are important and related parts or phases of that process." and because "it is from the schools that we get our students, we in the universities are greatly interested in and concerned about our schools and about the qualities and abilities of the teachers in them." The good teacher, whether in the University or the school. Dr. MacKenzie described as "a jewel beyond price". "I would like all our teachers." he said "to spend a considerable time on the campus with the rest of the student body, as our lawyers and doctors do. ... so that they may learn more about the 'content' of the courses they may later teach, and. in addition, may become 'educated' in the other senses in which I have been using that word". The University has an important contribution to make to the educational life of our schools and it would be in a more favourable position to confer maximum benefit if it were to "assume some responsibility for all teacher training in the Province so that our teachers might have the opportunity to spend some time in a university environment." "This", he added, "will not be easy to bring about, but I believe it is a goal we can set and strive after." CONVOCATION BUSINESS In the absence of the Chancellor. Chancellor Emeritus the Honourable Erie W. Hamber consented to serve as Chairman for the brief annual meeting of Convocation, which began the evening's after-dinner proceedings. The main item of business was the election of new members to the Executive Council as follows: Treasurer. Archie P. Gardner: Secretary. A. II. Sager; Members of the Executive Council, (terms expiring November, 1957), Dr. Alden F. Barss, Mr. Victor Dolmage, Mrs. 1^1- mmrd Morrison, Mr. T. R. Watt. Mr. John A. Fraser. Messrs. Meredith. Bruce, Baldwin and Kitto were reelected auditors. The Treasurer's report presented by Peter Sharp showed current assets of $234.26. Photo by Courtesy U.B.C. Audio-Visual Services Head Table group at Annual Dinner Meeting of Convocation and Alumni Association. From Left: Mrs. Darling, President MacKenzie, Mrs. Hamber, Mr. Peter Sharp (newly-elected Alumni President), The Honourable Eric Hamber, Chancellor Emeritus. 19. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 1929 Reunion VISITING ALUMNI STUDENT ASSISTANCE FUND TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY GIFT TO U.B.C By MARY MORRISON The first freshman class to set its foot on the new University of British Columbia campus at Point Grey in the Fall of 1925 returned to the campus in a body on Friday, November 5, 1954, to celebrate its 25th anniversary of graduation. Its number had diminished, it is true, but it had increased in knowledge, experience and girth. Its progeney is many; yea, even unto grandchildren. Pinky and Jean Stewart were there to boast of their grandchildren ; Doris Crompton and Andy Anderson to tell of their two children who had graduated from U.B.C, and many are those who have children who now tramp through the old Arts Building where the Science men chased Gus Madeley to remove his "bags." Mr. and Mrs. Harry Logan, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Knapp were there, as they were during our college days, to help us enjoy a most, convivial and hilarious evening. Missing were Dr. and Mrs. Klinck, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Clement, and Mr. and Mrs. F. G. C Wood. Greetings were read from Freddie Wood from Laguna Beach, regretting that he could not be present at the reunion of the class of which he is Honorary President. A telegram was sent to him in reply, informing him that he had been left an edition of Jane Austen in the Class Will—which was read with many witty asides by- Walter McDonald. One hundred per cent attendance was achieved by Forestry '29, with Jim Crickmay, Marc Gormely and Tommy Ogawa. who came from Seattle for the reunion. Cocktails were served before dinner while people circulated around the Faculty Club renewing acquaintances. Some out-of-towners noticed were Constance McTavish Archibald and her husband, Don. from Creston, Bruce Carrick. librarian at Spokane. Hazel McKenzie Hallam and Lloyd, from Trail, Margaret Sutherland Carpenter and Burt from James Island. Mamie Moloney Boggs and Ted from Lady smith, Mary Barton Cockburn and her husband from Mission, Jean Ballard Chandler and Alan from Newton, John Billings, Ronnie McKay, Ken Thurston, Margaret Ormsby, Muriel Upshall and dozens of others. A wonderful smorgasbord dinner was served, after which came music rendered by Jack Emerson and Harold King. The old-timers in melody were remembered and sung, such as "I Can't (Jive You Anything But Love, Baby." "Singing in the Rain," "Blue Skies." and many of those old ones we used to Charleston to. Following this came a fashion show of gowns the girls used Photo by Courtesy U.B.C. Audio-Visual Services At Homecoming Reception, Faculty Club, after Football Game against Central Washington. From Left, Charlie Armstrong, B.A.'32, President, Pacific University, Mrs. Armstrong, Burt Carpenter, B.A.Sc/29, Manager, C.I.L., James Island Plant. to set up The Class of '29 Student Assistance Frxn. a loan fund to be administered by the University for students who need help to pursue their Photo by Courtesy U.B.C. Audio-Visual Services Self-serving at 1929 Dinner. Pinky Stewart pulling a fast one. From Left, Marc Gormely, Mrs. Gormely, Archie Peebles, Pinky Stewart, Mrs. Peebles. to charm the hoys with—you know the kind—"no bust, no bottom, no belt" (where it ought to be) : you know— the Dior Look! Nan Hadgkiss Fitzpatrick was fashion commentator and did she highlight the low points ! But all was not foolishness and fun. The Class of '29 passed a resolution studies in that institution to which we all owe so much. A start of $250 has been made and all students of the Class of '29 are urged to send in their donations to make this fund worthwhile: one dollar for each year since graduation is suggested as an individual minimum contribution. Class of 1929 Reunion Dinner, Faculty Club, November 5. Photo by Courtesy U.B C Audio-Visual Services U. B. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 20 Great Trekker Phyllis Ross By 'DOROTHY G. TAYLOR Many years ago, in 1922 more or less, if my mind had run along its present channels in the sporting fields of agri- ^^^^___ culture, I might have said .is I looked over new classmates of Arts'25, "There's my candidate for the 1954 Futurity." I would have been looking at a slim, pretty girl sitting on a bench in the old Fairview Arts Building. She was tall and straight, and the centre parting in her smooth, dark hair was in accord with the serenity of her smile. I hoped that we would have classes together, and that we would be friends. But my way lay along the lines of least resistance—English, French, a smattering of history. The girl I had FUTURITY NOMINEE ker of 1954 would have justified that faith throughout the years—and is a good prospect for still further honours. Much has been written about Phyllis Gregory's career since she graduated with honours in 1925. She went to Bryn Mawr on a fellowship, was awarded another fellowship the following year, and then two more, including The Canadian Federation of University Women's travelling fellowship. After work and study in England and Germany, she married in London, and as Mrs. Leonard II. Turner, took up wlfe-and-mother duties in England. In 1931 Phyllis Turner was left a widow with two small children. She returned to British Columbia and soon realized that her children needed a breadwinner, and that she would have to be it. Photo by Courtesy U.B.C. Audio-Visual Services Dr. W. G. Black, B.A/22, delivers the annual Cairn Ceremony address commemorating the Great Trek, September 17, 1954. admired on that first day threw herself wholeheartedly into an Honours Course in Economics and Political Science. We had no classes together, but we have always been friends in the way people are who meet by chance once or twice a decade and in ten minutes succeed quite well in spanning ten years. Like many another U.B.C. graduate, I have followed the career of Phyllis Gregory Ross with admiration, and a little secret pride because I spotted a winner at first sight so long ago. A futurity race, or contest, of course, is one in which an animal is entered at an early age, to be judged years hence. As time goes on, the candidate for future honours is re-entered, each successive re-entry being a fresh avowal of the sponsor's faith. The Great Trek- *Dorothy G. Taylor, B.A.'25, since graduation has divided her time between travel, journalism and farming. She is this year's President of the Canadian Women's Press Club, Acting President of "The Canadian Jersey Breeder," President of Lower Mainland Jersey Breeders, and a director of numerous agricultural organizations. In June, 1954, she received Kappa Kappa Gamma alumnae achievement award for "outstanding career in journalism and agriculture." A quick glance over the life of Phyllis Ross might give the impression that she has simply gone from one success to another, sterling worth being a true ladder to success, and all that sort of thing. This, however, is only partly true, as the beginnings for her were just as hard as for any other inexperienced job-hunter. In the early and hungry thirties young Mrs. Turner spent a great deal of time writing to government departments and other organizations to which she hoped her qualifications might have some appeal, and it was some time before she "got a bite" from the department in charge of setting up the new tariff hoard. She was delighted to find that this was being done under Mr. Justice Sedgewick. a cousin of favourite U.B.C Professor Garnet Sedgewick. Phyllis joined the new board, on probation, as research assistant, taking her children to Ottawa. Under questioning, she admits that she looks back on that period of her life as the one giving her the greatest sense of achievement. The board was new. the work interesting, business associations pleasant, and. under a chief who refused to discriminate between the sexes, she found herself, in turn, chief research economist, economic adviser to the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, and. in 1941. Oils and Fats Administrator, climaxing a series of "firsts" in the field of women employees of the government. In 1945 Phyllis Turner ended this strenuous stint of service to marry Frank Mackenzie Ross, and returned to Vancouver to live. Recognition of her service to her country came from her Alma Mater, which awarded her an honorary LL.D. in October. 1945, and from her Sovereign, who named her a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in July, 1946. The extent of the work of Mrs. Ross on the Senate of U.B.C, the committee on women's residences, the auxiliary to the B.C. Cancer Institute, the B.C. Cancer Institute Foundation, and the Vancouver Symphony Society, is well Photo by Courtesy Vancouver Province Mrs. Frank M. Ross, B.A.'25, receives Great Trekker Award from Dick Underhill, A.M.S. President, during Half-Time interval at Homecoming Football Game. From Left, Wendy Sutton, A.M.S. Vice-President, Mrs. Ross, President MacKenzie, Dick Underhill. 21 U. B. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE known to the Alumni of U.B.C, who base their Great Trekker award on service to the community. "How do you do it all?" I asked the lovely, serene woman sitting opposite me in the pine-panelled study of her beautiful Vancouver home. At this point my Irish terrier, having escaped my station wagon, came bounding towards us over the pale rose drawing room carpet. He had discovered a loosely- closed French window. "I must admit that I get up at six," said Mrs. Ross, "and serving on committees, and looking after a great many house guests, are only part of my routine. Sometimes I think my life is just one long inventory of sheets and blankets for the farm at Cloverdale, the ranch in the interior, and the place in New Brunswick. It's lucky my three dogs are at Cloverdale today," she added as I moved to restore my lively friend to his mobile kennel, "or we'd have a dog fight on our hands." Behind my hostess was the handsome portrait in oils, by Henry Carr, reproduced on the cover of this issue, showing her in the scarlet robes of an LL.D. On another wall was a portrait of her pretty daughter, Brenda Turner, by the same artist. Brenda, a McGill graduate, is now in Montreal, where her brother, John Turner, Rhodes Scholar of 1949, is practising law. Mr. and Mrs. Ross, Brenda and John try to meet each summer at St. Andrews-by-the-sea, their New Brunswick home. Here they all enjoy swimming, which, with tennis, has always been a favorite pastime of Phyllis Ross. Mentioned only by my modest hostess as places requiring a bit of management in supplies, the "farm at Cloverdale and the ranch in the interior" might be any casual possession needing a going over from time to time. Actually the Cloverdale farm is the picturesque estate on a ridge overlooking the Fraser Valley, home of the famed Welsh ponies that are a delight to thousands of Pacific National Exhibition visitors every year. Mr. Ross imported his original stock, and is now carrying on his own breeding program. "One young fellow I have at Cloverdale is better than either of the imported stallions I've show-n at the P.N.E." he relates, with pardonable pride. The ranch in the interior is the world-renowned Douglas Lake Cattle Ranch, home of superb Herefords. Assuredly a life of achievement and honour lies between Mrs. Frank Mackenzie Ross, Great Trekker of 1954, and young Phyllis Gregory, undergraduate, Arts'25. But this latest award is just part of a pattern that has become the normal way of life for Phyllis Ross, still my nominee for Futurity Honours. Oxford In Retrospect By PAT TAYLOR, B.A.'52 As I have only recently returned from Oxford, I am frequently asked about my two years there, and what my impressions are. Since this question is asked oftenest at large social gatherings, I have become more and more frustrated; for how can I do justice to Oxford in the noise of a cocktail party? Therefore I am all the more thankful to Col. Logan for asking me to write very briefly on some of the things about Oxford that impressed me. I doubt that a Canadian student, used to thinking of a university in terms of a green campus set with imposing buildings in "collegiate Gothic" style, could help but be confused by his first view of Oxford. It takes an experienced eye to distinguish parts of the university from the town, Balliol even having a pub within its walls. Unfortunately the pub no longer serves its old function, but provides accommodation for undergraduates. In two years I have grown to like the architectural diversity, and the worn and weathered stonework now seems an expression of the homey friendliness of college life. Indeed, I was all prepared to be met with the supposedly typical English reserve, but was pleasantly surprised to A- ■'■■ ■-$%$ ""*' \' PAT TAYLOR be met, instead, with more invitations to tea than I could cope with. I think the students may even have gone out of their way to be friendly because I was from another country; but how that extra kindness was appreciated! The same friendly air pervaded everything" one did in the college. I felt encouraged to play sports because the others seemed interested in having me along. There was always a waiting welcome, but it was never pushed at me. If I was preoccupied, no one would disturb my thoughts; yet I never lacked companionship when I Photo by Courtesy U.B.C. Audio-Visual Services Magdalen College, Oxford, from coloured lithograph illustration in Ackerman's History of Oxford in U.B.C. Library. wanted it. It was a homey atmosphere in which everyone was gladly accepted, and which satisfied one's need of both friendship and quiet. Because every Oxford undergraduate is the sole master of his time, life in the college is highly artificial. The student has no duties which he might feel would steal the time he could better use studying. A servant makes his bed. Boring and unprofitable lectures need not be attended. But, of course, the undergraduate must see his tutor every week; however, for me, this was an enjoyable time. Because no one in the world at large is as independent of others as the Oxford student may be, Oxford's system provides a unique situation out of which much good may come, but to the same extent as much evil, depending upon the individual's use of his opportunity. Nevertheless, the value of the right employment of this opportunity is testified to by the greatness of many of Oxford's sons. The most different aspect of the teaching system at Oxford from that common in North America is the individual attention that every student receives from his tutor, and the use of essay writing as a tool of instruction. Every undergraduate sees his tutor for an hour once a week. Each week the tutor assigns an essay topic and advises his pupil which books he should read for material. Through practice the student learns to order his ideas and to express himself clearly. At the next tutorial he must read the essay to his tutor who will criticize it freely. This method is not restricted to only those subjects, such as history, which are obviously suitable for such treatment, but extends also to science, the student of which is possibly more in need of such training anyway. I consider writing essays perhaps the most valuable part of my course. Before going to Oxford my conception of an English student ready to U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 22 enter university was a lad, very well educated, but young for his age, having had less social experience than his North American contemporaries. Instead, the average freshman was surprisingly mature. What aroused my admiration was the cultural background and the critical ability in reading that most freshmen possessed. Also the proportion of students who played a musical instrument was greater than at home. Part of the reason, no doubt, for this concentration of able students at Oxford is the stiff competition that exists for a place in the university. In such company, the Rhodes Scholar soon discovers, perhaps to his dismay, that he is not the shining light he had come to think he was. I do not mean that he is conceited, but that he has become used to being one of the small class of prominent persons on his own campus. I am struck by the fact that few undergraduates read a particular subject because it will prepare them for a job. I have often asked my friends what sort of a job related to their subject they hoped to secure, and they reply that they do not know. They chose the subject because it was interesting. Moreover, no course at Oxford except medicine leads to a professional qualification. The university is concerned solely with training the mind. Before I stop I should like to mention a few points of interest to prospective Rhodes Scholars. Starting this year the scholar will receive a stipend of £600 a year, £100 more than last year. The increase has been granted because the Rhodes trustees want the scholar to be as free of financial worry as possible. He is expected to travel and to use his time and money to his greatest profit. Expenses during term will consume £300 to £375 for the year; what remains for the vacations, the other half of the year, should be adequate. The North American scholar's stipend is reckoned as dollars, thus freeing him from the British currency restrictions which impede continental travel for the Englishman. In the university the Rhodes Scholar receives no official distinction, but privately he is held in esteem. Through the kind effort of Miss Macdonald of Sleat he is invited to stay in private homes during the vacations. The Warden of Rhodes House—he is the Oxford secretary of- the Rhodes Trust —is responsible for the scholars and is ever willing to advise and help. I have written of but few of my impressions of Oxford, and there is much more I would like to tell. Being at Oxford is a never-to-be-forgotten experience, one that I heartily recommend others to try. • • • HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR ADDRESS? Please keep the Alumni Office informed of your change of address in order to receive your copy of the Chronicle which is sent regularly to all who subscribe to the U.B.C. Development Fund. Alumnae and Alumni (Items of Alumnae and Alumni news are invited in the form of press clippings or personal letters. These should reach the Editor, U.B.C. Alumni Chronicle, 207 Brock Hall, U.B.C, for the next issue not later than February 18, 1955.) 1918 Rev. E. Leslie Best, B.A., B.D., has been appointed assistant to the minister of St. Giles United Church, Vancouver. 1922 Mbs. M. I. Purdy, B.A. (nee Mary Izeyle Aconley), for the past several years has been with the Anglo-Canadian Shipping Company, Limited, Vancouver. (In the picture of the Class of 1922 80th Anniversary Reunion, Autumn issue of the Chronicle, page 17, Mrs. Purdy is shown second from the left in the front row. We regret she was erroneously designated as Mis. N. W. Whittaker.) Chaki.es Bkeciier Weld, B.A., M.A. '24, M.D.(Toronto), now Professor in the Department of Physiology and Secretary of the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University, represented the University of British Columbia at the installation of The Reverend Herbert Lavallin Puxley as President and Vice Chancellor of the University of King's College at Queen Elizabeth High School, Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Friday, November 5th, 1954. 1924 Dr. Akthur Lloyd Wheeler, B.A., Professor and Chairman of the Department of English at the University of Manitoba, represented the University of British Columbia at the installation of Hugh Hamilton Saunderson as President of the University of Manitoba on Friday, October 22nd, 1954. 1926 E. W. (Eb) Bassett. B.A.Sc, has recently been promoted from Assistant Chief Forester, i/c Operations, B.C. Forest Service, to Deputy Minister of Lands, Victoria. John Grace, B.A., Ph.D.(Cantab.), who, with Mrs. Grace, is on Sabbatical leave from St. John's College, Cambridge, was guest of honour at an afternoon party given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Wallace on December 5. The gathering was arranged by the Class of Arts '26 of which Dr. Grace is permanent President. 1927 W. Kaye Lamb, B.A., M.A.'30, Ph.D. (Univ. of London)'33, LL.D.'48, represented the University of British Columbia at the installation of Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, C.M.G., M.C, F.R.S., as Chancellor of Carleton College, Ottawa, at a Convocation held Tuesday, November 23, 1954. George W. Miller. B.A.Sc. in Forest Engineering, writes that he left the forestry fold soon after graduation and is now Engineer, Maintenance of Way, Eastern Region. C.P.R.. witli headquarters in Toronto. He was recently elected President of the American Railway Engineering Association at the 53rd Annual Meeting held in Chicago. 1928 Joseph Marin. B.A.Sc. M.S.. Ph.D., Head and Professor. Department of Engineering Mechanics at the Pennsylvania State University, was recently honoured when he was nominated as the twelfth President of the Society for Experimental Stress Analysis, a society with members from many foreign countries. In 1949 Dr. Marin received the Westinghouse Award for contributions to teaching and research, an award given annually in the United States to a selected teacher of Engineering by the American Society for Engineering Education. 1931 Ronald M. Blrns. B.Com.'31. formerly Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance in Victoria, is now a member of the staff of the Department of Finance, Ottawa. 1932 Mrs. C. W. Pennington (nee Marion C. Miles), B.A.Sc.(Nurs.), lias re- tnrned to Cranbrook after two years' residence in Ankara, Turkey, where she was working under World Health Organization's auspices as advisor to the Turkish government in establishment and o|>eratloii of nursing training schools in Turkey. 1933 Frank St. John II. Madeley. B.A., B.Com.. B.S.W.'49. after four years as district welfare sujK'rvisor for Prince Rupert, has been appointed supervisor of social welfare for the Prince George district. 1935 John James Conway, B.A.'35, A.M. (Harvard), Ph.D. ( Harvard). has been DR. JOHN GRACE 23 U.B.C ALUMNI CHRONICLE WILLSON E. KNOULTON D. O. S. Opto Com.etri.6t • MArine 8011 823 Birks Building Vancouver, B.C. INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS » FIRE :: AUTOMOBILE PERSONAL PROPERTY FLOATERS BURGLARY NORWICH AGENCIES LIMITED W. ORSON BANFIELD, Manager MArine 6171 Yorkshire House, 900 W. Pender Vancouver 1, B.C. appointed assistant professor of History at Harvard University. He is to inaugurate a new course there on the History of Canada. Percy Ritchie (Dick) Sandwell, B.A.Sc, is president and chief engineer of the firm of Sandwell & Co., consulting engineers, which has developed projects, chiefly in the pulp and paper business, in almost every corner of the earth, the latest being in Pakistan. Associated with him are U.B.C. Alums Sherwood D. Ford, B.A.Sc'39, as assistant chief engineer, and Edward (Ed) S. Barton, B.A.Sc'42, resident engineer, Murupara project of the Tasman Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd., in New Zealand. (See Spring issue, p. 25.) 1936 Francis (Franc) Renault Jotjbix. B.A., M.A.'43, managing director of Technical Mine Consultants Limited, Toronto, attended the annual meeting in November of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He gave a paper on "Economic Uranium Deposits in Canada." 1937 Leslie (Les) E. Barber, B.A., publisher of the Chilliwack Progress, was elected by acclamation president of the B.C. Division of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers' Association at their annual convention in Vancouver October last. He is also serving for the fourth consecutive year as B.C. director of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers' Association. Mrs. Barber (nee Constance Mary Baird), B.A., writes a column in her husband's paper called "In My Small Corner." Les and Mrs. Barber have two children, Wendy and Mary. Robert T. McKenzie, B.A., lecturer in Political Science at the London School of Economics, has just published a book on British political parties, which is the first important study of their organization that has appeared in the past fifty years. 1938 F. W. (Ted) Charlton, B.Com., has been appointed president of MacDonald and MacDonald Limited, Inspection and Testing Laboratories, Vancouver. Ted was formerly sales manager with Deeks-McBride Limited. 1941 Gordon A. McMillan, B.A.Sc, and J. J. Crowhurst, B.A.Sc, were in Vancouver to give papers on B.C. mining operations at the annual meeting in November of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 1942 Gordon G. Wallace, B.Com., has been appointed Life Branch Manager of the British Columbia office of The Prudential Assurance Company Limited of England. The B.C. office is located in Vancouver. 1943 Arvid H. V. (Bill) Backman, B.A.Sc, after a number of years as logging engineer at Menzies Bay and later as Forester, Western District Logging Operations of MacMillan & Photo by Courtesy Vancouver Province EDWARD S. BARTON Bloedel Ltd., was promoted in 1953 to Manager of Franklin River Division, MacMillan & Bloedel Ltd. He is remembered at U.B.C., among other things, as editor for one year of the Ubyssey and as Captain of the debating team which won the McGoun Cup. 1944 Victor Wesley Johnston, B.Com., has been appointed director of the economics branch in the Defense Production Department, at Ottawa. 1945 Dr. Bernard Ostle, B.A., M.A.'46, associate professor of mathematics at Montana State College, is author of a new book, "Statistics in Research." 1947 Kenneth A. MacKirdy, B.A., M.A.'48, who has lectured at the Universities of New Brunswick and Alaska, and studied in Australia, has been appointed Assistant Professor of History in Queen's University. J. M. Watt, B.Com., Clerical Specialist with the International Business Machines Corporation, San Francisco, has been promoted to Office Supervisor. 1948 John F. Caplette, B.S.A., has been appointed editor of the new magazine, "The B.C. Agrologist," published "for the advancement of British Columbia Agriculture." A. E. Cox, B.A., University counsellor, was elected corresponding secretary of the British Columbia Psychological Association at its annual dinner in Vancouver October last. Robert G. Harlow, B.A., A.M. (Iowa), winner of the D.F.C. while serving in the R.C.A.F. in the Second World War, has been appointed manager of station CBU in Vancouver. He has been a producer with the C.B.C. since 1951. Sheila F. Stewart, B.A., has been in London for three years. She is working in the biochemistry department of Hammersmith Hospital. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 24 1949 Flt.-Lt. David (Dave) F. Heakes. B.A.Sc'49, is in London attending a two-year post-graduate course in aeronautics at the Imperial College of Science. With him are his wife and their four-year-old daughter. .Tanie. John Peter Hobson. B.A.Sc, M.A.Sc '50, now with the National Research Council in Ottawa, has received his Ph.D. degree in Physics from the University of California. Berkeley. W. J. G. (Guv) Kennedy. B.A.Sc, field engineer with the Powell River Company, has been assigned to supervise construction of the new Martin Paper Carton plant on Lulu Island. Martin's Cartons, with plants in Winnipeg. Calgary and Edmonton, were acquired by the Powell River Company last spring. Kenneth T. Logan. B.S.F.. of the Dominion Forestry Research Station at Chalk River, Ontario, was in Victoria to attend the Canadian Institute of Forestry meetings held there in October. M. Bruce McKenzie, B.A. (Alta.). B.S.W., M.S.W.'oO, has been appointed as social welfare consultant with the Department of Health and Welfare in Ottawa. John Pavelich, B.P.E., B.Ed.'54, won silver medal (2nd place) in the shot put event in the recent British Empire and Commonwealth Games. John is now teaching at University Hill School, Vancouver. 1950 George Walter Baldwin-. B.A., LL.B.'51, has been called to the Bar and admitted as a solicitor. Katsumi Imayoshi, B.A., is the first Canadian-born Japanese to be ordained as a minister in the Baptist Church in Canada. He has been appointed to the First Baptist Church in Nelson, B.C. John T. Saywell, B.A., M.A.'51, who is completing his studies for the Ph.D. at Harvard, has been appointed Junior Lecturer in the Department of History of the University of Toronto. Photo by Counesy Vancouver Province ROBERT G. HARLOW Mrs. Douglas Sherlock (Loni), B.A., is back in Vancouver from Tokyo and waiting for her husband's next posting. Lieut. Sherlock, R.C.N., has been attached to the Judge Advocate's office in the Far East. II. A. (Herb) Scho.n, B.S.F.. has been taking postgraduate work at the School of Business Administration at Stanford, Cal., for the past two years. He expects to return to B.C. Forest Products Ltd. at Youbou. 1951 Ronald J. Baker, B.A., M.A.'53, Instructor in English at U.B.C, is this year working on a Ph.D. in General Linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, where he holds a fellowship awarded by the Humanities Research Council of Canada. Allan I. V. Dawk, B.A., was oi- dained at Vernon last October, and is now minister at /ion United Church, Vancouver. Harry Demmcki. B.S.F.. formerly Assistant to the Logging Manager, Cowichan Division. B.C. Forest Products Ltd., was promoted in October to Assistant to Manager of Logging at the Headquarters Office in Vancouver. Edwin B. Harp, B.A., has been appointed to teach natural science at Notre Dame College. Lenore McEwen, B.A., M.Sc'53, is taking postgraduate studies at Cambridge University. Rev. Gerald A. McMeciian, B.A., has been appointed as minister for the Fraserview United Church, Vancouver. Howard (Howie) Earl Oborne, B.P.E., is teaching this year in a secondary modern school in Ilminster, Somerset, England. George A. Sourisseau, B.S.F., after a year in the Forestry Department of Comox Logging Co. Ltd., is now in "Local Sales" of the Canadian White Pine Division of MacMillan & Bloedel Ltd., in Vancouver. 1952 J. (Ale) Cuthbert, B.S.F., came to U.B.C. after six years of teaching in the Peace River District. Following graduation, he had a year's experience with the B.C. Forest Service in the Prince George District and is now back to teaching in the Alberni High School, where he is pioneering the first full-fledged forestry course to be given in a high school in British Columbia. Leonard C. Dudley, B.A., LL.B.'53, and John Nicholas Stone, LL.B.. have been called to the Bar and admitted as solicitors. Norman R. Dusting, B.S.F., left C. D. Schultz & Co. Ltd. at the beginning of the year to become Secretary, B.C. Lumber Manufacturers' Association, in Vancouver. Jacob (Jake) II. Penneb, B.A., has been named president of Vancouver Elementary School Teachers' Association. William (Bill) Popowich, B.P.E., is teaching this year in a secondary school in Southeast London, England. 1953 Munro M. Carroll, B.A.Sc, chemical engineer, is now with Alumina Jamaica Limited, Jamaica, B.W.I., a company associated with the Kitimat project. Robert J. Falconer, LL.B., was called to the Bar in October and admitted as solicitor. Peter Harnetty-, B.A.. awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship in 1953 to attend Harvard University, has been awarded in 1954 by Harvard a fellowship of $700. Joan C. Shore, B.S.A.. is a stenographer-technician in the Department of Entomology at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. Gordon Wesley Young, LL.B., has been called to the Bar and admitted as a solicitor. 1954 Patrick B. Blewett, B.A., B.Com., Diploma in Hospital Administration, has been appointed to the staff of the Hospital Insurance Service, Department of Health and Welfare, Victoria, B.C. Louis M. Dyer, B.A., B.Com., Diploma in Hospital Administration, has been appointed to the administrative staff of the Stepgoe Valley Hospital, Ely, Nevada. Justin W. de P. Greene, B.Com.'54, Diploma in Hospital Administration, has been appointed Assistant Administrator and Manager of the Emma L. Bixby Hospital, Adrian, Michigan. His wife, Joy, and their three children, Jaequelyn, Justin Noel and Healey, have joined him there. Mrs. Ada L. Henderson, B.A., teacher at John Oliver High School, Vancouver, and chairman of the Scholarship committee and Scholarship adjudications, MacMillan Clubs, received her degree at the Autumn Congregation. She has two married daughters, Mrs. A. Leslie Babb (Leslie, B.A.Sc'48) and Mrs. David B. Leaney (David. B.A.Sc'49), and in September became twice a grandmother. Ivor Parfitt, Music teacher at Kitsilano High School. Vancouver, received his B.A. degree at the Autumn Congregation. He is a grandfather three times. Henry S. Rogers, B.A., B.Com., Diploma in Hospital Administration, has been appointed to the staff of the Vancouver General Hospital. ANNUAL MARDI GRAS The Campus committee in charge of the Mardi Gras invites Alumni to the gala ball at the Commodore, January 13 and 14, and to take part in the prize competition for the best decorated table or group of tables. The Mardi Gras proceeds are given to multiple sclerosis medical research. Tickets may be obtained at the A.M.S. Office, Brock Hall, or at the Commodore. 25 U. B. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE School of Architecture The following news items have been received about Architecture graduates: George Killick, B.Arch.'51, Grant McKinnon, B.Arch.'51, and R. G. (Bud) Aubrey, B.Arch.'51, are with the firm of Stock, Ramsay and Associates in Regina. Ernie Middleton, B.Arch.'51, and Don Sinclair, B.Arch.'51, set up a partnership in Edmonton a year ago. Jack Smart, B.Arch.'51, is working in the Architecture department of the Calgary City School Board. Philip M. Scott, B.Arch.'54, and W. W. (Bill) Rennie, B.Arch.'54, are with the firm of Rule, Wynn and Rule, in Calgary. Dick N. Weismiller, B.Arch.'54 and E. A. (Red) Wetherill, B.Arch.'54, are with the firm of Diamond, Dupuis and Dunn, in Edmonton. School of Home Economics NEWS OF GRADUATES 12 of the 1954 graduates in Home Economics are in teaching positions in British Columbia. 13 others have commenced their dietetic interneships. Five are married. Doreen Coursier, B.H.E.'SO, drove east during the summer to attend the Canadian Home Economics Association convention in Toronto, and look for a position in the Textile field. Moureen Sangster, B.H.E.'53, en joyed her summer in Great Britain and on the Continent. Barbara Richards, B.H.E.'49, enjoyed her work and life in London so much last year that she has decided to stay abroad for another year. Mary Ann Blanchard (nee Patterson) B.H.E.'49, with her hubsand, has returned to Canada from Boston and will be in Toronto this winter. FACULTY NEWS Miss Orene J. Ross, Instructor in Design, left in August, via the Panama Canal, for Britain to study for a year at The Royal College of Art, London, England. Miss Nina Morley, formerly a faculty member, is working toward a Ph.D. in Nutrition at Oregon State College. Miss Jean McEwan taught summer school at the University of Alberta. Miss Mary Reeves left in the spring to be married and make her home in Ontario. Miss Marion Seymour received her M.Sc. degree from Ohio State University at the conclusion of the summer session. Miss Margaret MacFarlane, Miss Winifred Bracher, Miss Larisea Dem- chuk and Miss Orene Ross increased their know-ledge of B. C. very considerably as they met with Women's Institute groups in 27 centres this summer. Miss Ruth Blair, B.H.E.'48, M.Sc. '53 (Cornell), has been appointed Director of Food Services. She and Miss Eileen Bacon, B.H.E.'40, (Now Mrs. Calder), bore the load of feeding the B. E. Gaines contestants. This was a most interesting experience which makes a story in itself. * • • Red Cross Grateful for Blood Donations The following letter came to President MacKenzie from W. A. Freeman, Blood Donor Panel Organizer, of the Canadian Red Cross, Vancouver. "We wish to express our personal thanks to you and to the student body for the excellent cooperation and support given to our Blood Transfusion Service at the Blood Donor Clinics held at U.B.C. during the period October 4th to 8th, 1954. "During this period 1877 members of the University attended the clinic. This enabled us to supply all hospitals in British Columbia for one week and in addition, to meet B.C.'s quota of blood for gamma globulin for two weeks. This was 300 over our anticipated response. "Such a gesture is most commendable and speaks very highly for each and every one who attended, as well as for the University for its cooperation. It is only through such cooperation that we are able to maintain this worthy service. 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The President spoke to the Ottawa Canadian Club November 22. Dean Ami's and Professor Roy Daniells also represented the University of British Columbia at the Humanities Conference in Ottawa. Dean Henky F. Angus, Faculty of Graduate Studies, on the invitation of President Grayson Kirk of Columbia University, took part in a Conference on The Unity of Knowledge, held at Arden House. Ilarriman, New York, October 27-30. Dean Angus was chosen as one of seventy-five representatives of the arts and sciences in the United States, Canada and abroad, who were invited to participate in the Conference discussions. Members of the Conference also attended the University Convocation held on Sunday, October 31, in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine at which Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and others, were the recipients of Honorary Degrees. Arthur C. Abrahamson, Instructor in the School of Social Work, participated in the annual conference of the Northwest Council of Guidance and Personnel Associations, held in Portland, Oregon, in October. Professor Jacob Biely, Head of the Department of Poultry Husbandry, is one of 32 scientists who participated in recent research leading to the establishment of an International Standard for Vitamin D. The study was directed by the Medical Research Council of Great Britain and was conducted by scientists in seven nations. Professor D. B. Fields, School of Commerce, has been appointed a member of the Board of Examiners-in-Chief of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. B. C. Binning, Associate Professor in Architecture and Fine Arts, has received word that several of his paintings have been hung in the 1954 Venice Biennale, the world's leading exhibition of contemporary art. Convoy at Rendezvous from the C. S. Band collection in Toronto, and Ships in Classical Calm, owned by the National Gallery of Canada, were two of the Binning paintings exhibited in the Biennale. His work has also appeared in the recent Sao Paulo, Brazil, Exhibition and the Pittsburgh International. A premiere of a symphony composed by Jean Coulthard Adams, Instructor in the Department of Music, was heard recently when Ettore Ma/.zoleni directed its Canadian performance over the national network from Toronto. H. Peter Oherlander, Assistant Professor of Planning and Design, School of Architecture, has accepted a research fellowship to study community planning .at Harvard University. In his absence Professor Oherlander s work will he done by Dr. David IS. Turn™, B.S.A.'33. B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Cornell), Director of Conservation for the Provincial Government, as Visiting Uecturer in Regional Planning, and by James H. Acland. B.Arch., A.M.(Harvard), recently of the University of Utah, who has been in Europe during the past year on a Ford Fellowship Project. Professor Ralph Jambs. Head of the Mathematics Department, is on leave for the academic year 1954-55 as visiting professor at Michigan State College. East Lansing, Michigan. Professor Steve Jennings is Acting-Head of the department during the absence of Professor James. Dr. James O. St. Clair-Sobei.l, head of the Department of Slavonic Studies. had word recently that a further gift of $10,000 had been received by the University for the use of his department, which during the past six years has enjoyed the benefit of financial help from the Rockefeller Foundation totalling more than $90,000. The Slavonic Studies section of the University Library, now numbering 20,000 volumes, is the largest in Canada. Dr. G. E. Dower, Instructor in Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, is the first holder in the U.B.C. Faculty of Medicine of a Canadian Life Insurance Officers' Association fellowship recently given to the University for research on electrical activity of the cardiac muscles. Dr. Dower received his medical instruction at the University of London, and St. Bartholemew's Hospital. He has been associated more recently with the Cardiology section of the Vancouver General Hospital. Miss Anne M. Smith, Assistant Librarian and Head, Reference Division, U.B.C. Library, has returned from a year of teaching in Japan's only library school at Keio University in Tokyo, and from a "librarian's holiday", visiting book collections all over the world. A Rockefeller Foundation grant financed her trip. Professor F. H. Soward was invited by the National Defence College at Fort Frontenac, Kingston, Ont., to deliver a series of five lectures on Canadian External Policy during the week of October 24. This is the first time a Canadian scholar has been invited to give as many lectures in this field to a group of Senior Officers from Photo by Courtesy University of New ESrunswick Dean George F. Curtis receives Honorary D.C.L. from the Rt. Hon. Lord Beaverbrook, Honorary Chancellor of the University of New Brunswick. Seated, Right, is the Hon. C. D. Richards, Chief Justice of New Brunswick. the Armed Forces of Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, and of Senior Civil Servants. In a letter to the President, the Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Ralph Campney, expressed his warm appreciation to the University for releasing Mr. Soward from his normal duties to make these lectures possible. Father Henry Carr, Department of Classics, attended the formal opening of Carr Hall, in Queen's Park. Toronto, on Sunday, October 20. The handsome structure of reinforced concrete and Indiana limestone, which perpetuates Father Carr's name, has been added to the buildings of St. Michael's College, of which he was Principal for a number of years. Professor Fred Lassere, Director of the School of Architecture, in his capacity as professional advisor to the Vancouver City Council, has the interesting task of adjudicating more than 200 competitive designs for the new Civic Auditorium. Professor B. Paul Wisnicki. of the School of Architecture, has been granted a year's leave of absence to work under the Joint Canadian-American Board on the engineering aspects of the St. Lawrence Seaway project. In his absence, his work will be distributed between Otto Safir, B.Sc. (Aix-la-Chapelle), a new member of the staff, and R. B. Boston of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Professor Ronald E. Burgess, of the Radio Research Station, Slough, England, is the first holder of a new Research Professorship in Telecommunications at the University, established by the National Defense Research Board for the training of graduate students in the fundamental aspects of electronics. Professor Burgess will be actively engaged in the following fields : semiconductors, waves and antennae, noise in vacuum tubes and circuits. He is the author of many papers on these and related subjects. Dr. G. M. Shrum, Head of the Physics Department, participated in the Defense Board symposium in Ottawa. December 8, 9 and 10. 27 U. B. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE L. B.C. AtUMNI CHRONICLE 28 Summer School New York 1954 By MARY FALLIS, B.A/32 My first reaction to a New York campus was "what a remote, cool, green corner of the earth British Columbia is, and what a wonderful place to work and teach without the pressures exerted on life in large American cities." Part of this feeling was due to the fact that most people on the Atlantic seaboard don't know where Vancouver is! On the registration days nearly 10,- 000 students funnelled through the main entrance of Teachers College. They came from all parts of the United States and from nine of the ten Canadian provinces. Many of the students were negroes. Most had years of teaching experience and were now working to improve their certification. COLUMBIA BICENTENNIAL Throughout the summer there was an opportunity to share in Columbia's Bicentennial Celebrations. On July 1, at a special bicentennial convocation, honorary degrees were conferred upon twenty leaders of public education from the U.S.A., England and Iraq. Special guests included forty delegates from the National Education Association then attending their annual convention in New York. On July 20, Columbia held a "Special University Convocation in Honor of the American Teacher". The university had chosen for awards on this occasion: a first- grade and a third-grade teacher, two high school teachers—one of them a negro—a professor of education and a professor of philosophy. The programme noted that without the teachers of America "our Bicentennial Theme, Man's Right to Knowledge and the Free Use Thereof, would soon become hollow and meaningless. With them the progress of our nation and our people is bounded only by the limits of man's perfectability". At the Metropolitan Museum of Art a special collection of American painting was on display in honour of the Bicentennial. Most famous of the paintings travelling to New York for the occasion was Whistler's "Mother", an enormous original canvas. DISCUSSIONS At Teachers College the year and the times gave special interest to educational debate. The most outspoken critics of modern education had been invited to take part in the evening forums on "Critical Issues in Education". So Professor Bestor, author of "Educational Wastelands", made a plea for broad scholarship as the major requirement of the teacher, and Professor Bigelow argued for a broader concept of the teacher's task and a deeper appreciation of the complexity of the teacher's art. Albert Lind, author of "Quackery in the Public Schools", re- Mary M. IFallis, B.A.'32, former editor, U.B.C. Alumni Chronicle. gretted the loss of the disciplines once provided by the teaching of traditional subjects, while Roma Gans claimed that the field of human knowledge is covered more fully and more effectively in the schools today than ever before. Varied viewpoints were expressed also in the daily "All College Lecture Discussion on Education". Retiring Dean William Russell regretted that the quacks should be invited to the campus to speak; he saw them representing the group who ridicule new knowledge without understanding. Incoming Dean Caswell Hollis welcomed outsiders, even critics. He felt it important, "as issues in education arise, that people should have a chance to hear all sides", and pointed out that, as education faces serious criticism in the years immediately ahead, it will be necessary to consider the problems seriously, and that the job will be to see that there are better teachers. INTERNATIONAL HOUSE Then there was life at International House—the pleasant dining room and meals with students from Lebanon and Brazil, Latvia and Iraq, Korea, India and Pakistan, Mexico and Colombia— the discovery of fellow-Canadians in the House—kindergarten teachers and household scientists, vice-principals and music majors, economists and normal school instructors—and out of their conversation a picture emerging of the Canadian scene, partly because we were measuring ourselves against our big and very energetic neighbour. A truly International Forum on Wednesday nights—an International Concert Night, with unforgettable numbers from Thailand and the Philippines, their young people, through music and dance, effortlessly expressing the grace and beauty of very ancient cultures—an international Film Night with a Canadian sharing scenes of the Canadian Rockies with pictures of Yugoslav dances, Austrian folk music, and Japanese ceremonials. COMMONWEALTH CLUB On the campus the British Commonwealth Club met weekly at a picnic table under the trees near the tables of State Alumni. The club held a delightful banquet presided over by Douglas Scott of Newfoundland and attended by the Summer School director. Dr. Izzard and Mrs. Izzard. Dr. Hunt, head of the Teachers College Department of Social Science, had been persuaded to speak on "Columbia's Association with the British Commonwealth". His research unearthed a very entertaining tale of the attitude of Presidents from England in pre- revolutionary classrooms following the granting of the Columbia Charter by- George II in 1754. Present day relationships are maintained through the streams of Canadian students who come to Columbia and make a favorable impression there. This fall, special recognition of Columbia's relationships with the Britisli Commonwealth will be given when the Queen Mother, Elizabeth, attends the culminating convocation of the Bicentennial Year. CANADIANS PARTICIPATE My one disappointment in the Canadian group was that too many of the students were limited by sectional viewpoints. They did not seem conscious, as Hugh MacLennan put it in his "Cross Country", that "a Canadian point of view, incoherent as yet, but strongly felt, really exists". When they were asked to contribute a cultural number to the Concert Night, most of them were at a loss to think of material they could use to interpret the cultural pattern of their country. They were not, however, the only group in such a dilemma, and they did find a solution. Numerous staff members on the campus were Canadians. One from B.C., Tony Barker, B.A.Sc. '49, M.A. Sc. '51, is an assistant in Geology at the University. • • • HANDICAP Yes, I have viewed from many a place Her intellectual horses race. She always backs her favourite colt That tears past like a thunderbolt, Then gives the crowd a haughty glance, The flashy gelding, Brilliance. * * * . . . The homeward mob has passed the gate; Yet still beside the course I wait, Detained here, in the evening mist, By an old hope I can't resist. One glimpse I do so want to win : The grey mare, Kindness, limping in. Geoffrey B. Riddehough, Arts'24. 29 U.B.C ALUMNI CHRONICLE Thunderbirds' Close Game with Varsity Blues EASTERN INTER-COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONS HELD TO 5-3 SCORE Photo by Courtesy U.B.C. Audio-Visual Services Af pre-game dinner, Friday evening, November 19, in U.B.C. Armouries. From Left, Don Smith, End, Toronto Team Captain, Warren A. Stevens, Director of Athletics, Toronto, Bus Phillips, Director of Athletics, U.B.C, Bob Brady, U.B.C. Team Captain. By R. J. (BUS) PHILLIPS "The most under-rated college football team in Canada" were the words of Bob Masterson. Coach of Toronto's Varsity Blues, referring to our U.B.C. Thunderbirds, who had come within a whisker of upsetting the overwhelming favourites in a college bowl game played in Vancouver recently. For several years U.B.C. Athletic representatives had tried to convince the public and its own student body that the Evergreen Intercollegiate Conference was of a very high calibre, and its members able to compete on equal terms with many state colleges. For example, Whitworth College plays regularlv against Montana State, Utah State and Gonzaga, and last winter defeated Washington State in basketball. Their football team is equally as strong, and this fall was rated as one of the best small colleges in America. In Conference play this year, U.B.C. lost to four of the six Conference opponents by only one touchdown. However, it was necessary to have a One of the best sources of security and contentment is your money in the bank. It is never too early to start a savings account. THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA practical demonstration of comparative football to convince the press and public. On November 20 U.B.C. Thunderbirds did just that at our Varsity Stadium in a game sponsored by the Athletic Round Table, before a good crowd of surprised, enthusiastic fans. The Birds, keyed to high pitch by Coach Don Coryell, pulled out all the stops, to lose by the narrow margin of 5-3. It was a tremendous demonstration and there was as much jubilation in the Birds' dressing room as if they had won. "I guess we've proved our point," said Dean "Whit" Matthews, Chairman of the Men's Athletic Committee. Dr. Matthews had worked hard to make the East-West contest a reality, and deserves a great deal of credit for its initial success. We are very much indebted also to the B.C. Athletic Round Table, and especially to Eric Whitehead, who co- chaired the Committee along with Dean Matthews. The way is now paved for an annual East-West College game, and if the Grey Cup moves West next year, U.B.C. will undoubtedly travel East to play against the winner of the Eastern Intercollegiate League. Oxford-Cambridge Rugby Team Here In March Bob Spray, President of the B.C. Rugby Football Union, received word early in November that a combined Oxford - Cambridge Rugby Football Team will come to B.C. in March and will play five games with teams in Vancouver and Victoria. The first of the series will be against U.B.C. Thunderbirds on March 17, according to present plans. Of the remaining four games, one will be played in Victoria and it is hoped that one can be arranged against a team made up of U.B.C. players, past and present. The other two will be played with Vancouver teams. h. v. w. • • • New Building for Mining and Metallurgy Expansion of graduate work to Ph.D. level and rapid growth of interest in graduate work in metallurgy has made more space necessary. First wing of a permanent building for the department is now under construction on the West Mall, over the road from the present building, and next to the Forest Products Laboratory. This first wing, for physical metallurgy laboratories, will be ready some time this winter. L.G.R.C. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 30 First Term Athletics—A Summary By R. J. (BUS) PHILLIPS FOOTBALL Coach Don Coryell and Line Coach Dick Mitchell are exact opposites in temperament, but the combination is one which is producing a very pleasing brand of football. That U.B.C. is knocking on the door of victory is demonstrated around the Conference Table where concessions to U.B.C. are no longer the rule, and on the held the margin of victory for other Conference teams is small. This fall there were not enough suits for all the players who turned out, and Coach Coryell was in the enviable position of having players compete for positions, and of enforcing strict training rules. Because there is very little football played in our high schools at present, players arrive on the scene often without a fundamental grasp of the game, so player depth can come only through competition at the Junior Varsity level. For the first time U.B.C. had a J-V team and a limited schedule. We look forward next year to a boom year for the Football Thunderbirds. Rugby players contributed not a little to our football strength, as John Newton, Donny Spence, Derek Vallis and Bob Morford tried the American game and liked it. Basketball stars Gary Taylor, "Buzz" Hudson and Ernie Nyhaug saw plenty of action, too. during the season. Embryo Lawyer Ted Duncan took over most of quarterbacking duties, and his brilliant performances were a continual inspiration to the team. Few people realize that Duncan wore contact lenses in all the games this year. RUGBY When the University of California made its annual rugby trek to British Columbia, one of the most dangerous players was a curly-headed Australian who kicked drop-goals with deadly accuracy from 30 to 40 yards out. Now he is on our side. Dr. Max Howell has joined the staff of the School of Physical Education, and is now assisting Albert Laithewaite with the Birds, as well as coaching the second rugby team, the Braves. We are pleased to welcome Max, and hope he will be around for a long time. Speed is the byword this year, and with one McKechnie Cup victory under their belt, the Thunderbirds are out to regain the prestige they lost last year. Most of the games are televised, and we hope for an increase in attendance at the games through a desire on the part of a better-informed public to see in action one of the finest games being played today. HOCKEY Last year the Thunderbird Ice Hockey team played in the Junior City League, and the brand of hockey was At the Toronto-U.B.C. get-together, in November 20. From Left, John Newton, son, Toronto Coach, Don Cheeseman, Photo by Courtesy U.B.C. Audio v isuj -ervi^es the Armouries, Friday evening, prior to the game on U.B.C. Halfback, Don Coryell, U.B.C. Coach, Bob Master- Fullback, Steve Onechuck, Halfback, Earl Ford, Guard; all Toronto. not of high enough calibre to bring the team up to intercollegiate standards. Consequently, our team was easy prey for the University of Alberta. Colorado and Denver. Now a Senior Amateur League has been formed, consisting of New Westminster, Vancouver, Seattle and U.B.C. One team travels to Seattle every three weeks. Coach Dick Mitchell and Honorary Coach Frank Frederiekson report that with 40 to 50 players turning out for practices, we have every chance to develop a good team—one which may well bring the Hamber Trophy back to British Columbia. BASKETBALL Jack Pomfret lost, through graduation, three of his first string veterans —Brian Upson, Dan Zaharko and Jeff Craig—and things were not looking very bright for this year. However, the huge preseason turn-out showed an influx of good high school players well grounded in fundamentals, ready for the advanced coaching which Coach Pomfret so ably provides. So far, the Birds have won three out of their four preseason games. The youthful, aggressive team are playing a very crowd-pleasing brand of basketball, with the aim to improve on last year's won 11, lost Ii) record. The B.C. Inter-High Boys' Basketball Thunderbird Quarterback Club Scholarship was awarded to Stan Gustiu of Gladstone High School. Stan was captain of last year's Tournament Finalist, as well as president of the Students' Council at Gladstone. His high school record of scholarship, citizenship and sportsmanship won him this coveted award, and Stan is now playing for our Chiefs in the Senior "A" City League. SOCCER Playing in the strong Coast League "B" Division, our Thunderbird Soccer Team has won 1, lost 3 and tied 2 so far this season. Several veterans have graduated and rebuilding is again in process. The Chiefs have played seven games thus far, with a won 2. lost 5 record. FENCING In the recent Pacific National Fencing Tournament held at the U.B.C. Memorial Gym, John Loewen was first in the Open Sabre and third in the Open Foil. GRASS HOCKEY The Varsity Grass Hockey Team is enjoying an enviable record so far this season in City League play, having won 3 and tied 2 in games. ROWING The Varsity Rowiug Crew had its first test on Saturday. November 20, when it met the University of Washington Huskies on Lake Washington. Because our crew was beaten by only three-quarters of a length over the 2,000-metre course. Coach Frank Read was very satisfied with their performance at this stage of their training. Coal Harbour has been a constant handicap to competitive rowing, with its submerged logs and floating debris. However, the crew worked hard and showed well againast the Huskies, who are rated as one of the American top crews. The English Henley race, the Newport Regatta and the Olympic Games are the lil.Vi objectives of our U.K. Games Championship Crew. The Frederic Wood Programme The English Department Production This series of plays will be performed this Session in the Frederic Wood Theatre. It is suggested that you note the dates in your Diary now. U.B.C. Players' Club Alumni Festival Entry (January 11 - 15). Heartbreak House, by G. B. Shaw (February 8 - 12). The Enchanted, by J. Giradoux (March 29 - April 2). The Spook Sonata, by August Strindberg (April 26 - 30). Tickets for all these plays are by reservation only. For reservations call ALma 1191 and ask for THEATRE RESERVATIONS or come to MISS COGHILL'S OFFICE in the Extension Department. 31 U. B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE CAMPUS NEWS AND VIEWS By DANNY GOLDSMITH Students swung quickly into action after the disastrous Brock fire. The next day it was business as usual, as the A.M.S. office moved into the Women's gym, Student Council moved into Hillel House, and the Ubyssey published from the Band hut. A week later, the A.M.S. and Student Council moved into the only slightly- damaged north wing, thanks to the cooperation of the Alumni Association and the Alumni Chronicle who relocated their offices. The students will return to their old offices after rebuilding and redecoration is completed in December. Supporters of the University came quickly to the aid of the students, including the many alumni who responded to a direct mail appeal. The drive for funds, whose purpose is to help cover some of the losses which could not be insured, now stands at about $8500 and will continue for the rest of the year. U.B.C. students also caught the public eye with their Homecoming floats which paraded through downtown. Saturday afternoon. November 0. The gaily decorated trucks featured everything from the burning of the Brock, through overcrowded conditions at Fort "Krampt", to football. Because of new- city traffic regulations this may have been the last Homecoming parade. (Photo by John KoDertson) PRIZE-WINNING FLOAT IN U.B.C. HOMECOMING PARADE The Float was prepared by Alpha Delta Phi and Beta Theta Pi Fraternities and by Delta Gamma Sorority. From Left: Bryan Williams, Janet Henderson, Don McCallum, Stevie Kent, Ann Davis, Helen Jones, Nick Cole, Dru Brooks, Sylvia Downs, Maurice Gibbons, Bob Samis, Keith Bennett, "Alfie", Graham MacDougall. (Photo by John Robertson) The traditional Council-Ubyssey feud flared up again, this time over the question of "good taste". The Ubyssey in a banner story published the names of three fraternities whose constitutions are discriminatory. They used large heavy type for the names, and included replicas of the pins. Council censured the Publications Board for "the poor taste employed in the way that they published the names." The Ubyssey appealed to a special meeting of the A.M.S. In a stormy meeting the students backed up Council. The Ubyssey, however, had the last word by publishing an expose of alleged discrimination in invitation lists for sorority rushing. Controversy over membership fees in the National Federation of Canadian - j to all points in Canada FOR EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL... j Northern f^/ec/rfc COMPANY LIMITED U. B. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 32 University Students finally led to U.B.C.'s withdrawal from the organization. U.B.C. had budgeted 35 cents a student, but N.F.C.U.S. insisted on a 50 cent fee. Student Council voted a $250 "token" grant to N.F.C.U.S., and will probably present the whole issue to the students at the spring general meeting. Undergraduate Societies got behind Campus charity drives with their usual enthusiasm. Home Economies and Nursing inspired 1800 students to give a pint of blood in the Fall blood drive. Commerce sparked a drive for the Community Chest, while the Engineers put on a host of stunts to raise money for the March of Dimes. Gerry Hodge's Special Events Committee brought culture to the campus at three noon-hour shows. Kay Armstrong's ballet group. W. H. Auden. reading his own poems, and the Vancouver Symphony all appeared for the students' entertainment. Jim Killeen, Teacher Training, was elected to Student Council as Undergraduate Societies Chairman to replace Monte McKay. MARRIAGES Adams-WiiiTTrNOTOx. David K. Adams, M.A.'53, to Anne Whittington. in Victoria. Anderson-Jenkins. John J. Anderson, B.Com.'49, LL.B.'49, to Janie Marie Jenkins. Anstis-West. Lieut. William Alfred Anstis, B.A.'52, to Joan Irene West, in Kentville, N.S. Archihat.d-Cui.i.inane. Roy William Archibald, B.A.SC18, to Margaret Mary Cullinane. in Rossland, B.C. Argue-Williamson. James Harvey Argue, B.Com.'47, LL.B.'50, to Lois Williamson, B.A.'52. Arnold-Bell. Dr. Craig Rogers Arnold to Lois Jean Bell, B.A.'49. Assimakos-Christie. Miltiades Anthony George Assimakos to Jean Christie, B.A.,'44, in New York. Banham-Grant. James Alfred Ban- ham, B.A.'51. to Mary Elizabeth Grant, B.A.'51. Barker-Willis. Thomas Philip Barker, B.A.Sc.'53, to Ann Dorcas Willis, B.A.'53. Batiigate-Hickey. James William Bathgate to Barbara Joy Hickey. B.A. '51. Beesley-Stevens. John Alan Bees- ley, B.A.'49, LL.B.'50, to Margaret Ruth Stevens, B.S.N.'52. Bell-Gell. Douglas Norman Bell. B.A.'SO, to Marianne Louise Gell. Bell-Laird. Henry Elliot Bell, B.Com. '51, to Berniee Desbrisay Laird, B.A. '51. Black-Millard. Allan Patrick Black. B.A.'49. to Gloria Inez Millard, B.A.'47. B.S.W.'48. Brat-Ramsay. Marshall Peters Bray, LL.B.'50, to Evelyn Crawford Ramsay. Brown-Haskins. R i t MacLean Brown, B.A.'SO, to Hilary H. Haskins. Brown-Ktrk. Colin Warner Brown. B.A.'SO, to Ada Jean Kirk, B.H.E.'52. Butterworth-Beveridge. Eugene Alfred Butterworth, B.Com.'52, to Margaret Elizabeth Beveridge. Cambray-Tretiiewey. Roger Sta- worth Cambray to Helen Clair Trethe- wey, B.A.'47, in Blewbury, England. Carpknter-McMurray. Marvin Allen (Mac) Carpenter, B.Com.'54, to Frances Dorothy (Frankie) McMurray. Christopiier-MacCorkinoale. Gordon Arthur Christopher, B.A.'53. LL.B. '54, to Mary Catherine MacCorkindale. B.H.E.'53. Clark-Abercombie... Nigel Hubert Clark. M.IV54, to Elizabeth Gertrude Abercombie, B.A.'52. Clark-Parker. Sydney George Clark. B.A.'53. LL.B.'54, to Lucille Parker. Convii.LE-CoPE. Donald Cleveland Codville. B.A.Se.'50. to Delores Vivian Cope, at New Westminster, B.C. Covei.i.o-Smithers. Thomas Covello, B.A.Sc'54. to Dorothy Margaret Smitli- ers. B.S.1V53. Cowan - Lindsay. Douglas Vernon Cowan, B.Com.'49, to Mary Elizabeth Lindsay. Dakers-Whiting. Ronald Gill Dak- ers, B.A.'52, M.Se.'53, to Diana Joan Whiting. Davis-Auterson. Thomas Wilfred Davis, to Maureen Cecilia Auterson. B.A.'50. Dawson-Drage. Lieut. John Phillip Dawson, U.S.N.R. to Ethel Elaine Drage, B.A.'SO. Deniioi.m-Byman. James Johnstone Denholni, B.A. (Sask.). M.A.'SO, to Vera Gloria Byman. Dickie-Fisher. Donald Clark Dickie. B.S.P.'SI, to Muriel Evalyne Fisher. Dodson-Cates. Earl David Dodson, IS.A.'54. to Suzanne Augusta Cates. B.A.'54. Duerksen-Paddock. Walter David Duerkseu, B.A.Sc.'51. to Marion lsabelle Paddock, in Morriston. Ont. Dunn-McAi.pine. Alfred Carter Dunn B.Com.'54. to Mary-Alice Jacqueline Ethel McAlpine. Edwauds-Stobart. Robert Edwards. LL.B.'52, to Maureen Claire Stobart. at Carmel, California. Evans-Stew art. James Walwyn Ev- ans. B.A.'48, to Annabella Thora Stewart. Ewing-Fribrock. Walter McColl Ewing. B.A.'SO, to Iris Marion Frib- roek. in Seattle. Fairweather-Baxter. David McLaren Fairweather, B.Com.'49, to Gloria Gayet Baxter. Fiynn-Moore. Harold Patrick Flynn, B.S.P.'52. to Sylvia Elizabeth Moore, at Trail. B.C. Forsytiie-Fi.ett. Donald David Forsythe, B.A.Sc.'53, to Frances (Fran) Kathleen Flett, at Powell River, B.C. Fhaser-Rollefson. Douglas Hotham Fraser, B.A.'52, to Marjorie Elizabeth Rollefson, in Regina, Sask. Frazee-Lumb. John David Frazee, B.A.Sc.'50, to Joyce Brodie Hallow-ell I.umb. Funk-Eckersley. Harold D. Funk to Edith Phyllis Eckersley, B.A.'49. Gale-Mar m ont. Henry Hamon Gale, B.A.'SO, M.D.'S4, to Lois Onlene Mar- mont. Gardner - Brown. Donald Arthur Gardner, B.A.'54, to Joan Lois Brown, B.A.'53. B.S.W.'54. Gii.isert-Renwick. John Ralph Gilbert. B.P.E.'52. to Mercedes (Peggy) Renwiek. at Port Alberni. B.C. Goxzai.es - Tarrant. Bruce Milton Gonzales, B.S.P.'54, to Joy Lillian Tarrant. Gray-Mai.colmson. Robert William Gray to Charlotte Shirley-Anne Mal- colmson, B.A.'52. Gunning-Leslie. Kenneth Samuel Gunning. B.A.'52, to Flora Marie Johnson, in Nelson. B.C. Hamilton-Hamilton. William George Hamilton, B.A.Sc.'51, to Joyce Elizabeth Hamilton. Harris-Humphrey. Clifford Kaye Harris, B.A.'52, to Isabel Eleanor Louise Humphrey. Hendry-Wolstencroft. Lionel James Hendry, B.Com.'52, to Joan Isabel Wol- steneroft, B.A.'53. Henley-Hazlewooi). Ian George Tre- lawney Henley, B.A.'SO, LL.B.'51. to Joan Isabel Hazlewood. IIillman-Donaldson. Victor Larry Hillman, B.A.'53, to Margaret Jean Donaldson. Hudson - Grimston. Edmund Neil Hudson to Jean Adelma Grimston, B.ILE.'Sl. HuDSON-HocKRinGE. Donald James Hudson, B.A.'52. to Patricia Joan Hock- ridge. Hunter - Buckle. John Wilfred Hunter. LL.B.'54. to Marlene Elva Buckle. Hutton-Davis. John Meredith Hutton, B.Com.'51, to Eleanor Anne Mitchell Davis. Jackes-King. Robert Hervey Jackes, P..A.'53, to Jean Joanne King. Johns-Eades. Reay MacKenzie Johns to Gwendolyn Violet Fades, B.A.'52. Kennedy-Boultbee. William (Bill) J. Kennedy, B.A.'52. LL.B.'53, to Nancy Martin Boultbee. King-Fyfe. Donald Norman King. B.Com.'48, to Dianne Elizabeth Fyfe. Knowles-Harper. George Clifford Knowles to Betty Louise Harper, B.A. '52. B.S.W.'53. Kynaston-McKay. Dennis Kynaston, B.S.A.'53, to Beverley Jean McKay. Laird Miller. Donald Gordon Laird, B. Com.'54, to Mary Marilyn Miller. Lee-Wong. Paul Funn Lee. B.Com. '51. to Josephine Chainpney Wong, B.A. '53. Lockard-Gray. Stanley Marion Lock- ard, B.S.F.'52, to Phyllis Laing Gray. Magel-Kitciien. Harold Alexander Magel, B.S.A.'Sl, to Ruth Margaret Kitchen. Manning-Lewis. Gerrard Eric Man- 33 LI. B. C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE ning, to Meredith Ann Lewis, B.A.'53. Marsh-Watson. Robert Lee Marsh to Janet Margaret Watson, B.H.E.'50. Mausser - Wilcox. William John Mausser, B.A.Sc'53, to Ena lsabelle Wilcox. Miller-Polson. Clive Miller, B.A. '51, LL.B.'52, to Fjola Virginia Poison. Miller-Williams. Douglas Wilfred Miller, B.A.'50, to Margery Elaine Williams. Moon-Hardisty. David Angus Moon, B.Com.'47, to Cherry Victoria Hardisty. Morrison-Wilks. John James McLean Morrison, B.A.'52, to Phyllis Janet Wilks. Macdonald-Grant. Eugene Andrew Macdonald to Joan Phyllis Diana Grant, B.H.E.'54. McDougall-Finch. Edwai'd Barry MeDougall, B.A.'49, LL.B.'SO, to Ann Louise Finch, in Hamilton. McIntosh-Drake. Ernest Claude Mcintosh, B.Com.'49, to Betty Elisabeth Drake. McIntyre-Hall. Alan David Mclntyre, B.A.'SO, M.A.'52, to Shirley Marie Hall. McKeghnie-Andersen. William Jordan McKechnie to Deirdre Margaret Andersen, B.A.'53. McLaren - Damgaard. Henry Mon- erieff McLaren, B.A.'48, B.S.W.'SO, to Audrey Elizabeth Damgaard. MacLean-Turner. Alistair John Mac- Lean, B.Com.'49, to Kathleen Edna Turner. McLeod-Forscutt. Douglas Hugh McLeod, B.A.Sc'53, to Doreen Jean Fors- cutt. Nelson - Fotheringham. William Cecil Nelson, B.Arch.'53, to Irene Helen Fotheringham; in Sardis, B.C. Nicholson - Dixon. Donald Allan Nicholson, B.A.'53, to Beverley Louise Dixon, B.H.E.'51. Nordland-Ableson. Raymond Louis Nordlund, B.A.Sc'51, to Donna Jean Albeson. Owen - Tobeason. David Stewart Owen, B.A.'51, to Pamela Cecilia Tobeason, in Greenwich, Conn. Perkins-Kreutziger. Harold Jackson Perkins, B.A.'51, M.Sc'53, to Mary Louise Kreutziger. Ployart-Lamb. John William Ploy- art, B.Com.'52, to Helen Marilyn Lamb. Pollock-Donald. John Orr Pollock, B.A.'47, B.S.W.'48, M.S.W.'SO, to Mary Agnes Donald. Pyper-Boyd. Ian Gordon Pyper, LL.B.'54, to Bonita Mary Shiel Boyd, at Kamloops, B.C. Ridley-Lewis. Robert Murney Ridley, B.Com.'54, to Sally Larkin Lewis. Ripley - McTavish. George Collen Ripley to Shirley Adelaide McTavish, B.H.E.'49. Robinson-McAllister. William Gri- gor Robinson, B.A.Sc'52, to Jane Barnet (Barnie) McAllister. Rumford-Weeks. Vernon John Rum- ford, B.Com.'49, to Betty Joan Weeks. Russell-Strutt. Robert A. Russell to Jo-Anne Strutt, B.A.'Sl. Saunders-Gloster. Richard George Saunders, B.Com.'44, to Olive Marie Gloster, in Toronto. Sheppard-Coltman. Dennis Richard Sheppard, B.A.'SO, LL.B.'Sl, to Shirley Irene Coltman, B.H.E.'51. Silverwood-Lawrence. Alan Dennis Silverwood to Elizabeth Anne Lawrence, B.A.'53, in Nelson, B.C. Smith-Creak. Cyril Bee Smith, B.S.P.'54, to Shirley Alice Creak. Southcott-Thompson. John Clement Southcott, B.Com.'S3, to Constance Mary Thompson, B.A.'52. Souther-Hamilton. John Gordon Souther, B.A.Sc'52, to Mary Elizabeth Katharine (Betty) Hamilton, B.A.'53. Stainton-Thomson. Norman Reginald Keith Stainton, B.S.A.'53, to Phyllis Jean Thomson. Stii.i.-Reid. John Tryan Still, B.Com. '45, to Doreen Hazel Reid. Sussel-Lucas. Lieut. Walter Henry Sussel, R.C.A., B.A.'53, to Beryl Florence Lucas. Sutherland-Stewart. Hugh Sutherland, B.A.'52, to Edna Way Stewart, at Cloverdale, B.C. Tanner-Crisall. William Harold Reginald Tanner, B.Sc.(Alta.), M.D. '54, to Patricia Joan Crisall. Tennant-Billington. John Martin Tennant, B.A.'49, LL.B.'53, to Joan Violet Billington. Thompson - Fryer. Donald Roy Thompson, B.P.E.'54, to Audrey Arline Fryer. Walley-Liggins. William Albert Everett Walley, B.A.'51, to Moyra Diane Liggins, B.A.'53. Ward - Moore. Kenneth Leonard Ward, B.S.P.'54, to Elaine Marion Moore. Warren-Engelland. John Macdonald Warren, B.A.Sc'53, to Shirley Margaret Engelland, B.S.N.'54. Weatherall-Wolrige. William Alexander Weatherall, B.Com.'54, to Helen Kathleen Wolrige. Weldon-Crosby. Richard Chapman Weldon, B.A.'52, to Catherine Shirley Crosby, B.A.'SO. Wells - Blake. Raymond Mervyn Wells, B.A.'54, to Elaine Signe Blake. Westlake-Walsh. Donald William S. Westlake, B.S.A.'53, to Maureen Elizabeth Walsh. Wheatley-Hornby. Gordon Hamilton Wheatley, B.A.Sc'48, to Jean Elizabeth Hornby. White-Smith. Denis Robert Telfer White, B.A.'51, to Margaret Elizabeth (Peggy) Smith, B.A.(Tor.), in Toronto. Williams-Dickinson. Elmer Williams, B.Com.'48, to Dorothy May Dickinson. Williams-Fry. Lloyd George Williams, B.A.'52, to Eva May Fry, in Montreal. Wilson-Farrell. George Stewart Wilson, B.S.A.'49, to Faye Corinne Farrell. Wright - Cummins. David John Wright, B.Com.'53, to June Daphne Cummins, B.A.'53. BIRTHS To Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Babb, B.A.Sc.'48, a son, Eugene Matthew, in Seattle. To Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Chant, B.A.'50, M.A.'52, (nee Constance Ruth Mcllroy), a son, Jonathan Murray, on October 18. To Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Cherry, B.A.'51, M.A.'52, (nee Hilda Wood, B.S.P.'SO), a son, Michael James, on October 3. To. Mr. and Mrs. R. Grant Done- gani, B.S.A.'41, (nee Mary Helen Lister, B.A.'42), a daughter, September 25. To Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Ingledew, (nee Margaret MacLean Fox, B.A. '38), a son, John Kenneth, April 14. To Mr. and Mrs. David B. Leaney, B.A.Sc.'49, a daughter, Adelle Jennifer. To Dr. and Mrs. Dave L. McIntosh. B.S.A.'48, a son, Christopher David, June 16. To Mr. and Mrs. W. W. (Bill) Ren- nie, B.Arch.'54, a daughter, August 19. To Dr. and Mrs. Hassel Schjeld- ercp, B.A.Sc'49 (nee Rose Khatcha- dourian), a son, William, August 14, at Long Beach, California. To Mr. and Mrs. W. B. (Bill) Sexsmith, B.Com.'50, April 29, a son, Douglas John. To Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Sweat- man, B.S.F.'49, a daughter, August 30. To Dr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Yates, B.A.'47, a son, Peter Douglas, April 6. • • • ©bttuarg Dr. George A. Lamont Dr. George A. Lamont, who died after a brief illness on November 3rd, was Clinical Assistant Professor of Paediatrics at U.B.C, 1951-1953. He was personally known to many Alumni through his long association with the C.O.T.C. of which he was Senior Medical Officer from 1928—the year of the Corps' formation—until 1947. Of special interest also to U.B.C. graduates and students is the fact that Dr. Lamont helped organize the blood donor collecting service of The Red Cross Society of which he was made an honorary member in 1947, having been active for many years in Red Cross work and a past-president of The Society's Vancouver Branch. His pioneer work in Vancouver's Child Guidance Clinic and The Crippled Children's Hospital are well known. He was Chief of St. Paul's Hospital medical staff from 1948 to 1953. For many years he was associated w-ith t>he city's school health services. His generous, lively personality will be greatly missed by a large circle of friends. He is survived by his wife and daughter Helen at 6550 Marine Crescent, Vancouver. h.t.l. U.B.C. ALUMNI CHRONICLE 34 For ,he ever-growing needs of „OM6S ona INST" service need, Crane p materials," M)ricated r ^-:r '^—*:::,*-— m ° it .- witcr or steam ■- ,..,i>acili«s faetured to Crane lhc largest (.ommeraal, for every type of u« ^ to meetm^ to U, «the%S1^Uu^-l-^li,emCndS"-uUators Cfree- institutionalandrndu ^.^ i tit ra(Uant ..._._:.._J /'or complete details on Crane products, ash- any Plumbing and Heating Contractor or Crane Hranch—or tcrite direct to Crane Limited, 1170 Beaver Hall Square, Montreal. 1-5403 CRANE CRANE LIMITED General Office: 1 170 Beaver Hall Square, Montreal 7 Canadian Factories • 1 8 Canadian Branches VALVES • FITTINGS • PIPING PLUMBING • HEATING NATION-WIDE SERVICE THROUGH BRANCHES, WHOLESALERS and PLUMBING AND HEATING CONTRACTORS Wherever big things are going on there you'll find the engineer Wherever you go in Canada today, you see the work of the professional engineer. A river's course is changed and its rushing power harnessed for man's needs ... an oil pipeline scales a mighty mountain range ... a highway is punched through the rocky wilderness . . . and behind each mighty accomplishment stands the engineer. Behind our many new industries and the unprecedented development of our natural resources—stands the engineer. His is the vision that is contributing so much to Canada's phenomenal growth. We of Canadian General Electric never forget that ours is essentially an engineering organization. We know that our progress depends on the constant recruitment of young engineers and are proud of the contribution we are making to their training. Engineering graduates join this Company each year Each year, since its earliest days, engineering graduates have joined this Company to continue their training in special courses—nearly twelve hundred have already gained invaluable experience on the Company's well-known "Test" Course. The purpose of the course is primarily to ensure a constant supply of trained talent for this Company yet over the years it has also contributed a constant stream of highly-trained graduates to fill the ranks of Canadian industry. Everybody benefits from the engineers' work Canadian General Electric currently employs some eight hundred engineers—that's one out of every eighteen employees—and is continually adding to their number. These men —whether they work as development, design, production, application, sales or service engineers, in the electrical, mechanical or chemical fields—are in the final analysis working for you. They develop, design and manufacture the complex electrical equipment that generates power, transmits it across great distances, controls it and then puts it to work for the common good. They improve and simplify existing products to increase their efficiency and lower their cost. They develop brand-new products to meet brand- new needs. In cooperation with our customers' engineers they design and install equipment to meet specialized needs. The engineers' port in Canada's rising prosperity It is an important part of their work to find better ways of producing both equipment and products that do more, last longer and cost less to operate. It is by employing outstanding engineers—the key men in Canada s progress—that we are able to play a worthy part in our country's industrial growth, and in the developments that are raising the living standards of all of us. CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO Canada's Oldest and Largest Electrical Manufacturer
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