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Hunter, BA'63, LLB'67; Murray McMillan; , si Nemetz, BA'35; Lorraine Shore, BA'67; Dr. Ross Stewart, "A 46, MA'48; Nancy Woo, BA'69. i V'/ERTISING REPRESENTATIVES ;luinni Media: Vancouver (604) 688-6819 i Toronto (416) 781 -6957 '-ys fecial arrangement this issue ofthe Chronicle carles « an insert an alumni edition of UBC Reports, the lfi! 'e-s/fy administration's campus publication. The fBC information office has responsibility for the edito- "' c -ntent and production of UBC Reports. 004-4999 -' quarterly by the Alumni Association of the University of British i Vancouver. Canada. The copyright of all contents is registered. ■!S AND EDITORIAL OFFICES: Cecil Green Park, 6251 Cecil Green .I.Vancouver. B.C. V6T 1X8. (604)-228-3313 SUBSCRIPTIONS: The iironicle is sent to all alumni of the university. Non-alumni subscriptions ible at $3 a year; student subscriptions $1 a year. ADDRESS CHANGES: - address with old address label if available, to UBC Alumni Records, 'I Green Park Road, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1X8. 'quested. J°!ta' ;)aid at the Third Class ra,e Permlt No- 8568 H33S1 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. n Canadian Education Index A Message to Alumni: Walter Gage In October the entire university community was saddened by the death of Walter Gage, president emeritus. To many of us he was "dean of everything." His kindness and concern, his helping hand in countless situations are greatly missed. UBC will not be the same without him. But perhaps his legacy to the university is a continuing awareness ofthe needs of students. In response to numerous requests, the alumni association, in cooperation with the students and the university administration, has established The Walter H. Gage Memorial Fund to perpetuate the spirit of Walter Gage's dedication and generosity. This new endowment fund will incorporate the Walter Gage Student Aid Fund created by the engineering students in 1975. The planning group, composed of student, alumni and university representatives, has suggested the following terms of reference for the fund, a)Direct aid should be given to student projects sponsored by an undergraduate society, club or faculty. These projects are to be campus-oriented and of broad general interest. They should have academic components and enhance the reputation of UBC. b)The fund will be able to provide discretionary aid to individuals where resources are lacking under existing student aid programs. c)In addition support will be available for other areas of need that may be deemed worthy. In the Gage tradition it will be a flexible and responsive fund designed to meet student needs. In the new year the UBC Alumni Fund will ask for your contribution to the Walter Gage Fund. If you have already contributed may I offer my thanks on behalf of UBC's students. If you haven't I hope you will consider doing so. Walter Gage gave very careful consideration to every request for help he received. Paul Hazell, President, UBC Alumni Association Students seeking counselling or other services provided by the counselling office are greeted by receptionist Collec* Jarvis.... Each counsellor sees approximately six students each dayfc one-hour sessions. (Right) Counsellor Alexandra MacGregor meets with fourth year education student Jan Smith (back to camera). j^iake their own decisions :eanor Wachtei ack in the 60s when Joan Wallin was a student at UBC, she was dubbed one of those really bright kids who s got poor marks. Her I.Q. placed in the top 5 per cent ofthe population, she just couldn't pass a chemistry She dropped out. en years later she enrolled again but pattern began to repeat itself. Ter- of not doing well, she'd panic at an , so frightened that she didn't know that her mind would blank out. A ago, with the stress of mid-terms g, she was ready to quit again but chance noticed an ad for a studies skills hop at the campus student counsel- certre. After just one private session a counsellor, Joan came out feeling ■.ii. Now a fourth year agriculture rJ. "It's no exaggeration," she main- 'that those sessions changed my . nv outlook. Everyone at the centre is £i he! i-ul, real people people, who take . to know who you are. I know it like a commercial, but too many * don't know of its existence, and nsellors there deserve a lot of points." irector ofthe Counselling Centre, an, BA'47, MA'50, would say as possible to inform these decide information process starts even ■e student steps onto the campus, ■a school visitation program, "a l&und Hude: Intc *'row< ^Th, :4 Sr- >r *'ut i >e , '",10ns cfor, The • travelling circus" of representatives from UBC, SFU, UVic, BCIT, and regional colleges, tours every school in the province at least once a year. The team acquaints students with the range of post- secondary educational opportunities with a view to counselling not recruitment. In addition, UBC counsellors visit high schools on an individual basis, especially those in the Lower Mainland which may require four or five meetings. What do today's high school students want to know? After the basics like admission standards, costs and course requirements, they want to hear about jobs. "Secondary school students are more concerned about practical job opportunities than I've ever seen before," notes Shirran. "It's a complete reversal of the late 60s attitude when you couldn't find enough second class students to fill a first year medical class." The change is reflected in the increasing number of applicants to professional schools and the need to accommodate in alternate programs those who don't gain admittance but still want to attend university. To further broaden communication with the province's schools, 2000 copies of a periodic UBC newsletter are sent out to all senior and junior high schools, private and public, as well as to colleges. This outlines new programs, placement tests and other pertinent information. To provide the schools themselves with direct feedback on their students' performance at UBC, a statistical report of comparative grades is made available. Without revealing any individual names, the schools can discover how effective their own college- preparation programs are in relation to others. As an additional introduction to university life, 30,000 copies of "Information for Prospective UBC Students" are circulated. Its travel brochure look — verdant campus against snowy peaks — is tempered by all the hard facts contained within on course requirements and expenses. Realities ofthe university experience are further emphasized during the summer orientation program offered to all new students. "Too often the student comes to us in January when it's too late," laments Shirran. "Once they've failed their Christmas exams there's little we can do." So the thrust is to reach students early. Every afternoon and evening during the summer, students in batches of 20 explore the campus. In a scavenger hunt-like search, they dig out the library call number for Donald F. Glut's The Frankenstein Legend and unearth the arts courses catalogue from the Buchanan Building. Grouped with a few other students entering the same faculty, they are encouraged to familiarize themselves with a variety of campus services and departments. It helps mitigate that sinking feeling of disorientation in a new environment. About 40-45 per cent of the first year class are the first members of their immediate families to attend university. So it is not unusual for more than 1000 students to participate in the orientation program (about a third of all frosh). Through the financial assistance of the 5 , <\\*~: 1 t w ""» .'■; iki dIV Afid t ica] e> two ti 10 « week' ogiajtfjf < estt fest Reasons vary, but as Shirran t r>senj vffith 'They aren't going away mad quarters state that they intend to Tl" p£t- liars university at some later date." Dt ipy '.^ varied efforts to communicate an iccui. picture of university demands and chat teristics, many students still enter unp pared and poorly advised. Fewer than 10 per cent of the sci counsellors in B.C. have any specialc training. British Columbia is the oi province in Canada without an educati specialist's certificate for counsellors, reverse of a situation that existed 30 ye, ago when the province was ahead of ti ||n rest of the country. Then in the 19; mi with the W. A.C. Bennett government,], fljjii terest in counselling waned. An "Effc'dlst tive Living" course on the school ci i sgll riculum was ridiculed as "Effective Lt ing" and nothing pertaining to persoi development (or inter-personal relate and the family) was to be taught. The certification program was ab doned and anyone, any teacher that could be a counsellor. It was frequent| seen as a route to an administrative tion and became identified with admiiuj trative functions like discipline and tables. But the situation is changing. Tl] role of the school is being questioned society where alcohol abuse and mariti breakdown are commonplace. "How you develop people," asks Myrne Ne son, BA'39, head of the department counselling psychology in UBC's facu of education, "who are able to copew today's demands?" The unanimous answer seems to be train more counsellors. Last M. y, < provincial convention of school t "ustec; meeting in Prince George recomr iendi that all counsellors have some g aduai; training — at least a diploma. In a >urvt of superintendents and directors o B.C 74 school districts, 100 per ct nt re sponded that there was a need for rains counsellors in the schools. Anoth r vey of high school principa " monstrated 98.6 per cent in favor c trained counsellors. One immediate result is that counselling psychology progi n swamped with inquiries. Last yc if department received 1200 requests font program brochure. Ofthe206appl -ants "moB; JBC 6 Chronicle/Winter 1978 were admitted, with only half ;ain full-time. The department c-year (i.e., 12-month) diploma a two-year M.A., and a three- ). program. Admission to any of aires three to five years work ,' in a related field. "We need o've lived a lit Je longer, who've experience with life, preferably I -".'.—irn,,. ,ith people," adds Dr. Nevison. aining itself provides more clin- ure than any she knows of, with iys practicum each week and six '-time in May and June at one of )l's training centres in New ter, Richmond, and on campus. it half the students enrolled on a ; basis, working teachers/ counsHKrs can upgrade themselves by opting ior either an evenings/summers program or a summers only (four in all) which admits students every second year. The eounselling-psychology program offers specialties in elementary school, secondary school, and college and adult counselling. (Currently all school counsel- lob must also hold teaching certificates.) A; new emphasis is being placed on increasing the number of elementary school counsellors; about a quarter of the students are taking the specialty. These graduates currently face a situation in which two-thirds of the province's school districts have no elementary school coun- j sillors at all. Those districts with counsel- ! lijjrs must share them among five or six ,;! .un o- ih'i^ o -ers -i o,M.! ve.ii i:~ thme ■ e\\pcn<' people laid mi workin; " And il" icakxf two fu''• weeks I ■ the su- '|Westini ! Withab .'part-tnv schools, approximately a ratio of one counsellor to 2000 pupils. The optimum work load is considered two or three schools and 500-1000 students per counsellor. The thrust towards elementary school counsellors can be explained in terms of a preventative aim. Even in secondary schools, the "therapeutic-consultation skills" of the counsellor are seen as more important than the vocational. At the primary and elementary school level, social and educational problems can be weeded out more effectively. Less band- aid and more far-reaching improvements can be attempted. The problem is that with current workloads, this is seldom possible. Vancouver area counsellor Edna McDermid Nash, BEd'63, MEd'70, a former secondary school counsellor and department head, now prefers her work at the elementary school level. "You can bring about change so much more quickly, you actually see a change of outlook. High school students are more set. High school itself is more subject-than- student-oriented." But until the ratio of counsellors to students improves, Nash sees her primary function as dealing with those significant adults who influence children, namely, the parents and the teachers. As an elementary school counsellor she can seldom work directly with a child so she acts as consultant to those other grown-ups. She stresses preventative work, encouraging teachers to have regular class discussions where children can learn to help each other and plan together at their own level of responsibility. She also undertakes parent study groups to give them guidelines for dealing with their children. "Most parents are responsible and want to do what is best for their children — they just don't always know what best is." In high schools, much counselling is done in small groups, utilizing peer group influence, with less emphasis on parents. Students are encouraged to evaluate themselves before the teacher does it for them. Counsellors must tread the narrow line between student advocate and administrative enforcer. The UBC program, begun 15 years ago, is by far the biggest in B.C., with 12 full- time and two part-time staff, and it's stretching to meet the demand. Opportunities are opening up, especially outside Vancouver. Last year, a school district in the Fraser Valley had five positions that went unfilled. Counselling is an aspect of education that's growing, regardless of declining figures in school enrollment. "We're going to need more and more people to work with people," maintains Myrne Nevison. "That's the area of our society that's expanding." □ Eleanor Wachtel is a Vancouver writer and broadcaster. Alumni Trawel Opportunity take a trip into Masai and Kikuyu native villages. Lounge on the sands of Mombasa and let the warm Indian Ocean soothe you. Discover enough native artifacts to start your own museum. Join our two-week Adventure to the land that fascinated Hemingway — before it disappears forever. We depart Vancouver on Feb. 8, 1979, (jet connection to Seattle included) depart Seattle Feb. 9, 1979, returning on Feb. 23, 1979. Leave winter behind . . . escape to Africa. $2028 (Canadian funds) includes chartered round-trip jet flights, deluxe hotel in each city, full American breakfast, and dinner each evening at a selection of the finest restaurants. Make Your African Adventure Reservations Today! Send to: African Adventure. INTRAV. c o Associated Administrators. 2325 Burrard Street. Vancouver. B.C. V6J 3J2 Enclosed is my check for $_ Name Cheques payable to: Manchester Bank/Adventure Trust Account _($100 per person), as deposit. 'n Morocco and Kenya. Wander the narrow streets of 'he Casbahs in ancient Rabat and mysterious Casablanca. Shop in colorful souks. Visit Djemaa El '■na Square in Marrakech, teeming with storytellers, snake charmers and soothsayers. Roam the vast game oarks of Kenya by safari rover. Capture elephant, zebra and lion on film. Relax at luxurious lodges or Home Address City Prov. Postal Code Area Code Phone A Non-Regimented INTRAV Deluxe Adventure B.C. Travel registration #553.0. Cert. #0639 8 Chronicle/Winter 1978 ', ! Viveca Ohm Judge Matthew Baillie Begbie? Ah, the hanging judge, most of us say, recalling school pageants, Barkerville shows and Centennial tours which invariably cast Begbie as a ridiculous figure in a paste-on beard, fulminating at trappers and gold seekers. Along with Gassy Jack and Amor de Cosmos, he is remembered as one of the handful of colorful characters in B.C. history. But history has done him wrong, it appears, for although Begbie was in fact a frontiersman of legendary proportions, he was also a competent and humane judge who did not at all relish hanging people. For clearing his reputation a century later, Begbie can thank David R. Williams, a lawyer and winner of the 1977 University of British Columbia Medal for Popular Biography. Published by Gray's of Sidney, ... The Man for a New Country is one of the few legal biographies of a Canadian figure, but this should not scare off the jargon-shy lay reader. A graduate of UBC, BA'48, LLB'49, and later member of the senate and board of governors, Williams felt that an all- around biography of Begbie needed the legal insight of someone in the profession, yet he aimed the book at the general public, putting "a good read" ahead of legal terminology. In fact, the favorable reception by other lawyers alarmed him at first — if lawyers liked it, would the ordinary reader be lost? Begbie had been put down in his lifetime and afterwards as a man whose impartiality on the bench was doubtful, whose knowledge of law was riddled with holes. Altogether a rotten judge who had come to the wilds of B.C. because he couldn't make it back in England. Actually, by the time Begbie left England as a 39-year old bachelor, he enjoyed a fair amount of prosperity as a Chancery lawyer, one of the few who knew shorthand and could therefore augment his income sufficiently as a court reporter to travel abroad regularly. Begbie was an adventurous spirit, the stuff of which pioneers are made, and the opportunity of a colonial post was not lost on him. When Begbie arrived in Victoria in 1858, his shipmates on the last leg ofthe Begbie biographer David Williams, with his son's horse, Fred. journey from San Francisco were eager gold-seekers leaving the fading prospects of California behind to follow the promising rumors of the "frozen North." That the gold rush in B.C. never developed into the lawless affair it had been in California could be due in part to it being the second time around for many miners, in part to Begbie's early presence on horseback in the mining camps. A tall, bearded, rather Shavian-looking figure, Begbie never let primitive surroundings interfere with protocol. Often he had to hold court under a tree with a stump for a bench, but he always wore his judicial robes and wig, carefully packed and brought along on each circuit. Though the new-and-only-magistrate seemed equal to his new land, there were certain hazards he could not have been prepared for — such as having his horse bolt from under him in mid-session after being frightened by a passing camel train. Or having the chimney of his small cabin dislodged by snow, and having to convince remote and skeptical government brass of the need for another. Begbie and his circuit party, which might include a registrar, a sheriff, and several Indian guides, often had to make their way on foot or horseback through rough, steep terrain before the first roads were built along the Fraser and to the Cariboo. Sometimes they would have to scramble down ravines, ford streams, get wet, sleep in the open. But Begbie, who was always well-supplied with frying pans, knives, axes, teapots and other camping gear, relished these jaunts. He baked bread en route and lived off the land by fishing and shooting. He would pan for gold, paddle a canoe down a rapid, and at night around the campfire, would entertain the others by witty and learned conversation and by singing. With Indians, Begbie got along unusually well for a man of his time. After only a short time in B.C., he could speak not only Chinook — the pidgin communication between white and Indian — but also Chilcotin and Shuswap, and possibly also a Vancouver Island dialect. Natives brought before his judicial bench, whether on charges of murder or breaches of the potlatch law, often found a more sympathetic ear than a white offender would. Recognizing that Indian language, mores and traditions prevented the same understanding of British law that could be expected from white settlers, Begbie in 1873 recommended that justices of the peace not interfere with "Indian chiefs exercising their customary jurisdiction over drunken and disorderly members of their own tribes and inflicting on them the salutary discipline usual in the tribe," except in cases of "excessive severity." At that time, hanging usually followed a murder conviction, but the judge could urge a reprieve. Begbie, who did not use this power in any case involving whites, recommended clemency for Indians in all but two cases, where he felt an example must be set. As author Williams points out, Begbie was in a unique position by being both a representative ofthe law, which was supposed to be impartial, and the colonial government, which was not — it had to build up its own credibility. This wearing of two hats caused a lot of resentment from political rivals, but its effect on Begbie was to temper his decisions so as to build confidence in the British justice system. He felt obliged to set examples. "This was not at all a weakness," Williams notes, "just highly unusual." In any case, Begbie apparently retained the respect of Indians and whites alike, who saw him as a bulwark against crime and disorder in their small communities. The epithet "hanging judge" did not come about until after his death, and then partly as a result of a magazine article which told how a murderer had been found guilty in Begbie's court, and sentenced to hang. There being, however, no sheriff available, the judge himself performed the execution on the appointed day. There is no other record of this highly unethical event and Williams dismisses it as total fiction. If "hanging judge" is taken less literally to mean a particularly harsh magistrate with a record of many convictions, Begbie was probably no more harsh, possibly less so, than his contemporaries. Personally he was an autocrat, Williams says, a conservative Victorian gentleman, but as a judge he tended to be unconventional and far from autocratic. Another point easily forgotten is that British law at the end of the 19th century was not the same as it is now. Capital punishment was routine for homicide convictions; moreover the weight of the law favored the prosecution rather than the defense, and much of what today would be considered inadmissible evidence was then perfectly acceptable. Begbie's dealings with the Chinese showed the same humanity as his treatment of Indians. He deplored the bigotry of his day which sought by ingenious and exorbitant methods to keep the Chinese out of business. Case after discriminatory case was thrown out, though Begbie himself was not above using Victorian epithets like "anthropoids" for a race he nonetheless professed to admire. When not out riding circuits (which 10 Chronicle/Winter 1978 gradually became more comfortable as roads, wagons and formal courthouses became part of the scene) Begbie lived comfortably in New Westminster and Victoria, drawing up legislation and taking an active part in social circles, singing in choirs, making dinner speeches, holding tennis parties. When he died in 1894 after 30-odd years on the bench, the whole city turned out for a stately funeral and his old arch-enemies vied in singing his praises. History has lost sight of the real man because ofthe bad press Begbie received, V*' ,*■ \\itli IS it)'. A (n| S a hnt ia. { OVID, bt- naming contest obviously v. _-nt heeded. ...The Man for a New Cou ti\\ about three years in the making. bulk of research — which Willia: more enjoyable than the "hard writing" — accomplished duri month sabbatical spent at the ar Ottawa, in England and Califor biggest surprise came at the p archives where all of Begbie books turned up, uncatalogued gotten. The bench books, which gener llyt tain a judge's notes on the case ha proved particularly interesting in 3egbi case because he also used them as iersc diaries. Doodles and math forrrulas, pear next to courtroom notations as« as the sketched figures and faces t'lati later used to illustrate the bio^rapl chapter headings. Gleefully, Willim even reports finding two pages of \\ questionable Irish jokes" the judge t storing up for dinner parties. • • * David Williams lives on a 22-i spread of wooded and rolling green li outside Duncan, B.C. with his wife Lai and youngest son. Also sharing the main are two dogs, two horses ande sheep, the latter kept for meat and Co ichan sweater-wool as well as for mowing purposes. Three older childrgfld are scattered throughout various univ^ji . sides studying arts, medicine, and lnir'lp case of daughter Suzanne, law ("at^iJJl lutely not my influence," says Wilhaii; >|Lj while another, Harry, is a fisherman: ?l* yB in 1AI all Jonathan is still completing high schot An amiably rumpled man (at least elm 'sarr y\\ sunny weekends at home), Williams scribes his Duncan practice as "a bit f/f{< everything, but mostly litigation," §| 1969, he was made Queen's Counsel distinction he admits "indicates a certain competence as a courtroom lawyer" modestly dismisses as having "little me ing in Canada." Williams claims to have another books in him. But the results of thesiil, cess of ... The Man for a New Country % still whirling around him. "Th; literary award has pleased me ven mud j it came completely out of the blu<." Tt; award is given annually for popular b: raphies of or by Canadians. Besides enjoying the promotif nal pects of literary success, the rae io ar television interviews, William1- got "great charge" out of impersonatn g Be bie — robes, beard and all — at V e 50 anniversary celebration of the l wn Quesnel. He was recently asked tc repe the performance in Duncan. His current project is re-writing . 1' Man for a New Country for Fitzh nn Whiteside's school series, The Can dian It looks like the ten books will have o ^ a little longer.... □ Viveca Ohm, BA'69, is a frequent contributor to the Chronicle. If '■ ■ Ji .!..-! ■.■-] ^ j' •—>> \\; ~l -n r ' rr.f^i «,YT7."*". V-ytf^j l.v..;.-i;. .;.v '1 ■c".i¥-". -J PiA«-H(?".s; .'.'.Sj..' : :■ .m :j v." V 1 I.. ' .'.J1, '""i. ' > u".-. rf^i-a * v-. ■■? ;:/.iy.-,0 I* t-'-V; VL Employers who hire disabled workers are Tipre often than not, in for a big surprise. ,'AII of a sudden, the guy they thought • ■ hey were 'giving a break' turns around "••' and gives them some of the best work. y've ever seen. Uust take a look at the results of a - y:}l-\\ tional survey in which employ- ■< ;„'- rated handicapped workers mpared to able-bodied workers: Regarding level of production §83% of handicapped workers A/ere rated the same or better Attendance? 88% were the same or better. "<*■■ Wy \\j o. Vj \\j \\s i. And as to quality of work, 90% were the same or better. 3esi 0; all, the survey indicated that handled workers tend to "stay with the firm" D^ger. dramatically reducing the hidden costs of staff turnover. Keep these facts in mind the next time you consider giving a disabled worker 'a break'. You'll be doing yourself a favour. For more information, cal! Dave Rabson or Mike Cannings at 266-0211 in Vancouver or contact the rehabilitation con- f,, sultant in any WCB Area Office. ,-*\\ 0» J "l "v," \\ / \\, "'■'. / ■• ,jrv OF BRITISH CQLUfYIBIA 11 a-u ; ! li:/ i '{" ' 1 ; ■ v- i i -v. ' ~ 3'. i.'i -?>-. L j I . v3 H r-v- 'i-V.I -.Jr. I 11 *•*. „„„ j yr J Ls.-^ -rvr.;-;. rl, iiV r'"r ;jy ^-4\\ !l FT\""" » f| ^ I L_/l J L..--D l 2T-J 12 Chmmde Winter l'/7H Tim Padmore ii planes boosted the speed with which we can travel a hundred-fold. The airplane has brought economic benefits and transformed warfare. More important, it has freed man to know his world and the knowing has changed forever his perception of it. - The computer, a younger technology, has boosted the speed with which we can calculate, not by a factor of 100, but by a million or more. What will that bring? * Super gadgets, no doubt. Also, ordinary gadgets — ones that will work better ,and longer. , Changes in education — a revolution in both methods and content. < New ways of doing business, of governing and with these a profound social restructuring. ; A new perception, not ofthe world, but of ourselves. The gadget possibilities are endless. The sophisticated computer games, pocket calculators and even the small home computers that can be bought for the price of a color TV are trivial things. Imagine, though, a portable computer — perhaps even a computer implanted in your body — that you talk to by thinking ?t it and that replies with images flashed on a mental TelePrompTer. Science fiction writer Frank Herbert imagines a lawyer going into court with an entire law library and an electronic librarian at his mental beck and call. Imagination is all it is, but the idea is not as scientifically screwball as you might think, Computer brains — they're called central processing units, or CPUs — small enough and fast enough to do the job already exist. Memory — a place to store ^e la library — is a bigger problem, but mem,, y devices are getting more and more •. ompact. And as for wiring into the brain, well, the first crude steps have already >een taken by scientists seeking to help ;: ,e blind see; they have implanted decti des in the brains of blind volun- ad (using a computer) produced flashes of light that form recogniz- tterns. ■ind today is the remote terminal, a ^e video screen or teletype con- teers ment.; able,. Ai: Porta nected by phone to a central computer, which can be as big as a house for all the remote user cares. A football coach can dial up a play statistically tailored to the present opponent, field position, elapsed time, score and the quarterback's sore arm. A policeman can search for outstanding arrest warrants or unpaid parking tickets. In England, the post office has started a remote terminal service called ViewData. The citizen buys the terminal, which allows him or her to tap data banks containing everything from consumer advice to stockmarket quotations. A similar system has been proposed in Canada. Costs will be relatively high at first; the present limit is the cost ofthe telephone time. But that will change as other revolutions hit the communications industry: fibre optics, for example, and fuller use ofthe capacity of cable TV links. Law libraries, football plays and comparison shopping are obvious and not especially earthshaking applications of this kind of gadgetry. The interesting question is: How will people change as they learn the unguessed possibilities of this new tool? The automobile brought suburbs, smog, McDonald's and school integration. What will happen to the stock market when the small trader has the same computational resources as a mutual fund? to advertising, when the consumer can get an instant analysis of a manufacturer's claims? to medicine, when the patient can get a sophisticated diagnosis and a prescription from a machine? Imagine a computerized library that informs the reader whenever a new book or article on subjects he has specified comes in. Will the reader lose the capacity to browse, to make serendipitous discoveries? The UBC library is offering such a service today. Then there are the "invisible" computers. UBC commerce professor Robert Goldstein says the first big impact from computers will be in products where they are built in with conventional controls. Soon, he says, everyone will own several computers, perhaps without being aware of it. Computers in cars will adjust engine settings for optimum mileage and check to see if the brake linings are getting 13 thin. Computers in appliances will make ihcm "smart" — like the programmable microwave ovens now on the market. (Goldstein predicts, with a touch of horror, a smart TV that can be programmed for a week's viewing, switching itself on and off automatically. Will the machine's owner obey the implicit commands, cutting short the bedtime story when the tube lights up? "My guess is we will enslave ourselves to the TV," he says.) The finely engraved electronic "chips" modern computers are based on are extraordinarily reliable and long-lived and much cheaper than the complex mechanical systems they will replace, Goldstein says.One casualty of the revolution will be a lot of elegant engineering. A small computer allows a "brute force" solution of problems that once demanded elaborate tinkering. Many other skills will become obsolete. Automation has aready had profound effects on workers. New methods of transferring the news reporter's words into print have led to bitter strikes and the closing down of newspapers. Computer controlled automation could lead to worse strife and a feeling of alienation as the worker becomes more remote from the product. Paradoxically, it could also lead to the return of custom craftsmanship, said Goldstein. The computer excels at making and acting on split second decisions. A computer controlled assembly line can turn out endlessly varying versions of the product without blinking an LED where havoc would ensue if a human foreman were doing the orchestrating. Josef Kates, a former head of the Science Council of Canada, has suggested that computers will resurrect the small entrepreneur. Economies of scale will have less force as computers take charge. While the large company enjoys custom production, the small one, by the same token, will be able to undertake short production runs. Its automated machinery will not be cheap, but will be far more versatile than a "dumb" device like a lathe or a bottle washer. Computers will provide new jobs, of course, perhaps more jobs than before. But if the statistical average person will benefit, there will be many individuals who will not. Goldstein and Paul Gilmore, head of the department of computer sciences at UBC both warned of consequent social risks. The new jobs may require higher levels of skill; they will certainly require different sorts of skills. And therefore different sorts of people will move to the forefront of society. Universities will have to be alert to the changing needs. Computing courses are already required in many departments. Arithmetic facility is not. There will be important changes in all disciplines. The reorganization of know- 14 Chronicle Winter 1978 A C©irtf iip5L8!i©ir Ag© Chip: A wafer of silicoti, the stuff of transistors. 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But they will likelj IffL application, particularly in educati'y. at-a-distance — decentralized erapl|l|t training, for example. IW Gilmore, who spent most of his wiu[ ing life at IBM before coming to UBCiJfi year, said the giant computer compWiUi. has a "nerve network" of computemL "The communications and computaij3gi, provides a means of tying the compil together that wasn't possible before' m. The network makes possible notoUh decentralized training but also det 3 tralized decision making, he says, "y have local offices able to make deus| with data that was formerly availableo| to head office." And that will shift reins of power. "...An interesting for business is that your next preside] not now sitting in head office, he is outlf branch office somewhere." Of cod computers could also lead to concern tion of power, but happily, said Gilmo that does not appear to be happening What is true for private enterprise! be equally true for public ones. If sock chooses, it can use the new technology decentralize government, transferrin] federal authority to the provinces a!-| provincial authority to regions neighborhoods. It would be ironic if II and not Rene Levesque were the spur constitutional reform in Canada What about the abuse of compu ers invasion of privacy and computer rim Neither Gilmore nor Goldstein se ms think either problem insoluble. Go dstt is optimistic because he sees the si* jatiL as a rare chance to bolt the ban do[t- before the horse takes off into the mgl People started panicking about cor ip« abuse in the early 70s, he says, but foul that serious abuses would be enon 'Oiif difficult. Abuses are getting ea er technology advances, of course, t it t! safeguards have a headstart. In many countries, including £ inai and the U.S., there already exist la\\ sth provide citizens access to compute filj 1 on themselves held by credit rep >rtit { agencies and government bodies TU I on lev- .5 .o has a broad-ranging freedom of aion law. >\\g to that body of law will be slow, ti says, because the freedom of i ion laws tend to conflict with pri- s. What if information in your file hat your brother-in-law ratted on >y p- t'iiS tnit h ■imo 1 ]r an\\ 'l Cor '''trcri: falic i'i ' os Ivan '■jler woo took the fractions of a cent left .from interest calculations on thousands of H kxoui.'os and transferred them to his own. ' Pre^ enting computer crime is mainly a matter of controlling the access of unau- i thorized persons to sensitive parts of the system, said Goldstein. What's needed is the electronic equivalent of padlocks .arid v"biirglar alarms. Those things are feasible, '' although, he admits, "deep down in their > ijfarts, most computers built today prob- i al^y don't have what it takes to provide ' gSod access control." Gilmore added that *in!the end a part ofthe solution will have ?t$be old fashioned character judgment — 1 1 :ssachusetts a law was passed giv- nts the right to see their hospital i doctors stopped putting impor- potentially embarrassing infor- n the records. "It's not clear that's dy's best interest," he says, liters offer unusual possibilities ^. Historical examples include the ; who used a computer to order pments of valuable goods to his varehouse and the subtle embez- choosing the right people to give responsibility to. Computers, then, can change our capabilities, our habits, our social structure. Will they become superhuman, or make us less human? Those are questions of definition more than science. So long as we think of computers as tools, their capacities become ours, enlarging us. Certainly, computers will change our own self-image. Once the ability to manipulate numbers rapidly was considered a mark of genius. Not now, when machines can do it so much better. The ability to manipulate patterns is a higher order of intelligence, but the very respectable showing of the Control Data Cyber 176 against international chess master David Levy (Levy won 3 1/2 points to 1 1/2) in Toronto in September, may mean that measure will lose in respectability, too. There is still a lot of territory belonging to human intelligence however. Chess is a very special game played in a very small 64-square world. Man's ability to generalize, to simplify and to speculate, the intuition that guides him, however imperfectly, through the jungles of the real world, remains, for now, a thing beyond the reach of the machines. □ Tim Padmore, BA'65, (PhD, Stanford), writes on science for the Vancouver Sun - and occasionally for the Chronicle. iff if V3 L. -J 'Jl.'il ,.; 1 Opportunity »Ies Adventure Egypt and The Greek Isles . . . two of the world's most sought after and rewarding travel destinations now for the first time have been combined into one great, deluxe trip. Visit the Sphinx and the Pyramids. See the Temples of Karnak at Luxor. Relax on a luxury cruise among the white-washed villages of Santorini, Hydra, Rhodes and Mykonos. Don't miss the most exciting trip of this or any other year. From only $2080 (Canadian funds) Send tO: Egypt/Greek Isles Adventure, INTRAV, c/o Associated Administrators, 2325 Burrard Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6J3J2 Cheques payable to: Manchester Bank/Adventure Trust Account A Two Week Luxury Holiday to The Land of the Pharaohs and Cruising the Seas of USysses Via Chartered World Airways Jet Departing Vancouwer on Enclosed is my check for $ person) as deposit. ($200 per Names Address City Prov. Postal Code Area Code Phone Hay 30,1979 (i Met connection to Seattle included. [Depart Seattle May 31,1979 B.C. Travel Registration #553-0; Cert. #0639 Space Strictly Limited—Make Reservations Now KM SHU KOI Karai EE3 QS1 EE3 EH w::*:* £Xi9 BH MHI US Mil USUI A Non-Regimented B»fl"0"ffQ ■• *■ ■ ■"< - ? t J y ■':^i! .'•" AXpy -r'y■■•'•■ lf ■►. ■"' ' 1 ^t> .:■ ■ " » *J my-lte $ ■*-**'.■. til A-,' y <> i» itii W> The cover photograph on this C7BC Reports supplement illustrates one fact of life at UBC — it's often as difficult to find a parking space on campus at night as it is during the day. That's because there's an incredible range of activity taking place at UBC between sunset and daybreak, as we discovered when we started to put together this issue on the campus at night. On this page and the one opposite, five students tell why they come to i the campus for night credit courses. On pages 4 and 5 we list some of the campus nighttime activities that are available to the public. ' UBC Reports talked to a few of the 10,000 people who are taking evening non-credit programs offered by UBC's Centre for Continuing Education this fall. You'll find the article on pages 6 and 7. And finally, we conducted an informal survey to try to determine how many people use the UBC campus at night in a single year. An accurate figure is hard to come by, but we think the estimate will surprise you. You'll find the results on pages 8, 9 and 10. ,a,y:.:;''.y i>i?y - JOHN LAMB I graduated from the B.C. Institute of Technology in 1969 with a diploma in civil and structural technology. Right now I'm employed by the federal fisheries department as a watershed analysis technologist. Why. am I taking1 night courses at UBC? Very simply, I'm in search of a degree. The BCIT diploma was very useful in getting me established but as I got deeper and deeper into my work I found there was a lot I didn't know. Eventually, you run into a knowledge barrier that slows down your career progression. I'm at that point now, even though I've taken night courses at BCIT and a correspondence course from the Canadian Institute of Science and Technology as well as some night courses at UBC. I intend to complete my first year with a mixture of night and day courses to get back into the study pattern and after a year of indoctrina-v tion, if you want to call it that, to return to a program of full-time study during the day and complete my degree in two or three years. My wife graduated from UBC in 1971. She's a school teacher and that makes it financially possible for me to return to studying. We've only been married about a year, but even if I was single I think I would have decided to go on with my education. I've always had a long-term goal to complete my education and I feel quite confident I can do it. I'm looking at a five-to-six-year effort, the last three years on a full-time basis. DEBBIE SMITH I've been at UBC for three years, including one year in Commerce. I've decided to take a year out —- I've got a job as a typist -- but I want to keep up my study habits because that's an important consideration when you return. I want to get into some other ac- ' tivities as well...playing the piano, for instance...some things- outside the University for personal development. I'm going to take a psychology course at night because I have to have an elective to complete my degree. If I came back to UBC this year as -a daytime student, I wouldn't be able to fit it in because of all the other courses I have to cram in. On the whole I've enjoyed going to UBC — except for the first.year. It's so different from high school. The campus is so vast and there are so many people. But as time goes by you settle down and get to know the place better. You make friends and it gets better as you go along. No, I don't expect I'll have any problems taking a night course. I'm only taking one instead of five, which is a normal load for a daytime student. It won't be onerous at all. 2/UBC Reports r"-" \\'\\""i' 7k#SW~£ i a ¥, DICK BIL'LINGSLEY I had a couple of years at UBC in the 1960s, but I don't aspire to a degree by taking courses at night. A lot of things you do in life don't require a degree, just a lot of hard work. I think the self-discipline necessary to get a degree is very helpful — more than the degree itself. My motivation in coming is purely intellectual. This year I'm planning to take a course in computers because they've become so important in life and I want to know what makes them tick. I'm also going to take a French course because I feel it will be easy and a springboard to other languages I may study later. I'm a stockbroker who's happy in his work and interested in expanding his intellectual horizons. If I wanted to pursue courses in my own business area I'd be into psychology and things like that. The reason I come to UBC is because I live close by. I find UBC has always been aloof to the needs of the general public in terms of night programs. Simon Fraser, BCIT and the Vancouver School Board all offer a tremendous range of night programs. If 1 lived closer to SFU, I think I'd go there for night courses. They offer a greater number of programs and they're of short duration...on a semester basis. The costs are about the same as those charged by UBC. But I like UBC. It's a good place and I know I'm going to enjoy the courses I'll take this year. Quite apart from learning something new it provides an opportunity to meet new people outside my own everyday world. JODY SMITH I had one year at university at Western Ontario and now I live out here on the West Coast with my parents. I'm a receptionist in a law office downtown. I said I'd give myself six months on the West Coast, but now I'm in love with B.C. I'm an outdoors person and I like the mountains and the water. The people are really friendly here and I've made lots of friends. I always intended to continue my education, even when I made a decision not to go back to Western Ontario after completing my first year. Everyone said there's no way I'd return to school when I had the freedom of a job and the money, that goes with it. But I always intended' to continue my education. This year I'm taking two French courses — one in the language and another in literature. I don't think it will be difficult coming out here at night for lectures. Since I got a job with a legal firm, I've become interested' in law. I may decide to study it full-time when I've got my B.A. But if that's not possible I won't be disappointed.. .I'd simply like an education. There really is a difference between" worldng and being paid and working and getting an education. I know I really put my heart into the academic side of it. GEOE.GE McKEE I was a student here at UBC in the 1930s. It was hard going in those days, so I went to sea, saved enough money to take a year at UBC, and then I'd ship out again for two or three years to save money. I was at sea throughout the Second World War. When it ended I came back to UBC and completed my Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1946. After graduation I taught in the government navigation school in Vancouver and wound up as general manager of the Shipping Federation of B.C. I retired three ye^ars ago and live in Sechelt now. Along the way — mostly since the war — I learned to speak Spanish. I took courses...picked it up as I went along... visited a Spanish-speaking region every year. For the past three years I've been teaching Spanish at night school in Sechelt. Now, I'd like to introduce a little different approach to what I'm doing up there. Many of the people who want to learn the language aren't interested in learning it thoroughly. They want it for use on vacations or with relatives and friends. So I've come out here tonight to see if there's a course available that I can use in my teaching. Some of the things that are done out here may be useful in developing a shorter course in capsule form. If there's nothing available, I'll sign up for a night course in Spanish anyway. It can't do me any harm. UBC Reports/: Some night this winter, in fact any night this winter, try visiting the UBC campus for a change of pace. Chances are, you'll find something going on that will interest you. It will save you a lot of time if you'll call during the day to find out what is on that particular night. The Office of Information Services (228-3131) will be glad to tell you what's scheduled or direct you to the appropriate department for information. Maybe you've been thinking about taking a credit or non-credit course in some area that's allied to your work or just out of plain intellectual interest. The Office of Extra-Sessional Studies (228-2657) can tell you about upcoming credit programs and advise on enrolment eligibility. The Faculty of Commerce anr| Business Administration runs a variedj, group of credit and diploma programs' as well as seminars that deal with, special topics. Call 228-3200 for infer raation. And the Centre for Continuing' Education will be glad to put you on! their mailing list for a publication that' lists their wide range of day and night' non-credit courses if you call' 228-2181. 1 UBC can satisfy your' intellectual! needs in other ways, however. Lectures, for instance. On many nights of the week, someone is talking! about something to an audience. On Saturday nights, the Vancouver Institute meets in the Woodward In-1 structional Resources Centre to hear a | talk by a distinguished speaker, Again, Information Services (228-3131) will be glad to provide details. UBC's Museum of Anthropology is open on Tuesday nights until 9 p.m. and admission is free. In addition to housing a magnificent collection of totem, poles and artifacts of the Indians of the Pacific Northwest, there's usually a special exhibit dealing with another culture. The museurr? also, runs a Tuesday-night film series o?. topics in the field of anthropology. Call 228-3825 for information. If your tastes run to the arts, you have a choice of music, dance, theatre and cinema. The music department sponsors regular evening performances during the winter by a wide range of musical groups, including string' quartets, brass and wind ensembles, choral and opera groups and even a full symphony orchestra. Call 228-3113 for details. If you like to dance, the International Folk Dance Club meets Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at International House. Traditional dances and steps from many different countries are taught on a beginners and intermediate level. Not for spectators, however. You'll be expected to participate. Call 228-3653 for information. !%l *; i1 \\>y \\A y] The theatre season at UBC centres 4>n the Frederic Wood Theatre, which also houses the Dorothy Somerset Studio. The Freddy Wood stages at sleast four major productions a year. ""Upcoming are Three by Beckett from Jan. 10 to 20, and Shakespeare's All's ]Well that Ends Well from Feb. 28 to %larch 10. The Dorothy Somerset ^Studio specializes in experimental a and student productions. For reservations and information, 228-2678. $j Cinema at UBC is largely a student- fl|run effort. Each year, Cinema 16 •'^presents a fall and spring series of ^sfilms by a particular director or on a Jfsingle topic. No single admissions are "''"available; you have to buy a pass for the entire series. Call the Alma Mater Society business office (228-2901) for a brochure about the upcoming series. Tickets and brochures are also available at Duthie Book Stores in Vancouver. If you're athletically minded, you lean be either a participant or a spectator. There's public swimming at the I Aquatic Centre's indoor swimming I pool every night of the week. Or may- Jbe there'll be a swimming and diving meet on. Call 228-4521 for informa- ftion. If you'd like to go ice skating, call j 228-6121 to find out about public | skating hours at the Thunderbird I Winter Sports Centre. You can inquire about the possibility of renting : squash and handball courts at the sports centre by calling 228-6125. As a spectator, you'll have your choice of watching ice hockey, basketball and wrestling in the new year. The UBC athletic office (228-2531) will be glad to tell you what's on any night of the week. Or maybe you're just a curious soul and have been wanting to look up the latest information on some topic that interests you. UBC has professional librarians working at night. They'll be glad to point you in the right direction.'You can have access to anything in the UBC library system free of charge if you use it in the building. If you want to take books out, you'll have to purchase an extra-mural library card for $25 a year. Remember, however, that UBC has a decentralized library system. You'd be wise to call the library's information desk (228-2077 or -6375) to find out which library has the material you're interested in. It could save you a long "walk around the campus at night. The Sedgewick Library houses the Wilson Recordings Library, which has a vast collection of classical music, jazz and spoken-word records. It's open Monday through Thursday until 9 p.m. You can play any record you wish free of charge at one of the 80 or so headphone-equipped listening stations in the Wilson library, but if you want to take the records home with you there's an annual fee of $25. You can even feed the inner man on the campus at night. The cafeteria in the Student Union Building is open until 9 p.m. most nights and the coffee shop adjacent to the Bookstore is currently open on a trial basis until 11 p.m. UBC's food services department can provide hours of opening on any particular night if you call 228-2616. And finally, if you run into trouble on the campus at night — if, say, you lock yourself out of your car or the- battery goes dead, or you left a watch in a washroom — go to the, nearest phone and call UBC's traffic and security department at'228-4721. Our trusty patrolmen, who are on duty 24 hours a day, will do their best to get you back on the road or retrieve your lost property. %m -yyi C ■A ?r'" '':";;-:''---■ ':** - " ' ' "l % " ,r ,, ' J»v . ( , >#/&*?*»K' *.£*- *-*\\'\\ „/„ S* **W --. ' y & * +A** j y */v ^t, > ' Enthusiastic French teacher emphasizes a point for his night school class ground, I find it necessary for my own sake to enlarge my experience and look at the other side of the world, the creative side. Not being able to paint, or draw, Or sing, I decided to enter photography. Eventually, it became not only a little distraction, but a very important part of my experience. It also makes me a better engineer." Mr. Devenyi feels very strongly about sharing this creative outlet with others. He was nine when he got his first camera, and says: "I cannot think of any other gift that could have had such a profound influence on my life. "A life without creativity is a very boring, very frustrating, perhaps even a dangerous life. Something like five per cent of people have the talent to be creative. They don't need my help. But with photography, there are potential benefits for anybody — it is the only opportunity the other 95 per cent of us have to be creative." Those taking his course share his enthusiasm. Said one student: "I have tried other things, such as sports and other activities — but this has not released any creative feeling from myself. I have perhaps jogged around Kitsilano Beach Park as many as 300 times, maybe 900 miles around the park. But I had never actually seen it. It was only when, for an essay for my photography class, I picked up a camera that I actually saw that park. In about three hours, I felt that I got to know more about Kitsilano Park than I had in years of running around it." Another popular course offered by the centre is Music and Its Possibilities, which teaches how to introduce children to a sense of rhythm and movement through fantasy games, exercises and stories. Instructor Helen May Gruft, who has taught the course for nine years, says she is attempting to "teach how to take music a step further so that it becomes an integral part of a program." Many of her students are pre-school teachers working towards a certificate in early childhood education, and, says Ms. Gruft: "I love working with people. I feel that people interested enough to take a night school course have a need I can fill." Her students agree. Polly Evenden, a pre-school teacher, is taking the course because: "I need to improve my music skills. Helen has a good understanding of pre-school age children. I need help with the music section of my program. I want to know how to do it, and Helen can tell me." Elaine Seeley, another pre-school teacher, echoes her sentiments: "I consider myself a very unmusical person1. I've worked with pre-schoolers for many years and consider music and movement very important for young children. The only thing I can really do is sing, and I'd like to be able to-do more with musical instruments and movement. I did a course with Helen May before (The Story and Its Possibilities) and really got a lot out of it. And this one also seems very useful." Janet Saunders, another pre-school teacher, is also taking the course to develop skills in teaching young children music and movement. "Helen May seems to be the person with expertise in that field and the course is really good," she says. The Centre for Continuing Educa tion also offers courses in co-operation with the UBC Women's Resources Centre, and one of these, Developing Potential for Growth and Change, is so popular that women often have to put their names on a waiting list to get in. Clare Buckland, Ed.D., who is in private practice as a consultant, has been giving the course four or five times a year since 1971 with different co-teachers. Ann Sylvan, a student in her last year of architecture at UBC, is one of those taking the course. "This course is back to the three Rs of communication," says Ms. Sylvan. "It's illuminating things I've thought about but haven't done anything about. I've been very directed and very focussed on one set of things for a long time. I've felt very cellular. "It's nice to be exposed to people who haven't the frantic edge people have around here. There is such a cross-section of ages, priorities and occupations. It's very refreshing, very supportive, comprehensive and positive, with the emphasis on positive." One of her classmates is Jeune Williams,^ a secretary who says she "would like to get into something else." She is taking the course "because I want to grow and set some goals in life, "When I was younger, there weren't all these courses," says Ms. Williams, who usually takes a night school course: "quilting, copper tooling, barber shop quartet, anything that grabs me." She says she finds the growth and change course "very useful, very interesting and very informative." UBC Reports/7 'Fur &TuiCTuii > -^f ^^*^*t5 How many people work, study, at-, tend cultural events and use recreational facilities on the UBC campus at S night in a single year? j We'd like to be able to give you' precise figures, but that's virtually im-' possible. No one, for instance, counts the number of students and members of the community at large who use libraries, attend free lectures, concerts and sports events, and attend a wide variety of other functions such as meetings and banquets. And any guess we might make would be open to suspicion on the grounds that we were counting noses more than once. The student who is studying in. the library on Monday night could well be the same one who plays an intramural hockey game at the Winter Sports Centre on Wednesday and shows up on Saturday night for a Vancouver Institute lecture in the Woodward Building. Okay, we'll go out on a limb; we're prepared to bet you the figure has to be close to 1,000,000. Just don't try to pin us down. What follows are facts and estimates that bear on that figure, which result from an informal survey carried out by UBC Reports writers. da: arc shii nig elc on ,em "alw tpo^ ,~i4ba: vrui !inai mn UBC's Office of Eztra-Sessional Studies, which arranges evening credit courses for students working towards a degree, says 6,943 people come to campus every week for lectures. At least 353 instructors are hired to teach them. UBC's Centre for Continuing Education offers some 300 non-credit courses and programs and hires 530 instructors and resource persons to teach them. The centre estimates it will register between 9,500 and 10,000 persons this fall for its offerings. The majority of the centre's programs are held in the evening at on- and off- campus locations. The Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration also has an active night program, which includes courses in real estate and others leading to a variety of diplomas. In addition, the faculty has a growing nightime program for students who want to obtain a Master of Business Administration degree. Faculty officials estimate that some 5,400 students will go through these programs in the current winter session, some 4,000 of'them in the diploma 'division alone. UBC's Department of Physical Plant has a night staff of more than 250 persons who work the afternoon and graveyard shifts. By far the largest number are some 245 men and women who perform janitorial services — cleaning offices and scrubbing and polishing floors. Rooms used for night S/UBC Reports mm. a yemir imse cmiompiuis es, libraries and sports facilities ,; cleaned by a 74-person graveyard ' . after users have departed for the ..■;■( t. " iree tradesmen — a plumber, an .■■;■!•■ rician and a truck driver — are .-,>! duty until midnight to look after ...ix-.gency problems. And there are fiwv.ys three people on duty in UBC's 301 ;:rhouse on a round-the-clock b:.v- — two stationary engineers who ,ur. the power plant and a mainte- ii.-ince engineer who handles trouble talis yi, If %&y^ mm ;tf*t>*' If _ During the winter session, most BUBC libraries are open until 11 p.m. "Monday through Thursday and on -'Sundays from 12 noon to 11 p.m. 't\\ More than 40 people man the ; (library system at night — six to eight professional librarians, 13 library "assistants and 22 student assistants, ;Who do everything from answering -questions by students and other people who need help locating material to reshelving and checking out books. , Another UBC department that •operates on a round-the-clock basis is traffic and security. There are usually six patrolmen on each of the overnight shifts. They concentrate on traf- -fic control until after night classes are over and then turn their attention to building security. Two vehicle patrolmen and four foot patrolmen check parking lots and buddings for open doors and windows ?-nd keep their eyes and ears open, for fares, equipment breakdowns' and iji^gs that go bump in the night. Two security guards are on night duty at the Museum of Anthropology. UBC's three major residences - - Place Vanier, Totem Park and Walter Gage — each have a resident attendant on overnight duty to man reception areas, handle telephone enquiries and medical and other emergencies, such as overflowing toilets. Their duties also include security checks and some administrative tasks. About 100 people work the afternoon and graveyard shifts in UBC's two campus hospitals — the Psychiatric Unit and the Harry Purdy Extended Care Unit. Evening shift workers number 73 — 29 nurses, 24 psychiatric and nursing aides, 10 members of the housekeeping staff, six food service employees, and four members of the clerical staff. Overnight 33 persons man the two hospital units — 15 nurses, 15 aides, two members of the housekeeping staff and one member of the clerical staff. In addition, one or two residents or interns are on duty and the evening hours also see a number of volunteers in the hospitals to provide small, but essential, services to patients. There can be up to 75 people employed nightly on the UBC campus providing food and beverage services. The Faculty Club has a basic staff of a dozen people, which doubles in number for regular banquet and club functions. The Thea Koerner Graduate Student Centre next door has an eight-member basic staff and anywhere up to 25 on nights when there are special functions and banquets and dances. The cafeteria in the Student Union Building, is open for evening meals and snacks until 9:30 p.m., staffed by a short-order cook, a cashier and clean-up person. The coffee shop adjacent to the campus Bookstore has been providing a trial-basis service until 11 p.m. since mid-November. A staff of six serve evening meals and snacks to campus nighthawks. The Pit, the campus pub in the basement of the ' Student Union Building, employs an average of 15 people nightly,to wait on tables and provide food to -students and their guests and faculty and staff members.. UBC's Computing Centre is open 24 hours a day and literally hundreds of people are in. the building between nightfall and daybreak. A dozen card- punching machines are available to students 24 hours a day and a centre official'estimates that about 50 people come to the building to use the computer between midnight-and 8 a.m. The total number of persons who Continued on page 1© ':Wy ■ Night sweepers in the Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre above* and in UBC's Main Library, below UBC Rep.wts/r» Continued from page 9 tap into the computer overnight is almost impossible to estimate, since many use remote terminals scattered all over the campus. The centre employs two to four computer operators overnight. UBC sports facilities are heavily used at night for competitive and recreational purposes. The War Memorial Gymnasium is reserved for Thunderbird basketball and volleyball practices Monday through Friday. League games for both men's and women's teams occupy most of the evening hours on weekends. Night intramural games are scheduled into the gym when it's not in use by UBC's senior teams. The weight lifting and circuit training areas of the gym are heavily used for individual, unorganized activities. The new covered pool in the recently completed Aquatic Centre (see page 14) is open every night for public swimming and on some days you can jswim until past midnight. A few hundred yards to the south, the Thunderbird Winter Sports' Centre and the Robert Osborne Centre for physical education (recently renamed to honor the former head of the School of Physical Education and Recreation) on Thunderbird Boulevard are hives of activity, often into the small hours of the morning. Two gyms in the Osborne Centre are used until midnight for basketball, volleyball and badminton by intramural teams or by teams organized through Recreation UBC. In the same complex, a gymnastics gyro, and one with a special floor for wrestling, fencing and dance are used five nights a week until 11:30 p.m. Three ice surfaces in the Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre next door are in use until midnight Sundays through Thursdays and around the clock on Fridays and Saturdays. On weekends, hockey players use the rinks until 4 a.m. There is public skating on Friday and Saturday nights on one of the ice surfaces. In the same building, curling rinks and squash and handball courts are in use non-stop until 11 p.m. Little attempt is made to keep track of the number of people who use the winter sports ' centre, but officials estimate that more than 200,000 people use the facilities annually. In a typical week in October, the number of people using the War Memorial Gym and the Osborne Centre nightly varied from 160 to 380. TRIUMF, the cyclotron located on the UBC .campus operated by UBC, Simon Fraser University and the Universities of Alberta and Victoria, is on a round-the-clock schedule. In addition to a maintenance staff of three persons on each night shift, there are usually 10' to 15 scientists in the building every night of the week conducting experiments on the nature of atomic structure and new-particle identification. Cecil Green Park, part of which houses the offices and staff of the UBC Alumni Association, is also used for evening events by University and community organizations, Saturday nights are currently booked one year in advance and the month of December was booked solid by mid-October. Seventy-four wedding receptions and 148 other parties and functions were booked in 1978. On Thursday' and Friday nights the Young Alumni Club and guests have the run of Cecil Green Park. * ,'* 10/UBC Reports / nong the nearly 3,000 University -rd community friends of Walter " jpre who attended memorial service lo/him on Oct. 10 in UBC's War Memorial Gym were his 103-year- oid mother, Mrs. Ann Gage, and his sister, Mrs. Elsie Harvey. UBC says goodbye to Walter Gage Nearly 3,000 members of the University community and other friends of Walter Gage gathered in UBC's War Memorial Gymnasium Oct. 10 for a memorial service for the man who was "Mr. UBC" to generations of students and colleagues. The death of Walter Gage from cancer on Oct. 3 at the age of 73 ended a 57-year association with UBC that began in 1921 when he enrolled as a freshman student. UBC alumni and other friends of Dr. Gage who wish to make gifts to the University in his memory should direct them to the UBC Alumni Association. Before his death, he indicated an interest in supporting the Crane Memorial Library for the blind, where he spent many hours recording textbooks and novels after his retirement as president in 1975; the UBC Press; and "student projects with academic components involving merit and initiative." Cheques should be made payable to the University of British Columbia, with an indication of the project they should be directed to. Here are some excerpts from the addresses given at the memorial service for Dr. Gage. PRESIDENT DOUGLAS KENNY: "Of all who have served this academic community, Walter Gage has been the most widely loved and respected and his passing leaves us with the greatest sense of grief and loss...There is a golden thread running through the whole fabric of his endeavor and illuminating every fold, an unbroken total commitment to the welfare of the University and ail its members, a total indifference to awards, honors or recognition for himself.... "Above all, he showed that in an increasingly mechanized world, an in creasingly impersonal net of communication and an increasing tendency toward confrontation, it is still possible for simple, straightforward goodness of heart, combined with a clear mind and firmness of purpose, it is still possible for these to prevail. He has left us an ideal that he alone could realize, but which all of us may in some measure seek to emulate." ALLAN M. McGAVIN, CHANCELLOR ' EMERITUS OF UBC: "Sitting in this hall today are those who were his students; the parents and children, perhaps the grandchildren, of his students; his colleagues and friends; those who worked intimately with him, who followed him with conviction in a common cause -- the prospering of the University; some who did not know him but who, inevitably, know of him, and are familiar with the legend We have all, every one of us, been affected by him. We have all experienced the magic of the Age of Gage. And we rejoice; we rejoice in our own good fortune and in the accomplishments of a great man. Our loss is irreparable." NATHAN NEMETZ, CHANCELLOR EMERITUS OF UBC: "He was magnificent in his person and his accomplishments. Deeply loved for his cheerfulness, his kindness and his superb teaching, he had yet another quality — his devotion to duty The prophet Micah must surely have had a man like Walter Gage in mind when he said: 'And what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.'" DOUGLAS ALBRIBGE, president of EUS and AMS during Walter Gage's presidency: "I believe that while Wally realized that a pleasant environment was important to the University, he also realized that its greatest strength was the individuals that make up its community. He tried to help as many of these as possible and often watched while his efforts were multiplied many times over by a grateful recipient. That is the way Walter's influence was carried beyond the gates of UBC...I don't recall him expressing real anger about student activities. Instead, his most devastating comment was 'I'm disappointed.' Knowing you had shaken his faith in UBC and its students was enough to make you re-evaluate your own method and goals." PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ENGLISH WILLIAM ROBBINS: "He was a man of extraordinary energy and efficiency... a superb teacher, inspiring the brilliant few and encouraging the struggling average....He was' a mathematician with published papers to his credit and a zest for his chosen field of study. But that same zest extended into a grasp of the workings of science, and an insight into the nature of the arts. ".. .in the intense pain of a lingering illness he showed a courage and a patience, a stoical determination still touched with the old wit and humor, that/stirred in those who nursed him a sense of wonder and a feeling of affection. "When these powers of intellect and imagination and character appear in one man, one cannot help trying to identify a quality of greatness. But rare as the creative blend of such powers is, the quality of greatness in Walter Gage is rather this, that he had so much to give and gave of himself so freely and fully. From this generosity of mind and spirit we have a vision of what our common humanity, at its best, can be. That is his legacy and his memorial." UBC Reports/11 pjfesMeittfs extended The University of B.C.'s Board of Governors announced on Nov. 7 that Dr. Douglas Kenny had agreed to a three-year extension to his present five-year contract as president of UBC. President Kenny's decision to accept the extension will mean that he will continue to serve as UBC's president until July, 1983. His present five-year contract would have expired on June 30, 1980. Board chairman Ian Greenwood said the Board "took great pleasure" in being able to announce that Presi* dent Kenny had agreed to the exten* sion. "I am personally verypleased that the Board and the University will continue to have the benefit of Or. Kenny's expertise and leadership Over the next five years," he said, Mr. Greenwood said'it was timely for the Board to consider an extension' to Dr. Kenny's contract, whiclThad just over a year left to run. Ee added that it was Dr. Kenny's preference that the extension should be for three years, rather than a longer period. Dr. Kenny, a native -of Victoria, became UBC's president on July 1, 1975, after a 25-year career as teacher, researcher and administrator. He holds the degrees of. Bachelor and Mast- of Arte ki'- psychology from UBC He received has Ph/D. in psychology from the University of Washington in 1952. Dr. Kenny joined the UBC faculty in 1950 and was named head of the psychology department in 10§5. He became associate dean of the faculty of Arts in 1969 and dean of the facility the following year. He served as dean of Arts until his appointment as UBC's president. Dr. Kenny has been deeply involved in UBC affairs since joining the faculty. He is a former president of the Faculty Association and served on a number of key University and Senate committees before becoming president. As a teacher and researcher in psychology, his interests lay in the areas of personality and learning, developmental psychology and patterns of child development. Dr, Kenny was a member of the Canada Council from 1975 to 1978, when he was appointed for a three- year term to the new Social Sciences and Humanities -Research Council, which makes grants to assist scholarship and research in the humanities and social sciences. /:_ \\ ",'. ^ j '.: .' -wJr ' '" '-O/t^'CW ' rr KillUUL i - K ^g&Jlyjy^>■ y ay UBC's presidents Dr. Douglas Kenny,, is mow in his fourth year as the University's chief executive officer. Recently, lie took time out' from His busy schedule to talk to UBC Reports about the problems and prospects facing the University in 1978. UBC REPORTS: How would you describe the state of the University at. this juncture in its history? PRESIDENT KENNY: UBC, like other major universities in Canada, finds itself in a situation' that is the result of the tremendous expansion of higher education since the Second World War. While Canadian universities responded well to rapidly increasing enrolments and the need for new buildings and other facilities, the upshot has been an unevenness of quality in most Canadian universities. We're simply not able to offer the overall high quality of education that our students demand and which 1 think Canadians have a right to expect. UBC REPORTS: How has this manifested itself at UBC? PRESIDENT KENNY: In some areas of great strength that are as good as anything you can point to in Canada...and some remarkable pockets of weakness. The central problem for this University in the years ahead is finding the resources to strengthen existing departments and faculties that have never had the basic resources to offer education of the highest quality. However, I want to emphasize that in a time of financial uncertainty it is vitally important that the strength of existing areas of excellence within the University be maintained. UBC REPORTS: You don't see new programs and innovations as the central issue for UBC in the future, then? PRESIDENT KENNY: That's important, but not paramount, in my mind. Universities always have to-be alert to new opportunities to expand their offerings and research to meet the nepds of the economy. Let me give you one example of that — we've made a proposal to the Universities Council for establishment of a coal research laboratory at UBC. B.C. is very rich in coal resources and a lot of work needs to be done in developing new techniques for utilizing this resource, which will be of growing importance as the energy crisis deepens. But I want to emphasize again that 1 don't regard this kind of expansion as UBC's major challenge. Our priorities have to be the strengthening of our existing framework of departments and faculties. The commonest plea I have in this office from deans and department heads is money to add new faculty members, who will be able to expand the existing offerings of the University. The second most common plea is money to purchase additional supplies and new equipment. The cost of supplies for science labs has escalated in recent years and many departments are barely holding the line in terms of quality. Much ofthe equipment in our research labs is obsolete and needs to be replaced immediately. ' UBC REPORTS: The University received an increase of nearly 10 per cent- this year in funds for operating purposes. Has this increase enabled you to provide some relief for these problems? PRESIDENT KENNY: Only in a minimal way. It's been a very small step forward in terms of new programs and strengthening existing departments. If you talk to deans, department heads and faculty, they'll tell you the increase was so minimal that it's very hard to detect. One of the hardest hit divisions of the University outside the faculties has been the library, which is having the greatest difficulty coping with inflation and the devaluation of the dollar. Last year, the Board of Governors approved a supplementary budget of about $487,000 for the' library so it would not experience any loss in purchasing power. But that only means the library is in an Alice in Wonderland situation... running faster in order to stand still. They simply don't have the funds to move ahead and build up collections in areas of weakness. UBC REPORTS: What you've said so far implies that you believe confidence in higher education can be restored by improving the quality of education at the University? PRESIDENT KENNY: That's exactly right. I firmly believe that Cana- I2/UBC Reports --rtSS^*3l;: '■'The central problem for UBC in the years ahead is finding the resources to strengthen existing departments and faculties." dians will be supportive of what happens at universities if every possible effort is made to improve standards and upgrade weak spots within the institutions. And I think we've taken some steps in this direction. Senate, for instance, recently raised admission require-, ments for the University, which are being phased in over a three-year period. Entering students wilLhave to prepare themselves for UBC by taking" a more structured program in high school. UBC has never lost sight of the fact that students, in order to graduate with a good degree, need major or core requirements. I think standards at some Canadian universities have declined in recent years because students are free to indulge in a "cafeteria-style" of education. All they need do is amass a certain number of credits to graduate. No attempt is made to give them depth and breadth of knowledge in a specific area of study. UBC REPORTS: Is there anything else you can point to that's designed to improve standards? PRESIDENT KENNY: Yes, there is. 1 said earlier that our primary goal in the immediate future had to be the strengthening of existing departments. Sometimes, however, the weaknesses are difficult to pinpoint and are known about only vaguely. One of the ways of overcoming this knowledge gap, if I can put it that way, is through periodic reviews of departments and faculties. Departmental reviews have been carried out •n a number of faculties and these nave been very useful in determining areas that, need strengthening. Shortly, we will begin the first reviews of faculties as a whole. Committees are being formed to review the Faculties of Science and Education. They were chosen because, in the case of Science, Dean George Volkoff is retiring, and in the case of Education Dean John Andrews has decided that he will step down 'next June 30, but will remain a member of the faculty. The reviews will be carried out by committees that will have as their members people from inside and outside the University. The committees will be asked to deal with- such questions as: Is the" faculty's curriculum contemporary and is it looked at periodically in a hard way with a view to revising and updating it?; Is the faculty adequately equipped to perform its educational function or is it slipping back in terms of basic needs? These are the kinds of .questions the committees will consider. Incidentally, I hope no one in either of the faculties to be reviewed will see the work of the committees as a threat. The intent is not inquisitorial; it's aimed at improving the quality of education. UBC REPORTS: Can we turn briefly to a couple of matters raised this year by the Universities Council? They made the observation, in their annual statement, that UBC's operating budget seemed overweighted in terms of academic salaries." What is_ your reaction to that? PRESIDENT KENNY: I simply can't accept that point of view. Their statement could mean two things. If they mean we have too many faculty members, my reply is that on the basis of nationwide studies we've carried out, UBC is only average in terms of faculty-student ratio. I don't think that's good enough, and in-our presentation to the council this year, we've emphasized the need for funds to hire additional faculty members to strengthen existing departments. If the council means that we pay our faculty members too much money, I can only say that while our salaries are competitive, we don't overpay our teachers. As I've said before publicly, if the goal is quality education, we have to be prepared to hire first-class teachers and researchers. If we don't, we will have second- class education and I can't believe that's what British Columbians want. There's something of a paradox in the council's statement. They're aware that when hard decisions have to be made about how money is spent at UBC, we opt to invest in the academic program. For the past six years, the Canadian Association of University Business Officers has collected statistics from the 23 largest universities in Canada on the percentage allocation of funds. Every year, UBC has placed first in the percentage of funds allocated for academic purposes, and 23rd in terms of funds allocated for non-academic purposes. I think that's something we should be proud of, and I also think it speaks volumes about where this University thinks its priorities lie. UBC REPORTS: Can you summarize UBC's goals and objectives over the next few years? PRESIDENT KENNY: Well, I've tried to emphasize that our primary ■ objective is to improve the quality of education across the board at UBC by strengthening existing departments and providing funds to strengthen vital support areas such as the library. I think, too, that this university and others in Canada will have to respond to the recently announced goals of the federal government to further emphasize areas of research that are in the national interest. It seems likely that increased amounts of money will go into mission-oriented research. Now that course of action has its hazards, particularly if the federal government unilaterally decides which projects are - important and which get funded. University researchers . have a significant role to play in identifying areas that should be of national concern. So I would hope that decisions about spending are made by government in consultation with the universities and industry. -, I hope too that the federal government won't lose sight of the fact that mission-oriented research is vitally dependent on curiosity-based research, which is one of the primary functions of a university. I think another, issue Canadian universities will have to take a stand against in the immediate future is the tendency to make them increasingly provincially oriented, in, short, parochial. This is largely the result of the federal government's withdrawal from the arrangements for providing operating grants for universities. There will be increasing pressures on the universities to reorient themselves to goals envisaged by provincial governments at the expense of national and international functions. UBC Reports/13 UBC's long-awaited Aquatic Centre was officially opened Sept. 27, three years and more than $5 million after the first sod was turned in the fall of 1975. The new centre is much more than just a swimming pool: it is designed to meet the recreational, competitive and academic needs of UBC's students, faculty and staff; and to supplement existing pool facilities in the community. In addition, the John M. Buchanan Fitness and Research Centre at the pool offers exercise apparatus and fitness testing as well as reserach facilities for faculty and graduate students. For the past 24 years, UBC's outdoor Empire Pool has been a less-than- adequate substitute for a year-round facility. Built in 1954 for the British Empire Games, it is only usable between May and September. UBC has been the only major university in Canada without proper swimming facilities and attempts to acquire them go back to 1921. With the opening of the Aquatic Centre — which incorporates the Empire Pool — it now has one of the best aquatic facilities in the country. Jack Pomfret, associate professor of physical education and recreation and one of the people responsible for making the centre a reality, described some ofthe considerations that went into the planning of the new pool: "First and foremost, ■ the School of Physical Education and Recreation has always needed a facility for an academic program to give a concentration in the aquatics area and meet the needs of the community for trained people." The centre's academic possibilities are numerous: in addition to filling the needs of the physical education school, it has uses for other disciplines such as rehabilitation medicine in the areas of physiotherapy and work with the handicapped, and in science for teaching scuba diving techniques to future oceanogra- phers and marine biologists. For competitive swimmers, the centre has everything: the new pool has eight 50-metre lanes, eight 25-metre lanes and six 25-yard lanes. There are two one- metre diving boards, two three-metre diving boards and one five-metre diving platform. The Empire Pool has a ten- metre platform and five-, three- and one- metre diving boards, as well as six 55-yard lanes. The new pool also has a .large deep area for synchronized swimming and two water polo courts. For recreational swimmers, there are areas for people wanting a workout by swimming lengths, and a pool slide. The 14/UBC Reports Varied configuration of UBC's new indoor pool provides shallow area for swimsiiirfc lessons, foreground; marked lanes for recreational and competitive swimming, upp, left j and deep water for diving at far end. pool is also designed to accommodate beginning swimmers: there is a warm, shallow corner -for tots and in the pool proper, the depth tapers from four metres to 1.2 metres. An added plus for recreational and beginning swimmers is a thermogradient which provides for warmer water at the shallow end, becoming progressively cooler towards the deep end where more active pursuits take place. During the first month of the centre's operation, a sampling of some of the numerous activities included: UBC student lessons from the so-called "scared- stiff beginners level to advanced; Red Cross lessons for levels up to senior; a fun- oriented introduction to the water for toddlers; keep-fit sessions for women; sessions for handicapped people and for old people; synchronized swimming; diving lessons; Royal Lifesaving Society lessons; midnight swims; parents and tots, and sessions for general recreational swiming. Students can swim free during specified hours . In addition to the pool, there is a heated whirlpool, saunas and steambaths for men and women, and a fitness and exercise area. The centre also has a large classroom area, a conference room, teaching and administration offices and dressing rooms which serve both the new pool and the adjacent Empire Pool. Carpet-covered bleachers on the upper level can accommodate up to 250 people and portable bleachers can provide seating for 200 more. The centre is fully equipped for handicapped, people with 1, such features as -amps and an eievatoi , [ > which . can accommodate two whetLg chairs. "" - |P In the Buchanan Fitness and Rese; Centre, the exercise apparatus and test ing equipment serves a dual purpose. It addition to research centring on ex physiology .and sports medicine, the area provides facilities- for physical fitness testing and exercise programs for mem bers of the University community and ' public. Graduate students in physical educa tion administer a sophisticated battery ' tests to measure such things as cardio respiratory stress, pulmonary function | and muscular strength, flexibility and en durance. They also prescribe exercises based on the test results and suggest ways people can modify their lifestyles to im prove their physical fitness. Dr. Ted Rhodes, director ofthe fitnesij and research centre, says everyone is welcome to have an assessment. The pro gram, including exercise prescription and I counselling, costs $20 ($15 for students) Anyone interested can make an appoint ment by calling 228-4521. The fitness and research centre, the centre as a whole, encomp educational, research, recreational community service, aspects. It is no aco^' dent that the Aquatic Centre fills all thesttf, needs: its planning and design, over a > period of years, involved consultation with all its potential users: all facultieso« campus, students and representatives ol- the community at large. ,OOK REVIEW % rE.D.' in his time played many parts By Jim Banham Information Officer, UBC 1 Footsteps, An Autobiography, by | Earle Douglas MacPhee. Ver- | satile Publishing Co. Ltd., Vancouver. $6.95. 'All the world's a stage....And one man in his time plays many parts.;.." You'll probably be reminded of that Shakespeare soliloquy from As You Like It when you read Footsteps, the autobiography of Earle Douglas MacPhee, who was an omnipresent figure at the University of B.C. from 1950 to 1963 as dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration and dean of administrative and financial affairs. That second title was really a fancy name for keeper of the University's purse strings. When "E.D.,"'as he was universally known, was in charge of UBC's budget, any proposal for spending money had to be "Macfeasible" to be considered. Earle MacPhee was as famed for his energy as a UBC teacher and administrator as he was for his unvarying style of dress — dark suit, homburg, and wing collar and bow tie. Beneath the formality of dress, however, there was a friendly, open man who was blessed with a singular sense of humor and enjoyed the respect and affection of his colleagues and students. Consider the many parts that Earle MacPhee has played in his time. Born (July 19, 1894) and educated in the Maritimes, he was appointed principal of a New Brunswick high school at the age of 19. He survived some of the worst trench warfare of the First World War a private with the Nova Scotia Highlanders. After post-war study at the University of Edinburgh, he joined the faculties of Acadia University (1920-21), the University of Alberta (1921-24). and the University of Toronto (1924-29), where he pioneered teaching and research in the application of psychology to mental health, education, law and industry. As a business executive in Canada (1929-37) he.was instrumental in expanding the operations of York Knitting Mills despite the Depression and ' '•■> > responsible for the organization of E.D. MacPhee Canada's first management consulting firm (now Woods Gordon and Co.). As a businessman in England (1937-50) he was managing director of the world's largest glove company, supervised the construction and operation of factories that produced some of the best-known bombers of. the Second World War, and reorganized a futureless company tq create Alginate Industries Ltd., which extracts from certain seaweeds chemicals that are widely used in the food and textile industries. During his 13 years at UBC, he not only supervised that most sensitive of campus nerves — finances — he also shepherded Commerce and Business Administration through the transition from a department to a school to a full faculty, fostered the development of graduate programs and a whole host of diploma and other courses that made the faculty a force in the business community, sent members of his faculty to Southeast Asia to aid the Universities of Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in establishing business education, and served as instructor and dean of the Banff School of Advanced Management from 1953 to 1965. In 1957-58, he was the sole Royal Commissioner on the tree fruit industry of B.C., which resulted in an 810-page report that led to its reorganization. (The report is still referred to as "the Bible of the Okanagan fruit industry.") You would expect that a man who had accomplished all that in a lifetime would have rested on his laurels when he finally retired in 1963. Not "E.D." In retirement he continued his association with the Banff School of Advanced Management, undertook studies for the federal government on the manning of B.C. tugboats and for the Pharmaceutical Association of B.C. as chairman of its Pharmacy Planning Commission and wrote -a history of the faculty he headed for a decade and a seven-volume history of the Scottish clan he takes enormous pride in belonging to. But enough. Time for a couple of stories that reflect E.D.'s ability as psychologist and his sense of humor. When he was in charge of UBC's budget, E.D. -was a prolific writer of memoranda seeking information on some item in a department's budget. He always ended these missives not with a demand for explanations but with the simple sentence, "Can you help me?" There is a master psychologist at work there. 1 One of the best stories about him concerns the morning he walked into a lecture to find every student dressed in a dark suit and a wing collar and bow tie. E.D. didn't bat an eyelash. When the bell rang at the end of the hour he marched to the door, turned on his heel, and said to the student wags: "Well, if I've taught you nothing else, at least I've taught you how to dress properly." There is much in Footsteps that would not pass muster with an. academic who has a concern with such things as continuity of narrative, punctuation and the finer points of bibliography. No matter. This is an intensely personal story- by a man who takes real pride in the fact that his life is rooted in that oft-maligned phrase "the Protestant Ethic," whose rectitude and dedication have rightly earned him the title "the conscience of Canadian business." In many ways, this is a quintessential Canadian autobiography by an archetypical Scottish Canadian. UBC Reports/15 V,- ^S\\^ „«^---v-^ £V> Speedy UBC halfback John MacKay breaks loose, for a big gainer against Calgary 'Birds go to national final What started out as a rebuilding year for the 1978 football Thunderbirds turned out to be the most successful season in UBC history. In 1976, the 'Birds reached the Western Bowl (the Canadian semifinal) only to be bombed by the University of Western Ontario, 30-8. Last year, the 'Birds were sidetracked one game earlier, losing by a 13-12 score to the University of Calgary in '• the Western Intercollegiate League final. And with the loss of 20 players, including 11 starters, for the 1978 season, football experts generally rated the Thunderbirds no higher than third in the WIFL. They were expected to battle it out with Saskatchewan for that position, while Alberta and Calgary vied for first place. And half-way through the eight- game league schedule, it did indeed look like the two Alberta universities were the favorites, although tlif *Birds- by then had hammered Saskatchewan 41-9 and looked good for third place. At that half-way point, UBC had beaten Manitoba and Saskatchewan at Thunderbird "Stadium but had lost in Edmonton and Calgary. Victories on the road against Manitoba and Saskatchewan and a big win - at home against Calgary Van the UBC record to five wins and two defeats, and set the stage for a showdown match at Thunderbird Stadium against the University of Alberta in the final league game of the season. Calgary had won the night before 16/UBC Reports and could'.finish no- worse than second place. For'; the -'Birds, it was defeat Alberta -and -finish- first or lose to ■ Alberta and 'finish-third — and out of the playoffs; ■•■■■ I'-/- ' It was'no contest." The 'Bird defence held Alberta to two singles, and the UBC' offence, generated two touchdowns and a field'goal enroute to a 19-2 victory. In winning six out of eight, UBC averaged almost 33 points a game and allowed the opposition fewer than 13 per game. Against Calgary, in the WIFL final at Thunderbird Stadium, it was close for half the game. The teams traded" touchdowns .and UBC was on top only 9-7 at the break, , In the third, quarter, however, the 'Birds broke the game wide open with two touchdowns. They added a later field goal,., while the defence held Calgary to one- point for the half. Final score: UBC 26, Calgary 8. The Western Bowl — with the winner going to the national final — was held Nov. 10-at Empire Stadium, a below-zero night in which the 'Birds went against'the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks from Waterloo, Ontario, upset winners over Western Ontario the week before. Once again, it was the third quarter that made the difference. After scoring the first touchdown, UBC miscues set up two majors by Laurier — one a fumble in the end zone and then a pass interference call that gave the Golden Hawks the ball on the UBC one-yard line. It was 15-10, Laurier, at the hal' A Laurier fumble gave UBC posse ' sion on the Laurier 43 early in the third quarter, and it took UBC eign plays to get the go-ahead touchdovn , Minutes later, another.Laurier fumble' gave 'Birds the-ball on the Laurier "0 and UBC scored in"seven plays. That made it 24-15, and'the tea'n ' traded singles in the final quarter -u UBC came out on top '25-15. The victory put UBC into the na tional final, against the Golden Gael ' from Queens, for the' first' time m history. It was a great 'rebuilding' year to football coach Frank Smith, who toiA the Thunderbirds from a 0-8 record "i his first year, 1974, to four consecuti1 f winning seasons climaxed by 197"- trip to the national final. SPORT SHORTS: Competitive i-i ' tercollegiate swimming has been » vived at UBC as the result of the open ing of the new $5.4 million Aquaui Centre and the appointment of JaJ Kelso, former Canadian nation'1 swimmer, to the staff-of the School °i Physical. Education and Recreatio'i Some 70 swimmers' and divers ha'i turned' out for the 1978-79 tean which will compete against otfa1' universities in Western Canada ar the U.S. UBC will host the Canar1 West championships in la «" February...The Bad News 'Birds - UBC's women's ice hockey team won all their .games at an invitation-1 hockey tournament played in Jap*'1 under the sponsorship of a majt department store chain. /] f) X fun Vclini The soil of this sun-drenched I '».J -le'fN tkvv "■'; \\" than any other country on earth. And none yields better. Taste them. Taste the famous reds, some as rich and smooth as velvet on the tongue, others broad-shouldered and brash, tasting of laughter. And the whites... aaah, the whites: clear, dry and delicate as autumn air or sweet as a remembered kiss. Or try the roses a Sk1^ cf co'tj" " c"l-"-V ur-\\.-y-?t «' -:°,hi .iieik).' v ,zc i^ai «" l! \\i-vc.t " .re ,.,->• ,->cv • Jt-<>^ i"/v«J S>"' .:: ft* f *. ->'M -J 77ze campus welcomed 13 ofthe member: >f B.C.'s legislature in early October. The i /\\ !t planned as a working day for the MLAs ndtf opening remarks from the chancellor, J.\\ (|v the university president, Douglas Kenny, nd alumni president Paul Hazell the group I okt\\ into discussion groups, led by faculty men b,n, topics ranging from resource management n < prevention of alcholism and aid to small I mn< After lunch with the students in the Place ! 'on; residence cafeteria there was a campus bu tout that included a visit to the new hospital u> der construction in the health sciences centre a id ended at the faculty club where the MLAi met f with the president, vice-presidents and dec nsfi an open forum discussion. The day's event dm,' with a reception hosted by the alumni asso mtul at Cecil Green Park. Paul Hazell, assisted b$ David Edgar, a member ofthe government relations committee presented the MLAsunh UBC library cards and study passes to the museum of anthropology. Scenes from the Jay (top, right) Elwood Veitch, Social Credit menb, for Burnaby Willingdon and Eileen Dailly, (centre, right) New Democratic member for Burnaby North met with students at lunch. . (Bottom.) On the blue and gold UBC bus (ex-BC Hydro) Robert Skeily, NDP-Alberni, had a chance to read through the 60th anmvem edition ofthe Ubyssey. Minister of Forests, Ton1 Waterland, is in the seat ahead. I Super Season for Vancouver Institute Internationally known political commentate. I.F. Stone and biographer Nigel Nicholso are among the many distinguished guest 1& turers scheduled for the spring session of th Vancouver Institute. The speakers include (dates are indicate where known): Alan Cairns, head of politiu* science at UBC, speaking on the crisis in Caw dian federalism; One ofthe leading authontit. on George Bernard Shaw, Dan H. Laurencet on the Shavian view of life; Dean of law atth„ University of London, Lord Dennis iJojl presents his views on freedom of the prfl" (Mar. 10); noted Toronto psychiatrist Ardreft Malcolm discusses the use and abuse psychiatrists in the courts (Feb. 10); Nigtv Nicliolsoe offers a personal portrait ot'Vi gim Wolfe (Feb. 24); Connor Cruise O'l rien editor of the London Observer (Feb. 17) On' standing concert pianist and UBC profes -oro music, Robert Silverman; I.F. Stone pre nise "a topic of current interest" (Feb. 24) am Anne Treismaa, UBC psychology prof ssoi discusses the psychology of perceptior aft thought. The visits to the campus by Connor ( "uis O'Brien, Andrew Malcolm and Lord D -nm Lloyd are part of the Cecil H. and Ida < reer visiting professorship program. I.F. Stf ief the 1979 Vancouver Sun lecturer. The rid ieoi the Dal Grauer Memorial lecturer was n> t i» ailable at press time. All lectures are free and begin at 8:15 p i i'1 18 ChronicleWmter 1978 ilk i..nipus I'lsitik'ional Rtsouuts ( tutu i wiili i it tvtpuon hi mt kontii vhtiivun lutui uliith vill lit htltl in ilit Old ^'i dllOIK.Ill »'lKK tVlts i pMIlO i'llldi di fangenitiiis foi iht suits .in Mil! btiiv; in«it't but abiHtluut \\nh tht li'll titt.nl-. djij .1 roun bershi]i ipplk.ii.oii, will bt u..i!.ibli in hit Decembu liom lilt I H( I.noim.uion Olln t 2075 ^Xtsbionk I'l.'tt \\.intoii\\ii \\ *i I IV *• (228-31 -^ 1 Vitmbtis'np lt<.s— So, moii'dii al, S10 1.H .il\\ .ind S2 siuJtni — .nt li-^tl 10 defta\\ Mit 1 lists ol pi'hlitii\\ ndpiininiL 'mu, partitijiiii m 1-. wtltomtd Beir l^Ql-is tl^t to* if a } {for evtM th'ii" ilitit is .1 sL ,soii his mit s been f 1 it unions \\t.ui\\ '00 iiumni.ni 'guests 11 ndttlihi tl «. icimi »iim 1 iht ' i'\\ facials Ju'i Oitnlxi "N u 1 tl.nnti .1110 J nit »lng fcii iwnu 1 iii\\ ol tin p"s • h.'s mo u n Mversai!. 11 ilstvntii 0,1 th< v. .n'ii,s 1'i «first. nhn iil\\ I opt uill b. irmi >l rui h* alun. j ".an' ^tpi mKi *■> .1 .' Iniii It in d 1 1 liosll 1 un 1 n' Ml lit ' )\\t [ 1 ) si It ic ()\\t> "Is SLiuniiiiitJ Jt Mil wih ibi \\li tnUi\\ I.tipiIOil d IilUl 1K1 d '1 ,. d at the grad centre.... The basketball ) gathered November 3 for the "Old- ' intersquad game, the "Young Grads" Thunderbirds and a buffet dinner at the club Alumni hockey was at centre ^tober 27-28 with the fourth annual i hockey weekend. Over 50 former lerbirds returned to play in either the or all-alumni games. Activities wound ;UP \\ ih a dinner-dance at the student union 'buil, ig 0 of the university's women's fraternities, ifc .Willi JBrax folio alun time vs t' facul ice t alun Tim !Var^ I 1 j4 grey day did not stop the homecoming alumni from seeing the campus. A tour ofthe botanical garden attracted several in the morning, including Maude Allen, BSA'26, BA'33, in the native garden with guide Annette Lantzius (right) a member ofthe volunteer Friends ofthe Garden. In the afternoon a large group enjoyed a visit to the museum of anthropology and a guided tour of its treasures (above). I| 1 0 1 if n if flUlt in 0 0 \\c l3 19 20 Of — f-O '3 S iO 16 18 23 ?i ;r Sports "Um n UlX Sc ^ rue *- lii it urv UBu ai /Moo id 1 jar, 1 q-ic.1 j jv "■ "■ CalQPi c UBC L3Cn ah rt UBC ai Caitia > S^s^.f tf du ?t UBC CWUA- Tin 1 is. Home of #1) or ■> oainps^ nt nfi 30 -"n Wa. Memorial Jin 5 UGC at Cilu,,. n 12 ." UCC 1 l iiiuiintji- 19 20 'nor 1 a. U3C 26 27 Cdlo,?'* ai UBC Feb 2 3 UBCt \\loe.n 0 iO U3C atSisk .ten an 15 1/ Lethmmoe at u3C 23 24 Sas'ie maio ie-. e 1 lu in ourii?i the War M^r io ial G\\ .n or Osoo. ii, Ce ii.c C neck the ? hlci ts office 10 tir ic "mo u 1 n in Mimik ifwrestl- ino 1 \\,-iVs Jan UBC it Cp.i 1^ 'i->i ington ciam :> UBC ai Wisn nmon ci ite 20 °arfic Liuho.ai 1 U3 Z lo 2~ UBC ti C Iqiin L« , 2 3 3 C Ooo C im" o is ijps c UBC 0 UPC t 'e-to 1 \\ shington 1o I C^UA/ Cn i inisl i is iSani aio^n fi ch pi C /N jCimii.ii ri-mpb (Guelph) c iC C Ii'\\ji it C. -im ■'iciships iC 1" C \\* Senio Ci ".hi nnships ForncKeis ana runner inrormauon on ine above events or on any UBC athletic event, contact the athletics office, 228-2295 (women) or 228-2531 (men). (It is suggested that you inquire locally for location and time of "away" games.) STysi'^iTsinzEsycjsyisz ,-JW, Li. lit T^w^'wyy^^yyTisyyy1 ^\\,ltiuU^ „ » .*, ,«. *!.,, „ ., ? :^ ,r^ if was a full house at Camp Elphinstone for the student leadership conference. This year the planning was done by the students with the financial support supplied by the alumni association and the university administration. The discussions were wide-ranging and informal with alumni and faculty participating with the students. An Alumni Dance you say„. Held coincidentally on St. Patrick's Day Saturday, March 17,1979 In the Parlor Room ofthe Vancouver Airport Hyatt (3500 Cessna Blvd. Richmond) 8:30 pm to 1 am During which time "City Haul" will offer a multitude of modern melodies for your dancing pleasure (Irish polkas upon request). The tickets, $9 per person, ,.,,,- include a midnight hot buffet, Qf and are available from the v'' alumni office, 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver V6T 1X8 (228-3313). (Genuine leprechauns admitted free). Dress is informal... So, gather a group, come and enjoy. Sure an'begorra It'll be a fine affair* r>tu intern er are sis || elop. idingi Delta Gamma, telebiatcd 50 y ears on rl L campus with a faculty club banquet Oct 'xi that welcomed 220 graduates and forn dents back to the campus. Some came far away as eastern Canada and the United States. The roots ofthe DG chat in UBC's Fairview days and over the has been closely associated with the d ment of services for blind students, pn funds and volunteer labor to help furn h, ar" range and catalogue the UBC Crane 1 bran before it was part of the main library 3egg\\ (Margaret) Gourlay, BA '29, president if the group in 1928, when it took the name o Delta Gamma replied to the toast from the 50t pres ident, Jan Canning, Arts 4.... The I appa Kappa Gamma fraternity is also plani ng to celebrate its 50th year on the UBC campi , next spring. Branches: Past, Present and Future Rustlings among the branches: B.C. House in London, with Agent-general Lawrie Wallace, is again hosting a reception for UBC alumni and fri;nds.... Please contact B.C. House for farther details. UBC education facultv members Dennis Milburn and Douglas McWhannel will be special guests....Also ot interest to alumni in Great Britain may be the Canadian Universities Society which has anac tive program of events, cultural, social and academic. Aiumni branch contact Alice Hem ming was host to members at a Canada Da\\ garden party. For more information contact the society at 56 Aberdare Gardens, London NW6 (01-624-7945)... .The Canadian Embassy in Tokyo was the site of a branches reception attended by 25 alumni and guests who met alumni board member and UBC forestry pro fessor Oscar Sziklai. He was in Japan as a visiting scientist with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science California alumni welcomed emeritus dean Blythe Eagles at a reception and dinner November 4 at the facultv centre, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Speakers Bureau: Hawe Talk, WIS! Trawei There's more than just talk to the UBC Sp -alters Bureau — now there's action. Or w ;ere there was a will there now is a way. Which is a round-about way of saying hat the speakers bureau, the association's hi hlv successful program service now has ft ids available to subsidize the travel expenses foi speakers addressing non-profit organizat ins outside the Lower Mainland. The funds 1 we been provided by a small grant from the 1 on and Thea Koerner Foundation and will be i ;ed to assist non-profit organizations who wis: to hear a speaker from UBC but who would lot otherwise be able to arrange the engageme t. The speakers bureau, now in its fourth ■ ;ar of operation has recently reprinted its 1971' 79 catalogue listing over 1,000 topics. Copie: ol the brochure and the terms of reference for he 20 Chronicle /Winter 1978 funding program may be had by contacting the alumni office. Applications for financial assistance to bring a speaker to your community must be made in writing, at least six weeks prior to the chosen date, to the speakers bureau office, UBC Alumni Association, 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver V6T 1X8 (228-3313). inter Thompson js Archaeology The ofih '25, disti cal , Adi for; has rati SoK ma eas cePi N» Y( fut 19 Ar At (T> only UBC alumnus to be named a Freeman ;e City of Athens, Homer Thompson, BA MA '27, LLD '49, one of UBC's most nguished graduates and professor of classi- achaeology at the Princeton Institute of meed Study is this year's Norton Lecturer he Archaeological Institute of America. He ! ready given several lectures in the series the Athenian agora (he directed the resto- a of the stoa of Attalos), the philophers, :Hes and St. Paul among them and At he- vase painting,— in the United States and rn Canada. Alumni in the following ."es should inquire locally or contact the on Lecture, AIA, 53 Park Place, New , NY 10007 for times and locations of e lectures: Apr. 18, Appleton, WI; Apr. Vlilwaukee, WI; Apr. 22, Madison, WI; 23, Iowa City, IA; Apr. 25, Chicago, IL; 26, Rockford, IL; Washington, DC \\). Champagne in a silver cup - poured byA.E. (Ab) Richard, BSA'23, quenched the thirst ofthe winners ofthe Arts '20 Relay - the engineers. Sixty-seven teams of eight runners entered the race that began near the UBC Fairview site and ended at the Cairn on the Main Mall. A participant in the first running ofthe relay in 1920, Hugh Keenleyside, BA'20, (at the microphone) fired the starters gun for the race. The event was revived in 1969 and is part ofthe intramurals program. The rowers took second place followed by forestry. First among the women's teams was field hockey, followed by rehabilitation medicine and basketball "B." A fine turnout of alumni from the Fairview years were on hand to greet the winners at the finish line. R. M. MACKENZIE B.COMM., CA. Ronald M. MacKenzie CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT SUITE 1835, IBM TOWER 701 WEST GEORGIA ST. VANCOUVER, CANADA ( 604) 688-7821 21 mmmsmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmummmmm r^^ziry^n: SKSESETSIFZI ±m ac] I £ e for tioni -our wed ill be h the 'nga their ffice V61 University Singers On Tour By popular demand a return engagem u foi the University Singers. This award-v mim choir (most recently the $1,000 first pi mixed voices in the CBC choral compe will visit Victoria, Duncan, Nanaimo. tenay, Port Alberni and Parksville in th of Jan. 15 to 20. Details of the concerts announced locally. If you can help wi local arrangements — including bilk couple of students — who might sing ft supper — please contact the alumni 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouvc 1X8(228-3313). Pointed arguments won the day - and the A rthw Fouks trophy-for the UBC debators againn opposition from the University of Victoria, :loyal Roads and Pearson College. The winning u am (left to right) Brendan McGivern, Ann Hayward, Richard Clark, Brian Bolton and Susan Fisher (seated) met with Arthur Fouks (right) for presentation ofthe trophy and the honorariums he has offered to provide as long as the trophy is debated annually. The debating society is trying to locate all former members ofthe club so that a comprehensive history may be compiled. Alumm debaters are urged to write: UBC Debating Society, Box 28, SUB, UBC, Vancouver V6T 1WS. T YORKSHIRE TOUSr COMPANY The Oldest and Largest British Columbia Trust Company A Complete Financial Service Organization "Serving Western Canadians' — ■UBC ALUMNI AT YORKSHIRE — J.R. Longstaffe BA '57 LLB '58 - Chairman l.H. Stewart BA '57 LLB '60 - Director A.G. Armstrong LLB '59 - Director W.R. Wyman B. Comm.'56 - Director J.C.M. Scott BA '47 B. Comm. '47 - Director G.A. McGavin B. Comm. '60 President W.R.D. Underbill BA '54 LLB '55 - Director E.G. Moore LLB '70 - Vice President - Alberta K.E. Gateman B Sc. '61 - Comptroller P.L. Hazell B. Comm. '60 - Manager Information Systems R.K. Chow M.B.A. '73 - Pension Trust Administrator L.J. Turner B. Comm. '72 - Property Development Co-Ordinator J. Dixon B. Comm. '58 - Claims Manager n 900 W. Pender St. Vancouver 685-3711 590 W. Pender St. Vancouver 685-3711 130 E. Pender St. Vancouver 685-3935 2996 Granville St. Vancouver 738-7128 6447 Fraser St. Vancouver 324-6377 538 6th St. New Westminster 525-1616 1424 Johnston Rd. White Rock 531-8311 737 Fort St. Victoria 384-0514 121 8th Ave. S.W. Calgary 2S5-0455 ®Member Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation ®Trust Companies Association of Canada 22 Chronicle Winter 1978 BwotBymy Jy The Barwick accent has weathered the 18 years she has been at the Australian National University in Canberra. She came to ANU as a doctoral student, stayed on, married a zoologist from New Zealand and lectured in prehistory and anthropology. Her sun-filled office is lined with books, and drawings by her daughter, Laura. On the desk, a sign of spring, a sprig of yellow wattle and under the desk one ofthe largest space heaters I saw in Australia. She s.ays that it's taken her a long time to learn to cope with the climate. Interest in aboriginal studies has been experiencing a renaissance in Australia in recent years and the two courses she teaches in the field are among the most popular in the department. She is the founder-editor of a new journal on aboriginal studies, one of the first to deal exclusively with the subject. "The first issue took six months out of my life," she says. A long-standing interest in museums perhaps stems from her work as one of the ■first students to help Audrey Hawthorn with the UBC collection that is now displayed in the Museum of Anthropology but then was burrowed away in the library basement. Her impression after visiting the new museum was that the artifacts were now being shown in a suitable environment *'one of the same standard as the works." (continued over) 23 FJ31 ^ She has taught at ANU every year except for a sabbatical in B.C. the year their daughter was born. "Which makes her a fourth generation Vancouverite." As they were married for 15 years before that event there have been some changes. Their daughter attends a parent-participation school, that is something of an innovation in the local school system. Every parent is part ofthe teaching roster, and for the Bar- wicks these assignments are fitted into their university day. Her husband may take along an example of a rat skeleton that the kids (aged three to eight) find fascinating, "but I'm much better at cuddling and storytelling," she says. Two other noticeable changes in their life — a lack of time to do things at the end ofthe day and the loads of laundry — "I can't figure out how one small child can produce that many dirty clothes." The impression is that Diane Barwick, with roots in Vancouver, has transplanted herself and is thriving. The accent only, needing occasional refresher trip*. James and Setty JorcSan It must be one ofthe great urban spectacles, the Sydney harbor, its bridge and opera house on a clear night. That's ihe view from the home of James V. Jordan. BSA '39, and his wife, Beiiy Rae Wood Jordan, BA "43. Some years ago they attended -m aiumni branch meeting to discover thai they were the only "true Canadians"' there. The rest, Australians, who had travelled 'o UBC ioj their education. And bow long had they been in Australia? "Eighteen years, this trip." Today the family interests are in precious jewelry and diamonds, somewhat distant from the soil science thai James Jordan started his career in. After a PhD in soil science at the Universitv of Oregon he went to the agricultural chemistry department at the University of Idaho. He was there fcr 10 years before moving to Australia. Since then thi-re have been times when the ivory towers of university Tseareh look inviting. When asked has he had any hubbies the answer was swift ' Yes, work. I've never worked such long hours as I do now.'' Adding. "My cdjcalion always scorned to give mc a bit of knowledge in whatever field I attempted." Betty Jordan, who was originally from Olympic, Washington, has fond memories of her years at UBC. "I thoroughly enjoy-.-d it. I was president of ihe A!p:ia Phi grrup one year. We had our luTie table id«ae Cal"." After univerjiiiy she was °. sccrew;. in the defense industries in .Moat real. One i-flier great interests -- after iheii son zrd his family — is coquet. Now il-Js is i\\e :':d thing, played si the Royal Svdne;, Croq-j*ji Club. It's qu'te •."jinpiJcJicd, rather liL: ches« sod billiards, she say:;. They lwc a busy life. ,rave:i;pj/ dv: vurid for busin.'-•■. ■.■■-■:i.v. ."■'joyir;; !r. rdurnirig m * icir ho;i".t or.. hus'irU'lci 3«y. A-.v. fsv.'Mi't: really he- s.ys 'kvi '.<■. : be ire- .-"s.-hiV Oi tnc ;■!■; i--'n 24 Chr, l'lOLruiL-OS cleWinter 1978 In a letter to the Alumni Association Helen MacGill Hughes, BA'25, (AM, PhD, Chicago), of Cambridge, Massachusetts informs us that she was named president-elect of the Eastern Sociological Society and vice- president-elect of the American Sociological Association. She also has the title of'Scholar in Residence' by the Radcliffe Data Resource and Research Center, Harvard University. Her letter opens with sentiments that echo those ofthe Chronicle: "I enjoy the personal news in the Chronicle and feel grieved that there is, nowadays, so little information about the doings of the graduates ofthe 1920s. Naturally, that will thin out, but I know there are many of us still above ground and I am sending you this item, in the hope some of them will do likewise." The Spotlight section of the Chronicle is only as interesting as you are willing to make it. Drop us a note and let us know where you are, what you're doing, what you've been doing and any future plans you might have. TheChronicle and your fellow alumni look forward to hearing from you. Arthur Creelman, BA'31, is a member of the committee planning the reunion of all North Vancouver High School graduates — since 1911 — that will take place next May. The event will also mark the closing ofthe school. If you are a grad of North Van, there's an invitation for you to attend the festivities. Contact 210 East 23rd, North Vancouver or phone 984-0815.... The Association of University Personnel Administrators of Western Canada has awarded an honorary life membership to Johm F. McLean, BA'31. Until his retirement last year he was director of administrative services at UBC...Honored for a long and distinguished 42 year career with the agriculture research branch at the Summerland Research station where he was first research scientist and then director, Donald V. Fisher, BSA'33, MSA'36, (PhD, Iowa), has been named an honorary life member at the 23rd annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Horticultural Science. Although his research endeavors have involved various aspects of horticulture, the emphasis has been with tree fruits. He was one ofthe pioneers in the study of fruit storage. Two alumni have been appointed to the Universities Council of British Columbia. They are: Dr. G. Neil Perry, BA'33, LLD'66, and John D. Hetherington, BASc'45. Dr. Perry recently retired as a director of the faculty of public administration at the University of Victoria, was dean of commerce and business administration and also vice-president of UBC before joining the ministry of education. An economist, he held several postings with the federal government, the International Bank for Research and Reconstruction, and the International Monetary Fund. Jack Hetherington is president of a Vancouver wholesale lumber brokerage involved in both domestic and export trade branches throughout B.C. A member-at-iarge on the board of management of the alumni association, he has chaired the government relations committee.... Retired UBC professor of forestry Robert W. Wellwood, BSF'3S, (PhD, Duke), rect. th M sited Honduras on behalf of CESO (Cl adiaj Executive Service Overseas). At the req est ot a-major match manufacturer in that a mtr\\ Weliwood was dispatched to help so! e the problem of the diminishing supply o! wood suitable for the production of match splii ^ and boxes. The recommendations he sub litted after 10 weeks of study were well recei ed b\\ the troubled company....Douglas G. ! :ham.' beriain, BA'37, BEd'47, and his wife, Dora' celebrated their 50th wedding anniversa v Au gust 25, 1978. Now residing in Calgar , he's had a very full career in the B.C. school s; stent' teaching in Pacific, Salmo and Nelso i and being principal in Rossland and d. strict superintendent of Kamloops, Williams Lake! Victoria, Alberni, Hope and Princeto.i dis tricts. He was also president of the BC Teachers Federation during the 1950-51 erm Planning to continue his association with the energy resources field through consulting and special assignment work, George Wheeler Govier, BASc'39, (MA, Alberta; PhD, Michi gan), has retired as chairman of Alberta s Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB). He had been with the ERCB and its forerunner, the Oil and Gas Conservation Board, since 1948. His 30 year service has in eluded 16 years chairing the board and a two- year leave of absence (1975-77) to serve as chief deputy minister of the department of energ\\ and natural resources for the Alberta government....Kick-off speaker at the Cana dian Manufacturer's Association "Salute to Industry" week in Stratford, Ontario in September was Roy Alex Phillips, BASc'39. Phillips has been executive director of the CMA since 1975. Commissioned by the B.C. Teacher's Federation, Behind the Looking Glass: Toward the Educating Society (Evergreen Press, 1978), took Charles D. Ovams, BA'40, five years to write — since his retirement as BCTF general secretary in 1973 — but is the work of a lifetime as it expresses his views on education... San Jose State University professor Margaret Jensen, BSN'46, has been named California's 'Nurse ofthe Year' by the March of Dimes and the California Nurses Association. Recenth promoted to full "professor at SJSU, she has taught at that university since 1964 and has served as consultant to Alexian Brothers Hospital in San Jose....Head of nuclear engineering at the University of Washington, Albe 1L. Babb, BASc'48, (MS, PhD, Illinois), is the man responsible for the development if a machine that functions like a kidney dia ysis machine and that is a significant breakthn ugh in the treatment of sickle cell anaemia. The disease, normally associated with black Ar en- cans, is also claiming sufferers in Iran, 1 rael and Nigeria. The daring duo of Stanley Burke, BS '48 and cartoonist Roy Peterson have comb led forces for another in their series of sati cal views of Canada. Confusion reigns in Noti dot until the Ghosts of Cabinets Past appear md offer Peter Waterhole help: Sir John A. h ic- Beaver; Sir Charles Tippler; William I vm Mackenzie Sting and of course, J >ey Smallgood, the only living father of Confla er- ation. They all appear in the delightfully ir- reve 1197 .{Rol | the '(M< I beg icre' boc ' boc inle4njatioh.al Graphicis, • 26 Chronicle/Winter 1978 Robert Chamberlain past 24 years, J.A.D. (Denny) McDonald, BSF'51, is the new regional manager of the Cariboo region, headquartered at Williams Lake. He has been the assistant regional manager ofthe Kamloops region since 1976.... The forest protection group of the Pacific Forest Research Centre in Saanich has a new program manager— C. Douglas F. Miller, MSA'51. A specialist in insect ecology and biosystematics, he was formerly a program manager with Agriculture Canada in Ottawa....Speculation about the existence of Atlantis continues with the publication of Atlantis: Fact or Fiction? (Indiana University Press, 1978), edited by Edwin S. Ramage, BA'51, MA'52. Ramage is professor of classical studies at Indiana University in Bloomington....The federal government's recent action to close the Petawawa forest experiment station has resulted in the formation of a committee headed by Roy Whitney, BSF'51. The committee's purpose is to express the concern of forest scientists over the decreasing research dollars. Robert E. Chamberlain, BASc'53, has been elected a Fellow by the Instrument Society of America at its annual honors and awards ceremony. The citation was given "for innovative application of control to the recovery of cooking chemicals in kraft pulp manufacture." Chamberlain is manager of systems engineering at MacMillan Bloedel....Based in Calgary, Robert H. Brady, BCom'55, has been appointed to the new position of vice-president, marketing with Fording Coal Limited. He will be responsible for the marketing and sales functions....Hoping to increase society's share in the "battle on crime" is George W. Reed, LLB'58, who was appointed deputy commissioner of the RCMP's "E" Force — headquartered in Victoria — in August....Lt. Col. Edward J. Gaines, BASc'59, and his wife, Margaret Steele Gaines, BA'61, are now living in Mons, Belgium. They left their Ottawa home in July in order that he begin a three-year military posting at SHAPE headquarters. With 17 years experience in British Columbia, Johan Anton V.Z. de Jong, BA'59, MA'63, has been appointed as city planner for St. John's, Newfoundland. From 1953-66 he was a planner for the municipality of North Vancouver. Until his recent appointment, de Jong was chief regional planner with the municipal affairs department of the city of St. John's.... Former vice-president ofthe University of Victoria, K. George Pedersen, BA'59, (MA, Washington; PhD, Chicago), is the new president of Simon Fraser University. Pedersen, whose special interest is educational ad- vV, ''Y ' % fr*. f-V &* yti' George Pedersen ministration, was with the University of Vic toria since 1972 and was appointed vice president in 1975. In the swim of things once again, Gail Ree Gladwell, BEd'60, was off to the First World Senior Age Aquatic Championships in Toron to, where she won a bronze medal in the 200 yard breast stroke as well as a fourth and three fifths. She is also extremely proud of yet another award — an MSc in home economics — which she received from the University of Idaho last May...."You've got to have a fine edge of fear to give a good performance. A little bit of trepidation is good; if I lost it I'd know it was time to move on" — words of wisdom from Helen A. Donnelly Hutchinson, BA'60, new co-host of W5, CTV's flagship public affairs program. For the past five years she has hosted Canada AM and has been living "children's hours" for the early morning show, but now that she is in prime time, "it's a different ball game" — she can sleep in until 8 a.m....Dean of women at UBC since 1974, Margaret E Fulton, MA'60, (BA, Manitoba; PhD, Toron to), is the new president of Mount Saint Vin cent University in Halifax. Sharing a common view of women in society with the University, Dr. Fulton has put much of her energv into encouraging women to pursue their interests and to obtain non-traditional careers regardless of the obstacles. Lloyd H. Morin, BA'61, (MA, Alt erta, PhD, Oregon), has been named the new nrm cipal of Camosun College, Victoria. He jf med the college at its inception in 1971, serving as acting director of liberal and applied arts dur ing the first year, and most recently was c tree tor of instructional development and in titu tional research....Thompson, Manito a is home for Dale F. Stewart, BSF'61, where he is assistant deputy minister for both the dt lart ment of northern affairs and the departmt it of renewable resources....Sid L. Brail, BP '62 (MSW, Penn.), is the new executive direc jrof the Toronto YM-YWHA. He has servec as a social work field instructor at several ui ver- sities and was appointed president ofthe 1 aval branch ofthe Montreal 'Y' in 1968. In 197 ', he became assistant executive director ofthe net ropolitan New Jersey YM-YWHA. He has been executive director ofthe Cleveland, >hio Jewish Community Centre since 1976. Writer-historian John A. Munro, B; '62, SEHEaEEEEnaaEKisnaata^^ usrscniTtnTins] h s Margaret Fulton MA'65, is director of the John Diefenbaker Centre being built in Saskatoon on the University of Saskatchewan campus. The centre is scheduled to open in 1979 as a public museum ofthe former prime minister and as a working archives. It is also designed as a research facility and a site for lectures and seminars....Visiting associate professor in the department of geological sciences at UBC, Douglas R. Piteau, BSc'62, (PhD, Witwatersrand), is now vice- chair of the Canadian national committee on rock mechanics in Canada....Tony P. Buzan, BA'64, advocates mind expansion. His methods are based on three premises: a sincere belief in your self-worth and esteem; support from those around you and good teaching methods. He developed and introduced the system of increasing the potential ofthe mind, outlining it in his book Use Your Head, his popular BBC-TV series and in workshops around the world. His "Use Your Head" course is to begin in Toronto and Vancouver in 1979....New director of the community services division in Medicine Hat is Allan T. Ha- gan, BSW'64. Prior to his new position, he was manager of social services in Calgary. Among four United Church of Canada missionaries on a three-year assignment to Japan is the husband and wife team of Bernard D. Harder, BA'64, MA'66, (PhD, North Carolina), and his wife, Helga Kutz Harder, MA'65, (PhD, North Carolina). Their job is to recognize and nurture the similarities between the native religion and Christianity. As Bernie points out, "It's a little different frtim believing the world is in total darkness and that missionaries come to shed the light."...James Woodfield, BA'65, PhD'71, is executive assistant to the president, University of New Brunswick. He is also on the editorial board of Fiddlehead and managing editor of English Studies in Canada....Karpov, Korchnoi and Fischer beware! Duncan Suttles, BSc'66, is "nationally and internationally regarded as the best chess player in Canada". At 32, Suttles is one oi Canada's two international chess grandmasters.... After six years with Shell Canada Resources,in minerals exploration, Melvyn Edwa,-d Best, MSc'67, has been assigned as sectio ■ i hea*d of mineral research with Shell exploration and production in Ryswyk, The Netherlands. Fiy.-> years ago, Edward T. Mint, BSc'67, MSc' 0, LLB'73, co-owner with Paul Mercs of Isle o Man Productions — a hometown pro- ductiv a company — considered himself lucky after r promotional venture at the Commodore nette.. them $200 profit. Last summer their success at promoting a rock concert — the "Big Operation" — at Empire Stadium, possibly netted them between $50,000 and $100,000. The duo is a neat combination of technical know-how and solid business sense with Mint fulfilling the latter category as he handles managers, officials and paper work that every rock operation runs up against....Avro A. McMillan, MA'68, (BA, Dalhousie; MA, Queen's), is a planner of cities and plots. He has been a city planner since 1964 in Saskatchewan and Atlantic Canada and now lives in Cornerbrook, Nfld., where he has been city planner since 1977. But there's a part of him that has always been a writer and it shows up in the plays that he has created for the stage. He has had one of his works produced and now is content to remain in Cornerbrook, working as a planner and "writing like hell, trying to get people to produce me."...Continuing in the world of city planners, Graham Farstad, BA'69, (BEd, Sask.; MA, Queen's), has been appointed deputy city planner for Prince George. He also chaired the McGregor Action Group which was instrumental in stopping B.C.'s plans for a diversion dam north-east of Prince George earlier this year....Patrick F. O'Callaghan, BA'69, has been appointed as managing partner in the Calgary office of the Caldwell Partners, an independent national executive recruiting firm—New store operations manager for Community Drug Marts is Vera M.D. Piccini, BA'69. Piccini is also working on an MBA at Simon Fraser. David L. Amor, BA'70, (MA, Stanford), is publications manager/editor for Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. He joined the public information office of the college as writer-editor in August, 1977....Engaged in forestry engineering and logging camp management for the past eight years, Douglas L. Cooper, BSF'70, has been appointed general manager of OK Heli Logging, a subsidiary of Okanagan Helicopters....Formerly on the teaching staff of NITEP, George Mann, BEd'70, is now director of a new Indian museum at Cape Mudge, B.C. The museum is one of two that will be receiving the return of the "potlatch collection", seized by the federal government many years ago and now being returned to the Kwakiutl peoples. The other museum is at Alert Bay, and prominent in the organization of that museum is Gloria Cranmer Webster, BA'56. "We are continually re-examining our structures," says Conrad W. Hnatiuk, MSW'71, (BA, Winnipeg; BEd, Manitoba), new director of the Saskatoon and region branch of the Saskatchewan department of social services. He has been working with social services for ten years, the past four in Saskatoon as director of child care and assistant director of the Saskatoon social services office. Hnatiuk foresees an influx of people into the province — bringing with them "a whole range of both resources and needs."... Already a veteran of two federal elections, Gordon R. Ashworth, BA'72, director of organization at Liberal headquarters since 1976, is now the new campaign director for that party. From 1974 to 1976 he was special assistant to Ray Perrault, government leader in the senate, handling the senator's political business in British Columbia. Two UBC graduates are pulling themselves to fame. M. Joy Ward Fera, BRE'72 and Bruce S. Ford, BSc'76 are both members of Canada's national rowing team. Having joined the team in 1976, Mrs. Fera, former member- at-large on the alumni board of management, rowed with the eight at the Montreal Olympics. She has won a number of silver and bronze medals at meets throughout Europe and last summer she won a Canadian and Henley gold medal rowing in the Burnaby Lake eight. She is a recreational therapist at the George Derby Centre in New Westminster, B.C. Bruce Ford, a biologist from Victoria, is in his first year with the national rowing team. Rowing in the pairs, he won three Canadian championships in 1977 and two more this past summer. He also has a gold medal from the 1978 British Columbia championships.... Formerly on the staff on the North Island Regional School Board in Laval, Quebec, Marjorie MacDonald MacFarlane, MEd'72, (BEd, McGill), is now director of instruction for the Penticton school district. She brings ten years of experience to her new venue, including terms as department head and vice-principal in a high school of 1700 students. Patricia McFarland, BA'72, is Western advertising representative for the Reader's Digest Association. She joined the Digest sales staff in 1974 and will continue to make her headquarters in the Toronto office and to represent accounts in the greater Toronto area as well....Lawrence F. Bracko, BFA'73, has joined the industrial education staff of Maple Ridge Senior Secondary School. A teacher of plastics, Bracko spent five years in the plastics industry in Edmonton before obtaining his de- Alumni Award Of Distinction Honorary Life Membership Each year the UBC Alumni Association makes two awards — the award of distinction, its highest honor, to a graduate who has made a distinguished contribution in his or her field of endeavor and the honorary life membership to recognize outstanding contributions to UBC and education. To nominate someone for either award, send the nominee's name, a brief biographical outline and your reasons for making the nomination to the Awards Committee, UBC Alumni Association, 6251 Cecil Green Park Rd., Vancouver V6T 1X8 by February 15,1979. 27 //?**eM^3Mim«ija»i^^ *u. u^^ib.^ . _j,i(ta. Immersion in France The University of Tours in the fabulous Chateaux Country offers one-month language courses for beginners to advanced students of French. Afternoonsandweekendsare free to enjoy faculty-conducted excursions in the beautiful Loire Valley, Brittany, Normandy, etc. Our low rate includes scheduled return flight to Paris via Air Canada, university residence accommodation, two meals daily, tuition, excursions, transfers from Paris! Enrol for the July, August or September course. Departures on July 3 and 31 and September 3. Inclusive prices from: Toronto, Montreal, Maritimes $ 998 Western Canada cities $1,189 Vineyards of France Magnificent 17 day tour gives you a taste of Alsace, Burgundy, the Rhone, Provence, Languedoc, Armagnac, Bordeaux. Cognac, the Loire, Champagne and. Paris. $1,069 from Montreal (slightly more from other Canadian cities) Includes airfare, first class accommodation, breakfast daily, five dinners, sightseeing, wine tours and tasting. Departs June 3,1979; returns June 19 Castles, Vineyards and Windmills A Historical Tour of Germany, the Low Countries, Luxembourg, and Alsace-Lorraine. September 4-20, 1979 Visit the Rhine Valley, the wine-village of Rudesheim, medieval Rothenburg the "Romantic Road", Heidelburg and the Black Forest in Germany, Alsace- Lorraine in France, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Bastogne, Brussels and Bruges in Belgium, Zeeland, Rotterdam, Delft and Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Stay in castle-hotels, enjoy great food, rare wines and informal history lectures while travelling at a leisurely pace in a deluxe coach through the heart of Western Europe. $1,169 from Montreal, slightly more from other Canadian cities. For information and reservations, call or write: Ship's School Educational Tours Ltd. 4800 Dundas St. W., Suite 202, Islington, Ont., M9A 1B1 Phone (416) 239-1114 or 233-7782 «r3IS2SXri2Zj*2rLiZZIT.JJ^AS35 fT^f , ^ gree....Since graduating from UBC, Edjar Goodair, PhD'73, has been a member ofthe mathematics department at Memorial University.... Assistant to the director of the Fine Arts Gallery at UBC, J. Willard Holmes, BA'73, is now the new curator of contemporary art at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. His experience includes the position of curator of exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery and founder- director of the Pender Street Gallery — an experimental non-profit art gallery focusing on contemporary art from British Columbia. He has served as an art critic from the Vancouver Province and CBC-FM Vancouver. Although his card may not read 'Have drill, will travel,' Leslie C.K. Ho, BSc'74, is a dentist on the go. Operating one of a pair of mobile dental units, Ho was temporarily located in Fort St. John where his services were used to alleviate the 400-strong waiting list for the local dentists....Brent W. Sinclair, BA'74, is pursuing a PhD in Classics at the University of Cincinnati since returning in June from Rome where he was a visiting scholar at the American Academy... .Currently teaching classical guitar performance at Capilano College, North Vancouver, Gregory Paul Bankes, BMus'75, has given recitals in Vancouver and Seattle. He has also a number of radio and television credits to his name....Two UBC grads have been appointed regional 4-H specialists with the youth development branch of the B.C. ministry of agriculture. Holly J. Hannigan, BHE'75 and M. Jeanne Groot, BHE'78, will be coordinating 4-H activities while conducting leadership training programs in their respective districts — Hannigan in Vernon, and Groot in Prince George. Choenna Lyncaster, BA'75, has been extremely busy at the Penticton Theatre Club. During the summer, she directed Any Number Can Die, a take-off on the murder mysteries of the '20s and '30s. Since joining the club a year ago, she has acted in a number of productions as well as directing, and has taught the acting course at Okanagan College, Penticton campus. She holds licentiate and associate performers certificates from Trinity College of London. .. ."Pictures that people can walk up to and get something out of," is how James E. McKenzie, BFA'75, describes his art. A realist in style, McKenzie transfers some ofthe many colour slides he has shot into carefully brushed and airbrushed watercolors. The results are hauntingly true to life. Some of his works have been on display in the Student Union and Fine Art Galleries at UBC and at two group shows at the Burnaby Art Gallery. George Coutlee, LLB'76, is a native Indian from Merritt who dropped out of school after grade eight. Today, after being admitted to the bar in January of this year, he is practising law in Kamloops. He worked days and took night and correspondence courses to complete high- school, and then worked nights while enrolled in college and UBC. He hopes to help Indians improve their economic situation and is campaigning for federal minority legislation that would allow more Indians to participate in any profession or trade.... New dean of instruction at the Vancouver Vocational Institute is Marvin E. Lamoreux, EdD'76. He has an extensive background in marketing, business administration and adult education, and for the past four and one-half years has taught at the Vancouver Community College's Langara Campus, lecturing in marketing, financial management and real estate law....New jobs for Maureen Mercer Richardson, BA' {and husband Robert J. Richardson, BPE'7i ha\\e taken the couple to Toronto where the- h lant as a planning analyst. He was a membr of numerous organizations including the Association of Professional Engineers of B.C. am' the Canadian Institute of International Afi iirs. Survived by his son (Steve Bayly, BA'77),! aree brothers (Cyril Bayly McKenzie, BASc t9), and four sisters. William Griffiths Black, BA'22, (MA, I aD, Chicago), September, 1978 in Vancotver. With his family, Dr. Black came to Canada from England in 1903 and resided in Trail -. ■ ntil he moved to Vancouver in 1919. After a B ;\\ at K S> se K E< 28 Chronicle/Winter 1978 i J J3EE UBC, i yientt at Van a prof' pfficei .Pacifii- ingW Igovern jservicr he wa 'cludifi' Itions. ''medal. )>nad, rthe Ga- 'field o fAlber taught for three years in Vancouver, I U]enu n an MA at Chicago, returning to teach I at Van uver Normal School before becoming k i. or of education at UBC. He served as i charge of vocational training for the >mmand of the Canadian Army dur- II. In 1964 he became director of a ent subsidized vocational counselling (veringB.C. After retirement in 1968, ictive in numerous organizations in- he Vancouver Folk Society, the Cana- e Society and parent-teacher organiza- ? was a recipient of the Silver Jubilee ie Good Servant Medal issued by the i Council of Christians and Jews, and et Sedgewick Award for work in the zivil liberties. Survived by a brother '. Black, BA'27, BEd'35) and four sis- iers(M. ry L. Black, BA'27; Dorothy L. Black, BA'52). David Hamilton Brock, BA'30, September, 1978 i» Vancouver. A well-known writer, broadcaster and television personality and contributor to the Chronicle, Brock was the son of Dean Reginald and Mildred Brock after whom Brock Hall was named. Survived by his wife, three brothers, two sons (John S. Brock, BSc'64; Timothy Brock, BA'69), and two daughters (Phoebe Brock, BA'64, MSW'72; Hilary M. Brock Gazetas, BA'66). Audrey Dean, BEd'75, September, 1978 in Richmond. Born in London, England, came to Vancouver in 1957. An elementary school teacher, she taught for the past 12 years in Richmond, specializing in music — recorder groups and choirs. Survived by her husband two daughters. Earle Foerster, BA'21, MA'22, (PhD, Toronto), September, 1978 in Nanaimo. Dr. Foerster was active throughout his life study- the habits of Pacific salmon. His book on salmon won the U.S. Wildlife Society's best fishery book of the year award. He served as researcher and director of several government biological stations. He was a member of the Kinsmen Club, Rotary Club, the Nanaimo Symphony Society and former member of the of UBC. Survived by his wife, (Gwen Kemp Foerster-, BA'22). Esther Maude McGill Harkness, BA'28, (LMus, McGill), July, 1978 in Vancouver. A member of the University Women's Club, she a supervisor at Canada Manpower at the time of her retirement. Survived by her sister (Evelyn McGill McGauley, BA'32), a daughter and a son (D. Graeme Harkness, BSc'70). Garrett S. 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(Please make cheques payable to UBC Aiumni Association) PSease ryn my ad titne(s) in the following issue(s): (Chronicle publishing dates: Dec. 1, March 15, June 15, Sept. 15) Name — Address Postal Code 29 '/ H (// flit I,' ■> /( ' '\\i I <>//< n' '/' / t'u i'h llut/tw i I" .'< a,it i m/\\ c M ' /' Hu ll\\rl> HOili ,>' V.lli, ( OU. • i iHii,i\\ ('\\\\ '//i'm /// ttwiit i h //i i / ''; i '/«»/^i ii/(i '/; ihit u it,i isit\\ ,i/1 \\iiit\\ a,i ' tlh i iU\\tilll, <. hull tKos, as ill Wciltu 'um. s pn illicit ii'il io tin. cdini 11 * his inmi isii\\ ld\\ in 'us Jlhh iimi ".lMt, thi p issibil ity of a life of ceaseless enquiry and activity, utterly divorced from personal ambition or self-seeking; a keen critical sense devoid of all harshness of judgment; an awareness of individual and institutional faults and limitations which was never allowed to impair his buoyant cheerfulness of spirit. We shall not look upon his like again. He was in all our minds, not as professor, dean or president, head of committees or chairman of senate, but simply as Walter Gage. Each of his friends was inclined to believe himself Walter's best friend. No member of staff could fail to appreciate his awareness of problems and openness to approach. He will be grievously missed, for there is no one to take his place. In the Faculty Club, however thronged in the future it may be, we shall always sense an empty chair, a vacancy, a missing contact once filled or furnished by Walter, whose word of welcome and candid smile we have so long taken for granted and must now know only in memory. - From an appreciation of Walter Gage prepared at the request of the Faculty Association by professor emeritus Roy Daniells, BA'30, DLif75 Walter Gage, the teacher. It was over 30 years ago — January 1945, the war still thundering on, Norman A.M. MacKenzie still a freshman president — that I got that examination paper back, the only 100 per cent I ever received at university. And I remember sitting in Brock Hall coffee shop in stunned bemusement, flipping through the pages, frankly gloating over the checkmark beside the answer to every question. And on the final page, the final checkmark so much heavier, more emphatic, than the others — looking at it you could see the marker's delight. Under it was written: "Good boy!" It was initialled "WHG". I was not interested in math. I took it only because I had to, and quit taking notes — when we began calculus, I believe — though naturally I didn't quit going, as soon as I was sure of a second class. Yet I learned math. I don't remember learning it. I do remember my fellows in that Arts 100 herd being twitted about exploits of their parents as students. I remember being regaled with tales of the sophisticated delights of beautiful downtown Horsefly, or Ladysmith, or Castlegai while! the expatriate of the place squirmed inh-lanousl discomfort: how can anyone make the phraJ "Stainsby — from Ladner, I believe" damned funny? I recall games like guzinta — remember5 SrJ guzinta 18 three times...! remember the nenf ous tick of chalky thumb flipping across gnnf ning lips and being bemused that there w never a chalk-smudge on his face, though there! so often was on his sports jacket. What I do not remember is any agony i learning math. - Donald Stainsby, BA'til The image I will always retain of Walter Gage, that gentle man known for his gentleness, was one forgotten day decades ago when the engineering students at UBC went on a noon- hour rampage. Phases ofthe moon, probably, or whatever sets the primitive into flux. A great mob of them, several hundred strong, were running amok, smashing furniture, threatening to break heads and generally acting like young musk oxen in heat. Dean Walter Gage, who spent most of his life smiling and always walked with that distinctive gait ofthe second male lead striding in from the wings in a London play, was apprised of the mini-riot and set that stride in motion (an academic Jack Benny) along the university mall to the engineering building as the apprentice baboons were about to move their destruction on to another building. Never varying the smile, never raising that mellifluous voice, he quietly faced down the mob — a lone, tweedy, bay-windowed figure against mindless muscle. They retreated. He didn't. He wasn't the goody-two-shoes that his manner indicated. In those days, there was (there may still l for all I know) a provincial government bursar) f plan. If you kept your marks to a certain ] and didn't have money for fees, shoe leather or! Saturday nights at the Alma dancehall, Victoria j would advance you money, 40 per cent as a j and the other 60 per cent to be paid back within j three years of graduation. Dean Gage was the man in charge of the B funds. Broke by Christmas? Ready to drop! out? He was the man to see. He listened! smiled, patted the bedraggled soul on the j shoulder — and approved the "loan." Only problem was that often the government! funds were exhausted. Victoria's "grant" camel from the bank account of the smiling man who I never married. He was married to a university] instead. He invested in its students much of his j own money and he invested in the university] his life. - Allan Fotheringham, BA'54,\\ writing in the Vancouver] Sun.. The Wally Wagon, 1972, with (left to right) George Morfitt, Dean McKay and Walter Gage. 30 Chronicle Winter 1978 —' •- sHa :. '■ - .c <" ■ - Ti ** I'iS'jr.** '■ Hjq o > o." 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