GUELPH ALUMNUS

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

GUELPH ALUMNUS Winter 1978 Volume II , Number I

VN IVERSITY OF G ' EtPH ALUMNI ASSO('lATlON

HO:-lORAR Y PRESIDE:-IT: Professor Dona ld F . Forster

PRESIDE NT: Olive (T hompson) Thompso n, Mac '35

PAST PRESIDE NT : Dr. Howard J. Neely. OVe'51

SEN IOR VICE-P RESIDE NT: W. Ken Bell, CBS '73

VICE PRESIDE TS: Rick J. Caw thorn , CBS '73: Dr. -homas R. DeGeer, OV '54; John Ecdes, OAC '40; Janet (Tho mpson) Mc ally, CPS '69; Judie (Earle) Meredith , Mac '61 D.

SECRETA R Y: Jack C. Pa lmer, OAC '38

DIRECTORS: Robert Esch , CPS '70; Margaret (P la yer) Exley, Mac '67; Brad Hicks, CBS '73; Judith Mai n, Arts '75; Janice (Robertson) Partlow, Art s '70 ; Kathy Sanford , CPS '75; Tom Sawyer, OAC '59A and '64; D r. Geoffrey Sumner-Smith, M.Sc. '69: Dr. Margery (O' Brien) Thomas, OVC '67; Jackie Wemyss, CBS '74.

EX-OFFI 10 DIRECTORS: John K. Babcock, OAC '54, Direct or of Alumni Affa irs IlI1d Development; W. Ken Be ll, C BS ' 73, President , Colle~e of Biological Science Alumni Associa ti on; Gary Beaulne, President, University of Guelph Central Student's Association (UGCSA ); Ewart Carberry, OAC '44, President, OAC lumni Association: Chris Hanna, President, Graduate S tu dent's Association: Sandra (Johnson) Ma rtin, Mac '69, President, Mac-FACS Alum ni Association; Dr. James H. Millington, OVC '69 , President , OVC Alumni Associati on: E lizabeth (MacN ughton) Sandals, CPS '69: Presidenl, College of Ph)sical Science Alum ni Association: Mic hael S treib, Art s '69, President , College of Arts Alu mni Associ ation.

TREASURER: JimJ . Elmslie

ASSOCIATE SECRETARY: Rosemary Cla rk , Mac '59

The Guel ph Alu mnus is pu blished by t he Depart ment of Alumn i Affa irs and Development in co-operatio n with the Department of Informatio n, Uni ve rsity o f Guelph .

The Editoria l Committee is comp rised of Ed itor­Derek J . Wing, Publi ca tions Officer; Art Director­Erich H. Barth: John K. Babcock, O AC'54, Director of Alumni Affairs and Development: Rosema ry Clark, Ma c '59, Assistan t Director Alumni Programs; Douglas Waterston, Director of Inform ation; Donald W. Jose , OAC '49, Assistant Director of Information.

The Editorial Advisory Board of the University of Guelp h Alumni Association is compri sed of W. Ken Bell , CBS '73, chairman; Or. Allan Au stin; Dr. Dona ld A . Barnum, OVC '41; John Bo wles, B.A. '72; Robe rt Mercer, OAC '59; Glenn B. Po well. OAC'62: James Rusk, OAC '65; Sandra Webste r, Art s '75. Ex-officio: John K. Babcock , OAC '54; Olive Thompson, Mac '35. Corresponding members: Da ve A. Bates, OAC '69; and Harold G. Dodd s, OAC '58.

Undelivered copies sho uld be returned to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development, Universit y of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N IG 2W I.

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eliminating the gamma rays, fast neutrons investigating.

and any other "garbage" from the beam. A t present Professor Egelstaff and The next step is to tailor the neutron niversity of G uelph colleagues have two

beam to match the jo b at hand. In Dr. major projects under way at Chalk R iver. Egelstaffs case, he wants to use the beam as a One is nearing completion, the other is in the

Research at

the Frontier

by Don W. Jose OAC '49

The University of Guelph is in the vanguard of Canadian research using nuclear technology as a tool to help solve some of the bafning problems of the physical world.

Professor Peter Egelstaff. P hysics, a former chairman of the· department, is one of four Canadian university physicists using the Atomic E nergy of Canada Limited (AECL) reactors at Chal k R iver as a site for a neutron beam spectrometer for physical research.

Essentially. the reactor at AECL pro­vides a source of neutrons which may be used as a microscopic probe of the atoms in ordinary substances, and so has many different re search applications.

For the non-physicists like the writer, Dr. Egelstaff explains that a neutron is a neutral particle with the same mass as a hydrogen atom. One way to produce neutrons is through the fission of uranium in a nuclear reactor. The NR U reactor at C halk River is similarto the CANDU reactor being used in the generation of electricity.

When a uranium nucleus undergoes fission, several neutrons are released, and these travel at very high speed which must be reduced before they become useful research tools. We'll explain that in more detail later. The fission also produces gamma rays. In addition, the products of the fission are highly radioactive, and will be emitting additional gamma rays. Consequently, elaborate screening measures must be taken to protect the research workers from the gamma rays and the fast neutrons.

What t he researcher needs is a beam of neutrons from the reactor , similar to one of the rays of coloured light obtained by passing a beam of light through a prism. Consequently, he has to devise means of

sort of gauge to examine what he calls "condensed matter" material in which the atoms are fairly close together. Now in condensed matter, the atoms are all separated by spaces of about three Angstroms (A), about three ten-millionths of a millimeter. In order to study the behavi­our of the atoms, one must be able to make measurements of dimensions of thi s sca le.

"Modern physics tells us t hat all matter has the dual propert ies of substance and wavelength," says P rofessor Egelstaff. Thus neutrons behave like particles and like waves at the same time, and the wavelength is directly related to the speed at which the neutron is moving. By slowing down the neutrons given off in a reactor, it is possible to get some of them travelling at such a very, very slow speed (for neutrons) that their wavelength IS a distance of 3A.

But fortunately for the researcher, the designers of nuclear reactors also want to slow down the speed of the neutrons to increase the probability of their being reabsorbed by the uranium to produce more fissions. This is where the heavy water, that we read about, comes into the picture. The reactor is designed to slow down the speed of the neutrons by using heavy water to impede them. And this isjust what the research physicist wants because it produces a batch of neutrons whose wavelength is exactly 3A.

After separating the 3A neutro ns from everything else, the physicist directs a beam of them at a sample of condensed matter so that he can measure the scattering of the neutrons that results. Sometimes unusual patterns of scattered neutrons are observed from which he can draw new conclusions about the properties of the material being studied.

While AECL provides the source of neutrons it is up to the research team to devise, and provide, their own means to utilize that source. T hey must separate the wavelength they want from all the accompanying radiation. As the beam comes from the reactor it will contain fast neutrons from fission, gamma rays of many energies, and neutrons with a broad spectrum of wavelengths arising from the collisions of neutrons with heavy water.

Having sifted out the neutrons he wants to use, the researcher then must design a

diffractometer that w ill adequately define what happens when the monochromatic beam of neutrons interacts with a sample of the material that the researcher is

initial stages. In recent months, P rofessor Egelstaff

and a P h. D . student, Bob Hawkins, have been studying water absorbed between the atomic layers in a clay. Clays are made up of alternating layers of silicates and water, much like the pages of a book. T he unique properties of slow neutrons allow them to "see" the water molecules rather than the basic cIay material.

In the case of the collaborative work being conducted by D r. Egelstaff and Bob Hawkins, the analysis relates to the molecular structure of pure water trapped in the clay. This information is becoming an essential Ingredient, for example, in finding out what happens when toxic materials are carried in aqueous solution into the soil, or in understanding, for engineering applications, what are the underlying reasons for the changes in the physical properties of clay as it absorbs water.

Post-doctoral fellow Albert Teitsma and Professo r Egelstaff, on the other hand, are using the C halk R iver facilities to study

the properties of gases. In a gas like the normal atmosp here, the molecules are re lative ly remote from each other. As a sample of a gas is progressively compressed, the particles are forced into increasingly closer proximity, a nd simultaneous collisions between several molecules occur. T hus, the properties of the gas in this condition are governed by the " many body effects." These effects can be st udied in detail by observing the ways in which neutrons are scatt ered by the gas.

When we can learn what happens in a dense gas we shall be able to understand the forces at work jointly between several atoms in a group (at present we have only vague ideas about these forces) then we should be able to make better forecasts of what happens when they are compressed further to make a liquid or a solid. Thus Albert Teitsma's attempt to increase the understanding of the "many body effects" is at the frontier of the physics of matter.

This research being cond ucted by Guelph scientists at Chalk R iver may well pr ovide a start ing point for other studies by scientists at other places, but it's just one small segment of the research coming out of Guelph's Department of Physics . It reflects w hat department chairman D r. Jack M acD ona ld describes as the "international stature" of a number of the members of his department. 0

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Part of the recent "back to nature" trend has been an increased interest in bee-keeping. It's hard to imagine a more natural food than honey, and there probably isn't a cleaner. less time-consuming outdoor hobby with a sweeter reward.

Some University of Guelph alumni may

not be aware that this is the only C anadian university which offers courses in beekeeping - and it has had a hard time keeping up with the number of people who want to take such short courses.

The industrious little honey bee has fascinated many people who are now enjoying the edible rewards as well as the fresh-air-and-sunshine benefits of beekeeping. Many of the new beekeepers are

professional people or businessmenjust looking for an outdoor ho bby. Some are young - and eager for a second income. O thers are retired and want to turn their interest into a satisfying pastime.

Guelph post gradphilosophy student Bob Coffin and his wife, Joyce (Leslie) OA C

Before opening a hive, Guelph post grad student, Bob Coffin, makes liberal use ofhis smoker to pacify the bees.

To M.S c., 77, are two of Ontario's newest bee­keepers. Bob took lhe University's bee­keeping courseforfun, lhen sel up lwO hives which helped gel Joyce, lhen hisfiancee, inlereSled. They slarled offmarried life lhis pasl summer with 12 colonies and hope 10

expand 10 100 this year. A beekeeping hobby can easily fit into

your week-end schedule. You 'll check the hives once every week or tw during the honey-producing summer months, and you can lea ve them alone all winter if you provide the bees with sufficient food and shelter. Another attractive feature of the hobby is that bees prefer company on warm, sunny days. So if it's raining today, stay at home and check the hives tomorrow.

Anyone who keeps bees will tell you

or not to they're very compatible insects and will cause trouble only if you ask them to go against their nature - so the novice beekeeper should be well read on the habits of honey bees. That's a good winter project if you're seriously thinking of setting up a hive or two next spring.

The O ntario M inistry of Ag ricult ure and Food (O M AF) has several information sheets and booklet s which can help get your hobby started. Any OMAF office or the De partment of Environmental Biology on campus can provide you with P ublication 490 , "Beekeeping in O ntario". You might also request factsheets on beekeeping information, feeding bees , winter protection and moving bees. The order numbers are 74­088 , 74-051,74-053 and 71-026. The first

Bob and his wife, Joyce (Leslie) OA M.Sc, 77, gather the harvest. Bob is using an electrically heated knife 10 uncap aframe before placing it in a cenlri(ugal extractor.

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by Mary Dickieson

factsheet includes the names of severa l good beekeeping journals yo u may want to

su bscribe to. Both Bob and Joyce Coffin are

enthusiastic aboUl the University's beekeeping courses. "One is the bare minimum/or novice beekeepers," says Bob, "because there's a lot to learn just to be able 10 ask intelligent questions." He-also suggests you int roduce yourself to a commercial beekeeper who'll help you get some practical experience handling hives.

Along with your winter reading, you'll have to find a suitable locati on for the bee yard. Provincial regulations stip ulate that they must be at lea st 100 feet from your neighbor's propert y line, so that eliminates most city locations. In rural areas, the hives should be 30 feet off the road or highway, in a sheltered area that has a nea rby water supply but won't be threatened by flooding during spring run-off.

Your cottage property may be the most convenient location, but only if there's good

bee pasture next door. Trefoil, alfalfa a nd other clovers provide good bloom for early light honey. Goldenrod, fall aster , and buckwheat are common types of late summer ho ney, darker in colour.

If yo u don't own country property, cons ider renting space. Your offer to pay rental in honey will be welcomed by most farmers and rural residents who recognize the va lue of honey bees in pollinating crops. One word of warning: although an o rchard may seem like an ideal location, avoid it because of the frequent use of insecticides. Check this point with the owner of the orchard .

Bob and Joycefeelfortunate to have the bees close to home on a/arm they rent near A nhur, some 25 miles northwest of Guelph.

After a winter's reading and perhaps a short cou rse in beekeeping, yo u can put your new-found knowledge to work in Ma y when hives and bees shou ld be purchased and placed out of doors . Estimates say yo u should be ab le to set up two hives with bees

and all the extra equipment to care for them for about $300. Expect to pay $65 to $70 for a good hive and $25 for the standard two­pound package of bees to fill it (a queen and 10,000 workers). By the end of the summer, your colony wi.11 have expanded to a full working force of 50,000 to 80,000 bees, but there proba bly won't be much extra honey for you t he first year. If your sweet tooth won't wait, yo u might consider purchasing an establi shed hive from a commercial apiarist.

Believing that every beekeeper has to learn patience, Bob recommends the/irst approach. "A lot ofpeople hurry into bee­keeping, "he says, "staning off with more hives than they can really handle. Because of poor management they may lose bees over the winter or through swarming and eventually give up."

Building your own hives, like Bo b has done, will certainly teach you patience. If you're handy with tools, it could prove to be an ideal winter project. . but don't expect to save money on the cost of the hi ve and remember that accurate measurement and dimensions are critical if the bees are to work well in their new home .

Early next spring you'll want to contact OMAF or the De partment of Environmental Biology for the name of your local bee inspector. He's responsible for the provinci al disease prevention program in your area and will remind you that all beekeepers must register by M ay 31 each year with the pro vincial apiarist here at OAC. There are presently more than 3500 registered beekeepers in O ntario, mo st of them hobbyists or people who keep bees for a second income.

The fresh air and sunsh ine benefits of beekeeping will appear as soon as you begin check ing on the hi ves and working with the bees next summer. You may get the occasional sting, but will soon Jearn to ignore them. Remember that an angry bee is more likel y to sting, so don't open the hives to o ofte n and try to work with the bees on a

sunny day. You'll harves t your first honey crop

around the end of July, with the second extraction beginning in late August. You can expect each colony to produce 60 to 100 pounds of honey, if properly managed. Beekee ping is probably more dependent on wea ther conditions than most other types of agriculture, but eve n after a series of dull days a colony can add 10 to 20 pounds of honey per day, if conditions are ideal.

Through the somewhat tricky process ofdouble queening, Bob and Joyce gol 200 pounds ofhoneyfrom some colonies this past summ er. Such management techniques arefrequently used in Ontario, but should be tried only after you've acquired a good deal ofexperience working with the hives. Generally, each colony has one queen which is replaced every other year.

After the second extraction, it'll be your job to make s ure each colony has enough honey on reserve to last through the winter. M ost experienced beekeepers can tell by the weight of the hive if there is enough honey for the winter. If a double brood chamber does not weigh 115-120 pounds, better add more honey or a sugar syrup substitute.

D epending on the kind of natural shelter around yo ur hives, you may want to add insulation. Despite what many people think , bees do not hibernate and cannot stand freezing temperatures. They restrict their activity during the winter months and form clusters inside the hive for warmth.

You can spend the winter enjoying your harvest of honey and anticipating the next season's honey prod uction. But that's a whole year away, so let's not put the bee before the hive. There's still much reading • a nd preparation to be done this winter.

Many thanks to Bob and Joyce Coffin and AI Adie, OA Cs retired beekeeper, for their cooperation in pu{{ing this anicle together . .. and especially to Professor Maurice Smith, OAC '42, Department of Environmental Biology,for the information he provided. 0

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Alumni at The Bedford Institute

of Oceanography by Bob O'Boyle CBS M.Sc., '76

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T here is a standingjoke here at the Bedford Institute of O ceanography (BfO) that the Marine Fish D ivi sion of the Department of Fishenes and the Environment Resource Branch is really just a front for the Department of Zoology, University of Guelph. It's really guite remarkable to discover just how many Guelph alumni are working in this gcoup.

The function of thc arine Fish DIvision is to carry out research on Canada's East Coast fish stocks and assess their productive capabilities. Prior to the setting of the 200 mile limit, the group was small. Extended jurisdiction has led to expansion of the Marine Fish Division and it has split into two components, one residing at the BIO and the other at the Biological Station located in St. Andrews, New Brunswick , these being officially established as of April I , last year.

The first component, at the 810, referred to as Fishery Syste ms and Data Processing G roup (FSDP) is respo nsible for carrying out analysis of research on the population energetics of fish stocks through the analysis of results from laboratory and field experimentation using a systems approach. It acts as a "think tank", integrating the research and routinely collected data from the other four main Marine Fish Division Groups. These other groups deal with different aspects of the more practical issues of fisheries management.

Patrick Lett , CBS '74, heads FS DP, a job he is admirably suited for. He did his undergraduate degree in Honours Physics and Biology, then concentrated on physiology to do a Master's degree under Dr. F. W. H. Beamish of the CBS Department of Z oology. At Guelp h, he turned out a computer simulation in GPSS of the predatory activities of sea lampreys on lake trout in the Great Lakes; which no doubt raised eyebrows at the International Great Lakes Fishery Commission. He's become even more productive (another child) since arriving on the East C oast, turning out models on Gulf of St. Lawrence cod and herring populations with emphasis onjust what factors regulate recruitment.

He's also become ve ry much involved with management of the ' orthwest Atlantic harp seal population and again has produced, with T. Benjami nsen of orway's Instit ute of Ma rine Research, a stochastic model describing the population's productivit y. Compared to some eco logical models, Pat Lett's are sim ple though comprehensive in their generalities. He's now gathered around him individuals who will provide the necessary expert ise to

produce models of East Coast fish stocks at levels not possible previously. There are five main people under him at the moment, three biologists, a computer scientist and a mathematician.

Ken Waiwood, CBS '77, and I, are two biologists of diverse backgrounds who have gained post-graduate degrees at G uelph also under D r. Bea mish. I have a heavy bi ochemistry and physi ology backgro und with a liberal sprinkling of math aDd computer science while Ken is p ro bably one of the most competent laborat o ry people this side of the R ockies.

We have, with P a t's mandate, designed, among other things, a program to study the fl ow of energy through selected fish stocks with t he aim of defining precisely how fish utilize food energy and what factors

influence this. It will tie in an animal's population ecology with its individual physiological reactions. It is a fairly ambitious endeavour which is not expected to reap returns overnight. At the moment, Ken is busy running a ration level - fecundity experiment on cod in the St. Andrews lab while I am busy on other stocks, these being Brown's Bank haddock and Gulf of St. Lawrence capelin. T he job, it is seen,

requires a diverse backgro und. Bill Marshall is the main computer

scientist in the group. He was on staff at the Institute of Computer Science at G uelph . H is forte is without question A PL At the last CAFSAC (Canadian Atlantic F isheries Statistical Ad visory C ommittee) assessment meeting, he made programming in A PL look easy, turning out 10-15 catch projection programs in a day. He's head of the Computer Services part of the group and as such is responsible for the activities of technical people both at the B10 and St. And rew Biological Station. The biggest job is the establishment of a comprehensive data management system for the information which has accumulated in St. Andrews since the mid 1940's. This is truly a ho rrendous task and will no d o ubt take a number of man-yea rs of labour. Software development related to this data base is slowly accumu­la ting, one of the people involved being G erry Black , C BS '76. H e's extensive ly in volved in development of plotting packages, mostly three-dimensi o nal, which include plots of catch/effort in relation to coastline, bottom contours, in addition to a n information system for the Fundy Herring Co-operative.

Wa yne Stobo heads the second major group of the Marine Fish D ivisi on. It 's the yo unger of the two groups and is therefore still accumulating staff. All the peo ple inv olved are bi ologists. In this group are stock assessment people and international o bserver program people a nd it includes Doug Clay, CBS '70, and Kaija Ma tuzals, CBS '75.

Doug travelled extensively before settling in D artm o uth - Northern Ontario, Israel, South Africa, Rhodesia, Kenya - and has experience in fish farming, and therefore

has a good grasp onjust what makes a fish stay alive. Consequently, besides being of use in doing stock assessment, he can offer advice to Ken Waiwood in the lab experiments part of things. KaiJa, again , has a broad biology background but will come in most handy in the data management side of things for she's had a good deal of experience with Data Management System 2000. There's a good possibi lity that this will be implemented by the group as the main data retrieval system. Da ve Kulka , CBS '73, is also a member of Wa yne's group. He has an M .Sc. degree from G uelph under the su pervision of D r. Susan Corey. He's working on the pop ula tion bi ology of mackerel and icthyoplankton surveys. He provided valuable information to Pat Lett and myself on possible interactions of these species with each other as cod and hadd ock.

Finally , in the International Observer Program there is Jim Simon, CBS '77. This program was set up just this summer and involves the placingofunsuspect ingsummer students on foreign vessels for one to three weeks to estimate catch rates, disca rded or non commercially exploited fish. It ' s a hard job but one that pays well and they all enjoy it.

O utside the Ma rine Fish D ivision there are other alumni. Dr. G il Farmer, CBS '69, of the Freshwater and A nadro mous Di visio n and Dr. Peter Wells, CBS Ph .D . '72, of Environmental Protection Services are two notables. Gil is study ing the cha nges in proximate bod y composition of Atlantic salmon during the year under hatchery conditions at different ration levels. H e also serves as a squash pa rtner for Pat Lett.

As one can see F isheries Ma nagement Resea rch on the Atlantic coast contains a number of G uelph graduates. D

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This article, reporting the success of Don Ziraldo, OAC '71, president, Inniskillin House Wines of Niagara-on­the-Lake, is reprinted verbatim with permission from the Globe and Mail, Toronto. Some of the bracketed additions have been added to clarify and op-date the article.

)ll'I)I~ IN

Don Ziraldo

The head office of the wine company is deserted;just the hum of an air-conditioner. Bottles filled with the latest vintage are on the wall and stuffed in cardboard boxes on the floor: Marechal Foch, Yin Nouveau, Chelois. The door to the president's office IS open.

A visitor easily could walk in, open a bottle of Marechal Foch, and sip contentedly from one of the spotless wine glasses on the desk. It would be a grandjoke on th e C anadian wine industry if someone in this situation turned and fled to the nearest gas station for a Pepsi. It would be a grand joke, but a pretty thin one because this is the head office of Inniskillin House Wines of Niagara-on-the- La ke.

There has developed in Toronto a cult of Inniskillin, adherents being wine drinkers who love to display a bottle of Inniskillin wine at a dinner party, waiting for the inevitable "Not a Niagara wine'" They serve the wine and watch the reaction. Will the label alone convince the guest that the stuff is terrible~ Or will the guest be discriminating enough to overcome the bias and ad mit, "My God, they've done itl"

Some people actually drive from Toronto to Niagara-on-the-Lake to buy certain limited-edition Inniskillin wines. They cost more than other Canadian wines, but often they are sold out at Liquor Control

Board outlets. After only four years of operation, Inniskillin House Wines are

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regarded as the best wines made in Canada and in blind tests they have beenjudged better than some expensive imports.

Inniskillin's winemaker is Karl J. Kaiser, an Austrian who was raised in a monastery, who was introduced to fine wine when he was nine years old, and who didn't taste a Canadian wine until he visited Canada on vacation in 1968. It was a dry red - he refuses to name the wine - and he found it so harsh and bitter that he could not finish the glass. "It was horrible," he said. "That really made me decide that I should go into the field." He enrolled at Brock University, in St. Catharines, to study chemistry, laboring over wine-making books on the side and preparing wines in his garage in

plastic drums. W hile he was studying and tinkering

with wines made from European vinifera grapes he got to know Donald Ziraldo, a young grape-grower and agriculture grad uate of the University of G uelp h. One day he invited Z iraldo to his home to sample some wine and Z iraldo was so impressed he decided to take the steps to form his own wine company.

The odds were formidable: the last winery licence issued in Ontario was in 1929. Major-General George Kitching, chief commissioner of the LCBO, asked M r. Ziraldo to prepare a sample batch of wine to be examined by the board's wine-tasters. Mr. Kaiser worked on the sample batch at Mr.

Z iraldo's home in St. Catharines and M r. Z iraldo prepared a brief explaining their plans for a small operation to produce quality table wines from Ontario's hybrid, vinifera grapes. It took nearly a year - all the work was done without a lawyer - but in the end the board granted them a licence to produce up to 10,000 gallons of wine (about 60,000 bottles)

That may seem like a considera ble amount, but compared to the giants of the industry it is miniscule. Bright's has a 9 million gallon storage capacity, Jordan's is 7 million gallons, but even after three years in the business Inniskillin produces only 50,000 gallons. M r. Ziraldo likes to think of his operation as a "boutique" winery.

From the outside, the Inniskillin winery looks like a milking shed at any dairy farm. Mr. Kaiser works out of a corner office, behind a door with a sign that says, "Employees will please wash feet before returning to work." The office is immaculate, with test tubes and vials and a modest Ii brary with titles such as First Steps in Winema king and How T o Make Wines With a Sparkle. It is not what one expects to find In the control centre of so heralded an operation; something like watching your jet pilot th um bing through Flying Made Easy.

"One doesn't have to be a wizard, " M r. Kaiser says. "There are no secrets, no magic recipes. I don't go around with little salt shakers putting stuffin here and there."

Being small is Inniskillin's strength. It gives the winemaker total control, from grape-growing to bottling, and it makes the winery flexible, when one of the big companies is making, say Marechal Foch, the call goes out to the grape-growers and they bring in the Marechal Foch grapes,

whether they're ready or not. The sun trans­forms natural grape acids into sugar and the last weeks on the vine are crucial. The big companies try to compensate by adding sugar, but the result is never as satisfactory as when the sun and grape make their own music. Inniskillin is small enough, flexible enough, to wait for when the grapes are at their peak.

"In California ," M r. Kaiser says, "the best wines are always made by the smallest prod ucers."

Inniskillin House Wines is the only wine com pany in Canada owned by the wine­maker and the grape-grower. Besides Mr. Ziraldo and Mr. Kaiser, there is a third partner - a Burlington lawyer who owns a vineyard. Inniskillin produced only 5,000 gallons in 1974, then 12,000 gallons in 197 5, and 35,000 gallons in 1976. The company will prod uce 50,000 gallons this year, (1977) stay at this level for a while, then move up to 250,000 gallons a year, and that's all.

"The ind ustry was ripe for dramatic

change," says Dr. M ichael Vaughan, a Toronto wine critic and consultant. "It took someo ne with imagina tion to see the potential for making good ta ble wines, free of any lab rusca tas te, without doi ng what the industry has done in the past - a meliora ting the wine with water and sugar and blending the grapes."

Dr. Vaughan says all Canadian wines have improved remarka bly in the past 10 years, but Inniskillin is the most dramatic evidence that exce llent wines are possible from Cana di an soil. " People a re surprised to

know this. The climate and conditions here really are as good as in G ermany and many regions of France th at people 'o h' and 'ah' about. F or some reason, people think Europea n wines are natu ra l, an act of God, and Canadian wines a re unnatura l, an act of technology. That sim ply is not true. It's a gross misconception. "

D r. Vaugh a n took so me Inni skillin wines to England a year ago to ha ve them tested by Hugh J ohnson, the Briti sh wine expert and author of The World Atlas of W ine. Six years earlier, Mr. J ohnso n sa id that O nta ri o wines were not go od eno ugh to be included in his atlas. He remarked on the "foulness" of the taste ("a n artificially sce nted, soap y na vor").

After trying several C a nadian wines, Mr . Johnson said they " bore no resemb lance whatsoever to the wines I tasted severa l years ago ." H is favorite was Inni sk illin's 1974 Marechal Foch.

Mr . Z ira ldo was in Washington last yea r to take part in an 18-cou ntry wine­tasting. His Marechal Foc h 1975 was sel ected by the Ontari o Wine Council to represent Ca nada. Several distributors were impressed enough to a sk Mr. Zi ra ld o if they could handle his wines in the United States.

He might sele ct one to handle a small amoun t of Inniskillin wines "for the prest ige ." He has had no such luck in Canada. He approached boa rds in Nova Scotia a nd Quebec and was turned down . Innisk ill in wi nes are available only in Ontario.

M r. Z iraldo does not hesitate to approach the haughtiest maitre d' and ask

him to try one of his wines. He has bee n asked to leave some restaurants without hi s wines being tasted (a European resta uranteur told him he tried a Canadia n wine 10 years ago and "wouldn't wash his feet in it" ), but he a lso managed to get his wines into some choice locations: T hree Small R ooms, Fingers, Valh a lla Inn, the Royal Yor k H otel , Vines, an d the O nta rio Art Gallery. (Some of these est ablishments have not yet updat ed their menus to include the Inniski llin wines.)

"They are t he best wines p rod uced in Onta rio," says T im Love lock , manager of Vines , a new wine bar on Wellingto n Street Ea st in Toronto. The only Canadian red , rose , a nd white wines served at Vines are from Inniskill in.

Inniskillin wines sold a t LCBO o utlets are Marechal Foch, Vin Nouveau , a blend , R ose, Chelois, De Chaunac and Seyval Bla nc, the new white wine. O ther wines are sold in limited editions and are available a t the winery and the LCBO' R a re Wines a nd Spirits Store. The mos t expe nsive In niskillin wine is Gewurztraminer, a limited -edition dry white.

Dr. Vaughan, the win e critic, thinks the success of Inniskillin might change the bias against Canadian wines. "The wine ind ustry in Ontario has undergo ne a revo lution in this decade and in the las t few years I nniskillin has been the prime pusher. Don (Zi raldo)

had the int e lligence and guts to open the winery a nd he connected with a wi nema ker with a hell of a lo t of ability. Don is the g uy wh o d oes all the fr on t stuff an d Ka rl (Kaiser)

is in the back, bu bbling away with th e wine. That kind of match is a perfect thing"

T he danger, of course, is growth - and greed. If Inniskillin keeps th inking small and doesn 't try to elbow a side the indu stry's giants the quali ty probably will continue. "It 's when you have a chairman and a board an d all th ey' re interest ed in is the profit th a t the wine-making go es d own," Dr. Vaughan says. "I d o n't expect this at Inni skillin because the winemaker owns part of the company. I can ' t think of a better si tuation."

It is a ri sk y operatio n. The vinifera gra pes are expensive and tricky to gro w. Mr. Z irald o has his own vineya rd, but he still must buy fr om other growers and supplies aren't always available. lnniski llin also chooses the hard roa d in winemaking, such as malo-lactic fermenta tion, a process that uses natural ba cteria to reduce ac idity and imparts a s plendid fi nish to the wine . W hen it doesn't , the wine can be contaminated. (The cheaper, faste r way is by ion exchange ort he addition of water. )

Mr. Ka iser, the winemaker, believes in an "abs olut e tas te" and he says a ll good wine-makers, like a ll good chefs, know what they wa nt. "It is like the Pinto and the Mercedes," he sa ys. "You drive o nly a Pinto and yo u think it's pretty good , but you drive a M ercedes and you know what is good. Everyo ne who drives a M ercedes knows it is good. "

Mr. Zi ra ldo, mea nwh ile, knock s on the doors an d when he is at home a t N iagara-on­the-La ke he nurtures his prized European grapes in his vineyard - th e Pinot C hard o n­nay , Gamay Beaujolais, R iesling. 0

Also involved with the grape .. . T he University of Guelph has strong represe ntation in Canada's wine ind ust ry and ca n p roud ly boast of alumni In volvement in most areas of prod uction.

A t Bright's Win es Ltd., of SI Cath arines , George H ostette r, OAC '44, is di rector of Viticultura l Re search, J oh n Ghetti, OAC '51, manager - grape product io n co ncerned with research and production while Ar t Neff , OAC '42, is employed as a vi ticulturi st.

On the job at Andres Wines at Winona, also in the Niagara Peninsula , are prod uction man ager Barry Poag, OAC '69, and Larry Gibso n, O A . '66A.

Ron Purdon, OAC '65 , is producti o n manager of Les Vines Andres at St. Hyac inthe, Quebec .

At Jo rdan-Ste. Michelle Ce llars Ltd ., of

SI Ca thari nes you will find Bill Anderson, OAC '50 , head winemake r and plant superintendent and Ron Bea um o nt, CPS '69, quality co ntrol manager (Ca nada ).

Close by at Jo rda n Valley Wines Ltd . we're represented by mic robi olo gist Rick Rylk o, OAC '72, a nd P eter Kn ox , OAC'76.

John Parosc hy, OAC M. Sc . '75 , and John Duff, O AC'73 are in volved in soils a nd equipment research fo r the wine industry.

Bu sil y growing grapes in the Niagara Peninsula are Vi nce Lenart , O AC '53 A, a field man for Chateau Gai Wines; Jim Ba tcules , O AC '56A, vineya rd manage r for Chateau Gai Wines; Clare Wiley, OAC '56A ; Murray Pudd ico mbe, OAC '73, Bill P uddicomb e, OAC '75, and Bob Zira ldo, O AC '74.

C ond ucting government research a t the Horticultural Research Institute of Ontar io are To m Challen, O AC '7 I A a nd Ollie Bradt, OAC '38. John Wiebe, OAC '50, is at the Alberta Re sea rch Station, Broo ks.

Away over on the West Coast in British C olumbia, a t Calona Wines in Kel ow na , are H arold Bates , O AC '67; Bob Claremont , O AC '67, and Paul N elso n, OAC '70.

Also in B.C. , a t Summerland, is Ga ry Strachan, O AC '64, who is concerned with wine research a t the Canada D epa rtmen t of Agriculture.

There are probably more grape oriented alumni ou t th ere so mewhere wh o should have been add ed to this listing - forgive us if we missed yo u.

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campus highlights New members on Board of Governors

Rober! Kerr Donald MacD onald Jack MacDonald James M oreton Hugh Peacock

The Board of governors has announced the appointments of five new members.

Robert Kerr, OAC '68, of Chatham, Ontario, is president of Kerr Farms Limited and is active in a number of agricultural organizations.

He is president of the Kent County Cattlemen's Association and a director of the Ontario As paragus G rowers Marketing Board . I n addition, he is a member of the Ontario Institute of Ag~ologists and the Kent County Vegetable Growers Association. He is a member of the Board of Stewards of St. Paul's United Church.

Mr. Kerr is also a graduate of Harvard University. He has been president of Ke rr Farms Ltd. since 1970. While a student at Guelph, he served as finance cha irman of the University Centre Building Committee, in addition to his activities in student government.

Dr . Donald S. MacDonald, OVC '57 , has been in veterinary practice in To ronto since his grad uation.

In 1975, he served as campaign chairman for the University of Guelph Alma Mater Fund . He was chairman of the licensing and registration review board for the Animals for Research Act from 1969 to 1974. He is a member of the sports committee of the Canadian National Exhibition, and a member of the American Animal Hospital Association. He is a past president of both the Ontario Veterinary Associati on and the Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. MacDonald wa s born in Toronto and attended Upper Canada College.

Professor Jack R . MacDonald, chairman of the Department of Physics, came to the University of Guelph faculty in 1975 after

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spending a year as a visiting professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University. Prior to that he spent eight years as a member of the technical staff of the Bell Laboratories, M urray Hil l, New Jersey . Du ring his service at Bell Laboratories, he also served as an Associate of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Rutgers University, and as a Visiting Resea rch Associate at the Brookhaven Na tional Laboratory, Upton, New York.

Dr. Mac Donald is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and a native of Vancouver.

James M oreton is vice-president , Business Develop ment Division, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, head office, Toronto.

Born in Winnipeg, Mr. Moreton wa s educated in Calgary , and has been associated wit h the Bank of Commerce since he joined the bank in Calgary in 1936. During the ensuing years he represented the bank in Vancouver, Dallas, Chicago and New York before his move to head office in Toronto in 1971.

Among other memberships M r. Moreton is a director of the Ontario C hamber of Commerce; The T oronto Mendelsson Choir; the Junior Achievement of Metropolitan Toronto and is chairman, advisory board, Bureau of M unicipal Research. He was chairman, corporate division, United Way of Metropolitan Toronto for the 1977 campaign.

Hugh Peacock, of Don M ills, Ontario , served as mem ber of the legis lature for Windsor West from 1967 to 1971.

Since 1972, he has been executive secretary of the Toronto Newspaper Guild. He was appointed legisla tive representative of the Ontario Federation of Labour a year ago. In 1972, he served for a short term as temporary research assistant to Professor Abraham Rotstein, chairman of the research

and policy planning committee of the Committee For An Independent Ca nada.

Prior to his election to the legislature, Mr. Peacock served as research and ed ucation director, eastern Canadian region, International Woodworkers of America , and as Research Department representative , UA W, for Canada. He was active in many community projects in Windsor prior to his election to the legislature.

Mr. Peacock was born in Northern IreJand and was educated in T oronto schools and at Trinit y College, University of Toronto. 0

New OAe undergraduate major

The Ontario Agricultura l C ollege is adding a new major area of st udy in response to a public need for people trained in agricultural mechanization. The undergraduate major, approved by Senate last December will commence in the spring semester.

The major is actually a revival of a study area which was eliminated in 1956 when O AC underwent a push to put more engineering science in its course offerings. No other college or university has stepped in to fill the void, says Professor J. R. Ogilvie, O AC M .S .A '60, D irector of the School of Engineering, adding that in recent years there has been an increased demand for people t rained in agricultural mechanization.

The new major will concentrate on the technology of agricultural mechani za tion with a strong emphasis on business management. Students will also choose a seq uence of courses in animal and pOUltry science, crop science , soi l science or horticultural science. Graduates will be qualified for jobs in machinery sales, the management of agricultural equipment distributorships and machinery sales outlets, as well as farming. 0

OAC Agricultural Conference

Held during the first week of Janu ary, the annual OAC Agricultural Conference ha s become known to many rural people as fa rm

week on campus and this yea r's program attracted 1200 registra nts.

The imagina ti ve three-day program offered items of interest to a wide range of

producers and agr icultural industry personnel.

During the popular Poultry Industry School sessions , held at the Arboretum

Centre , recent research results on feeding, breeding and poultry management were

presented. The two-day Processor's Fieldmen's

Co nference, a lso held in the Arb oretum Centre , included items o n trad e negotiation,

machine harvesting, labour c hallenges and licensing of farm vehicles.

Day-long programs, held in the University Centre, featured farm business

arrangements, making money fr om milk, effic ient beef production and land erosion.

Many Guelph a lumni attended the

conference and th e presence of so me was record ed by the Guelph Alumnus camera ­hence t his photo-j o urnali stic presentati o n of activities at th e OAC Agricultural Conference '78. 0

Dr. S tan Young, OA C '49, co-ordinator of Agricultural Extension, with Jacqueline Grosbein, OA C 79A, and Eugene Lammerding, OA C 78A.

Allending the Fieldmen's Conference were: Earl Mighton, OA C '31; Corwin Scrat ch; Bob Sanderson, OA C '49; Doug Gendron, OA C '5 1, and John Ingralla, OA C '62

In Peter Clark Hall, the session was Aids to Efficient Beef" Produ ction.

Ken M cIntyre, OA C 76, gives an OK wink to th e lunch break hamburgers. His wife Sue, Arts 78, wears a smile ofagreement.

Al the Fieldmen's Conference in the Arboretum Centre: Bill1ngralla, OA C 71; Jim Krushelniski, OA C '72, keynote speaker Robin (FUlcher) Jeffery, Mac '56, ex-mayor of Belleville, and Bob Allen, OAC '60.

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More money to attract Ontario scholars

A revamped scholarship program recently approved by Senate will assist the University of G uelph in attracting top high school students in the province.

The University has expanded its scholarship program by about $163,000 annually and the additional funds will be mainly used to attract more O ntario scholars. The new scholarship program includes 75 entrance scholarships of $1 ,500 each and 150 early in-course scholarships of $500.

According to a C ouncil of Ontario Universities publication on undergraduate student awards in Ontario, the University of G uelph ranks lowest among the nine universities of comparable or larger enrolment in the total amount of money awarded for entrance scholarships ($60,300 in 1974/75). Guelph is seventh in the total amount of money awarded for in-course scholarships ($63,423 in 1974/ 75) and lowest in total funds for all scholarships. On a dollar-per-student basis , Guelph stands eighth in terms of ad mission scholarships and eighth in terms of total scholarship funding.

In its report to Senate, the Awards Committee concluded that Guelph's position in regard to scholarships awarded is reflected in its seventh place ranking in the proportion of its Grade 13 freshmen who are Ontario scholars (23.3 per cent in 1976) and recommended that the University could attract a greater share of outstanding students by increasing its scholarship funds .

Finding the dollars to cover the new scholarship program is simply a question of identifying non-formula (non-government) funds, says Vice-President, Academic Howard Clark , and using them to maximum advantage. For the past year and a half, President D. F. Forster, Vice-President, Administration Charles Ferguson, and D r. Clark have been examining various ways of using University income to "maximize returns." When speaking for the administration at a recent Senate meeting, Dr. Clark said, "We should and we could do it using non-formula money efficiently."

The new scholarship program wil! be incorporated in the budget as a University expenditure covered by non-go vernment funds.

The first entrance scholarships will be awarded next fall, replacing the 50 existing Guelph entrance scholarships, and are

intended to cover about half the estimated cost of the first yearofuniversity. Applicants will be judged on the basis of Year 5 admission averages , with 75 students receiving $750 after registration for their first

semester at Guelph. The second $750

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payment is cond itional on the student obtaining an "A" average with a full course

load in semester one and continuing in a program at this University.

Beginningin the fall of 1979, 75 students who have achieved an "A" average while carrying a full course load in semester one will receive $500 early in-course scholarships, as will 75 students who ha ve maintained an "A" average through their second semester. Because these scholarships are awarded on the basis of marks earned at Guelph , they are intended to partially com­pensate for variations in grading standards among Ontario secondary schools.

Entrance scholarship winners will not be eligible for the semester one early in­course scholarship but may qualify at the end of semester two, making it possible for them to receive a total of $2 ,000 . Students who qualify for both early in-course scholarships would receive a total of $ I ,000.

The number of scholarships available in each undergraduate degree program will be determined by the proportion of the University's total enrolment registered in the program. Although they will normally be awarded at the end of the fall and winter semesters, students who choose other than the fall entry point will also receive a scholarship jf their admission or semeste r averages are higher than the lowest qualifying a verage in the previous semester in which the majority of scholarships were awarded.

''I'm certainly not going to be embarrassed to send a scholarship offer to a student," says Gary Davidson, assistant registrar , awards, in expressing his

happiness at Senate's approval of the new scholarship program. "[ think we should spend more time and effort recognizing the bright students on this campus." He feels that Guelph has, in the past, unintentionally penalized outstanding students who may have turned down attractive scholarship offers elsewhere to study at this University.

"We have to encourage scholarly performance and certainly the in-course scholarships will do that." They may also open the door to further extensions of G uelph's scholarship program, suggests Mr. D avidson, as the colleges become aware of

the need to keep these students on campus throughout t heir academic careers.

"If we succeed in attracting a higher proportion of outstanding students," he says, "then that's an advantage because it. will have spin-off to the total student population." It will be good for t he academic sta ndards of t he whole University and will

provide a challenge to the colleges to meet the needs of these "A" students, he says. 0

Carrying on the old traditions

now 100 displays

campus-wide open house

Winter semester enrolment

Final winter semester enrolment figures have exceeded projected targets for both undergrad uate and grad uate enrolments. For undergraduates, the Registrar's office reports a total enrolment of 9, 751 full and part-time students. The projected figure was for 9 ,725 undergraduates. For graduate students, the Faculty of G raduate Studies reports a total enrolment of 704 fuJI and part-time students. The Faculty's projected figure was for 695 graduate students.

Of the undergraduate enrolment, 9,132 are full-time and 608 are part-time students. A further II students remain unclassified. New undergraduates registered for the winter semester total 387. Of these, approximately 325 are full-time and 62 are part-time students.

The Faculty of Graduate Studies still anticipates a few late students and Withdrawals, but these are not expected to greatly alter the total figure of 704. 0

J. Stevens apPointed

James S tevens

Professor James Stevens, Department of P hysics, has been appointed Assistant Vice­P resident , Academic. In making the announcement P resident D onald Forster stated that in this new position P rofessor Stevens will playa vital role for the University through being respo nsible for the detailed content of academic programs.

Professor Stevens will report directly to P rofessor Howard Clark, Vice-President, A cademic, as a staff officer. "This will enable Dr. Clark to devote more time to the vital area of long-term academic policy ," Professor Forster stated. The reporting relati o ns between the Vice-President, Academic and Deans, Directors , Chief Librarian and Registrar will be unchanged.

P rofessor Stevens has been at Guelph si nce 1957, when hej oined the faculty of the OAC as an assistant professo r in the Department of Physics. He was promoted to associa te professor in 1961 and professor in 1967. D uring his time at G uelph he has had leave to be a visiting professor at the Po lysa r Corporation in Sarnia as well as the Univers ity of Kent and the University of Ma nchester in England. He has been a consultant to the Ontario Ministry of Education, P o lysar C orpo ration and the C anadian Specifications Board .

Professo r Stevens is a well-known research scientist and has over 20 publications to his credit. Hi s research interest s have been mainly in the area of applied physics. He has been the recipient of severa l awards from ind ustry and government agencies. They include Polysa r, Abitibi Paper C o., and Sentrol Systems, beSides the National Research C ouncil and

the Defence Resea rch Board. Profes sor Stevens has served on many

committees and organizations both inside and outside the University. W ithin the University, they include the Senate and committees dealing with University priorities, University aims and Objectives , the University's academic and administrative re-orga niza tion, as well as many others. He has also served on several selection committees.

Outside the University, Professo r Stevens has served on many provincial and national bodies. From 1974 to 1977 he was chairman of the committee on academic freedom and tenure of the Ca nadian Association of University Teachers (CA UT).

He has held executive positions in the Canadian Track and Field Association , the Canadian Inter-C ollegiate Athletic Union , as well as CA T and the Onta rio Confederati on of University Facult y Associations . He is currently on the exec uti ve of the O ntario Universit ies Athletic A ssociations and is chairman of the curriculum study committee for the Science Teachers' Association of Ontario.

Professor S tevens was born in

alumni news

Man itoba , but soon after moved to Toront o where he received his early schooling. He earned his B. A. in mathematics and physics

in 1953, his M .A. in geophysics in 1955 and hi s Ph. D . in polymer physics In 1957, all fr om the University of Toronto. W hile taking graduate wor k he held the M cKee­Gilchrist scholarship and in 1973 /74 he was awarded a Nuffield Foundation Tra ve l Grant.

In addition to hi s unive rsit y career and public service acti vities , P rofessor Stevens, together with his wife, the fo rmer Ca rol Nichol, and their four childre n, operate a 132-acre fa rm just outside Guelph. They are raising 45 head of beef cattle in a cow-calf opera tion . 0

Your UGAA Executivefor197S...

Front row, (J to r); Rick Cawthorn, CBS '73, vice-president; Janet ( Thompson) M cNally, CPS '69, Vice-president; Olive (Thompson) Th ompson, Ma c '35, president ; Ken Bell, CBS '73, senior vice-president, president CBS Alumni Association; Judie (Earle) Meredith, Mac '61 D, vice-president . Centre rOIr, (J to r); directors Jackie Wemyss, CBS '74; Margaret (Player) Ex ley, Mac '67; Margaret (Kirkland) Shullieworth, Mac '58; ex-officio directors S andra (Johnson) Martin, M ac '69. p resi­dent, Mac-FA CS Alumni A ssociation; and Elizabeth ( MacNaught on) Sandals, CPS '69, president CPS Alumni Association. Back row, (Ito r); director Janice (R obertson) Partlow, Arts '70; ex-officio director John Babcock, OA C '54, Director ofAlumni Affairs and Development; Rosemary Clark, Mac '59, associate secretary, Ass istant D irector, Alumni Programs; Jim Elmslie, Treasurer, A ssistant Director fo r Development; ex-officio director Dr. James M illington, 0 VC '69, president, 0 VC A lumni Association; Dr. Thomas De Geer, 0 VC '54, vice-president; ex-officio directors Chris Hanna, presiden t, Graduat e Student 's Associat ion and Michael Streib, A rt s '69, p resident , College ofArts Alumni Association; director Judith Main, Arts '75, and ex-offiCio director Ewart Carberry, OA C '44, president OA C Alumni Association . For other members of the University of Guelph Alumni A ssociation ExecUl ive not p resent in the picture see listing on page 2.

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Off to Greece " Mo re than 200 requests for brochures fuJly describing the proposed Alumni T o ur to G reece have been answered and reservation applications ha ve been co ming in since mid December," report s Rosemary C lark , Mac '59 , as sistant direct or, alumni programs.

For those still stud yi ng the broc hure and still undecided , and for those about to write for it , we 'd remind yo u that the deadline for reserva tions for the April 16 to May I tour is March 15 - which is not far off.

Arrangements for pre-tour orientation sessions are being finalized so we'd suggest tha: the time fo r action is now.

If yo u haven 't written fo r a brochure then dash off your request for one with out dela y to : Alumni Tours, Alumni Office, Level 4, University C entre, Universit y of Guelph, Guelph , O ntario N IG 2W I. We'll shoot one to yo u by return mail. 0

Alumni Maple Syrup Festival

Rea c h right now fo r a pencil and prominently mar k M arch 19 on your copy of

the special 1978 Dateline issue of theGuelph A lumnus (which by now, no doubt, has assumed a prominent pla ce in your home or office.)

Plan on that date to attend , between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm, the Alumni Maple Syrup Festival at the Universit y Arboretum and t rea t yourself and yo ur family to a delicious lunch of pa ncakes a nd maple syrup that YOU help to make'

A lan Watson , CBS '73, A rboretum naturalist, is planning to tap ab out 150 of the 300 tall ma ples adjacent to the J . . Taylor Na t ure Centre in the A rboretum's Vic toria woods and set up a wood-fired evaporator. He is hoping that all who a ttend will ph ys i­cally ta ke part in the ga the ring of sa p and the boiling-off for sy rup, s ugar and taffy.

A display in the Nature Centre will cover th e sociol ogical and cultural impact of syrup-making down through the yea rs. Literat ure covering the subject and containing recipes involv ing maple syrup will be available.

"Snow or shine, we'll be o perating" is

the message from Ala n Watson. Join him for what's going to be a real fun event. 0

letters to the editor

The way it was in 1910

Dear Mr. Wing: Reading over the Summer 1977 edition of the G uelph Alumnus, I th ought you might like to have a word from one of t he last of Class OAC '14. War and tim e have greatly reduced the numbers living.

I was born in Kent, England, in February 1889, and in December, 1910, I came oUlfrom England to join the staffof the Dairy Department of th e OAC under Professor H. H. Dean. I spent that Christmas with my cousins, the Fran ces, near Hamilt on.

Atthe opening of the Spring term Profess or Dean said to me, "Mr. Golding, you wil/ teach the labs in separators andmilk test ing to the M acdonald Hall girls". I had never taught before and a class of 12 young ladies. averaging about my own age, was rather formidable fo r a start in a subject I knew lillIe aboUl. Ho wever, Ifound them quite co-operat ive, bUl j udged they were m ore interested in my accent than separators or milk . My English accent may haveformed a go od source ofhumour on their long walks back to the Hal/.

The next lab I taught wasfactory buller making to the second-year men (who I joined later in the th ird year). One of the problems resultedfrom summer bUlter having been stored and goneflshy inflavour. and it was being served in the dining hall - an invitation for my class to pocket pounds offresh bUller when my back was turned. A senior member of the Department, seeing the low yield we were gell ingfrom cream, told me in no uncertain terms that I should control my class beller. A short time later, when he was teaching a class farm bUller making, he pUl aboUl 30 one-p ound prints ofbUller on a window ledge to co ol. When he came to take this bUller to storage, only two pounds were left . I heard no more aboUl controlling my class.

Later, the studentsfound an ingenious method of gelling sweet cream which was stored overnight in winter locked in a small cold room with an open fa nlight. The large can of cream had a hole in the lid to help remove the lid when required. One night. with the help ofa ladder and a long thin

rubber tube put in to the hole in the lid, they siphoned out as much sweet cream as they wanted into dormitory water j ugs.

In the Fall of 19 12 I left the Dairy Department andjoined the j unior class (Class 1914) after having taken several supplemental exams such as vegetable gardening, bee-keeping, etc., which I hadnot taken in England.

Lewis Mosley, also' 14, j oined me in a dormitory bedroomfor two in the main building -then p rovided with ajugfor water, wash basin and slop bucket. One night,for my initiat ion, the junior class arranged a pillow fight (which I lo st) and I had my bedding thrown out ofour windo w. The sophomores on the samefloor thought they shouldjoin in thefun but were deterred by the Juniors with our slop bucket. Wh en I ran outfor my bedding, I had to avoid the sophom ore contributions.

Th e Massey Loan Fund has been a great help to students. Dr. George Creelman told the story of Jerry Hu rst who phoned him fr om the lockup in Guelph and said - "The sheriff has picked me up because l owe about 50 dollars to theflorist and the irony is that I got theflowersfor the Sheriffs daughter." I believe he got the loan that evening. I also go t a loan of50 dollars to tide m e over until I was paid by Io wa State College (now University) to which I had been appointed in June 1914.

A. E. Palls and Ij oined Iowa State at ab oUl the same time and roomed together. Both a/us enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force the next winter, he with th e Princess Pats, and I with the 91 st Highlanders of Hamilton. His rise from the ranks was spectacular as he became a Major General commanding the Central Division of Canada towards the end of the Second World War. Norman S. Golding, OA C ' 14 Apt. 207. 250. West George Victoria. B.C V9A I M6

As others see us

Dear Editor: As Head of Guidance and Counselling Ser vices, I receive the G uelph Alumnus and read it with much enjoyment.

Although I do not know your graduates, I must say that the Alumnus always contains excellent well wrillen articles that reveal pride in the A lma Mater.

Congratulations for an excellent job!

Rheal J. Caron, Head of Guidance Services Ecole secondaire Andre-Laurendeau 235 chemin McArthur Vanier, Ontario 0

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We haven't got a • • • • The Department of Alumni Affairs and Development has been bothered for some time by the fact that there are a number of severed umbilical cords ­those important pipelines of information between the department and alumni that are designed to transmit news of alumni happenings.

In an effort to make some reconnections, we've listed below some of o~u~ lost alumni together with their last known whereabouts and we'd appreciate . :/ .);\ any news at all regarding their whereabouts now - any clue will be helpful; ../' ......-~~~what town or city they live in; their place of employment; reference to a ~ friend or relative - we'll follow up.

Information, hot tips, clues etc. should be sent to Joe Brooks, Assistant to the Director, Department of Alumni Affairs and Development, University • • • • clue of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1

CBS '68 Cargo, Wayne, Burlingto n Dormaar, Kim, West Hill Kunau, Eva , Wind so r Worsfold, Robert , Scarborough

'70 Belfry, Derek, Stouffvi lle Bla nd , John, O ttawa C oleman , J. H ., S troud Doupe, Lind a , Brampton Fo ulds, Jam es, Spryfield , Halifax , N .S . Gibbons, Alan, Guelph Jefferson, John , Scarborough Kidd , Brian, Ottawa Lewis, Wayne, Newmark et Liddle, Maureen, Guelph McIsaac, Ma rgaret , Bobcaygeon Melbourne, Terra nce, Oak ville Norwood, John , Bran tford Robinson, David , Guelph Sawyer, Mark, Guelph Watson , C heryl, Toron to

'71 Burch, Rodney, Scarbo roug h Henderson, Donald, Port C redit Hoover, la n, St. Augustin, Quebec Jemmett , J ohn , Oakville Jones, Marvin, Toronlo Kn ox, Anth ony, Don Mills Rice, \Vayn e, Scarborough Swiss, James, St. J o hn's NFLD Wruttle, David , Is lington

'72 Aldridge, Richard , Guelph Brown , Patricia, Elmira Immerseel, J ohan nes, Brockv ille, Peacock, Stephen, Vancouver, s.c. Rehi ll, Astrid, Toronto Rogoyski, Matt hew, Toro nto Ross, James, Markham Wh it e, Barry, Dorchester Whit e, Elaine, Toron to

'74 Atkinso n, James, Owen Sound Beaver, Janet, Etobicoke Benjamin, J ohanne, Ottawa Evernd en, Deanna, Kingston Hagge rt y, Lloyd , St. Jo hn's Nfld . HaJJ, David , Guelp h Ham ilton, Mari lyn, Co bou rg HeJJewell, Robert, Mi ssi ssa uga Helmka, Mary, Listo we l Henderson) Joanne, Kingston Hicks, Kathryn, Islington Hiller, T ho mas, Stratford J o hnston, Steve n, Guel p h KeJJ y, Mic hael, Ham ilt o n Kempto n, Robert, Guelph Lindsay, David , Roc kwood Motayne, Gregory, Guelph Muckle, J ohn , Whitby Rubaszek , Andrew, Whitby Rubaszek , Lucia

Ryan, Patrick, Toronto Sokoloff, Stephen, Will owdal e Swan, Michael , G uelph Tupling, Barba ra, Guelph Tyne, John , Sudbury

'76 Alle n, James, GUelph De Souza , Peter, Scarborough Emery, Judith, Downsview Emery, Lo~ ne , Downsview Hea ld , Kenneth , T hunder Bay Huggins, Rod erick , K itch ener Koven, William , Will owda le Litke, Eliza beth, St. Ca tharines McAndrews, Carla, St. Catharines Mcquarrie, Paul , Guelph M iller, Gord on, Guelph Mille r, Susan, Guelph Oliver, Larry, Brock ville Zi linsk as , Doris, Ha milton

CPS '67 C urie, Sha ron, Burlingto n Lock, Wa lt er, Denfi eld Wilson , Ga rland , New Li skea rd

'69 Allen, George, Thund er Bay C han, f rancis, Toronto Einarson, Gregory, Douglas Grzegorwski, Ira , Ca petown H oman , Menn o, Hamilt o n Hughes , Jo hn , God erich La ngan, Mary, Rexd a le Paciga . John , Red La ke Pla tt , Margaret , Weston Steiner, Peter , Kingsville TunniC\iffe, Linda, Oshawa Turner, E. D., Toronto Weir, Dennis, Scar boro ugh Wi JJe r, Brian, D o n Mills

'71 AiJJes, Ca therine, Gue lph Andrews, M ichael , No rth Ba y Bruce, Kennel h, Hespeler Ca llaghan , Patrick, Ottawa C hapman , Robert, Guelph Charland, Louis, Scarborough Ch iu, Regina, Mo ntreal, P.Q. Chung, Nelso n, Guelph Ch ung, Alice, Guelph C hute , Ri cha rd , Brantford Debeyer, Thomas, Fredericton , N .B. Fleischer, Prulip, Inge rsoll Fraser, Colin, Freeto n, Sierra Leone , Afri ca Frisque, Michael, Ottawa Gata, Sydney, Guelph Gleeson, Thomas, Ottawa Howse, Karen, Guelph Kai ser, John, Gu elph Kem p, Patricia , Lond o n Leitch, Ri cha rd , Simcoe MacDo nald, Ke nneth, Tr uro, N. S. Macgce, Brian, Guelph

McCa ul , Ronald , To ronto McFad den , Donald , Wallace burg Mitchell, Andrew, Guelph Mo ntgom erie, Robert, Mo ntreal , Quebec Pelton , Laurie, Embro Ram say, Michael , Miss issau ga Richardso n, Will ia m , Shelburne R oje nko, Swjatoslaw, Ham ilton Ruby, Gerald , Toronto Stewart , Donald, Bram pton Stewart , Wayne, Waterloo Strupp, Mary , S t. Catharines S utherland, Anne , G ue lph T urnbull, David, Willo wdale Weiie r, Bria n, Walkert o n Winn , Irene, Thunder Bay Wood , Trudee, London

'74 Ayisi , J oshua, Alabama, USA Baxter, Richard, Toronto C hipman, Marsha ll, Gue lph Co rnacchia , Frances, Scarborough Devin, Joseph , Ottawa Grant , William, Lo nd on Paolini , Aida, Mi ssissa uga Schoch, Jean , Guelph Shek, Yuen- Ming, Bram pto n Street, Roger, Halton Hills

'75 Bonnett , Bre nda, Ha milt on Coates, Mark, Toronto Gushie, Michael, Burlington Howard, Kenn eth , Victoria , BC Hrabi, Mervin , G uelph Lawso n. Da vi d , Brantfo rd Lowes , Walter, Toronto Lubcrt , J o hn , Gu elph Ng, Chak , Barrie Ogbonnah, Amadi, Guelph

'77 Austin, Lee , Guelph Showalter, Ga yle, Cambridge (G)

HK '70 Burns, WiJJiam, Spruce Gro ve, Alberta Ca meron, Donald, Cha mpagne , Ill inois, US A Curry, Frederick , Windsor

'72 Beer, Robert , Mi ss issauga Co ttrell, Judith , Fergus Cummings, Gary, Edmont on, Alberta Fawce tt, Robert, Burlington Hunter, Rodger, Belle viJJe Whitley, Ma ril yn, Th o rnhill

'74 Dougall, Da le, Islingto n Harloff, Glen, Lis towel Lindfield, George, Kitchener Ma scola , Gary , G uelph 15

coming events March 11-12 College Royal Open House

11 Alumni Association Annual Meetings: College of Arts College of Biological Science College of Physical Science

15 Reservations deadline, Alumni tour to Greece

19 Alumni Maple Syrup Festival at the Arboretum 31 OAC Annual Alumni Bonspiel

April 1 OAC Annual Alumni Bonspiel 16 to May 1 Alumni tour to Greece 20 OAC Alumni Association Annual Seminar 29 Green Thumb Day at the Arboretum

May 6 Mac-FACS Alumni Association Annual Seminar

Alumni elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill alumni seats on the Senate of the University of G uelph.

Each year , the three-year term s of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire. R etiring August 31 , 1978 arc Dr. E. Rendle Bowness, OVC '32, Miss Isabel J. Lockerbie, M ac '30, and M rs . S. (Ann) Smith, OAC '52. T he terms of office of M iss Mary H ofstetter, B.A . '68, William D. Laidlaw , B.A. ' 74, and Ron T aylor, B.Comm. '73, will expire August 31. 1979. F rank A rchibald , O AC '39, Miss Gretchen Mac M illan, CSS '70 , and Dr. V. C. Rowan Wa lker, OVC '47, will sit o n Senate until A ugust 31 , 1980.

The a bove incumbents should not be renominated. All al umni who have graduated from the University of G uelph or its founding colleges a re eligible to nominate members to Senate. S ince the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June, the position of alumni senator is a working position, not an honorary one. Accordingly, only candidates w ho will be ina

position to attend meetings should be nominated. M oreover, nominees must not be registered for a degree or d ip loma at this U niversit y, nor be a mem ber of the teaching or ad m inistrative staff of this Uni versi ty, a s t hose groups are otherwise represented .

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates. om inations wil.l be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by Ma rch 20 , 1978.

Senate Nomination Form W e nom inate the following graduate(s) , ordinarily resid en t in Ontario, for election to Senate for the three-year term commencing September I, 1978.

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