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Gazette Bachelor of technology program approved launched forth C....,ntuladnnl to Robert fonner pret\dent of the Council of tI,. Stud_n' Union, and to the retlpl.nu of nearly 1.000 othu .... de'.... al ...r ....enclou,whollfromSt.,..'... receiwecI a ese. and beIt...w- from Chant....... John Crosbie .... WHnesclay, ..... "'/>AN"""'" L'I)'IIilUhoro-apa'><>n.a <;oonUy,and."'.yofhfe an hollOrlU'y d'><;IOI" "f ckpa:",Dhe<nlfcrrwd"". \'pfildk,ploair,lIleb 'twfint_ .. MdJ .. l)'eb'ledCOll&l'IIltilllW .... ataCOUllIJY. -.,..-- ofS..mlitolwSea.a_-Il.UIfcmU"I pu'l'1IIt;C1 pradaIt. Or Arm. " 1)'. .. dlo .... lOmcet\elt.chonol" 'When "'L fin;tlhought about hcr,lhc Ihatcooldn'lu,.. ""thout'lifisl>ery,1IIlIl .. -.aydDRS)mt-:.i:s"'IlhItlOCQllc:ll\'__ httleor..opopulauOll,nlb:inl(OOl'.lnd lhey'I'l:!>OdcpcndenlOl1thc"fislleryWc havcd,fJcrenth'5lQr)',dtfferent"lltun:,llut dmlolkd..f.198O,IIIllJhehddlhep:s ... 1996.wtRa.dtadodlUlO... .-. "PlaodmV....- ••• .. 1OicdlnJk;Irabbon,I$ .... "'uhlllllercoonuyandllllCr1lalJOnlllly,.an ""'ocaIefCl"lhecnVUlXllJlelll,ctlildral.hwnan Gotta have IT? Memorial has IT! Finnbogadottir to be honored at special convocation M monaJumVefSllY ha!lalokdan fprograms Ihcdil'loma In mf<.nnalion Icdmola,y (0). The new pro-- ..... ..... be.-...mlby1h:Sch:IoIrJeonu....c p-.wJuacaand y.oduatct:OfOOlCfpoll·sec- b"clyinlllgh-lCChnolor;yen'ironmenlS.'Thc program op:nWICS)'ilCms.induslr)'odooomaalpro. .-.,lquIccs.prllJtCl..... -. .. -.l laIions,inlTanCllllldlnteme:tapplicallOf\S,as - ..lII., ......... uf Me..,nat·li Cenlre roo- PcrsolLlli &lid ... wutcd dmdy wah .. adYiDy gm. mraecufITlIpCl;wistsfrornlhepnvall:and public seeton. ThIS cornmlllOC an Q11lO'na rolcm "-'III Ihe a,IIsa<;qU1ml dvnughthcdlplomarcmainbmcly3ndmilr ""* EnrolmcnI ... thcncwITpl'OIIaII....-.Jlbc ... ..lII_bc thl'l!'C-yeard,ploma (in Iny .-ca) from an lIl:C1\'dl!Cdpoil·sec:on<J.yIRSoLltuUon.SlUdcl1lS WIUbcexpcc1CdIOCOftl'IdclhcraugranfuU_ Mo. CoIllIlli. .. hile:. polil'5CICXlDlbry dcpec liS I ",glllrlQlltrn:dcnhOll in its own nghl.lhcdlplom.asimplyadds IOtlw academic 'p;I>SpOr1' by IroulldinJcntJcal lIun....na and prohlcm.ooh- m,abilJlleli'nl sbllIMlScmp6orabIcaroundlhc...mcL M ForllKll'Conforrnaooac:.lbcdipc-.. mi<h"",,,,", BrjllANGlww1 S .arllng.,n September. Memorial Umvcrs.llY Will offer I l»Iccalaurcate dcgrce,nteelmolo&Ytopcoplc: .. ho .. l>hlOacldabuslIlClSCOInJIO"ClIllOthc.. -"'''' lbeBTcdLJ'lI'OIJ-huIldli<.atedlMlb- ,'SU·U'U,"lk_lcdte,IUId .. ,lIbclp thcmadvancct05CnlQl"p0<:611lOllsorlllO'e ,nlonles.markelmll.purchll$lngorothcr Memorial's lalcst Thcprocram"'lllbcbmedatheMlIIOlIC !:mIdIy t-l PWfl UMll.... mcmbm of the unlversotyeQrnmunity.thc"'orld"on:e. and Ihcpro'o'lnce'licornmurutyeollcgc:$YJ- tern. Anyone interested in oblainin,. BToc:h.dccrcedlouklhave .... stimct-.lCllplClOlll.orhcallhlcicaa:$. Dr HqIlMillcr..-ho_MrslliSOciaW: lal:tforthcproaraml.dcscnbcdthcB.T«h. as"lhcfontufibklndaanyuflhcbrJcr Canao.llall b;l<;lIclor of 'e<.'hnoIOllYdcgreeoffel"$fw1hcrcducation for pcopoIc wOO are tedweally eaur>cd. bu. ,,·oo"l>lttoellnchthc,rlc:arn,n,CJ.pcn_ "The BT«h. builds 0. thcr dod batt- sround,n_hnolosyand,,,nlgcnenl "'Students need a 100II brOIld base; the provam Will heIpLhcmundcntandthcconlClttin"'hich AWcnb .. rUlikdy.--.,.bcconploycd,lhe prnsnm IS 5lnICtURd to w:1udc C(JInCI q_ ularlyoffercdlhroughdi5laIKeandothcr parH,me liludy optlOnl. The STech. dcgnoe forengJl>ce1;ng teel\llology diploma holdct$ ........ For_mformMlOn .... lIlcBTcdL procnm, conllCl Dr Fisher, d"Kb of InSllllCljon.1 [)e,vc!opment.ndSludcnl Scrvas, a 778-03S6.
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Page 1: Gazette - Memorial University of Newfoundlandcollections.mun.ca/PDFs/mun_gazette/MUNGaz_V29N19.pdf · 2 Gazette •Jun~5, 1997 []3 OBITUARIES ~NOTABLE Gazette Givingcreditwherecredit

.:::~ GazetteR~/'lo~519&8

Bachelor of technologyprogram approved

launched forthC....,ntuladnnl to Robert "endo~ fonner pret\dent of the Council of tI,.Stud_n' Union, and to the retlpl.nu of nearly 1.000 othu .... de'.... al~tsprWo'conltOtUlonl(L-fI)...r ....enclou,whollfromSt.,..'... receiwecIa ese. (~) and beIt...w- from Chant....... John Crosbie .... WHnesclay,.....'lI.O"'~ofoprin,«>owocatloftbepltonP.J·

"'/>AN"""'"T~~~~,~.L'I)'IIilUhoro-apa'><>n.a<;oonUy,and."'.yofhfean hollOrlU'y d'><;IOI" "f la"'~

ckpa:",Dhe<nlfcrrwd"".\'pfildk,ploair,lIlebn:r~ofhblnd..t

'twfint_ .. MdJ..l)'eb'ledCOll&l'IIltilllW ....ataCOUllIJY. ·1l>c'f'<."'13I~'OO- -.,..--"''''.lI1w~Jmar''the.lpCnI''I

ofS..mlitolwSea.a_-Il.UIfcmU"I~lbu~.plrtd pu'l'1IIt;C1CIblt5(J1~

~~'I pradaIt. Or Arm. " 1)'.

eqlIIined"'h)'M<.F~ .. dlo.... lOmcet\elt.chonol"

'When "'L fin;tlhought about hcr,lhc"'al..>lJlll'"",tk:nl.rl:~nllllgacounuy

Ihatcooldn'lu,.. ""thout'lifisl>ery,1IIlIl

..h"'b"-UI....,forllhollund~IB-.aydDRS)mt-:.i:s"'IlhItlOCQllc:ll\'__

-....-Dr_M~Aid.wlccb.tis¥Cr)'_

"'lOlheisbndolNewofOlll'daxl.~·s

httleor..opopulauOll,nlb:inl(OOl'.lndlhey'I'l:!>OdcpcndenlOl1thc"fislleryWchavcd,fJcrenth'5lQr)',dtfferent"lltun:,llutlhal~forpaw:rySlronJIw."

"h.~_ronlc:lrar'd.-­

dmlolkd..f.198O,IIIllJhehddlhep:s... 1996.wtRa.dtadodlUlO ... .-."PlaodmV....- •••~mxnl·.. 1OicdlnJk;Irabbon,I$ ....dl~llbolh"'uhlllllercoonuyandllllCr1lalJOnlllly,.an""'ocaIefCl"lhecnVUlXllJlelll,ctlildral.hwnan

Gotta have IT? Memorial has IT!

Finnbogadottir to be honoredat special convocation

MmonaJumVefSllY ha!lalokdanu~llIngo;:n:crnll.lllOilSrcpl"I1OU'e

fprograms Ihcdil'loma In

mf<.nnalion Icdmola,y (0). The new pro-­....._~.IheMayI3-.ofs.e.-,The~2lXlolnl:1ftlPWIl.....be.-...mlby1h:Sch:IoIrJeonu....c~1I.deJlpo:dIOIftPCRMnnoral

p-.wJuacaand y.oduatct:OfOOlCfpoll·sec­ondaI:y~lnslItUl>OnslOworleff~­

b"clyinlllgh-lCChnolor;yen'ironmenlS.'Thcprogram in~oI~C5,"lenSl~traimnl,"a11

&a:tsofillfOflNllXJn~.illdud'llI

op:nWICS)'ilCms.induslr)'odooomaalpro..-.,lquIccs.prllJtCl.....-.taa..nc.~~pubb,"' ..-.ldcnmcnl~lIlUlti-mc:diaJll'lXl'l­

laIions,inlTanCllllldlnteme:tapplicallOf\S,aswclI.~lOinlegraiedbuslllCSlldu--.....,.......1O~Col..lII., ......... ufMe..,nat·li Cenlre roo- PcrsolLlli &lidF'I'ortsuonaI~(CPPO).dleu ...~ wutcd dmdy wah .. adYiDy gm.

mraecufITlIpCl;wistsfrornlhepnvall:andpublic seeton. ThIS cornmlllOC willl\a~ an

Q11lO'na rolcm "-'III Ihe a,IIsa<;qU1mldvnughthcdlplomarcmainbmcly3ndmilr

""*EnrolmcnI ... thcncwITpl'OIIaII....-.Jlbc

1n-.!1Ild~1n~lOrrutlnI

lhequa.~...~_uflllc-.auy.~..lII_bc

""!"ftd101d;l1ll~~(JI"a

thl'l!'C-yeard,ploma (in Iny .-ca) from anlIl:C1\'dl!Cdpoil·sec:on<J.yIRSoLltuUon.SlUdcl1lSWIUbcexpcc1CdIOCOftl'IdclhcraugranfuU_umcmlwOCiJnSCI,:l,II~llI:JllCliICrlior~~

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1O·Ill*-5CalIICIaydetrce(Jl"dq*aIa.~Aid

Mo. CoIllIlli. ~And ..hile:. polil'5CICXlDlbrydcpec liS I ",glllrlQlltrn:dcnhOll in its ownnghl.lhcdlplom.asimplyadds ~a1uc IOtlwacademic 'p;I>SpOr1' by IroulldinJcntJcallIun....na and prohlcm.ooh-m,abilJlleli'nlsbllIMlScmp6orabIcaroundlhc...mcLM

ForllKll'Conforrnaooac:.lbcdipc-..mrorra-.oB~,c::8117f».m-1979,

or~J""~lehtlpj/w_.,;unun.caIaI

mi<h"",,,,",

BrjllANGlww1

S.arllng.,n September. MemorialUmvcrs.llY Will offer I l»Iccalaurcatedcgrce,nteelmolo&Ytopcoplc: ..ho

.. l>hlOacldabuslIlClSCOInJIO"ClIllOthc..

-"''''lbeBTcdLJ'lI'OIJ-huIldli<.atedlMlb-,'SU·U'U,"lk_lcdte,IUId .. ,lIbclpthcmadvancct05CnlQl"p0<:611lOllsorlllO'e

,nlonles.markelmll.purchll$lngorothcreommen:ialll<;li~nies.Memorial's lalcst

dcgrcepopan_~byScfIIIClIl

ApnIandbythe&.dol~JCI'II5ia"by

Thcprocram"'lllbcbmedatheMlIIOlIC

~(MI).1hou&/lit_dew:klpcdby•!:mIdIy t-l PWfl UMll.... mcmbm ofthe unlversotyeQrnmunity.thc"'orld"on:e.

and Ihcpro'o'lnce'licornmurutyeollcgc:$YJ­tern. Anyone interested in oblainin,.

BToc:h.dccrcedlouklhave ....'j~l1yaoc~,ICd_b.oIocYdlplomaln,""",1Cld

stimct-.lCllplClOlll.orhcallhlcicaa:$.Dr HqIlMillcr• ..-ho_MrslliSOciaW:

CJ.oc:u"~dlftCUlrwhenthcprogramwas

IplX'O"cd(Dr.~Fuhcr.nowlheoon­

lal:tforthcproaraml.dcscnbcdthcB.T«h.

as"lhcfontufibklndaanyuflhcbrJcrCanao.llall unl~el"$"leli.··1l1c b;l<;lIclor of

'e<.'hnoIOllYdcgreeoffel"$fw1hcrcducationfor pcopoIc wOO are tedweally eaur>cd. bu.,,·oo"l>lttoellnchthc,rlc:arn,n,CJ.pcn_

"The BT«h. builds 0. thcr dod batt­sround,n_hnolosyand,,,nlgcnenlbaclgrO\lndln~lIalCrialtralnlnl.~Dr

MillcrloldthcGtJ~lltla.-itmooth"'Studentsneed a 100II brOIld base; the provam WillheIpLhcmundcntandthcconlClttin"'hichthcrlot:tlDologyisllSCl1.~

~·blJcpen:en.ofBTtch

AWcnb ..rUlikdy.--.,.bcconploycd,lheprnsnm IS 5lnICtURd to w:1udc C(JInCI q_ularlyoffercdlhroughdi5laIKeandothcr

parH,me liludy optlOnl. The STech. dcgnoeforengJl>ce1;ng teel\llology diploma holdct$

isnotcquJvalentlOlhc~ofengJncc:r·........For_mformMlOn .... lIlcBTcdL

procnm, conllCl Dr Fisher, d"Kb ofInSllllCljon.1 [)e,vc!opment.ndSludcnlScrvas, a 778-03S6.

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2 Gazette • Jun~ 5, 1997

[]3 OBITUARIES ~ NOTABLE

Gazette

Giving credit where credit is dueIn Ih.lIIticle in the May I~. 1997. Gauu£ (Memonal wekometLtwmdsdeleg:lleS,agau'o.p:l,.:12)_shovldha'o'Cpoin!r:doot1hal

the details of arranging on·Clllf\PUS bousing fordelegales to lhc

Congrt,,~of L:arned $<>.;it:tie!l w... ~Q-<JI"djrntto:dby Jean Yoi.-er of

Stud<n1 HousrngancJ FoodScrviccs

ShcisagroduaoflheHoMlrd$dll:dofPubhcll..llh.ndiscu,,"nrly'"assisIanlprof...orofheahhpolicyllldbca-llh""""dohverymlheFocuhyofMtdicine-

Darryl~(..ro....~.~yar

Slod.nlinrh.FocohyofBoSln...AJ"""'Slt3I>OO1.t....retorncdfromlh<AS"·p>cir,,, EronomrcCo--<>p<""'"(Al'OC)mni<t<nal"""""i'heldMay&lOin~,wh=hc_J*lofl

S1 •."",mbcrrltl.,lhOilr."""sonll"1Dnodian )'OI4h. Mr. Sltal1Qn was do.>.... lOlIlCfldbaocd""hi.parli<.'ilX"ionii.lh"",-"rck Inl.,n<1coof,..nc<'"VouthanJ Trad•. "'bich invol,edOrnodi... "",VCf'Sily>ludcnls..

TkedclcgationPKp·rc<la,honrcpon.nrirl<:dVoulhandl""AP!OC

~n~:~a~~~;"1 ~r~~"f.,~r:~:~eilA~F~Thortp:lf1OO1hncdd>allcn&<s

faccdby)'OWlWOlQi"ilVldrn.u....inlheA>ia-Pacif....gioo.anda5Crie&rJn:<:<1mrncndallon,.im<dlormpro..

~:I~i;"=ofaninformaIC.nw.A..._PociflCVOOlhCooniI. ....... of..dIongI:pro.

==::~~=":==onlheAsla-P....6crq;on.

T'heSI.John·.narive ..idhc ......

proW 10"1"""'''' Ncw1'<:>TndIand ondLtndoratlUdJi~rrw:>ttin&"Hc

addcd,·ThcMiaPacif.. qionlsand"ill coolin"" lObe rllo"""'l ••cillnl........ oflhe\loO'ldin1<lmSof~fJ'llCIIITIIanddevdopmcnl.This,.g;c,r.is irt'{JOrtlllllOCanadion)'OWl as"", ...lh. le~d.rs "flomorrow.•nd ""lhyooth'si""...."ngund<Blaniii"'.nd""""lJU-nce"flhelncrcdrblopolenliailbot ••iw;iTJ ..... rqioo.""'IVIU .......rboIConod.do<snotmos,lhen",ny<JPPOf1lDli<>."II1abl<."

Dr. Dorton Novill•. Commonilyl-blth,is ........... du<f<UI<UI.... offio<fofrb. N."f""ndl.nd.nd LobBdor~bliralthlnf""""""",ShelVllI

bo'""J""l'Siblef <b'OkJpl"llastrllCgicplan for lhe orpoi'MKln and pro-"d,ngo<lmin'Slrariv.leo<lersh,p.DrNcviIIob<pnhcr.,.,...".inlhc ......"SfI.ld. IIld bas u!CflSi'••aponence ininlcTlSl ......... ondpsycluotn<:nlnlnl·

Dr. Tcny Morph,. (..ro....). a 1<bgIwsstud... prof....... ondM~·'dean01 aIlS. WlISprcs<nl<dWllhlheGoorge&\",'ardOcrkA..-ard for 1997 at r'"......... <Iinro<o'of ..... Cano<bonC3thoh<:HiSloocol AloIQCi31ion(CClIA}rn Sl.xm·sonJonc:~.Tho~lSpmr:nlld

e'o""Y"""y.... bylheEn&ll>lJS«toonof lh. CCHA. Dr. Mu'phy ......dr:saibcd ... YI<lfIIryrocipl<nt"ro"hasw::eIl<drnscl>:llorlyv.OO:;andpr.oblK:a.­lioosd<al"'illlitlllherohglwshiswryofCanodo."Last)'<MDr.M..p,y~­

ed ("'lh Robeno P.nn);! C""..u~lIillory of ChriWtmuJ ilt Co""~',,

«(hfOfllU 'milyPross~Hohas~

.M<roorioI I97~.ond ........... ofI.... O'pon nlofR.hgjousSru<h.sfroml9ll6-92.Ho_o:tmoddeonolonsinl99J.DrM...p.yis·kJni-limtIlT<ff'b:rof ..... CCHA.andhe........,.j.lheFnglWlSoctioo·se<litor·in-dlI<fforCCI/Al/imrlaTJSltldiafrornl9ll8-90.

S_n, Gmnony. Sporn. I'" UnircdStar:sondMW::nMs.GclI&'<itocti....inlOOrismondronvrurury.t-dinllla­a........ lhr:Northr:mPatinsulo.S... isinvolve<lin lhtWomon'.Enr.rprisoBuravondisprosidcnloflheVrk1n&TIlIiITwism""""""",,Aowdl,>h<giv<sCft:l-lhtdofhcrl'o'<t:kJy ..... "'lheEiJ.,Dud F""ad.t,on of DochUnhmil<d. """'" bas =ate<l.mPoYment for local womcn in """"",alK",

1CIi"lJ<Sandmlh:prm:otildrsU)'

Dr.Nftl8OIhop'.1fIIlSIIlionofRobcnLa.Iond<·.now:IU""MkJ<-ltied'/l·IlS'U(IN'-"'!fuiOa>fO Glmtjlasb=I.-dtd.CInodoOulcilllVlSlo­tioncnn.MfIAlnde•• Qr.dx:c....­ondlClor,hI5""""oumcrousl,lonrypn=iodIIllinIlhe"""""""G:nml',A,.,.,..,jfurfict;oninFrondLDr,Boshop".pn>f..... inMtm::rill·s[)eportm<rl;01 I'ItnchlltWJ SJ&lI5h.

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W.y.,.Kl"i"" bocooarned dir<l<1<:o'oflh:P.J.~lnsoolIefor.funJ....­

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Dr. ElIaabtl!l Cburch. Co<m..IIi"1Cont... hI5b<enapp<linrcdlOdin;c.o1.odpnafacultySlalUS.lheMlIIn.,,,u

Scho<>lofProf,SS>OIIaIP'ydlo!ogymM,nnc.pohs.M,nn"for.lh~·y.ar

l<m\lndi>i<Ulsd'loocnforadjlWtfac·o~ySlllUlSbov1:~ym:lcrgon<.

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Dr. QorDorl<.Fmryofli.du::aoon."on flr" prrze ,n the 1997 N.,,­fooodlondandLobradorPI.y"nllngCornptuionfurlll,IlI!b1Ca1dr3moOl'ljromHrrr(i<:e ..... Oul& AtoII~Dr,

DoyIo·sv.OO:;_dl<-.from&fOOllllZOnc"scripu:hispfi..,i.$I.{O},n....... """oirt.... bck<ls,ondlhe<:JWCflU·nuylO~hlSscriplduri"ilJ>c

lnlcrn.1ion.IDramaF."rv.linSI

xm',inJuly EIlnlMo: Pam frampron GRJlPHJQl:NodrncOsroond

On May 14. at its IIlIIUII Portncn Din· REGUlA. CO"mUauroIlS: Son" B, Glov... Jean GrWm

~:~l:~~~~::~~:~~;~~ SbooooG~~=~:::~:Il::::UZ~dIb1997 N."foondl.nd .nd L.brador ~rm»~vvt:lmSl1'iG:J_RyIO

Enlrq>rell<Uf of I'" V.... Ms.Gen~ NotGruft;r d<ad6..., Ju... 12forJ..... 19 publication.o....... Tudoroon:Wil<l<fTl=lOOgein ThcG«tmris~n"""-..llybyIhoM<:ro<lI'UIIlhu""'1"'-Maln8ro<&. ... lheNonhemI'mIn5ul.. ~NewsSavia:.. IheDi...... oflhu...,..;ryIld>llono .. Mano<ioIRhondoMlIChel"""".If1.~of u.._yTockamo.. Wildom..,lodg.and. M.".. .. IheGw.i<rr<mo)'bc _"'~_pmIIIlOi<Ja.""""""*MemorialUni.......rySlLJ<l<nt,""""JlIcd _b""""*'Ihoe-''' __caeu;''''<uprri.ctlo.lhe.ward ... b<haIfdMs..G:ngl'-Tho "'*"'-and_.,IheGa$lr.Division...-Ufti '

........IVIItI_<llablishedinl986by Il"'""'-.Arlsand~B......,R'"""A-I024.McmonoIU ylhefaculty'sPJ.Gardin<rlnstiwtefor ofNcw~S1._·.. Ne»~ArCSS7SmaIiBosi..... Sllldr•• lOr<C<II\nize T~,737.2(4l Faa,7n.-.w E-rnoII,ae-lImorpII..........eo

d.monm.l.d.nlr.po:,..orial.pinl WorldWi<l<W"'.hupJ~, .eoIuru""'_ ISSN'(l22t.tITltl1nJul;ttlhe<Slllblisl'<r'oofa~ w......_ot_ _U-....,......_il....u.-.., ...bla5iras.M.. GaJFsurl<dTudoroon: itot"J_t>,''''__b'''_",~

7~~~::~= ~--::'U;;,~~",~..-,.inm:oscllldblackbeorlultmg.fi.... IoI_U....mr,_~.Q",..n..I~"'__ IIo< ...iy,u,(

in"and~kUism.Tho~ Nr»f<_~-t~.~,-"_...-""IIo<<ItaIl<Iqn.. I'''J>W:.nycorKi..... lOgrow.ondllmWcus- p,a-t"'lIItiJnieraprrfllrlflfl\lIo<,,-,,">,.torn<rsfrom sud> <nlIlUi<s.Norwoy. '-'--__----' ----' ---'

swdmts .............. oflhefaathllJo:ondlmodo)WCona<tiancilizms.....

Dr,Powcr ..... tt....w.orofGmuofN~ft-l1onJPorrry(I967). and ro­Vo'OJIe'1lwP..-..oftltrPmIfl1lllHaroldHorwood (l989).An.".rd-Wlnning[XI<l.helloll"dlnspir'Oooundess<lth<r

~~l~~="::::::ororydoclOrofl.w, d.gr« hom~UniV<nilyinlm.HoislUl'·

viv.d by ~IS "if•. Mory (Cro.bi.)I'<>wor;child..nRoscmorySolliv.n.GotIn.d<lcOoir.ElhelDobbin,Rob:naF\Iw<r.Gr<gayI\rw<rJr.• GaryI'l>w<r,DonoIdl'l>w<randlh:ufarnili<s,ondboyC<lUoll."Olkerrelaliv... fric:nds.nd

..... '"""'i1cdlObe~lloroflhtUnw...nyofBinllln,h.am.ln.rnbwcIOSirAnk<1Jf'.'bh<hcd,nlhe

~~~I==~~:ofh"iKal.51acb,.,."",nu.llheUn' .......nyof Bimtinghlmlht,",,*.mmIIllOfloflpropomolinl<1.floCUlry>IUdlu."iooponlhewindowsof.'<r)''lookm's mind 10 ",,,,,,rb,ng "onhOIWyiOloor.idtlhesclr:ou:>e>forhrsdo"","

FromI9S8-til,Dr,Ailknch.aircdl.... commiU<:e of 'i<:e--<:lIanc<lknandprincipals of tb. A"oci.lion ofUni'.....b.. of Ike Bmr5hCUm""",·.......lh. H."IS I<rugblcdin 1960.ondIt\ircd,nl968lOdo',,,"''''''''UmtlOfomily.muSlc.lht31reondgar<kn'ngS"Aill.n"a, predcc.a..dby his""f., M"'1alOr, in 1991. H.iss.r·V1vedhya"",afIlIlwodauglurs.

allhe UIU ......ry 01 Vtnronl wll<nlheSooondWOI1dW",sunt:d.AfIo'sm'_

ini .. • ..·morforrheOff""orWorInfonnorion..... b:carreassocioaerm­f."", of Engl"b at Black Moont&inCoIItge.NonhCarohno. A r-lll<tllobegorIhi$22_yeorcar=assciax:cedi·l(W'forlheU£ForNSor>1ce.AfIo'hemu.d.DrMem;l;~rru:hofhi,

timokl ...bnghlS2().fOOlsloop.Dr\brid":aspr«leceascdboyhi5

firstwif.,Kolt.lltWJhi5son.K1m.Hoi'.u,vive<lbyhisscrond ..';f•• P'lnciaIi."ing Mernck:.on. Au".n.•nddaJghW.Suson.lltWJlheIrfarnill<S,>Pdby.cirdeol<:Ch<r ..laiv<s>Pdfri<nd5.

Dr. ElhollT M.rrick III, onhooorory gradr.r.al. "fMorn­orioIUru"""'ty,dicdApnl22

IIlhe,,#of9lDrM,md"3IIbom,nNcwkncy

lltWJ""""*d.VoIoVru"OMy[';U')"Shi. hf.M.. he r"oakd mony I""'''.lncluJ'ng""tiogandcd,t'n'.... llng.farm,"g.odt.""h'"8,bUl'IW"lkerrerilofhi$ wriun8.oou:L.bradorfor",'hdI'" ",-",gi""" III honorIrydoaorofl<ll<ndtgroefromM"",orial",l985

Dr M<tridjoln<:d lheGlmrdJ ~"""'",ol929 ... lC:I<h<:rin.rotherly~rador1()Wn_TIOWlhe ..t.ofGoo5clbylirporl_ ..tI<rc"'rrclhi,fi.rtl.R",f•. Kal. Au.l.n.• nu... fTOmAuwali •. His fi"'hook. rrurN,,"h(l933)d<saibcsindiaryfurmth<irti ....inJiwador,Jiwador ..... lhedlj<clof<:Ch<rboob.wdJ.Ifldudi:I&FlWtandFi",.andNonArmN~=.""""''f'<Ol

17'o1«bonlheNrwYortT...... besl_SCllcrh>lDr.Morid·,hlCf3f)'cartCt•"oinctuded>lOn<5pr.obl~inlT'QgO'lin::s""", .. lWJt:kr·lo.~,TheNrw

:;:,:;.~~~';.ro;~~::~:Sludi.s"n lh. Qu«n Ehubcth IILibr.ry,;' rh. IOI""'lory for DrMorid'slilcr3rypopers.

Dr. Merrick bod rolum.d rOlkeUTWcdSlall:SandWllSnmng~

Or. Elliott T. Merrick m

Or. Gregory J. Power

H<nn')'~Dr.GrepyJ

Po"'.... mo"inlO ......yNevo':<udond<n. for 1m 1'f'l""'S'­

anOlhlcl.. pohlician.busl............ and

==ayl~ .... ll8.folkMire.

Dr. I'<>wer""s born in Donv,II•.P\ace1Ili. Bay.afIlI " .... «b::olcdlhercandrnSl.Joho·s-rnduJinlalMcmorill UniversiryCollcKO. An 001·stondidI.tdetc.htwasa.......t<roflhr:NcwfwMbnd \tam forlhe 19)(1 Bm./lErnpreGamos;lIIberwlooisfoR:cdhlsMlft1'IV:IlIfrorn'JlOflS,Mnolfrornlrl'<

~=~~~=.::::CanodIllihehodapn;lhosilln=.ln1... 1950sbc ....... d"'.. ISSOCI~of

Prtmo<rJR.SmlIl"'>ld.andhtldlheoonot poolS of I1IIniSlClroffinara. andrnini5l<rofhigllwoYJ.

~~~~~~=covcm........ and ..... ...,;u"''OOU:hisCOfIC<rJ\SinhosLillcningPuslco/urminn.r E~lti"l T~lr,ram. v..... la'or.~.Dr.SmoIIVoOJdIlldDr.1\rw<r

buriodlhehllrchotondrosurnedlhe"do•• I'riond5IoI'.Forlhe=ofhisijl'<Dr,l\rw<rmnoir>:<lpnulofhi'offilia­lion "ith on. of lh. f.lke .. ofConl'odomoo. lOlIiq: Mcrraial paW.... inl995: ..I.....,.athllllWl)'ofyw

Sir Robert Aitken

S;,RobenAllk.n.;IIIlIooorarygradual. ofM.roorial (Ll-D.1961) ,,110 "a, r.nu"n«!for

ki,comm'lm.nllo.dU<:aliOfl.di.dApfi110.agc95

RobcnAJrkctlbcganki'c:arttraaphy,ician. Born in ..."z..alandOflApnll(,.I901.lloSl,,,h.d,,,,,,,"inc.lheUn""'Brr.yof~lhenlllCroied

London Ho'pilal, En,l.nd.undor.lUlodos,dllll;>r<hJp.Alkr""""-'''ll''....d.rinth.Blll1kl'<>'lgrWu.l.McdicllSo;hoolinLondonfroml935·Js. ... "'.. app<liottdugil<rprof...orofm.dicin••ltk. Universily "fAbenkr:n. T'he..... " .. mvolvedinlhe <k>".lq>mc:nl of h<>s.poral prov""'",n Sc<ll1;>nd.1Ild wascaui/lt up in lhe• X<:I'"""'"'ofp<>sl...... l105piwr«:""·WUCI,,,,,lIldlhcnc,,N31IOflalH.a1th

""~Durin,lkel.l.1940s.ndoa,ly

1950>. Dr. Allkon,"",",,",vioc<hln­cclkxoflheUni"OfSilyofOtago,lhen

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Cleaning up inthe windy city

Coming sea summitsparks interest all over

al Memonll to SboWCIK OllrtalcnaalldUpcnlK,- Dr May$Mi. "1'm IookJne ""-d 10 loa:nf pwIICI...... m- fKlllIy -.1Malfmcmbcn..wdI.aIwmI~

oftbe morllOrtum lin eOolstaleommullilJes;tbelllstttuleforSodal anti. EroIIomic ReKatdIWliisbowasc:~;and

IIIIhropoIocistDrJim1'llct_Dr. PnsCI1a hnouf Wlll disaIa.-dIaeokIsYilllbcpl'O'uta:.

Seve:ral orpIllzalions will be

Iddatcmoctal&S-confm::nca.pIl'tofthcSwmuldthcSea.n:ludinr:thc~eo...il

011 Oceanic Rcsourcc:s(chaftd byDr. Nell Boscofthe FacuhyofEri&JnecringIildApplICdSclence).wluch will tDd lIS fCilllarcouncilmeelulsandhoslaworbhop.

~The Summit oflhe SCI iseJltremely broad in scope," SI.dMr. Finn. "h will certainly be thcmajor mlenWioual ev~nl we had

hopcdforWe'~gcttm'lIllwflll

101 of LDleresl." ...e·"~ had p/lcln.tcalls,e-mlih.andfue.frumV,e.nlm. Selle,al, Peru, Sewzal.nd-.Uo,ert!Jl:world,tally. ,,"e could have had ~.tnl

peqllchcrc-ifwchadlbelCOOlll­JnIldaIlonsinSl.kD:l· ..

If you or )'OUI' orpuubOIllloItttere*dinboitlltal~or

ifyuu'djlllthulObo1!I-mon:aboul Summtt of me Sea, call129-1991.'<;>

8'rJlNlGMlw.!

Q ..... I.•_~­IhOIl'O bosorV"d.s

Fillnbo,adolt,r,formc:r

~dkdal."lIotllcia1ly

=h:~=~~ .....we·ve had phone ails..mrs d ooof~'"~ e-mails, and faxes fromeJ\a1lIIlIIlIlheSllSUulliMedcvdop- Vietnam, SenepI. Peru,...... dooe-fCKIIIroIS. New Zealand _ allover

Memorill·.pres,denl, Dr

iC::;=~~~':~~:~; _d>e_worl_d._""---,-"'_"__jcct he', obviously ~nthuslasnc The partieipallon of mlnyabout ~presenlllivesoflhcunlVenily

~A ITQjorconferenee on lhe communily has already beenoceans lSlhc moSl ""lurallh,ng confirmed aceordingloe_enlwe could be doinllas part of organizerDaveFinnTh~Manne

Cabot SOO ob.ervallons],·· he Inslltule(MIj will CO-hOSI the5aidrccenlly."Wedecldedon evenl,llong,,"'ithlhefederllthe hononly <k><:lorate Ilia ... ay Deparlmeol of Fisheries Ind10 live fncu~ 10 the o;onfc~fI\;e, Ocean5. and lhe Fi.hen~. Re·10 recogllll.e th~ work done IoOUrtt Co....er'l';WOII Couocll'o",Md I 5U>UlIlabl~ fishery III a llutt-da) open~ fU!llllnIkclaPd. and 10 focl.ll on Ibconc C>ljUlpment forS'lblltnablcCOWltI) U1thewurld wbcre1bil ~nes. MI,. a "orld leader II

~a1111ft"_ dc,dopmcnlofllUo:beqtl,pmesaI-The Summ.. of lbe Sea !lding a shrunp lnI.. 1thIII hal

~1llI:CIl"l~8Ildfora nIdIooedlbcb)'-cal<;hfoclhnmpfrom douns of different IrlJUIl' ruben from \lIlI per «nl co 1""0

O\'UIIIRe-..utpcnod.and.l pcrCCl:lL..·,11 also bn.., aneatlOlllO the Tltcc<JDfcralDl' ...lIappca1lOdIVerse marlllme e1~n.se It people from many dlfferenl dl5­Memon.alUIII'"a5'1y ClplilleS. For example, Dr Lan

""Thtsisrullythebcltoppor- Gin oflhe Sehool of NUr1i11l,J

IOIIIIytb:al:we'vehad .. myyars ..~lspeatOllthebealtlltmpKIS

1IIIdf'iWyPaft.AppnwmIIdy 200 pcopk ...

the St.Joba'scampus fillcdISOhap wn.h 1ndI. 1M. ,ItheredforasoaalMHaIl:tIerHouK.AIMI, 6Optople look pan and 60blCloflrashwcrccol1cclcdMembers of the MI communlly~-ankdthvnsclva""llll.bIr­

becuc:afterwwd$udsaythey'll:pl......i"l 10 mUe the clunup anannualevent,IOO.~

DUPllC utremel)' b'lb....... m.ymaullcnoftDeIlIl,versllydoaned

..-.al clolhei., pbbed prbqetweslllldheedalmlhusial8callyClllI IIlIO CampIt ae-.p n.y ...llluncby.).byU.The~St.

Jobn'.ea...,....ca.up_orp­aized by SUIdt:nl AHansaRdServlces, Student HousIng,Facihlllcl ~lIn.lemelll, theCou.llC'd of the St1.llknts' UnIon(CSll). the ~hn~ lnsulllle (Ml).

Continuing Ed hopes newstructure will strengthen image

~IN BRIEFFunds allocated for student job program~ Stu<knl Oc:velopmenl se<;tion of the Office of 51lllknt Affairsand Services aI1llOUllCcd late last month lhlt Mcmonal Universityand the provincial DepaTlmen! of Human Ruourccs andEmployment are teaminl up to admInister the Student Work andServICe PJocrarn (SWASP) II the urnvers'ly, and lhatS300.000hasbttn a1loclllld for thIS purpose. SWASPlIlms 10 creale clllftrdeve!­OfIII'C'nlopportunJUc:s for Memorial ~udenlS, and provldell'lcvanljobs.earc:hsk,ll5rorthefulure,SWASP,sfulldc:djomtlybythepro~lnc.al and federal lO"cmmeTlU; lllC' program offen ~lllllcntl aIU1IJ(lIIVOUC'hcrtndmpclldfor".-orki"laacl:numbcI"ofbourl..i1iscxpcacdlhalSWASPwlilbcIpMcmonaIltudcnu.C>pCClailyltu­dea• .-mu.1ll1bc dc\dopmm. oflhcu QfU:f plam, ... III Ibc uan­_fI"OlllJ'O'l~~lOlbcllllOrtf~Formon:lIllor­

_ion abou. SWASP. COllUlCt lbc Employmcm Seo.ca CenU'C_0:Jucbl- Colqe, Sl. ""'5, 731-2(133

Head for the garden this summerTbo:MemonalU"\'CnltyofNCOII'f~BocanocalGardcDbaI

_ specIal plans for ~,s,ton mis summer "f1Irft-day SUIlUQCfe::-np; for YOU"lIlolQlr1l/~ _ Sac-:c Que$I Caqlt - wlil offer

bdlfuD aDd cducalJon;caIl SW:veal1l1-3329 for lepta'" dIaa.&cit ebddrcn and adIlIts ..... take~ In cwlosY "alb. .. tu.:h ~hc!a&offcn:dOllSalurdays,alIbcFICIJCenU'C(MOIIIlIScIORl*i),from II:JOLm.-1 p.m. Enjoyastrotl ..l1ilc 1canu1ll1lbout.1Iknc­llonsbclwccn local plants andammals; Will lJllle IS subJeel '0dwlrc. however, so call 131-J329 10 confinn.

Sound Symposium calls for proposalsNewfoundland and Labrador IU1UU arc m~lled 10~ ideas forlhe'ICJu$oIlndSymposium.schcduledlObehcldJuly 100IS.I99SSoulld Symposium is an IntcmationaJ «lebralJOn ofSO\lJ\d. and a Cll­alysl for the ,ellCrltion of uNew AJ1.~ Every lWO years the eventdnwslOJetherCUCS'andkx:alIftiSlSlOeJlploretherclauOllSlupilofIOUlld 10 their art fDmli III Newfoundland's unIQue cnVl10lUDClll andcullUre. Anyone whosc work fo<;usc$m sound-llllI$>C, V1SUIIuu.dance. rw1Jo, thealtt, film and video, medII 1Its, sclCllurlC uplo­raIKlB oflOlllld - may subnula proposal. Proposals may Involve

pcrfonnaacc, Indoor aPd~ uhibn-. enVV'llllmelll.ll upcri­-._odlerfonns.. Tbo:deadlinelOJUbmllpropoAlstlJuly IS,1m; pIl'tlClpanu will beK~ by U1V'Wton. Wnte 10 SoulldS~P.O.Box.2J2J2,St..kIl:Ill'I,NfkL,AIB4J9;~

109-1S4-1242;fu109-1S3-463O;e-mallsoundan.aOd.com;ornsawdlaolewww,WOIdpb.y.a:.a.'SouDdSymIwdcome..hIml

By SONIA B, GlOYE~

TI~nlreSlrUCtUringOf

Memonal's School ofCOllllnlllllgEduc:MIOIl WIll

~.,.elpos.ll,'e,mpactuponlhc

school's development Ind lhedcli\"cryofrontlnUlnlcdtlCauon.5aysacuo&eJlectlt,,,edue<:tor

""""'''''''''''"Tltc~ofllqc:ntlllpJl"O''Cd

tbcre-orpn,utiollMIY'·Ms\\'halmAidIbe_~"ill

allo... tbc sc:hooiIO cballl~ 115

iJm&c from dIM of. ~s.:hooI g(

P-tI~IO~daliilclemlllylhlt

~I1lalM«lI!IftUllI:dlOprovldul&

opealllld Keu..ble lean.1I1opporIl.IlUIlCSfor .......~.......

'1cannol_howpGI.u.·ethQec:hanfes_forllS"we~

a uruflCd body Wltll the 1'UpOJml'

bilily of meel'lIl the needs ofnon-ll'adinonal and ~·llme MIl­dents, d,stance educallon slu­dcnu.aswellasfacullydcvelop­mcnt,~sbeSlld.

The restructured school isguld.,d by an Idvisory boardmao:Ieupofvarioulswelloldcn,illCludinglOvemmenlllld.oollS­uyrepresoenulIves,SlUdcnu,fac­ultyandSllff.

FourW>iu._vw.

TbeschoolllOw has fourma'llKcl;ons: the Office of tbeEJlecuh.,-eD1rec1Or... htchover­seeslheopcnDOlllfllbeadtool:Ibc D1vtllOll of Open Leanlllll,whieb'lIcludutbeCellueforPersow IlIId Profus,oaaI

Development (CPPD) Ind lheCenlre for Distance EducalionDevelopmenl Ind Support(CDEDS); lhe Office of Ed­llCIlKlDIlDe"cIopmcnIandMart·elin,; and lh., Celllre forAcadem,cand Med,aServlCes(CAMS).

Tbe DivUIOII of Open,n,Lea1wlf; ",.11 C01IU1IUClOsuppor'Itheschool',trldlhoDlllCllllOmcr

bue,'IIc1udilllflill-llmellldpan-mne studenls ~tud)'111 oacampus Illd II a dis.ance. , ..c:mtit. -.dcp"'-.aedll

~ ...-n.: maia focus fllbe Officeof~Dc>cIoJ-_

~t..Utin& .. 1dcntIf)11l10pp0nu­D1lJeS 10 dc'~ and madellbcschool's edocahonal produ~ts,

wbK:b will be IChlC~ed throIIgItIialsoll "'lib Induslry, 10~efJl­

mentandeduclllOOalagcfll.'lCI,Tbo:Ccntre for Acadcrruc: and

Media ServicesCOltSlsts ofthc for­mer AcademiC Services Office,and Ihe Division of EducallOnalTe<:tmology. TItis new «nU'C pro­vides leaChing and lCdlru<:a1 sup­pon,and""'.rrwlIiatelOetlCOIIl"­agcandsuwortfacuityillllO\'lllClll

lIllcaCltin'prac1K:esandlbcuseofinstruc.ionalteehllolol'es~thclllUwnaty

1bislSpedoflbe~i­

Z'OO' ....llbellfpartM:ltlarmt«­eSI 10 flulty,- aOled MsWhalen..Shr:5&odCAMS·pruna­ryrcspClnsiblhtytstoprovllkfKGlty memben ""m frindly,allCCI5ibIr:bdpllllbc~

of technologies In lelchllll."FurtherinfonnaliononfllCllltyde'·elopmenl inl\iallvel will heIVlllablr:tbisfail

e-mllnity putncn

Ms......"haIen wdthe school isIdoplln, a more corporateappn:lK1t 10.lI. aet,~,lJeS. wh.d!,ncllldesdc\"dopiJIJ~

msidcandCllllsidctbclllllvcm.y.rupolldingcolbctOmllllllll.ly·.IlmIs ...tIl nmdy, ~lCVaIItoffer-

•IIIS,PIOJe<:tinlaslrODleIlO­",mer Krvicr: onelltlhOll: asodp-c:IeIII1DClbcschool.asa&lc.- ..........1bebcncfiuof tluo lfWRllll:ba,eobvions;quahtyservice.s..hd prodt>cts and a school theU111~.IyClllpoulllO.avclu­

cleloaddrcssseveraloflheobjcebvcsoo!hnedilltheuruV'Cl"­s.ly'sLoflllClr Forrlr, l,uISlnle­pcpJan.-

Offices for the School ofConlJnums Sludies will remaIninlheEducalJOnlndFaciliuelManqemen' (formerly Services)buildings. but Ms. Whalen said IspllC<:audilisundcrwly,andsbchopes all seclions oftbe schoolwill be IocaIed undcroneroofinthenc.arfun=. ~

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Start of city's largest conference marked at City Hall

Senateconsiders evaluations,

approves changes

"."..."Many of us work III

Spel:lahzeddl$Clplmesand sub-di$Ciphnes and....eoflen$eeforeilncolleagues more oflenlhan_seeourCana­diaaonu,"beUJd-ADd lbal·s ...hen: the.-iOftloltyi$.eally .....porlanl 10 Clnld,an""Idem,c IIfc, Tbel...eamedsan:embIemaI­icolthero"=ol...,ver­S1lJe1inCUIOCitly,-

[)r.JohnS<.:ort.pllJlpn:s>delllofIheHuman­lliesandSoci.olScienceshderalionofCanada(HSSR::),thanlodcoo­fen:Da:orllftlunlll.ldIIllderhllCdlbctmpor­laaoltheroafermcetnennChlftl nallonal

~SimportanlMror ~~~~t.:~=n~~:·.~~=So~~us IOsceeadt ocba". be ~ confomnc:e co--ordiNlt(W and I profess« In the Oepwtment of fftnch and SpMIi$h; and Or.$aldoflbedelelate$ JohnScotl.patpreidentofHSSfC.and~ofphllosophy.

aboIMlOc:orIVCl'FmSt.John·s."Tbese meel-1II1s are wbere we canICluallyucltangellleasandcreau:thekinds ordialolUe that It~U us anunageofourselves asCanadaans andNewf~ff=

ofdte~._ ..._-----........-­of III Wlderacldemlc

B'fl'oiAHMlll'f'OlU.

~ofdckJlllahaVebf:l"n

poun"lmll)St.Joha'$aodheldm,for Memorial as North America's

larlut latherinl of academics in thehllmaniliesand lhe social sciences leisIInderway.

TheI'HlCoqreuofLearnedSocieUeJ(the LeamedsM

) bf:pa MIoy 31 and NIIlIlIIltil June 14 AppnWmaIdy 100 septnle~confll!l'1:Bl:elll1:bf:mabeldc:oe­

ClilTellllydllrillltbisl...o-_ttkpcriodMaay partJClpaIlll ~pre$C1I1 d'K,phn.u_llbia the Faclilly of Am, ...b,d. _ali

Ill$I11Imm.... III brmlllli the l.eamedl; toMemonal. Rewarchen from philosopt1y,cdUClll.'OOI,lOCioIOJy.lilenllll~,blSlory,

anlhropology.1anluageaandOlherdiKI­pluteswill pre5II!nt their llllUt findJ.np.

On May 30, Or. Anhllr May rmded thecommencement of the I...eameds by presenl­LIlI MlI)"JI" John Murphy ....ilh a pUqu:: II Sf,John'$GIyHall TheplaqueOJllla1lledtheconlerellce 101o-an illUOgeofClbo.To.er, ...b,cb ~f1eCllIheCOllfereDCe'$_.......

"T1IiSC(lllferen«.,llbrllllalluSl4.000 and petbapsbe'...ttllIS.OOOJand6.000dclcpr<::stothec'Iy.Theo::c-.ucbenefi.. have been cakvlaled to be In the""lhoRlofdollan.R Or. MIoysaid.

In his ratWb. Mayor Mllrphy n:femdtotbeuruquen:lallOnshipbd....ecn theCllyand Memorial Univmlty.

"The UniVer$lly is in $Orne wayslheIargesl lIIdustry weh.lve, and It also coo·tnbulalOtheC\lll:uralhfeoftheal)',lluIIstbeIargeslCOlllerc:nceC"erheldinlhlliClIy....MthemayorAod..

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Gazette·June5,lm 5

~ SPRING CONVOCATION 1997 VConvocation celebrated accomplishments

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altbcp-adu;wonol61ilUdenlsmarUandflllCll1!..a'ldto"'l_ tbcconfenlrli of ..bonorary doclor of lettcrs degree onrenovrned Canldlln IUlbor, Dr. RoebCarner-.bl~IddITa.DrCarn:rrrilcclc:d

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Wtlben ~B~r Hopper, n:tuedoolaccuD'o'C. OertrudeClOlboe aIsola:cI'll:d III honorarylXlIl"IlX:nl£dOll.theoppom.wutxsthMbe ....... doclOroflallo~dcr;rttforbttvrorkll~_

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6 {;(uttte'June5,l!Wl

~ SPRING CONVOCATION 1997 .,

Friday, May 9, 1997, 10 a.m.H'lhhlhu of the SIr W,lfred Grenfell Coll~e seu,on

Address to convocation by President Arthur May

You un JOining th~ ranks ofmo"

loon 40,000 alumni - thtbackbont of our provineI' and

incrtasillgly u majorforet

lIationally and illtl'muliOtwlly.

Toallofyou.aod"'a1I ..t.:Iha~elUpJlOrl­ed)'OUmwhll)'OUhaveadlie_con~

lIOOIlSandbestOll'ishesIl)'OUlalJ:lhenca11i1ql1

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cornputernet.....u. We ha.-e now IQ;.fledlpllolrau,nenn;>!mem.andli.enlhelie_,raph.... ofthepm"n'ialpopuIIIlM.'"wun'tha~elOworryabout'llClCaI,,&1lUITIIlcnforlhcncatliule"'h,le.Th'fl"efu>tbtopp.lfluntly, fortlw: firsttimc, to 'pread owIlilDgsuan 'Ml;tutionand we fhnuld dow.We fhnuld be IllBCling "",",'ludenl$ from-y.u>dthe<X.UItryandlltUldthe..-oridAnclwe tbould bcdevdOf/in,ourl""duate pro­JI"lOI1ISW,thmthelastyearwetu.."tau.d!yesubl,.noolllofflttdeVOlC'-dwm;rull-'ApIrI from our propam offmnp. ",1lodl_Illll\llllYlUJ'ClUlIIIlIlf.c:lflMflUftlourloQ.tlon. "'h'ch 10tludenufm.OUI),dellwJllUYUll'"isealJDC;apanf... wrplr1JCWlr~_kkIlyte...1Kfl-rfillllappeal... """abo~_~""we"'"lr'-'ft)'hIIlllO ....... -wecaca.pcll:Glpnce.A1.,,-..toe.lhe,,*n_~

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dt:-ntlofmmnearbyjurisdicuons. ..hctherellt

em NewfoundWldortlw:adJ-"Xll1prt>Y'lll.'U.Wei>houldfilMithemeansofdolngllO

To today'spaduaIes,and to lheirfllrulic>and fncnd,.I offer coogralular,oruand IlOlldWI>hl::l 00 bdWfofthe whole UJU>'mJtyQOlll­".••nlly,ll<:u>gadoullftlllldezmrWlUlO'.OQCofthemon:s;lnificanlmllesl"nqiny.,.­hc., lrul ont: I'm confident thai yoo ... ,11

If'lII'COIIICrnoreaodlJKlll:lI5umeJOelb)' Weeapcct"'be~ypoudol)'OllK)'Oll

~)"OW ....y .. theworld.""_lIlleMlIIIl.yuuMloulda.to...,"'bcpnllldofllS­Ycu ",111 al....,.. be our bell: adYcrtaIen-._~olcoo:d"'ilIandour__.....ponen .............. you..,jl--alhe.-Lsd_1hIIl4O.t);)) .....-_~d

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o~ercro..ded nudenl r"""illuel we let lheIll\II<' olbeonlanovelCro"'1kd,nSlllullon.NolhancCIJUldbefunherfmmthelJUlh,bur~

'I lrue thltOtlrstudem facilltielhlve n()ldeYdopcdonOOllttf1wilhtheevolulIonoitheu",\'I'fSllyoverall.Weltavennwfi~lhallll

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President Arthur May

_,.Ihu~ "nttljns QIft' tl~mt'llt ~ithjn our o~'tralfda:tlOfH'lt'IIt which

is a panindort:holftng~foroll of IU_ Tlwl is tht "ali::otion and(JCCtptOIlU O\·trall tlwI our lIIIi~·tnity is rqlltJ! in 1'\-'1''1 rt'$p«t, and

supaior in many, '0 Institutions tlsrtto'ht" in CtJNJt1o.

have more tbu 6OI""dulel, WII... I~"'I;OIl_IIlMayofI9\l3,1

prcdoctedlllll. ...e1ll'OUld,bythe...toflltedeude,beaw.rtI,nl"leastlOOde,rces-.aIIy,"m>U)'~lOsaylhll."",,_00_

Meanwhile, there remllns one dementw,tIunourO¥erllJdevclopme1ll wluchis. par_ticuliU"cllallenge for all of us. ThaI is Ihe real_iuoonand~OIIcnllthllIourllll' __

S1ty IS equal in every ""'1""'1. and supenorinm.ny, 10 ,nstnuuOIIselscwhere in Canada.W1Iyclo~IIIIflJdlnolpaduaM::lperyear,

I1I:IMlyfromthewe:stem1lalfofwrproYi~

...... lOlcaveaJlotetlterlOaaerod YaSIlydsewltnells ,tbeeausetheyjuSl 1O

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caplebe..-tleftisbeCll:r"lIEy.-pIIlIft?NoIJOp:d.IF*_tlaelfepmep.

TIw: f"""ldw """an: ha.,nl oor fifth1I'lIIIw:narylOdlly, ltIat,slhe fiftllcm­"Ol:alIOn al SIr Wilfred Grenfdl Cnl.­

kle, IS unOOublwly o~euhadoww by theCabot anni.crury. We ha~e, ...~erlhcle...

manq:cdtobrinllt~thecompldlOllof

ClUrnr::Wlludentf..i~lies,therom.truelionofanr::wforeslrybu,lduli,the'''Woranhon­onrydqJ'eeIO.>U)'dlstinpls/lcdCanadi....-' the ronfmi"l of dqr=; upon the IarJeslIrWwiun, dUll III fM, SOl bad for. fifth&nnIYenU)'. \\-1IatshalJ """dom 1999wnmMtmonaloeld:nleltUSOlbanniYCrSlr'yK'

de~'nnt""'lbtItu"OR,COUlCIdent"',thliIeSOth_~olNe'to~s...,.

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olSorWIltredGmlfdlColleF_ 1Ir1S11l_venaryolthe~et_nnp.

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.-au. M.'M..hok.l~in._~,nduaooditmcJelOthInk .... KIi_andnUltSapproprYletnlhecdebnlJnnoltllese>U)'''por...,...1alora.

"~aIY nttmnl( Ih,. ",ui of'hI' mos't·hull,.nf{inj( d,.c/Jdt, with tht

txcepllon oftill' /930$, lor public

i,lStitutiolts In Nl!Wfoundhmd

alld Labrador.

We_-,,,&tlw:eodoClheml$c/l;a)

kn'ln,de<;ade, w,thlheeaccptionoflhe19».rorpubl"wutut.-.m~fouDdland

andL.al:n;lorThe .....vtnotyovenll ....UbeasmalerU$llW<ln.theClldofthedoade"'­.tbc~We..lllhM:f~~fcwaf..-..Ity.f"""'"sutfdIM"""dod ..1990. I, fa~l. Ibis is .Iready lhe UK~1Ir~of1bisl*'olthe

_"er$IIy ....... lheOlbc:r~ThataUdoMy...,~bJa~ol

.-klll--.s, ............,.-=-kmicadmbop.~""'~-wonf...ourtK.d.our~...........f...-lheJro""1tlIl1~lIldpllysical"'"

IIldtlw:~IIIla'eIlIlld-wonoithe_.-"Th=oslllllluna·alWTOIlIwilh...mc

the decade ablt ....lerlhon we"-ere lithebtJInnllll· To lhceatc:nllhal we ha.e becnII1ICcessful;nfocu$,nIOllthea.senlJals.wemayevelldllmlObeabltbet1erlhanwcwe~

adlOcade"&,,,Wearecen.:unly.bitdifferenl.It has becllallerydyn,arnicperiod and weareII(Jlfllll5hcdyet.Weareotdladdi"i,adjllSllna.

clwll'''& and improv'''i.aa weU as subtract­,nl, We~ma,n finnly ,n fil'$tplaceul1lcI.,estllnlYMIlyinA1JanbcCanada,wdloutin front ofthec:ompetJUOII In tmse areIlI ofIllldy ..iawellavl:madeour""""b)'virtue~ourFDlflJlhyandhaslory,and"""..,_

_rnoR'_lIltep1IlpantmJuPourday ..

dlyKtlIllly.'Ildl • ....,...ourpDYles.~lhe¥Cf)'rllbnc:olour-.cict)',011 May"',1\1\12, {f_r-s ... llrday)_lladourfinlpaduMts.SWW~fralGn::IlldICdkF

- •• IW;",,-,,2Jollbml. Tnday_d

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~ SPRING CONVOCATION 1997 •Report to convocation by Dr. Katy Bindon

And to adapt an old Irish saYlng­may the wind be always in your

sails. '/lid tlte beauties, richnf'ss

and possibilititS a/tltis provinceo[-..'O)"s inyowr hearts and minds.

\\,. _~ledp.aad

-WI I IlMdl,ealaaal)'$l.a_~prll;liQllIlilIIlIIat.....Jd""'tbc

~1O-*'!tII:irll:ldl:GllllfY$ltb*;oIdle

C- lboepoi.lUot-. _orautan"l tbe Nil cadN lip "here dIey

...OInICd'llOlIe.AJthr:scY"""'lrtaYmar­wdnck'llIl>:'tUlowlcd¥e. ....lbandc11lCilenceson!helvunandnlf.lhey",lIbeKJnlOro:filll."lllOf'ecffoctl"l-"approIC/>C$lOthcpmeand ",II Jelrn oo"'loj01n l!leir ,deas and

lI."tioIa- ..hl<h .. ,lJn::ma'"ancef"landilnkill-' 10 '"tdhl...t CO-\lda"al,OI 0(

....'1IICIht: .....

IfDtrek Bok. as pnsidtnl 0/

U"rl'"rdsomf' /OYf'arsago, co"ld

get oway wilh saying "//\·ou think

education is a~nsi~'e. tf)'ignorance'~ we no longer ha\~

that llUllf)'_ TM II1Ij\'ersity is 110\0

u~etf'd to be accountable/ar il$

actillities, to be able to validate

its ~outcomes," and to justify

its bottom line.

C1pcnst'e.lr}',~!~""'",,~how:

dwllnury.The_\lft1Ilt)'IIIlOWUpectedlD

be~for"'_"la,lObeablelO

v*Ia.~~_IOJU5lIfyltSboI­_ a-.A.l __ ...... Ikffit:oIIIII_

r--. blbex~

AIla )'Ollf;ll·t-.leelsndor.-..u:lllJUDe. 1I1w; _llUbftltlolZllltId of1Ue1f.a1lho11ch"lIasouldf«lIJlew:ry_oflheword.lndlhe ImpKIof inlcllilcnlaclioll-orthero:\'ClSO_is~)'rclland

maybeot.rvfd.WiIdom",*Uiaence. 1eamitlI_aIl.thelOOlolthe~cJdlellltl·

>oaliIY··....ulOpoodIIct:educatedatizetlI-ltldatlhiapoull,ny.-h'C'Slft

~ ........ ~rbet;n:......

"foraraliry

In..,- ...... )'Oll'-J.-ddwap.S1nDbt-kJ..talpnxaldllntl&youryean.Grmldl You ha~e pno:loloe\lllld I'l'heaned

bo.~h lhe 1M.,., IIld W"-"aIQ1 "I COtUpt.>,

W"andl","I~IIIaI,fttilul('l""

In"mulal~d ~n""'kdg" "I nu, c"ihzal,on.

JlIIl-Y"'" ".:hen!Iut"ml'nltk"",tftoOl;'~hllld'""'a1uat.ca.'" pill:.

_1nqltD)'dltI-._ dlc:flttUre~ _emlo "",ro-'-

Ibc:ahi.lLt)'IO"alam ....., rwdlerw.:.aIl .... )OOO~Ill ..

UI_~'hIInrd.poatIIIf..........Iuthe ....... lhemoslhal • .-... <Onho.. youdllr,nllbc:nc:1110ycars,I"-0Il1d WUC-'>Ilha(

ettu<:s.1CII:f'uloklo.m~m~'ronrnc:ntWlUbe

lhekey""OOl.olChant:candClJ'llor!""'lylidrntJfyetlllclas.mauerof,mportlOOe

ba:mll:ll..,l\ef;Uthef'""O"al(l'IllleworkoiefIca, nata-andf...- un<b-pilalloilhedlooa::lyog aaw:ID..t..e,..betber-Uorpat.TbelatFiAuaol......., ..~ ...... respOI­

sibleanddlf!Dll~l'or"~"

bmlgacrounwblerorlhl:m,_oIlbemadc"l'Ilh",fercneelof\UldaJnf:tllllquesllOlllofthe common J(lOd, ~enll$ lhe ~5df·,IllefeSt­

e.ror "",rtiPT;J option In all lhal weha"",mparu:dlOor'hared"';lhyOlldllnng)'OUl"umellGrcnfcll.lllethic.al framc:.......n: for)'011" bfe·s actl~1tXS is. I hope•• boi.;hpa 01

".........Tocbl>olo&:y ... ,lIf;01trl'OlllyoulI"c:r)

1urI .. ,...f~e.deaYOn,__ 1ruIt

lhat)'llllhi,ep:lWtlil"'~lOlhepc.­

-------- ...hercy"......>IlbeabM=I"dn'<k .. h.tllappnJprUIIC,W ,,1\;01 il CUUllII:1'J'IUdtKtI'C orpotcnlialJy damagonll. II you apply new l<>.;11­ooIogieslohum:uJerode.1~or,l'orcumplc,11I

yOIInecdlO00 II fl,plhrollihany eum:nlmaptitleandloot.theld~>nnc:UUfor

IIIrormMiOltoe:~loanl.. lftMldsott·-.e1O~pnltIiIe:l;ror"""'-'lII­

~_"plOIft!II.lIIflOP\lla'r-t-ce..lk-.bbllla,lCdaoI<vlMsa.ddamlOlhefutldal-.llllnbulelolcdul:ahoa,"mal.espra!llOJSof'lISUDI.llXll:IiiIlble_fitt.ishedsolUl_s.YOIlrl'Oie,Qlhefuhm: ...,lIbe 10 male choi<.'a aboul lhe IWhcll>on of

!hisledlftOlo&y.andlObeoom:llCll""partici.-------- panll in thedlalope about ",hal the"l'P"'Pi'

.-emilofbumlllpreae:nc:eMldIedulolop;:al

8IflP1R*'uldbe.Morro>-er.llulialasklhaI ...-;lJha~o:o:ertaUI_",.,roryou ..GralreJllraduMes.foryOll~Ule

aecdsofmnote"'ruraI~hQl<lr

botbaooeallOlldl8C......dle~icaI~.weenta"the'nformauon.

Su BINOON. p_ JO

1 .... .-.) ........... IIl)'_piay_UtballiI_~IdIOoIleape.1lId

....rud:brlb:pa<:d.... oIdoeboyl·IClIOlll Md '-.s. Tky all had .. NBA...... dIao-ladl. __ .........

~thebtllIWJlhIOr-wxa...llutllq

werttI·lhlw.. thebtlsl.et-.Iea:st.IlOIvt:ty

Dr. Katy Bindon

o(oureffons.~ywr"""'.idualAal

.... maYbe-.cat:er.lUnJaltUdy.lllC:flItI.

~traAI""'''--'lOIIIlu~or.penodolldkalOl-yog -r

....... ..-0 10,..._

.-'olUdeolWl abthlies.Y.. f;II~1e",.UleWOlid.1lId 'U«JII'e......,. ....fuue 'fI'J!II---...depdllllliper·SflCC eas~Uas ...'th ... lDlerd'lIC'pl1111f)'and,IlIeIJaledcu.Iook..Yourpno:DCllcapalllJ­,ties in problem 1Ol~'JIi, cnl.lClllllalysi5..leId~

m1upand~f;IIIbeapphedWllh

OOIlr~.aeau ..tylDdunqitwioB.A.lwIIoIcwe...,aIf oltbal.itIthe(Ul(c:r..,oIdqla::itoda~ beywrdloio;le ..1u1loo.· dfea.yoalU _

c-.1tI V .,...--oI.ddinedfllttR. .., ,ftllIIII:\oaeIyll<.-1et.1tos.rolba.ldoeIlrnmlaltnllt.Il .. all:UlpliUonolyuur,1lpICiIy.IUlJIlimv­lion ..,fYOIIrClpcric",-"c. andnldcn~cof.proou",thatoolyyoucanfollowthrouahon.

OIallthedwlocnccsyoumellOam.....Ihuporat.thoIelhllyou ..-.JlflOl."lJIthefuue

""'lIbe_'....ed~~\\-'hIIe>-er

lhedcpee)'Oll"-'llICIeMIdtoday. ...-e­_CIII:lc:ryog-..c~tollrJel,)'Oll..-.IIhe~faoed '*>ica.tollowr)'Oll.. ,Il.ppIYyOQ(ho Ied~.odle..... 'al.de'odopywrwi:tGJnlllldaplClty. __

silkrlhefutweolywrllOClCt)'.AllIIIl\'lnllyarawatesyou will be klOlcdlOforbolII In$pi.rallon and I(."l'~'ly. for both lhinkina.ndIloulJ.Themeantlllol1lllll\o'Q"Slt)'C'ducahon_1hi:~ot~-..aIl

• ..... *-, ..........YioItIttIibk-WhIlt:_f;IIcloc:IlmNlthe.-ea_~-.

_ltIIIpIInolllle,--....., are leu1dep: ......... dle1oal~'"*'oItheab:aodcitm:tLIfDc:rd;&k,II~ol

H...-anlanel0r-ll .. a,ltIIdFC·..·Y""lhny,niMlfYOIIlhinkedllc'lionil

Your dq,u. ofur all, is mithuaguarontu ofa d~flnedlulurr. nor

a winning lVI/try lieu,. II is.

ralher; a document Qjlrust. /1 is

a lUognilion a/your c:opacil)', a

confirmation of)'ollr~rience.

and n"idt'flU of II promISe that

onh' you ctDIjollow throu'lh on.

&lVeo_ ....~OUUIbOnIlu.blrllIll&--:I

rri<DJ51rldpc:lbto.m.::riotnrD

dd-=~01...""'____Y klrbb) __ Ihc

OftIO'III ...1' ..11Oofourfa·.lly.III11 ....~n,"n&lIlII<I<nt.. Uloe>upportul'OIlrcol­lcaauesinSIJohn' .. lOfIdthidofou'm....yrommuml'cs inllle pro,jn<:eofl"e",found·land and Ubndof iii we a:1tbrau lhe pa5UF

oIlhc clllA(J/·97ollhc Sir WiIfIQl GfmfdlColltle of MemonaJ U'mvcfSuy o( l'iew,­...-

I woul.,! h~c to IIl~C (or the rec:tlfd, Mr

I'residcm.tIuIl.weh.,elal<cny')l,&rdwllcngeof lao;! year nKIM ..,,,,,,,,Iy. You d\.f~ U, III

tholl"""'IOLoIgctlll)lflIIduak$nlOralleUprol!~,byllleyw200ll11l1\IY7Il1¥11.pka>C'ldlllllqlOllltlal __ "'*-'i1ll61_

--..nofl.lllc \It" AIu_~aad6IGreafdl"...."MD ..... 1O_.ft"o(~."",.... ~lNlfllO'..,.,lhis__ 1hIs

"''Ofid-andwhlJl,eaperimcclollbopau.f(Ur-'5",ll.~lrIlSI.beTt'flcc1cdmlh."

conmbonionlllllhcloc;al,oodfllfmany""""'.-Totheclal:iof·97...'hileac~1cd&Jng

~ ,,*,ylhlllpGmlfdlCllheFllalbroo&flllO)'IlWprncnalUOllYa'lle..:l(:lpa1llWltdllr·

,.your~yean,kt_1n.1IU

_ -U... _"*yogMvepbrcll

.our*'~.. lhefuuedlllbp::s"~)'IlW~~today

~ AI 01)'011 how: pbyaI • i1plrgft

rolcmthedevdopmentOOllonlyofucdlmlpndcrlll'lldu.leprolll'llmsin lhef,ne Ins.",,&li$h.lIIlll'l'rcholotY,l:uabooflhefabriclIIllimlJlUlionll~lofOrmfdJCoIlqe..• "mqt.lC Illd ,mport.nl PM! of Memori.lU....-cnilyol.· .. founc.lb-.l_"Jbrou&h)'Wl'

PJN*lC.lhec'-"",,~

w.. 'I lhe hfc of the col1eJe. lhroup the

~,,*olpnMdillc"'~

.. ...-OII1ll111m~m.ao:ade­":1:OIIlCIII1ltmu"'(:lll'llL·um,:IIlu.-l<tu·lImt"'PJI'YIICll\1UCS,youh:l"l-"pl.yro.rnti·~a1 pool m lhe dyllilnUC of mabn, Grenfell. Asour programmmi has rrwured to ,ndude full~opponU/lllOm1ltc:_andllCi·

_ .. wdIl1lltl::rmelrt$,youho-ewp-

p;lrledtheprocaacJlMIcIiott:lIwoIChre-s ol-~~"..,.uAlllpub­

&cr-::i_TltaItbal. ...... bea_e:asrpIIQIIlSdeal"lO.ol1ll..Yn .... hop: ....

.... ·_coIIcFlIlI1Ol'l:rudlallanddiID­elledlOiu~olpro'Id,n'._'JIlrul

lIIIdapJdualI:uperimc:clOolI..-hocnoo.elOCOIlle,)'OUfapprrnllceshpinbollllw'rullJl: andciU«nshipin_hnpll'OUStilllClhasprepan:d)'OII1Odc:llfairly..:ldln:li¥ely ....th~dlal­lel.,solkJuCh_andcbaF_whidtirllqdo .. pcndl .. on-..-rcnn. ....~ raw""" npiI dmWld .. d1f~lia*).__ -ruP3ldl.

fu.-hRw:r~olpvdloartlly.

ctroeicDc:y,or'mpKlwe,orthepubbe.mayclloOIe 10 apply 10 the aetI~,lJeI of GtmfcD

CoIlqe.youaretherealleStoltheWle:OrncS

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~ SPRING CONVOCATION 1997 •Oration honoring Dr. Roch Carrier

P:Z:y .. the MlnIeS' pMnmo­

ny.WSuch ...... lhemdandlolyol:tIefvalJOOmadenea1yfourt:erWneI., by Ihe Oxford sddw,

Robert Bunon,wOO went on IO$lylh:r.lallwhofollowlheMu>e>~

.'p....... f,nalm, aOO left w-.o tJrm.

lICJvca.Thal'I ...h~,rrom~:arnT_ .... :uridlpat wIlowouldAlppon'1lelr

~ .. bl"",er_'lfll T1leH_ ..­

~ ......~ • .-cMhy".aaid-lldl~

EncIalld.lbefailureol_EartIllUeJOOdllil

~ ~iI_too,* III

II ·1 lallUppor1loSJoIlMon fOlhudilCtiOlOarYpmreclan1CdJulnon.,......- ..........'" a p;oll\Wlll$ "a "ffl:~h who StlI'"por!...Ilh,nsoIenceaOOi.piOId"llhn.ucry,'·.llcfihll,ol\lhalllclpcd

bnllil'ri,atcpatronageofthcllls

..oJ ""hoIarIyerdeaY<nlO .. entll'orIunalC:ly.MrCh..nc:cIIor.m

ourdonn:rahI;.,.surtlpalJ'Of\lCe_lC:lllblllbewrplfa:lIId ......tJoulratllcrth.a.DIlId,v,dualaJld.~.elure,.lIttdof",oealld

,nfor_dad"'"J'tr~h.,..lIc""e

lo4lIy ..c~Roc~C.rner.1ldMnaIQlda: ...._ ..

",I'",hd,",ctorofl~C d.

Co:uri,1hefnl_eYeraw-alIIlhcaddlisam-liIntIinIbody·t:ndcrhille.denh,poflhi$ "olle~lIve

MlCOl'lWint/leslellra<tcnedt"n"••theartl5licadlieYernenll;tiourn"l1l.

lICulturalnatioolla>epbol:dC'1ftIIla• the f...,fronl tilhe ",nJ'IMt1>tIC

IIIdIfllclJcaualOOlllflalrdliel Todlis

l'>'IlheM.hrou&fIlthe~

lD ...... adn\lIllit~ ..v..,pnaa~<TIbe( !ofi

_ RDyaldeSCbl.A..-r_

~"_ldocIonI

h: .1k-ScdJ<arc. r-:tl,.....BlailcC....... Dl .. ...,..

.... l· deM-.bI til: ... 1.~~ioIL:;";.Jabobcea-::n:tuy...-nJ,fdle~clo.' ........~ltaiedl:"u.­If'blfor ..hoflIhehllSwnhellth-lIIIlICedeflalllffleaAniJ~out SCH;a1kdlOC,.oiprocrna.lJ<JJt>leIlehBbcalIII4"ard-........ ....-mer ,,,,,,,,,,,DcI'Am"ur<,l,,,,,laFet­

ofd'lt"""tion.c>tttmedhyfrt:nch r..i1le,k,c.."'_....."'.DupkJsiJIfIdEngliMlCanOOaahle.ln~ s·...""retklo.!<nvur."lIrclMrUl1\bleltlJOe;ll.ochC'amcrllalp""n e"/mso.ttlrcnsm,;reunche,,,inull ...orld poplllated hy farmers. MWUlleprot'lCsse••,........i1Je...-e

lho:Irfarrolics,)'IUI8l<Mn,dllldrm. Jeclot~ ...... UUfn<IIWOlr.morr.sndetu,notanes,,,,,,,,.pncsl.'.and e.-..-.-,,'lIncn ...................poIiu.:iam ..00 'UUUIe ... llh thar III M.e 1II1t'Qrrq"e tI" V;e..~·l"n .... theblll.lr..Jn-joA ... TIt,,,,..uq u' 'utdesa........ nn1Qucb:o:.plIIn)'Cd •• ie-ue n.·y dePay>h:_~oidle__ GnIId.p!ft.~ -..-_

Ho..e'er. IhlS .. orld II lK>l ........... d·_kdroir.-...­'_10 die effcas of. woOd .uuk __ otto.;"".lnflitth_ ••• Us Gwrrr. rn Su. or III M~'"._r I'ftr. " Cit, WJhIUJ

mulwO#tMlln .......,,"""'es. Inf"i,iJtG'slOltl«ctJbill,tlS.C'n,1IlfrbtislltllrltJl'dllqW·lIllOifdel'(JI"des ",IIG~ltou d~pis 'lu, ",~"It ~

JanhndcsI:*li=lll~pororJ'Smt'.

SGpmpretk,r...-rw...Buttn!huItlOr'klC<'OJlCdy1ullil,

pl;u;e A bu.blnd. Ori"n,· R"....... ....es.-idl hIS Ito'I

~MID,"I"lICoihltr ..ale oaIy .........

_~JaIl&)dlaII WIlle,....-balIJ. 10_* IIaIirTa!y borDe

d Jf2Pltict.auntsMIlis

~""""'CIpICIlYlOdo"'"

"-...,.,,,--~dlOItSlOfy.TbeHod,eyS....,_1he ....... laC.aIlsdle:J-.etiJoy.;"lOhcdronlybo)-OIIlM1l1Ockyleamuffcllt_Maunt:cRichanlf_who 'I doon'C<l to Ilo-eata ToronloM:lpIe~af••weaterinst.adoftheMootre.>lC'anatlicnsone.owinllolprclumed m..tueon the parlo(Eu<>II·.llWlonJer!ICfVict:lI.lbus.

MrCllan.:dlor.hellal""""IOthewor1daC_hanparadl""oItheprofwndand lIIlibak.eIINekl)'..Jt15ofdllldhood.ud,OIIIt:llI$UlIIC'

"'­a".,.,.ilyal·m-".."..

Lnforht·RodIUrrnritr.,.,a~.~«~

qU'IIt"lJJ"felletlmo,~rlw.l.

FIorolilt..... "'·IIl·. you.. ClqlleQfI thev wcddina:ni&:hl.lf1:xpIf'WIlon. I1ar\. fOll'K "hen: theynperl'encetheirown m".hummcrmghl',<,Irc~m. And although at <,Ia .." tilehu,t-an<,ltell,h"",fc<he,hooltl

Ilt"crtftam.""'''''Ie.t~

........ rc~...,.hIv:

--~Rt>:bCarriclrIlal ...........wtIfI<l_~-.....,.

nelll)' ariedUI!oeIlt'"ry-.tIidr.1le1:nl-.a._~

Lqfta)'Ile_ ..~._'IlOOIIiItillis~\I....n.-"__ilW"'__tudttwf_serju.t ..,.,cc.,..~nlpoIntCtNI!_"f"Lddti

.....it; lhalmo,_licadu..p_I>nnC'lohfeotherthl",' DOC 1Cl.11"",'")

MrCllanct:llor,lpruaIllO)'Otl

forth" de,ree ofd""tur of Icll«l

IluttJriIc""",,~RochCamer

tk.D,nittFrre_L'rrhvrJitl_I'rofllarerO:PG--

Address to convocation by Dr. Roch Carrier

!:WOUldhketothankYOOrCOIIe&eforlhe

honor'lhuronfe~~PQftmelfondit

~tmnely Iditnc IlIat I am R:lCemna thud<lclor~te (In the tKcnion (If lhe SOOth.......YCDaI')'ofJomCabot·IYOY.

In N~foundland and lAbrador.

lht: 1100'* ofth~ arrist is fHmopst'\·t'n nwn imporranJ lhan

lols~'ht'n. and JCtHltlratulatt:lhis coll~t' for l~ \\,0'* .t has

dont' for lht' arrs.

For hke CIhlt, Ihe 1Il.L§I i$ iIlI ~pknr .•dll<.'Wcm.iIlIilU'lln'alor.Lil.ehJrn,lhellU:iI'1.drca/1lcr,adrcamcrofilTlflO:'i.\ll)lcdJum!.adn.'&I1ftollhJng$ltware'I,llh)~.Yet

.klhnC'.obolfulfdkdluldtearn,bll:OOIl"'1ICCd

h"fiun"e... heor,.niledhlluew.he

cmw.edlheocun.he led llllmJ{rw:n:e..1Illh_-=abl lheiholelofNc... f"u"<,II d. He a.;h,C'ed ~,. dream~bII: _-.__ If1: ......

.... ....,.uutdls.a-.o..,c:..>bort'lhm:l ..,dl.ocicl:yo.:.~y..Ila".~""lbcarubele-.c)'ClOllf1:f.>llowo"'1

.... 1~1tlItyouha..,IIOI.... 1bca'1.>1DC*.~-b'dlelrtilf1:lIOI'

"';lyticvaWta:rcalhr...OnIhc:~.1he

_If1:I¥O)'.... -.dlellQlK!rnl.IlIy>lcn·ousbll:llflofftOll'ly TheIlUIf1:.n,p1lllOlh..tpla..:e"hen:lhcpw.whJ~hllOUnshcs

reaI'ty,JlICC\ljlhcfulure,,,'hcrernllly,,lJ1InS­

(oml«! throughlhc(OI\;cso(crca""IIy. The

=::;~;~u:::.::e;.: Dr. Roch CarrierarllIIUek'loreve.llhelenelloflhe

lri;nown_dlefWl...oilhe~ .the'to'C2llhlftd-..ryoiiufonmlftdm· fealylappy...m.llnespeaeioibuds(AnlII.ud COlI""'OOI' world•. n.c anlS' ,mllalCl on. WIloIe • ..om. maaaer. CDIIlIIDftd oi .edium IIId larle). IOld .. ,Ib Ibru ~OQ_""*,,,-U-aYIOIalCW,l5d( ~1I&_~wouIdbeper. (...... blad;;Iftd~),_... .......-w

andOOllllnllC$lOpnxlucehuntlrrosandlhou·

sands of l.pCcies. 1lIe uUst ilne'crAllSftcd-.lhcendoflusad\lOllure,hesull ........ 1O

addtothediuYlr\l...netyoi.....-lllltlwalreadybol:a~SIId ..ttarisl*1lftdparoeloi_............

8a:.....,hcil..tRamer.lhc:_ilaiMla~..mhal.vay--._oilt:llllly

.kaIC'abol ..asabklOcoileathemalenal

_10~",",~Art..a_1ean1O-.;tjl.tln'themalCnala.d__

..llI ..... \he-.to....acI-ot*IheIr,-.Tht,la_oftbe_dlfflC1llt(hallcllps"",r~

Whell you look OUI upon lIlt! world

from the vantage poi/ll ofyour

island. lIevuforg~llhal )'ou art

sUlllg ilfrom a {1f!r${Jeclil'e

1001 is )'our01ol'1I, and no alit! t!/se's

TOlilY_il .... -=1fllIO ....."IIJIbytheroleol1lle_~.ilmadybc-.l ...eM Ia tile _mpcnry woOd. pcopIe an:

~lDa~~oi~

spom.pobto<s. -~oIe>'er)'

Kr1C'C the .......""*'"he.._IOOI IOQlfI\PClIC ..ltb.ti ....llOt.y"hancrr.c_ .............. hu..tfhe;vdlOi,thlnibi.....vns.alcacoptIOny ·hehasoomakt: Illm>elfheard, for hi, ""ceu

-..J.In Newfoundland and Ubndor. lhe wort

oftl>e.ntll is pahaps even n!On:,nlp<lfWlt

thaocbev.--hcre.andl~u1;MeI!u>CQIIcte

for the wort tl Iwdoaeforthearu.EVCf)'ltmelllatltravdhcre.peoplelellme

howcona:meddleylf1:fortheo;u/nftoi)'OUl'

........Ilf;C.They"... medeuiledu~

S""CARlltER.p.IO

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~ SPRING CONVOCATION 1997 .,''''·@wc.;.g'·;;"

Oration honoring Anne Meredith Barry

BencalhlIleW~5Wel'POf.

the ar-there lli the hard~ofthemd<;bmealhthe

rulloflllewavnl~,stheoold

depihoflhe$C.;beh'ndlbesohplayofthedolldslhoKlIlhe.mkulnlens'lyoflheliUn, We".Ne1of......s/;and.lIlIIkrlitMdllu...

.......,'.ambo.aImoe.IheWlta,.lmceofthe~Ill.Iord.._

....... Wl'_ ..... utes.wayIllSup:G ... ptamofanDvaimlJ::IU' ...ekadOllrhH5sln"nlbel,",UIlAlblulena:andpknly,despwand hope.llct.-cmthe bp:andthel!.lrLAnd,quca'handslhalwe!le.welaUsorne(!"lighllnOUf

di5ll'eSXl, makinlofthem·badJeof honor, ballenng them back "'IlhOur humor. We do nOI.lhoui:h.upectlht:.strani:er,oundem.nd-"....-Vet ltuli liU'aIl~ does. Conu"lhtreiJll9111O~b-theClulpM

AIU~the~

liIdc~dIlt..... plIlllrnotIaIO.AlUeo-at.A-e~

BatTJ_qomeovcnal.cBbylhlJ

per;eneplllX.Wooln,inlllllb'l

Coveollcbrou&/lllnlObr'''I. num·bcrofNe foundlandan,sbomoo,.... hom Jacob Kcnncdy.nJ.1houlh5llemi,h.1101 hnebe<'11a\II'WCofilllllhelllne.A-."~

...... Bany~ftluna& ........1llCroilaChi bcpll.lIl..

0Qbl~. 10 be 10 lblslIlUCll-_~ola-l_-.

l.worl.cd ... Ioer'.I,",O ....ys.ll-.leha'alC:liClla.-lltmMpcc!Ioeran. Tkcxpcf1oC8Cll III Ihbb'lC'-eflCOlInFdllcrlOdofurthcrwon. lII..-reachprocramL Aadlll11M: I.Ulhl in JaIMI B.y, ElhOlLake.lheOkln.apn.1he Rock'esAadlll1lcl' senseofCanada a:n:w

Toexpiainherwort'lnoIl5I0l­plebusllleSSandililCVCnlnOn'dif.rK\lIIIOCOlUlRUlllpallllllllanthi.lJlIF,butkt mc talk ofM In ICrml ofh""andco6oc.-l-=rnpllOsbow)'011 IIowAllllCMcralilh Bany II._bfedofNe.fOlallMd.\l.-lIn

liherIlSlCIJIIIChen:*_1lNd:brlhe~bclweealhelhml:dm.-I;~_,a-l_ ... _

ShaneO'I>eaIheir "conlinUOUI crealion and<lc:stno:1XlDolcacbocla.M

To her Ne .... foundland ...-...place of MlIlW.IllJ bcauly coupkd

..... -..danF"~lf""'lor*lIIbcrpll.u·I""Ipar1>a1llfllbcr_~"",_.a\nlor'

"-y >DMcy of ..... --...1O~II.bbc~t.pM

lhJ,i.aproJuetofheruoeofhlackArdlCl paper for many ofherpooa:s.roolllalsllc'.. lnelToct,,,.......nIOfllO• bl.ck surface; moundiD,.heooIwrODlDlhelbrkness.Bullhl.

.-",of.cflaII&!elOrhcr,1~ollhe""domlyan

lOr.llcfc:Rm..oIlc shch.,.put ...~~ bbd.Tkblad:I'Yft1 cr-dep.ll..al_lppIllpoIIt-hLe_lOher

tdorl.'IIIo"'oldle...-cof_Ncoo.foundtsIlda-Bcap:...tlcst:h: met. MIl1hrut.lcb lbe lod. wll=lIlereeflaalhnJucbh:""p,"'1IcrelhclC'CberJlllltlrJ'laFSlYandbcaulyhat. barbbcncadl Ihc blue.

lflheeolo"filhlagain<llheblack. lhe hne tn her art dres 10".....,11. FUln her wort lhediutncss iJperallystwp.c:dplamlhccdorliI,~en Ihe IPruDI ~il.li.y of .hecurve. WlM:lller II be WI>e.Or

dDudlorsllOldllleor~all

Ihccdorlicurvc.-:lf<*la/:lollt!hectuellyollhcnxb.-ldiffllhlllIIwusltlwou&h.bulan:wasb<dby,lbl.c~llol'n:.lIQ.,._

tnihesccurvesofllle,rcalan;ofOod.Ihc"rc-en~l.lhcprurrusc:in

!he 51y I'~cn 10 NoM1' lhe Id.en olrqrncnbOIIand_puwth

ARIll: MctNllh BMf)' hu been

ne.. ''''...·11 ill ~e...rounc1ludbulIheltasalsoli,m.o-';e... fOUJld·1and'.......1ILV... St.MtdIad·liPruItsbop..-dIDSLk.-· sllc",,*O"UlhclMldillpillSLMO...... csabWuc ..a. C'>CII

lIlall). ha' famdytbcn:. t.1hc de­Cadc:I'na:lhehalbrouJlll ....• rcpcn:epl.... ofl'ie .... foulldlandtltrou&hbcrart~.rcpc=pt,...Ihll ...hlleilackno...-1cdluold\Ile:fT"Q,inlJ1;ducc:snc"'lmSlblhties.FUherrolc mlhedcvclopmclllofIhcselCllslb1hllC&,forhettcachlnl,forhcrprescnce;nllUfcomrr.mily.MrOlancclIor.lpresenllIlyouforlhc~ofdoclOrofll:ttm("""_

.......-saj."-Mcn:dIIbBany

htJf.~O·1"Jn--Address to convocation by Dr. Anne Meredith Barry

Ecan'lbe'llllOlCllYOUhowllononldlfcdIObehct'clOllay-llOlonlylOlllCCl"ClhJ>

nupeC'cd.nd.pec;al de,ree fromMcmonal Umvro.ity of Newfoundland bulaIIolObelblelOshan:wilhyou.lheyaduOllin8Sludcnlli. yourspec:ial tilly, llnowho....han;I)'OIIhavewort.edliJr1lllitnOlllClll.andiampooudlOoclctnleit ...,lh)'Ull.

So~II~S"'1""" n'l"n I"IICOt1ragt'd10 Iwlin-I" that lhl" road 10 SII('('I"J$

lit'S Ihrough confof7f1ll}. To~. th.u

is afrighuning lhollghl inJl"l"J.

WhIoeIllIll)':tlUdio ...l'MlIlClhexlew~PJlhs.llhlJulllbadlOmy .....'l1~dayllllheOnlarioCoIlcgcofAJImTOI'OllIO,of1heexelllll,.hard_wort.inlfl>W"~arJlhaI

lcd mclolll:ll"..,....,..l, and of tile lhinl' lhallodaynmwnllllll)' mind .. wll mlplrWlLllhou&IMoflhemanYBOOdfricndllmackandlrcmcmllerlllehoun ....espcntlllk,n'.d,..CUI>lJl&,ptlODpbw.andllJUlll&lboulan,........ our plalll f« the fuIure and how we_ ldrK'''O...orC'W'llallft"l._-''.....y--llw __ -....Id. ......... ""'''''... ''Woale

•~- ... _lhaI)'OUba¥C.~eucIIy .... _ drpllllft)'Clf'li

011 un. nmpoas. AI '. r-c:..ember llloolc

-..~lhey_lft'CICUli,_lIOIfWy

~ they an:)"OUf mnnonc:s. Ranembalhcmbccaoselt.lOunportantlor)'OlllOk«p

"pM<Jfyourl'ulurc5d¥C:S"'W1Iylll~

lIIiv-c: ............A•• vi~lIal .r1ill. I know lh.l m.kln,

l i5pnmanly.mallerofconceptuahz.lIl, ofll«inlandlltll\kllll.folloWC>Jbylhe

procnss;~c procc:IlI of malillJ Ihoac~ Dr. Anne Meredith Barry<:omclOlifeon.canvasorpapcr.lnDthcrwords,lmltSdon'lp.llnllhil\&li.lhcypllrlt wisltlOdo ...lIhyourllVesfllJfllltu~ -'1Il"""-'-youdo.VCI,~'li.haIIlworid

idcaI.l'mlllfClhlIlJuislnleforCOlllp*n ol~an..ards.llilIt:friblyHJ11OlWll lUlh=,andrmotlalamazed. IIowq.lid_.wnwn.wdlA-llOCl.taldtblS\ltoIlcbI IOlr'CISlftand-..nyour.-al_ol Iylhlll...nlasks)'OUlllpeopielOlUlIclheirfunher.pcrbIpa"",c-.W:tllOwllII,..,.. .....sc:r.QInOliU)'.~.;-e- ............... rd,..tro.brnIplJlOhfe

lhelrfr$(lOUllSofvicw.Sornctirra ...-c:lft

e'enencouraplDbrlievelhallllero-dlOItlU:eliI hes thrnugh cmfomtily, To mc. lllaIisafngtMcmn8 lho:lUglltlndted

All irnporlilllichangc:s for the good COlllCfmm1bn&llt.l<1iveirw:ll.a. ......-.n:neaollhcwortdaroundus. l l:Inr1lI abouliNI panollhcwortd""'"-'tlholdsllUfn-. andl.d)'

abouIlhtde$ar-c:"'~"_"'"...:ay.lOlhlllwortd-IIO..- lhefidd.V..... ...,. son-.... bc 1Irrupe:r 1I)' lOpbutl..,.,~)Ullhllll.... lIIobrllr_

-...and lC'fl'aIfiaCway. 100.

Irlf\tCllllleIOSewof~.I9711O

-.1l11U111mCf an IDnC ill Hillb'1 C""" ..COll,ept"JllB.y, ForlhcllCu l!yunl.".,., forIhelrfromO"W'OlllllJlfNly.IOynn ,...,.-c:dhen:~.Now

1...>hlhallbad......,lhaIroov-c:)'CIf'licarbcr

So rqan:lJeu of wtw many Olher1 may lelJyou. Ihi5 m.allC ist.nd iSlruIy .....OI\dCrfulpl;[(e for you 10 maLe your ilall .. prn~ldlnl

thai you 10.'111 useyourov.'l1 crcall~eonSl,nctslO

maLe ilWJ'\'iWvepbnlforbulldlll')'OOI" .....'l1fuune,nlIlerlhanwalUlIJforOlbcrlilOrnakcdIl'nsIOIlIan ...1IaI and wtlae,.....-llfeoup 10..-A,plJl •• '..... aniJl,I~.. llUf __

lIII"I)'.!he¥a)'t-Ill ...."""-~-.AlIdlhc...-alOlI-.k_""Cft...vdydoelill·lbl"ClObcjllll.lhe of....... lIIllIit;or_-i1 be ••fiddsoilCad-e. ...... -.lic:itl:orbusialr&Topunuero-_pcnc.-III ..._and lIlldIIamoc.1O_wll= .1hebiq$1q;It1hc:ft:is. TOmaUl<ilJc::n::nI:c

forlllebetla ..."" your OK and only IIllIQIICltfemaybeoncofthercascnll~we'~a11

hel-c:anyway.I'isal""",pcrhapa.ak1nlOiland_1ll1onlOpn(lIletughestdlff.and~unl'"

lheworkl"I"",lw:n.~

Som.y I end lhil httlechal .... llh my

wannc:st1XlnJnlUlabonslOyouallUJlOll)'OUfaCICOII'4'll5tm:atsofloday.andlOlowlhll...-.h1Il)'heW'dlbal;wuhcsforyour~

r.-. .......wiIIlqia_ ~

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.,. SPRING CONVOCATION 1997 .,

nwSJ: ncvenhcless beJlOSllCSSCd by intelligent

pcnonslOensurelhalilbecomesalOolforlho

sro"thand developmenlofoorlOCldy,rathalhan a mean. of control and sundan,li>,ation

And you-llle &rado'le$ofloday-ar.&f1ll108'ltllalCOfll(Xllly<:AinteJhgcntpc:rsoos.

SolOlhoISewt<>W&Il1lOqueWonthe VIIucor"CQSI effecti\'ene.... of the univCfSily in gat­

eraI.orofMemori:ll and Grenfell in paroo,dar, I

wooklwgga;tlllat we kd IOlheroics playedbythe~Qlprcviwsdeudc:>-inllW\Y

o:ases,oo=l"",,-andto1he,hangeslhalha-e

occurrcd .... ilhin lheinstitutioo. not only io

respon.~Jotheglobalilationolkno\o"ledgeand

theadvenlol1heinformaOOnllgt,bulalsowitllreferencelOlhcnccd.ofOllrpnwince-for

ans"'as Jo tllcsc:qucstions. For in m;ognizuIg

ourpa5tstf'Cll&l/loandooracoomplishments.we

can get IIOInc notion of the dnncnsioo of futuropromi.sc.andtheuuly~tialroleofthetll\l·

vcrsily.lhalwcarcrecognizingtodayinthi5padUliingdas•. Tt;> the Grenfell c1aollof·91.

lh=Ichargc)'OlllObefriendsoftheun'VC\'SIly

inewxysen.e. .... MeDlonalalu""'i.rerncmber

us ootonly '0 terms Qlcapital ClUfIll'Ugns andannual appeals, bill a1'1lOllvough brin&,n&1hewcigl"(Qlyooreducatiootobearuporothcbllild­

ingofourprov,nceandour'llOciety.

YOlIr graduatiollloday Ilonon all olu•. I

am equally corwinced lMlyour fuluros will

continue to be acau.e forcclebflliion. ror

bolh lile university aod.1le province. Goodl",kandboM.cha",,", And 10 llbpI an old

lti,h.ayiog-maylhewmdlralway5in

yoursails.andlhebeallues,tichnessandpos­sibilit,esoflhisprov,nce always in your

hems and nuOO$....

My de", friends.)'OIl began the studies 1M

you have now compietedbecJluse yOll had IdR:arn.[)on·tSWoJldreanung.Societieschanl:"

and will continue to change. lhey unde'lo

pcnodsofdifflCUllyandlheywonder ...'hatthe

fU1lu'eholdl.-1hcse'llOCictiesnttddreamas.

Oursocielies need dream;. (crIlley canlKJlcvol..... ililool.vi$,O.llfnobodyhade...

drearnt of fI)"iog like a bird, WC WOIlId neverhavein.ented.irplanes. If nobody hadcver

d",,,,,,,of.w,mnungl,kell1er,,h in 1bc sea,

Cabot ....."'ldnevcrhavecome_hcWOllIdnever have had a &l1,1' 10 man and WOIlld never

have cOme to Newfoundland ....'hich woold

ncver have e.\illed. Dreameni arc doc architeCt>

oflhe foture, Ourchanging5Ol:i<cly needs

thell\andlhcynccdyou.lnonJcrtorecogmze

tl1emseh.., soc,elies need !he image m llle

m'rrorthal"lli..n lllem in the dreams of- .Oearnudent,.you have arole.o play

YourundeJUlr.ing, mtlk: arb will never be

ca:.y.butlcan="')oolhatthcR:iloorulelhlt is f,ner,or mOre rewarding. or more

impor1.ant.EnierHltoy....... ncwl"es ....ilhpas.

~ior>and<Ul.Iction-yOllr"'hc:nlurcwilibe

every bn as ClCllml.nd imporlant as ""1$

lohn C;obol's, for hke him. yOll will be the

autllenofthefuture. ...

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ofoow hfebas(h.onlltd.&Dd how theyfcar

tJuI your profound and beaul,fulcullwal trldi

lion maybe lost. llley a1'1lO voicelllcir fcars

tllatyourculturaltrld,tionCOllldbeirrevoca·

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deoon"tI\K:I'l.a>llk:modern'"l!swould'ay.y"" ..... illtJall>C('nt!il iIJ1dintheend.you

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members, friends, spouns, <children, and dilnltarles, Includlnl (L-R) Dr. Katy pctelloCe. Anyone can access the slick fOl'TTll1SBlndon, principal of Sir Wilfred Grenfell Collele; Dr. A.rthur Hay, president of and SttmIn.g compIcIenessQlthe 1ntemel_1lI.IHemorlal University; Dr, Roch Carrier, well_knO_ author. and director of the the lbihty 10 disa:m. 10 dec~ to aWpt and 10Canada Council - who received an honorary delree from Hemorlal at the use infonJlllion in individual and effoctl,-e stylesG~nfell session of convocation; Chancellor John Crosbie; Jeannie F~, wl<ce-chair will req,,,,e you 10 am:isc all of the st=gt/"6ofHemorlaJ's Board of Rernts; and Ray Pollett, mayor ofCo.......r Broo~ and annto.ucs <:A)'OlI"cdUClllion. iJI ourlOCmo.

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allve.andLtu:sn'lOn:difflClll1lObecnUcal.Tecb-,- -, noIogy. and espcCIaily infoon:ation technology,

whilc " offen ascemiogly ..n'f'lcsulUlion 10 theprobIernscl"8008raj)/lyandoociaidiffeRDCC,

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Address to convocation by Dr. Helen Fogwill Porter

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!hi>l:IIftOo..oon.leIdler.• pc-.ot..p"rtrayet Col the e.fuore 0( . ~...

foundbnd;_apotiDdllllCd,.alltrtlpl) "iIItitt,.. lllCDIor­Jlha:>mmpt~nltd.... ltwt>hc:l.d••

fonnalc"dc"'·cofp..,l-se...."""uyedlll.·~.Wc.theJ..;IIJly.iIC......''''1edrc llw "",h c\ldeocc ,.Iunlly~.lhefa<:colher"""

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maymnodyth:alkgeddeflCirncy,/prcJemloyoo,lor«clvealyoor1landth:dqra:oIclx:oorolkal:n.Jo<-ons..-,HdCllFop-iJlfu1er

JX.M.....~"".,.UIIi'fWSily_

/ ....'US CQm'jnud lhal nobody in

/1It' world ....O/dd ....'anlla read

stories sel in Ne....foundla/ld. Only

o./terlhatfirsICrt!'o.ti\'{· ....,riting

class did / bt:gin Ii) "ali~ that

....hal ....'lU all DroUnd me ~'lU

....orth writing {Ibout.

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... 1962-6lI_ea,ertynayU yIIIJ11ltol_ .. dleAm~lO.....other"'''''Id-bc ...oten","coNUnwntlacdl>lkdl>yDr Paul AIdus.ThltJlln'lllatm&2CJ.-weekroursehelpedlOchanllC .... rrom.hobby "nltrlJllO.profelOi<""" Thed_ ...... 1IlICIfW.nbIe.lhepba: ..1lcrelfll'ltmclllhrttpeopk.-tso ..m::lOllec-.e lifcJonl

'.... llIdlXJllcapet:Beoa.:eIobpa. ..l'a1aandGerolldmeC1laieRuba. ....1nI••JOUIlkI ...hooIlIllheI93Ol.1IlIl11loW>_d,dn'l krlow .n~th,nl aboul Nc",foondJ.uMlwrilinl. 'fhebookiinOllf.mall dlSSfU<Jmhbnn« and at Gos.llnl Memooll t..1>nry,~u1.wywea.IWDOtbuIatodo

"',lh N~"fOll.dlud E.cept (or l. M~'III>"dI-""..-cIY.n.aaced_-r.e...-oIlhem "'c.......Althwpfrom .. ewtyacc, 1IIIJrieJ1rKf

....1:lik, ....asIheC\lltOl'l1lhcLHeJf3dwledfrom MCII.>riai L'n"m,ty In 19~5 ",hcnoordaugtlcrlUthy",,,'hn:emoothlold

AIthouVII"'_·I ••:tIIall~ lpano(lbc..._y.hc ....,'IIltl • ...,~........ iLAtlfOllrol..,.~...,.., .....hm:lJtl'l6lw,'I''<'t1'''1 01 thes~1lI1cd - ,n ~-apt.l.l .. ll-lli ~f\\- l;:-:IVER..\JTV - "'~, an e.hII lIng IInlt'. Thi. c'cm"'u hi~hlj~hted for by lllt' pn:klKclIfa.-.rR.kllle'>dt.. hcnue 01 my~

1JaIooo;_b>oo doea.. -...do,,..1na~-_...... rcs....__.. ........,.

To ......~<IlqJher ... ...,.Thc.-dl'l'lll'l· • ...,-... _

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... II>I._oIana:eidlerSpec­ific.llylhroulhl,fCCICdlocillac:lionWlth,n lhechurch, lheNcwDc:mocntic Partyandm.Sl.llt~of

Wl>llllCllooun~,I'.I.d~ncally

Ihroulbherel""ucfICC.lheha.~ ... C~ 1k per--e .eedlorl<rialJlllClQ!.oIthc~

denIah oIlhe fmoiIist IN""CIIICIlt.

oIlhew;aIe"lduldabu>eandolthcnccd, oItlrdcl'rwoo

We t-ar><l IleIed her L.~, tbc

he.... - "lte"l\!.u'arcl0uIey _...- 1ht 1"___

olheo!inrJlOher'-haalas."'nlrl.CC>JICCWlymEastp:"u,1Il=is IlfI Infimle .,Ienc~ on her lop<1houah lhollhal may be lhc onlylime \tr.a-.dlor.oIhcrlrtcnry

ace:ompIilhmellUl crtrk..1edc.l)'theptR. my....-..nc:alidIbon ..... not pIa); butto~ll..u-..lbq .. ded,·

an auraofbc volcnl<:or"p'rlCy.Ikbl'onef TJttl"._'lIt.poec. ...,.... ... pbJqnptltolftlb)'hcr

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up;-se.__ ""'Cas.~8IId1C.

~nown fOf her dIUI~I, not h~r

cllws;andforpllrasesrllher1llanfor

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Dr. Helen Fogwill PorterkJIlIllwayrc...oIlII_c.lO_~ IladdroppxloutolodloolcwlylOlOlO....-orI:CWdmIoftlteGfe:atDqloalioa."~ -he.""'Nr<o~Raihray_••npec1Cdtonraour ............_. Ayw:_s.-'CadoDt:lt..poDIbk,_lOc:omibuIe~lyIOour MyhustlMd..Joml'onef,bepn"~·

fll'lllbea. MY]lllteoltl.IkJb and EYC/yft f'oplll. secondary ediatlOll at Memonlll U...w:rw.)'

had unpressed 00 me thc ill1pJflal1(:C of "Id' College on PIIf1lde sum. AflCr thc fi~ IWO!UlImyc.nde II.ft 8othclfM,rpeoplc,lbey yeanhellll'.m\lpled hilIt\IdielU)!eKh(or

Oration honoring Helen FogwiU PorterHa -.e:-:sher.-pa.-

Ihy .Ilh h.tpellplc.,c 10'DI1tlroup. na~ ... fa::td1S1U,Kd as fICtion, IlIway$CaptUf.'ltI lhe ll1OlllCl>f.ndcaptJ,lIt,lti the~.llchrunicleatllef"l\illufaOOn

>fthl:--'aIalIia.aof kIlbyby~_.ap_......r<Jl<:u

d'ltJn~1 !"c... f""ndlaJld lOC,ely.~_ty<llMel._""'"

penUlef,,, i,olallon wl1hm lhe

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~'Ilted ..xIeb. JIlIIOnII of tbe1InItCJUl0l:lIqo_Ul.Andeoomifw..upc:nenIlCSlRlnotthl:ltuffofcl*"&,bydi~nlthcmfrterroml

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IIltllollldlololYFocaofFmt­inum,lWldinlaslllltandndlltlnl

A friend of m'ne delenbel hoool'ary dllc_.'"onewayIOJI"la .....>matydepft.olhDuI~uut...... Io-.~u.IiLe)'O:.

IJIdu;aIcshcftlOdly.rve_"tl'IIAeSlliN_~u~for.fe'<r-..emke0unc5.

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When my cW&n~ and I paOOaIed fromNPlChool~yearslflO{an~ rally be lIIat

Whell my classmatn ami Igroduoudfrom high school 50

~~ars(Jgo(can it "alll'~ lhal

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unin·nit),. Child"n ofIh~ Gll'lll

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earn our o.....n li\'ing lU soon as

possIble. and to contribute

financmll) 10 ourfamjli~s.

E ""--·''',·····rock-m'llM bnn, 10."'"unaca of spnly...... cratrou

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IJleIlc:olhuu,orthol"'bhcalJOnl;of

lhel),epartmmlofGeolocY 0....dIiI~otlSeothe....:dol

Iprom,••,_mbcrof "'C'...bftbo.n 1iIn3ry~1hMI",fer •

"II;, I Kll:al CTlllf," I>'ruleW,1liIm·Cobbrtl. "losupp'"",lIt>lpco>­

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enjoyed by an inlemolllQllill readcr·dlip; ed,unlClrcomphllllbe iller·.,.n-moiOlhersno_appe;ol..~IndIead.-cIllOWE.ilcllS;~ ~,."c ud ,. oura:1Ws, wh:Jl: 580: .. -.1Ied hfe­

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butforher'lISpU'lllion,""WIdIl'''erhlvcOolllered And,as.charter_m~r of the NewfoundlandW......s(MId, ....~

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elIOUIblO"".JlI't",,",olalutllM&fw;ane

""h's important hI me lhat mlny of myfrimdsfmnllh:,<...f'~""'nIer·sGuild_ 110m: leW). Some urne..,lhey pullI'I)

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Oration honoring Darryl Diamond Fry

I nlheear'YXVlllthcent\UY,awndon bll,ineiSman called

Thomas Guy boughl mlO thestockofthc Soulh Sea Company,

scllmgsholtlyafta"alana>lrollOmi·

ealprofil.Withaportionofthi>hcfl)lll'o(\cdaho:>pital,idcmifyini and

re'l"'ndillgtolhcflR'lSingllCCdofhisneighbon forre,plt( from the

btln:lcnofdilnSCTodayislhefeaudayofanothc.­

bc:ncfa.;;tor.aemardofMonlJOUX,

whose insight il was. thousand

ycan ago to found safe Ilouses forlraveliersacros.stheAlpmepasscs.

rehcvinilheirdis1rCSSand sumgth­

eninglhcmforlhccoolmuatiooof

their journeys, aut also 011 th" daywe recognite a third benefaclor

wbo. IInbidden, has sccn and salis

lieda~illlJDOiialCooedandhc

is 5lanlIing ill front of you.The ,harcdatlribulesofthese

illrtemcnincludcthc'rcapao:illeSforrealil:mglhencedsofihcirf.llows,

fordclerminingthe rncansof reli<'f.and forprov>ding ,I soihat they can

COIItinueibcir progressihmugh life"IOfl:health,ly,~SCC\lrely,more

joyfuJly, Darryl Fry;s a St,JoIin'.

man who. afterinit,aluainingin

Domiciliary lnfornlllion Dmem·inahon (newspal"'rdelivery) and

Sylvan Levelling Supporl S«v,ccs(lumberc~workcr).lOOkhi.Ii'"

degrec, inmathemallCS. from thIS

univcrsity.llelarerjoino:lAmerican

Cyanarnid.ihclifesciencesandagr;·cllitural company in whichhcrose

mpKllyIOSCfIiorcxccuuvcp0:5itions,

ButCyanarniddiVCSlCditschornical

arm,delcrminingthaiitwasperiph­

eraltoil>vision.andhewasenlnJSl·

alw'lhthe~oftllisasa

new CQmI""'Y·CyIOC was nol onlyncw,liw'llSburdeoJolwithhabilities

and had anuncerlam future.Thc

ancient Italian. exposed lheirunW3lltedchildren 10 thcelerncnts;a

few,hkeRomulu,andRcmus,SIIr­

vived,IlII:QIIlythanks to III IIIlllruai

benc:faclor. In providing Darryl Fryas a guard,an 10 lhc foondhng ,nsb·

lWiQII.Cyanamidgavcitsunwantnl

child help with Iittlc hope. and hi.

remarlabletumaruundofaformer·ly-&,moralizOOcornpanyllJ.lstllavc

come as iOIIYIhmg of a surpOse 10

lheerslwhile parcnl, from which

Cytee had now complClely broken.~,

A wise man will make moreopportuniticsthanholin,kbycrcal_

il\iaclassle5scorporalecult=,byvisiooarymarl:cungandbypulung

intopncti<:e his undentanding of theappropr;ale acl;vitieJ of an cnviroo­

rnenwly!lells,bvechcmicalcooccm.Duryl Fry increased ...le., prof_

itabilily and Vlonh. Hi.comp.ny

IKlW leads in lJ>. cleansing ofprc­ciOllswalerondCytcc'sspe<:ialty

Dr. William Pryse-PhiUips

materialsconsuWIe rmchof, and its

specialtychemi<:alsbindtogcthcraIJ

ofihcFcnari.oflheroadJandihcBoeings ofihc skies; wlule his man·liemenLpolicyen.ureslhal his

cornpanyowllJnomodclofcithcr.Unlike lhal of lhe Soulh Sea

Company, the ri.., or Cytec's Sloct.

washaJedUponsustailllbiebuJinesssucce..; bUllike Thomas Guy,

Darryl Fry has sIIared the proceed.

through Ionll'lCm1 inve:5tmcnl. 001 incommercial bULin human ,lock

lltislllllstrefkcttheinnuenceofhisLcachcrs for hc was blcssc:d by lhe

h1itionofRalphVin=ll,ihcinspra.

lional math telcher at CllrtisAcademy; and through COOlacl in

lhcirchemislryandengineering

cour.es wilh lhose legend. of

Memorial,lIughAndenonand J

M.C.F""",y.lnihoseday.Mem­

erial was an inSliluliQlloroe4WC1l1,·

elHilSprcscnISileandcohesi.e.lhOllghOl"'rat;ng from building,

SflR'ad through ihc cily. Chemistry

240. for instance,waJ taughl from

f'aradeStrcet hcside the dance hall.in which adiffcrentkind ofchem­

iSlryw"'Slud>cdlJul!houghsmall.tHe university produced then, as

now,gradlllteSdestined to attain thehighcOllevcl.ofre'p<1nsib,lllyinlhispro,';nce,inlhiscoontryand

throug!loutalltheworkl

futuncdoc:snolchangemen;il

umnaslr.sthcm Darryl fry has giVCII

backlOus~thanatokcnofhis

succes,in ordcr 10 provioic five of

oorstOOcntswithth.otsupporlthat

will allow Lhem10 tra.e1 throughtheirflT'$lyearlalMerrnialinrcla_

tive_~·cpeace.lberecanbe

00 "IOfl:eloquent wayofackoowl·edgingthebcni.gninOuenceofooc·s

leachcrs nor of honoring memberxoforoe's family than 10 cnOOw schol­ars/lil"namedforthcm,forlhc:sc

gifts las! ihmugh time immemorial.

lti.alribulelOtheYOU"iunivcrs;lyoftbe 19SOslhalLho.., whose tri_

ulTlflhantcareersillaunchcdsholJldrelum40yearson.bearmgg,ftsas

magnarumous as thcse.

Mr. Chancellor,ihcend of May

is in NewfLundlandihcscasonfor

plantinioilluuSlthaiwhali,planled

will grow. nourish and in lime.

nourish.lbestrongestandthemoilrrodUClivesccdswil1bc..,lected

thalihcC)'de may be sustailled. Aswith tbe tangible and vcgetable, SO

wilhthc f\owcnnllofltuman learn­ini·Wewill..,lecllhebrighte"

young Newfoundlander••o Lhal.whffl,ihcycouklnolllavehe>cnour

students, nowlhey can be: where

they could allcnd bUlonly under

condihonsof hard,h'r. nowlheyw·,11 l;eenabled to focus withcoof,·

den<:ellpon their initial studies; and

each wilt carry a pcrmancnl tokoo oflheireartyinlllllal'oosofsocccss­a scholarship bearing thc nanlC of

one of lho.e mosllov.d. mOil

respectalbyamanofinsighland

caring. whose ClJUIIIry isin himCVCfl

when he iSolllside hi,connlry,

whom I now pruem 10 you torcccivealyoorhandlhcdcgreeof

doctor of laws. !rono"s caus.,Darryl Diamond Fry

Dr. ""illiaml'ryu_Plril1ip.Vninrsity_1N

Address to convocation by Dr. Darryl Diamond Fry

Dr. Darryl Diamond Fry

ESdclin'lclY a lhnll for me 10 come back

10 myhomelal\d. re,ei.e a.n honolary

grec,andllaveanopporturutytotalktowme of Newfootldland's fme5l.. Thank}'ou

.ery mIlCh. I TCllllyaprm;ialCil

I would like to say ahcar1y ",ongral'

uJal,on'''lolhcgJaduates, Yoollavehe>cn intntilling for rnally ycar. w,lhparenl>.,lCXhcrx

and professors. 'IIow many of you go into

lrnllunltwithcomparuClllllenunc.lbernaJO<diflCl'ClloCC is that I w,lI pay yoo and cxpecl sig.

nili,ant retumSQII n,y in'·e.Lmcnl'. TogCl

allCad. pcopIe will tell you '~t's oot what youknow that counts, but wboyou koow." Neithcr

is righl.. Going forward. it'~ wl\al you can doIhalCOWlts, Yooarc rnovlllg'ntoaresults-<:Jn·

enled '"orld whetcpeople pay for perfor­rnano;c;whcrc'lw,lInolmatlcr w'hcthcryou

arc an A student, B .<ludenlorC sludenl;

Vlhcreyougct left behilld if you are nol W1lhng

10 put forth Ihe exlra effon. So. in many w,y~

ihceducationprocessi,justbegmnmg.

I can only ll"""'IItee you one th'ng right upfroo~rightnow,90perccntofyoo will 00 bct­lrrth.anyouCUm:nOylhink.1bm:wilibeups

and oowns OOL yoo will prev..1 because you

are Newfoundlanders or Newfollndlander"wannabes," Being bom and nti..,dOOlhi,

.eryd,flicullisJand has bIesscd you with the

gencJlofindepeodenLlhinkingpeople who

havel"'rseverWlhroughmanyloughbmesCanada has taken some of that IIldcpcndencc

awaybulnoleDOUghtodcstroyyoordcSlt'lland mOlivalion lQUCet. My wife and Ibccamc American ciliuns nillC years aao. We

alsoretainedOllrCanadiancitilellship.Pcople

ask me today. "Arc you more American orCanadianT I say "Nciihcr. I am still~ a

Newfoundlander."

lctmcglveyooafOftUStof"hallsecin

yourfw=:YooAstWenl.<arcGOO·,gifilO

mankilld. Yoo will advance ourlive:s with yourleChnicalbrcakthrooghsoryouelllllOoolO

bealmeprof~orbuJillCSlicxerulivcs.

YooCJlIIdcntswill beihcentrepmlCllrxorllle''easyt'idm''withps,ootafraidoffailurc,

andblessedwithaoodpeoplc:skillJ. YoowillevcnlU.>lly hit'llSOrrlC As and Bs 1000 a lot of_won.

And lhen Iherc are the BSludenl.<. Yoo

folb a1wayswantnlwbeAsnodenu. so you

will continllC 10 try hanJcr, Yooaredcpcnd

able, You,"lIIgctlhmgsdonc,Maybcyouare

oothrilhantbtllyouh,wegood'>lrcd>man>."

Many of yoo will be overadue>=.

Iwas.BSlllllent'Thc~lhave<lorlC

well i, I am an indepcndcnl-thinlintNew.

fou.wIOllder I don'l follow lhc herd, I like

beingdifleremllOOkjol'l:sOlbersdidootwant.

10 get expericocc I understand prop!e',nocd>,whcthcrcuSlOlllCrsoremploy..... andlal .....)'.scth,ghgoa1., TIns stllffi,nol loocompl,cal

al.Aclually.it's.erys,•. ThebotlOmlillCis,thcrei.afilfore,eryoncandyouwilillefi.

n'lctylindyourcareerfollowingmanydi=.lions beforcyoo get 10 my age

Let me glve yoo a few thought> ond,ffcr·

enldi=hons. Fir.;tofall. to mnimil" yourcareeradvan,es,yOll hate 10 move oul of

NewfOllndland. NOljusL 10 Toronlo, Or

Vancouver, but th,ol Hong Kong. Soulh

Amcrica or Loui,iana, wbcrcthcrcarcd,ffcr·

cntcuhuresandlotJofaclion.Th.al.maysccm

diffiCllltatLhisp<1mlbuLifyoo"'lita.anobject;,'e, yoowill lind a way. We all ha.e

loveofthiscountry.llriedllllSU«lCSSfullylO

gel a job al Come By Chance I eventually

obtallled ajobal Long Harbour,but ihccom­pany I wasWO!king for at the time conviuced

rne to Slay in Onlario. Like the homlllg pigeon.thcreisal.....y.th.:lrmwncrtorerWll,andyooshoIJld-fortherightopportllllily

A1so,don'tgecst,dQllegolClps withlaraccompalllcswhcreyoucangecloSl..lfy"""",

good)'QllcangCIbrullder~b1lilyearllCT

io ihc small 10 mid·sizc companies. Bccarcful

about"'Jrkjngfortheg'OVC1Tl1DCllt.~yll""­

emments lake my money and my COD1pI<Iy',

mooeyaodinelflCiendyputilinlOineffedive

projects. Th.t'~ not a good environmenL 10

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W.llaveilOllno~lIIIhonly

lhaoIhcB"..I."fPaallllSt.IIal.lllJ..... 1hK1IlIaLdIIJt.dlhcbeonoC-.tu:oiI_",edII_adl!u_full;UUll-.;aIldif_lIa,c.SJrIIIc .... (Uf-.:ulOdayandbnladerImiluwhen lit< "rsldrop. lromlhbcrmlmake lhcuw.y10 Jand.

lheoChclllllll"'C'III"",,,lhanl. .. dIe......bolUilld5bdCft)'Ollb _

1O_llIerefCft.lballhctasl ..eOM do II> .:"-Io:d., lou penll­lI:tI<:•. h.. opt,m, nt.hU fllRll....and hi> lkcemllnallOll i. 10 pramllum Wllh Chclughest honor our wu·Vff5.Ily mayheslOw; ond il istllm:·fCft"·odIIhcJlUleSlpielslft,MrChaDccllor.that I prnellIloyOll_.fordledepa:oIdoeboflaws"'-u .-. m.. aIdIm1dI ,wr.,..

onJiNar-e.WdbenlliJlHopper

Dr.Dtw/d8ellV"iomilJ_or

onChcdliIlUl,plafoons,aIld,lOOlI,llIe",",,"1letsmn."",,,,,lo;..tn)ufJa_c;1lJO

of-eaMt .......... 1ICdA~CliI~f.nlWes_~

lIOlI.ltibemu ..r"y~Q""-tI... N<J:"""",,~oddHy.I""I'P'i"'bvp<~'Il";oInggmlland1lllspiacro~~'\'JIU'

nu,m.Ratho.TIl"lhefirsl~lOl:apIlal'JJ:m

Chcdl>CO,mea<>fthcI97O>andl9lkls-H,b<:nlll ,. JUst lhe t>c.,u, •• A.

Oaoo.:dor ..... Ct\I'Jloe_a""' ..........III()oh,m~-......... lben mn·lIln:ol~-'JOOdadmmi1la.

''''''. lhe polrnllal for. IJUI Icap f.......an1 inlhe c>:onomic prosl'C'C!s of Newfoundl~ndcUlib"""'mlerthe21sICmtwy.M

MYDpent'llCC.•• aeo!oI:iSl.rorporalC

ue.:ut,,-.lUIII!pubh,seo-llIlcells_lbIII'n.f.-.-haoJUR ...... IO~dIexopc_ocaIo:oIIUAIUrlIIn::IIIODtll:bac.ondChc"'eIllhthlltll,,,jlemtle.Thas'to'Clllh

asaocllled w'lhotf"'orcolln::aour<:esbrtnp

"'"hil~opponuni"""ond"""",,"ibih,,,,"

f~Ncwfoundlalldcrs.

Thc..-dlforool is 110I lIIcrdyalC'dlno;:al

""",,*,ilis~•• ~t*:lldollci·__Jlllfed~bycx~

111 Ibe-mil; oI • .,-JI'OIocisI-"'OtI ISlOund .. Chcllllllllsolmm.M

ThIS URIversrty Itas I rnt01a1 roIeloJ p(ay indevdoprrollr:Jlhepctrolroml'M"'icnoe:a­tlus'nl:ludeal"OloJy.ICOfJhysi<:s.l"C$CI'VOOr

CllJ'Il«f'I'" mnolelaSllllftl.~.'-~_.........Withoul:lUdyaa:csslOtIIrs~

bac. ..,Illout'eomnuuI)'ofsuc:hD"""",,

onecannnlsoon lodevdop die drill"" andprocb:bonS)'5lalll,lhepetn:llcwn_S1S;and. yes. the investmenl eomrnunuy lhl!lOIetherrepresall. fully mawrepr:uokum

S«HOPPER.p 18

cffecu.ClhanPreslooMannln,·1

FmdI-r--....Io .... lo.,l:ulbt·*_...1......,.1II111)'~lfW)clod-..:sIIlpBoJI

Hopperr- ........1edc:baorllthe Caudian I'Nukum "*"" .......In 1988. and by thlllime bo h..,Jbttn ovro«i~g the dc:vdopmon' ofPflro.("....uforlduttnyearlo-lnduecOllOC.hc: ..u",bcc_ ...

~_dlicfu~oIfu:r.

.o ... lIc ..ho ..ulhcdr"llIIl'<:Jrc,ebdlolllllhc.,..,...) f.-I"<=IllOllunulJanlllr)'l99lTbooc

l"'lCrycan;wm:hea!Jyyears."hontbene\'.-_~andlhc:rned.ia..~~full of the WOlIl Htbemi&.Ind ..1om

B'lIlioppasa"'fitlO .... lIIl: full

....... oI ...ror-bblo~bcllllldthc:pml""t.llddd.IId,tagllns'lslrt>ll,uddel.rml""dOf'!l'OS'hOll At the same lime. and"nderhlJd,m;lIon.Pel,-o.Canadatooiloverlhc:oil",lillCl)'lleome­by-CllaooelUldnwnwncdllwc:1I_dJ"~folalUmbcsol~

-.llJll:PRJ'"D:l:<:Il.Udrmd._openlOl'.Alldfordlal.lOO,_andlJlI: provtlR :oft Iu P*fuI beDef..

TIals,aswenowscelhc:impos.s;.Ilk made po5Iibk.lhedremlO(lmC

UlIC.lIldlhe ......llImothlllaSiof1tiM.i ..... -....d .. lD .. pa-

In lhe wordsofa famous Newfoundlandpoet.E.JI'I"KI.

~·.ldes~....No~.-.bb<n.....

=-~-::..~_..--A.tId_ _Tolca'a oI_lloodL

The new harmonic, for the fUlure of

Newfoundland_beiA&wrilIeltbylheF'Jlo­JUUMd -.as. Voixy', Bay and bylheoft"*nllCiMlic:cnws,dIe...-lIIdwomcn

Dr. Do,·id Hel!

BUll m"".l>ot.1I yOll. Mra.u:A;r. II-. 8IlI tqlp:s is1_oIc1e1enmoed~Heis,1IIlJI'eo

_ •• _whohallDlbol:sln:lll,1llD

1.V,praA.. lhatopon.... alIddle

on/yttu"w'Onetlllln'ITIlI1"tlolSnotafrllldloJcxpr=lusoporuon ...man \\bDis not IfI'lMl loJo.JR'$ hisopioOI"ttm IMOJOOrI isng/lL II: is~ .. _lhIIIl8illlioJlpeshallDl ..... WlIIlauI ..delr-....No..... auhrW)_1JwGo:W.M",I-lhalmollthp,ec.oflheAlJlll&hty-has lIkcn hun 10 lI$I..and in 1991 M,ke8yfieldin lhcW........ lkponcallcdlwm..,.,.~

nIIio_IklI.ID'penODIiteBiUHopper.IUdl~MIr"_

Dr. Wilbert Hill HopperIn re:ccnl y.an.lhe pcoplcof lh'J island

1IlI~""",llllll:red,bIelXJllnieandrnource­

M_illthc:f"",(/K~•• aocl.laIIdpoIIoc:IldIMF- Thclldonlltat*lpdDfthcmelI __ oIlhclilllerycxatn:.>dby

bf~obP;la • ..tlk_.......,.JllSmy..-ishlhllthaslpd ....n_bebl\).Len. 11 ... pal1ldo. tll••• u tile men and

wornenofthc:fishc:.,aedway'lOrutore.proII:CI,pre:lCn'ClhcirlivdiltoodMd WlIyofhfc,thelc'rell!Joheadyd'ylfOfNew................_~

Oration honoring Wilbert Hill Hopper~, Indeed dley lI\IIy And 'I ,~

pre:cl.dy.otlll>COIIJIO.:llou.Mro-:dIor. tIooIl _ duut ,....

..uelllJOOIto Ihc ........Ito,l'"~yw_.\\,IbcnHilI.....

per. ak.'hetmt ..... map:-.HowIO,)'INsoy"Letmec:xpLun.

BifIHoppcr_bom",auawaon14

Man:hof.~rtllnYCM.andllw.

........ hunal'llo:s..· ..... llIaor)-.PIous I Lwd .... hclpful.lOOd·

IlIiIlltI:dMd~'c.pMieDlMd

dnocu. .. tky"""-t.,oop.)dI<p.,.JOOdp>e:51S,Jt)l>J~and

)W",lInolc-JOOdlll:ll.ttISl>.and.~'~no~lNn .. aIchara>lupdlIIoldThry_allIO,WC:lfClOkl.

pc5lIIIIlISDo:lDiow:r~,fIIIC

... 1IldefitlR.~-.3~lIOIIS.andc*'a~1klI.

1Inc:oftIl"l*rSbcf-.BilHoppcrand hiI WIre:.

Al an af'lll'OllriatcUme afcer h'lI'isoeanbu\ll, Bill Uopp"r made hr.sWlIyIoS)'lllloy .. ......,.IoWel­......Nw~_1h:lIIOO1oAll>m;au.-y.W......D.c..~""n:a,.B.&. ..OIY_t'oomW........ hc-.tdhilwaytolhc:Un,vcrsllyofWcs••m

Onlario. and lhen. IIlIvmg mamed

.......... M.~Walker.hcbep1hi.dnm..uc......,nl'lllOlhc:ooly""'&faol....~.....,

Gazette·l_S-lm 13

SPRING CONVOCATION 1997 V I

The.n of .Idw:my h.u.woph lbecbsul ofwEJ..lI'oILfc lkb .....ld

~ .. ",,~:""'lIle

~olllle~·Sboc.

""'-::h"""*l_lcainoPlThmlR'lIncwhoSllylhatllld".emy... myIh,.drt3rn,.hopclc:l:sodcal.I:uldlty_.....,..l:\'CII .. (UlNlIdoy~wc:lllwadlChc_

oLpJId_lud-lIl&kho:nu.:~

lenni ... albI die ~·X nmb'.-.on- ..... if ...... Icad.-tIy

notlcalllllO"""But ",h.ol ,f"", "'''''''0 find lhe

E!im of Lfc and the PtuIo5opho:n·SkJIrInl:.dlos~'W<Ud ...._ mlUPflll'Woukl_IIOl""WouId __ lhIabour_1II

ClluWl-.3B.Can:I ....*.,...dwpon. of~d. Nc,,·foundIandcnblcklolhd"'1lllkwep;rn:L"'!la'cJPMllla.llsf~431JlUYo1lCS1IId

Chcsunwrr:rolourdrcall-.cca onfor

eva1ni1:cd""....ud'AM ......... IS Ibe I'tIlk.opher'.

SIoK ave V"", 8>ty. aIld wbMISdleEkuroLurc: ..~IIibcnu'ADd may lhey IIOll000clJlerbnn.Wloulthatl/':ll\SlTlntlOforcIoklofold by ourvrry """'SWlJC-smol'ngandfur~OIolcdpmphct who pro­d.llnedthllonedllydle .... wouIdMUM:aadlutve-__ldbellO

Address to convocation by Dr. Wilbert Hill Hopper

I.... llonor\'tIlOj<IInMesnonall'....>esUy.s

1997.raduail"l'....... tntlu.1.olItImMt.)-car'nlheh'-",f ...."foandlaDd

Pkue ...~cpl my hemf.1I dwIl.. for IIIe""""'I"'_Y'JlI ..... ~.:dontnelOdoyThs ..... .......uun,llOI:Cq>Ibghlly;llbnngswilhillhe..,,;pon<il'llilylOI'vcuPlothesun.

danh ttu. commumly and Ibis uNveNly hawlei Jorallot Calida. 1.... lunbbllDm:cI,...tbe~andrc:n....-.llopof"' __

I)' II ". tub and D IlISpIa1 b) !he ClaD.....btllUfland ..plfltll"'.ofl ......oand,of"'e....f""ndlanden.~"menll)n"'''lt\(·s""arltsl,m"nyl0adcc.ncyofehara,·ler.groondedma kgaeyoflherby,,"al monlandeubunlaccomph~ot5(0)can-

ArbenI·.~pocI"""Ic-cl-""

~anddall')'farmo:s-namodSlqlMa

G.~NJlICtyyean... hedescribedlbc.IV",.~,,_forbearers~

~"lInIIIOmDIhcAllanucand$llwC__

MlpllIC:eWheft.calmand ...nn,,,cren<!.forlllcre""'JOOd __fooond

'-'...........-~- ............""""_.lII<dcya"""' ...... IO...... _)W.~

)Qlprovldr:.,odlOoIlwh<>1ovcd

""---_ .... r__)Ww-._

.-y wr........................ """"' ..-1JId,....When I rcadlbosc words, I rccogniu

Newfoundlllld,urnuehulrel:OJniuanyOlhea-Caadianplaoe.. PIn of ..... ...,. islheCOlmlOIldlamslhlldrn' ... q,edler.

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14 G<udtt·Junt5,l997

~ SPRING CONVOCATION 1997 .,Meet the new marshal of convocation

8rKAltafl..loN.oAD

PorJlyearsNOc:lVet\l;;hlwplayod.,mponantrolcmMemonaI'soon­

vocaI>OO ct'ftmomes - IIld now hetwamlcwhichreflectshlillkd",:auonandhanlW(lrk.lnFebruaryMcmorial'sScnateappoonted Prof Veitch,. fonncredllClUlOIIfllCully member and • Memonal alumnus(8A.Ed.I959).marshalofconvul:lllion.

ProfVCl\o;hl3U&f'Chigh ...boolfor~yarsllllerp:adualm&fromMen'oOl"W.1hcnreIllnICd"I962lOlCadl~h..orpublil:

spealu 'II the F.:ullyofF..ducauoft.Hesaodhe haiIanllOmU.edlelllO'elOpo"l-sc\:ondaryeducallonbcelUocbemjD)oldlC:aCtulahitlt5dlool ___

-bllnCdOUllOhe ... lIIdorllll_1

oould_Ix.... IheC<USe_hc:lp.."'.udc:atsIlldIJOlalr"Cmmdous....-d ..•"facllOll from lhal,~ he .....d. '"Teach,n,spccch\\,.I ....ondetfulopponumlyandlenJO)'t'ditrons.idcnbly."

ApprenticftlrarlyProf VeiU:hwasquicl:.lyropedontoconvo­cllion duties by Dr. G. A Hlc~man, lhenIkan doducaloon,and he'5 been part of thepornplfldsrlendoreverSlIlCe.Mr VeuchretlKd from Ihe Fxulty of&luc.uon fi""-.,.,.

MAs I AId 10 dlc Karch cormulltt.Mheupbl-.t. JIyan;'~1

lbouIh!l'dlikc lmrl.IhcIalJClbr

SIBCC 1949 01'. Jac~FICey, I proI"CSIOI"trrltr'WIUofmplClCTllllandhonorwynw·sbaI~C(JnY(lCIlKloI,haspruadedoverthe

grlduatlon ceremony al MemorialUnl=sily'l S~ .10M's campus. Pn:i. Velll";hhaswalChcd lhe "marshal's leam"evnlve!roma.small groupoffacultymcmbcnuw;ludinglhcnowm-lDrs.DougbsEaonaadWiUiamQushue-I01l1lRIhanJ05lIIIT.facultyllldmlrCdfM:Ukyrrrmbcn.

~the""""AIIhouJhhe.,,*flmlbw ..1lh ...,.nccdIIOhe<bo:.,p.lldI"l~Cl:IaI'Q­

lI)'-bc_depulyllW'Shalol~ ...forI8ya1"<-J'l'o(VCIIdJ __ has.ln.od<kd He_~ .....-.iIMlIw:d d-..n .... _fallIId...... -"' • ..tlaIl:_dpenple_bemrdiedkr--.bulhes.t~·,ma'CroII­

lIIUillnlll\'Olvcd __"'hi:'.Ihc~

~AlIIIW$haI.nt'l)'ltuna;lhlIlhappcn$on

lhcltaplSreaJly.llhlnk.myrespms,lHblyI have 10 make ~urc Iha.! everylhln"elSdone, that lhcre are rK) ulljllcasanl swpn~andlhalevcf)'tlunllloeilikecloc\:.'NOIt.."

OfCOUlK,Prof VeLl"h5'Ud,lhingscouklllC\'CI'runllb:clockworll.wilhoutthchelpofscaff members from Unl"enily RclatlOllsandIhcOfflCCoflhe~.--"The _ marWI Ays hIS fa'iOl1le pIWt 01

oonvuo:abOnlS"YIIlIlOheJpSlUdcnIa",laIbcf<n1hey1Om_

"lI's their bi. momentand I 101 oflhem are verynet\'ous.~heexrlamed.

Prof Veitch said ov.... dlcyean many parents hivecommented howi~dlcywcn:wlthlhc~

ny.1lla!'sw!lM ItIlJnt; lidIt!£_o:mdanionOUlof.~

bellid. MltIIlIlkallolllldo.~

Alon.","hlhctwnlleubo~n. Ibat!le ded,K11eI 10

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lallon for New C.nllhan •CQo(lnj,naleJhccampllSfoodban\:. at MernClrial, and \'01­unleer for lhe Sr. John'sbraneh oldlc Canadian Rc4Cross, He also plays violawilh rhe Newfoundl.nd

SymphonyOn:hcSlna.Prof. VCllClIaadlllSw,fe,

totlyVadI,I'<f\IChttctamaadfi~panckhikftn.a1lof

YofIcmMIlSLJctn'.....

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...... _¥ery_~htIuplM>ed.

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PM',noaIlOdf«lcrll.wchlvelool • .-dcaITh~re i. nn lon,,,,. Wruu·,n.RelldcaceProcram.\krnonol n.e ..-nlllllo:our1Qforcrcdllha'ebce-n.ukd60..n TheV'"llin,ArmIs' PlupanI .. u,era-. AId the New­~CI*Irc ........,dcoipal ... bdptrrpdIOaIoaodablaUpM: ...... _a.raec,lIII~cIroppodfrollllhc n.e...,oI...._.wdI.'-'I~..,.~1IIInw~"""""IdIIrody_'peMlVe-We..-I.lotol,...,IOlIIyua-. __-.n.eWoddWodc\liid:> ror..... ...,·"'IOldAlthe_lImC.flrfcwcr ......._bN\I:bolIchIbpubllchlnncl. froIIlthcc...loCaunal-,w....r-t...abodia_dlnIlb"IrlIpd}",IIId""'an ......... IaUpub-lw:hbnncl"""' I.lMllIUllOMfOlpan!Cd.A'oncwhJKlife cnnctood by~....lar1ybor-

Allhcc:o.ccw""\cvdinCylac""'<k>hI""..umbcr of Iod,..,.,.,d dc,fI'." from bo,namcI<hnnI.. lUdlu f'M)cDrllll,u from MIT_NOlI'e Da..,III....nlMBA.IOdI..,.end",mocal~fIOll'lClllll:w>d&t,bllarad.

Wtlll>nbl",,_badlelo<·le>du.eaotJYCI'-"'P"'*'..... RICUplZl'dJdloab-IR~-.....,....,wdI.1lIcIlotFllJIPI·"'~_·_

oru._.thcoamcaOl ...... AIIyway...... 1h< ....f1I~~_'-eII C)'l« - led by • B S, f.- Me-.onalU.'I'CIIOIyol"""'~_....~1III

"'The~~ BuSJIICU School hu.""hedCytec·.....ynfdoo... bu..-.CwrtnIJyfi~prof,uo"'ClehllleC)leCe.~,EarherlhJJ

mooth, CEO Ma81WM pubh>hcd 'IS Ii" of thelq>-pcrf""",n.pubherornpanltl,nIheU.S.A.,.,..".thepasllbreeytarl.A~yhldlOhe

-..onIlO'<tf$500nullionlOquahfyfOllhch".ThcRwcn: I'OOO~di&ibJc..Thc

pcrf e b •• for.acbcomplllywuJUdlcdby Wcs &n>""'1h-profil-."I"O"-th.raunOllequlty••tockpnUI'"O"I~,_.

.-..f hanbf... thc~lfiad.hInl

...~ rIw:I(0)'CIft.iIlcft:l$ ......Iibnry. St. ....' .. o.n-.n-llII.bacb ...... .-nhtaoddinoalyll>lhoKloIsa.Atthe_l1J'IICleId<ft ...""lhc...-..e .. ICII ...thIlthcy'",conwnoll<d10 lilera:y

ldon'lhl""lOlCllyoup-adullcsoo...t.l1hc=~"ILIIIlOIIi,here,n .... f"O"lllCC, Mill'ofyou ..,llhl""lOlc..eNcwfnu""lIndlnrondworIrl·ml."fttlln ....~""'elhcorprinnIICsal1wrtllll'l'crf>ap_ofy.... ...,Uhclp

..."""...... d>em-.AlIIloICfl lrdInd."",a1'lQll:by00lalll)' I ...

...,....,..In<Il.-eLacShclcy.dw: .... hIoc

"'-ttk-..1hII1ftD.1bc-.-bl~

~01 ... ....w."I.o:...l"".a-

===~=~......1..... )'OUcould .. ayheft.. ...... MlCdywr

..... ,....odcar boalldy .. bmII

.we ... boocmyldc I .

....... 1 .._ID .... It ..·t yoboacay,11_'la/wayshecasybyouallaorbull~

you·re ... ll>lbcdul..... lhopcyou·Up:l1hc

=~...,":.r;:;:-::=~proudcfyou. ..

lIUni>crofOlhcrmc....-emmu..Thcte .... onIyone ~holNeal """"""y 1II !he lOp 100 II ....C)'IeCIa<;lu,,1'ICI. A<1ua11y.C)'Iec .... ran.kf<JIlUlllbcffoufoldw:1JA).o.lylhm:lOIl_nJIIlfII*'flfllll_lbclololCyt«.Thio__~by"""YOU~Ol.._you"-11_.........,..aby~....illc;bmlldItJaaL_ IhcIlOld._lnIIoIMod...n_.qaolRs ,....&c.cIbec_yao·re!\e..f~1lIc........-Uoq ..~ ....... tllcC)1cc1b)' .._Ihe_oI_~Ol.cm

Bul ....... you"""""da/"QyllallCllllllcr ....1b)'1$"",",-~..1III.B.s.:rr...M<:mnrUII.-dI>. Va.. 1bII'1 you.-' you••you. So be pro"d nrNewfnu.dlnd udl.aIndor. """,McmonaI. """,mooIJmp>RIIIIl)',

)'lllIllClf.Vnuwlllhellki.... bfrornhfc: .. youao1Orwud, MlIke...-eYOUCJ~·oometI'IIngblcl;

lOywruniYmltylndyour ilJlIIdSnllwlkyooforyoor.llenu"".C.....m'

uIIIloas'I'Wisbl""'lbcbcsl."

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~ SPRING CONVOCATION 1997~ I

Address to convocation by Dr. Geoffrey Alan Perry

Oration honoring Geoffrey Alan Perry I

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~Ied..ourbered,ty,.....,I __ f-.lyr.,.

~pcr*t.l""...~ ......,-­n.n.p-.,-­A"""""" r"""pIo<e lUpioaI0... ,,,",,",,,

lho~ ........... .-,......,_~_cye~..- ..Of.-..z- __ 1.

TlIo .......... _

ThllIatlo ...,..,....

MrOlil/ll;<'llor,Mcmorillll:'It'lefiity'a1ucsthepcrdunoblehm:d,·l)'~theplac:enames.~.. and~nes.~~and'­

lOr)' ol ......f.-2lud Todly.•et..-or._.hokao*"okdlllt.a~lOb'''kiInIIllTnlUf)'an

eroiunna:_of Iewrunll for tomeimmemorill, In ~nion 0( thu\I'IdltlOllll'ldllWl.tlusfeeandfeal·l)'.lasIi:)'llUtooooferonGeoffn:yAJ.-PcrrylheclqreeofcloaiJroiIaws.~_

Or.~~---qu.aI,fic o.,.·tbef.. lIIImCdlolal.edc1;,,,,,," __ pecple"" ....'_~dc1;'

..-.Trwtlle)<bI·InlW:~hutllleydon·tklue'tanythl",tither,llleyalso.lrmd.tendlObo:~rhorillJl!So..hat""er,.",do

and"here>er)'llUlI' h~

tlIeidclfvmlyfi ,....-Stlroll)'llU_...lObeISll/XleSS.Ufe~ha'etb.

alldcfolll-.btttmllell'lbtr"""""~bttt.. kfc,

thaDllOItdlearsaI.ll·sthetaf .... and"tth>UlXelll"dlromesaruraroon_enjlU)"nlCntofltfe.lha~mostCCFUJnlyenJOYedmy

life Thi~ is in fact my 2?th .isit 10....... fllUDdUndlcanltlSlftyoo ... '.llOXthe..alher_~tJnna::-c...,bKft.1l1:l1he

.,>ftdcrf..1Ilol.pu.hlylbatI ha.e .1.. a)'O~lIIldthe_~fnelldllrop_

19o,'('~O"erthe"12)e11"1-dtac

fncn.hhalt~u~.noJtncoungcd...,

..nh the Trinil) Trust proJect. ~ project I""'oo,ld lhe ltnl \lr,~k 1tou.... 10 be buIlt til

'\,-;o.fuundWld "'l1'IUS<'Umlllldlk.vIl""_fordloof~_-m....ttidI.

I ltope••i11rri. ...... ..-_cdi:toIe_llfmIlli!IDricaIaIId~liabllci_

...~ .. foundl..dlJldtMWestClNlltryof

""'...II "really I ,re~t ".... ilt"SC ", sha", thelUF tbIsafterllOOn ",ith ~FIl. friend who

bao<fUllllllldl""",iallt'lQol;_hasbeefta_""""",-lOmee-erIUlCe.Ourfrnt-.._c.f'ooIeQua,. ..... IIe _

..1dl.CBCfilmCft'Wmakmr;.film ......N:-.'f~_tbJ,ne---.We~

011 tha l'isitand he fired rne"I'III"scnduso­1S1lIS. He fomled the Ne",'foundland Wessc.Societyand ... o..-,..estofhoDor"""""we.lIIE.ttcbndformodth:"",",fOllOlllaaiW-.Soaely.ltl:lapalPr ..slwctbe~""'"htm .. alltr--.Otlthel'}lh~.19J6.1

.... borIlial..-doll,£acIIDd-)'I5.",.,.my blflhday. and thIS i~ wtthout doubt themost uniqueb,rthdly prtlentlh..ee".remved.ThanyooallllOverymuch.~

all Sl4'JIlORCd by J~l PI:rry. IK) 5lIy.

• ..eome~."by.lUI....-t'-cIoI....--ffola1lleT..-yH,u<>ncal Soc,ay. the Wnw.Soc,<,un'."'e",f""ndlud ••dPoolo,tht:TnrutyTruats,nC'";tn,Jf"'Il!;md,AIIW=Sl11laInedby"'lan Perry', f~,th, upt,mi,mlndho.ptliltly lI'A,nt,,,..tyhue.~~_ypeopkill""'",_

f~Md._eoperiaIy.kl

,he McmonalIl1Ident... lIooha,e.......-Mr.ClIano;elklr ..llrnceromes

lhi,noedinllllofu.torediscQ_trlo<tconneuionA.th'sntedthlt......... 1Opea..!becJo.eofca­11I1"ies·PcrtlapA.1her",tksikkdcepeftA OUr fean about ehu,t.Iomllllddeta);/l nW.csI6RcLlOpresen,'n the ludscapethosee.....nn' and mnfote'lIJI ",rmlllll:..."fwho we are .nd why we areI>tre.Fo'tl>tidcao(herit1Ieii_.tllM.iookuIlhoftotIy·our,Iehes.lhuabout.e"s'OInslll\\'...,.tlIeeadof--"~

ry..... OIherW.,..,...... T1lOmasHardy. \new IboUI the need to

bmu&httlrirf.nuliesllldldllcdmtheNysandislandsalon&the~COlISLlt_llkri­

IOllllattot.:*lft*counrcc:,it"'.''''''Y 1lanl

hfeIlldecdMlnyol"'fl"."ll""'d MdWe...... ...,.beaer.. 1Ile.. lbt:yloadbtD

....nAloIYOU)'/Ullpeofl6elOdlylft-.ual

out on • _ phax of you, lives. Be like

yourance,ton _h~l·e tlHlcouTllLe to headventurous, You have I tremendous 04von.tqeO\'Cl"tIoeseonJlullCttlen. ¥oulea...,~lJrieni:y,.1lidlI:l"a:h'Yrq;aoded

WO('ldwide,lII,myoarde,l'tt,llldotller

~Arm)_... _kri:IIICfu.f~lhlt.thouchi:t\rd1

.hlYl\lmoredth.ltheckllW>lkd.freeT·thin; he ..., fulfillinllh,slifelonlquestforkno..k:dlleaboulhu~huben..Th,d.-:e~.impuI'd

by splIDIAKlty IIId 'eDnOStly ofIlc.n....blllcsoun:eof ... lan·'~_"'sodySlC)'.Th=­

aM.~w=ClllIOIlbsj<lurrq!,

Dr. Geoffrey Alan Perry

Qo;erthe last fcw yeal1 two 1""'1'1 oI.c....tlrntiih.lveromeoverlODoooet.andOlle&:h~lIIear1yM.oy.henDoIseIIoob.i1s

~_,...:-~and...,.;lliifilllol"""

bells. A8d tbequest_wu"'\\'llydlll ...._a...:~bc:lutlflll~"'Thc

tnIlhisthaltheynthnrfamilies_Ia-.py.tbere_tlO,"-aylOho:aerthemid"lS,tlIeland was all owned IIllI it wulllqa1 1°10001hunlillJl 01 the woods, .. lheones "1t11driveand _w: arne 10 Ne-flUlllbnd. fishul&.finI:,-.for1lle _

,.IIOEa,'Illd,.theautu_.l.aIfttbey

.nd tMlund. mal>o,IllY t.blemade. ......flOlll.~~

fJoatolll k>& A8d lie.• ,tII all tbo

bm.ofalllhoae-'Y~

DellI':<, rodI:Ill> pcnny·forllJiDlbl·,yde from the m,>U<>fTnn'ty ItJ

"'valon, t"gal,ani""ll",cmmrnbon both si<lcsuf IheAt.lluw<-kderalandp.... ,no;,a1.thel...onband

dleC_-lOl\oadbi>qod

:=~n'::'c~~:=' 1&!"'!'I!!r,,,,,,SUfIC-aIRlrnart .... evokesibo

realttyof200~arsolc"""""lton

bct"'Wlthepoopk:OIIthe~&IJ.

CUISlof"c,"foondlandandtht:peo:rpleof\\CIOCl.tlIe\\"eslCoonryof......

\tr ChlllttllOO'. Alall Perry's>'CI)....,~tMsMlaetll~

slup between tlIesctWO SlpiflClft(re,lOI\s of t....o s,gn,ficant isl~nds.

But how were these htted,t.ary t,esra:llMCIlXd?1n 198J. AlIII Perry.',"",e·,mponer ,n Pook, Donel,rta>ved. su.,e __ ,.

thedup:oIo-e.DrOllo'Tto..-l.er..hodanned klDoIuplhmua:fl hu,",fe. Ruby Perry, NOllld'l1s,ood

We,in ... e.... loundland,.....,plidc:lIltheartt..l

¥jiab..-d""'cui*........ CIol onI...-r~1nIdi­

"'lRS.\\elot..·rarucuLor~m

the playful mct~phonc and mctanlC)l'J'lu.cndoJ,"thalleliollhemgC·llIl1tyanolenlefpli>rol'herolctra_dknO'Wlandandlil2 So.Icl:_sayyouandlk ..

1IfIoo,o __ .....,...._ ...

jflkJ .HtMai~ _j,,,""_"/eJnwb<wrJ'lI'!I<'N/II""""f""'I../<Jff1wt&_-.......tI<Jf~.

Ibo Jonif ...........,,_"' _ • .,n-J.

AmnlcNlddlMnOdlesbepi1Jl~lIldaod...JlIlaf!lCOCllllIonof.~rtnlth.Today._

hayesummoned I i,ngul.rman.Geo/T~"'lanJ>eny.....hoisintune....,tII tllDKtnltllsand ,an "yethe1MSWen1OIhoindcllr

Geo/TrryAIaaPenyfou-llhe1n:ts1O.-dltGarlMolHwle;

he~Ihe"',_..-.aol

TnnnY.1$ • thrivIRI ,ommunlly.

n..,--"", t..... eomfo. rae for..y ...... 'IlSU"Cllpa tbo ..Ubet_Newf""ndland Illd Dorset Ind the WestCountry 0( En,land. Appro.im:llely SO per,ent of your ancesu:ws orillin~lcd from theWeslCountryll'ldDorsn,lfldinmy~h

oIlhes1e-'y-":nll.,.....hecame-r'*­_tlIe...,...,.oIlh13cameilel'l:lDMM..bcaerlifeblheralehoei:_tbewfalilil:s.

o..-'l'rthtlastfn'>' wun/l«,groul'lofsW(/tlltS hal·t fOnle over 10

Dors~t. and 011 tach o<:ca.sion in

~orlJ Moy K'hen Dorst't looks 01 its~sl - g"~n pasturrs and ....QOtb

full ofblu~~lls.And th~ qu~stion

was ~Wh)' did ouranc~storsIt/w~

this beautiful country?"

T... very.pQ;~dayilD:r:dfor __

1_."hI&hJ)~IOII""ebecn

""ordN thI,1lonrnry <IoclLnIc-1_cry llrcat h"oor,n,Jcc:,l 1 thln\ you.MrChancellor,.l..,thelll<'mbm;o'the~nau.

lIldalltllo.epco'l*"Ilo ...,."UlStrwllO'IalIll........ 1Iu~to...,

1_ .. IW1Ikd ..hntlm;e"cd .......r...._-..nury01.. Sc:IaaII:""""'_dlllispalhoDorthallfc:ltlheflr$lperDllshouklICIl.aflcrmY",leofcoun.e.wasmytOOthcr."klthtrisnow87yearsold;weii>'edD5cby.mthewne"lla&emDonc:t,11<llo:lIItr tMt the MeUlOf'lai t;m.en,ty of Ne.. ­~had.",...-.bIme.hoIlorarytb:­

-.ShellltedmelOe.pl.raeucll) .....t"-l"lIC<lllt lupbmcdlOlI:r.~deIaI

IIld after ..... tome ""-.I ... wry oonftdcnlial lone. I hopttheydon·t ..\)ouanyqocs.tiom. .. you ",e", only in the ,anlcninlc1a.ual ",tw..1l' .."rhidl,fl had>t¥lcdlOF'!~·.RIfld~...-dIll"llWf)"""U,.

toucllIme.v...alOearth.

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". SPRING CONVOCATION 1997~Oration honoring Dr. Otto Tucker

Sin&pni."andHal~lujah!This

isthc Senale's doing and 'I islII3l'V'tl"""'lnoureycs.Whal

joy un~peakable! For Ouo T\lcker..hobeganl>i5careo:rasaSalvation

Anny offICer and 1C3Chcr Iw linaUybecnJlfUll1OledlOgiory.Firethcvol.Iey$;lr:l:thc~5OlI01forllC>'er

lwanhoooralydegreebocnlOnch!y

deserved, never have Wl'.lOgladlywelcomed home our brother, and

never Iw your orator been givefl I

~i~bIetR.

For wOO can malcll I\is ontory?

He. who long Igoheld you andSoniI5pelibound,Mr.Presidem,when, as 151udent, heout·profe:s­soredthcMemorialprof.,....,..

For who Call malCh l\is ..it1 He,who w"",,,anylwoorlhree(orlwo

or three hundred) are gathered

together will bring le3l'llofjoy and

13IIghter 10 all wooromeunderlheinnuc:ooeofhiscrt:3lJvegen".. and

narrativedextenty. He, who hIS

rai5WlheNewfoundlandlTadilionofstory-lcllinglO I high art, in l:pOeCh

and in prose.Whoc3l1 mc:asurethee~lentof

hisiMpinlim?lle, whosc life has

el1lwlcedlhehvesofgenerationsof

students fromCllange lsland$ to LaScie, SL John'510 Comer Brook,

AkIavik 10 Harlow and Wolfville 10Fon Macpherwn. Who, but OUo.could CrOIS thedenom,nationll

boundarie5 and gel lhe nun. of

PlacenlialOjoininlhechorwoesofSally Ann hymn.?Who,bulOUo,

coold persuadeCBC producers Ilewas not old CtIOUgh to be Grandpa

Walroll in the play. from PigeonInlet? And who, in anocIler limc: andplace, would have made mOre

lTlOl>ey as. SW>d.up comedian thanasaurnversiryprofesJllll'1

BuI. Mr. Chaneellor, as we haveIumlleRinthUunfamiliar>lanCe­

be«<:ked in rolles of lire and bloodand surp;millily 5ilenl-1et me. a

humble WITTfl·upaet to the m.'nCVenl._,peal.oflheprivalCdremIs

ofthUmostpiblieman.JoumeybadwitbmelOlhetime

when Ouo wu young, Or'S hewould $3y''young and _y,W grow.ing up in WinlenO<l. Trinity Bay.5eeking 10 know from whence he

eame and who he was. Likel'ip, in

Charle, Dicken.'. novel Grt'"£xp«l<llioN, Otlo sought identiry inlhe faded leuer5 carved inlhe

Dr, Annette Sta\'cley

churchy.rd headSlone5. It w""inWinler1Oll.,Trin;tyBay.tllatllelirst

read the words Wimbourneand

D<neIshire and there tqan his life­Iongcommitmc:otto undel'sund,ng

lhe shaping force5 of family, Ian·

KUlFandlandscapeonourpe:rsonalli=,

Fortun3lely, OUo's greate~pecuo·

lio<!S, unJike Pip'5, were rooted in

tllel~·ndpowerofa~pirilual

upbringing, DOl lhe delu,ive snam.of the phy~ical world. Although,during hi. lime Ii a roof-warden

whenllewasproleCtingSt John'5

Weslqainstimminentin"uioobyHiller, he il s.id 10 have oaved

younlmaiden5fromlhecarnal

appOOtesoffore'gll sailors. i\ndthis.Mr.Char>ceIIor,was1lleyOWllmanwho him.elfhld been I.ved in

WinterlOO-tbough .. 1Iletimellle

om""rwr<lle;nhisledger.'1)ttoThcker-sa_ed.bulprOlSpttUDOIpromising."

When all ofOlIO'~ e:<pecUI'OII'

seemedfulfllled,forllelladalov;ng

w,fe, RlIby, and aflr>e family. Initsof frioend. and admiren, for Ile hadspent l\istalents 1OC1I,Ilediscoveml

an even grealerSloreofnches whesJIlefoundedlhewessoe~Society.This

was I\is mique way ofre-awakeningand nourislling Ihe need tokoow

otUIdves, 10 preserve our family andlocaI.<IOriesand.inhil;words,lOdi..

cern "those myltenousand awe­

wme force. ihal detMT11ine humandestuiies."

For,Mr. Chaneellor, in honoring

OltoThcker.Wl'honorihosebetterpansofowsd",,", tllatllelpusuan­scendourmolUhtylhrooghleam­

ing.loveandlaughler.ForIOC,andOllO, are not immortaJ. thoogh he il

bellerpreparedlhanmost,haolOJalready boogld,traded. and repos.ei5ed his coffin trimmingl. B~t

llloseas,de,OlIO'sworkandspiril

are imrnonal," you will findOl.C.Mr,Ch.ancc:IIor.for

"""'"'ywaoI01ka\uI._ywald)'..,U,everlind>1\IlreaSIftInew,

""",",yw>tandill~""

....... lIIMT)'hei£htpn"C""

....... CIDriDw • icw,

you ....~ look fO,-()IIDn he'll b<lhc:u,h"lIbelhc:u

Youma)'lookf"'On<>ood ...·Ilb<1hc:u, ...·IlIlelhc:r<

~';,.~'isC..k:dup)<ll'dtr,

Sivunlup'..."'....... lOlIleW......

",""Bdore lhal day comes,M<

Cbancellor.lastyou..inrroaglUUOUofh.islife..,nhancingcomicpower

andhi.~tand~cuI­

tivationofNewfoundland'lherill&Co

tocoof... onOlloT\lcker,lIledepecofdoctoroflaws.,honori.Jc=<tJ.

Dr,A""I'lr<!~kJ

DqndyfH'blk-'"

Address to convocation by Dr. Otto Tucker

Dr, Otto George Thcker

Edmund Burke. diSli"ll'ished 5IaIeSmaI1

andperhapslhe~W/CJrinBri1M

parliamentary history wro!e;n 1910:

"'Pl::ople will 001 kd:fO<W3RllO[IOItffl;y wOO...verlcd:bad:wanllOthctrancc:slCn"

1lIat'swhllt I bclieve and lhate;p1ainswhy

I've.penlallflOd ponion of my life IookJngback at my Newfoundland ance~tors. TIlose$lurdy and ob:s1in& Wesl Country pioneers,

engage<! 10 vanous aspects of the saJtood lish·

ery,founded in Newfoundland a communilywhichmostofuslR:proultocall'1lome."

BUI we lumed him dow/l, as

Newformdla/lders used to say,"Iumed him down flat" ("We'll

bide where we're 10," Ihey said).

Jrm think, we mlghl have beenliving now on (l C(lribbe(ln island.!

Somr:limeslhelaWS,regulabon'andcoodi­

lion~ """" not very favoooble 10 permanenI set­1k:rro:Ilt;butlheywtredeterminedlOstayllere.

Thalwal very evidenl, for eumple. whenAdmUal Sir)ohn Berry,asayoungnavalcap­

laon {from Devon) amved here in 1615""commodore of the West Country New·

foundland fi~hing flee!. lie was ordered todeport all t/xlse illegal settlers. and give them

lwochoices:(.)gobacktoEnGIandor,{b)1OlIleWesllndie:s.BlIlwewmedh,mOOwn.asNewf<lllndianders used to say. '1umed himdown n.cf"We'llbide where we'relO,"lIley

said).Jusllhink,wem'ghthavebeetllivong

nowooaCaribbeanisland!~ourances­

tors dung IOtbe rock.•nd on a ....y became

trnppcdbyoodflsh.

So poor Captain Berry, rcponedlyaoom­passioJlaleman,didlhebe:Slllecould.Hesim·ply lOOk the census. Starting al B.ay Bull. and

endilli;nBonavista,llemadeadetailedn:conJofcverypmon,p1aceand~.

After Memorial University College _ in

1949-becamea~imlitWon,

rescan:lletsal lhaI new university undet1ook.maj<Jrpru;eain&lgland.They~rrmand

broughihomecountle:ssluuorica1documentspe<tall'nnglOoureu1yhislory-ducumontslhat

hadbcal"1oo("inoldllrilLshcOooialfoles.I",,,,

a)'OUllluniversdySlW:nllhen,and$3wftt1he

fU'StDmc:lhatnewtcdrdogicaldevia:calhlarrOcmtIlmmacl"One.andbchdd''VIwgh.glassdartJy"Beny'ocmlU'l=onbandapkfhoraof

otherdalawhiclllal«WIlretobocome!lim.,­DlfCesofinformalionfttNewfoundlandlilUd­

ies.This,fttme."""partoiagreaaadvallift

'o1I!IidI>UfIed really when I """a boy in a one­room JChooI in WIllle<Ul,TriniIy Bay, (adWdestino:l"lnlhefullnes&oltime~toldon&lOlhat

blesscd"dassofpma1SW 1IICllI'1iedinl'oeavenas"~

I wasfununatem many way. 10 gmw up ina omall Newfoundland fishilli ~p1ace" (the

\eml '....ill." .. used ,n England was neverused in Newfoundland,u faru I know). My

farnily, reJ:uives. ...'gIIbonl,friends and leaCh­ers.llslimulaled my imaginalion by Iheiritory1elling.Everybody"·ll$a.lOry<elIerOOlibeR..Moreover,lheverynarullllenvironmenlwasav;rtuaJlaboratoryrondtlcivetodevelop­ing in a younJl: boy a powerful curio.ily

Therefore it bec.me natural to study tomb·mones.Oneoidmanonce~;"fyoung

OlIo Tt.:k.:r dies iI won't be sad 10 cany him

10lheJl:raveyard~causetbat'swherehe

.<pendsmostofl\istime3l1)'W3Y,w

i\nd when I<Iis:rIveml, .. 14 years 01 age.lhe~of''ROOenOakJeywhodepaned

ihU life on Nov. 5ih, 11111, age 4i yean, a

naliveofWinb>ume,in~"awhole

newworkl~before"",-ltwasthen.l

IUjlfJOSe,lbeg3JIserioully.lifctimc:c<USade'~n search or' what aUlhorCyril Poole call.

'1heNcwfoundlandsoul.~

Thal.oean;h look a signirlC3lll lUm in 1984

""hen a group OfUi founded the WennSociety ofNc""foundland lodi""minale;nflI­mation about Newfoundland's roou in the

WeslCoumryofEnJl:land, lbesocielyhas.

among other lhings. 'lXJ'ISOfed appro~imalcl~

10 public leclures callinJl:allenlion 10 ourWfSSC.'<OOlInection

lbe.oeardlalsol00k me on ""-"iUIgi<.:andt=an:h visi1StolIleWeSlCountry:and5pe­

cial islhatday,n 1983 ..'!lelI I met Alan I'erryand h;5 wife Jill ill lheirwinest>opon lllePoole quay, It was lhc PelT)'name (no< the

w'r>e) thaI drew me ,""de. I am mall'ied to

Ruby Perry, a de:scmdenl of Captain OwiesPerry,3l1ear!yWeslCountrylishingsk;ppcr

"'00 linally >e11Iedoo ElpioitsIsJand;n Notre

... 11 beC(lme n(llural 10 5/Udy

tombstones. Dlle old rruJ/1 once

observed: "lfyouI,€ Otto Tuckerdies il WOII'/be slid 10 carry him

10Ihegfl/vt!)'ardbecausethll/'s

where he 5pends most ofhis

lime anyway."

!)am" Bay. 1 am horlorcd beyOlld rl'lCllSIRlO

beassociatedwilhDrPerry,arespec1edcol­

league and dear companionNow,mypcrsmal~luthc~

ll;sapri",legetobe ..,rhyou.'rhantsror

liSlen"'i 10 mc:: you're a greaI audieJ>cl:. AUnyof you are descendants oflllosc early We5l

Country mIle.. ; 3l1d in any case no matterwllrno your people came from, lht:re;,; much

inyourheril&gelobeproudof.ljusltried

loday 10 empha5;~e thaI in Newfoundland

lht:re are certain cullur.d and s[llritual val"""

passedonbyouranoestonwonhprescr;ing.

and which have given 115strength in times of

""""'" Su TUCKER, p. /8

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,. SPRING CONVOCATION 1997 .,.m@MCkM,·¥i"

Report to convocation by President Arthur May

And y~t. M'~ cannot 5«)' M.'ith

absolut~ c~"a,nty lhat our countryM"ill hong IO~IMr. ~rs(}ft(JUy. 1

think that il MilL Personally. J thullc

that Ihe tid~ ofuporalism is

rueding. But Jdo "cognize a

large t!eme"t of wishful thinking

inlhoseco"c1usio/IS.

E_iIIlho1c:carlyda)'l...ncalhebayr_,sJaDd.ofthuprmi""", ...lftbeLDl:lctilfdfrom tbt ~CIII dlttnctJ of EnI:I_ IIId

~...,_alRady~peopltlO

Iht'1kJllOltSWtaM IlldIOc..la.hdoMa

fanorIy.~""""""dlIr:o_"'"rdalm:s""tltrt:.C-uaro1lbtUJlllledsc.cs~Wc.,.btablt_ab-._TIraI·.

finc.Bur...,dKlIIIdbt ................. ...,_

dlc:tindofpeoplt...,art:,NWt:hPt:bmI

JdecltdIlldWpodbylhtluloryllldCllll>.wf:_~~...,~up,_tIwWt:

f;III rum lIIIrhand 10. ~ancl)'ofta.sbflJe.

,..herc,WchavtalwayShadthalabil,ly.ptr.

haps as much by ntccss,ty u anythmjclse.BlI1inthtl~coupltofi"ntr.llions.wc'_c

ackbllOOlCllulllrlCw.andthalistheedtoc.­

1IOIlaI~'Yd>atjustdadn'tCll;"'Clltqll

for. ~tfJ lI.y tractioa of"'" populationbdort: ..., trlltred a.redt:nDon. Whtn Wt:

tMtrcda.ftdentooa.MtmonalUotrvasrly

Th,illOloocao>onlOceldnle. .,.jaUIlIC'

for cckt>ralloo Over 2.200de~n:a ... ,11 he....ankdillllC\'m_.... olc:on',,.;.aam\tuttIII'ed OW(:OlM)C3OOlla:Jiaciclel"'llh:llhtr...... iIIdccd...-u.._ -.Ibis ...... lbisyur 'fhc" ..benlIa ......knn",1lI1b.~..h~__ 1lII:codfllllay ..* adlOlllh __

reopellC\d Wean: II' '_~OOIh~oIC.b(lI".0U)'ip.-'1lolie......--riI __~ ....... widllk..,........ -.xiIkdewllb.

What dws 110/ des/roy j.jS, Wt hO{NnwkeJ UI SlroIIMU: Meanwhile it is

dear 111m lire recession of/hl' '90sis ol'er ill Ihepriv(llfSeCIOr; UI1IJ

thert'artsigns.jifUJJly, thutilis

aboullo end in the public sUtor.

Tho.nlCJr1-&·.padua::I ........ ...-­

....---. ...... an...x.·s~ ...he II flI....at'Oll ud meche.K Some llrC

m:a'", --.I dqrees;~. (e.r,< ae1rICtmOII-...Jdqfta.AlIoC"wholu~

scaIalo.~.lbeheMhlll"~

oretlul:aDon~havt:clll-.l..".is1lley ..... lOdo.lwi.tlyou1Od1.youlDCWC

jnlOyourrrol"cssioo""theveryupcctaholl.... ,...wdlflftdthepu>fulcmp6oy_ ....

you arc: xd;'/li. and wIllltheblowledgelllallhe"'pu\.:ll1onoflllellniversily f"Qfll "h"h

you havc lradllale<:l "ill assislyou in Ihal

1'C$flC'U.'ThelqllUliondocsrefk<.:llhc",ahlylhalyoulu~"""';,·ed.Ii~<lweducauon

,n)'OUrdlOlc:ndi>ciphne,lIlaspec:chjuslono:

wcd; ..Govcma"~~ollhe

a.Lolc...ad.NOdIbll~is.:lllPk1lXllll

forthe~loCI~"'lbouIttimD'

...na-. .... ackbllhae-bupoUlrd ....~_.ol....,..1h y ___

1ia::e1bc1~... 196OL ,.~_~couId.- __~ylflldu*sastlw)

.......~ bqiII ....... aIftI'l' .....cn:sudlatulelDml comcfromu)bodybulwJOVmlOfofthclbDkofC"-'IWOIIldbe 'lI<llDCd .... talc it ,utha wh<>Ic= plDO;hofsalt.BullhI:SIp...,~W1loIllcr'DMuJ.

in,SlatUor~nle5.",hctbertheTOfOI1to

Slodfucholnic:lOOlodeIortberonhnuallOlloflowinlCtal I1IICS. whd!>er in dc<hmn, CO"­em......... ddicilS or healthy corponllC profilJl.tberci.hllkdoubtlhatthel'CCe»ionoftbe

1WI)''9OIlwbuuotncdOllll>dtheeoonomyilI.,.,..,., .... ad~mocllaeIol~II"CIilU"p.lI>d

C$fICC,a1lylOfor)'OWl&pcopIc:..Owpuhlw;_",U.-eIF fromthe '9OlI_.ltfed .... bmlb)-~·puta:fUllPOll.... bwc .. oab'l,)O~bullhcy.....

aboba.cf..-IlhaclXft>otuts.preICI"'o'Cd.... CNtI&l, .... llllhaaetlllr .. ,umla'JC&.:-the"iQi_IIftlDICI"___

.....,..dor:I_dc::Aroy .. _hopcUeiIdSltonae'· Mnn.. h,1c It ,sclcMtNttMltU:SJionofthe·905u".....inthcpn... _·.... andthe~an:~gns.linally.thallli$~

K.>Cf!dinthe!"Jbllc5CClor.FobucllplrlJCllan:

tall,n, lboul bar.nccd bud,ctl. rcncwed.nV<Sl1'£'lllSinhcalth<:an:andcdoclhon.1IrldcYtntun:duclJons.ll·SOOljUlldcaionem",-WCIRPJOll,lOpctthetlunlmlllc:nmum

"10'0'6~••"'-'Tolholc:wtlnan:tJoP-"C ....... CIfta1.

__I'cnd)'craduales.bul .. aPfO"lllOt

President Arthur May...~thcsc~of~YII"C"· CoItFbtt:ame~IlI-I'mlOldlt

.. bdIUId ............. kecp1lftcIllrll-.:ll ..... Ihcw:sylinl.l*'C'l'oflqlilallolo~inlllind:(llWc~you .... mahyour bylhl:lrWlJOI.I'"~~1n19S0fOur

.....yillthcwo1ll;(2)howfortulu(c)'Oll1l"C1O dq:rftswcrealfl'll'ded.lnlht43~II'IArw;c

btCanadiam; .... ()))'OUh..'ejuR~ lhI:n,thcllllfriftisabwlSS.lXX!,aro1.""",y1-ayllOUlldl/lveSlmtnlinyo.a-ownfUlll'e. umt-tIunlofour~IIa""seltltdin

"Tbtrci•• ","p.uachmtnIU,llh"l'QCl (IlhcrpatlSofCanadalflllthewor\d.lnsomel'c1Mpsit IIa.s somclhlllj 10 do with lhewtllh· waysil;SllrlQZin,thalum.:u1yut"'lHhinls

cr. More seriously. 'I comes from a ~cry hll'"efoundc=inthl'<pn.>I',ncc.1lItn::su.l~

lInJD&Iyoo,tIorrd_ofoornntWlKyoverl howcvcr.i.tharinbus'lICo.s.,nlOV""'mcn~

long period ofllrnt RSUlIIlllinlluslol'ylnd a IIId IlllhtproftsSOON., the map1tyof,lllb~ld-

~whodlhaldcvdopodIllO\ll"d>IncW· u.barclheproudboldcnofOlleorlll()tt

~iu""""If1Id-._"..... ilnpmUdly. dfl'CU fro'" Mcmorial t:.i'cn;ly of1IS0000'DJOdc..f;:ODfldalc>t.'lId[ f~so.zI9!oO.~'sao<llhtr

iotr.CUlllj.,.. publico< pn'llc"llh,.lbis-------- prtJ'>1KI:.lhllbaslrld_.... lfIIlaI:.:lc:oaiis

ovtnIl Ik>odopmeM. Of counoe ..t: an: .01>0hau"l"'.crl:Ul.,'otn_c"llluaour~."_faa"""Mot:.....,..J.(1lO

~ClIBo.uno. O\'tr 1.000 ,n Bn(l.hColumbo&. IIId '1Ilp'CW¥t: ..mbtn ,ot aft)'

pro.-iKt: .... lhclmilOl1os.hIIC1a1<dvioiblccYlllenccr;:/;thelXJllll'ibuborlourUlU_yand

OOl'pl'OI'IIl0elRmaJ(I/l,IOCanada.

IUIURlVt:nlly!llU:nI.k:atlhanIOycanafl""Conf<:dcnuon,I IladlhcO!l\lOfluRlly,'iaourrruhW)'re5Cf'VtfOl'Ct>tospcndlsurruncr

-------- ",Haloflll,anothcr",VicJoria,lfIlIlOlJ:IInon

1Ia'"IIIUSd.which .... iaIporu"'ScoWnd.iD~ .... IDCalofOl'llll.M,~impnrurlI·

1y.lmetY..-cc.a.:adi*dflOlllall".....ourOCUIUY ..iInl .. IIllO ............. "....._~lIkcades.s.oethell,.ICJoaIe­

qrrrc..eofbtllllC·ca.adla. .... ·--,.cn<fualt.lbaddol:opponun,.ylobu.iklacarM',.lhcavrlltf\<ooeofa-.yrhal_udybtlhtbtal.-y_m.,W<lridlOrl ........,.~lObtlllhcdaW1lofIhetlwdnllenmuln.Aadya.Wl:~~

...-rtbDll\llt=w.rythalOlll'fOUflUywill

... qat'ocr.Ft:nonaIIy.IIhlnl.IhaIt...:JI.l'monaIly.llhlnkthallhcUJeofltpr.lll.... isnlCed:I.... Bulldon:r:oan'lt:alalpdcmcnlofw,lohfulttunkmllinrllOlecmclusiuns.

WhalwcdesptraltlynecdmCanadai••

popJIWoncommillCldlOthe~lllcasl.

muth. 10 iIs;lllbvidual pMts. Wcdc!penldy

necd,..,....JlCIllPIc,)'OUIIIUIU-.rIypadu-­.....110 ...... 10 budd IIId It:buiId 100UIItry.WcdelpenatlynocdlhllOlll'IIJItIOIIII~

menl would pI.y .I''ler rolc tn cd""."""dil'llC'llyor,n,j,rtelly.he<:ausclhtjimplacrwhm:1hrMionalIdcnul)isdcfmcdl>l,lIda'.

,a<1C11.Sc'tol"d. JfIdwolc>I ..OlIIdIl)',*"",,~...... -.:I1J""_1OOIt.• oIlhc-,. M.)'M~....... C -.:I .....~.-IlatJr;I,b"-l.;r;lllll:barl..to~'"

y..1la I l' .. bt:t~of_~T<> anoti..,I0 ..'*Ift'CS-)'lWpla1::Id-.dlod ......-.:cIdiIIIIOIllOllavt)OU.COfIltbltd .....,..~

WI" art countmg on I""ef)bodv ",110dul"s business in thispro~'iIlC"l'

M'lrethertlle!leado!fiuishtrt'or

n01. 10 "CONI/iu the contribulionrhallhissingll"rmivl"rs;n'M'ithin

our pro"inu is making IQ Ih~m.

and WI" art g04ng 10 ~I"I our

IQrg~lofS25mil/ion

Youlllvt:..-Ic·biz~·)'OIlf

_fuIurt: You haYt.1It:SItdyawlimt ..

JWI""'Icnoal~"'JWI".-y.Or~_tbc·• ..-y.Somcol)'IN""UbcQrT)'lIltdtblbo.u1kDSthalyou .. ,s/lY""'didn·lha~dtbllharidoallyY""'>houId·

n', ha"" btnwc ,I .. ,II slow down the wnui·buuons you an:.bIc to ma);c to our IIOCltly

and llUrtcononl)'. Q.lrsocicly has madc.uni.v=ilyeduclUonWl,~crsaI1yacccss'blt.butll

1000000and1hta:a" ... 'OCteISlnllpt'Olllll1>tlllof~ ..1IlI .. ~ylup~'bt-1~peopltlol).. lhalhcCOOlofllttnd"ll

UIIl\tnllyubc"n,uDl:lOdiuuadt pt09lc:froIIldo-elO.lU ............ realcvlllsoeolthrsc:omtSlOlr&k.il_-'ybocmltlm.ncrIMrcqu,rcstbtmostclJ'ltotSllUlliUfI"'I.'~byourp~.botb

....,..,.".._kd=LForIhc_~

,.lIOtIoubt .. all thai IUIlvtrSllYlfllluMcs

"joyaao...tr"of~mplo)- , ......hrper ...... lIIOOIIIClhan1hllllC lIOha..,_

aclIot\fdalnl'l:nllycWcabon.You ",,11 see ",11 of 1Ins for youneha ..

)'tlU .......el!Yougllyour~You,..lllreal

izchowrru;htheOJ'llOl1W1;lyol'W1"tnilytdOC.h<1II has rontributcd to your dc:_cloprntnl

uan'nd"KIu.J.Andwcw,lIca1lonlhalrcaJizaltoolOrcrruDdyouthalyou_lrrrmbcroflhcMtrMnaJ l1ruvcr>i1y convnuniIy and M.

mtII'lbtrofthalCOllW'llUll1lywc"',UbclookJn&

roryourJllllPOf\.OntofdttfealWelloftn.......•Alylrfc .. Ihe·9O!..1IId0llt: 11hW;....u....il;lhIllheproporllOltof __ f_

cialn::I(UCtstlwallllCJfroIIl~.

1esa1hall.-.:I .... trt. .....co.peadw.1hccunni t;,caI r-...-.- f-..., ......1I:l<'-.tb'73pcr<=-of __ budF:tlt ......

.... bt90pcr~~_26pcree-l(.-"tobcIO~""IIIJ.andCOlllnbutiootJf"'m

<llhtrlOlltCl:SlesalhallllllCpcrOl:lll.E>ff)'1IIIi

vtnrty,nthecounuyistryul&lO"""rt:IlCIbCOlIInbuloonfrumlhtat(llhcrKQCtllandthe

pnlDllymt;lrlsoldom,so;I'o,""emontyfrom corporationS and indi_iduals forc.plW

iR1provcmcnlli (0 1/Icinstilu,ion, for Ik;hoIar

Wpl,and for lhc=aionr;:/;cndowmcnI$. We

lRinthtll'llddlcofdouljlhcAJllttlu"'"Wc ....... lObulldfll'Sl·d_swdaItflClli

1IC'J""hl'cOUUldeIheIatlsIlld"'-oollllSaMAr.,. IS

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". SPRING CONVOCATION 1997 •

",r_lUJIPOI1.llOllhellllClwho_pDUI'JlCtnday(wc'lseerc-llllllebJIdowtllheJ-.l_llope),butI!lcOllCl.ho ....1IIIldfi~eIrldIOIrld20MCI)O ... ~yars..

Unf~_wm:."'I:tYlJlIIIlpIIIlCJO

lO~ycan..... allJtou&lt ..c_ldldllilJlific:-""WJRfn:a~oflhlten.

tbeft_wark.llithl:m.We_rooniaI"~"'hodoesbuao::sr;iIl1lllisp<Ma<e

..hclhcrthl: ..... o/fuiJhere d,IO...:q.

&lttlhc~IhIt_ _.t:not,"'llbnour~iI-*ia&lI>tItcIIl, ... "'l'_ .... 11>-' our ...... of W IllJUoca

Ourpro.lIlCiaI.......-_~

1IJ~ lhe~by.--."'-.iI,tIoI f IIoIJ.,~ __

... 1ClS2S aad~btbeft-rtder_. our IJJcilIy Illa..,. 01.

...........or~ar..---aaJIIIU"' .Ihe~

ofour)'llUdl"To.oIY'O"wbo_ ......,. ...

lO.oI*-e.--.: dtIewllcft-.llo

llIV1:lllppOr1edY'O"I8d~)'OU1O

~'J<Nl~-~

B.Y""IlIvaJ·I~yourcolillauo-..Y,*'we~:acr-__ )'OII""' __

~")'llUwiIl~~."".)'OII

b¥e-W~IOIbIt.-r~f..oty

oIMc1mna1paduolrs.We ..... )'OIJlheocry......

~."_ .....=.,,,,_. Convocation commotion:::.:=:-~vc:::r-----~~.r"ru.l~~""-afSonoly ~'c-=-hadlO~t¥.crL

Tltt....-bmod ........ aiI_~l>~•• ~ut.ilD8)..111_ 1lIe co-nmmt

-..t ...-zed~"""*_~r......IQ'\U~atlI

~~....2)lba-*'1h:m~t:OIIIprUI,1:"'1III__"~fil"llll.

~1Ite.-...,.ed.. pm-._._opcnIon:_r<a)'efbtlOa:ana....m~m.b......lcallldl1lFfl6ia-1lld __ lht:boroatt.dIcvd.A1 ..

.... do;.,lJIl YtbltdodllOldn01: .....y-.....-.-...-.

Toda)',Nlrway ...........IIIlII_w,tIl.lup\eYclofoff~Ia:IlJIoio&Y

..Ilodl!bey DO"" aartet ~cry S81XCUfYlly_........o.erlhep-.l~.InlIjur"'fa'w:onl WhaoItoM---'.~IWadonlI~._butywidthlscan-.n

IIth1:pctmkwaiadlmry...-h£tr;lpIdedb)' ir>tlMcMSt.,......'INaand~e-..... ~ChrioHarnn-w_.od.--:;u,.t«1lllolo&Y latbcNonttSea capc:urinl)orful_",mls_durin.sprincc_ooc:an-_ouaidadM..... 1dv-=.~.....,IaUIlr:d. bul6dlnJ.E_tM_t:lMr~dIoIo,.....,ma6dnI_""""""tMAnI

~~"7dd~~~ _..._""",,_~_c..._~_'_._-_""'__"'_-_._....._-__._.~ _~ol_fdd:llbltpte\1CMllllyhld FiI'll, .. _mbenofthctonUllllll,'Yof )'OIlrcaee'l, ..lIIbvetlurod..Rlr_ydIlOlbeaa-odcrcd~_·.Flekls,,,1h Scw>Unbld:a~..... )'OlI.lhc~"illbe.. lppaIIIl:ahIp. _n:ornaollleal'-oSO ....... bInds..,_ llqeondllplrlQllt.ItleGrMd8InU..;u ..hen you rClum. llle crUll'. of t....

bconJdcw:Ioped.T~ha>resulled,n ~oftody_.-..d.......u...... __ ~bIId1aDdoflOlllCJnuw""~)'OM

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n:a"ctedln,mH.bemia. TcmI "",a and j<ts....-afPdhondutkl..-_Snl.1lU1oJ. 'CIJI~"'ttcnit.. yourlllnllol&and ..WIb'cf'l)$(Ihu,sturrcntlycon""'a!I"cly 1an.l,1lOl1"'a~fmmJl Youohluldrnakno pla.:candpVC'lXlRVOCIloClIIlddrtu.bookalb)'lhccupnnlJOnSin\'OlvedTomaL: ap*'cYforlhis-DllIlOl....-der)Wl"hvtmp.. Ywllavc .. opm.cmplY .... 1/w:-:I Y,uI re.Ieso pre:do..-uon: Hibcmul ..i11 pm<Iuce 1lle ...j~.n"y dqJee you hokl III your hand boa! is <moll. Y"" h.I~c no ",Ii.blc dwlS0\l'rIl>bfc-bctweeal.2101.5biUiollbar Jl"C$)Wthc~inJthclewntr... iJtd 1llere~briland'o~crlhellon,onTIlcrercls of oil, Terra NO>'a ""II pm<Iuce 600 mil. \hat NewfOlJlldllnders lak£ the j<Jbs and CJl'MC m.y c~en be llle draCons fca~ by earlyliIIl'l~bandWluImJRJSOrmlhon~1l. thebu>inel;aa ... deIoIwllhthcreqwn:meJllSoi martrl<nThen:_rrooro:fIOrffllthancalm

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bndil at tile "'hole .....auy~y.... tile _ly beymd. TheK flciJitia

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~ SPRING CONVOCATION 1997~Oration honoring Gertrude Murray Crosbie

ffi'story may ~ punued inanumberof .....ys: O<lI:can

II,0000Qllbepanofit.onecan",1ileofiLlnQ:rtr\Ide

MumyCrosbtewehaveacandi-_forllle~....to;> samr>edIlOlJIIR~oflbcM: ~

bu. III lbrtt Now, ,.would be....... cl ... I1>...,. ....... is1tlec:.t)depa:IiDe'ocllds.lI_ldbeC"o'aIaftunci....llOpoftOUllhal.hadwnoIbcen,ll.noJna,kd.. ,me cUms inhcf flnal )c:I' allI~~crl't. slle ...uld IIc'cr h,·clTWIl<;uulOOfromlughs<hoo.>l_Andllle""lI'Slioci.ililyol.lllwouklbc

ldl tile talc of It.:: Il/fIe W ,",""10

hucan IQlcsladm'",'lcrcdllMc:mon.a.Hcl"~"'btolon·

rla!~llcl'dIuJMc:r'lb_

~benpo!lll'd".~

1ll.~Ilcl'a--.Olp.do""_

ror Ia 1"0. Mr a-:dor. we ..1.11llOlolRooe dIcsoeJfal PIlI ,n bI:rrawnftu,.Ha.~did ..'hm1lpulllcrlllllU-ayldoall$lofOLll_

stmncr.......,,-pupo.s.we""'UIookII whalshe humadeofllerhfeS1roc:elbaldu;lalltJtll'du:lliollanolscec1emywhltmakelhrranlplcandi_

dale for Ihu one.S~lIa$malkhi.<lOfyinlbal.in

1968 when she and her hu~baDd.

B,ll, beJpcdeslabl,s!llheV'rJln,aW••cI1SChoolf.... cb'ldfC'lI ..nll

cadlnlpaIsy.lhey~I"frJ

oen.--J"Mw.f~""

t,olhc:or~cftw_IO""

1ftd.1lqwm:tbedn'laC f_

bctM.IlhI:",hl,d_tIq-.al

,bsuxea """"roIe ...~WI' rccoln,nd by eM Jun,,,,Chambu of Commerce In 1\l71wllendlO) "",,,,,rwnodCiu«n cIlheYe;\(

Shc hubeal partofh,""f)' by,·imocoflhcf.n"ly~ ulx>mIJIlOandby,mucofllo:f lylhaisllc matI1tIIlllllll. lier ndIa, J_'hiler Murny, .. u lhe f''''1'eorofOUllllI__ lOreaclfor

thr ..... -.suugIc .....lIp1tled~ aplB$l lht ..-n<llll.e makcsubl""- cI St. .10M'" A.nd,.

si.",rlCanlly roum-at,w mell'lllft'oft""'l es'",blub....nt "'ilIGcn',."ndf.lher, b"",. M~my, mer·ellan"pohh""'" IIIdpubhshcr, lie

told lhc House of Asscmbly in 1892thailO"cnf~Ihe ............. was

Prof. Shane O'DeaIOdi>alfrMldll\Clhc INIII" "ro,,·....... Mr. Murny""IC1O',by"dlu-e~lhelabalR.lolthr

fam,ly.M What maleIlIle..e c.­__ IIIlCrabllIIlo_dIcr

1II'CrCdftacd.1lIs0W1l the"0IJlell', n.hll.houte, Je eOhm"", Her reply -[Tlhe beltappru-i",'C'd part of '1r Mumoy'lspeccl'ais"henhc'lltsdO'.iD."AIldlhlS. indeed. i,. remark Jen,eQhmanm'ghl.hJol\a'ellddres5cdlOmcmbe,.,oflhefurulyiolll ...lucb

Oertrude Murr.y mlrned; IheC....bie•. Mr. Ch.""ellor.l th,nkyou", 11 aa:rcelhat.c1I1o:CI05bie:IilIIIlJfltbelnilyAOd.theu-1lnIthsareponcllu5tOf)".0.. lIo:"*oIlhtCrotbcsC*lllOtbeqlllle .. fbppMll·IydiomilRd; ..... ...,.IO_manu the,r COlIlnbuu.. to Ilulla.d. S¥If>tt It 10 mnember days_~.Ihe_.CIf'QIIar

R,,-.Jlatbel"'teI96Olaadarly1971)s,...-tomthe_olfeSUllttl'n.....e ... foundl.ndfrombuaII'"rerubhcst'lI"","',uer-p..,scnl

And ""lhOcnIlld B,1111lai,,'Unoi

JIlSl I mauerof I'0hlou., 'I """'''' mallC.ofrcsum:<:l1n•• tuhurcand._octy

GatCJolboc.sa.d)lIl&thelhudtntenoa for 1Iu. de.=. IllS abo...nttca~mory. Work,ac,alheMu'tI...., H,ulK)' Af'b"u .tMcerlorW.sIlellll,*-.~w:r­

.-...:lOl'<;Io.......,by~

Ihe bmll••",m.ce ...d dca,hIllIIOUIIOO1llCtsfromour19t1t-ooft.

IUf)'flC\Il'SP'lllCB For Iu5t«iIRl and

(or cellC'IosIS!' .he hu ~rcllcd •renwbbly nluable IIOUn:e 0( infor·m"'IJOll. "'h,~h complemcnls ,,-ort

done ebe...herc in ~hun;h rel151mand va-wne suro-eys

All her ...ork-nOionly forcerebr.1 pally.l>ul.ho for lheCN1B.forMcalsonWlw:ds,f... 1Io:YWCA. for the .... e ....fOb..dludllutonePats~_1Iu

boc.6oIte'*lIOOlllfallf.re,1l1l....1f.Md.cha'_.'DoNI, Qwedy ... Doiat WellAa~ ..hohal"'Ol't.ro"'lhber..,I lell you IhatGat CIulbc 11II.mo<l.:otylhatwould...,themedb1U>hIlrllh~.YO\l...",ld"""crkoo",fmmhcrlhal Jhclll>bel:naMcmbcro(lhe OrderofCllfl<ld;t focycanor1hlt,InJ992.<he ..."",madc

I TOb"lim Ambassador for her.. lkJleheartedand,e-etOll.llUf·_of""~of""llOn.Hcn-..._ ..ro"bclfII __

doiIlIbBmadeber~oIlbe

~a.dbB~lIean.;hed... aBWIdIy. ,it~.J pr-.IOyoubthedopecofdo<:D"of~

f/wwfise_J.maJOf"Inlu~,

GennJdeMunayCrollbic

Prof.SIuuf~O'OH,,,,,,,an-

Address to convocation by Dr. Gertrude Crosbie

Dr. Gertrude Crosbie

.. _ b> lhaIIk lbe SeaMe of M..-onal

l;"-rol~forlhe"'"__.Jw.lrorthcpn'I'dcFlO

spe».tlIlOIby·.~

WI\;u.wonderfblcbyf... youllldy""rfwullC'.and1l1Olc1.ihol/lllihtyoulheo:b.....·phncnoodcdforihulll;hIe\Clllml

lin&:inecn:Al1lh11')OOfIWUClcdlnOllrMlIiJllllloba.elhedream.Ihe,'i>ioR.andlhclClCllCe,Thatl.lhc~olourengtllCCft.

N\II1ft; ..ro lIa'e 10 obq orders. accept

I-.c~UIIl"IlWatf'e.'"

ha.etbelnlnul.lO(lIc'CllleproblcfllOf.

f1CIdyd-PI~My _.IIdf~ dIe

tint Ne..ro UHd _ to read la ,.

1910-Aihaumc, .. onIertllbe.D1Crrlberol'lhela... .5ocidy.lhchld tlIbcrefe:rn:d to.Mr Janel M Mille •. 110'" time. h..echanFd'Shcwooklh:lvebeenllOpleascdlOlee ...omenenglneeTI ...e.rln,'heirhardearned ",ron nng•.w My f.ther WCIIfld h..ebeenple.uedto_malef1Ul'5lCl.bnnglllll!lClr.,..,.spnc;lIIl1lftslOthatQ'lIll~·

Ahhoulh I h••" been '0 Mem... ,.1U.'tOnItytlftelJlnelo,lha¥eflC\'Cf~

\lIltlIllOdly.Ther.. _I-alMe.u1.alCt*p ..... 19.\8.1_IO.Ondell ... 9.-.-~~ad-r;cnne.... ""MisaEdna8afnl.Theb:al....­olMemJnal.lhatbme ... lleltolhuabb­lyWe.......-ealIowalOlleeUlObed"tdedbel\ll't!cnfourstOOe!U'Thcrauh. ...... ""'ea;h

malIcooeandone--ltunlChoe!oestraWi.TheIeC<lllll lime I enrolled at Memori.1

....IU ."m.IU"'~II,denl"In 1970, Witheocouragernent from my 1.1e husballd. 8111en.boc.I lu<pp.lyfoilowedMOlJaiDlOlhePronIlJedland-.lbeame ..lOdentnumber'JQ)))04)lstudiedlulOry,~"

mlplUSJtudIes._thexltlb,etUwercfll)'_~I ~\hlllIIIIe:lICsubfoaI

_thc~ ..tIodIourculul: ......'TheClllllplUDOfloldMlf:l_-Fpoupi

_stnnulMi... f'roI'esKnfromallO¥ef'theworId."coIdcnokhesM hkem)'IClf,andlhcreJUI ... sluOefIU. 'Thcxlludenll weremem·bersolthe ''flowtrdlild'',enentioo.and had

theu.,.... ...-omesaboutfl'ltlllCy.boardul•1IOusa..---.n.-and"T..... 1he1o¥coflh:>rllfe.~

WeleamcdfromonelllOlberlO~

ell;hothersproble01l,andlhcliludcnlkamcd

IOK"lheir5CniOrlin.ne",li,hl, We alllearned the profound ,rblh in Dr. 01101\der'1thcmc:"Notjust .......... forlrfe.bulIt/i::bmeleanwl&--T1loIilll:Ud be. pi forlllal/:llueiDe.tyl'CtlralleM,theJl*letlflldia..tile UIldcr~" =umIy __ pdo-"..... dIoolyc:._lIIIIIWos-c-·faa.AJ.lIle..-ywehadtobnlOiluktJucslhfob&llfor~TheIhfnlIlmCI

e-.d """-nIl u-a.y _ .. IWI'"

mylQbanddird.llI&keddlelaleOr.KaIhMatlhews~......f~ltitoIyfll'llbo_-ifhewooldlll:Oeplme •• ·'voIunrocr"in Ihe M.mme lIiJuJry Arehi'ICI- I Dd him r

wouldbe ....... lOdo.,. ....... Ihat .. c-=......wdba.clObeplidf... Allheume.tbearchI"-;st_lWI)'on~leaw-1lIld1hen:

...-asllOoneinlheofflCCtordieve1he1lOt're­l.f)'. I ...OIlldbc: he. rdidl Dr. M.llhewlIlUpICd my offer. bbllheadmml51rationllMemofi.1 Un..e....ly ...15 presenlCd ...llh.~ ......

I wu their first andOllly 'IOIUlIt«f, andlbeu_pollC'lCl'MlUld __

"T1Ieuaiwrvlyaol'lCd1lleprotJae.a...ame....... 10 lht-.of..bib!y.lwould-.tllavebmo. lOdo-.y.--a- ...... ......,..Ihe pmmce.1Idp,_fnaIdshopcltbeJlaff.IlteMammcHUbyAo;hi.e _ Hcalher Wareh••, Roben.TbomM. Palla Marshall. E;IcenWaclea.d Or.MIIthews-...-ho.b)' aa:epl11II me •• 'iOl­Unleerinhildcpartment.pvem::.newrOCUllin my ~fe, ...hich had cRanaed ndically with

lbedeail"' ....~l...-ldkoSewf...... _~fIIlOIIl

1i2~ 1<7'1 .1 tlte Pn»'a~'al Re-.rcC<ttrc.IheM andO*wcw.r.y n-bIODa.;dlnllullftdtheIUlTIOilnI'C:Fd1hchea,y.<>IUlTO..... ~rsfocme

I rolleo.:ted ,nformalion on binh ,dc~lh,

andmarriifilO$.11IeIenu'nhwe."'.1afICWY0(IIo:toc,a1,6XllIOmICand culllD/lofeoflheooloay,Theyareabo.peatheIp1ll1llelndi·

~andlXJfltCn1llOra'''''''''IOUfldIaadroa·

,cna:.... "Iu<~ JOC'l' 10k lim; ~An:)OII'

MUIKI fro- E.lplOfll. T ... ,lIl••ale orCauJUI." 'e...papers an: lite ,-.t,ate_c1~ld:ofrllh,"'_·

kas."P1ll(_...wlly.~m.p.

"ll:'d.s.rlR5,_OUI·~lIllhe~

papcnofthebme ... one_eooer .......andlhcdallyrqlOlUs/'Iovo'cdboth1hellCOl'OCJmoicwuuJel;lfIdlhc~ollhcpooplc.

'ThcqtlClhOllllrlscs;Howlbdlhcysur.-i",,?

Well,weNe...foondlandenleamcdlOfTlClofe

skillsll'lCrwne. Weleamtd IOdcpMd on our­scl,cs.WebadpndelnCllfISCI.csarldoor~.Weleamcdtolbarellfldlle/peldl

otIlcrlO ...."couldsu....."".W"a1....yJIIadpeabopc1Ilthefuture. But best of aU webmndlO .....oundYcs..~._

.ourdt-.W"re..dIOCIIJO)'~

.. _ ...... _IO~.jok.I..,....

.'"time..wTheIe_wr~You_

leamtodra... onlhoietntl'IIonal ....ylofdcalin....llhad\'Cflf\Y.lIfldourunfllhlll(1/Ih

inlhcflllun:ofour ......,nce.Theylladlllhen.you ha'IClO haw it now.

MemonaI Unlwnily has done 110 nuch 10enc:oonao:ourpndcinound...... llldourber·

'''',e, Here .1 Memori.1 "'e '" ,lie ve......... bllo:g.",_IIo:~olour euhure RelDCaber Ih.l Memo....1lJIr,om:ay ... ~..-nonalIO.... pllOJI6e..... "'*-mI..foII:IIt_dicd.IheFD"'~Wortdw.... It ....... --..I1O ...... ollhe~""'dIwouldlWlJ'1'de

educMi<la to r-, Newf<lU~ De...-.neylObuildlhfs,lIStJIWOn_noIDdby¥Oluntoen. ..roa... tbeneed,llIldresponcledby railln. lhe necessary funds, YOIlarelhe

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~. SPRING CONVOCATION 1997 •

##"'100';"Oration honoring Romeo Adrien LeBlanc

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aRa"ollil> EM:eh:y.11ll: Rip:...... Ru.60lcB..... wc1"""l\,ap«oaIl)""'achocvemcal._.~e-.II·I

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Cl!dow_<1WIlheli.mnoflloclsaoo fiJ;/"n.commUnlllelAb:<._hacl~ormi.ul<:syct

10 malt Bill the OWlon had bern

UOIIlcdbdlondlhrpnro;>ploolpro­lCCfi.. Mldll\llll&ll'l&lhel"!SMClefore-loMll,by lWmfolcB_,.. ~fn)lllA1bnbcC-s..aIOIRIIICrblownlrldn:specllldwhr:r·CYCl'flC'Jf'Ieli>hcd

furccntunel.bothA.cll:UnsIlldNc",'foundlandcrsha.'ccndurcdachnwc:andtwd>hlptlharpromotcm;rc~h'JII~1 f"'lCllln. ,n dlIrl fUm

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and .... cwf"undland huc b«nopprc»cd In .hclt1 Cby RulcBwun".wh'lc ....c ,foundllnd..,ulydl<hl"l,cl lM1OJben....cpeoplc "erC f",b,dden 10 Klllcbct..._r _Ac~

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a.-d CN....-- oII7~~. n...~_f__ ..~dcsuoycd.ud'bcy ",crcdcpon,d'o llotE...cr....a~doftbcU.'lcdSUaosOl'IOR:af_ ...... ThccpocllOI)'olthc~·_1II1bor

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1!li1C.....IIs,abol"lllU.lOprotccIthcl,nal F,coch farmlands from

IJror. Jean Guthrie

boJIt-.aslJU ....... blhcirdc:Km­.s.lD;lIhrlallOlocplhe .......lbc.-..-_IIo:Eowpcans_Bw.IllI1o:SfWllof~

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inc; ""pmICd1ic:cncclIOCIO-ClpI:ta­II"'''S. forlnslucc In Labrador.

..hcrcthcylllllfloumJI;udlhcllOI)'cocs. "'.. lie '-:I 10_1O~.........llohldOOONllllllld

flShl.. ~lIIlC11themlhcrrsearwouldbcOOllr"",lIICd.lhelctle" ...'ouldinelplicably v an1<h,bccau..chccouldn·lhcarlo.akc'..,__·llI",hhood

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lIld~cachWII:T~

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PttacsclcBlaIICa.Ia,lOlDfl',*,llOAcadd,~......Iafamilyandalmdcdflnlll~.her

pcopIc and Olhers In IICIcd of raid.mccuaC<'lUrlljlCOUS~nll<

100 has fCSt'ued Aadlan~ ftmllhc"'';fl anddcf'Ol1ation>bul"ICll)'''lhem soulh 10 GuadcluuPl' In~

Louislanlwhcrclhcycan f"rlellhcirpau.llcducsnolhchc...ca~~.,.,bcm;loIimcdIlldWpcdt,

htunanconv""""'.butl'd.,..c!lllIcftJCIIum:·'Somc1tmcllllc_>hiP~""lIIlhe_..&candlhcaulls,clunlolhc'alllC.--

Mra-.:....r.falhedcplcofdocl.... oflaws.!w>ouKu .._ate:ach:r_~"""CM:lfI""-.d.Mcdbel~8C.. eabeI~.llllcb.o)_BayS"'Oll.bcIwca_ialpcNlfV__

_ ..._~e-­of2000alld~yood.a.a.f....hom ~In JOiIoNh trWlI__

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Rr.11lH~ Rom6o AdncIIl.cBlaac. PC. ee. CMM, CDG<wernorQmonlole.a..tL

PNf.J_GftlIritUlli'Hrlity_

Address to convocation by Dr. Romeo LeBlanc

voy."e.ButlhcCabollllllivcnaryrmmllh .."'1Io:1np~llOIliI<n)'I~

GllwarIIIiClibolObtcwlhowortd_lIUld.SOllcmadc .. I'l- 1IiIDDIInCb"A-.ltciMcro;led III find 1iIb j;JIClS ... .JC""I*,__ ...... a_l.-adhcbMthc

_""~_Ih:"r;~Ncort~

~dec:alicsIal«.JKlCp:Ie.uer_

MM-f'n:!hIIIcrCMlCCMt".TIlcyfillctldlcw'1111'S .. ull preciOUIR"..,,_ Bill bocll i.Eulopc.lhc)'klnledtbMiI_.tooraJClkl.

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... toonb.~~..IIl:I_a_IlllhcCCllllll1ftafkrCabot, many tIlcoon

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-,SorncumcslheillhatlCaltlllcloc-lhcFn

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Jdr-lt'lImc>omd~

Plorlcen.....:t.>notonly .. ,nd"lduaIbIaabo acommunlly effon: fiDiby 1""a1'1Ies,lIlenbyooloruc:s,lIldfilWllybyal:<lUnlt) Toquotclbch'>!<>n;U\W0 Monon,"""I""~.. olC~["'~JO\I\Ir1Iy.lhc,hlCfpl<l-

--~~-:-' :~l~7:;::"7;;;;y:~~'~Dr. Romeo LeBlanc approa;how5lzc;and_ollheonJRwby

wanmdbloolbhcd.BwournalionVCW kMbyCODqllCSlllwlbyOOl"llJllO!lllIC.co-opc..­lton.1Ild muddl,nlllluou.h.And ...heIllheFtcnchMidEacbsb,*"""""fl"",,,y"--dlO~ .. ~.lhcyabolcamcdlheJCllCRllllYlOwdc:oa:Wll:TCllltufaMidoIhcr-.s£n:m...-llhewortd.

tauncODUlllnCS. ..1lcnSlrallFSfddl""a. tIoc-. pcoplcfft-ucd IOSOdooorl 10lhe __ ........... ~IIiIcUo:r.......

cd fllbcmlcll or 'dusces WC:Ifl•• s&nllae

Snl.£Bl.ANC.p.ZI

bM.Jvrlcd&cllldhcallh.You.whoWlllbeteacllcrs.andyol. ..1>0

""llbcdoaors.~aspcrilllfC:lllOlllObobty

YOII_upcaed .. oaIylOfaoeJOlllllpeo.pcda)'aflcrday... oaIYIOimf-\tMlwl·Nee. lIut also to Jlvc them 1nOlivKK. Mid~""CIII>OIlly.JtilIlOSllIIIIdlIllcaIc.

Mid,.. .. pruIleIy ...... -".)"OU

te:Idl.l_proudtbMtltclUlol~

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~Ylapn:s&mydr:cp~tiJr

lhe hoonor bwowcd upool me My.. a1llhopClll:fbeala.c1hol

"'>alllYllaho .. mlblr:rnof~andUbndor,AndC\'Cf....a:IIiN~101hoI

pIO"lIlClellldbcpn-.n,Upeople..1w..... bme-...aaa:md1lOmc-

C_A<....... jI ....Jkr._~._ II 1'"",.._ _ r fku WlnIluis,jI

c....." ..... r,II,·/1i "T"" .."i,...", SollIe..eel, .,.1 OfIOIlc. ae--KMDd ,.Fr.ce, ..hon:~ol~~fou.lll aad dIN I. lhe F,m World Voar'-Ir:al1lo:_oflholVCf)"-=soly"-ndloIc .... p""llIINln'l:lforf~MdI.-rdrial.• l$IIy_, bDW'ror- ....e..ta .. hen ....C"'1ouadlanda-.plrlafour.,....,..Midlb..-Middal&blcnCllO\:hc\low_ ......thcw~ol ..... ol-.

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I SU!"'flCl«.haI lhe ...il and lhe ...ann!hofNcwfOlllldlardmVCWfromyourspccillltus­/OI')'lnisolaledc:ormuutics,pcopIcdtpcnd­cdOllOllCanQlhc'-otoalybSl.ll"'i..wlllldCOflIfl"ICfl:e.bulfOl'cnlCnaInmaLBwC¥CIIIIIlhe_~coalmIIIIM:ll:I'-"'_OIlC

¥1UIldcmcnl whdIlhc)'lIlshami:lhe"""lOOIIL"f."howdidCl~"'cuIloK

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~ SPRING CONVOCATION 1997~Determined student juggled fishplant, home and school

"I'd start mv {.....orlc] shiff at 8 a.m.,

t~n I'd dash to af"md's hous~

at 9:30 for a quick sho...'u anddwnf(('. go to class at 10, SlOp in

at nr)1ri~nd'sagain to put myplant dOlh~s bock on and go

back andfinuh my shift·

"I did coorses, 1....asW<rl.tng, I was I'JJ,.mg lhc kod>," ohe laughs. "Back "-hcn I wassrudylngalthceollcgc.l'dswtmy!wori;-lwufl It 8'.ffi.• then I'd da5It to. fnend'ihoyuat 9:)Ofor.qYlck.ho",er.llddLlUlgc,IOIOcl.u.IIO,slOpln.lmyfnmd'..... 10 put my P'- doIbel. ba:ka.llldflObadrllldr-mmyshdl"

F<.w......,lC1Ilor«lUnc:s.MI_~hon

Dulymade.weclIyQlJllllnUlCfromlblH;dorIOSt.Jmn·s,.lJwDe..hour • ...,ea:hway. Oe$rlle lhe notoriely ofllle BurInf'!:mnSlllaH.p.....y ..·hcnilf;QmQIOWlrtIerwuthcr.wllCvernusMd ......,kendbomeuccpt when sheltayed in Sl. John's 10sludy. MA f;ouple of umes I spent hourssluck in Snow~IOrmS. bul' allllaY'lot

home," sIlc saod. O<:casionaJly being 5CpIl'

ralCdfmmhcrchlkJron"as"lheonlyncga·m'e~ofthclllholeuperience:hcrdaugh·

ICrS,nowages 18. IS. and lo.lIadlOoopewilh lhcirmodlerbclflgiIWJ.y, bulshctltmksnnughl~bDctIlwdcr.. 1w:r1hlrt1hcm.

1•••~.liiiii~~=_J -n.cy arc all hawYand ....lI·adJusaed.d<ea:wdllllk-hool.BuIInv.-lthan.11aIUd .. 1be~.IQl,.-li.. bcdbDJe5loneS-_mDItItsmyJlhl:-bII_10 S5OO,R Ms. Gallion DeIIIy~ dill~fromherdau&JMerr;_hdp

from farru.ly membcn \/I'm' vital 10 her sue·ee5SlIIunlversJly. But she also said furtherSIIpportcamefromfao::ultymembc:r1.

''WhcnIJOllolhcuniV<:tSlly,llladtbisl:ORCC'ptlQllOrwhat.pro(essorlS.. I'eople...en:S.lYln&·pror~don·lcare.lllCyWOOI·lhclpyouout.'ButnodllllJ<XlUldbefurthco"fromthcInilh..A1mIIP:a1lmyJWUfcs-­son "ere really ...pponJ~e I C.'!"I uy_p.tloutthmt,Mshemd.

1llIlycar.MLGauh<JaOcatyshlRdlllIJ*UnaltwilhLesley, heroktestdau&l*o",who_dol..,(IOl-~-'"cs.lIIl1lcf.oll

she'lI be headl'" forOntanolobe.... 1Ilcmaster'lln soc;II"'Ol"k prolram It theUni"ersily ofTa'OIIto. And afterlhlll1 Any·Ihlng is possIble. And Geraldlne Oauhon

DcnlyisllvlA&pmof ..

come to Memonal ""11!o\l1 a hIgh KhooldJploma.ByJllluaryl991s1lc ...lt!tllanllherfirslunivcrsllycourselillthcEtilernCl)ItIrrtIIruryColJclC tnMarySUlWl1.SIteAldshcOOllldlE'er~~lterpolt-_.

ondIryeduation~ftt ...~"I employer. ~WllhCKII Vic YOIInl. IWOIIIdn'tbebcre."$he-.LHrsfttml:r_

Ilchlefuecuu"e officer of F1SberyProducllhlle.....llolll1.nd.nll..orary

lfIIluaIe ol Me-lnal ,Hel Wit! pleasedthlIl: Iliad Iakat IIlc lIIl!U11b~e," ohe mno:m­

bcn.SbesaidherJdledulesllllhl:rlSllplantwere made f1c~lble whIle she SlUlhcd In

Maryllown _ even so, work, home andschool lept her hopplnll; loday she's oncduc:aItonaIlcave.

_lofQno_CourttinI:dMminut~-~~Oenty(w-ri&hc),""N.o""""leIler

Dencr, and daupce., Mid>de (_lH), and Carrie and letky (L.lt, .undlne:), Inell. St. Joh.. •• ."d """ ."d Cultu.. Centre, jUt( an I>cwr Mfo", receh'lnl her._.

BrjEANGAAHAI1

~n Geraldine Gaullon Denly

'..... I:ed .crOu lhe AruandCulwn: C"ntn: S\.IIC 10 na:1~

ha"Bachc:lorofSooal Worl.ooMay29.W>c '*lllil.llLln,the WI f".... ,""p&on theloa, ro.d to heru~ poa-KC­_.......

Thl:8SWi5mJl:QCllllJlkzroe;w".......ocd.8a<:helaofArb 1MI0ct0b:r. Ofth3lrll'$lpadoaaoon, ....)'1~lldJdn·lfccl~..l I kept thml",";. 'If I'm in. coma, [hopc I don', wake up no.... .' Becaus.clhatW(lUldhavt:~nanJghllnarc-lOfindoul

thalooneofitW3&rQ)afltrall n

Ma. Gaullon Denty usc. the word-dr~m~ • lot .. henlhc taIls about herupertcnCcl .II Mcmo,r"l Uai'ers;lyEArr-1ike""ll'•• dreamoon-::1nC­..,.". .... lIfwa)"my~-prppcr.....~AndI!)'OIle>WIbw&flt ..dream5~Qi)'.shc·dJOOllPfO"cyou

wron, M. Gauhon (knt)' fKel)' admllSshc·.had ......yt..tlk:slO00var0mc;wllh­0II111ol of support she would never have

madc:c,thc:roflhosewalUlII;rQt,Slhl:CQn­voclllionstage.

Shedl'Of'PCdoolofschoolwhcnwwas14.afteraliummc:rjoballhc Maryllown

flShplantt..-ncdpatTl3llC'nl. AIon,the""'y,!he BollI HatKa- reodenl. maned -.:I hadthreccblldi'C'n.ButwAld11lerewualwa)5501Delhm1IDlS$.lDlJllmyluc-1had tbeJU1s. I_reallyconlelll, but I"'-YsfdllhcR:stlouldbe~ehe..-

11.- -somW\'IlI dseR was uni'-n'lillyWhmm~C3InI:homcforwed<enlh.,

she would -grab the.. lextboob and JUSIiWI rud"..,~ she m::aIled. '1llq'd be tak.ing Ihm boob away from rroe because lheyhad uams "

Onc:foJl weekend In 1990. Ms. GauhOllDenly dllCO\lcrcd that malun: Sludcnucan

CltOSBfE,C'OIUUIlIn1from p.19

~ThaClllutaboa,-.I)'IJOII"r.....1$

IM,r I,ft 10 you My "olB.lccr..-ork'l~pwemyhfe._focalll$wor·

rytaIlO_dlII.lOlby's"'lll'ldmM)"pcop/Ic

fcdlhcyhlwelObepa.lfor~CI')'lolllcllu&

Ihcydo.Soclc!;ydo:Jc$ll·lworklhM,,-ayMoSlOflhcbcsllhlngslnourSOl:lClyllavCrotnC

.boullhl1lUghtbcwork of "olunt«rs. "ouIIa~OIIlyllIgollllheho5pllLls.lhesdo>lJ.

Illeold IlIc homc:s,or 10 your local """",ecclubl,lO_tIlcoul'a1~olYOlunolcenna.

¥OU"""ICCOUlolkfewhat)'Ollp!.C"*,l.Mrn.xuI\JwvcniIy'-pb)'td • ....,."..roIc.ClkOInpI&our_olpbcc_ourIdf_Ourcntllalioclm'-andledour_YUSlCy·._flCUlcy ...... ...--.....oc.IrtI. '*- -.I. Newf.,...~

Not IOO-rpb<aQ8........Our"llid~RIlIo..tclllll"lIIIIt.v­

PJ'oIyMMlfolklote~~

plll:ClUw.uraa people from around tIlo:wortd,_dolllcodlerfa:ultlesmd!dloolL

Tlwoughoulourho5lOrylhateNtvofound­landcrswholcfthomeal ...-ay5slur'tdlhclrW<;.CCS5"lthlho", Icftbehlnd. Rememhcrillc"~llInBo~CI"'l1'lo)Ie",hoscttltd~·Wl.Y­

nowpmvidehclplOllewWll",,"ofi~

lalodltnlJ.,oorefcrral.,orjuSlafnendly......wayfrom ......

I'owwcbavc_ ylOexport ...o.a prodacu (be"del fil~). llttre arc

~_laI:.e-Ia"'"

-.:JI)'.AII_IwdIlCk,~kMlhI

IIId bullKya 10 '--dr; l';c:,,,:~-.lm,

_olw'o __"Cd.WlYSO~acobuc

.1Io ......... ICIIIyIdlWeCVCII~_.dtruapdlca..."""'-r.•~whodI

rcca""' .......from~~llle_lmdtlnlll:lllil"backlObe~1lm

~lII'IdcreSlI'"*IhtP'l"'''''ol ...p'Our wllure lJ e~ponaIlhrou8hour art~,

drama. radIO, TV and music. lndttd manyNe... foundlaodn. hne become flmou,naoonaIlymdinlcmaltoDally, We now IIO(lOI1.

1lUdenu.aiuc:llethcm,anduponJdlolaroTht~lObeltamedlSlhalacodllfla

a1.-aysfdIowNd. Thcl\aurcil ...... nc.-..... olMc..lrull..wnily bal lt_yG1l!IeabtIl1ylO_-.Mddtalleofelllc~1.DoIt~JUI-_JllIlllowf.

_ha...,_fIOlllEdna8llrd·100rncSl>c:

~a..olI93&.

Oonrs·proudbeolaccol sclf1I:btl:c-.l~ ......... I .,lit:a¥C)'UIl"""" ....... ~fromDr.CynlI'lloIe.Theaew=lMdoiolII ....... 1IIftI:Il1te~.,·p....... dallllI1l9'r.i.mdIC3lldollOboIII:rlhaltqlCaI"'fIlIIhcsaid'~foundland'I~1IS

ti$IXUI'Casllh;,sbcensineclUln'C:lIlnlinaafllI'K1mCO'l'eSandharhn.lJIthc_mc,whcrcvcr you choose llIC1St yvw anchor­"'-ay>okcqlyourharplinUllle.R

You IIaw .nbenled oJl thai _ before,

IIIdlOcpllC Dr l"ookalCe ..... - .. dw#""'ner..... .. y<.an.R

COIIllalBlallOlls .. yoer Iradll.tlOII._roodkdIOJOII.a11yourfutwem·- ..

L£BUNC, c:oru",wtdfrom p. 20

clOOa,propIcmM1hcmwllhfoodondhclp.Wc 1« that same Icnert')$ily in those whofoulhttllcSagucnaY'nd Rcd Rivcr noodtWCliCelllnlhewort.olvolunlc:en.MtRIIIan

hIIf1hl: .... ~olCanadap""'lOIJICfonnofllcrYicc WCKICIAllJeIICrOSfIy,n~ThisauwryllOlonly'lll...-l

~"".lddslbell'Qll\lrordlc

...-tlerolllli.ss;".LABd_scrui....IOCOIlllfdynctllld ... lIlcodler.....:::e-smt

ol"" ADe --e-.. ClNda ..~thi:sIl..."eVlUd."elp.lall~M_

e~...nllCllilllOthccon5UlullOIIlhc~l·

MJndin&:~lhMo;Iiff~rcp:.msbould

lIavc:cornparW>IcJCI'Via:::ll.Over l;me, Canldian. Il.ve developed.

~thIlOOlllpltelwellwilhllUlollllY

OIIlcrnatoon.Nooneprt'die1cdlbeexll:lrourleofoureountry,wltboJlilldtallcngcs,a)mJIItl­mlses&r>dtnumphs.Manyeartytbmrics_

wroIlg.81.1:oo.rIl1lWdclw=rip.CIfl"ci.allyIIllteymaJ.urcd.opcancn,lOle~.aad

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plU\'lIlllewillllOlketbar...t.ThcrestcJlhecounuyrcjoices_namcs

like lIibentia&r>dVOlSC)"1BayClllcrlbcllC......And 1 do predkt that if Newfoundlandbea:lmcoa·'ha...e"pIU\'incc.,thcsamewannlll

andgcntrOlitylhatlla~nwI<royourlusIory

WIll only I"lw. Earllerlsaidthalldldnolknow enclly where you U pUll'" were

Pili Yetltaidlhlll kDew1hl:Wl.ylOlCCdtcre.AndlOdo)'Oll

SooB lbe te",ben'IIJOflIYnu "'Ill beteIoIcywrwclr:MsdllllhemailldllJllonkfeIS 10 "",",,1lenI_beacod IO.-c-"crABdl!ledoaors ..,l1lprcadtlilallc.-byuample Youha...,dloIalprofcssoou ....mtbodyhopc_Idp.n-ab-'Ydcmon­stnleIyowchanncr;Mdal..... a1W11"'''1Ilc1on&run,d>arw.:acrl5destmy

We I:wlt tho. country in many ways, but

~lybyhcll"... onclllOlh:r;andllqlethat i$ how JUI will build your~fc. l(yoodo,your~WLIJendwcU,b1lc::aItieno_

",hcrcyou IO-youend up """JlyourlClfInlhalscn,e, you may not always rofllrollhc

voyagc,bulyoucllllhapcthcdcSlmatKJn.SoleJ.pect IIw,iothcWlll'llsoflllcle•• faronl.... youwtuWl.rmcr.,ure.

You haweNe...'foundlMMl and all 'II Iter·... bdIInd)'Oll.YwarclhehcSledualecl~.tltiprov'Bloe·I'-Y.Aat)'Oll

bcbClOlbcbCltol~

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~ RESEARCH

Unearthing Pippy Park's past

"....,0,,_This honeysud:IIi bust! on IlippyP.t:.~ bMkis on the site of • garden dating bad; 1IO 1&40. lout·ell on thepropBtyflfJoleph Noad.IlIIW'J"Ol'"9Ift8IIl ofe- ..... AnnI KewrwyGuignl,......­ownfarnlyoncaiwd on the North lank, is rneardlingthehistDryfifthe pitt.

BvSlWlONGu,y

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ppyPart ha\lebullt011 lbe all~ of ncb fannludswb,cb once belped 10 feed thepeopkolSt.Jobn'.. Yelfew..-.pie know _ytbaq IbolM the cr.­dluonalusap:solthel-.twuluntbeboundale:lolthepll'k.

AnD' Kuney Ouicnt.•IJrlduatelludenl,nFolltlore,would lite toclINlge that. She',the .uthorofC.A._ PippyParlc://1 Cultural Huitage a~d 1/1I'ulure. an orll h,story andarch,nl reocarch project under­taknl tsumrnerbYjtudenl\;inh>lld.n.Ge.>traPhy..ooH,>tory1Irorlt,n,undutheMcrnoflailJn,venllyCarcu ExpenencePNtnaI< MUCEPl

1),," 1m as the 8<Jbnic....o-deG and the Fluv.,um annct

may V,"t<.n. bill few {\lisnonl...:-t~f..ilibalOthe __•

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there UnO lllllfy,n, theme 10

umtetheplrt_'lIdiverwfea---LaIIIll-IIVIler'. project bet-by~thep.t·.bislo­

ry tlwoucb .-ch,va1 raewch andoond\lCtIn'lnlaVleWlWltb..-.ple-whoonceov.'rlCdland wilhin

PIppy ITt 15 ...-ell as pcopk RillIiVUll ..,thmtheplrk.

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to cut,labI from the pond and_bIoc:b lllCl.5WUll tlnoefeelbyOllC fOOl '0" ICeIloll5e,lbeic:e ..asthendclivercddoortodoor and from.hop 10 sbop byhorseandlonr;eut.

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ice deli'ery 'II SI. Job.'.....es.smtl.... tothe~ofalarJeurba. populll,on.~ saId M.Go....

A major .im of the prehm,­nary SlUdy of PIppy Part .... toldenlifytmlorw;al ....lerWs and

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~ out &~a~b~o~u~t _

Don Wright's etching, $,tit Rstt (IM9)," ~rt of the~UnMnity~Collection.ltilonlisplaynow.ltMAGNl.as

pArtoltheShap«lbytlwSeloCldlibition.

~ Classified

Sf. JOlIN'SThursday. jun~ 5

Uw tJqy fiN grudutJlt slWknlS 10

Jrop",unusiOftcounts .. lIhol<locOlkT1Ucprtjudict

FlIIllidtmforuntkrgrotU IrI theirfinl_rIOJropllllt,.~

c""rus ..HIt,,", {u"dt,"'c--PIobIit"...-.Ikiazbu> Twttbl:nhtbilion Pr«w- MrtIIb .,lb­~C\InIlOrDool8clu~_8

p.rn ... ltx:AnGalIo.ryolr-~­ruundIInd and utndof (AGNU.SlJohn'sAruandCUlnon:~_

I)dylnl th~ c;tnsor Th~

Newfoundland and Labradorchapter of tht Canlldian AsliOC­11110II ofJouma/I5lS (CAJ) IS host­,n,thlspublicd'5CU<$IOnhtledDefYm& ltx: Censor: How Joum­"Jibill~\l'CReIJITlClieet

lheNc:wJ.OlL ............ p.­.....lSU lObe featured an: K!lI­MLD.J UU of HOG' K~ DIpoOlonulyoml of fIi,JC'r1.I. MarcolilmofPmt.pbWayneSharpeof the Can~ian Commllitt to~Joumah~ A<lrtuMaon ,~

free 10 CAJ members; don.allOnsalSQICCeplrdAlIlIl':~1eome1O

allend The discussion begin. at7:30p.m. Il.lhc AGNI-Sl John'sAruandCultlftCenlJe llustveol

IS beln'pre5CnlCdjOlnlly by thcCAJ -.Idle NorIh-SoI.ch w.-....~c--..-dIIllItJtutli.,tbafoevsoallltenla­llOtlal developmenl. For mORelIIfOf1llllioaCQD1ll:l"-~­

bnd,e at 737-8~71 orbtlewbriemorpt.utUrUl.CI

Friday, June 6Snuker Day - The CampusAwartntSS Committc~ says iI'sbl1lC10 gd.,tivel JOIn your col­ltqucsfran 1-2p.m.. fora walk,run or "'hed around CanadaGamu hit Wellnc:ss mfonna­_boolhs.illbeSClllpoa~

illIlJlOP'O'~bcallbUl!(lI'IIlUXl,

lDdtllcn:aefOlalObe_lFordetails.colltaclthe WellnessEWc:aoonol'l'U.7)7,26S9

Satul"day, June 7GanlcnandnaturcM:S6lon-lfyou're'lntllR:Slalmculllvatcddls­play ,ardens and the naturalenvlRmmcnlgcncrally, then theMemo"al Unlvers,ty of New­foundlIlld8ounic:alGardmisthcpIaoclObe.Brinr:YCPlu/dl-.lp.plClilspcab:rKt:llPloudlootb_lIlknnal.plftCIlUIDODlJtIed.HeathcnoftheGardcR.Men_lhe Field Cenlre, Mount SCIOao.t,_Ip.m.(ranorshmc).

Tbt Cabot scurr - TheC.nadlln Pohtical ScitnceAssociat'on, sponsored by New­Ttl Communicl\tlOllS, IS hosting aNtwfoundlaPddanct:forl..eamc:dsdclclaleJ. slaff and studcnlJ at8:30 p.m. in the Bree~eway,

SnIdaItCc:nlm.AU_wek:omc;.FUUlrtd pcrformelll are TIlePtanICr$, Kelly Russ.cll IDd 1bcPiaco- lniet Duocn. IDd AmyHou9c,.l'ilhts_SS_lhcdoor;proc:eeQs...aJCOlOanvdl'und......-

Sunday,JuneSCr055 BOI"der RcgioulisrnTbeCanad'1Il Political Sc,enceAssocII"on, sponsortd byNewTcl, I> hoisting a panel dIJcuI­sion featuring Stephen Tomblin,Memo"al Un,versily (chllr);Clyde Wel1~, formtr /'I;ewfoundlnd prtm,er, KenCurtll,formct" so'emw of M~tne ~nd

t.:.s ..m-ador 10 e-.ta; f..-lFry of BnSham Youlll VII'\'CNt)', DcnD St.n of~limvawlt)'.andJobJlHoy.~

dmI of lhI: Sew En&l-l Bo-.:I 01Highc:r Edu<:II'oo. Panic'paIlt""II dl'CU.," the problem~ andchaJlcnlt=SlMOCiatcd\",th(:Qnll­ncntali.mand~gionallnte&rllKln

InNonhAmaica.lltc~ion

begms It 6:30 p.rn. m Room SN­2109,Sc,ence Buikilng. All are.......Curator'. 1II1k - O,ff Eyilltd.1lldt...-thcAG....-LexbibU;JnRL-~tN1burIJ1l.8pm..

tbtpllcry, Sf. Jobn's Arb andC\Ill;tnCcn~Thisprt:lCllUlOOll

il.bcia&hcldIllOOftJUllCllOll""thth~ annual meeung of ,heUn,ver>ll)' and Collele ArtG.aJlcryA~ll\tlOnorCanllda.

l\1onday, june 9Las, dll' for wndugrodlloltSllIilcNslOdrop(J4-..-«l}1pMg_rt:vunnfltd_... 1125pcr~rtfwttiof_f«s-""o

l>Ill_feu ",U~~fo'

J4--a:Ip'JIII_'("COIIQUdrrJppftdllfl.t.,.,dtMe.

TuCiday, june 10Alumni luncbeon - TheSc!>oolofSocialWurlr.lnvllUa1umm to allend an mfonnal lun­cheon in celebration ofthtschool', 25th anniversary. Thcluneheon is bClng held fromnoon-I p,m, ,n the Scbool ofSocial Work. Room J-3OO8. StJohn'l Coll~ge. There IS_Ocbqe,buIplcasccalltheldaool(737-81~)lfyoopbalOlIleIld.

\\'ednesday, June IISocial nork',GabEna!DI­Toman,ts25lhaoDl'ersary.tiltSchool of Social Worlr. halp1anncd.GalaEv~lIJn,atHolel

Newfoundland at 7 p.rn ThetVenong will feature a tJlllht,onalNewfoundland bufftl, andenlcrtauuncnt by Folk of tilt Sca."'llh~ncong.st01l1'-tdhngllld

SID&'"I by \DCn lDd ...omenofnttalN",f~TlusplalJ

open to alumni of Memor.... 'School "fSocial Worlr., pi""allendces It theCbalr III Ch,Id

ProIecIIOllSympos.aumanddcl­egatClalttndlng theCanad..nAssociatlOllofSchoolsofSoeialWorir. mcetonl' at the LearncdJ.The cost is $45 ptr penon;please nOllfy thc School ofSocial Worlr. (737-S165) if youpbalOallcnd.

Thursday. June 12Rqll1lulftCC""I:ofdlcBoordf1{h..-~n"1! A mullKhK,pllnaryn:DIdllbkdisaasioll,dlaiftdbyDr. RobertPame.2p.m.A-IGo.

Sunday, june 15~waldJlctour-T(U1bc

exlub,llOll PrcOOlU Metols Withguest ctlRtor Don Bcaublcr al)p.m.llIbcAGNI-SlJohn'sAttsand CtJlturcCen\rc

Monday, June 16u.SI dIn' for IIndtrgrodllousu.dcw ~finl_Sl~' 10drop J4· ...~d '''""It SC,"Oftr~.>IIIXJ"'iMcNullC_..uepr~~·.-

Friday, June 2011Wrn llIIl«ratrcsbqill.

SHOWS8~niffll RUSltll Film ,.'nli.1lITocclebraLe'I$2$thanno"trstry,The School ofSucial Worir. prc­scnl$the Bellona Russcll FilmFestival,Junell,I3andl4(Wtdlltsday,FridayandSat­unlay). The fesll\al nanseachday from 121S-I:U p"'" tAlbcChemutr)·PhySlcs Buildin,(Room C-lO))) Bnlll YOIHluncb and enJo) , The feni~al

willalsn bt held dunng theeveningofFtiday,Juncl3.frorn7-10:30 p.m. in the ReidThcaIrc.Ans and Admln,stration Bullol·ing. Call 737·S165 for detailsRI1l1lo - Memona!'s Arch.aroIogy Un,t and tilt Ccnlrc furMatenal Culturt Studluanllouncestbe npeninl oflhewibtU01ll/W.la,£xpIonJI,wBnlWl On,uu "'Nn.~Q.apon F"nll-/llrc. in the GKII.Hall. QUCCIl" Colle,e, St.John'l. This travelling sho...onginatCJ from the Newfound­land M1I5CIlm.It featUJCSa wtdcrangeof~gionalfumiturefT(>m

Newfoundland. England andIreland. ROlltu was curated byWalter P~ddle, the Newfound­land MUSC\lm'scurator of 1TIIlCt"­

ialltislory.aodarescaKhlSlOCl·ate at Ihe C~ntre for MalenalSwdJes; aod by Dr. Benlard Dc..-. vtSIlml professor of tw­llttllre from Buclr.lDgbamslurcCollege In Hllh Wycombe,England-tw..lulsopendallylOthe publle, from9a,m-~ p.munlilfurthc:rnotice.Fordctlllscall 7)7·8366011' f'I1m IItrt - This award­winning. epic play frorn Dr. a ...Doyk, Educallon.opened 1\ theHoly Htart 1bealrc, Sl John·,.JlmC4aodrvnseveryllighlupt(land inchll:h... SallIrday, JWlC 7.'ThcartIUI..-1l.8p.m.oadlisblstorical drama. SCi i_ Ne..'fOUllf1landandlrcland.1'lKcllaseIICIr.cIJII1bcdoor-$5forlN­detll1 and semorl. $8 leneraladmission 0111 fro," Htrt Isaprodllcuon of th~ Beothuclr.Strcetl'layetS,

FoUo...iltf CaboI- Thi$ uhib,­tion.ctntedbyCollcenO'Ne,1Iand orpn,tt(! by the Sir WilfrcdGr~nfell Colleee (SWGC) AnGallery in Comer Broolr., fea­IUle, folt pllllt'lllS by PercyP,ero...ay. It's at theSWGC.Fmc AtU Buiklin&. until June 29

I'nciolrs MeWs _HulON Sihc.fro". N'lIIfo"itdlcitd C.llrc.~.

- VIS'I the AGNL, St. Johll'S

Ans and Culture C~ntre, untilSepl. 28 to view historically,mportaJlt liturgical objcctsfromparishes across the provincc. 1beAGNL has I.thcred nearly 60communioncuptl, plates, mon­SUW>CCS, aoners and 0Ibtr S(h~pteees-daunlfrornthe ....d­17tb to the early 2OthccntW)'.1II1lich~"""ID<:"O/uUOllofdcc­

orau\'e an uylu. Curated byguesI curator Don Bclllbicr-'ltIJassociIIc.ClcNC"-hook.

SItt>ptdbJ,It,$a ·Thisongo­ing e~hib"ion of Ne",foondlandand Labrador art in the Perm.aocntCollcction Kvcals imagesdnlwnfromthefishery,theland­scapcandcOI>lIlen'ironrnent.OlIlp01U.'tor>eIlIldthepcopltOflhis-roclr..,thullhesca

"" ...Enloytht privacy of your ownfurn.shC'l! room while shanng alarge, fUfnl1hedolderhomeonLeMarchant Road w,th threequlCt.ma~$lUdenu,maleand

Iemale.RentS2SOpermontlt,uIJ.rUesinduded , ..king fViti...l*.C. 738--3682 or 1.709-5211-4500.

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Enrichment courses nourish young minds

Hove ~ I>~",in& qlUs';on p"""ini~& to u:;",.a. "",iJueri~,J, IlUdidnr. tile ~m. _sir. hu_ities, .«i~ls~ie1fCes.

pIry.ic~I~"CtUion.Q'''''1~l/oe,jieldrlL,,,,.l:Itmoo,...e'lldo""ri>elltojindtNQrl.ll<'CrJjorY"". dra..'in&"P'J"lhe~Niset>/_nIl>rrJt>/lloe""i.C'.itycomm""ity,

BY SKAAON GAAY

hasadisciviinetTeywanllO~"

Cannne BlCII!n,an mslrUCt10rlal designera1MIIl.'hoha!.taugh.lp/lysicsfortheenrich­

ment program since it started. is abo pasi·tiveabout the benefits ofvolumeerlDg"Thesc sludents 8re 50 smart and 50 wiJhng,it's really fun IOwork with. them," sbc said.

Plans are already under way 10 makene~l year's Enrichment Mini-CourseProgram even bigger and betler. AnyoneinlerestedinvolunleenngasaninS\nlCtorshouldconlact Wendy Balten aI the AvalonEast School Board,75S-2372; or Dr. JimBlack at Memorial's Deparlmem ofunguiSlX:$,737-S134, =-

Helping physicians

wouldn'l gel 10 do this kind of

lhing in school."Lesley Herridge of Frank

Robens Inlermediate School inFoxtrnp said she'd like 10 be aspans broadcasler. lbe week'sactivities fuelled her ambition,and sbc was particularly interesl:­edinlheflCkluiplOtheEwmngTeiLgrom

"I never realizedjuSl howmuch work it takes 10 pul out adaily paper:' sbc said

1bepaceoflhewc:ek'sactJv­

iliesin lhejournalismcoursesuited Jennifer Reid ofMacpbefson Junior HIgh.. ~byCllri>_

"1t'sbeenchallengingbIJ.not (L-lllEmiIyGusOOt!ofMil~dDriveJuniorHigh

o\'CI"'<'helmmg:'sheexplained and Lesley Herridge, Frank Roberts Intermedi.te,Ms. Shewbridge, who has enjoyed learning how to oper.te • video ClImerii

........ud fi:r CBC R:kbo, CDC TV during their journalism (()lItse.

and NlV.and Il.tlo is a Tekgrruncolumnist, enjoyed teaehing lbeYOlJng stu-.."

"II was a 101 ofwurkon my part: I had 10set up a lot offlCld uips and deve10p dailyIeamingplans.lwanlallOofferaninlroduc_tionlojournalismtltalll.'ouidbeusefulforanyoneeilherplanninglotakeitupasacareer. or just Il."aIl1ing 10 know whatgoc; onbehind the scenes:' sh.e said. Now that thecourseisover,Ms.Shewbridgesaidw'lI

missthechal~ofleadlin&sudlenth~

licya,mgstudents.·1fsanido:alsiwalioo­you have kids wboare bright and want to

leam.I'ddefinilClyKC­ommenditlOan)'CQ'Il.tlo

giblecandidatesthcTewe~stillaIOlofdis­

appoinlCdstudcntsthisyear.andlheschoolboon! hopes the program can c~pand evcnfurthern.~lyeM,

"We need 10 get the message 001 10 ""'"'andmo~ instruclorslhallhisprograme~islSand necdsvolunteers:'said Wendy

Banen. an enrichmenlteacher wilh lheschoolOOard.Fl'{)ITlthestudenlS·poinlofview, the enrichment cOUrses are greallbey IlOI only get time off regular school.bultheycanfindOUlaboulpOlCl1lialcarec:rsand have a lOl offun in lheprocess

"I learned how Arclic char gel big, andall about fish farnting,"said Ian BeaupenuisofS!. Kevin's HighSchool, Goulds, whoparticipatedinlheaquaculllue~taUgh.l

by Ml's Cyr Coulurier, "We'~ learninghow Newfoondlandcan benefit from aqua­cullIue.Madded MauhewWells ofS!.Bona­vallure·s5chool.

While Ihe aquacullure sludenlS werebusy weighing and mea!luring fish in thebasemenl oflhe old Fisheries lnsliluleBuildlllgon Nagle'sHili Rood in SI.John·s.another group of young s1UdenlS w=on afICkilripIOCBC.lbeywerestooymgjour­nahsm with Karen Shewbridge of lhe

..-.-# Department of FKnch and Spanish, The_byQnl_week'sacuvltlesmcludedfieldtnpsand

Students weigh fish ilS put of the lots of practice wnlmg. interviewing andilQllKUhuremlnl-enridimentcoune.{L-Ill; broadcastingDevin Dwyer, M.eDonald Drive Junior "I hked going to different pla<:Q, espe­High; Michul Snow, St. P.ul's; .nd Ian cially CBC TV," said Jennifer Pittman ofllNupertuis, St. Kevin's High School. O'Donei High School, Mount Pearl. "We

B~dding.YOOngfiSherieSSCientis,s,

jOUmahm,aoch.aeologist,arctuleClS,and 10Urlsm ambassadors were

arnong the 350juniorhigh. school studenlStbatCOllldbefoundonlheSLJohn's~

pus.a1th.eMarinelnstitute(MD,andallbeCollege of the North. Atlantic dwing Apriland May. ThesestudenlsrepKsenllhebnghtesl and the best; exceptionally ablelearners who were selected by thetrSChoolsforapplicalionlotheAvalonEasI5choolBoan;J'sEnrich.mentMini-CourseProgram

The program started thme yem ago with12COOJ'SCSand~wlo20coursesIastyear,

thento32thisyear.HO"'·e,~.wlth550eli-

MUNs~VEDMvsrERiES

"Morcover.ocber<:orl5lnirm-suchil'lone·sabilitytorunIIltbe,pet:dollhewindaverany""bslantiaIdiwnee,poooi.b1ytadendownwilltbool<s.,~andpcffi;tpsll&pIOp

compu.... ~""'probabIyofmore~indetermin·inaanoplimalotrategyforgeaioglOwhr:reyou'regoingoolrainydly.~

BUI II get, even mon: rompliclled if III po..ibiliuesareconsidered. S\J(hllS tbe 'W1ndblowin* at an angJelO yourpath. or the angle Ilwhkh you lean Into the wind as yourun."Wb,1e $lII;hcomplexity may malte for I more mter_

esung prnblcm, the solution is unfor\unllelyofliUlepraclIcaI val"" liven the vaprieJoftbe NewfoundJandclimate,sinceiti"unltkelythltwil'ldc:onditiooswouk!remain constant for the time taken by you IOdeterrninetheoptimalstralegy,MDr.Wltil~...d.

Dr. Jobn Whitehead. Physics and PhysicalOcnn­.....pby.,.veMr ll00per'squeslionserioo,conside",,­lion,"Byrunn,ngibeiniberainyoucertolnlyspendle..time in Ihe""iaman if you were to walk slowly:' beobserved. "On lheotberhu.d,lbe fosler you run theIlfgeryourcrou_sectionalarea, and hence th.e morewatoryou will accumulate U fourua. The'luesliontherefore arisa that for I given sec ofconditiOflS. islherean optimum specd at which to run1'"

Dr, Whitebeadsaid lhatifthesimpl«tpo..ible~ase"",reconsidered-thatofagentle""tnfalhngvenlcally-ifs easy to dlow lhattheOJlllmal 'trategyforstaytngdryinv<ltves running as fastllS you can.

"To see mIl, we note thlt the rate It whl~h Wlter Willattumulateon you willl>edirec~y proportional 10 yourspecd-thefasteryourunthe"",",~lytberainwill

aceumulate on your front.Mhe e.tpla,ncd. "However,sil'lCl! the time taken for you to reach yoordestinwonwill I>e invr:rselyproponional to your velocity, the lOtIlamount of wllCrthat will ICCUmullleon yoorfn)/lt asyou runthrougb the rain wUl l>eessentially il>depel>dentofyourspecd,u.d will depend only on the di$IInI:C 10your destination. tbe number of raindro"s per unit vol­ume.andtbeirsize.OntbeOlberband.tbeI'lteIlWhichraIII falls on yourlK:ld and $hoUlders is independent ofyoorspeed. and will l>edirecdy proponioual 10 the limetaken for you 10 get to where you're going. Since youexercise ~lIIcCO/'ltroloverthepropr:rtiesoftbera",drop.,

IOminimizetbelOtllamountofwl1Cl'thltyouaccumu­l&leyouneedlOrrunimizethetimeyoutaketoreacbyourdeotinauOll_i.~.,runllSflUlasp<mible."

By SIWIONGAAY

A;proposaIfrom lheFacullJofMedicinethaladdr=edhe physician shonage in

nnI Nel>.foondIand seems to havemade an impact on lhe provincial

""~The proposal. which wasunanimously approved by thefllCUltYOOllllCiloftheFacullyofMedicine on May 20,indudesprovision~ for bursary supportfor students and residents inFamily Medicine. enhancemenlof rural education e~posure forall medical StudenlS, a formal re­entry program loposlgradualetraining for physicians who have

Here's your formul& for oucces. served in rural areas, and lhe

:~m::i~~l>;e~~~I:~(':g~~/~;..~nn:;i~~ I~a ~;e~~~~:~~~~~;:~::~~~"'1Iere 0 and hdeooteyourdiameterandheigh~ lheopti. care regtonsmal !IlntelY is 10 run at Ihe $pet:d oflhe Wind. If¥. <i. At a press conference Mayibeopumalu"""lY"torunosfastosyou<anreglldless 29. Health Minisler Joan Maneofthewlndspecd.~ Aylward announced a number of

new inilialives inlhe health field.IlIduding some of those suggcsI­ed by Ille FllCulty of Medicine.Two pilot projeclS 10 establishprimary care service and teach­ing units will beeslablished inTwillingate and PorI auxBasques, and th.e exisling unil inHappy Valley-Goose Bay will beenhanced. Each leaching unitwill have a lCam of physicians,nurse practilioners and alliedheallhprofessionals

"A teaching and researchcomponent will be an integral

t~iE=;;;;~;E~~~~/ifA:re£:i:::~/~::~a;:~:;;:~~&=tte*""''l''"-''''I.''''''''~Q,'"ftu 709-7J7.JW19. Pkou both direct care and edtlCatlonaiind~your_andldep/lonel...",b". instruclion forolher health

providers." said Ms, Aylward."With new advances in lele­health lechnology, these centrescould serve as leaching unilS forvariousdisclphnes:'

The unils are intended toimprovelhe recrullmentand~tenlionofroralphysicians

"We realize lhal educationalopportunilJes and lifeslyle issuesare imp"rlanl for auraclingphyslctans 10 roral parts of theprovince,"saidtheh.eallhmmis­ler. "This concepl will allowphysicians to work as part of.learn ofheallh professionals,providing palientcare while fur­lheringeducational and researchopporlunilies. This will helpaddresshfestyle issues manyphysicians in roral part of theprovince encounler in terms oflong hours,in(lexible schedulesand limited opportumlies forpro­fessionaldevelopmenl:'

Dr. Ian Bowmer. dean ofMemorial's Faculty of Medicine.uidthepilotprojeclsareanimporlanl slep forward whichwill enable the medical school tofunher ilS mission.

"We will be buildmg on ourexistmgeducalionalnelworkandOUI relationship wilh theprovince's physician$. This ideahas been presenled many limcsin the medical school's hisloryand supported al pllSl rural medi­cine forums. Now we will beable 10 step up lhe developmenlpace,Mh.esaid.Q;>


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