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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 9

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BOARD OF REGENTS ESTABLISHEDTWO IMPORTANT COMMITTEES

The Board of Regent s Committee on Faculty!Staff and Student Affairs has been dissolved and is re­placed by two new committees.

At its September meeting. the Board app roveda recommendation that separate committees be esta­blished to deal with Facu lty and Staff Affairs andStudent Affairs. Regents' representatives on bothcommittees will be: Dr. C.H. Pottle, Dr. 0.8. Baird.Mr. J.J. Murphy and Mr. F.J. Ryan. (The Chairman ofthe Board of Regents, the President and the Vice­President (Academic) are ex offtcio members of allcom mittees.)

FACU LTY/STAFF COMMITIEE

In addition to the four Regents. th ree Facultyand two Staff representatives sit on this Committee. Itwill be chaired by Or.C.H . Pottle. and a Vice-Chairman(chosen from Faculty or Staff members) will be elec­ted by the committee.

At the October meeting of the Board of Re­gents, Faculty and Staff rep resentatives were named.They are: Professor Hu~ Whalen, Dr. D.G. Pitt andOr . A. Stein (Faculty) , and Mr. W.T. Gordon and MissM. Dodge (Staff) . Miss Dodge is to be Secretary of theCommittee.

STUOENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

Membership on the Student Affairs Committeewill include the fou r Regents named earlier , three re­presen tat ives of the Faculty, twe lve students and thePresident of the Students' Union, the Dean of Menand the Master of Paton College_The latter three willbe ex officio members.

Dr. D.B. Bair~ wilJl..be Vice-Chairman of theCommittee; The Olainnan;..:who will be a.student re­presentative, will be elected .bv the- Committee.

At the October meeting, the names of the threeFaculty members on the Commi ttee were announced.They are : Dr. David Alexander, Dr. Grah am Skanesand Miss Flay Andrews. Student rep resen tat ives haveyet to be named by the Counci l of the Students '

Union .

CZECH REFUGEES MAYSTUDY AT MUN

Czechos lovakian ref ugee students may be ab leto study at the Memo rial University of Newfound land .

Mr. M.O. Morgan, Vice-President (Academic) ,said today that the Association of Urnversttes andColleges of Canada has asked whether or not any ofits members cou ld accommodate gradua te and post­

!J"aduate students in t heir senio r programmes.

Mr. Morgan said tha t Memo rial can accep t 25 ofthese advanced students in the Depa rt men ts of Che­mistry, Eng lish, Geology, Mathema tics, Physics, Psy­chology, and Sociology and Anthropok>gy .

The University has also considered the possibi ­lity that refugee professors may be desirous of tak ingteaching positions at Memorial. There a re three vacan ­cies which could be filled by ezech professors depen­ding upon their qua lifications.

During October , it was expected that between100 and 200 advanced students, researchers and tea ­chers might arrive in Canada from Czechoslovakia.

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M UN GEOPHYSICISTS COMPLETEMAGNETIC STUDY EXPEDITIONS

Two four -week expeditions to northern Canada.to make systemic collections of volcanic rocks, wereamong several field projects conducted last summerby the Geophysics group of the Physics Departmentat the Memorial University. The rocks will be used forresearch in palaeomagnetism (the study of the Earth 'smagnetic field in the distant past) , for which the De­

partment has first -class laboratory facilities.

Professor Ernest Deutsch and graduate studentMr. Raymond Petzold visited the Kaumajet Moun­tains near Cape Mugford, Labrador, which are topped

by a thick sequence of Precambrian lava flows closeto one billion years old. Lavas believed to be muchyounger were sampled at Cape Dyer, Baffin Island, byDr. Bruce May. a post-doctora l fellow specializing inrock magnetism, assisted by geophysical technicianMr. Wesley Drodge.

Both projects we re successful despite logisticproblems posed by what Or. Deutsch desc ribes as "adeadly complication of difficult transportation andunseasonably bad weather." For the success of theLabrador venture he credits the assistance of manypersons in providing sea and air transport, particularlyOr. Paul Beavan , Chie f Geologist of Brltlsh-New­foundland Exploration Co; the Ha n. Ear l Winsor,Ministe r of Labrador Affai rs; Rev. Siegfried Hett aschof Makkovik ; and Messrs. Hayward Haynes and NoahIkkiatsiuk, both of Nain. It was Mr. lkklatsiuk's sma llboat which ultimately took the party to Cape Mug·ford. Or. May's party also rece ived gene rous assistancein arranging travel fo r the Arctic trip, especially fromMr. E. E. Kemila, Town Manager, Frobisher Bay, andMajor J. McFadden, Canadian Armed Forces Base,Cape Dyer .

Professor Deutsch is confi dent that the Lebra­dar and Baffin Island collections will furnish cluesbearing on such current ly active geop hysical prob­lems as polar wan de r ing, cont inenta l d rift, and rever­sals of the Ear th 's magnetic polarity. Of part icular in-

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teres! is the problem of the ancient config..nation ofthe land masses bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Thereis growing evidence that one or two hundred millionyears ago, these formed a tight ·fitting mosaic, withNewfoundland much nearer Ireland than it is today,and that the Atlantic originated only after the indiv i­dual blocks had drifted apart. A recent hypothesisdue to Professor J. Tuzo Wilson of the Universityof Toronto postulates that this ancient clustering ofcontinents itself constituted but an episode in theirdrifting. and was preceded by the existence of anancestral "Atlant ic Ocean " which gradually closedoff during the Palaeozoic era .

Such controversial proposals lend themselves tocritical testing by palaeomagnetism. The only Cane­dian research establishment east of Ontario equippedfor such studies is at Memorial's Physics Department,whe re research in rock magnetism and palaeornaqne­

ttsn has been supported by grants from the Nat iona lResearch Council and the Geologica l Survey ofCanada.

NEW LOCATION FORLIBRARY PERIODICALS

The Periodicals Division of the University li­brary has moved into a new location. The divisionnow occupies both floor s of the temporary extensionto t he ma in building.

The ci rcu lat ion desk and a ll back issues are kepton the first floo r. Offices, cur rent display, newspapersand the study area are on the second floo r.

Both the current display are arranged alphabeti­cally by title within four majo r sub-divisions: Physica lSciences, Biological Sciences, Socet Sciences and Hu­manities.

Meanwhi le, the Book Collections Division,under the supervision of Mr. Danie l MacGilvray, isnow locat ed in the offices previously occupied by t hePer iod icals Division.

BOARD OF REGENTSELECT VICE·CHAIR~:AN

Mr. Gordon A. Wintet'". Chairman of the Boardof Regent s o f the Memori al University of Newfound ­

land, has announced th e recent election of Mr. Frede­r ick A. Russell as Vice-Chairman of the Board . Mr.Russell has been a member o f the Board of RegentsSince June 1961 . In 1965 . he was named Chairman ofthe Finance Committee, a post he continues to hold

as Vice -Chairman of the Board .

Mr. Russell is President of Terra Nova Motors

Limited. Blue Peter Steamships Limited and GeneralAuto and Truck Leasing Limited, all of St . John 's,and is a director of several Canadian companies.

Born in St . John's , Mr. Russell was educated atPrince of Wales College here and Dalhousie Universityin Halifax. During World War II, he served as a night

fightet' pilot with the R.C.A.F . in England, France,Belgium, Holland and Germa ny . He now holds therank of Wing Commander in the R.C.A.F .(Reservel.In addition to his university and business activities,Mr. Russell served for 14 year s as one of the e mploy ernominees on the Newfoundland Labou r RelationsBoard. He also has had extensive experience withmany conciliation and arbitration boards.

Mr. Russell is a member of th e Executive Corn ­mittee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and isPast President of the Newfoundland Board of Tr ade.

MUN ANTHROPOLOGISTAWARDED DOCTORATE

Mr. James Tuck , Assistant Professor of Anthro­pology. Department of Sociology and Anthropologyat the Memorial Unlversitv, has been awarded hisPh.D. degree.

Dr . Tuck received his degree from Syracu se Uni .veeatv . His doctoral d isser ta tion was en t itled froquoi 'sCultural Df'wlopmenr in Cen tral Ne w York .

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He made headlines in Newfoundland during thepast summer when his archeological team unearthedappro x ima tely 100 skeletons. tools and other ar ti­facts in the Port aux Choix area of th e Northern Pe­ninsula of the province. The skeletons are approxi­mately 4,300 years old .

DEAN PARR TO SPEAKAT CHEMISTRY SEMINAR

Dr. J .G. Parr. Dean of Applied Science. Univer ­sity of Windsor , will be guest lectu rer at the Novem ­ber 28 Seminar sponsored by tbe Memorial UniversityChemistry Department.

The Seminar will be held in Roo m C·219, Che­mjstrv-Pbvslcs Building at 7 :30 p.m . Dr. Parr willspea k on "The University' s ro le in th e econom ic de­velopment of the co untry".

Born and educated in England, Dean Parr re­ceived his B.Sc . at l eed s in 19 47 and his Ph.D . atliverpoo l in 1953. He has he ld a State Bursary inSc ience 1944-47, a Nuffield Foundation vecauonScholarship in 1947, and a Nuffield Foundation Tra ­vell ing Scho larshi p in 1951.

He is President of the Industr ial Research Insti ­tute of the Unive rsity of Windso r and a Professor ofEngineering Materials besides Dean of Applied Sci­

ence.

He is vjce-President of the Metallurgical Societyof the C.I.M .; chia rman, Ed ucat ion and DevelopmentCou ncil of A.S.M ., 1966 -67; Ed ttor -in-Ctnet . CanadianMetaflurgic<Jl QUMterly. 196 2-65 ; Consu lting Editorfor Canadilm .\l er<J lwo rki ' lgl.\f<JclJine Prodwcti on; mem ­ber of the Ed itorial Board of Sc ience Foru m ; and amember of the National Advi~ry Committee on Mi·ning and Metallu rgical Resea rch and other nationalco mm ittees relating to engineen ng and education .

Dr. Parr has published three books and about70 technical papers.

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DR. GOWANS TO SPEAK TOUNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY

Professor J.l. Gowans. M.D.. a.Phil., F.R.S ..will present a lecture at Memorial University, Tempo­rary Building 7 Conference Room at 11 a.m. Novem­

ber 25. He will speak to the faculty of the School ofMedicine, but anyone interested is welcome to attend.

Professor Gowans is a Professor of the Royal

Society and works at Oxford University in England.He is also Chairman of the Biology Board of the Bri­tish Medica l Research Counci1. He is returning to Bri­tain from a lecture tour in North America and has

been invited to Memorial University by Or. K,B. Ro­berts, Associate Dean of the Medical School.

Professor Gowans is one of the world leaders in

cellular immunology, and has made important disco­veries relating to lymphocyte lwhite blood cell! func­tion, antibody formation and the rejection of organ9'"afts in experimental animals, He will be talkingabout his own work and more especially about his re­cent findings.

DR. DOSSETOR TO SPEAKON RENAL HYPERTENSION

Prof essor J .B. Dosse to r, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C. P.IC)' will present a lecture to memb ers of th e Memo·rial University Sc hoo l of Medicin e and other int e­rested perso ns 6: 30 p.m . Novem ber 25 in the Co nfe­ren ce Room Tem por ar y Buildi ng 7.

Dr . Dosse to r is Assoc iate Pro fesso r of Medicin eand Direct or of a Rena l Resear ch Unit at McGill Un i­versi ty. He will speak on " A lO-Year Surv ey of RenalHypertension at the Ro ya l Victor ia Hospi ta l".

Dr . Dosset or has exper ience in the clinicalimplications of im mune mechanism s in kidney trans­plantat ions.

This lecture, and the one by Professo r Gowans,

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forms pan of the Continuing and Post-goad uate Medi­cal Education Programme of the School of Medicine.

DR . BORN SPEAKS ONPLATELET FUNCT ION

Professor G.V.R. Born, M.D., D.Phil.. will speakon "Platelet Function in Health and Disease" in theSecond Floor Conference Room of the General Hos ­

pital 9:00 a.m. November 29.

Through the courtesy of the General Hospital

Department of Medicine. this lecture will replace theusual Friday morning conference.

Professor Born. Head of the Department ofPharmacology in the Institute of Basic Medical Sci­

ences of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, isa member of the International Committee on Haemo­stasis and Thrombosis and has been making tunde­mental contributions on Platelet Physiology for the

last 10 years.

This lecture is part of the Postgraduate and Con­

tinuing Medical Education programme of the Faculty

of Medicine.

CANCER RESEARCH SUBJECT OF TA LK

Dr. H.E. Jo hns, Pro fessor of Medica l Bio­

physics and Head of the Physics Division of the Onta­rio Cancer Institute gave a talk on campus November19.

The ta lk "Cu rrent Tr end s in Cancer Research" ,was sponsored by the Memorial Unive rsity School ofMedicine and given in Roo m 27, Te mpor ary Building

7.

Dr. Johns is best known for developing the Co­bait "bomb" as a treatment fo r cancer. He is nowleading the field in developing the Betatro n as an evenmore advanced therapeutic device.

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DR. LAIRD APPOINTED TOCANADIAN COMl'lITTEE I.B.P.

Dr. Marshall laird . Professor and Head of Me­morial's Department o f Bio logy , has been made a

mem ber o f the Canadian Committee for the lntee .national Bio logical Programme.

Or . laird has also submitted a working paper tobe used in the November 19 to 25 meeting of theWorld Health Organization 's Expert Committee On

Insecticides at Geneva. Switzerland.

The paper , " Prom ising Candidate Biological

Control Agents for Use in Vector Control", was sub ­mitted upon the invitation of W.H.O .

Thi s is an impo rtant policy-making meeting ofth e Committ ee to discu ss research priorities in health .related entonojoqv.

DR. HALPERT MADE MEMBER OFSPECIAL FOLKLORE COMMITTEE

Dr. Herbert Halpert , Prof essor and Head of th e

Memori al Un iversit y Fol klor e Department, has bee ninv it ed to jo in the Newhe l1 N iles Puckett Memorial

Commi tt ee o f the John G. Whit e Department, Cleve­

land Publ ic Library .

Dr . Halpert attended a spec ial meeting of theCommittee Nov. 11 following the annual meeting ofthe American Folklore Society at Bloomington,

Indiana .

The Cleveland Public library is one of the greatfolklore libraries. The Puckett Committee is resoonst .ble for dec iding on the dispositions of the vast conee.tion s of folklore left behind on the death of Protessc­Puckett last year . Dr. Halpert is one of four folkloristson the committee.

Meanwhile, during the A.F .S. annual meeting,Dr . Halpert presented reports as Chairman of theResolutions Committee, as Chairman of the A.F ,5.Folktale Committee, and as Editor of the Abstracts

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of Folkl ort< Studin He also presented the report ofAbstr<Jct s ' managing editor. Mr. R.E . Buehler of Me­morial's Folklore Department. Dr . Halpert recommen­ded to the Society that Mr. Buehler take over as Edi ­tor o f the international journal.

During the meeting, another member of Memo­rial's Folklore Department. Mr. N. Rosenberg, co­chaired a panel discussion on " Pro blems in StudyingFolklore, a Student Point of View".

Both Dr. Halpert and Mr. Rosenberg met withother A.F.S. members and discussed methods ofarchiving which would be of benefit in their apptica .

non to the Newfoundland Folk lore Archive at Memo­rial.

COMMERCE CLUB TOHOLD BUSINESS DAY

The Commerce Club of the Memorial Universit y has arranged a Commerce Business Day to behelet at the Holiday Inn November 25.

Mr. David Saunders, a fourth-year Commercestudent and President of the Club , said that about 50businessmen from across the province representingnational and local firms and the federal and provin­cial governments will attend the one -dav event.

He said that the day was arranged to give the80 senior Commerce students an ins ight into the busi ­ness world and, also, to give businessmen an idea ofMemorial's Commerce prog ramme and a first-handlook at talent which will be available next Spring.Also taking pa rt will be ten faculty members.

Registration will begin at 11;30 a.m. followedby a luncheon at which Mr. J .J. Murphy, President ofthe Newfoundland Board of Trade"will be !1Je5tspeaker. He is expected to address a luncheon on pres ­ent and future opportunities for M.U.N. graduates inNewfoundland.

Throu!llout the day there will be discussiongroups consisting of five seniors. three or foor best -

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nessmen and faculty members.

Mr. Saunders said that the business communityis Quite pleased with the idea of a Commerce Busi­n ss Day. "The response has been fantastic, " he said.

This is the first year that such a pro~amme

has been held and "if it is successful, we hope toexpand it next year," Mr. Saunders said.

The event is sponsored by the Brewers Assoc­iation of Newfoundland.

STAF F RESIGNA TIONS ,APPOINTMENTS, TRANSFERS

Three members of t he University Library have

recently resigned.

Mrs. Herbert Halpert. M.A., has resigned aftersix years of valuable service to the Library. AI thetime of her resignation, Mrs. Halpert was CollectionsSpecialist and was responsible for building up thefolklore, American literature. India a nd Ireland Cot ­

lections.

Other resignations include Mrs. linda Faust,Library Assistant in the Cataloguing Division, andMiss Ruth Holmes at the Education library.

Miss Judy Douglas was appointed AssistantHead of Cataloguing and began wo rk on October 15 .She is a B.A. graduate of the Unive rsity of Weste rnOntar io and holds a B.L.S . from the University of

Toronto. She came to Memorial from a position withthe U.W.O. libr ary .

Miss Cecilia Hsi has been appointed as librarianin the Cataloguing Division. She is a graduate of theUnive,.sity of Washington with a BA., and has obtamed her MA. in Library Science at Rosary College,Illinois. Miss Hsi has worked in libraries in the UnitedStates and Germany.

Mrs. Jean Macleod has been appointed librar y Assistant in the Cataloguing Divis ion. She ob-

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rained her SA. from Dalhousie and has worked inpublic libraries in Toronto and Ottawa.

Mrs. Yvonne Farewell took up her duties o nNovember 1 as clerk in the Acquisition Division. Mrs.Susan Owen has been appointed clerk in the Educa.tion library. Mrs. Emiline Fudge has been appointedstack page in the main library and is also wo rk ing inthe Typing Division.

Mrs. Elizabeth Patey has been appo inted Li.brarv Assistant and is working in the Book Co llectio nsDivision as Science Specia list. Mrs. Patey grad uatedfrom Memo ria l in 1968 with her M.Sc. in Biol ogy. S hehas previously wo rked as Research Associ ate with theMarine Sciences Research Labo ratory.

A new Binding Division has been se t up in thelibrary under the supervision of Mrs. Marjo rie l ever ,who was previously head of Circulation. T he pur po seof the new division is to expedite regular shipmentsof books and back issues of journals to be bound. Mr.Albert Benson has been hired as clerk to assist Mrs.

Lever.

DR. J. TU ZO WILSONGIVES SPECIA L LECTURE

Dr. J. Tuzo Wilson gave a public lectu re 10

Memorial's Little Theatre October 28 on "Co ntinen.tal Drift, Spreading Ocean Floors and The CurrentRevolution in the Earth Sciences".

The lect ure was sponsored by the Depa rtmentsof Geology and Physics at MemoriaL Or. Wilson wasone of six distinguished scientists who received bono­rary Doctor of Science Degrees on the occasion of theofficial opening of the Cbemistrv-Pbvsics BuildingOctober 26.

Dr. Wilson is Canada's most famous earth scien­tist and probably one of three or four best known inthe world. He is Professor of Geophysics at the Univeesitv of To ron to and Principal of Er indale Cor­lege . one of the new colleges created th ro ugh U. ofT.'s attempts to decentralize its mammoth Fro nt

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Street campus.

Tuzo Wilson's first great claim to fame wasthrough his subdivision of the Canadian PrecambrianShield, published in 1948. Although less than oneQuarter of the Shield's 2.000,000 SQuaremiles hadbeen studied at that time, he proposed a division intofive parts based on his studies of aerial photographsand pioneer use of isotopic age determinations. He

suggested that four of these were the roots of ancientmountain belts which had been built around a stillolder nucleus - the original core of the North Ameri­

can conunent. At the same time. Prof. J.E . Gill ofMcGill University. working independently and using

different methods. produced a rather similar sub­division of this same largest single area of the world's

oldest rocks.

Both men were criticized over the next decade

tor their premature attempts to reconstruct the originand history of the Canadian Shield. Then the tide

turned and they were recognized as prophets wellahead of their time and showered with medals from

the Royal Society of Canada and various geologicalsocieties. He was also elected President of the Inter.national Union of Geodesy and Geophysicsduring theInternational Geophysical year. Now, twenty yearsand many helicopter expeditions and millions of dol·

lars later, the Geological Survey of Canada is publi­shing a very detailed map of Canadian geology and

the basis of it is the 1948 Wilson·Gill subdivision of

the Shield.

In the early 1960's, Tuzo Wilson's researchesand those of his former studnets . including Professor

Deutsch of Memorial - converted him to a believer inthe hypothesis of continental drift which maintains

that the continents have not remained fixed in their

positions on the Earth's crust but that some. e.g.Europe and North America, Africa and South America

were formerly joined together and later broke awayfrom each other and drifted apart. Early evidence ci­ted was the way in which coastlines fitted together ­

particularly those of Africa and South America, andalso the distribution of particular flora and fauna at

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various times during Earth History. The revival of thehypothesis in the 1960's has been spearheaded by thebold, challenging speculations of J. TUlO Wilsonbacked up by careful study of the ocean floors and

meticulous measurements of the Earth's gravity. magnetism and seismicity together with intercontinental.comparative studies of its reck formations. Some of

Wilson's personal contributions to this theory havedealt with the mechanisms of large-scale displace·ments of the ocean floors, at1d the postulation that if

continents could drift apart they could also drift to­gether.

Newfoundland plays a ~ey role in all versions ofcontinental drift hypotheses for it lies at the extremenortheastern tip of North America's ancient Appala­

chian Mountain system whith was cut off from theequivalent Caledonian mOuntains of Britain, Ireland

and Norway when North Afl'lerica and Europe beganto drift apart about 100 million years ago. However,according to Wilson's amplification of the hypotheses.

the Appalachian and CaledO'lian mountains first tor:

med due to the impact of Europe and North Americadrifting together and colliding about 350 millionyears ago. When the conti~nts later drifted apart a

fragment of Europe had become welded onto NorthAmerica and remained behinq - we know this today asthe Avalon Peninsula.

The concept of a mobile earth is the most revo

lutionary aspect of science todav - quite comparab le

to the Ccpemican Revolution of the Renna issanceyears. Many people are contributing to this currentrevolution in scientific thought about the 'WOrld We

live In', but there is no dOubt that J. TUlO Wilsonand his former students. spr~ad all over the globe, arein the vanguard of the new earth science.

Several faculty members at Memorial have car­ried out special detailed studies in Newfoundland,

Labrador and Northern Ire land in order to verify ordisprove parts of the connrental drift theory. Theyinclude Dr. E. Deutsch of the Physics Department andDrs. M.J. Kennedy, Harold Williams and E.R.W. Nealeof the Geoloqv Department.

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M.U.N. PROFESSORS EDITTWO NEW PUBLICATIONS

The f all and winter Catal~eof the Universitvof Toronto Press lists two new publications edited byProfessors of the Memorial Unlve rsitv of Newfound­

land.

Dr. Herber t Halpert. Professor and Head of theDepartment of Folklore, and Dr. G.M. Story, Pro­fesso r in the Depa rtment of English Language andLit eratur e. ed ited Christmas Murnmino in Newfound­land, Bssays in An thropology, Polklore and History.

The practice of mumming or "jarmevinq".connected with religion, ritual , and d rama. reflectst he cen tral role of the disguised figure, the st ranger,in the folklore of many parts o f the wo r ld. Newfound'land's mumming tradition, which is still a vital part ofthe island 's culture. offers a unique opportunity for

observing and studying the practice. Approaching the

subject from three different viewpoints. this bookoffers essays by social anthropologists, folklorists, andhistorians. The combination of trained observation ofa still living trad ition with new historical informationand intelligent interpretation makes this collection animportant and fasc inat ing con t ribution to all three

fields.

The Earth Sciences in Canada - a Cen tenniaiAppraisal and Forecast is a co llec t ion of paper s thatgrew out of a 1967 Sy mpos ium of the Royal Soc ietyof Cana da wh ich was or gan ized by Dr. E.R. W. Neale.Professor and Head of the Depa rtmen t of Geo logy. ino rder to assess th e country's ac tiv it ies and eccomptish ­ments in the ea rth sciences and to provide some !J.Iide·lines and predictions for the future . The papers. all byeminent fi!J.Ires in the earth sciences and the mineralindustries, are devoted chiefly to basic and appliedresearch and to university teaching. They are directedto all those concerned with science policy in universi­ties . government and industry, and to anyone involvedwith reso urces and the organization of science in deve­loping countries.

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GEOLOGY CLUB PRESENTSANNUAL REPORT TO C.I.I't..I't..

The annual report of the Memorial UniversityAlexander Murray Geology Club was given by RexGibbons. President. during the rece nt meeting of theNewfoundland· Labrador Branch of the Canadian In­stitute of Mining and Meta llurgy .

With a membership of slxtv-tnree. it is probablythe largest studen t geology club in Canada and, forsome yea rs it has been the largest aff iliated studentsociety of t he Geolog ical Association of Canada.

The Pres ident's repor t described lectures by 11distingu ished outside spea ke rs and th e organization ofa student-facu lty Liason Committee in the Geo logyDepartment . The report also noted that nine Memo ·rial students attended a student conference at Anti ­gonish last year, and a group of six this year at Sack ­ville. New Brunswick . A field trip was made to theRambler and Advocate Mines by 40 students last year.

Following the prese ntation of the report . theInstitute decided to double its annual grant to theclub . The grant is now increased from $250 to $500per annum.

The club's President, Rex G ibbons. received his

B.Sc. fro m Memo ria l and is a 1968 ·69 Nat ional Re­search Council Schola r form Lu msden .Bo navlsta Bay .

LIBRARY MICROFILM LOCATIONS

Th e microfilm ho ldings of the Memorial Univer ­

sity Librar y are now in two locat ions.

Tho se miaofilms of newspapers and journals

can be located on the first floo r of the new perlodi­cats section. Readers for the films are provided in a

new microfilm room.

All monographs, British Sessional Papers. Human

Relations Area Files, etc .•are loca ted in the old micro­film room and are being administered by the Refer ­

ence Division.

Dur~ the t wo-da y meetin g o f the At~tiC A SM>C~t ion . ofunwersues. delegates took timl off for Informal d15cumon

on mutua l problems. Above aft' ll. to r.) Siste r AIi~ Mich.ael,

Presiden t o f Mount St. Vincent 1fnr,enity in Nova Sco tia. Dr .

L.H. Crag , President of Moun' AlIi.,n University in New

Brunswic k, and Mi~ A. Fran cu , ,ecreta ry of the A.A.U. Exe­

cutive Directo r.

AT LA NTI C UNIVERSI1"IES HOLDFIRST MEETING AT ~EMORIAL

The Atlantic Associati Dn of Universities fo r thefirst t ime held a mee ting 0(1 the Memorial Universityof Newfoundland campus irt late October .

Attending the two-day meeting were Presidentsand business officers of (tie Atlantic universities.

While the men were ~t meetings, thei r wiveswere taken on tours of St . JOhn's and the surround ing

areas and entertained at otJ ice parties.

The meetings were held in the Junior Common

Room in the main Dining H, II.

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W.UN PAINTER RECEIVES AWARD

A water co lour paint ing by Mr. Don Wright ofMemor ia l's Exte nsion Service has wo n the Lt . Col. G.Allan Burton award in the 43rd Annual Exhibit ion of

the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colou rs.The Exhibit ion was held at the Public Libr ary andArt Ga llery, Semis. Ontario.

Mr. Wright's painting, "Sa lt Fish", was purchased by the Sarnia Generv as part of its permanentcollectio n.

The whole water co lour exhibitio n is to bemoved to Toronto and Newfoundland later on . Itwill be coming to the Arts and Culture Centre, St.John's, in April 1969.

SOUTHEAST ASIA AFTER VIETNA~'

TITLE OF C.I.I .A LECTURE

The St. John 's Branch of the Canadian Inst itut eof Int ernahonal Affairs will spo nsor a lecture by Pro­fessor Lyd ia Na Ranong. visit ing lecturer at theAmer ican Un iversity , Washington, D.C., in the Recep­t ion Room of t he Memorial University Dining HallDecem ber 1, at 8 p.m.

Madam Na Ranong wi ll speak on "The Futureof Southeast Asia after Vietnam " .

Madam Na Ranong received her Ph.D. fromHarvard University and taught at Harvard fo r fou ryear s. She is now on the faculty of the Political Sci­ence Department at Chulal ongkorn University , 8ang­kok .

Dr. Na Ranoni is sponsored by the Institutewhich is a non-partisan organization designed to fos­ter an awa reness of Canada 's part in internationalaffa irs. Th e Inst itute bring s experts on variou s inter­nat ional top ics to St . John's several times a year.

BOWATER HOUSE ENTERTAINS26 MOUNT CASHEL BOYS

Bowater House on the Memorial Universitycampus took time out from their studies November 2to entertain a group of 26 boys from Mount CashelOrphanage.

Boys ranging in age from eight to 15 yearsarrived at Bowater House men's residence at 9:30 a.m.

The Department of Physical Education let theboys and their hosts use the University pool from 10to 11:00 a.m. Following the dip, they returned to theresidence where 26 men exchanged their Meat Ticketswith the young visitors.

Bowater House is very grateful to the C.N.I.B.for allowing the kids to use non-transferable MealTickets.

After the meal the boys were entertained bythe residence men, and played soccer in the Gym,thanks to the Physical Education Department.

They returned home at 3:30 p.m.

MUN ALUMNI HOLDSCHRISTMAS FORMAL

The Alumni Association of the Memorial Uni­versity of Newfoundland, in conjunction with the St.John's Branch, is sponsoring a Christmas FormalDecember 6 in the main Dining Hall at 9 p.m.

The Silhouettes and the Commanders Orches­tras witl provide the music for the evening. A buffetsupper will be served.

The tickets are $10 double and available fromthe Executive of the Alumni Association or from theDepartment of Information and Alumni Affairs, Ext .2662.

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MUN SPORTS TEAMS ACTIVE

The Memorial University Women's Volteyballteam won the Atlantic Women's tnter -Athlet!c Unionsectional volleyball tournament at St . Francis XavierUniversity, November 16th and 17th .

The MUN girls, coached by Yvette Walton , wonall five of their games and earned the right to enterthe finals this weekend at the University of NewBrunswick.

last year the U.N.B. team were MaritimeChampions.

The Memorial Beothuks hockey team lost bothgames against St. Dunstan's University in Charlotte­town, P.E.I., Nov. 15 and 16. They lost 9·4 and 4·1.

Memorial has one point in six games, the pointresulted in the tie game with Acadia University in St.John's October 26.

In the Junior Hockey league in St . John's, theMemorial team won 4 to 0 over St. Bon's. This wasMemorial's second win in the league placing them infirst place in the standings.

The Memorial men's basketball team lost twogames to St. Dunstan's University in M.I.A.A. playNov. 16 and 17. They lost 78-55 and 60·59 in twohard-fought games.

Volleyball enthusiasts at Memorial received adisappointment this week when fog in Prague, Czecho­slovakia, prevented the "Tatran" Czech Women 'sVolleyball Champions from playing at Memorial. Theywere to play several games in St. John's and hold aclinic for vollevbatlers. however, they had to emotanefor British Columbia. It does not look like they willbe available for a match at the end of their Canada­wide tour.

GAZETTE

DISTINGUISHED ARTISTCONCERT SERIES

The second in this concert series will presentThe Festival Singers of Toronto under the directionof founder-conduaor Mr. Elmer lseler November 28in the Little Theatre.

The Festival Singers are one of the few' semi­professional choirs in existence and during the 1968­1969 season they will perform over 60 concerts.

Created in 1954 by a small group of pecole in­terested in performing a specialized form of choralmusic. this choir has grown into one of the bestknown organizations of its kind, and one of the mostconsistent champions of Canadian Music. Stravinskywas so impressed with the choir's precision and disci­pline when conducting them in a esc performance ofhis Symphony of Psabns that he decided to recordhis Symphony with them.

Their Atlanttc tour programme includes worksby Poulenc. Holst. Copland. Glenn Gould. and thepremiere of a composition by the Canadian. HarrySomers. Songs of the Newfoundland Ovtports, com­missioned by the CBC in 1968.

MATHS COLLOQUIUM

The Mathematics Colloquium meets f!Very Mon.

day at 7:30 p.m. in the Mathematics Libra ry C-343,

Chemistry-Physics Building.

November 25 - Or. S. Thomeier to give the

second part of his talk on

"Some Considerations on Pro­

jected Planes".

December 2 - Mr. Ben Gardiner to speak on

"A Remark on a Combinato­

rial Theorem of Erdos and

Redo".

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C.A.U.T. GROUP FLIGHTS TO EUROPE

The last edition of the MU.N. Gaurte carriedan item on the C.A.U.T. Charter Flights to Europe fornext summer. In this issue the Group Flights are listed.The first eight groups leave from Toronto or Montrealand return from London. Group 9 leaves from Mon­treal and returns from Paris.

Group Flights Leave Return

Group 1 May 7 June 29Group 2 May 24 Sept. 4Group 3 May 25 Sept. 4Group 4 June 9 Aug. 20Group 5 June 26 Sept. 1Group 6 July 3 Aug. 14Group 7 Ju ly 7 Sept. 11Group 8 July 8 A ug. 20Group 9 June 5 Sept. 5

Round Trip Fares Montreal Montrealto London to Paris

Adult $299.00 $335.00Child (2 yrs. to 11) $ 149.50 $167 .50I nfant (under 2) $ 29.90 $ 33.5 0

Reservations can be made with Fin lay TravelLtd .• 160 Bloor Street East, Toronto 5, On tar to.

CHEMISTRY SEMINARS

The Chemist ry Department is sponsoring a ser iesof Seminars every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Room C·219 of the Cbemistrv-Phvsfcs Bu ilding.

November 28 - Or. J.G. Parr will speak on

"The University's role in theeconomic development of thecountrv"

December 5 - Mr. P.O. Go lding wi ll speakon "Some chem istry of pheny l­suttoxvacetic acid and relatedcompounds.

LUNCH ·TlME FILMS

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HUMANITIES MEETI NG

The Humanities Association, St . John 's Branch,will ho ld a meeting in Room A·133 , Arts -Administra .tion Building November 29 at 8 :15 p.m . Or . G.O. M.Leith of the Department of Psychok)gy at Memorialwill give a lecture ent itled "Programmed Instructionand t he New Educational Technology" .

Every Wednesda y the Depart ment of Germanand Russian presents a series of films on Germanystart ing at 1 p.m. in th e little Theatre.

November 27 - Changing River . The nerve to

bui ld up tJg(Jjn, and Th e Callof the mo untains.

December 4 - Village Folk lore and Christian

Festivals , Steps of a .Lifetime,and Youth on the Road .

LUNCH ·TIME CONCERTS

Every Friday Memorial University in coopera­tion with the C.B.C. presents concerts by well -knownSt. John's and visiting artists in the little Theatrestarting at 1 p.m.

November 29 - MUN Glee Club

December 6 - The Terra Novans

FILM CLUB

The M.U.N. Film Club will present the fourthof 12 films fo r the 1968-69 season Wednesday .November 27 at 8 :15 p.m. in the Little Theatre .Frederico Felli ni's film} Vitl olloni , shot in I telv andFrance in 1953 will be the main att raction.

DISTINGUISHED ARTISTCONCERT SERIES

The second in this Concert Series will presen tThe Festjva! Singe rs of Tor onto unde r the direct ionof tounder-conouctor Mr. Elmer tseter November 28in the Little Theatre.

GEOPHYSICAL SEMINAR

The fou rth in a series of seminars on Geophysi.cal topics to be offer ed by the Physics Departmentwill be held at 8 p.m. Thursday, November 28 inRoom C-219 . Mr. G.H. Pedersen will speak on "Gee­chemical Fact ors in the Origin and Evolution of theSolar System" .

BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINARS

The Biochemistry Seminar meets every Tuesday

at 5:00 p.m. in Room 5-132 .

November 26 - Or. K.G. Reid will speak on

" Gluta mic acid transport in

5treptoroccus faecal is" .

December 3 - Mr. A.C. Green will speak on

" In tracellu lar effects of lipidperoxides".

UNIVERSITY GALLERY

Canadian Society of Graphic Artists AnnualExhibition , 1968 , end s December 4.

A.C.C. EXHIBITIONS

St . John's Photographic Socie ty - Fa ll Exhibi ·tion ends December 3.

Coug-atry , Markle and Rayner , circulated by theNational Gallery o f Canada, ends December 8.

Pottery Exh ibit ion by John H. Shaw endsNovem ber 30.