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4 in and around the University

U oF G opens new

teaching facilities

that provide high-speed

computing and multime­

dia equipment for stu­

dent use, eight faculty

receive research excel­

lence awards from the

provincial government,

and the College of Physi­

cal and Engineering Sci­

ence welcomes a new

dean from eastern Cana­

da. In addition, construc­

tion begins on a 660-bed

residence townhouse.

WINTER 2001

TEACHING

TOUGH PROFS How tough are they? Six U of G professors who demand a lot from

students get top marks for their ability to motivate and inspire.

STUDENT LIFE

LIVE AND LEARN This is how spaces become places to call home. It's fate that puts

two strangers together in a university residence room, but it's a

well-planned first-year experience that helps them find their way

from adolescence to adulthood.

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ON THE COVER PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR KarenWendlingisoneof

the tough ones. Her students don't have to like her wacky

earrings or her point of view, but they'd better be prepared

for class and ready to defend their own opinions.

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alumni Matters

THe University of

Guelph Alumni

Association looks for

volunteers and nominees

for its annual awards

program. The Arboretum

recognizes its supporters,

and the OVC Class of' 49

celebrates its 50th

anniversary by establish­

ing a scholarship endow­

ment. And with this issue

of the Guelph Alumnus,

more than 46,000

grads receive a special

newsletter.

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

message from the President

THE UN I VE RSITY OF GUELPH, like all other

Ontario unive rsiti es, is fac in g o ne of the greatest

enrolment challenges since the 1960s, when the baby­

boomer generation reached university age and post-sec­

ondary institutio ns grew at a rate unseen since the end

of the Seco nd Wo rld War.

In just three short years, when the provincial gov­

ernment eliminates Grade 13 fro m the

high school curriculum , an estimated

57,000 students are expected to co me

knocking on universit ies' doors seek­

ing admission. Other demographic fac­

tors, such as the movement of boomers'

children through the education system

and a projected increase in overall uni­

versity participation, will push that in i­

tial figure to some 89,000 students seek­

ing university placem ent over the next

decade, so the 57,000 new students in

2003 are not a passing pheno meno n.

This enrolment challenge is

MORDECHAI ROZANSKI

If we proceed with this growth, it will be phased-in over

the next eight to nine years, peaking at 18,000 by 2009.

Subject to additional operating funds, the University of

Guelph and Humber College are committed to increas­

ing enrolment by an additional 2,000 by 2006 in the new

blended programs, to be delivered primarily in a new

facility at Humber (funded by $30 million in capital

support through the Super Build Growth

Fund) and scheduled to begin with a

pilot program of 200 students in 2002.

To accommodate our projected

growth, as well as cope with substan­

tial retirements, we expect to make new

faculty and staff appointments over the

next 10 years. It will also be important

for us to identify ways of retaining the

talented people we already have.

In the meantime, we continue to revi­

talize our campus f~1cilities. To date, we

have either completed or plan to complete

over $160 million worth of work

a critical consideratio n fo r us

as we plan fo r o ur future a nd

pursue our visio n , which is

based on the principles of qual­

ity, accessibility, distinctiveness,

innovation and fiscal responsi­

bility. To ensure th at some of

these deeply held principles are

preserved, we es tabl ished , in

T HE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, on capital projects critical to sup­

porting our academic mission: a

660-bed suite-style residence, the

addition to the Thornbrough

Building, classroom and labora­

tory upgrades, a new field house

for intramural sports, the pro­

posed science complex and a

LIKE ALL OTHER ONTARIO

UN I VERSITIES, IS FACING ONE

OF THE GREATEST ENROLMENT

CHALLENGES SINCE THE 1960s

spring 1999, four "plann ing cl usters" to examine the fol­

lowing areas: enrolm ent growth with qua li ty; strategic

research planning; recruitment, retention and support of

faculty and staff; and expansion and renewal of facilities

for learning, research, living and working. Underlying this

planning process are several fundamental pr inciples:

U of G will be un able to grow substantially unless it

receives increased provincial operating grant support

and additional funds fo r fac ili t ies re newal. (Guelph

has already received $50 millio n towards a new sci­

ence complex and a classroom cluster from the provin­

cial Super Build G rowth Fund .)

The G uelph cam p us in fras tructu re will not support

growth beyond 18,000 students, from its present 15,000.

cluster of "smart classrooms"

with the latest in learning and information technologies.

As we further refine our plans and map our future, we wil l

continue to involve our governance bodies and commu­

nity in planning consultation and keep the wider Univer­

sity community well-informed with regular updates.

All these activities reflect our ongoing commitment to

a dynamic vision of Guelph: to be Canada's innovative

leader in creating, transmitting and applying knowledge to

improve the social, cultural and economic quality of life of

Canadians. We plan to achieve this by educating and grad­

uating first-class students prepared for life, careers and cit­

izenship, and by continuing to generate world-class research,

scholarship and creative work to serve society sustainably

and responsibly.

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• 1n an aroun PARTNERSHIP BOOSTS ENGINEERING/ COMPUTING SCIENCE

U of G and partners Hewlett­

Packard (Canada) Ltd. and

the Ministry of Training, Col­

leges and Universities

(MTCU) have made a $9.4-

mi llion investment in the

future of engineering and

computing science.

In a 35,000-square-foot

addition to the Thornbrough

Building, this unique partner­

ship is providing new state-of­

the-art facilities and technol­

ogy that will build on the

University's unique programs

to create a nationally recog­

nized centre in biological and

environmental engineering

and computing science.

It will also enable Guelph

to tr iple its undergraduate

enrolment and double its

graduate enrolment in a range

of innovative high-demand

programs in the School of

Honoured guests and partners officially open the $9-4-million Thorn·

brough Building addition Sept. 25. From left are former Board of Gov·

ernors vice-chair Albert Thornbrough; School of Engineering director

Lambert Otten; Prof. David Swayne, acting chair of the Department of

Computing and Information Science; former U of G president Bill Wine·

gard; founding B of G chair Thomas McEwan; chancellor Lincoln Alexan·

der; CPES dean Bob McCrindle; engineering student Melissa Fortin;

president Mordechai Rozanski; Guelph MPP Brenda Elliott; Dianne Cun·

ningham, minister of training, colleges and universities; and Paul

Tsaparis, president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard (Canada )Ltd.

Engineering and Department

of Computing and Informa­

tion Science (CIS).

Under its Access to Oppor­

tunities Program, MTCU pro­

vided $4.7 million to increase

Second in Canada, tops in Ontario

U OF G RANKED first in

all indicators of student

quality and made gains in over­

all reputation, but saw Simon

Fraser University move into

first position in the compre­

hensive category in the annual

Maclen11's ran kings of Canadi­

an universities released Nov. 13.

Maclean's rated U of G the

No. I comprehensive universi­

ty in Ontario overall and the

top comprehensive university

in Canada in the following indi­

cators of student quality: aver-

4 GuELPH ALUMNUS

age entering grade of students;

proportion of entering students

with an average of 75 per cent

or higher; and percentage of

students who graduate. Guelph

also rose in the national repu­

tational survey to be ranked

second-best overall.

President Mordechai Rozan­

ski congratulated Simon Fras­

er on its success in this year's

ran kings and said: "Our strong

performance within the context

of provincial operating funding

constraints is a tribute to our

outstanding faculty, staff, stu­

dents, academic and adminis­

trative leadership and alumni.

I am particularly pleased to

note that our commitment to

providing the highest-quality

education for our students has

been recognized."

In interviews with media,

Ann Dowsett johnston, editor

of the annual Maclean's rank­

ing issue, said the difference

between Guelph and Simon

Fraser was tiny this year and

had more to do with the B.C.

enrolment in the School of

Engineering and CIS, with the

funding to be matched by

money from the private sector.

The vast majority of the match

came from HP Canada, main­

ly through a range of high­

technology equipment and

computers. In addition, the

company is making a signifi­

cant donation to Guelph's

S@GE program, a unique chil­

dren's science camp that pro­

motes science education, par­

ticularly among young girls.

MTCU will also provide addi­

tional operating support for

the increased enrolment.

The Thornbrough addi­

tion will be used by both the

School of Engineer ing and

CIS, providing a physical link

between the two and capital­

izing on existing and poten­

tial synergies.

university pulling ahead

because of financial advantage

than with any decline in quali­

ty at U of G. She said Guelph is

still "a very elite institution; still

very student-focused."

Dowsett johnston added

that almost every Ontario uni­

versity fell, and she attributed

the slippage to funding cuts

from the province, which she

said have forced many univer­

sities to increase class sizes and

spend less per student.

• • n1vers1 PEOPLE IN THE NEWS • CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS • UNIVERSITY NOTES

OVC opens high-tech learning centre

WITH THE HELP ofdig­

nitaries present in person

and online, the future of veteri­

nary education was unveiled

Nov. 21 at the official opening

of the Ontario Veterinary Col­

lege's Learning Commons.

The Learning Commons

transforms a significant portion

of the OVC Library into a state­

of-the-art digital learning and

research centre with high-speed

digital links with veterinary col­

leges in P.E.l. and Quebec.

At the opening, V!Ps from

those two colleges appeared in

real time on giant monitors,

joining other guests on site,

including Ontario Minister of

Finance Ernie Eves; David Trick,

assistant deputy minister with

the Ministry of Training, Col­

leges and Universities (MTCU);

and Michael Gourley, cha ir of

the board of directors of the

Ontario Innovation Trust. "This

is a wonderful day for faculty,

IN FACT ... Thirty-five first -year students at U of G were among the first recipients of excellence awards from the Canada Millennium Scholarship foundation, which recogni:t.es high academic achievement and community involvement.

From left are Micheal Gourley, David Trick, DVM student Sarah Slater,

Ernie Eves, OVC dean Alan Meek and president Mordechai Rozanski.

staff and students at the co l­

lege," said OVC dean Alan

Meek. "The Learning Com­

mons is a major leap forward in

our learning and research capa­

bi lities and w ill p rovide key

support for the new doctor of

veterinary medicine DVM 2000

curriculum."

President Mordechai Rozan­

ski congratu lated all parties

involved on campus and at sis­

ter veterinary colleges in P.E.I.

a nd Q uebec fo r their "v isio n

and collaborative spir it in mak­

ing th is learning, teach ing and

CPES names new dean

Memorial University chemistry professor Peter Tremaine

has been appointed dean of the College of Physical and

Engineering Science, effective April 2, 2001. He joined Memo­

rial in 1991 and served two terms as head of chemistry. Pre­

viously, he held research positions with Atomic Energy of Cana­

da Ltd., the Alberta Research Council (ARC) and the Alberta

Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority/ARC/ industry

research program. He is president of the International Asso­

ciation of Properties of Water and Steam and chaired the 13th

International Conference on Steam and Water Properties.

research fac il ity a rea lity. The

Learning Commons is a nother

example of how OVC is revital­

izing itself for the 2 1st centu ry."

As part of the OVC Library,

the Learning Commons w ill

faci li tate co llaboration, resea rch

and independent lea rni ng.

Made possible through the sup- ;;! s port of MTCU, the Indus t ry 0

Canada agency CANARIE Inc. ~ :;::

and industry partner Life lea rn ?;:;

Inc., it features a centra l area ~ with high-speed n1u ltimedia 2 computers, network v ideo ~ servers and specia l Internet ~ links, giving facu lty and st u­

dents access to interact ive edu ­

cational resources as we ll as

on line video conferenci ng.

"This is bel ieved to be the

first example anyw here in

Canada of institutions from a

broad geograph ica l area co m ­

ing together to sha re pro fes­

sional programs as part of a vir­

tua l commun ity;' sa id Meek.

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in and around the University

EIGHT FACULTY CLAIM PREA AWARDS

E1 G H T U oF G researchers

have won Premier's Research

Excellence Awards (PREA)

in the two latest rounds of

the provincial program

designed to boost invest­

ment in research.

A total ofl5 U ofG facul­

ty have won PREAs to date.

With the awards valued at

$150,000 each, $100,000 com­

ing from the Ministry of

Energy, Science and Technol­

ogy and $50,000 from the

University or other sources,

the total value of U of G

PREA awards now stands at

$2.25 million.

The new PREA recipi­

ents are Profs. Eric Poisson,

Physics; John Klironomos,

Botany, Kees de Lange, Ani­

mal and Poultry Science;

Yoshi Mine, Food Science;

Beren Robinson and Eliza­

beth Boulding, Zoology;

Dev Mangroo, Chemistry

and Biochemistry; and

Daniel Fischlin, Literatures

and Performance Studies in

English.

Fischlin is the first U of

Gwinner in the arts. "Now

that the principle has been

established that members of

our discip lines are eligible

for these awards, I am sure

we will see more coming to

the college in fu ture years,"

says College of Arts dean

Carole Stewart.

PREA funds are intend­

ed to help · gifted young

researchers expand their

research efforts by attracting

graduate students, post-doc­

toral fellows and research

associates to their programs.

6 GUELPH ALUMNUS

Scientists honoured

U of G awarded two honorary

degrees and about 6so degrees

and diplomas during fall convoca­

tion ceremonies Oct. 16 to 18. Hon ­

orary degree recipients were Maarten

Chrispeels, director of the Centre for

Molecular Agriculture at the Univer­

sity of California at San Diego, and

Marian Stamp Dawkins, a professor

of biological sciences and animal

behaviour at Somerville College at

Oxford University.

In addition, Gordon Nixon, founder

of the U of G Alumni Association,

received the inaugural Lincoln Alexan­

der Medal of Distinguished Service,

and two retired faculty members were

named University professors emeriti

- Prof. Richard Protz, Land Resource

Science, and Prof. Ronald Harris, Envi­

ronmental Biology.

Cl H R boosts U of G research

U of G researchers say the

inauguration of the new

Canadian Institutes of Health

Research (CIHR) bodes well for

a variety of long-standing

health-related research pro­

grams at Guelph .

Six U of G scientists recent­

ly received a total of $1.7 mil­

lion for health research projects

ranging from bacterial infection

to genetics, bringing to 24 the

total number of Guelph

researchers who are currently

IN FACT ...

receiving C!HR funding.

"At U of G, there are a large

number of research programs

that have a major impact on the

health and well-being of Cana­

dians," says Prof. Ross Hallett,

assistant vice-president (research

infrastructure programs).

C!HR funding supports pro­

jects in a range of areas, includ­

ing bacterial and viral infections,

DNA repair, childhood injuries,

aging and nutrition. It includes

operat ing and equipment

A new PhD program in literary studies/theatre studies, developed jointly by U of G and Wilfrid Laurier Universi­ty, has been hailed by the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies as an example for other institutions to follow.

grants, post-doctoral fellowships

and doctoral research awards,

one senior investigator award

and Burroughs Wellcome Fund

student research awards.

The six scientists who

received the new CI HR funding

are Prof. Mark Baker, Pathobi­

ology; Prof. Rod Merrill, Chem­

istry and Biochemistry; Profs.

janet Wood and joe Lam,

Microbiology; and Profs. Allan

King and jonathan Lamarre,

Biomedical Sciences. This sum­

mer, CIHR awarded a chair

worth more than $346,000 to

Prof. Heather Keller, Family

Relations and Applied Nutrition.

The U of G awards are part

of a $194-million investment in

research initiatives across Cana­

da at universities and hospitals,

in government and in the vol­

untary health sector.

Appointments

w

"' ~ ASSOCIATE VP :I:

~ (ACADEMIC) z ~ PROF. MAUREEN MANCUSO,

~ former chair of the Department

fu of Political Science, will serve as Vl

~ associate vice-president (acade-

6: mic) for the next five years. On

faculty at Guelph since 1992, she

has served as U of G's academic

colleague to the Council of

Ontario Universities since 1998

and is well known for her

research on scandal, corruption

and political ethics. She co-

authored the book A Question of Ethics: Canadians Speak Out, which received wide coverage

from national and internation­

al media.

ATHLETICS DIRECTOR R 1 c H A R o F R E EM AN has

replaced retiring Dave Copp as

director of athletics. Freeman has

been business manager in the

department for the past 30 years,

handling the public relations and

advertising side of athletics.

REGULATORY CHAIR )OAN WAKEMAN, B.Sc.'78,

has been appointed the first

Canadian Food Inspection

Agency (CFIA) regulatory chair

with the U of G-based Canadian

Institute for Food Inspection and

Regulation. Her career includes

working as a bacteriologist in the

private sector, as a food and drug

inspector with Health Canada

and as a food project officer with

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada programs and CFIA.

Digging in to increase residence spaces

Construction is under way on U of G's new town·

house-style residence complex scheduled for com·

pletion this fall. Funded through external financ·

ing, the new $38-million East Residence Village

will provide accommodation for 66o students, help·

ing to meet an increased demand for campus

housing due both to recent enrolment growth and

a low vacancy rate in the city of Guelph.

U OF G WELCOMES AWARD-WINNING SCIENCE WRITER

STEPHEN STRAUSS, award­

winning science writer,

colwnnist and editorial board

member with The Globe and Mail, is the inaugural winner

of the University of Guelph

Donner/Guelph Book Fel­

lowship.

Strauss's fellowship will

fall under the auspices of

Guelph's newly created Cen­

tre for Safe Food (CSF),

which will have as its man­

date the development of

credible science-based com­

munication and manage­

ment programs that enhance

consumer confidence and

transparency in the food­

safety system.

Made possible through

start-up funding from the

Donner Foundation, the CSF

will in its first year provide

research and conferences

around emerging agri-food

issues, several graduate stu­

dents and one-post-doctor­

al fellow, and a new gradu­

ate-level co u rse in food­

safety risk analysis, in addi­

tion to the Donner/Guelph

Book Fellowship.

"The support from the

Donner Foundation repre­

sents an opportunity for the

University to establish, with

other partners, a centre that

will actively engage Canad i­

ans in the debate about food­

safety options and alterna­

tives, as well as enhance the

efforts of government, indus­

try and producers to com­

municate and manage food­

safety issues;' says Prof. Larry

Milligan, vice-president

(research).

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FRENCH 'SURVIVOR' BEES COUlD SAVE

CANADIAN COUSINS AU oF G RESEARCHER is

hoping French immigrants now

in hiding on an Ontario island

Gard Otis

will provide a so lution to a

deadly predator killing Cana­

da's honeybee populations.

The varroa mite is a parasite

that has devastated honeybee

colonies worldwide in the last

20 years, a nd until now, com­

mercial beekeepe rs have been

forced to use in secticides to

slow the infestation .

But Guelph environmental

biology professor Gard Otis

may have found a natural

"' genetically based way to beat

~ the mites. Last year at an inter­Cf. national beekeeping conference,

~ he learned from French scien­

~ tist Yves LeConte that wild bee z ~ populatio ns in several regions

co of France have rebounded over ~ I the last seve n yea rs. Although u ~ the reaso ns for the apparent

t;: res istance a re unkn own, Otis

~ and Le Co nte initi ated a dual >-~ research project to determine if

5 the resi sta nce is genetically

it based and can be bred into

Canadian bee strains.

This summer in France, they

exchanged uninfected queen

bees and are now rearing sister

colonies infested with mites in

each country. But to meet strict

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canada regulations - which

do not generally permit the

importation of bees - the

French queens brought to

Canada have been placed in

quarantine on an island far

enough from the mainland to

be beyond a honeybee's normal

flight range.

He and LeConte will study

the growth rates of mite popu­

lations in both French and

Canadian bee colonies as the

first step towards breeding resist­

ant colonies. "I'm hopeful for

the first time in years;' Otis says.

TAKING AIM AT TEETH GRINDING

A NEW DEVICE created by a

U of G engineering professor

and students may lead to better

methods for preventing the

wear and tear caused by night­

ly teeth grinding.

One-quarter of all Canadi­

an dental patients arc diagnosed

IN FACT ... One-quarter of all Canadian dental patients grind their teeth in their sleep and often wake up with headaches.

with bruxism, teeth grinding

during sleep. Forces generated

by grinding teeth can be so

strong that the teeth get worn

down to the nerves. Bruxism

sufferers often wake up with

headaches and pains in their

jaws. But they may be helped by

a device designed by biological

engineering students Shel li e

Boudreau and Nicole Lauwaert,

and systems and computing

engineering student Zeynin

)una, in collaboration with

engineering professor john

Runciman, Guelph respirolo­

gist Gerry Hollinger and

Guelph dentist Don Cohen.

The device will have pres­

sure-activated sensors

embedded within a plastic

mouthguard that fits over a per­

son's teeth- that send digital

signals to a computer program,

which records activity.

"We'd like to see our infor­

mation put towards designing a

more effective mouthguard;' says

Boudreau, "and we hope o ur

device will be used in sleep labs

to help determine at what stage

of sleep bruxism is triggered."

WilDLIFE DAMAGE COSTS FARMERS

RAVENOUS RACCOONS,

birds, deer and other wild life

are eating their way through

Ontario farms to the tune of

about $4I million a year, but

farmers still have a strong

appreciation for wi ldli fe and

consider much of the loss "the

price of doing business;' a study

by Prof. Kim Rollins, Agricu l-

tural Economics and Business,

has fo und.

The st udy was the first ever

to put a price tag on wildlife

damage to Ontario's field crop,

fruit, vegetable, beef and sheep

farms. It reports that wildl ife

damage exceeds $33 million

annually, and farmers are spend­

in g an additional $7.5 million

trying to keep critters at bay.

Farmers are also reporting that

wi ldlife-caused losses to crops

Kim Rollins

and livestock have increased over

the past five years.

Even so, nearl y 80 per cent

of fa rm e rs surveyed said

wildlife is a necessa ry part of

the balance of nature, and more

than half take measures to sup­

port wildlife, investing some $8

million to enhance habitats on

their farms in 1998 alone.

"The bottom lin e is that

wildlife requires a natural habi­

tat;' says Rollins. "The a nimals

aren't owned- they're wild­

and farmers reali ze this ."

The most ambitious wildlife

study to date for Ontario, this

research was based on a random

sampling of some I,OOO Ontario

farms. It included three separate

Winter 2001 9

surveys and extensive farming logs

that quantified losses over a two-

year period. A final report of find-

ings was completed this summer.

The study primarily exam-

ined damage from large mam-

mals such as deer and bears;

small mammals such as coyotes, wolves, dogs and raccoons; and

waterfowl and birds.

REMEMBERING THEATRE HISTORY

PROF. ALAN FILEWOD, Lit-

eratures and Performance Stud-

ies in English, is planning a

book that he hopes will draw

attention to an almost forgot-

ten chapter of Canada's the-

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Performances often took access to the bloodstream.

place on the streets, revo lved just like humans, cats and

around current events and were dogs sometimes need life-saving an attempt to intervene in pub- blood transfusions during lie movements to help mobilize surgery or in emergencies, says the people. Aubert. Client-based blood

"Dozens of troupes proba- donation programs are available bly existed across Canada;' says for dogs, but there is no com-Filewod, "but they have not parable program for felines. really been considered theatre Blood collection is also more

Alan Filewood because they were left wing and complex for cats, as they are on the streets." typically less amenable to being

can be seen between the work- held for collection, she says. ers' theatre movement and the REDUCING As a result, collecting blood kind of group action mobilized STRESS WHEN donations from cats requires in current protests such as those TREATING CATS more planning and help as the

at World Trade Organization COLLECTING BLOOD from animals are typically anaes-meetings in Seattle and Prague. cats may soon be less stressful thetized for the procedure. In

The workers' theatre move- for animals and humans alike addition, more blood is usual-ment was born in the midst of thanks to a new method devel- ly taken per procedure to min-the Depression with the Second oped by an OVC researcher. imize the amount of times World War on the horizon. Isabelle Aubert, a third-year blood is collected. Troupes made up of students, internal medicine resident, is Using vascular access ports progressive arts clubs, unem- studying the use of implanted would mean the donor cats played workers and others per- vascular access ports in felines. would not need to be sedated ceived an international crisis The devices are surgically placed and less blood could be taken looming and wanted to see under the animal's skin and into to reduce stress. change. a blood vessel to allow for a safe For her study, Aubert will

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TAlKING BENEFITS STROKE RECOVERY

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The groundbreaking dis­covery by Meegan and col­leagues at the University of Rochester found a link between how the brain perceives incom­ing information from the sens­es and how it controls the pro­duction of bodily movement.

The researchers discovered improvements in motor timing

following exposure to auditory stimulation such as speech. This finding suggests that exposure to speech or other forms of sen­sory stimulation might lead to speedier and improved motor skill rehabilitation.

"Our study shows that the

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brain's ability to perceive time and our ability to control the timing of our bodily movements are closely connected;' says Mee­gan. "In fact, motor learning can occur without motor training. This means stroke patients could be practising motor timing even

while they are still unable to move their limbs or muscles. The result might be an accelerated recovery. It's a major finding for those of us in the cognitive and neural sciences and provides a potential wealth of implications for rehabilitative cases."

PROF WORKS TO STOP IllEGAl

TURTlE TRADE CoN CERNED thattheillegal pet trade is threatening Ontario's endangered wood turtle, zoolo­gy professor Ron Brooks is work­ing to help catch and prosecute turtle smugglers.

He uses microchip technol ­ogy to identify turtles in Algo­nquin Park and says microchips could cut down on illegal traf­fic by pinpointing a smuggled turtle's origins.

"Overall, there's no group of animals that is in more danger than turtles;' says Brooks, who has been studying Ontario's

wood turtle populations since 1987. " If you have attractive animals with good characteris­tics, it makes them especially vulnerable."

Wood turtles have always been at risk from loss of habitat, high­way construction and natural pre­dation. But now, their popularity as pets, medicine, aphrodisiacs and food is further threatening their survival. Wood turtles are listed as being an endangered species in Ontario and a vulnera­ble species in Canada.

At nest sites in Algonquin Park (one of three places known to be home to Ontario's remain-ing wood turtle populations), Brooks and graduate student Kim Smith are implanting a ~

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spoon-feeding allowed in their classe

And their students love them for it.

TH E COFFEE JAR wasrunning low.First­

year philosophy, a take- home test d ue the

next day, and james Mattick was on a 12-

hour readin g marathon to get through

material he was supposed to have digested

over the co urse of several weeks. The sun

was long up when he fi nished the test, his answers drawn from fatigued thought and

a caffein e headache.

Prof. Karen Wendling was not impressed.

Waxing philosophical, Mattick says the all­

nighter taught him what not to do at the Uni­

versity of Guelph, where students are expect­

ed to be "active" partners in the learning

process, and especially not in a course taught by a professor who has a reputation for being

demanding and unmoved by excuses.

12 GuELPH ALUMNus

"!didn't do exceptionally well on the

exam;' Mattick says in the hallway after class,

tucking his marked test into a folder and

out of sight. He admits that he didn't really expect to

get away with the last-minute cramming.

Wendling told her students during the first

week of class that she is tough, that the

material they will study is hard and that she

expects them to challenge it, challenge her

and be prepared to defend their opinions.

In other words, she wants them to think

about what they're learning. There is no shortage of such professors

at Guelph. In fact, writing an article on the

subject is a lot like preparing for a final

exam: you spend weeks collecting material

from professors, students, counsellors and

peer helpers, too much for the lim ited

amount of time and space available. There's

a temptation to slip into "cram mode" and

try to squeeze every great professor at

Guelph into a single article. But this story

will focus instead on a handful of tough and challenging faculty who serve as examples

of what has earned the Un iversity a nation­

al reputation for teach ing excellence. They are "tough," "demanding," "daz­

zling" and "inspiring" teachers whose meth­

ods of educating run the gamut from choos­

ing difficult readings to using tennis balls

to explain physics or cartoons and com ic

books to explain microbiology and Shake­speare. Some make a point of involving

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These Guelph profs demand critical thinking and coherent arguments.

undergraduates in research projects that

augment class assignments. Others are

renowned for lectures that stimulate stu­

dents to debrief by e-mail afterward.

Their teaching styles are as varied as their

disciplines, but these Guelph professors

share a genuine desire to help students suc­

ceed and the knowledge that a reputa t ion

for teaching excellence is not a laurel that

comes without struggle. Expecting and

demanding resu lts is a difficult- albeit

rewarding- process. It may be pa inful at

times for both student and teacher. But for

some, there is no other way to educate and

no better way to learn.

"My favourite professors are the ones who

challenge my way of thinking;' says fourth­

year biomedica l sciences student Mike

Stephenson, a President's Scholar and nom­

inee for a Rhodes Scholarsh ip. "I like profes-

sors who ask hard questions, but who are

respectful of the answers you give. I'm

inspired by professors who are motivated and

have passion for what they are teaching."

Stephanie Van Egmond, a 1997 Guelph

graduate, adds that she learned best when

she was pushed to str ive for excellence.

Sometimes, the lesson came in the form of

a low mark, including one in a phi losophy

course taught by Wendling. "She simply said

that I was smart and that she expected bet­

ter work from me," says Van Egmond. "Yes,

I fe lt a lo t of pressure, bu t I also fe lt chal­

lenged to live up to my own capabilities."

Wendling takes it as a compliment that

her current and former students say she is

demanding. It's one of the most frequent

com ments she reads on course eva luations,

righ t alongside quips and remarks about

her collection of"wacky" earrings. "When

students call me tough, it tells me that I'm

doing something right. My favourite cours­

es as an undergraduate were always the ones

where I felt challenged, the ones I contin­

ued to think about long after the semester

was over, courses that raise issues that keep

you up late at night thinking and wonder­

ing about the right thing to do."

As for her career choice, Wendling nev­

er had any doubts. "I always planned to be

a professor. I come from a family of profes­

sors, and it was something I wanted to do

as long as I can remember." She started out

studying physics, but switched to philoso­

phy because it "felt like finding home. Grow­

ing up, we would always talk about things

at home, argue about things, and I always

worried about moral issues."

Home is also where she developed her

teaching goals, wanting her students to come

Winter 200 1 13

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away from her courses with the abil­ity to understand and admire peo­ple they may disagree with.

Like Wendling, veterinary sci­ence professor Peter Physick-Sheard revels in the fact that he is known as a demanding teacher. "I want my students to do the best they can, and I am not doing them any service if I spoon-feed them;' he says.

A faculty member in the depart­ments of Population Medicine and Clinical Studies, Physick-Sheard worked with race horses in private practice, then concentrated on vet­erinary surgery before turning his full-time focus to teaching. A graduate of the Uni­versity of Bristol, he says he considers teach­ing the most enjoyable part of his job­"although my students may wonder about that at times."

"Tough but fair" is what they say, and Physick-Sheard admits that he is "very direct" in his teaching style. "I don't mince words and I never usc notes."

A disability now requires him to use a scooter to get around, and he has taken to parking it at the front of the lecture room, where he just talks, asks questions and inter­

acts with the class. "I think some of the students find it

intimidating. Everyone has a different teach­ing style, and many of the students have tak­en courses where they sit and are delivered small, easily digestible bits of information. Then I come along and discuss things and ask them to reflect on the value of the infor­mation they have learned. Some of the stu­dents find it a bit disturbing, they have to work harder, and they're not as comfortable."

He notes that the Ontario Veterinary Col­lege and the entire University have high admis­sion standards that attract the best students

14 GuELPH ALUMNUS

from Ontario, as well as the rest of Canada and other countries. He believes students appreciate the fact that he respects their intel­ligence enough to demand their best work.

"Simply asking the students to remember facts and then regurgitate them isn't doing justice to their minds; it's not flexing their intellectual muscles;' he says. "One of the best comments I ever got on a student evaluation was: 'This class is why I came to university."'

Prof. Alejandro Marangoni insists that his food science students learn more than it takes just to pass his courses. "All the ques­tions I ask of them require that they devel­op an intuitive sense of the material. When students know the material well enough to say to me: 'What you are saying is incom­plete; that is a high for me in class."

It's no surprise that Marangoni is demanding in the classroom because he makes similar demands on himself. Hired as a professor at age 26, he is the winner of numerous prestigious research awards, including the first-ever Young Scientist Research Award from the American Oil Chemists Society, which he won over 20 oth­er nominees from around the world. In 1999, he received an Ontario Premier's

Research Excellence Award to boost his study of the physical properties of fats and oils such as milk fat and cocoa butter. And in his spare time, he likes to go freestyle kayaking and is working towards a brown belt in judo.

"He has such high standards that he encourages people, he inspires," says grad­uate student Amanda Wright. She took sev­eral courses from Marangoni as an under­graduate and is now working on her PhD degree under his supervision. "His courses are difficult- you have to pay attention - but he is so excited about what he's teaching, you can't help but get into it."

Marangoni's own university experience was inspiration for his teaching style. Orig­inally from Ecuador, he won a scholarship to Lester B. Pearson College in Victoria, B.C. "When I was a student, I always hated mem­

orizing things for the sake of survival. I used to dress up in a suit and tic for exams; I treated it like an important occasion. I used to go in and say to myself: 'OK, try and throw something at me I don't know."'

It was a more nonchalant attitude that earned Prof. Alastair Summerlee a reputation for truancy during his high school and uni­versity days. "It was sort of a standing joke;'

provost and vice-president (academic). " If

class began at 9 a.m. and if I didn't think I was

going to get something out of it, l was gone

by 9:10a.m. l can still hear the professor say­

ing: 'Off again, Mr. Summerlee?"' Remem­

bering that experience makes him work hard­

er now to make coming to class worth his

students' time, he says.

Summerlee is in a unique position to add

perspective on the subject of teaching and

learning. A professor in the Department of

Biomedical Sciences since 1988, he was

named to his administrative position last year

and is now responsible for the entire acade­

mic side of the University. His classroom

approach echoes a University-wide objective

to focus on the learning needs of students.

"At the end of the day, l have to ask myself if

I was successful in helping all the people learn

to the best of their ability;' he says.

In 1995, U of G officially adopted learn­

er-centredness as a strategiL objective, and

Summerlee says it's starting to make a dif­

ference. "There's no question that if you go

to a conference or meet professors or stu­

dents from other universities, Guelph has a

reputation for teaching excellence," he says.

''I'm in a privy position to hear those things.

I think it's harder for faculty here to step

back and be reflective. It's easy to get lost in

the day-to-day classroom problems, rather

than seeing ourselves as others see us."

What other educators see is an institution

that seeks to empower students to assume

more responsibility for their own learning.

Traditional lectures are combined with hands­

on experiences and collaborative work pro­

jects that stimulate discussion and debate.

Prospective students see a close-knit cam­

pus community at Guelph where professors

welcome interaction with students. And they

no doubt count the number of Guelph fac­

ulty who have won national teaching awards

-third highest among comprehensive uni­

versities in Canada.

Nevertheless, Summerlee admits that

Guelph still has a ways to go. He'd like to

see all faculty give a higher priority to teach-

ing. "There's still a perception

among some professors that

research activity is more impor­

tant," he says, when what U of

G administrators hope for is a

blending of research and teach­

ing initiatives, with each stimu­

lating the other.

The University is helping to

accomplish this through Teach­

ing Support Services, a campus

unit dedicated to working with

professors to enhance their

teaching methods and facilitate

learning. Key among its services

are workshops for new faculty

and a peer consultation program.

Microbiology professor

Roselynn Stevenson is the kind

of teacher that new faculty

might want to emulate. She won the Col­

lege of Biological Science teaching award

last year and an earlier teaching award from

the U of G Faculty Association. She says

respecting differences in learning styles is

an important part of the teaching process.

"Some students are perfectly happy if

you sit them down and ask them to mem­

orize a table of biochemical test reactions,

but someone else has to be in the lab and

touch the organism on a plate to understand

and to learn."

At first glance, it's hard to believe that

Stevenson is "one of the tough ones:' She looks

more like a kindly aunt, chatting about how

memorizing organisms and bacteria isn't

much different than the way children are

memorizing Pokemon, cartoon characters

that evolve into !50 forms. But she is the epit­

ome of the cliche "appearances are deceiving."

She can be brutal in the classroom or labora­

tory. ''I've had people tell me in no uncertain

terms that I am hard- in very annoying

terms at times;' she says with a laugh.

Winter 2001 15

Stevenson says she got a taste of

what it must feel like to be student

in her class when she enrolled in a

watercolour painting course. "I nev­

er did my homework, and I wasn't

sure what I was supposed to be

doing. I remember walking into class

one day and being scared, thinking:

'What if I make an idiot of myself

and splash stuff around?' It occurred

to me that this is how many of my

students must feel- out of their

element and not understanding

what they're doing."

Figuring out every student's

learning style is a near-impossible

task in some courses, especially in ·large

classes where simply grading exams with­

out help from a teaching assistant is more

than most mere mortals can handle. Add to

that a difficult topic that many students are

encountering for the first time, and there's

little time for professors to think about

whether they are sufficiently challenging

their students.

But there are those who manage to find

a way. One example is physics professor

Ernie McFarland. A 3M Award winner, he

has taught many of the introductory cours­

es in his department. And after more than

two decades at Guelph, he knows what

works and what doesn't. "My approach is to

ask a fair number of questions in class, even

in classes of 300 people. The students get

into it; it keeps them alert."

McFarland is a former high school math

teacher known for stuffing his pockets with

props like golf and tennis balls that he pulls

out at times to illustrate such things as grav­

ity and collisions. A few years back, his stu­

dents returned the favour by throwing ping

pong balls at him on his birthday.

"I try to make it useful for students to

16 GuELPH ALUMNUS

come to class," he says. "Everything they

need to know is in the book, but I want to

get them excited about the material, and I've

found over the years that they learn better

if l can get them sparked a bit."

Stevenson illustrates textbooks with car­

toons for the same reason. She draws the

characters herself to help explain difficult

concepts to her classes. "I have some students

tell me the first thing they do is sit down and

read all of the cartoons, cover to cover."

One group of crafty students turned her

cartoon bacteria into yarn characters as a

gift. Pointing to one of her cartoons, she

explains that students see a drawing of an

enzyme chewing up bits of DNA or little

bugs holding up signs and "suddenly they

understand the whole process."

Prof. Heather Keller, Family Relations

and Applied Nutrition, considers herself a

fellow-learner, focusing more on real-life

case studies than on lectures. "My teaching

philosophy is: 'I'm not the expert,' so l

encourage group work where the things stu­

dents bring in from the outside enrich the

learning environment."

A specialist in nutrition and aging, Keller

relies on her own experiences as a dietitian

to fuel classroom discussions. "When I start­

ed at Guelph, I took gerontology courses

and became fascinated by the subject mat­

ter,'' she says. She went on to earn a master's

degree in clinical nutrition and worked as

a hospital nutritionist before obtaining a

PhD in epidemiology and biostatistics.

Keller won a college teaching award in

I998, partly because of the way she involves

students in her research. She heads a study

funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health

Research to explore links between seniors'

nutrition and health, and another funded by

the Danone Institute to design a nutrition

education program for seniors. Her under­

graduate students are active participants in

both studies, gaining a leg up on academic

research techniques and first-hand experi­

ence working with community groups.

Keller is in good company at U of G,

where blending theory with practical experi­

ence is a campus-wide goal. Indeed, Physick­

Sheard echoes her strategy, saying students

can play an invaluable role in research.

"] have several papers out right now with

students' names on them as well as my

own," he says. "I think students provide a

stimulus for research. You have to have work

ready for them to do and they ask questions.

They raise issues you hadn't considered."

Being an effective teacher takes more

than developing learning methods and

involving students in research. It also

requires professors to gauge whether their

methods are being successful, and that

means turning a critical eye on oneself. For

Wendling, it means re-evaluating the first

exam she gave in her introductory course.

"I think there was a clash of expecta­

tions, and I take some of the responsibility

for that," she tells the class. "But I think

members of the class need to take some

responsibility for it as well. I don't think

some of you realized how hard this stuff is

until the test. If you don't agree with some­

thing you read, you must understand why

the authors are saying what they're saying

in order to disagree with them. It is tough,

but my belief is, it isn't worth doing if it isn't

hard, and if it is hard, you're learning more."

Later in her office, Wendling explains her

decision not to count the test. Teaching and

learning are not a power struggle between

students and professor, she says. Sometimes,

even the most demanding teachers have to

step back a bit and evaluate their own meth­

ods. "I pitched the test too hard, and that is

not in line with my teaching philosophy. I

want my students to come away with a bet­

ter sense of why they believe what they

believe. I want them to question their beliefs

even if they don't change them."

This time, Wendling lowered her expec­

tations for a whole class caught off guard,

but she didn't do that for Van Egmond, the

1997 graduate who received a low mark and

the explanation that she wasn't living up to

her potential. We have to wonder how stu­

dents like Van Egmond respond when it 's

their turn to rate a professor. Do "tough"

professors generally get lower student eval­

uations? And how often are teachers tempt­

ed to base their demands and expectations

on how they think students will respond?

Summerlee admits it's a per­

vasive concern among faculty, but

he believes that at the end of the

day, students are capable of

reviewing the work they've done

and what they've learned and giv­

ing a professor an appropriate

evaluation. Van Egmond may

have been unhappy with the low

mark, but she recognized the

compliment when Wendling said:

"You're smarter than that:'

In truth, student evaluations

aren't a big concern for this

group of demanding faculty. "I

hate feeding students scientific

pablum, giving them material

that is easily digested so they will

give me a good evaluation and

everybody is happy," says Marangoni. "I

don't think I'm doing the students a favour,

and I don't think they appreciate it." Keller

believes her students recognize that what she

does is for their benefit. "But sometimes, I

don't think it clicks in until after they've left."

Adds Stevenson: "One of the hardest things

to learn is that you have learned something."

The proof is in the pudding, so to speak,

as these tough professors continue to receive

teaching accolades while maintaining their

tough teaching styles. Even more telling is the

fact that students keep coming back for more.

Remember james Mattick, the first-year

student who failed to impress Wendling

with his last-minute cramming? He barely

glanced at his test paper before hiding it,

but quickly vowed to do better next time.

As for his demanding prof, "I would pick

her as a professor any day of the week. She's

one of the best I have because she gets me

to think, and that's something I don't always

have to do and not something I always want

to do, and I like that." ga

Winter 2001 17

first-year unive

They spend most of the other 148 hours in residence, the p

AT THE BEGINNING ofSeptember,the

room at the end of the third floor of Wat­

son Hall looks more or less the same as

thousands of other residence rooms all over

campus. The walls are bare. There are two

single beds, a couple of small desks, a place

for clothes. It's empty, silent, lifeless.

And then two strangers arrive.

Nicole Moore is from Brampton, Ont.

Clare Crummey is from Toronto. They're

both 19 and first-year students at the Uni­

versity of Guelph. They will share this space

for the next eight months.

The strangers start talking. They find

18 GUELPH ALUMNUS

they both have an interest in travelling and

social justice. They unpack their luggage,

put up posters, plaster the walls with snap­

shots, put their own sheets on the beds, buy

some plants.

Like other residents in the building, they

decorate the door to their room. Using red,

blue, green, pink and gold paint, they write

out favourite quotations in Spanish, Eng­

lish and French.

Nicole and Clare start classes. They meet

people and share experiences. They attend

a rally in Toronto to protest government

plans to privatize universities, and Nicole

hangs her Mexican blanket over the win­

dow. It's not long before an empty institu­

tional space becomes a home imbued with

unique character and warmth, like it has so

many times before.

As the room is transformed, so is the

building. The 50 students who live in Wat­

son Hall applied to do so because they're

interested in international issues. The staff

organize activities such as film nights, din­

ners, speakers and parties. The dynamic

exchange of ideas and extracurricular activ­

ities turns Watson into a vibrant commu­

nity known as International House.

students spend about 20 hours a week in class.

where spaces become places and strangers turn into friends.

In their room on a late November after­

noon, Nicole is in bed, wrapped in a duvet,

trying to nap. Clare's sitting on the floor study­

ing. They take a moment to contemplate a

couple of questions: What's it like being room­

mates? What's it like living in residence?

"We've handled it pretty well;' Clare says

thoughtfully. "We' ve got major things in

common, like travelling and our degree pro­

gram in international development."

Nicole sits up. "She's a night person, I'm

a morning person," she grins.

"It's just a matter of accommodating

people's needs;' says Clare. "You meet peo-

p le; most of them become good friends.

And people are around all the time, but that

can also be a bad thing."

"Like the night before an essay is due;'

says Nicole.

"Even if you put a sign on the door, they

come in anyway," Clare adds.

"They don't believe us," Nicole groans.

It's in the small details of residence liv­

ing that life-changing experiences are

woven. Nicole and Clare and the rest of the

nearly 5,000 students in residence are learn­

ing things that can't be taught in a class­

room. They're learni ng about each other,

about themselves, about life.

" It's a rite of passage- everyone does

it," says Clare. "You learn to live with some­

one else."

THE T R A o IT IoN of residence life o n this

campus is long and colourful. It dates back to

the very beginnings of the institution in 1874.

Tales of students who lived and lea rned

at Guelph from the founding of the Ontario

Agr icultural College until the mid-1970s are

recorded by john Eccles, former assistant

director of residence admissions, in his book,

The Boarding Ho11se: The History of Residences

By Stacey Curry Gunn I Photography by Martin Schwalbe

Winter 200 I 19

at the Universi­

ty of Guelph. In

the preface, Eccles briefly charts the evolu­

tion of campus living:

"The mores of society dictated the way

students lived at the 'Model Farm' of 1874.

Early to bed, early to rise, hard work, lec­

tures and Bible study daily for room, board

and $50 a year.

"As academic programs changed from a

one-year degree to a four-year degree final­

ly in 1901, the hours of field and barn work

were reduced and the hours of academics,

student societies and athletics increased .

"With young ladies on campus in 1904

came interaction with the opposite sex. By

1913, they were dining together in Creel­

man Hall, attending dances and meeting at

various clubs.

"As society's mores changed, so did life

on campus. It wasn't until the student rev­

olution of the '60s that life in residence

evolved to total integration and students

obtained the rights and privileges of non 'in

loco parentis' society."

TODAY, THERE ARE 13 residences On

campus, ranging from the traditional archi­

tecture ofJohnston Hall with its landmark

20 GuELPH ALUMNus

stone tower to the modern apartment-style

units of East Residences.

Ninety per cent of Guelph students

come from home towns outside the local

area. University policy guarantees first-year

students a room, and more than 70 per cent

of the residence beds go to them.

The oldest residence is Macdonald Hall,

Big, big world

"I got to know a lot of peo­ple. Group living does make you realize that the world is not just yourself. It makes you appreciate each other's differences, variety of cul­tures and different social val­ues, from the city to the country."

Kim Aitken, B.A.Sc. '88

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originally built to accommodate female stu­

dents in 1904. Next fall, a new townhouse­

style residence will open with space for 660

students, allowing the University to accom­

modate more of the upper-level students

who would like to live on campus.

One residence, the impressive ivy-cov­

ered MiUs Hall, wrote another chapter in res­

idence history this fall by going co-ed, after

housing only men since it opened in 1921.

As part of this new era, roommates

Cameron Fryer and Chris Lee share a room

next door to Katy Winship and Erika Kris­

tensen on the first floor of Mills. Cameron

plans to major in history, Katy is in envi­

ronmental science and Chris and Erika are

in engineering.

"We're getting along now that the alarm

clock issue is sorted out," Katy reports,

explaining that her first few mornings in res­

idence were marred by the deafening blasts

of music from Chris's stereo on the other side

of the wall separating their rooms. The noise

jolted her awake, but failed to rouse Chris.

"He doesn't wake up," laughs Cameron,

who has resorted to throwing things at his

slumbering roommate, with little success.

Cameron, clearly one of the more high-

I

-spirited students on Mills's first floor, plays

the bagpipes and loves all things Scottish.

His part of the room is decorated with an

impressive collection of drink coasters and

posters of Sean Connery. In the middle of

the room is a pyramid of beer cans- a

"beeramid"- that he's been building.

Cameron holds court and Chris works

at his desk while other students drift in and

out of the room to chat, share a joke or ask

a question. Elaine Murch, who lives down

the hall, can't resist poking a toe at the beer

cans. They crash to the floor, sparking a

howl from Cameron and protestations of

innocence from Elaine.

Cyndie Horner, senior residence assist­

ant at Mills, suggests that Cameron get rid

of the stack of cans anyway because it might

attract flies.

Horner is responsible for taking Chris,

Cameron, Erica, Katy, Elaine and 35 other

students living on the first floor of Mills

under her wing. Her job is to help get them

involved in campus life, ensure they have

the information they need to adjust to uni­

versity, and act as a sounding board and

resource guide if they run into problems.

Horner has lived in residence for four

years, and this is her third year as an RA.

From dispensing information to drumming

up fun activities, she's in her element. "I love

doing this stuff," she says.

Her dedication to the job is also evident

in her readiness to listen and help when stu­

dents are feeling uncertain or troubled.

"Because I went through everything, I

Closest friends

"I met my husband, Doug Paul, in residence, and we've been married seven years. The friends we met in resi­dence are some of our clos­est friends to date. We regu­larly e-mail each other, and one of our gang even opened a chat room called the Lower Horizon 3. Even though we were all from different back­grounds and now have vastly different careers and different lives, when we all get back together, we still remember (and laugh at) all of the same residence antics. We just pick up where we left off."

Maria Barzso-Paul, B.A.Sc. '9oBA '77

can relate to

their fears. For

instance, if they write the chemistry exam

and they're upset with their mark, I can tell

them I got a 56 on my first mid-term but

ended up with an 81 in the class."

Dealing with worries, uncertainty and

stress in a new environment is all part of the

transition to adulthood, to new levels of

responsibility. From personal experience,

and from seeing other students go through

it year after year, Horner has seen the value

of the residence experience.

"It helps to learn to live with someone.

It makes you take a look at yourself to see

how you share things and cope with differ­

ent lifestyles. In my first year, my side of the

room was decorated with sports posters and

stuff and my roommate's was more femi­

nine with a pink frilly blanket and teddy

bears. People would say: 'Do you get along?'

We were best friends. At the end of the year,

we had to separate our wardrobes."

At International House, program facil­

itator Todd Schenk echoes Horner's obser­

vations.

"It's a learning experience, it's life," he

says. "You'll have a cubicle beside someone

in some company or organization some day

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and you'll have

to deal with it.

My first year in residence wa s th e sin gle

most tremendous learning experience I've

ever gone through . I lea rn ed a lo t about

community, about working with others and

supporting each o th er. I guess it so unds

cheesy, but it's true. It was a challenging sit­

uation, in a good way, to have to dea l with

a person from a different background, with

different norms, over how loud yo u play

your music at eight in the morning. It may

seem like a given, but people are different."

Horner and Schenk are two of U of G's

120-member residence life staff who rely on

their own experiences and training to help

new students adjust to campus living.

"The students are growing and learning as

adults and citizens," says Irene Thom pso n,

assistant director of residence li fe and desk

services in Student Housing Services. "We pro­

vide housing and life experiences outside the

classroom door. The residence environment

is a living laborato ry for them. Maybe they

won't realize it while they' re here, but once

they leave this environment and go off on their

own and make their way in the world, they' ll

realize it and apply what they learned."

In most cases, when they ar r ive at U of

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G new st udents a re leav in g behi nd their

support sys tem , family and fri ends. " It's an

opportunity to spread their wings, to test

their independence, th eir au tonomy," says

T hompson. "Residence life is challenging,

but supports are built in that help students

deal with th e challenges they enco unter."

Making music

"I was a house adviser at Lambton Hall in my second year. This is where I met my wife, Carol. In my first year at Johnston Hall, I met some­one who became a very good friend and still is. He was very much into music and so was I. I'm in a band now that evolved from that - the Speed River Valley Mountain Boys."

Rob Witherspoon, B.Sc. (Agr.) '81

THE PROGRAMS AND SERV ICES pro­

vided by Student Housi ng Serv ices and its

well -trained staff make U of G a leader in

res idence living in Canada. In add itio n to

the paraprofessional RAs, there are profes­

sionally trained residence managers, stu­

dent peer helper cluster leaders, stud ent­

elected Interhall Council mem bers and desk

services staff to help smooth the way for stu­

dents, and to fos ter an enjoyable and edu­

cati onal experience.

When students register for residence, they

ca n apply to become invo lved in a

living/learning centre that focuses on a theme

or area of study. In addit ion to Inte rnational

House, the University offers Arts House, Eco

House (for those interested in environmen­

tal and social issues) and La Maison Fran<;aise.

The University also has an Office of First­

Year Studies (OFYS)- unique among post­

secondary institutions- that runs a pro­

gram called University College Connection

(UCC), which is co-ordinated by Mi ld red

Eisenbach, B.A.Sc. '78. It helps new students

make a successful transition to university by

arranging "clusters" of up to 30 students in

the same academic program. They live in the

same residence and share classes, in terests

and friendships. UCC promotes collabora­

tive learning, provides opportunities for for ­

mal and informal faculty and student inter­

action, and offers activities to help students

develop effective learning strategies for uni ­

versity-level course work.

Vance McPherson, a third -year bio ­

medical sciences student, is a peer helper

cluster leader for students in Lambton Hall

who are taking biological and environ­

mental sciences. He says the clusters bene­

fit students in a number of ways. "Academ­

ic ice breaking happens a lot sooner. It 's

easier to study in groups. It's also helpful on

a social level; many of them have similar

career interests."

McPherson decided to become a cluster

leader after participating in UCC in his first

year."! wanted to start taking a leadership

role on campus ... to really show people

what this place has to offer. Personally, l

think that academically speaking, Guelph is

one of Canada's best-kept secrets, consider­

ing the amount of research and the calibre

of programs offered here. I really like giving

people an appreciation of that. First -yea r

students may be questioning their decision;

!like to show them this is a great place."

OFYS also offers programs to prepare stu­

dents for university life even before they arrive

on campus. Each july, new students can

attend START, an orientation program that

gives them an opportunity to get to know the

campus. There's also a summer reading pro­

gram to sharpen critical thinking skills in

preparation for the year ahead. And at the

Getting along

"I lived in residence all four years - my first two years in South and my last in East - and I loved it. It was great, especially because I was quite shy and being in residence made it easy for me to meet people. In East, I was part of a 16-person unit. It was a very interesting mix of roommates, which taught me quite a bit about living and getting along with people."

Ruth Fox, BA'84

beginning of

the fall semes-

ter, orientation programs introduce new stu­

dents to the academic, social and cultural

community of the University.

To ENsuRE a safe and enjoyable residence

atmosphere, the University requires the

4,100 single students who live on campus

to abide by rules and regulations that have

evolved over decades to cover everything

from quiet hours to drinking.

One high - profile situation in the late

1920s, known as the Beddoes case, prompt­

ed the Ontario agriculture minister to ban

initiation activities, a policy the University

continues today. According to Eccles, the

Beddoes incident began when several stu­

dents became annoyed with the autocratic

ways of an aristocratic classmate from Eng­

land. His "disruptive behavior ... made him

a squealer in the eyes of the students. Sev­

eral of his compatriots felt that a squealer

should be in a pig crate. They took young

Beddoes, put him in a pig crate and took

him on a wagon to the Capital Theatre and

proceeded to auction ' their squealer' to the

evening crowd. A few local citizens were not

amused and called for arrests."

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and the tale made its way to the provincial legislature, where the government was

accused of"allowing Canadian boys to per­

secute an English student." The perpetra­

tors each received $100 fines.

IN THE NEARLY 2 0 YEARS SlOCe

Thompson has worked for Student Hous­ing Services, she has seen policies tighten up

considerably. Pranks and initiation rites are

not allowed, nor is anything that causes

harm, harassment or humiliation, she says.

Most residence students are 19, but alcohol

use in residence rooms is strictly regulated.

Interhall Council, the residence student

government, has developed a number of strategies to encourage responsible drink­

ing. Orientation Week has less emphasis on

alcohol-related events. When drinking is allowed, venues are "split-licensed;' with des­

ignated areas for drinkers and non-drinkers

-a strategy designed to accommodate the

nearly 900 first-year students in residence

who are under the legal drinking age.

Residence life staff work to strengthen communities and emphasize the responsi ­

bility of individuals as community mem­

bers. The leadership roles played by the RAs,

cluster leaders and other peer helpers

demonstrate the importance the Universi­

ty places on encouraging students to help

other students. "Residence life staff forge a sense of community from day one by intro­

ducing students to each other, explaining

rules and regulations, offering support and

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High-spirited Mills

"I lived in Mills Hall and at that time, it wasn't co-ed, although I have to say, it was probably as co-ed then as it is now! The close friendships I made then I still have 2o-odd years later. There were 140 guys in Mills Hall, and it was a high-spirited place. The whole residence would go to football games. Or we'd call South Residences and invite them to a snowball fight. Residence life was, for many of us, also a maturing time. We helped each other; there was quite a support network. I keep in touch with people from all over the world via e-mail.

Don Adam, BA '77

dealing with any conflicts that arise," says Thompson. If roommates just can't get

along, for example, they are reassigned or

some may opt for a single room. In addition to the day-to-day demands,

Still friends

"When an acquaintance from high school and I found out we were both coming to Guelph from Kingston, we agreed to room together. The first year we lived in Lambton, then in Addington, and in our third year, we shared a suite in East Residences with other peo· ple we had met in first year. Katherine (Lux) Kelly and I became really good friends; we are still friends. We see each other about once a year, and as recently as a few months ago, we brought our families together, chil­dren and all."

Lenore Latta, B.Sc. '82 and M.Sc. '87

a new challenge is looming that will affect

residence life and the University as a whole.

In as little as two years, the number of first ­

year students could increase because of the

phase-out of Grade 13- a demographic

shift that would dramatically boost the num­ber of students under the legal adult age of

18. There are many implications to dealing

with students who are not legally adults, such

as the need to obtain parental permission

for off-campus activities such as fie ld trips.

To address the myriad issues associated

with an influx of younger students, the Uni­

versity has struck a number of committees, one of wh ich is focusing on the impact on

various aspects of university life, such as res­

idences, orientation and OFYS. "We are

reviewing programs in other provinces

because they are already dealing with younger students," says Brenda Whiteside,

associate vice-president (student affa irs).

By ensuring the network of support ser­vices is adjusted to handle the future

increase in student population, U of G looks

to maintain its impressive track record of

student success. Studies over the years have

shown that living in residence has a signif­icant impact on students' overal l satisfac­

tion with their experience at university and

can boost academic performance. Guelph -one of the most residential universities

in Canada- has an 88 -per-cent gradua­

tion rate that outranks al l other compre­

hensive universities across the country,

according to Maclean's magazine.

Surveys and statistics aside, students say

they enjoy living in residence for the social life and the convenience of being on cam­

pus and having a meal plan . The downside?

Students say they miss home-cooked meals,

privacy and personal space.

But both the good times and difficult times are ultimately transforming.

"You learn new ways to think, new things

to think about," muses Schenk in his room at International House. "There should be a

social science of turning residences into

unique and special places and how that hap­

pens. You take buildings that are fairly insti­tutional and you turn them into a commu­

nity, and l think that's pretty phenomenal.

Walk by any room and see how much peo­

ple begin to care about it. It's weird when

you move stuff out and it's just a space again at the end of the year." ga

HIRE A GUELPH CO-OP STUDENT Physical Sciences • Applied Math & Statistics • Biochemistry • Biophysics • Chemical Physics • Chemistry • Computing & Information Science • Physics

Commerce • Management Economics

in Industry & Finance • Hotel & Food Administration • Housing & Real Estate Management • Agricultural Business • Marketing Management

B.Sc. (Technology) • Pharmaceutical Chemistry • Physics and Technology

Biological Sciences • Biomedical Toxicology • Environmental Toxicology • Food Science • Microbiology

Engineering Sciences • Biological • Engineering Systems & Computing • Environmental • Water Resources

Social Sciences • Child Studies • Economics • Family & Social Relations • Gerontology • Psychology

Environmental Sciences

MA Economics

BRENT HICKLING Economics Co-op Student Ontario Ministry of Agricu Food and Rural Mfairs

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

ARBORETUM HONOURS HEROES THE ARBORETUM celebrated its 30th

anniversary in November by honouring 30

Arboretum "heroes," people and organiza­

tions that have played a significant role in

the Arboretum's development over the past

three decades.

"Almost everything you see in the

Arboretum was planted or built in the past

30 years- everything," says director Prof.

Alan Watson.

The 165-hectare Arboretum, which once

consisted largely of fields used for test plots

for OAC students and faculty, is now home

to 17,947 plant collections, wetlands, nature

trails, a memorial forest and three old­

growth forests of a type now rare in Ontario.

In addition, the Arboretum kicked off

its new Maples for the Millennium project.

Maples were among the first trees planted

in the Arboretum, and 30 trees have been

set aside for dedication purposes. For more

information, contact Watson at 519-824-

4120, Ext. 2356.

OVC '49 SUPPORTS FUTURE VETS

Seated, from left: Dave Howse and Ray Cor­

~ mack. Standing: Jim Archibald, OVC dean Alan

~ Meek, Bill Mitchell and Ken Fisk. ~-----------------2

~A FUND-RAISING COMMITTEE from <(

~ the OVC Class of 1949 met recently to cele-

~ brate the achievement of a 50th-anniver-

5 sary class project. With contributions from

6: class members and matching government

26 GuELPH ALUMNUS

UGAA TAKES THE PULSE OF ALUMNI THE UN IvERs 1 T Y of Guelph Alumni Association has formed an action commit­

tee to review the results of an alumni survey completed last fall. President Scott

vanEngen, B.Sc.(Agr.) '88, says UGAA commissioned the survey through Guelph­

based Strategic Research Associates, and is now in the process of reviewing the results.

"We wanted to take the pulse of the alumni community to aid UGAA, other con­

stituent alumni groups and alumni programs staff in developing future programs

and events;' says vanEngen. "Thank you to those alumni who participated; your input has been invaluable."

UGAA is also looking for alumni volunteers to help develop new programs and

serve on the executive. If you're interested, contact Michael Somerville, director of

alumni programs, at Alumni House, 519-824-4120, Ext. 6183, or e-mail to alumni

@uoguelph.ca.

The current UGAA executive includes, front row from left, Robin-Lee Norris, BA

'80, first vice-president; and Scott vanEngen, B.Sc.(Agr.) '88, president. In back, from

left, are Michael Somerville; John Watson, BA '69, second vice-president; Bradley

Hull, BA '89, secretary; William Summers, B.Sc. '82, treasurer; and James Weeden,

B.Sc.(Eng.) '71 and M.Sc. '86, past president. For a complete listing of the UGAA

board of directors and to follow the progress of UGAA initiatives, visit the alumni

Web site at www.guelphalumni.com.

funds, the OVC '49 scholarship endowment

has exceeded $231,000, and it's still grow­

ing as new donations are received. A grad ­

uate entrance scholarship of $3,500 and five

undergraduate bursaries of$1,000 each will

be awarded annually under the direction of

the OVC Awards Committee and the dean.

The OVC '49 committee met at the Bur­

dette Art Gallery in Orton, Ont., which is

owned by classmate Ray Cormack.

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atters HIGHLIGHTS • GRAD NEWS • OBITUARIES • CALENDAR

HOMECOMING 2000

Peter Lindley, BSA '57, left, attended the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame

dinner in October to congratulate his daughter, Susan, B.Sc.(H.K.)

'82, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in recognition of her

athletic accomplishments in basketball and field hockey.

A luncheon honouring the memory of former Gryphon coach Dick

Brown ended at Alumni Stadium, where Brown's family and friends

took part in a ceremonial kickoff. From left are Maggie and Mark

Brown, U of G athletics director Richard Freeman, defensive tackle

Jeremy Oxley, Anne Brown, Jackie Brown, Mitchell Brown-Robson,

Stacey Brown, Gryphon coach Dan McNally, Bernie Custis, Melanie

Brown-Robson and Lorraine Custis.

Hall of Fame inductees, from left: Andy Longpre, BA '81, wrestling;

nm Mau, BA '92 and MA '93, basketball; Sue Lindley, B.Sc. (H.K.) '82,

basketball and field hockey; Peter Langford, BA '85, football; and Alan

Singleton, head hockey coach from 1956 to 1963 and 1967 to 1969 .

The Ohio Northern University (ONU) marching band from Ada, Ohio,

has performed at U of G's Homecoming for the past several years.

The band's 2000 northern trip combined the Gryphon game on Sat­

urday with a half-time performance at a Hamilton Ti-Cats game the

night before. The band led a parade of Gryphon supporters across

campus to Alumni Stadium, where U of G suffered a disappointing

37 to 14 loss to Concordia.

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alumni Matters

What kind of luck enables a man to tell the fantastic story of

discovering the Titanic, to top the best-seller list with a book of wildlife art, to interview the reclusive Jacqueline Kennedy

Onassis and to inspire a movie with the personal letters and photographs of a Russian tsar's daughter?

College of Arts graduates will read about the interesting career of publisher Hugh Brewster, BA '71, in an alumni

newsletter delivered to them as an insert in this issue of the Guelph Alumnus.

Graduates of the College of Social and Applied Human Sci­

ences and the Ontario Agricultural College have also received special newsletters from their college or alumni association. In

total, more than 46,500 U of G alumni are benefiting from the

piggy-back distribution offered by the Guelph Alumnus.

For a handful of alumni- those who have a spouse who is

a graduate of one of these three colleges- it means that a sec­

ond copy of the magazine may be delivered to the household.

We're working to resolve the duplication, but hope that in the

meantime, you will enjoy both the magazine and the news from your college and alumni association. Please give the second copy

to a colleague, a neighbour or a prospective student.

For news of all U of G colleges, visit the campus Web site at

www.uoguelph.ca. From the home page, click on the Guelph

Alumnus site to read the full story about Hugh Brewster's role in

the founding and growth of Madison Press Books in Toronto.

28 GuELPH ALUMNUS

A LUMNI AwA RD S OF ExcELLENCE

ALUMNI AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE The University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nomina­

tions for:

Alumnus of Honour An annual award celebrating the achievements of alumni who

have brought great honour to their alma mater through pro­

fess ional, community and personal endeavours. Alumni Medal of Achievement

A convocation award that recognizes a graduate of the last 15

years who has achieved excellence through contributions to

country, community, profession or the world of arts and letters. Alumni Volunteer Award

An annual award to honour alumni who have demonstrated

loyalty and commitment to their alma mater by supporting

the University of Guelph through their volunteer work. Nomination deadline: Feb. 23.

Submit nominations to the attention of Mary Ann Grape, UGAA Awards Committee, c/o Alumni House, University of Guelph, Guelph ON N1G 2Wl.

OVC DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS An annual award presented by the OVC Alumni Association

to recognize a graduate who has brought honour to the col­lege and fe llow alumni through leadership and service to

country, science, education, profession or alma mater. Nomination deadline: Feb. 28.

A nomination form can be requested by calling Alumni House at Ext. 6544.

GEORGE BEDELL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE This award is presented to a graduate of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration who best represents the school in professionalism, achievement and contributions to the hos­pitality industry.

Nomination deadline: Feb. 28.

For more information, call Laurie Malleau at Ext. 2102.

Award committees for the above can be reached through Alum­

ni House at the University of Guelph, Guelph ON N1 G 2W1,

519-824-4120, fax: 519-822-2670, e-mail: vikkit@alumni.

uoguelph.ca.

B.COMM. GRADS GATHER The Department of Consumer Studies celebrated the 1oth anniversary

of the B.Comm. marketing management major and the fifth anniversary

of the B.Comm. housing and real estate management major with a fall

reception at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. The event drew over 100

guests, including alumni and business partners. Sharing their experi·

ences as president of the Guelph Commerce Society are, from left, Kate

Longmire, B.Comm. 'oo; Jenn Clark, the current president; and Ben

Kelly, B.Comm. '99.

GRAD NEWS

How I spent my summer vacation

• Howard and Christine Hill had a lot to tell their students

in Highland Park, Ill., after spending their 2000 summer

vacation mountain climbing in

the northernmost mountain

range in the world. They

reached the summit of a previ­

ously unexplored peak in the

Daly Bjerge area of northern

Greenland and now may have the opportunity to name it.

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• Bill Grierson, BSA '38, wrote

from his home in Winter Haven, Fla., in response to a let­

ter by John Boros, BA '88 and MA '91, that was printed in the

Fall 2000 issue of the Guelph

Alumnus. The subject was

genetic engineering and the

ability of scientific research to

ensure the safety of GE foods.

Grierson writes: "Read a recent­

ly published book by a distin­guished Canadian geneticist.

This is Pandora's Picnic Basket by Alan McHughen, Oxford

A native of Burlington, Ont., Hill, B.Sc.(Agr.) '88 and ADA '86, and his U.S.-born wife are

both high school science teach­

ers who have a love of adven­

ture. They prefaced the climb by

teaching a field ecology course

for the University of Minneso­ta in Canada's low arctic region

near Bathurst Inlet, then flew to

Greenland with an internation­

al group of 10 climbers.

University Press, 2000. This

should alleviate some of your

concerns, may accentuate oth­

ers, but you will assuredly be

wiser than when you wrote that

long letter."

• Mildred (Taylor), DHE '35, and Grant Misener, ADA '32,

BSA '35 and DVM '38, of Niles,

Ill., sent a note and photo to

classmates and friends when

they weren't able to visit the University last summer for

Alumni Weekend. From the

note: "We have very kind

thoughts of the University of

Hill was the only Canadian in the group, and he and Christine were two of only three who made

it to the top of the still-growing glacial mountain at 4,700 feet

above sea level. They chose words from the Canadian national anthem to name it "Glowing

Heart Peak" because of the heart­shaped ice field on its northeast slope. "You wouldn't believe the view out there;' says Hill. "It was

a beautiful place, but unforgiv­ing in terms of weather."

The summer season is only

two weeks long and unpre­dictable, he explains. Their group

spent four solid days in tents during a snowstorm with 80-km-per-hour winds and waited

a week for weather to clear

enough for a Twin Otter plane to pick them up after the climb.

"This was exploring in the

truest sense of the word," says

Hill, who was amazed by the

chance to see a glacier in

motion. He and the other

climbers actually crossed two

glaciers and made three first

ascents on some of the highest

peaks in the Daly Bjerge range.

Guelph, where we both attend­

ed in the 1930s." They celebrat­

ed the doctor's 88th birthday

on July 1, 2000, and Mildred's 86th on Aug. 20.

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• Keith Bryant, BSA '57, retired

in October and was named Pro­fessor Emeritus, Policy Analysis

and Management, at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. He was at Cornell for 26 years after teaching 11 years in the Depart­

ment of Agricultural Econom­ics at the University of Min­

nesota. His retirement plans include continued research and

more time spent at his cottage

in eastern Ontario.

• Tom Sawyer, ADA '59 and BSA '64, heads the 70-member Sawyer Preservation Woodlot

Association that was founded in

1989 to preserve and manage a

30-acre woodlot planted by Sawyer's father in the mid-

1930s. The association was recently awarded a Wildlife Habitat Canada Forest Stew­

ardship Recognition Program

citation for its efforts to pro­

mote good forest stewardship. Located in Perth County, Ont. - due east of Exeter on

Usborne- Fullarton Town line

just offHwy. 23- the woodlot

is open to the public and fea­

tures several interpretive trails.

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• Jim Hunter, ADA '68, is a partnership development advis­

er for the Indian Agricultural

Program of Ontario. He and his

colleagues across the province

work to promote business part­

nerships between aborigina l

communities and the corporate

sector in agriculture. The pro­

gram is part of a provincial "Building Aboriginal Econom­

ics Strategy" launched in 1998.

To learn more about Hunter's

work, visit the program Web site

at www.indianag.on.ca, or con­

tact him at jim_f_h@hotmail.

com.

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• Adrienne Duff, B.A.Sc. '72,

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lives in Ottawa and works as a

senior policy analyst.

• Jim Erhart, B.Sc. (H.K.) '78, is a professional service repre­

sentative for Merck Frosst

Canada & Company in Calgary. He moved to Alberta a year ago

after working in the pharma­

ceutical industry in Regina,

Sask. His two daughters, Erin

and Amy, are both in universi­

ty in Western Canada.

• Janet Hutchinson, B.Sc.(H.K.) '79, is manager of support ser­vices at Calgary Family Services.

She and her husband, Fino,

have three child ren. She says that in their "downtime," they

"chauffer and chase the k ids

around to their various activi-

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ties." Their e-mail address is

jan.fino@cadvision.com.

• Randy Trites, ADA '66,

logged into the U of G Web site after being out of touch with

the University for several years.

He has worked for Ball Packag­ing in Richmond, B.C., for 10

years as a millwright/fabricator

and says, "I still look back fond-

lyon the two years I spent at

Guelph, living on and off cam­

pus." After U of G, he did ranch

work before taking an industri­al job. He has one son and two

grandchildren in Kelowna, B.C.

• Heidi (Higgon) Wilker, B.Comm. '76, left the Delta

Meadowva le in Mississauga, Ont., in 1999 after almost 10

years in conference services. She

has started her own home­

based business as an event plan­

ner. Blessed Events provides meeting and conference plan­

ning tailored for religious orga­nizations. Her husband, Don,

B.Comm. '75, is a built-in

accountant for the new busi­

ness; he has been with Evans

Martin, a chartered accounting firm in Brampton, for 19 years.

1980S

• Eddie Chan , BA '87 , works

for the Hong Kong govern­

ment, the last four years as exec­utive officer (Stadia). He is mar­

ried to Annie Wong. • Brenda Davis, B.A.Sc. '82, is a registered dietitian and chair

of the Vegetarian Practice

Group of the An1erican Dietet­

ic Association. She is the co-

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author of Becoming Vegetarian and recently finished a new

book with Vesanto Melina

called Becoming Vegan. It was

published in September by

Quarry Health Books.

• Maryke (Wondergem)

DeWolf, B.Sc.(H.K.) '81 and

M.Sc. '82, and her family have

returned to Canada after living

abroad for 18 years. They've set­

tled in Manotick, Ont.

• Paul Fitzpatrick, BA '86, is a

sales representative with Royal

LePage-Vantage Realty m

Guelph. He has been in real

estate sales for 13 years, and was

joined by his wife, Gail, as a

partner in the Fitzpatrick

Group four years ago. They

have two children, Elisa, 3, and

Cameron, 1. Contact them by

e-mail at paulfitzpatrick@ roy­

allepage.ca.

• Susan (Coles) Goulden,

B.A.Sc. '84, and her husband,

Ian, live in Waterloo, Ont., with

their children, Jennifer Lee Yu

and Karen Yu Lei. Both girls

were adopted from China, and

the Gouldens thank Susan's

classmate Andrea (Kovits) Hen­

derson of Mission, B.C., for her

hospitality while they were en

route to China. When not par­

enting, Susan works in sales for

McCormick Canada.

• Eric Griffin, BA '82, is rector

of St. Margaret's Anglican

Church in Hamilton, Ont. He

holds degrees from Guelph,

Wilfrid Laurier University

(M.Th.), Wycliffe College at the

University of Toronto (M.Div.

and doctor of theology). His

dissertation examined 17th-cen­

tury sacramental doctrine of the

Church of England, and an

abridgement of the first chapter

was published in September in

Anglican and Episcopal History. His wife, Margaret, is project

manager with a U of G sociolo­

gy project looking at the collect­

ed works of Florence Nigh tin-

gale. They have two children.

• Scott Legge, B.Comm. '86,

was recently appointed presi­

dent of the Foodservice Con­

sultants Society International,

a worldwide not-for-profit

association of independent con­

sultants. He is the first Canadi­

an president and the youngest

in the society's history. He has

worked in foodservice opera­

tions management since grad­

uation from U of G, and now

operates Legge and Associates

Foodservice & Hospitality Con­

sulting in Rockwood, Ont. To

contact him, send e-mail to

Scott@ Legge-FCSI.com.

• Evelyn Smith MacKay, BA

'90, was recently presented with

the June Callwood Award by

the Hospice Association of

Ontario in recognition of her

contribution as a volunteer with

Hospice Wellington over the

past 16 years. She is an instruc­

tor and practitioner of thera­

peutic touch, and uses this skill

to benefit hospice patients in

Wellington County.

• Vilis Ozols, B.Sc. '85, has

received the highest profession­

al speaking designation award­

ed by the National Speakers

Association. Qualifications

include serving at least 100 dif-

U of G Degrees ADA = Associate dip loma

in agriculture ADH = Associate diploma in

horticulture BA = Bachelor of arts B.A.Sc. = Bachelor of applied

science B.Comm. = Bachelor of

commerce B.H.Sc. = Bachelor of house­

hold science BLA = Bachelor of

landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in

agriculture (pre-1965) B.Sc.(Agr.) = Bachelor of

science in agriculture B.Sc. = Bachelor of science

ferent clients and giving 250 pre­

sentations within a five-year

period. He is founder and pres­

ident of Ozols Business Group

in Golden, Col., which provides

motivational speaking, leader­

ship training and management

consulting internationally. U of

G friends may remember him as

the 1984 College Royal public

speaking champion and an all­

star volleyball player. He played

pro beach volleyball and toured

as an international competitor

before turning to consulting.

• John Pringle, DVM '81 and

D.V.Sc. '87, is professor and head

of equine internal medicine in

the Faculty of Veterinary Medi­

cine at the Swedish University of

Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala.

Contact him at john.pringle

@kirmed.slu.se.

• Deborah Rumble, BA '95,

lives in Markham, Ont., and is a

customer service representative

at Patriot Computer. She trav­

elled to the United Kingdom last

summer and plans to continue

studies at the master's level.

• Brenda (Schneider), BA '87,

and jeff Schwaabe, BA '86, live

in Keswick, Ont., with two cats

and one horse. They both work

for the Bank of Montreal in

Scarborough, where she is a

B.Sc.(Eng.) = Bachelor of science in engineering

B.Sc.(Env.) = Bachelor of science in enviro nmental sciences

B.Sc.(H.K.) = Bachelor of science in human kinetics

B.Sc.(P.E.) = Bachelor of science in physical education

DHE = Diploma in home economics

D.V.Sc. = Doctor of veterinary science

DVM = Doctor of veterinary med icine

GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts M.Agr. = Master of agriculture

staff analyst and he a network

analyst. Contact them at

b_schwaabe@yahoo.com.

• Joseph Shaw, BA '8 1, has

enjoyed a freelance career as an

actor and director. He is also an

acting instructor at Mount Roy­

al College in Calgary, co-direc­

tor Rogues Actors' Studio

(www.corogues. com) and artis­

tic director of Rogues Theatre.

He'd like to reconnect with fel­

low drama grads via e-mail at

joe@coro gues.com.

• Adam Socha, M.Sc. '86, is the

senior toxicology adviser in the

Ontario Ministry of the Envi­

ronment's Standards Develop­

ment Branch. He recently co­

edited a book on chemical

hazard ranking and scoring

methods that was published by

the Society of Environmental

Toxicology and Chemistry. He

lives in Richmond Hill, Ont.,

with his wife, Christine, and

their infant daughter, Juliette

Rose.

• Mary (Neufeld) Shum,

B.A.Sc. '84, works as an account

manager with Firmenich of

Canada, and her husband,

David, B.A.Sc. '79, is a nation­

al account manager at Amcor

Pet Packaging. They live in Mis­

sissauga with their two children.

MBA = Master of business admininstration

M.Eng. = Master of engi neering MFA = Master of fi ne art MLA = Master of landscape

architecture MMS = Master of management studies M.Sc. = Master of science M.Sc.(Aqua) = Master of

science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in

agriculture ODH = Ontario diploma in

horticulture ODR = Ontario dip loma in

recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy

Winter 2001 31

• Shayla Morag Steeves, MA

'98, launched her debut CD, Pri­vate Diary, last August. It was

recorded at U of G in 1999 when

she worked on campus in Com­

puting and Communications

Services. She is now a senior

management consultant at Hal­

ifax's ATi Consulting Corpora­

tion and a part-time sociology

professor at Mount Saint Vin­

cent University, but says she has

had a lifelong passion for music.

"Each song on Private Diary is extremely special to me since

they're all based on my own

diary entries of the past 18

years;' she says. The CD is avail­

able throughout the Maritimes,

at the U of G bookstore or by

contacting the artist at private­

diary@steevesproductions. com.

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• Amanda (Beck), B.Sc. '98, and

Stephen Antal were married in

a lakeside ceremony on June 24,

2000. Many friends, family and

Guelph alumni were there to

celebrate with the bride and

groom. They would like to keep

in touch with friends via e-mail

at theantals@hotmail.com.

• Debbie Busko, MA '98, lives

in Waterloo, Ont., with her hus­

band, Drew Gillingham, and

their son, Nathan, born Aug. 6,

2000. She is on leave from her

job as purchasing manager at

J&D Systems Inc, a telecom­

munications company, and

would love to hear from any

friends and classmates at

dbusko@home.com.

• Nicole Cassidy, BA '96, is cur-

32 GUELPH ALUMNUS

rently enrolled in nursing at

McMaster University in Hamil­

ton, Ont., and would like to

hear from friends and former

classmates at cassidnm@muss.

cis. mcmaster.ca.

• Galen Countryman, BA '97

and MA '98, is a tax policy offi­

cer at the Department of

Finance in Ottawa. He wel­

comes e-mail from friends and

classmates at Countryman.

Galen@fin.gc.ca.

• Jolyne Drummelsmith, B.Sc.

'95 and PhD '00, received the

2000 Graduate Student Award

from the Canadian Society of

Microbiologists. She is now at

Laval University in Montreal on

a Natural Sciences and Engi­

neering Research Council post­

doctoral fellowship.

• Andrew Dunsmore, B.Sc. '92,

is working as a pilot for Air

Alliance, an Air Canada con­

nector. He lives in Toronto with

his wife, Carol; they were mar­

ried in September 1999. Con­

tact him by e-mail at gchirpy

17@hotmail.com.

• Jackie Fraser, B.Sc.(Agr) '94

and M.Sc. '96, has left environ­

mental consulting to take on a

new challenge as environment

and resources manager for the

Aggregate Producers' Associa­

tion of Ontario. She works in

Mississauga, but lives in Nor­

val, Ont., and her new e-mail is

jfraser@apao.com.

• Tricia Bertram Gallant, BA

'94 and M.Sc. '99, has left U of

G to pursue a doctorate in edu­

cation at the University of San

Diego in California. She had

been at Guelph since 1989 when

she enrolled as an undergradu­

ate, staying to complete a mas­

ter's in rural extension studies,

then working in Career Services

and Co-op Education Services.

• Natale Ghent, BA '92, is a

full-time writer who lives in

Guelph with her daughter, Wes­

ley. In October, her first chil­

dren's book, Piper, was pub­

lished by Orca Book Publishers.

Drawn from Ghent's personal

experience with dogs and sheep,

Piper is a story about the bond

between an Australian shepherd

puppy and a young girl.

• Jeff Houle, B.Comm. '95, says

he moved to northern Califor­

nia in 1996 "to give Silicon Val­

ley my best shot:' Four years !at­

er, he lives in Santa Clara and is

the director of strategic

accounts at Minerva Networks,

which he says is going public in

January 200 l. "It would be great

to hear from some grads, and

be sure to say hi when in Cali­

fornia," he says. His e-mail is

jhoule@minervanetworks.com.

• Jim Ji.itte, B.Sc. '92, and his

family are planning to ride bicy­

cles 10,000 km on a crooked

path from Newfoundland to

British Columbia this summer

to raise awareness of the Ronald

McDonald Houses in Canada.

Ji.itte and his wife, Nancy, were

inspired by their own experi­

ence at Ronald McDonald

House in Hamilton, Ont. "We

are tremendously excited about

this and how it can possibly help

families," he says. "Our prima­

ry goal is to inform families in

rural/outlying communities that

they do not need to suffer addi­

tional stress driving long dis­

tances to be with children who

are hospitalized." Their trip

begins at Signal Hill on April 28

and ends in Victoria on Sept. 4.

The entire route is outlined on

the Web at www.cyclingforchil

dren.com for those who want to

greet them along the way.

• Sonya Lacharite, BA '93, lived

in Gifu, Japan, for almost three

years with her husband and two

young sons. The family is now

settled in Idaho Falls, Idaho, just

a couple of hours from Yellow­

stone park! She says, "Any ideas

on how to use a French degree

out here are welcome."

• Becky (Miller) Madill, B.A.Sc.

'95, is a teacher with the Avon

Maitland District School Board

in Ontario. She and her hus­

band, David, had their first

child in November. She wel­

comes mail from child studies

classmates and Mac Hall friends

at bdmadill@wightman.net.

• Nigel Marriner, BA '95, co­

ordinates a student affairs pro­

gram for first-year students at

the University at Buffalo and

lives in Williamsville, N.Y., with

his wife, Deidre. Send e-mail to

nmarrine@buffalo.edu "to

rehash all those good times

shared at Guelph."

• Katherine McGhie, DVM '91,

is an owner/partner in two

small-animal hospitals near her

home in Belle River, Ont.

• Shelley Newman, DVM '90

and D.V.Sc. '96, spent 2 1/2

years as a clinical instructor in

anatomic pathology at the Vir­

ginia-Maryland Regional Col­

lege of Veterinary Medicine

before becoming a member of

the American College of Veteri­

nary Pathologists in 1998. In

1999 she returned to work in

her home town of Guelph, as an

avian and fur-bearing patholo­

gist at the U ofG Animal Health

Laboratory, but she recently

accepted a position as a staff

pathologist at the Animal Med­

ical Center in New York City.

• Line Alice Olivier, B.Sc.(Agr.)

'98, works for Montbeliarde

Breed Genetics in France as a

sales and technical representa­

tive for regions that include

Africa and Latin America. I Ier

e-mail is LOlivi1976@aol.com.

• Sarah (Holditch ), B.A.Sc. '99,

and John Parnell, ADA '98, were

married last July and are now

living in Elmvale, Ont. He

works on the family farm, and

she is attending Medaille Col­

lege in Buffalo, N .Y., to earn an

education degree.

• Chrissy (Dejonge) Redden,

B.Sc. '90, of Camp bellville, Ont.,

competed in the 2000 Olympic

Games in Sydney, Australia, as a

member of the Canadian

National Mountain Bike Team.

She is a two-time Canadian

mountain bike cross-country

champion who won silver at the

Mont Sainte-Anne World Cup

race last season and was seventh

at the world championships. She

finished eighth in the Olympic

race despite having to repair a

flat tire in the second lap.

• Karl Reimer, B.Sc.(Eng.) '94,

joined the consulting firm of

Blasland, Bouck & Lee Inc. in

Syracuse, N.Y., in December

1999 as a project engineer in the

hydrogeology division. He says

the work is challenging, varied

and interesting. Friends can

reach him by e-mail at reimer

@accucom.net or KDR @BBL

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• Asep Saefuddin, OVC M.Sc.

'91 and PhD '96, is head of the

statist ics department at IPB

Baranangsiang m Bogor,

Indonesia, and directs a centre

on regional development and

community empowerment. He

welcomes Guelph students who

would like to conduct research

involving Indonesia's social,

education and hea lth sectors.

He can be contacted at cres­

cent@biosys.net.

• Sh an non Sh orten, BA '96,

describes herself as an English

teacher and world traveller. She

is currently in Taegu, South

Korea, and can be reached bye­

mail at shanner_1998@ yahoo.

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Jan. 20 - Guelph Open Wrestling Tour­nament and Alumni and Friends Banquet. Contact Doug Cox at Ext. 3405, e-mail: dcox@uoguelph.ca. Jan. 22 to 2 6 - OAC Career Week. For information, contact Kathryn Barkey at kbarkey@uoguelph.ca.

Jan. 26 - lOth annual Aggie Goodtimes Banquet for alumni and students, contact SFOAC at Ext. 8321 for tickets. Feb. 17 - OAC Alumn i Hockey Tour­nament. For details, call Rod Thompson at 519-291-1685. Feb. 17 - OAC '81A 20-year reunion at the Guelph Holiday Inn. Play hockey and visit classmates. For details, con tact Car­roll Nancy at 519-762-2176, e-mail: car­rollnancy@hotmail.com.

Feb. 23 -Nominations due for the Uni­versity of Guelph Alumni Association (UGAA) Awards Program. Contact Carla Bradshaw at Ext. 6657 or cbradsha@oac. uoguelph.ca for details. March -A Texas alwnni reunion is being organized for mid-March. Snowbirds can watch the "Winter Texan Repo rt" on KRGV-TV ChannelS for date and loca­tion, or visit the U of G alumni Web si te: www.uoguelph.ca/alumni. March 7 - U of G Alumni Florida Reunion at Maple Leaf Estates, 2100 Kings Highway, Port Charlotte, Fla. For m ore information, contact Carla Bradshaw at Ext. 6657 or cbradsha@oac.uoguelph.ca. March 17 & 18 - College Royal. March 24 - Heritage evening hosted by students of the B.A.Sc. program to cele­brate the history of Macdonald Institute. For details, contact Laurie Malleau at lmal­leau@uoguelph .ca. March 30 & 31 - OAC Alumni Associ­ation 43rd annual Curling Bonspiel, Guelph

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A legacy of sport William "Bill" Mitchell, BSA '38, died

Aug. 10, 2000, in Guelph. A champi­

onship athlete in his student days, he

served in the Second World War after

graduation and joined the staff of U of Gin 1941. He became the first director

of athletics in 1946, a position he held for

the next 32 years. He coached and built

the Guelph football program and

launched the "Gryphon" as varsity team

mascot. In 1984, he became the first inductee into the Gryphon Club Hall of

Fame. Four years later, the campus ath­

letics centre was renamed the W.F. Mitchell Athletics Centre in his honour.

Mr. Mitchell is survived by his wife,

Eleanor; his children, Bill, Bob, Jane and

Margaret; and grandchildren. Donations

to the Gryphon Club in his memory

should be directed to Alumni House.

Human kinetics pioneer Retired human biology professor john

Powell died Oct. 31, 2000. Born in Eng­

land, he taught there and in the United

States before joining the OAC faculty in

1965 as founding head of the Depart­

ment of Physical Education. Over the

next 10 years, he guided the department

through its evolution and transfer to the College of Biological Science in 1971. He

also originated and developed the con­

cept for Guelph's Department of Human

Kinetics, renamed the School of Human

Biology in 1978. Locally, Prof. Powell was

renowned for his long-running Cardio­

vascular Club and his back clinics. Inter­nationally, he was known for his many

OBITUARIES

contributions to the Olympics move­

ment. He is survived by his wife, joan,

three children and 10 grandchildren.

Faye Austin, B.H.Sc. '54, Aug. 6, 2000 Hugh Becking, BSA '25, 1981

Albert Bildfell, DVM '60, Oct. 23, 2000 Stewart Bird, BSA '36, july 16, 2000 James Boyce, BSA '32, Aug. 29, 2000 Marion Brennan, DHE '53, Aug. 12,2000

Robet Brusso, B.Sc.(Agr.) '69, date

unknown

John Christie, BSA '42, Oct. l, 2000 James Conner, BSA '43, July 2, 2000 Roosevelt Douglas, ADA '63, Oct. 1, 2000 Bill Drennan, DVM '55 and M.Sc. '66,

March 28, 2000

George Dyck, BSA '42, june 21,2000

Agnes Fleming, DHE '41, July 24, 2000

Roy Froebelius, ADA '55, July 3, 2000 John Gandier, DVM '42, May 4, 2000

John Gartshore, BSA '37, Aug. 13, 2000

Clayton Gilson, HDL 1987, June 2000

Allan Gilleland, BSA '38, Aug. I, 2000

Ken Grant, BSA '48, Aug. 30, 2000 Katherine Greenfield, DVM '80, Oct. 3,

2000 Burton Griffith, BSA '35, June 26, 2000

James Hancock, BSA '49, Sept. 23,2000

Herb Heimbecker, BSA '43, Oct. 14, 2000 Herman Hodgson, BSA '34, Aug. 10, 2000

Ken Hurry, B.Sc. '70, date unknown

Henry Ive, BSA '48, May 2000

Annamma Jacob, DVM '73, 1999 Hubert Jasmin, BSA '51, Oct. 6, 2000

Garnet Johnston, BSA '49 and honorary

degree 2000, Oct. 9, 2000 Robert Johnston, DVM '67, March 12,

2000

Robert Jordan, BSA '49, july 26, 2000

Judith Judge, B.A.Sc. '75, Sept. 25, 2000

Ellwood Junkin, BSA '49 and M.Sc. '73,

July 13, 2000 Ina Kniep, DHE '36, Nov. 8, 2000

Carl Koehn, BSA '46, Oct. 1, 2000

Robert Landon, BSA '35, july 31, 2000

Dennis Lecky, BSA '61, date unknown Young Lee, B.Sc.(Eng.), july 24, 2000

Dale Leslie, ADA '89, june 28, 2000 Berneice MacFarlane, DHE '39, jan. 26,

1999 Barbara MacKay, BA '68, July 8, 2000

Donald MacKenzie, BSA '52, Oct. 4, 2000 Lloyd McKibbin, DVM '52, Aug. 6, 2000

Edward McLaughlin, BSA '37, Nov. 9, 2000

Mary McPherson, ODH '96, Oct. 4, 2000 William Matthewma, BSA '34, Aug. 28,

2000 Ellen Maxwell, DHE '40, 1992

Sally Maynard, DHE '57, June 15, 2000 Joan Morgan, B.H.Sc. '54, date unknown Mabel Moyer, DHE '22, Aug. 1, 2000 Alfred Pain, ADA '35, March 20, 1990

Neal Procunier, BSA '44, July 14,2000 Shirley Raymont, DHE '47, Sept. 28,2000

William Richardson, BSA '44, July 5,

2000

Stewart Rumble, BSA '40, Jan. 20,2000

Jean Sabiston, DHE '49, Oct. 5, 2000

Vincent Senatore, BA '86, Aug. 13 Paul Smit, BA '94, Sept. 15,2000

Alice Snider, B.Sc.(Agr.) '83, September

2000 Bernadette Steinhauser, B.A.Sc. '98, May

16, 1999

Harry Stirk, ADA '3 7, Sept. 15, 2000 Jean Turnbull, DHE '34, Feb. 4, 2000

Harry Watson, BSA '43, Oct. 24, 2000

Neil Walsom, ADA '65, Aug. 11, 2000 Martin Weber, B.Sc.(Agr.) '72, Aug. 18,

2000 Kate Zimmerman-Kim, BA '88, May 13,

2000

Friends Stuart Bryans, May 26, 2000 Harriet Downing, March 23, 2000

June Evans, Sept. 20, 2000

Robert Gunn, March 28, 2000

Gloria Lemieux, May 25, 2000 William Moore, june 16, 2000

Orin Reid, Aug. 27, 2000

Jeanette Truss, july 26, 2000

Ernest Turner, Sept. 13, 2000 Frank Vigor, july 28, 2000

Faculty Douglas Bullock, BSA '50, Food Science,

Aug. 3, 2000

Robert Fulkerson, BSA '46, Crop Science,

Sept. 2, 2000

Ambrose Zitnak, Horticultural Science,

July 29, 2000

Winter 200 I 35

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

the rway rwe rwere

"College life then as now began with two feet: one at home

among family, and perhaps with a sweetheart, and the

other tentatively placed in Guelph."

THESE woRDs are from U of G history professor Terry Crowley in his book The College on the Hill:

A New History of the Ontario Agricultural College,

1874- 1999. Crowley goes on to quote the diary of

George Creelman, BSA 1888, who described his first

impression of the college residence and his assigned roommate. Creelman wrote: "I walk in. The room is

empty. Did I say empty? Not that, vacant. In one cor­

ner was a bed, but the slats were out, and to bring it up

to its normal height, four mattresses were piled one on

36 GuELPH ALUMNUS

FROM THE ARCHIVES

the other. On top of this, some twisted bedclothes, a

dirty towel, a pair of Indian clubs, some soiled clothes

and an armful of books. A tin pitcher and basin stood

on a washstand in one corner, and the floor was littered

with long boots, overalls, notebooks and papers. This

was the room of the elegant lawyer's son from Stratford

whom I was lucky to get to room with?"

By the time this OAC residence photo was taken in the early 1920s, the campus had been irrevocably

changed by the addition of female students at Macdon­

ald Institute (1903). "Co-education brought conditions

that allowed young people to carve out a social space

that marked the beginnings of a youth culture separate from either adolescence or adulthood," said Crowley.

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