University of Alberta Calgary - Evergreen and Gold Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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FROM our principal It is with a sense of mutual achievement, that I offer my greetings and good wishes to those of you who have shared with me this academic year, 1961- ' 62. You, as students, have played your parts well. The teaching and ad¬ ministrative staff, whom I represent, appreciate the contribution to univer¬ sity life that you have made and that you have helped them to make. As I write this message, I look back on things accomplished; and I look for¬ ward to things to do. Our third building is now completed. Green grass, green trees, paved walks are changing a beautiful campus site into a truly beautiful campus. Plans for a new engineering building, for a library, for a new teaching building are now a reality. Visions become bricks and mor¬ tar; but new visions appear. But our vision of a great and beautiful university in this city has never been confined to the physical alone. And it is here, too, that I must thank you for the tremendous zeal that you, as students, have demonstrated during this past year. In your clubs, in your newspaper, in your University work, you have shown an increasing maturity. In your numbers, you have grown to such an extent that we have twice as many graduate students as we had a year ago and more than twice as many students in the senior years. It is true that this past year ' s students, like those who went before them, have faced difficulties. But like true westerners, you accepted them with courage and cheerfulness, happy to create something new and great where nothing existed before. This is what your parents did: this is what you are doing and will continue to do. To help build a great university is no small contribution to the province in which you live. It is my hope that the spirit that you have shown here and the friendliness that you have known here will remain with you in the years to come so that you may enrich the community as you have enriched your campus. Malcolm G. Taylor Principal

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FROM OUR PRESIDENT The year 1961 - ' 62 has been a momentous one for the University of Alberta, Calgary and, consequently, for the students on its campus. Perhaps the most significant development has been the growing ma¬ turity of the institution as a whole. The appointment of large numbers of additional staff has added to the variety of courses and programs available. The Board of Governors and the Government and Legis¬ lature of the Province have provided funds for extensive purchases of books and journals for the library to help meet the needs of the students and staff in this important field. The new Gymnasium and Recreation Building will be available by the new year. At the Fall Convocation of the University, degrees, including Master s degrees, were awarded to students who had completed the require¬ ments solely on the Calgary campus. A Committee on Student Affairs, independent of the Edmonton Com¬ mittee, and responsible directly to the Senate, was organized and began to function. The student body as a whole showed clear evi¬ dence of their ability to organize and conduct their affairs in an increasingly competent and responsible manner. All these are signs of growth and progress towards maturity which are very gratifying to us all and we look forward to still greater progress in the exciting years ahead. To the members of the class of ' 62 and to all those registered at UAC we extend our warmest greetings and good wishes for the future. Walter H. Johns President