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

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OFFICE of the PRESIDENT EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada FROM OUR PRESIDENT A generation of students at a university is usually considered to cover four years and the University of Alberta, Calgary, will celebrate its first quadrennium by holding its own Spring Convocation for those students who have completed the requirements for their degrees on its own campus. This will represent one more in a series of rapid strides towards maturity and independence. The growth in physical facilities in 1963-64 is evidenced by the opening of the magnificent new University Library and the start on the first unit of the new Engineering Complex. Next year should see a surge of building in Calgary that will challenge comparison with that on any other campus in the whole of Canada. In the past four years your enrolment has nearly doubled (from 1331 to 2420), but in the same period the full-time teaching staff has nearly tripled (from 60 to 175) and the non-academic staff has increased more than three times (from 80 to 263). All this is tangible evidence of the deter¬ mination of your Board of Governors, your Government, and your Legislature to provide you with the best facilities and the best instruction possible. But it is you, the students, who will make the reputation of your University in the world around you. If U.A.C. is really to grow in wisdom and in stature, it is you who will provide that growth. I have every confidence in the development of your great institution in the years ahead and in the contribution its students will make in the life of their Province and of the world at large. May you all find happiness and success wherever fate may lead you in the days to come. Walter ' H. Johns, President.

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Photo by Laddie Ponich Studios, Edmonton PRESIDENT WALTER JOHNS 4

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DEDICATED TO DR.AND MRS.TAYLOR We respectfully dedicate this volume of the Tally Stick to Dr. and Mrs. M. G. Taylor with deep gratitude for their four years of service to our university. UAC has been fortunate to have Dr. Taylor’s leadership during its first years. A young man among university presidents, he has brought youth and enthusiasm to his tasks. As he pointed out in a speech, “a university must be youthful in its outlook — with the rebellion, the risk-taking, the excitement of youth, and, to a degree, the uncertainty of youth.” Rebellious, venturesome, excited, sometimes un¬ certain — UAC has been all these in its short history. There was no uncertainty in Dr. Taylor’s aims for UAC. In 1960 he said that this could become a great university, and for the next four years he worked with unswerving dedication to achieve that goal. Dr. Taylor had set himself no easy task. He has a lofty conception of the uni¬ versity: “a community of scholars, devoted to the pursuit of learning, engaged in the adventure of the discovery of knowledge, concerned with raising the quality of life.” By his dedication and enthusiasm Dr. Taylor attracted many fine scholars to our community, men who wanted to help create a new university. Dr. Taylor set a high standard for the students of UAC. In his first message to the student body, he said, “your primary purpose here is your own intellectual de¬ velopment. You are here to think, to criticize, and to create. It is on your intel¬ lectual achievements that you will be judged, and I remind you that our standards are high.” Student leaders found in him an interested, sympathetic adviser and at times an outspoken critic. In his addresses to students, Dr. Taylor tried to com¬ municate his own enthusiasm for learning and the life of the intellect. The library building which opened this term is perhaps the most tangible evidence of Dr. Taylor’s efforts on behalf of UAC. He believes that a library is truly the heart of a university, and he has worked unceasingly to improve library facilities here. From a beautiful campus site, UAC’s land is developing into a beautiful campus. It has been said that “not only do we shape our buildings; our buildings shape us.” Dr. Taylor has worked closely with architects to plan a campus that is more than functional. It was his vision to provide an environment suitable for creativity; an atmosphere designed for learning. We have a long task ahead of us to fulfill Dr. Taylor’s prediction of greatness at UAC, but under his leadership we have made an auspicious start. Mrs. Taylor, too, has become well known to many students on campus. As Honorary President of Adelphe, she took part in many functions of the society. At an Adelphe-sponsored charm seminar, Mrs. Taylor, last year chosen one of Canada’s ten-best-dressed women, spoke on wardrobe selection and social graces. Mrs. Taylor was interested in the role of the Arts in university life. She was active in Calgary theatre, and sponsored a drama award given yearly to a UAC student. Students who visited the Taylor home also knew Mrs. Taylor as a gracious hostess and the mother of two fine children. Our best wishes go to Dr. and Mrs. Taylor as they prepare to make their home in Victoria. And our congratulations go to the students and faculty of the University of Victoria. Our university community is losing a distinguished leader and two good friends, but it is a better place because of their four years here. 6