University of British Columbia - Totem Yearbook (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)

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CAROLINE HARVIE MIKE HIND-SMITH BILL HAGGERT ilfaraify Ouicloor geaiure in nnua The Alma Mater Society awarcl- ed six persons and one campus club with the highest award that can be given at UBC this year. The Honorary Activity Award was given to Caroline Harvie, Wil- liam Haggert, Michael Hind-Smith, Laffare de Guefe, Peter deVooght, Foster Isherwood and the Varsity Outdoor Club. Chairman of the awards commit- tee Cy McQuire had a tough iob of whittling 33 nominations down to the actual 7 awards. VVhile on the campus Caroline Harvie has been a member of the Publications Board, Glee Club, Wo- men's Undergraduate Society, Un- dergraduate Society, and President of the Nurses' Undergraduate Society. During her two years training in the General Hospital she was repre- sentative on the Nurses' Council, Class President, and Class Validic- torian. This year she was active in or- ganizing the Blood Drive. Caroline Harvie is also a member of Delta Gamma Sorority. Bill Haggert, last year's Chair- man of the Undergraduate Society and fourth year Engineering stu- dent, was awarded the Honorary Activity Award for having devoted- 62 ly given his time and energy to student endeavours. In his four years in Engineering Haggert was active on the EUS and last year helped 'produce the En- gineers' Ubyssey'. He headed the War Memorial Gym Fund committee which raised over 30,000 dollars through pledg- ing and student functions. Hag- gert's organizational ability and de- termination paid big odds in the success of the drive. One of the outstanding club mem- bers on the campus received the award. Mike Hind-Smith was a member of the Civil Liberties, ISS executive council and the United Nations. During his first year on the campus he was captain of the Brave Rugby team. Last summer Hind-Smith was one of the three UBC representatives at the ISS seminear held in France. First Ethiopian student ever to win the coveted award was Taffere DeGuefe, who has been active dur- ing his stay on the campus. De- Guefe was active in UN, Liberal Club, Civil Liberties Union, Parlia- mentary Forum, VCF, SCM and a member of Union College Choir. DeGuefe was on the Executive of the Commerce Undergraduate Society and Secretary of Fort Camp Students' Committee. His most important contribution to the University of British Colum- bia has been in Public Relations. As president of the Ethiopian Stu- dents Association of North America he was responsible for over 50W of all Ethiopian students attending UBC. Also he is the only official representative of Ethiopia in Can- ada. When Taffere DeGuefe returns home after completing his studies here he will take up his old job on the State Bank of Ethiopia. Another member of last year's council to get the HAA was former i'Chairman of the HAA committee was USC Chairman Cy McQuire who had the task of whittling down over 30 nomina- tions to get top seven.

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PETER DeVO0GHT TAFFERE deGUEFE FOSTER ISHERWOOD fuclging of gxira- urricu ar Iunior Member Peter deVooght. Since he started at UBC in 1945-46 deVooght has been active in student affairs. In his first year he was the Northwest Conference Champion Cross-Country Champion team, as well as a member of the Newman Club. In his second year he was again on the championship cross-country team, won his Big Block and be- :iw came a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. The next year he was in the In- ternational Students Club. Also he was on the executive of the Civil Liberties Union, chairman of the IFC Boys Club Committee, and of the book drive. During the last three years his interests switched to International Student Service, which he was re- sponsible for reorganizing into a OI' workable group. As a member of council he served as head of the Homecoming Committee. Peter deVooght is a member of the Honorary Fraternity, Sigma Tau Chi, and he represented UBC at the ISS conference held in King- ston this year. Another campus vet to receive the award was Foster Isherwood. He organized the Parliamentary Forum and the Mock Parliament. He has been secretary of the Law Class, a lead in the Player Club spring pro- duction. Last year Isherwood was a Mc- Quon Cup Debater, a member of the Constitutional Revision Com- mittee, student speaker for the Gym Drive and Prime Minister of the Mock Parliament. 'A'Jack Lintott beams happily over the Honorary Activity Award certificate which the Varsity Outdoor Club received at the general meeting in the middle of March. Lintott will move from President of VOC to Student Council next year. O 63