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Warden's Word
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Orientation/BBQ
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Faculty News
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Canadian Studies
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Convocation
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Article by Rod Clifton
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Development Office
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Letters from You
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Alumni News
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In Memoriam
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IN
LUMINE
Our Biggest Issue Ever!
VOL. XII NO. 4
DECEMBER 1999
Convocation 1999
"...we are all part of the
story of St John’s
College, part of the
heritage...”
St John's says goodbye
to Bishop Patrick
Bishop Patrick Lee at the
Commemoration of Founders
and Benefactors
ALUMNI NEWS
FLASH
As we were going to press, SJC Council voted
unanimously to “accept the nomination of the
Bishop and appoint Dr J. Hoskins as the Warden of
St John’s College with immediate effect.”
Congratulations Janet!
SEE PAGE 11
Curtis Nickel and Erica
Halpin '99
WARDEN'S
WORD
By Janet Hoskins, Warden
One hundred years ago, Bishop Machray,
who was also then Warden of St John’s
College, might very well have commented
on having recently celebrated the last
St John’s Convocation of the century. I too
might make this comment. We have just
concluded the 133rd Convocation of
St John’s College - the last one, not only of
this century, but also of this millennium. As
always, this was an occasion to
give thanks for the contributions made by Johnians and
friends of the College over the
years and to celebrate the
achievements of our students
and those whom we have
chosen to honour. We were
particularly pleased to award
an Honorary Fellowship to a
former Dean of Residence, the
Revd Dr John Wortley, as well
as a Doctor of Divinity degree
to my predecessor the Revd Dr
Janet Hoskins and Norm
Murdith McLean. I remember
Cameron at Orientation ’99: when I first talked to Murdith
Bring on the students!
about becoming a Fellow of
St John’s. The warmth and
enthusiasm with which he greeted me
signaled a good start to my days as a Fellow
of the College. This, I felt, was a community
in which I could find a stimulating and
supportive academic home. I was right.
It is always a pleasure to hear the traditional
student address given at the Convocation
lunch, entitled “What St John’s Means to
Me”. This year, Robyn Young, a third year
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Physical Education and Recreation Studies
student spoke movingly of how St John’s is
for her an integration of her academic,
social and spiritual life. She articulated
what I have observed generally in the
College. I was delighted by the recent
conversation that I had with one of my
academic colleagues after I had asked him
to serve on the Residence Appeals
committee. To my surprise, he told me how
pleased and excited he was to be able to
serve in this capacity. He has been so very
impressed with the care and concern with
which the Residence Dons take their jobs.
The same can be said of the Student
Council, the Residence Council, the Chapel
musicians and so many of the other fine
young Johnians. They give me tremendous
optimism for the future.
We are blessed with a multitude of fine
“older” Johnians as well. It has been a great
pleasure and privilege to have had another
chance to visit alumni and friends of the
College. This year my travels have taken
me to Calgary, Kelowna and Ottawa. I have
been greeted warmly and generously by
people of all ages and in all walks of life,
simply because I represent the College that
they remember as the place where they
received a first class education and made
many wonderful friends.
Although many things have changed since
Bishop Machray’s day, much of what we
value about St John’s College remains the
same. It is a humane and supportive
community which seeks to foster excellence
in secular and theological training. I look
forward to helping guide and shape the
College to fulfill this mandate as we enter
the new millennium. It is my sincere belief
and hope that the Warden of St John’s
College in 2099 is as excited by the
challenges and opportunities of this
College as I am.
In Lumine is published four times per year as the official alumni journal of St John's College.
Design and layout by Write You Are! Editing by Derek McLean and Alison McLean.
Thank you to this issue's contributors: Rod Clifton, Janet Hoskins, Derek McLean, Murdith McLean,
Kathryn Young and of course our alumni and friends. Alumni pictures from Maria Stapleton.
Comments, submissions, alumni updates and photos are welcome.
Agreement # 1472372.
ORIENTATION 1999 &
OPENING OF TERM BBQ
Fees this
year are: ␣
University 1␣
(first year Arts)␣ ␣
$2,496
St John’s Res
(20 meals/week and
Single room) $4,735 ␣
MBA␣ ␣ ␣ ␣ ␣ ␣ ␣ ␣ ␣ ␣ ␣ ␣
$17,600 ␣
At the Opening of Term BBQ: (from l. to
r.) Ivan Froese, Erin McShane, Lesley
Cowan and Janelle Taylor, also pictured
on the cover with Laurel Lycar.
Ally Kains (second from left), daughter of
Peter Kains ’62, and Fraser McLean (far
right), son of Derek, at first year
Orientation.
The Revd Iain Luke (second from
right) and Dr George Baldwin join
students in the line-up for food at the
Opening of Term BBQ.
John Allen helps direct traffic during
Orientation
Ian Park and his Food
Services team won the bid to
provide food for the campuswide Orientation.
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FACULTY
NEWS
Derek Hum has won the
1999 Sheffield Award from
the Canadian Society for the
Study of Higher Education
for his article “Tenure,
Faculty Contracts and
Bargaining Conflict”
published in The Canadian
Journal of Higher Education.
David Arnason wrote and
hosted a one-hour
Derek Hum and Brenda Cantelo at the Opening of Term BBQ.
documentary on
the Icelandic
emigration to Canada titled Tied by Mary Kinnear has made another valuable
Blood: A Journey into Genealogy. It
contribution to women’s history with the
was aired on the History Channel
publication of her latest book on women in
in September. In addition to being
the work force entitled A Female Economy:
chair of the English Department,
Women’s Work in a Prairie Province 1870-1970.
David has also become head of
Jack Bumsted’s latest book Fur Trade Wars:
Icelandic Studies.
The Founding of Western Canada, is the
The Revd Iain Luke and
the Ven David Pate '65 at
Iain's Celebration of New
Ministry as the Director
of the Institute for
Anglican Ministry on
October 14th.
Economist Norm Cameron was
chosen to be on Manitoba’s Lower
Tax Commission whose mandate
is to make recommendations on
how Manitoba taxes can be made
“lower, simpler, fairer, and more
competitive”. The process
included public hearings in
Winnipeg, Brandon, and
Thompson in mid-October.
second in his planned trilogy on the history
of the Red River Settlement. His first book,
The Red River Rebellion of 1869-1870, won the
Margaret McWilliams Medal for the best
Manitoba history book.
Rod Clifton has received the 1999 Canadian
Society for Higher Education Research
Award for research and publications in
post-secondary education.
St John’s also welcomes new research fellow
Jennifer Maw from Psychology. Welcome
back to Alan Macdonell who returns to the
College after being chair of the French,
Spanish and Italian Department. Robert
Thomas is also back from a sabbatical leave
in Oxford.
Congratulations to past faculty member
Kathy Brock who has accepted a position as
a tenured associate professor at the School
of Policy Studies at Queen’s University.
Students provide the music; (from l. to r.) Martha
Mabee, Shelly Klym, and John Cruikshanks.
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CANADIAN STUDIES
By Kathryn Young, Dean of Studies
St John’s College has had a long association
with Canadian Studies; a fact perhaps of some
interest to readers of In Lumine. In the recent
past, Professor Tom Symons (Trent University)
made an appeal to Canadians in the mid-1970’s
“To Know Ourselves”. His publication
provoked Universities across the country to
establish Canadian Studies Programs, and the
University of Manitoba was no exception. In
the same period, St John’s College declared
Canadian Studies to be an “area of emphasis”
in academic programming. As a result, the
Canadian Studies Program of the Faculty of
Arts was situated at the College.
Today, the program offers a range of
”...the SJC Art
inter-disciplinary courses taught by
several departments and faculties,
Collection of mostly
including English, History, Political
contemporary western Studies, Religion and Fine Arts. A
Reading and Resource Room is
Canadian works is
available for students and faculty who
well regarded by art
want to keep up with recent
publications on Canada and news
professionals in the
about Canadian Studies programs
province of Manitoba throughout the world. For more
information, please contact the Coand beyond.”
ordinator, Dr Kathryn Young, 4748864 or [email protected]
Canadian
Temperature Conversion Guide
+15˚C = Vancouverites try to turn on the
heat. Manitobans plant gardens.
+10˚C = Victorians shiver
uncontrollably. Winnipeggers sunbathe.
+5˚C = Italian cars won’t start.
Winnipeggers drive with the
windows down.
Zero C = Distilled water freezes.
Winnipeg’s water gets thicker.
-5˚C = Torontonians wear coats, gloves
& wool hats. Manitobans throw on
a T-shirt.
-15˚C = Quebecers begin to evacuate the
province. Manitobans go swimming.
-20˚C = Toronto landlords finally turn
up the heat. Manitobans have the last
cookout before it gets cold.
-25˚C = People in Vancouver cease to
exist. Manitobans lick flagpoles.
-30˚C = Calgarians fly away to Mexico.
Manitobans throw on a light jacket.
-40˚C = Hamilton disintegrates.
Manitobans rent some videos.
-50˚C = Mt. St. Helen’s freezes.
Winnipeg Girl Scouts begin selling
cookies door to door.
In addition to providing a home for the
University’s Canadian Studies Program,
St John’s College has among its fellowship
several scholars who publish in the area of
Canadian Studies and who regularly attend
Canadian Studies conferences in the United
States, Europe and Asia. Further, the
fellowship of the College has organised
Canadian Studies conferences to be held on
the campus bi-annually, most recently,
“Defining the Prairies: A Multi-disciplinary
conference on the Canadian prairies”, 24 - 26
September 1998.
-60˚C = Polar bears begin to evacuate
the Arctic. Manitoba Boy Scouts
postpone “Winter Survival” classes until
it gets cold enough.
Finally, the College library has not only a very
impressive collection of Canadian history and
literature, but the SJC Art Collection of mostly
contemporary western Canadian works is
well regarded by art professionals in the
province of Manitoba and beyond.
-300˚C = ALL atomic motion stops.
Manitobans start saying “Cold ‘nuff for
ya?”
-80˚C = Santa Claus abandons the North
Pole. Winnipeggers pull down their
earflaps.
-100˚C = Ethyl alcohol freezes.
Manitobans get frustrated when they
can’t thaw the keg.
-200˚C = Microbial life survives on
dairy products. Manitoba cows complain
of farmers with cold hands.
-400˚C = Hell freezes over. The
Winnipeg Blue Bombers win the
Grey Cup.
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ST JOHN'S COLLEGE CONVOCATION:
Honouring its past, present and future
This year's Convocation honoured the hard work and perserverance of the College's many
students. The Revd Dr John Wortley was admitted to the College as an Honorary Fellow
and the Revd Dr Murdith McLean received the Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causa).
Following are excerpts from
Dr McLean's address to
Convocation. After
describing the College as it
was when his great
grandfather John McLean
was the Warden, Dr McLean
talked about his own
experience as a student at
the College in 1960.
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“The College was still
unabashedly Anglican. I
vividly recall the cheers used
to encourage our teams in
hockey and football and
basketball. ‘St John’s, St
Dr Bill Pickering presenting the first Pickering Prize in Sociology to
John’s, leave ‘em in the
Jennifer Chester.
lurch. Down with the
fortunate in having with us today-was apt
heathen, up with the Church!’ Better still,
to stop you in the hall and demand ‘Did I
‘Surplice, surplice, sanctus bell; come on St
want to see you?’ The question triggered the
John’s, give ‘em hell!’ We were religious, but
guilty sense that he probably did, and
we were bad.
probably to speak about delinquencies
“And the College was small. I don’t know
how many students there were, but you knew which one couldn’t quite recall at the
moment but everybody else was
everybody. Theological students mingled
freely with non-theologs, and you spent your discussing…
time socialising or playing bridge or playing
sports or otherwise goofing off with the same
people you sat in class with. That included
profs. It is said that one strong correlate of
performance and satisfaction in University
graduates is the amount of contact they’ve
had with their instructors outside of class.
Well, we had a lot…
“Let no one suppose that all this fraternising
was unalloyed joy. There was a lack of
anonymity that had several disadvantages;
among them that your absence from a class
was instantly noticed and commented upon.
Bill Pickering-whom we’re wonderfully
“College students of the time, as we agreed
at our reunion a few years ago, got
something we experienced as a real
education. It was ‘formation’, where we
changed as people; and what we were
introduced to was something approaching
an apprenticeship training for a way of life
which included academic interests but other
pursuits as well that had to do with human
flourishing. All this from a place that fit, but
not quite, into the prairie university to
which it had given birth.
Well, here we are with just 54 days left in the
century. There have been enormous changes
‘St John’s, St John’s, leave ‘em in the lurch. Down with the heathen, up with the Church!’
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in the College; in its financial
footing, the relation of both
its fellows and its students to
the rest of the University…
“We just heard a moving
account of how the College
today provides something
that students value and
don’t find elsewhere. But I
can’t help thinking that the
College will need to find
new ways of continuing to
be what it has been: a
creative misfit…
“…St John’s will need to
continue to be a place where
we clearly belong in the
University, where it’s is our
home and its purposes
overlap with our purposes.
But, where we don’t quite
fit; where we’re not quite
what anybody expects; in a
crazy way, not even what we
expect…”
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Dr Anthony Waterman
introduced the Revd Dr John
Wortley who was admitted
as an Honorary Fellow of
the College.
The Revd Dr Murdith McLean
“The University doesn’t
addresses convocation.
need just more of what it’s
already got, though I will
forgive any University
“One of the most valuable things an
administrator who thinks that comment
Anglican priest can do is to devote his life to
doesn’t apply to money and staff. We need
exact and rigorous scholarship in the service
some differences. And they may well be the
of God and His church. The integrity of
kind of differences that nobody is presently
Anglican doctrine since the Reformation has
looking for, but come from a place so olddepended both on Scripture and tradition,
fashioned they’re ahead of the times…
and on reason and sound learning. John
“The College Mission
Wortley has exemplified as few now do the
statement states that it ”…the College central importance of sound learning in the
is our purpose to foster will need to
priestly vocation.”
community. What will
find new ways
that mean in a context
of continuing
where more and more
to be what it
students are part-time,
has been:a
and where on-campus
creative
life after 4:30 is
practically non-existent? misfit…“
What will it mean to be
‘informed by Anglican
tradition’ in a context where most people
think of religious commitment as a quaint but
academically irrelevant feature of some
faculty members and students? What will it
mean to engage in theological education
where parish leadership comes more and
The Revd Dr John Wortley signs the register.
more from people who aren’t necessarily
clergy; and where they are clergy, it is not the
way they are making their living?”
IN LUMINE 7
Free Tuition for Post-Secondary Institutions
by Rodney A. Clifton, College Fellow and
is not the Answer
Professor in Education
In a recent conference on education,
when students graduate rather than when
acclaimed futurist Nuala Beck argued that
they enroll in programs. This policy would
Manitoba should “scrap university tuition.”
reward institutions, in part, for getting
There are at least three reasons for not
students through programs rather than
following her advice. Eliminating tuition fees rewarding them for enrolling as many
would encourage ill-prepared students to
students as possible.
enroll in post-secondary institutions; the cost Fourth, post-secondary institutions should be
of post-secondary education would increase
required to use standardized admission exams
beyond the $334 million that has already
and publish the average scores and the range
been invested by citizens; and free tuition
of scores for students in the various programs.
would encourage people from other
The publication of these data would help
provinces to enroll in colleges and
prevent the development of courses that
universities in Manitoba. If we
simply duplicate the normal
want to increase the number of “...students should literacy and numeracy
students who complete postbe rewarded after, requirements for high school
secondary education and
graduation, programs that
and not before,
continue to live and work in
Manitobans have already paid
they have
Manitoba, at least five new
achieved a defined for.
policies are required. First,
Finally, the institutions should
level of
students should be rewarded
be required to demonstrate that
after, and not before, they have performance.”
students have achieved
achieved a defined level of
established
levels
of performance when they
performance.
graduate. This would make it difficult for
Second, if we want students to work in
institutions to support “Mickey Mouse”
Manitoba, we should give them an
programs as a way of increasing the number
additional reimbursement if they find
of students and the amount of money they
employment in the province. In other words, receive. The Council on Post-Secondary
students should receive part of a
Education should be charged with using
reimbursement for their post-secondary fees
formal assessment procedures in order to
when they receive their degrees and
ensure that high standards are maintained.
diplomas and another part when, and if, they
As a futurist, Ms. Beck is unconstrained by
begin working in the province.
present conditions in Manitoba, but as realists,
Similar incentives are also needed for the
we are constrained by these conditions. My
post-secondary institutions. At present, these recommendations are designed to be realistic
institutions receive millions of dollars in
by rewarding both students and postgrants and tuition fees simply for admitting
secondary institutions for ensuring that
students, many of whom never graduate. At
students complete rigorous programs. In
the University of Manitoba, for example,
addition, these recommendations are designed
fewer than 30 percent of students complete a to ensure that graduating students are
degree in four years and fewer than 55
rewarded for contributing to the intellectual
percent complete a degree in six years.
and social life of the province.
My third recommendation is that part of the
Dr Clifton’s views are not necessarily those of
grant that the government gives to postSt John’s College. We invite your comments.
secondary institutions should be allocated
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DEVELOPMENT OFFICE NOTES
by Derek McLean, Development Officer
Janet Hoskins and I had wonderful alumni
trips recently. Had a chance to catch up with:
Marge (Webster) Ward, David Crawley ’61 &
Joan Bubbs ’85, Doug Hodgkinson ’66, Jack
Greenhalgh ’60 and Eileen Hough, Art’s
widow, all in Kelowna; Joanne Brunner
(daughter of H. Irvine Graham ’26), Garth
Mitchell ’65, Art ’42 & Enid (Havard) Wilcox,
Derek with Chancellor Art Mauro at the
Bob ’58 & Barbara (Phillips) Reed ’57, Tanya
inaugural Isbister Legacy Society tea.
Gregory ’89 & David Thomlinson ’87, Liz
Le Maistre (daughter of John ’34 and Agnes
(Swalwell) Anderson ’36), Harry Eisenhauer,
Honour Roll
and Roy Crisfield ’50, all of Calgary; and Garth
of Planned Gifts
Bulmer ’67, Glenn Calder ’64, Betty (Burman)
Sumner ’42 (daughter of Walter Burman ’04),
Many thanks to the following
Malcolm ’29 & Genevieve (Mathieson)
who have made a provision for
Thomson ’37, Sheila (Harrison) ’78 & Karl
St John's in their will, or through
Ruban, Janice (Morgan) Horton ’64, Hope
life insurance or an annuity:
Wilmot & Dick Smith, David Kilgour, Doug
Ellen Basler '71
Alice Cheatley '64
Rowland ’61, Kathleen (Coddington) Rothwell
Nancy (Bole) Cullen '62
’35, and Jamie Portman ’57, all of the Ottawa
Marjorie Dance '47
area. (Our apologies to those we missed.) It
John Deacon '63
was great hearing people’s favourite memories
Keith Eastwood
and sharing in their enthusiasm for St John’s.
Nice to have Bill and Carol Pickering here
from England for Convocation. Bill wanted
especially to be here to give out the first
Pickering Prize that he donated. We also gave
out the first Hoskins Scholarship donated by
Janet and Bill Hoskins. Thank you to you all.
Don’t forget that your donations to
scholarships and bursaries are matched by a
provincial government program, up to 50
cents for each dollar given.
Even though this 16 page issue is our largest
ever, we still run out of space in In Lumine.
We’d love to have your email address - it’s
such an easy way to keep in touch. Please send
yours to me at [email protected].
Thank you to all our contributors. Keep those
pictures and updates coming in - we love to
hear from you!
Diane Guilford
Miriam Hutton
Walter Jones '51
Derek McLean
Orde Morton '61
Sadie Nelson '35
William Pickering
Eva Rogers
Doug Rowland '61
Idella (Aikins) Setter '58
George Sigurdson '70
Marjorie (Webster) Ward
Laurie Wilmot '31
Six Anonymous Donors
If you would like to know more
about how to make a planned gift
to the College, including possible
phrases for your lawyer to use in
your will, please contact Derek.
Derek McLean (204) 474-9350
[email protected]
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LETTERS FROM YOU
The article on Johnny Cross printed in our last issue seemed to strike a chord with many
of our readers. Following are some of the responses we received:
We received one email from Chris Thain '60
whose brother-in-law worked with author
“C.J.W.”, also known as Charles J.
Woodsworth, at the Winnipeg Tribune. He tells
us that after C.J.W. left the Tribune he joined
the civil service, and eventually served as
Canadian ambassador to Spain, Portugal and
other countries.
***
Jennifer Muir, Senior Stick,
presenting the James Frost
Cross Memorial trophy to this
year's recipient, Yoshi Itaya.
Just a note to say how
pleased I was to read
the profile of James
Frost Cross. I won that
trophy (it was a big
one, too), and
wondered about the
man behind the name.
Now I know.
All the best,
Barbara Black ‘64
(JF Cross Memorial
Trophy recipient in ‘62-’63)
***
I attended St John’s for three years 1925-26
and 27, and was fortunate enough to be one
of Johnny’s pupils and I must say that in all
the intervening years to the present I have
never met anyone who elicited so much
respect and/or admiration as the Rev.
Professor Cross…He was ready and willing
to help any student in trouble… In 1927 I
was in my third year and of necessity had to
take all classes at the university, at that time
located on Broadway. One of my subjects
was Math 111. Probably my fault, but the
lecturing professor and I just did not click
and with exam time close I was desperate and then thought of Johnny. I went up to the
college (then beside the old Olympic rink)
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and took my textbook with me. I
contacted Johnny and explained my
troubles and asked him if he would be so
kind as to point out the most important
sectors that I might concentrate and
wiggle through with a pass. He adjusted
his glasses - so thick, and looked at the
text. In his own inimitable way he
hummed and hawed and remarked that
he had not seen that very fine text for
some time and that he could hardly just
offhand do as requested: however, if I
could come back the following night he
would have a chance to look it over. Of
course I agreed and came back the
following evening. He suggested we go
downstairs to an empty classroom (with
chalkboards on three sides) and Lo and
Behold! He had his outline of the whole
course written out and went over it all
with me. Yikes - what a man! I made a
mark of 92 on the exam. Johnny again
“Thank you SIR”
Lin Hodnett
(see picture below)
The St John's College School Midgets 1925-26:
(Back row from l. to r.) G. Code, R. Smart, J.
Smart (Coach), J.B. White, Mr. Lewis
(Manager), J.B. Johnston; (Front row) G.M.
Bell, W. Evenden, L.S. Hodnett (Goal), C.S.
Blanchard.
‘37 Congratulations to (Alexander) Frank
Wilson and his wife Johanna who celebrated
their 60th wedding anniversary on
September 30th, 1999.
‘39 Marjorie Shaw wrote from Brockville,
Ontario. She was unable to join us to
celebrate the 60th anniversary of her
graduation.
‘47 Susann
(MacQuarrie) Monroe
sent us a note from Santa
Monica, California, after
a recent visit to
Winnipeg. “It’s really
gratifying to see the
advancement of the
College and its secure
place on the main
Ron Parsons, Tom Reynolds, and Amy
campus. I spent the first
Best making a float for the Frosh
year as a St John’s
Parade, September, 1948.
student in the building
that was just off Main Street near the
Cathedral. The future that year seemed
unpredictable at best....”
‘49 We heard from both Clare (Shirley
Howard) Haskin, and also Amy (Best)
Wadley (daughter of C.T. Best ’21 & Evelyn
Barrow Best ’24). They celebrated the 50th
anniversary of their graduation but were
unable to attend Convocation.
‘58
Kathy (Simms) Brown sent in her new
Edmonton address. She was in Residence on
Broadway in ‘54-’55 with Sylvia Pierce, Ann
Jennings, Barb (Phillips) Reed, Diana (Lye)
Taylor, Ed Schreyer, David Crawley, Chris
Thain, David Carter, Dick Cawley and John
Taylor. ‘Quite a rogue’s gallery’. She did her
teacher training and taught high school
English. In 1969 she married Bob Brown, a
teacher in New Brunswick where they lived
for 13 years before moving to Fort
McMurray. Bob was a school administrator
there and she taught part-time. After 17
years they have moved and are currently
enjoying the ‘bright lights’ of Edmonton.
They are at [email protected].
‘63 John Deacon is a lawyer by
profession, but travels around the globe as
a hobby. His latest trip to Saudi Arabia
following this year’s Convocation brought
his total to 159 countries! He is the former
Chair of College Council and was recently
named Volunteer of the Year by the
Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce.
‘63 and ‘67 Winston and Ronald
Smith were featured in an article in the
Winnipeg Free Press recently, along with
their brother Dennis and spouses,
regarding the Hull’s Family Bookstore that
they own.
‘64 Shirley Render wrote to tell us that
her latest book, Double Cross: The Inside
Story of James A. Richardson and Canadian
Airways, is finally on bookshelves across
Canada. She describes the book as “a tale
of intrigue, turf protection and a deliberate
covering up of facts, that changed the
course of our history.”
‘67 Heather (Hunter) Kimball is now
full-time at a land development company
about 10 minutes from her home in
Danville, California. She tells us that
“News from Winnipeg, and St John’s
especially, is a great reminder of a
profoundly formative stage of my life.” ␣
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‘68 Wendy (Wiens) Nesbitt (BA), sister
of Alison (Wiens) McCallen ’72, and
sister-in-law of Bruce Nesbitt ’63, runs a
shopping service for vistors to Hong Kong
where she lives with husband David ‘68.
“I either escort [visitors] myself, or meet
with them for an hour or so to advise them
as to where to shop. It’s great fun, I get to
meet lots of interesting people, and,
hopefully, I help visitors to use their time
here to their greatest advantage. Living
here for 20 years has helped me in this,
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as I know ALL the back alleys!! Besides the
shopping service, I’m up to my eyebrows
with my vocal and piano students. I have 21
this year, and also accompany NOVA, the HK
Women’s Choir. Last year, NOVA raised over
$80,000 for local charities.” Thanks to
Marjorie (Webster) Ward who sent us the
magazine article about Wendy.
at the Gas Station Theatre in Winnipeg.
Randy is enjoying his work as a Research
Associate at the Manitoba Centre for Health
Policy and Evaluation.
‘78
Congratulations to the editors of the
Rupert’s Land News, Revd Canon John Caird
and Marilyn Jackson (Cert of Audit, Faculty
of Theology, ’97) who won a silver and two
gold awards at the Annual
Diocesan Editor’s Conference.
Congratulations also to the
Ven David Pate ’65 and Joyce
Carlson for their involvement.
‘85 Maurice Arpin II (BA,
MBA ‘91) is working at
Treasury Board in Ottawa.He
is an analyst on the ‘Improved
Reporting to Parliament’
project.
Michael Butt and John McLean, August, 1999.
‘91 Michael Butt has won a Fulbright
Foundation Scholarship which will enable
him to further his studies at the University
of Kansas and the University of WisconsinMadison next year. Mike (or ‘the Buttster’ as
he was affectionately known at the College)
‘89 Janis (Pochailo) Dicks has been a research assistant at the U of M’s
(BA), husband Darryll (BAS
Transport Institute while completing his
’82) and daughter Andrea (3) PhD dissertation on Canadian Social History
moved back to Lockport,
from Memorial University in
Manitoba in June, just in time Newfoundland. Mike’s developing interest
Christina Waddle and
for the birth of daughter
in domestic security and intelligence no
Paul Cloutier at
Emma on August 4th. Darryll doubt began in STJ’s Café playing cards with
Convocation Lunch.
is working for Merial Canada. Miles MacFarlane '88, Jeff McConnell '89,
“Skippy” McLean ‘90, Rob
‘90 Kris Eyrikson (BA) has been a critical John
Domaschuk ‘90, and Sean Garrity ‘92.
care nurse at the University of Washington
Congratulations Mike!
medical centre in Seattle and is on the move
again! Kris is the son of former Registrar
‘92 Corinne (Mozdzen) Topham wrote
Gerri (Eyrikson) Abbott, and nephew of
from Minnedosa to tell us that daughter
Jocelyn (Burgess) Barnard ’63. Kristopher’s
Linnae Dawn was born on March 5th.
e-mail address is: [email protected]
Corinne works at home and occasionally
␣
substitutes in area schools. Husband Gary
‘90 Alison McLean (BA) and Randy
(BSc ’92) works for Westco Fertilizers as a
Fransoo are the proud parents of another boy! Crop Enhancement Specialist.
William John arrived on June 13th and
‘92 Revd Mel Waddle (BTh), father of
became assistant editor of the September
fourth year Science student and Wendy
issue of the In Lumine... Older brother
Hansen scholarship winner, Christina
Benjamin (3) is also quite proud. As well as
Waddle, was inducted as the Rector of New
running her own desktop publishing
business, Alison is writing a one act play that Sumner, Sask, in the Diocese of Qu’Appelle.
will be produced with four others in January “A great thank you to St John’s for
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continuing␣ to support our
young␣ students as they work
their way through the
academic world.”
‘94 Jackie (Elias) Chase
(BEd, BMus ’94) wrote to say
she married Greg Chase on
July 24th. She now lives in
Yorkton, Saskatchewan, though
still teaching music at Roblin
Elementary in Manitoba. (Let’s
hope the driving is good this
winter!) Jackie can be reached
at [email protected]
from the University of Greifswald.
She is looking for work in Norway.
“Hi to everyone. And thank you
for the help I got and the openness
I always found.”
Congratulations to Wendy Kowal
who married Mike MacNeil on
August 28th.␣
Wendy was
Senior Don of
Residence in
1996-97.
Liam Brunham
emailed us
Anne-Kathrin Schlegel and
from Japan
"Angra" on vacation in
‘97 and ‘98 Bradley
where he and
Pinkerton (BSA) and Jennifer Sweden, August, 1999.
three students
Williams (BN) got married in
from Spain and three from U of
August in Dryden, Ontario. In the wedding
M are studying at Kokugakuin
party were: Vince Charbonneau
University in Yokohama. Liam
(BComm(Hons) ’98), Mike Lea (BSc ’96),
and the other male students are
sister and Johnian Lori Williams, and Justin
staying in a Japanese
Timmerman (BSA ’99).
dormitory while the female
‘98 Iain Elliott (Testamur) was ordained
Jennifer Williams '98 and
students reside in home stays.
priest in Milo, Tanzania, where he lives and
For the next 6 - 12 months they Brad Pinkerton '97.
works with his wife Olwyn. Sharon Lee ‘82
will be studying Japanese
was at the ceremony. “It was really a
language, culture, history, and literature, while
community affair!… The service was held
travelling around Tokyo and Japan.
outside in the Bible School’s court-yard. The
Congratulations to Mary Lysecki who was
church was too small... The service was
ordained Deacon on October 28th at St Paul’s
primarily in Swahili but parts were done in
English for Iain’s benefit. Iain said his vows in Anglican Church, Fort Garry. Mary is working on
her MDiv in the Faculty of Theology at St John’s.
Swahili though… And here they do the bit
where the ordinands must lay down in front
of the altar while the litany is sung. It took 15
minutes and Iain said it got pretty cold
towards the end... There were three choirs.
The one from the Cathedral in Njombe had
Were you married in the
gowns and electric guitars (and a generator!).
St John's College Chapel?
The other two were from the villages and the
real African music with drums... The
courtyard was packed with people...”
Going to the
Chapel…
‘99 Delaney Miller (BEd) is in London and
will be teaching in England this year. She can
be reached at [email protected]
Anne-Kathrin Schlegel who was a visiting
student at the College in ‘98-’99, wrote from
Germany where she graduated with her MA
Send a wedding photo (current photo optional) that
will be returned and an update to:
Derek McLean
St John's College 92 Dysart Road,
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M5.
Chapel weddings will be featured
in our June issue!
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IN MEMORIAM:
Peggy Sellers: “She had an eye for what was truly fine”
by Derek McLean
T
he St John’s community was saddened by
the death of longtime supporter, friend,
Honorary Fellow and Doctor of Canon Law,
Dr Margaret (Peggy) (Aikins) Sellers, on
October 1st, 1999 , in Winnipeg.
Peggy helped the College survive and grow.
She was a strong supporter in the Founding
the Future campaign
earlier this decade,
and recently had
provided $40,000 per
year towards the
Development Office
operations. She raised
money for the move
from Broadway to the
Fort Garry campus in
1958. The first time I
met her last year, John
Peggy Sellers receiving her Doctor
Deacon ‘63 and I had
of Canon Law, November 1998.
arrived early at her
home, to be part of the presentation of an
honorary Doctor of Canon Law. She recalled
that campaign in the 1950s while at the same
moment grilling me about the current state
of the College, an inquisition I thoroughly
enjoyed.
To capture some of the essence of Peggy and
what she meant to St John’s College over the
past 50 years, we have listed just a few
anecdotes from Johnians and friends. Here
are just some of the memories.
Linda (Leach) Radcliffe: During Linda’s
time as alumnae director at Balmoral Hall
(BH), Peggy would call each morning
between 6:30 and 7 with her thoughts on
what needed to be done. When Aikins
House was being renovated for an alumnae
office, Peggy had concerns about the type of
tea service to get. Linda thinks of Peggy
every week, as she had taught them all in
‘deportment class’; how to respond to a
formal wedding invitation, how to stand tall,
how to shake hands and look someone in the
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eye, how to wrap presents. She taught
standards and required people to live to
them.
From Laurie Wilmot ’31, Warden of the
College during the move from Broadway to
Fort Garry in 1958: The College was trying
to decide how to involve parishes in the
Diocese. Peggy decided to hold a ‘heyday’.
They rented the Auditorium for 24 hours
and each parish had a kiosk. The WA
cooked a beef in a pit on the front lawn of
old Broadway the night before, with a guard
and all, and sold ‘St John’s Burgers’ the next
day. And at the end of it, there was Peggy at
1 am, helping to clean up. That brought the
parishes in. They were also trying to get
more interest from the women of the
Diocese, in the belief that with the women
would come their sons and daughters.
Peggy met with the Archbishop (‘She
opened that door, as she opened doors all
along the line’) and created the ‘Talents’
campaign, after the parable. She and
husband George bought a property in
Charleswood, fixed it up and called it the
‘Talent House’. They had a ‘Talent day’ and
launched the campaign.
And from Janet (Harrison) Burrell ’68:
“Peggy was always one of my heroes. She
was so elegant and fun, with such a sense of
style. Once she came to BH to give the girls
a pep talk that the new green summer
uniforms weren’t so bad and that lime green
shoes were something that one did not wear
with it. She had such energy and vitality,
that everyone wanted to get her on their
side and just wanted to work with her. She
was the voice of authority; after all it was
Aikins House. Peggy had such an eye for
what was truly fine and she had established
a reputation. If she saw something in you,
she connected, and she cultivated it. Peggy
had influence and brought it to bear.”
We shall not see the likes of her again.
Thank you Peggy.
In Memoriam (cont)
‘35 K. Isabel (Willis) Urquhart died
September 19th in Winnipeg. Isabel was the
widow of Revd Ian Urquhart and she taught
in Winnipeg School Division 1. While at the
College she was active in basketball, track
and the co-ed or women’s committees.␣
‘67 Julie (Mark) Larson (Cert Ed ‘68, BEd
’76, BA ‘67) died on July 31st in Winnipeg.
She taught for many years in St JamesAssiniboia School Division.
‘40 Dr Gordon Jamieson Smith died
October 3rd in Winnipeg. He attended SJC
School from 1936-40. He was the son of Dr
Frank Smith who attended the College
around the time of␣ W.W.I and brother of
Marion Abra, who taught at SJC in the
1930’s. He is brother-in-law of Jack Abra,
uncle of Doug Abra ’68, Robert and John,
great uncle of Katherine ’97 and Allison
Abra ’99.
‘43 John Morphy, who attended St John’s
College School, died September 23rd at
Victoria Beach. He was 75. His brother is
Alex Morphy ’51 of Lexington, Kentucky. ␣
‘63 Winnifred Jane Bancroft died
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September 21st in Toronto. She received her
MA (French) and taught for a year at the
College when Cec Landon was Warden. She
also studied at the Sorbonne, and was a
Professor at the University of Toronto. Her
mother Jean Bancroft has established a Book
Prize for French at St John’s in her memory.
THEOLOGY '48 and '49
Leo Thurston, Ron Parsons R.W.S. Brown, Reg Alcock, Tom Reynolds,
Mike Hankinson, Ches Morgan, R.F. Brown, Chuck Stangor, Roy
Grisfield, Ray Clennett, Jack Gibbons, Ken Wankling, Reg Millburn,
Ivy Helps, Pat Robinson (now Johnstone), John Martinson.
Thanks to Pat who provided this photo.
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‘74 Stanley Belobaba (BA(Hons)’74, MA
‘76) died on July 22nd, 1998. He lived in
Residence from 1971-72, received the
Bellan Memorial Award in 1971, and the
Chisholm Scholarship in Classics in 1972.
FRIENDS
C. Kellett Holden, who attended SJC
School in the 1920's, died in Winnipeg at
the age of 95. He is the father of Pam
LeBoldus, former chair of the U of M
Board of Governors, and grandfather of
Lauren LeBoldus ’97.
Mary Bonnycastle, U of M grad of ’27,
died August 23rd in Toronto at the age of
93. Mary was the widow of Larry
Bonnycastle who attended SJC School in
the 1920’s and was later a U of M Rhodes
Scholar. Mary was the niece of James Frost
Cross (1894), the sister of Betty Richards,
and aunt of Rob Richards ’65.
George Henry Johnston died August
20th. He took his Grade 12 at the College
in the late 1940’s.
Richard “Brian” Johnson, who attended
the College on Broadway in the 1950's,
died of cancer in Calgary on November
3rd. Those in attendance at the funeral
included Johnians Tom Laird, John
Pilling and David Carter.␣
Colin Kiddell died November 13, age 77.
He was predeceased by his wife Jean on
August 16. Colin was at St John’s
Ravenscourt from 1961 to 1986 as French
teacher, boarding master, cadet corps
leader, coach and Headmaster of the
Lower School. Colin and Jean were the
parents of John ’70, Doug, Alan ’74 and
Rob ’78.
STAFF
Millie Wintink died October 30th in
Winnipeg of cancer. She is survived by one
daughter and nine sons.␣ Millie worked
tirelessly and cheerfully in the College
Café from 1978-1999 and will be greatly
missed.
UPCOMING EVENT
February 4, 2000
The Marjorie Ward Lecture
featuring His Worship Glen Murray,
Mayor of Winnipeg.
Call Derek at 474-9350 for details.
ST JOHN'S COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
92 DYSART ROAD
WINNIPEG, MB R3T 2M5
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