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3Davis opera/tJ oj? 'trr" a _, optometry building _ f. _ ‘5’» ' k A' " It . g Otttario Premier William Ms omciatly opened the new optometry building My on the University “Waterloo ampm . . . the first building ever erected in Canada especially for the teaching of optometry. UW has the only Diglish my! school of optom- etryinCanada. - The [02,000 square foot trriidimr cost almost $3 IM millions; equipment. land- Raping, furniture and crvicu brought the total leost over $5 millions. The Your story building . . .en- Brownies from the 3rd Waterloo pack were on hand to help serve the luncheon at the 60th anniversary of the St. Louis Church Catholic Women's League on Sunday. Close to 100 people attended the anniversary dinner, including four original members of the organization. _ “V r Fi, . . a MU" .. [d L; e - I n I New WLU posts Dr. Tayler has been the chief academic officer of the university since 1972 and formerly served as dean of arts and science. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and served there as chairman of modern languages before joining Wilfrid Laurier University. Dr. Turner, a graduate of the University of Western ’ntario and the University of Ottawa, joined the WLU social work faculty in 1966. He has been dean of the Graduate School of Social Work since 1969. Named to fill Dr. Tayler’s post for the year was Dr. Francis J. Turner, dean of the WLU Graduate School of Social Work. He will become acting vice-president academic. - Both men will return to their, regular posts when Dr. Peters returns from his sabbatical in August, 1W5. Dr. Neale H. Tayler, academic vice-president of Wilfrid Laurier University becomes acting president Aug, 1 when the university's president, Dr. Frank C. Peters, begins a one-year leave-of-absence. DR. H. H. TAYLOR 1lihliiriataeatilllloo Chronicle 119TH YEAR NO. 10 cated by the Ontario Health Resources Development Plan. The building was ap- proved " a health sciences project much " a medical ternble on three levels . . . embodies many unique tea- tures: for example. ex- amining rooms must be 20 feet long; there are very few windows because pre- cise lighting control is re- quiretun most labs, examin- ing rooms and teaching aryireaearch rooms. Financing the project has been mainly tttroughdederal and provincial funds allo- DR. F. J. TURNER WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1974 Lmg-range plans called for city acquisition of va- cant lands for parking to aid in further downtown commercial development. a parking garage. an even- tual King Street mall and an outline of future residen- Waterloo residents are likely to see the first result of downtown urban renew- a1 studies this summer - $12,000 worth of King Street landscaping endorsed by city aldermen Monday. The scheme calls for trees inserted in sidewalks. hang- ing and sidewalk planters, benches and a series of, lattice-shaded wooden al- coves. A similar landscaping plan to bring shade and greenery to the concrete pad in front of Waterloo Square was referred for further study to the city budget meeting. Some landscaping to en- courage strolling along King Street was one of the first recommendations of the city urban renewal com- mittee report last year. Landscaping approved or dental school would be. The optometry building will be the last major one to go up on the UW campus for several years. Construction of new buildings on Ontario campuses has been from by the provincial govern- ment; UW has no plans on the drawing boards at the The ground floor and most of the secpnd floor house the clinic areas. Upper year students. working under close faculty supervisibn, develop skills and knowledge (continued on one 2) tial and commercial areas in the city's core. Since the study, the re- newal committee has been replaced by a downtown civic impr.ireemeut commit- tee. which includes several aldermen, to carry out the Eastef Seal Cainpaign sets 83S,600 objective Council \pledged support for a commtte recom- mendation to set Aside up to $1 million in tax money over five years to carry out renewal: Premier William Davis 'de,',',", opened the Optometry building of the Uni- versity of Waterloo yesterday. he " million building has the most modern facilities in the world. . The Rotary Clubs in Wa- terloo and Kitchener kick- ed-off the annual Easter Seal Campaign with a luncheon at the Walper Hotelonlmmttay. This year the campaign has an objective of $35,600 for the K-W area. The campaign will wrap-up on Easter Sunday. April 14 WATE R LOO, ONTAR KY recommendations. The improvement com- mittee recommended the detailed King Street land- scaping plan as its first pro- ject. The plan calls for five benches. 15 sidewalk plant- ers, eight hanging ttower banhets and nine trees be- tween Bridgeport Road and Ertt Street. Included in the work would be five trees on the lawn in front of the Wa- hol heavily on its Easter Seal Appeal and the work of the 234 affiliated service clubs involved. Through the work of the service clubs the public donations the On- tario Society has developed a province-wide network of treatment facilities and The Ontario campaign ob- jective for 1974 is 81.8 mil- lion and this, according to the Society for Crippled Children, represents the minimal requirement if the obligation to the province's 13.000 handicapped young- sters is to be met. The society was founded more than 50 years ago as a private charitable organiz- ation devoted to the welfare of handicapped youngsters. and this year's Easter Seal chairman Phil Rason is confident the objective will bereached. During the meeting the 1974 Timmy for the K-W area, David Heise of Wel- lesley, was introduced arid a film on his background was presented by physio- therapist Carol Telford. Dr. Glenn McFadden, medical director of the Rotary Centre, gave highlights of the children's program. organization depends PRICE 10 CENTS in WA TERLOO 14,290 copies delivered by carrier every Wednesday The plan would “nine additional expenn for continued maintenance Harvey Wightman. city parks planner, told the com- mittee. terloo post office. South of Ed, Street to William Street, the commit- tee foresees five of the lat- tice-Work alcoves. eight benches, 30 planters and " trees imbedded in the side- mote areas of the province, wheelchairs, braces, dutch- es, artificial limbs, re- search and a host of other services for the handicap- ped youngsters in Ontario. week. the Waterloo Chronicle will be feat- uring public opinion on topics ranging from politics to religion to, Each week we intend to publish candid com- ments from you. the public. and we hope they will provide us with just a little in- sight into general con- sensns on a wide range of topical and at times controversial subjects. We're entitling the column FEEDBACK andwe trust it will meet with your approval. Comments on this, or any other item featured in the Chronicle. are certainly welcomed. well in! 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