20. From Bowling Green to St. John’s, and Early Years in the Medical School

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Foreword 1
4. Introduction: The “MUNographies” 7
5. I HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
6. 2. Memorial University of Newfoundland at St. John’s, 1949–1990 19
7. 3. The Many Roles of Memorial University Extension 40
8. II THE OLD PARADE STREET CAMPUS
9. 4. The Creation of the Memorial University of Newfoundland 47
10. 5. Laying the Foundations: The Years Immediately after Confederation 75
11. 6. A New-Found Land: Experiences of a Faculty Wife in the 1950s 88
12. 7. Philosophy, Music, and Public Broadcasting: My Life in Newfoundland 97
13. 8. The English Department at Parade Street 102
14. 9. “Forth into the Deep”: How I Became a Sociologist at Memorial University 106
15. 10. First Steps Bound for the Smiling Land; Planning the New Campus 115
16. III NEW DEVELOPMENTS
17. 11. The Grand Opening of the Chemistry-Physics Building, 1968 137
18. 12. Folklore at Memorial, or How I Came to Newfoundland 141
19. 13. Philosophy Down to Earth at Memorial 157
20. 14. Sowing the Seeds of Memorial University Botanical Garden 167
21. 15. Business @ Memorial: Reminiscences of Progress and People 173
22. 16. The Division of Junior Studies 179
23. 17. Bill Pruitt and the Establishment of the Bonne Bay Marine Station 185
24. 18. Fire, Floods, and Rumours of a Ghost: Recollections of a Librarian 189
25. IV NEW ADVENTURES: ARRIVING
26. 19. Newfoundland’s Pull 199
27. 20. From Bowling Green to St. John’s, and Early Years in the Medical School 218
28. 21. The Biophysics of Excitable Tissue: Teaching in the Medical School 228
29. 22. My Introduction to the School of Nursing 234
30. 23. Falling on My Feet 240
31. 24. Come From Away at Memorial, 1964 249
32. 25. On Being Head of the Math Department 258
33. 26. Coming to Memorial: The Wife’s Tale 264
34. 27. The Edge of Experience: Coming to Newfoundland in the 1980s 268
35. 28. Married Bachelor in the Department of Sociology 278
36. V GROWING PAINS
37. 29. Faculty Women: The Struggle for Equality 291
38. 30. The 1972 Occupation of the Arts and Administration Building: What Happened and Why 311
39. 31. My Fifty Years at Memorial University 319
40. 32. Another Viking Invades Newfoundland: The Music School 333
41. Suggested Reading about Memorial University and Education in Newfoundland 345
42. List of Contributors 347
43. Index 352