What does he look forward to in his retirement? Golf, mostly. . He also enjoys electronics as a hobby (reâ€" and by Gordon Savage, systems design grad stuâ€" dent. He says he has been given a good deal of valuable assistance in this developâ€" ment by Geoff Downie, director of the audioâ€"visual centre; Paul Henderson, engineering computer group, Although Prof. Meincke‘s retirement is effective this month, he doesn‘t officially stop until June. He has accumulated _ off _ terms which he is taking until then. His last classroom activity involved an exam _ for systems design â€" students, (Continued ftrom page 14) Less well known than the graphics lab, _ but perhaps of equal importâ€" ance, is a teaching developâ€" ment he‘s worked on over the past four years: It is a way to make color film from computer drawings, one frame at a time. The traâ€" ditional way is to run through a film in one color, then rerun in the second color, and so on. ‘"*We have developed a method of shooting all the colors on the film, frame by frame," _ Prof. _ Meincke says. ‘"‘We change a filter over the camera lens for each color." Graphics, which Prof. Meincke has been teaching all along, is an important component in the engineerâ€" ing program. Students must learn to visually porâ€" tray their engineering conâ€" cepts. the blackboard,"" he recalls. "It was just impossible. So on Jim Church‘s sugâ€" gestion we put in a PA s‘yl":;.,- tem and closed circuit with an overhead camera: The idea was to make it as though the student was looking over my shoulder as I explained how to do a drawing .‘ Paul Meincke : Effective January 1, 1977, parking of vehicles on streets in the City of Waterloo between the hours of 2:30 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. is prohibitâ€" ed. Violators of this regulation may be subject to a byâ€"law penalty of $5.00 for each offence. The coâ€"operation of citizens in adhering to this regulation is requested. TRAFFIC BYâ€"LAW 76â€"156 Complete Collision And Refinishing Service CITY OF WATERLOO Still, it‘s been a good caâ€" reer ... and his days at Waterloo have been among the most enjoyable of all. one son, a viceâ€"provost at the University of Toronto (currently on sabbatical). ‘‘Well, the future looks a good deal better than it did when I graduated,"" he says. ‘"But it‘s pretty hard to look even four or five years ahead. Cycles can come and go. I remember a while back everyone was calling for engineering physicists and in fact they went overâ€" board to produce them, unâ€" til there was a glut of them on the market. So I‘d be a little cautious about whatâ€" ever the hot subject is at any given moment. Things have a way of changing." An audit or credit course in sociology will begin Jan. 6 at the Waterloo Public Library. The course is beâ€" ing offered in cooperation with the University of Waâ€" terloo. It will be held Thursâ€" day nights at 7 p.m. Interâ€" ested people are urged to register in advance. More information can be obtainâ€" ed from the library‘s main branch. forth) and he may also do some more _ computer graphics research. But he and Mrs. Meincke will be leaving for the south about the middle of January and "we‘re looking forward to getting out on a golf course down there someâ€" place,"" he says. Next summer heâ€" plans to spend a good deal of time on his favorite local course, Rockway. He‘s a good golfer; usually in the eighties and occasionally in the high seventies. He has Now that his career in engineering has come to a close, what advice would he have for a young person starting out today? Course at library Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, December 29, 1976 â€" Page 15