College of Emmanuel and St Chad - Rotunda Yearbook (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada)

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Land, and during his long life continued his unfaltering service under the first four Bishops of this Diocese. He was president of the Synod that in 1921 declared Arch¬ deacon George Exton Lloyd, Bishop. No two Archdeacons could have rep¬ resented more clearly the conflict between the old and new ways in the West, the heartbreak and stress of change. George Exton Lloyd represented the impact of a new century. As a young man in 1885, a volun¬ teer in the Queen ' s Own Regiment, he had marched out of Battleford to the encounter with Poundmaker ' s forces at Cutknife, and had been wounded in battle. When he returned to the West in 1903, it was as chaplain to the Barr Colonists in that amazing movement of more than two thousand men, women and children into this promised land, which could have ended incomplete disaster but for his presence. It was here in Battleford that the angry colonists deposed Barr as their leader and appointed Mr. Lloyd in his stead. And he led them with a strong sure hand, demonstrating such ability that achievement alone might have made his name famous in western history. The colonists recognized this, and named their town Lloydminster in his honour. When the Canadian Northern Railway was built, bypassing this old town, reach¬ ing Lloydminster in November of 1905, and extending on to Edmonton and British Columbia, the Barr Colonists were followed by a great surge of settlement through all this northern part of the new province of Saskatchewan. In 1906, Bishop Newnham reported more than forty-five new mission centres, while his clergy numbered only twenty-six in all. Archdeacon Lloyd, newly GIBSON PHOTOS PORTRAITS — FILMS CAMERAS 702 Broadway SASKATOON, SASK. appointed to that office, vigorously promot¬ ed therecruitmentandtrainingofmen forall these missions, with often startling effect. In one year, the 26clergy increased to 31, and the 9 licensed catechists to 81 . Emmanuel College was restored to its original purpose and re-invigorated; and in 1909 was moved to Saskatoon to become part of the new University. The work could not rest with such steady and rapid growth on every hand, and the First World War added its own problems and strain. Even before Bishop Lloyd ' s elec¬ tion in 1921, the reorganization of the Diocese was being considered, but changes can seldom be made swiftly. It was ten years before appointments were made to the two archdeaconries that had been created, one at Saskatoon and one at Prince Albert (a definite step towards division of the Diocese) and the necessary endowment se¬ cured . Bishop Lloyd retired in 1931, his vigor, forthrightness and capacity as a leader having carried the Diocese through a diffi¬ cult period of transition. We are facing equal challenge today. Change is not new, though its rate increases, and we are often fearful. But Archdeacon Mackay could say in his sermon on the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination: I do not claim that we are heroes. As missionaries we were never pioneersor pathfinders. We simply followed in the paths that the fur-traders had opened. Now surely we who profess to be servants of a Master who died for men, should be able to encounter at least a few of the hardships that others encountered and not claim any heroism. A PALM DAIRIES LTD. ICE CREAM - MILK - CREAM BUTTERMILK - CHOCOLATE MILK COTTAGE CHEESE - ORANGE JUICE 485 FIRST AVENUE NORTH SASKATOON Phone 242-3174