McGill University - Old McGill Yearbook (Montreal Quebec, Canada)

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ARTS SCIENCE M REID. E. A. STEWART But one Puritan amongst them, and he sinqs psalms to hornpipes. Born June 29, 1917 Westmount. McGill in ' 34 via Roslyn Ave. and Westmount High School. Snyder Schol in Ec. and Eng, ' 36. Activities, I.V.C.F. Sec ' y-Treos. ' 34- ' 36, Vice-Pres. ' 37. Glee club, Man. ' 37: Pres. ' 38. Boxing, wrestling, rugby. Favourite expression: Nov ain ' t that something! Pastime: Extras and crooning Ambition: Proverbs III 5 and 6. RENNIE. DONALD FREDERIC God, Himself, sir, does not propose to judge man until the end of his days. Why should you and I? First saw light Sept. 29, 1916 near Huntingdon, Que. Educated Huntingdon Academy and surrounding hinterland. Directed to McGill by Lord Atholstan Scholarship. Activities: Philosophical Society, Class historian. Wrestling. Favourite pastime: Sleeping. Pet aversion: Library buzzards. Favourite expression: Man, am I tired! ROSS. CHARLES ALEXANDER Learning must by study be won; Twas ne ' er entailed from son to son. Born, July 7th, 1916 in Montreal. Having been enlightened at Westmount High, he bounced into McGill in the fall of ' 34. Pres. of Arts Under- graduate Society ' 37- ' 38, Class Vice-Pres. ' 36- ' 37, Sec ' y. ' 35- ' 36, Treas, ' 34- ' 35; Alexander Mackenzie Scholarship ' 35- ' 36; Senior water polo ' 35- ' 37; Junior Polo ' 35- ' 36. Favourite expression: Gosh, I ' m busy tonight! RUDDICK. DONALD W.H. The attempt and not the deed Confounds us. Born in Montreal Oct. 23, 1916. Educated at Montreal High School, Entered McGill in 1934. Arts pre-med. Activities: Managerial Board 1934- ' 35. Sports Editor Old McGiU 1936- ' 37. Scarlet Key Society 1937. Associate Editor Old McGill 1937- ' 38. Favorite expression: Hey Smokey RUDDICK. ROBERT BRUCE Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, it is a tale signifying nothing. ' ' Born March 31, 1915. Educated Montreal High School. Sneaked into McGill in 1933. Freshman football Team 1933. Manager Intermediate track 1934. Manager Senior track and Harrier teams 1935. Manager of athletics. Publicity and Advertising 1936 (for 3 days). Class treasurer 1937, Favourite expression: Well all right! But I have to be home before midnight. I ' ve got to study. SCOTT, FRED A. Be to his virtues a little kind. Be to his faults a little blind, Born August 31, 1914, in Montreal. Attended Westmount High School among others. Aversion: German 3. SEGALL. SYDNEY Heard melodies are sweet. But those unheard are sweeter. Born in Montreal, Feb. 21, 1917. Aquired the desire for knowledge at West Hill High School; has been addicted to the same thing while at McGill. Activities: Glee Club ' 35. PoUUcal economy club ' 35, ' 37, ' 38. Student Industrial Inquiry ' 37. Hobby: Music. Pet aversion: Anyone out of tune (e.g. The Big Apple). Favourite expression: Huh— Huh. SMAILL. BRUCE PATTERSON Au Caesar aut nullus — . Born November 18th, 1912, at Victoria, B.C. Victim of intermittent, eastward-running pedagogic comments. Paused at Westmount High. Full stop; McGill, 1935. Sole activity: Intermediate Basketball, 1935. Sole aversion: activity. Favorite expression: I think so, too, but I don ' t believe it. SYLVESTER, ROBERT I burn my candle at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends, it gives a lovely light. Born April 30, 1916, Norwell Massachusetts. Educated at St. Paul ' s School, Concord, N.H. and New Preparatory School, Cambridge, Mass. Ambition; To be a tammany ward-heeler. Favorite expression: My friends ' TANNAGE. EDWARD GEORGE The pen is a tree, the fruits of which are thoughts; knowledge is a sea, the fruits of which are the pearls of wisdom. Born Dec. 23rd, 1916, at Montreal. Educated at Peace Centennial School and The High School of Montreal. Conspicuous by his zealous inactivity in extracurricular affairs. Hobby: Repairing radios. Pet aversion: Twelve o ' clock lectures. Favourite expression; That ' s what they all say! 21

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M ARTS SCIENCE MOORE, RALPH ALAN Like a cherub, ' twixt sphere and sphere Born April 26, 1918 in Outremont. Educated at Strathcona Academy; entered McGill in 1934- Member of the Players Club; of the ' Daily ' music staff. Hobbies; Flute playing, collecting phonograph records. Pel aversion all red-haired persons. Favourite expression: Rubbish! Rubbish! MURRAY, JAMES RICHARD The languages, especially the dead, The sciences, and most of all the abstruse, The arts, at least all such as could be said To be the most remote from common use. In all these he was much and deeply read. NICOL, ARTHUR COLIN ' Faith in unfaith: That is my faith Born December 5, 1915 at Toronto. Disillusioned at schools in N.J., Mass., Conn., Ont., and Quebec. President, Bioloical Society, 1936- ' 38, C.O.T.C. Hobby: Watching the birdie. Pet aversion: Elementary courses. Favourite expression: I ' m bugs on Entomology. Pose: Cynical NORRISH. WILLIAM ESTERBROOKE A man of cheerful yesterdays and confident Tomorrows. Born on January 26th, 1917 in Ottawa. He was quick metal when he went to school at B.C.S. Entered McGill as a Sophraore in ' 35. Plays all sports but excels in tew. Junior hockey ' 36; Intermediate rugby ' 37. Hobby: Travelling. Pet aversion: Horse Racing?? Favourite expression: Darn it, late again. OWEN. JOHN BRADLEY In the urgent solitudes lies the spur to larger moods. Out of the nowhere into here. January 12 1934 Monetville Ont. Educated Little white school-house Weir, Que. Graduated to farm work ' 27. Came, as green as any cabbage, to senior matric class Dicesan College Oct. ' 33. Hobby: Face-reading. Pet aversion: People who assume a superior attitude towards farmers. Favorite expression: Why so? PERMAN. DENNIS GRENVILLE There mark what ills the scholar ' s life assail, — toil, envy, want the patron, and the jail. Took first bath August 14th, 1910 at Derby, England. High school in England. Came to Canada 1927. Entered McGill 1934. Hobby: Astronomy. Pet aversion: Caraway seeds. Favourite expression: Hey pooh! PETERSON. ERIC WESTON Hals und Bein Brocht Born October 5th, 1916 in Montreal. Accomplished school career at Town of Mount Royal High School. Activities: Biological Society, English Department plays. Arts Debating Executive, Players club. Red and White Revue. Pet aversion: Career men, PYE. ALBERT EDWARD Much study is a weariness of the flesh Born Sept. 12, 1915 in Montreal. Educated at Lower Canada College. Entered McGill 1934. Activity: Pit Committee. Pet aversion: Quantita- tive Analysis: Favourite expression: I think it only fair to warn you RANDELL. CECIL More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. Port Rexton, Newfoundland was startled on April 20, 1907 when the nurse said: It ' s a boy! Soon the local school yielded to the Memorial College at St. John ' s preparatory to entering the Montreal Diocesan Theological College in 1933, and McGill in 1935. Hobby: Sociology. Pet aversion: Argument. Favourite expression. So to speak! RATTRAY. DOUGLAS THOMAS I can resist everything but temptation. Occurred August 10, 1917, at Montreal. Slaved at West Hill High School, then occupied pew at McGill. Hobby: Toronto excursions. Aversion; Wasting good afternoon writing this thing. Favourite expression: Do it again — I love it! « 20 »

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M ARTS SCIENCE TOMIUK, MARKIAN The lips ot the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. Born May 1st, 1914, in Ukraine, Educated in the Gymnasium of Kolo- mea. Came to Canada, attended Pointe-Aux-Trembles CoUegG, then joined McGill. Member of the football team of LJ.T.C. Hobby: Strumming on the guitar. Pet aversion: Keeping an appointment. Favourite expression: Now, suppose I said . . . WALKER. JOHN A. A fool at $2.75 WEAVER. WILLIAM STRATHERN I know that my redeemer liveth Started first experiment in Toronto on Feb. 4, 1917, with a twin brother as colleague. Began research in the Town of Mount Royal High School and took several scholarships before coming to McGill in 1934 to live among the beakers. Hobby: Stamps. Ambition To formulate the Fifth Law of Thermodynamics. WELDON, RICHARD DALE 1 Wish he would explain his explanation Came to Westmount Aug. 12, 1917 and stayed there, ploughing through Argyle School, Westmount High, and McGill. Ambition: To speak Cana ' ien. Pastimes: Sailing, Skiing, Santa Claus Parades. Aversion: Portages. Activities: Gym team ' 35, ' 36, ' 37, Manager ' 37; Players Club ' 35- ' 38. Sailing Club ' 37 38; Old McGill ' 38, Students Atheletic Council ' 37- ' 38. WHITEHORNE. GORDON JAMES ALEXANDER I slept and dreamed that lite was beauty, I woke and found that life was duty. The stork deposited this precious burden at Ottawa, on Jan. 3rd, 1910. Early education at City View Public and Nepean H.S. In 1922 migrated to Spencerville Ont. and Matriculated in ' 27, Came to McGill in ' 31. Sociological Society, Interfaculty Basketball, Baseball and Soccer. Hobby. Seeing things. Pet aversion: Getting up early. Favourite expression: Doggon nit. WHITEMAN, HARRY HILLIARD Dost think, because I am virtuous I shall have no more cakes and ale? England ' s National Crisis of August 1, 1918. Mentality unaffected by Lachine High School. Served a four-year sentence at McGill. Member of Players ' and Literature clubs. Hobby: Just footling. Aversion: Listening to those interminable pep-talks he gives himself before exams. Favourite expression: — But it ' s a damn good pipe and I love it. WILLIAMS. IVOR D. Time is an illusion— to an orator Arrived at Montreal, Jan. 2, 1916 moved on to Lachine High School later turned up at McGill. Tried out at Gym Club; on Debating Union Committee l934- ' 37; Arts Representative to Council 1937, President of the S.C.M. 1937- ' 38. Hobby: Reviewing. Pet aversion: early morning. Favourite expression: Any good one on tap. WOO. WESLEY The superior man in his attitude toward the world has neither predilec- tions nor prejudices. What is right he will follow Confucius. Born January 30, 1917 in Montreal. Educated in The High School of Montreal. ZATZ. SOLOMON R. We rise with effort- -but fall with the achievement. Fed lustily on classicism and found it conductive to mental indigestion. Acquired a materialistic conception of history which found journalistic expression in the McGill Daily. Hobby. Reading novels. Favourite expression: Now we must get the Irue perspective of things. Pet aver- sion: The time. The place — and no girl! « 22 »