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

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31 .3111 . ,gilfql nnnell ,ffluntrzal In dedicating to me the 1952 issue, the Managing done me a great honour. To all members of the graduating All McGill graduates now entering the wide field two objectives in viewg to achieve success - and to find Board of nO1d McGilln have class I send warm greetings. of human endeavour will have happiness. I venture to suggest the life. Hard work, enthusiasmg unceasing whole there must be an agreeable operation and infinite patience. One pleasurable path to a successful Cultivate the habit of sounds actiong for there is nothing either said by one of great wisdom - NAS a The second and all are as dr ss. O other The comf in the formula he t, for a successful enrich the spirit of co- will find a been better' our T he Neurological Institute and put' your be to you way. 1 nuemwf I To all McGill students I send sincere wishes for a happy and successful life. 44-J ln.4.,,-, ' lf- ' I

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.W ,. Senior governor of McGill, philanthropist, benefactor to the university, a leading citizen of the town - the student body of McGill gives simple expression of its gratitude for the many benefits which it, tangibly or intangibly, is daily privileged to enjoy.

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the chancellor, chief justice onlin l?.Ei TWUV1L4LEf To the Class of 1952: During your entire course, academic activities have been carried on against an international background of ominous rumblings, general tension of varying degrees, and actual battles in different parts of our ever-diminishing globe. When I received my first university degree CB.A. 'o8y the average young man of the western world had reason to hope for an unlimited period of peace and uninterrupted progress, How baseless that hope proved to be 1 Perhaps your generation may be more fortunate. At least, it is not lulled by a sense of facile optimism, and whatever happens, your life is not likely to be dulled nor lack ing in opportunities for service of one kind or another. I trust that, whatever may have been your special fields of study, you have acquired or developed what may be considered the three outstanding characteristics of a satis factory university graduate, namely: a lively and enduring intellectual curiosity, a well-trained power to recognize what is first-rateg and a sense of responsibility towards those who are less fortunate than oneself. My last word is to wish you all the best of luck and true happiness. Ou S- xxx-n..,sJg's.rKJs I