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

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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

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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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principal and vice-chancellor F. CYRIL JAMES I To all members of the Class of 1952, My warmest congratulations on the successful completion of your University course, and my best wishes for your success and happiness during the years that lie ahead. It may sound trite to tell you that the world is at your feet, yet no generation in history was offered wider opportunities than those that confront you. This North American continent is in the throes of an accelerating industrial revolution that demands growing numbers of men and women with scientific knowledge and engineering skill, while the policies of most western governments envisage generous technical assistance to economically backward nations so that their production may be augmented and the stan ard of living of their peoples improved. The opportunities to use your professional knowledge are limitlessy the rewards are high in terms of money and even higher in terms of personal satisfaction. But the opportunities that confront you are even wider than the choice of jobs. The ideological controversies of the cold war compel each of us to think more clearly and specifically about the pattern of society that his heart desires, and underlines the simple truth that industrial progress will benefit mankind but little if we do not solve the problems of personal friction which disturb human relations on the industrial front as much as in the field of international politics. Might I suggest to you as a basis for your own thinking that the older English tradition of liberty is of more fundamental importance than the contemporary demand for freedom. Freedom, even in the phrases of the Atlantic Charter, too often means freedom from something, and implies that somebody else is going to take care of us. It is a negative. Liberty, on the other hand, is the personal opportunity to do something. It implies personal responsibility for the result. It is upon the liberties of our democratic tradition that the welfare of our society depends and I hope that each of you, in both your business and your public life, may find happiness in assuming your responsibilities. Good luck to you now and always, 9 W