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

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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

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Prince and Princess Visit McGill . . . A motorcycle . . . another, an expectant murmur passed along the crowd. Suddenly, the sun broke the overcast and lent its brilliance to the cool autumn morning. An instant later, the shimmering, sky-blue limousine passed through the gates and moved slowly up the drive. Wvaving and smiling yet ever regal, the young couple won the hearts of all on that memorable fall morning, October 30, 19511 Long live the Queen!