McMaster University - Marmor Yearbook (Hamilton, Ontario Canada)

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ACLHC2! Ol 3 Qdffdge HHN Cardinal Newman wrote: lt is the' fault of all of us till we have duly practised our minds to be unreal in our sen- timents and crude in our judgments, and to be carried off by fancies instead of being at the trouble of acquiring sound knowl- edge, he uttered one of those troublesome truths that never cease to rebuke us and to remind us of our profession that we can be satisfied with nothing short of the truth. lt makes us also weary of sentiments loudly proclaimed around us. What, for example, is more unreal than much that calls itself realism, what more crude than many of the judgments that profess to be final? It should move us also to a special grati- tude to our university. We realize dimly how grateful we shall become later in life for the undergraduate years in which we were permitted the voluptuous self-indul- gence of expressing assured but fallacious opinions and were privileged to dissolve the foundations of society, religion and mor- als in our discussions without having to face responsibility for the result. But as under- graduate years draw to an end, it is too early to anticipate the mellow influence of memory. lt is instead time to recall that we are now supposed to have duly practised our minds , to have sucked the deceptive sweetness out of youthful cynicism, and to have learned to take responsibility for any- thing we propose to destroy or to establish. We are expected to have learned a little caution without having lost our sense of righteous indignation and divine discon- tent, to be true radicals, concerned with the roots of things not their surface passions. As for acquiring sound knowledge , we should have learned that no knowledge is sound that is not built of bricks of informa- tion cemented together with the mortar of character, and that half-baked bricks and untempered mortar are alike despicable, however pretentious the facade we build. Soundness is an affair of the soul as truly as of the reason. We talk glibly about intel- lectual honesty, but know in our hearts that we must also have moral honesty. Neither is honest without the other. To the class of l947 I extend my grateful thanks for their help in managing our in- ternal affairs here in a crowded and difficult year, and my prayerful wish for their useful and rewarding labours hereafter. lf into the words useful and rewarding I personally read a definitely Christian meaning, it is because that is both my personal convic- tion and the purpose of the academic foun- dation to which we all belong. l am confi- dent that it is or will become your conviction and purpose also. G. P. GILMOUR.

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GEGRGE PEEL GILMOUR B.H., BD., M H., D D. Chancellor

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C' I me Jacuay AGNEW, LADY SWANZIE, M.A. 1Edinburgh1 Sessional Lecturer in Geography, 1946 ALEAUGH, GAYLORD PIERCE B.A. 1OhiO Statel, B.D. lColgate-Rochesterl Assistant Professor of Church History, 1943 ANDERSON, O. LYNDSAY SAVAGE, B.A. tTorontoD Graduate Assistant in Zoology and Organic Chemistry, 1946 ARMSTRONG, HERBERT STOKER M.A. 1TorOnto1, PH.D. 1ChicagO7 Assistant Dean of Arts and Science Assistant Professor of Geology, 1941 BANKIER, CATHERINE HOLGATE B.A. lMcMaSterl, M.A. lNorth Carolinal Lecturer in French, 1943 BANKIER, IAMES DOUGLAS, M.A. 1Queen's1, PH.D. 1RiceD Lecturer in Mathematics, 1945 BAxTER, CLAYTON AMOS, M.A., PH.D. 1TorontOD Sessional Lecturer in Philosophy and Psychology 1946 BRISTOL, LYLE OSBORNE B.A., B.D. 1McMaSter1, S.T.M. lUnion Theological Seminaryl Lecturer in Greek, 1943 BRITTON, FRANCIS RONALD B.SC. 1University College of Walesl Sessional Lecturer in Mathematics, 1946 BRONNER, FREDERIC IRAN LIONEL B.A, 1Queen'sl, M.A. 1MCGil11,PH.D. 1Ot'IaWal Assistant Professor of French, 1944 BROTHERS, MURIEL, BA 1McMaster1, M.A. tOxtord7 Acting Dean of Residence Sessional Lecturer in English, 1946 BROWN, IVY IEAN, B.A. 1McMaSter1 Graduate Assistant in Botany, 1946 BURKE, CHARLES ELDRID M.A. 1MCMaSter1, PH.D. llllinoisl Dean of Arts and Science, Professor of Chemistry 1930 BURRIDGE, ARTHUR ALFRED, B.A. 1McMaSterJ Director of Physical Education, 1930 CARDINAL. CLIVE H., M.A. 1McGi1lJ Sessional Lecturer in German, 1946 CRAGG, LAURENCE HAROLD, M.A., PH.D..lTOI'OnlO1 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 1943 DAWES, HENRY FRANKLIN M.A., PH.D. 1TOrontoD, F.R.S.C. Professor of Physics, 1911 DEAN, GORDON HOWLETT, M.SC. tMcMaster7 Instructor in Physics, 1946 DULMAGE, HORACE ANSON, B.A., B.D. 1McMaSterb Lecturer in Philosophy and Psychology, 1943 FINDLAY, WILLIAM, M.A. 1McMaster1, PH.D. 1ChicagoD Professor of Mathematics, 1905 FREEMAN, HAROLD AUSTIN, M.A. tSaskatchewan1 Associate Professor of French, 1931 GAISER, LULU ODELL B.A. 1Westernl, M.A.. PH.D. lColumbial Associate Professor of French, 1932 GILMOUR, GEORGE PEEL B.A., B.D. lMcMasterl, M.A. 1Ya1el, D.D. 1Victorial Chancellor, Principal, ex-officio, of the Faculty, 1929 GRAHAM, RONALD POWELL M.A. lQueen's, Colurnbiai, PH.D. lCo1umbial Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 1942 HADDOW, GEORGE CALDWELL, M.A. 1TOronto, Oxford! Professor of English, 1926 HURD, WILLIAM BURTON, O.B.E. 1Mi1itary Divisionl, B.A. 1Manitoba1, M.A. COxiord1, F.R.S.C. Professor of Political Economy, 1935 lon leave of absence 1946-471 IOHNS, ALFRED EDWARD, M.A., PH.D. 1TorontoD Professor of Mathematics, 1931 IUDD, WILLIAM WALLACE B.A. lMCMasterl, M.A. lWesternl, PH.D. 1Torontol Lecturer in Zoology, 1946 KIRKCONNELL, WATSON M.A. lQueen'Sl, PH.D. 1Debrecenl, LL.D. lOttaWa1, F.R.HIST.S., F.R.S.C., O.P.R. Professor of English, 1940