Queens University - Tricolour Yearbook (Kingston, Ontario Canada)

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C.W CLAPP BSc PRESIOENT ae I'Ol'K 86

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f OlUEEN'S university CLhr arirnlm . (jpumts Huiurrsitij The predominant note in the messages to the graduating classes, appearing: in the 1933 Tricolor, is of encouragement in a time of grave economic disorder. The Editors themselves have been impressed with the difficulties attending- the publication of a Year Book in a period of financial depression, and are the more grateful, therefore, to all those who have whole-heartedly co- operated with them to make possible this year the maintenance-— and in certain respects, they hope, the raising—of the high standard set by previous Tricolors. In particular they are indebted to the Photo Kngravers and Electro-tvpers Ltd., of Toronto, and to Hanson Edgar Ltd., of Kingston, printers of the Year Book. Of the changes made in the Tricolor this year the most revolu- tionary. viz. the omission of all biographies from the pages devoted to the Medical Faculty, has been made at the special request of the final year in Medicine. Among other features of interest should be noticed the dedi- cation of the book to his Excellency, the (iovernor-tleneral ot Canada. It is of special significance this year in view of the visit of Their Excellencies. Lord and Lady Bessborough. to Queen’s at Convocation last Fall, when they were the recipients of honorary degrees from the University. Attention is also directed to the inclusion in these pages of a poem from the pen of the Poet Laureate. It is hoped that this will serve to remind readers of the Tricolor of Mr. Masefield’s visit to Queen’s in February. 1933. 86 ae Til KICK

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T (LllEEN’S UNIVERSITY 5hr Alma ittatrr nrirtg Exmitinr. The Alma Mater Society lias done little new in 1932-33, but it has carried on an old tradition. This tradition is so fine a one, so worthy of perpetuation, and yet for a time, so neglected, that in revitalizing it this year's Executive can sincerely claim to have accomplished something of real value. Full and efficient student self-government was long a tradition at Queen's. Then with the influx of large numbers of students after the Great War the tradition seemed to have waned and student government fell upon evil days. In the last two or three years, however, there has been a revival of interest and the old tradition is being painfully and slowly re-established. The A.M.S. Court this year functioned with a dignity and despatch which would have done credit to any court: every organization receiving a grant from the A.M.S. was required to present an audited statement of its finances: the minutes of the Executive meetings were published in order that every student might know what was being undertaken: though handicapped in some of its activities by a one-third reduction in fees what the Executive did this year was done exceptionally well. The old tradition is being slowly won back : the student body is recovering a sense of responsibility and of loyalty to its own institutions: the administrative officers of the University are will- ing to trust students with the conduct of their own affairs more completely than before. It is often more of an accomplishment to make old paths plain than to try to blaze new trails.