United College Collegiate - Tric Tics Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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[rjfpifinrrj GEORGE FLORENCE. Even to the crumbs I’d fain eat up the feast—■ Ay, nor feel queasy. ’ ’ In justice to the city of Edinburgh, these remarks should be prefaced with the state¬ ment that that city has successfully established its claim to being the birthplace of George Florence. But what concerns us is the fact that in October, 1907, he dropped like a bombshell into Manitoba College, causing no little consternation, at first, among the aristocratic ranks of seniors, and later among bumptious freshmen and would-be orators. A catalogue of George’s triumphs would be tedious; besides, space is limited. But a man is seldom chosen International Debater in his final year without a pretty big record behind him. Two things will be forever bound up with George’s memory—Home Rule for Ireland and Votes for Women. He is just as certain that Ireland should have Home Rule as he is that women should not have the vote (which latter conviction he claims ' has been born of his four years’ undergraduate experience). When he has an opinion, it is always his own; he knows why he has it, and is quite able to defend it. As for logic, Bosanquet and John Stuart Mill are the merest amateurs beside him. It would be folly to attempt to forecast George’s career; all we can be sure of is that it will be a success. We believe he intends to follow the teaching profession, which means that the world will get the greatest possible return from him at the least possible expense. IP. n. q. WELLINGTON S. GABLE. He came to us in 1909 with an eager interest in all the saner branches of college de¬ velopment. He was even then fully appreciative of the importance of college training and the seriousness of life, and he was probably less given to the petty indulgences of school days than the most of us. No one, for instance, ever saw him throwing water down the stairway. In all his work he is systematic. In later years a philosophic bent became manifest in his nature, and this he has consistently followed. We are inclined to accuse the philo¬ sopher of being abstract and theoretical, but Wellington has ever an eye open to the prac¬ tical application of his findings. We have not yet forgotten his attempts, when the Fourteens were in their second year, to form a Society for the Development of Efficient Public Speaking. This organization he set on a good basis, and it must be admitted to have been an extraordinary success, when we consider the lack of interest in things worth while and the general frivolity of the class as sophomores. His constant aim has been the greatest good for the greatest number. He is an advocate of college spirit before class spirit; yet he is loyal to his class, and willingly undertakes any task assigned to him. His academic training has but begun. He will probably first take a post-graduate course, and then proceed to his Ph.D. His summers he spends in prairie schools, with a view to entering the teaching profession. W. B. Page 73

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RAYMOND K. ELLIOTT. Philosophers are generally regarded as persons who excessively contemplate the ideal, and neglect the concrete. R. K. Elliott is an exception, for although he is a brilliant thinker, yet he has successfully demonstrated his adaptability for practical affairs. R. K. Elliott is a native of Winnipeg, and struggled with the primary problems of knowledge in the public schools of that city. He completed his high school education at Bishop’s College School, Lennoxville, and secured his first year in Arts at Toronto University. But the attraction of the great west was too strong, and he returned to Winnipeg to join the ’14 class in his second year. As his mind was speculatively inclined, he decided to study philosophy. His choice was a happy one, for he satisfied all that his nature was best realized in pursuing the science of sciences. R. K. gained the highest honors in his course, proving that he is a natural philosopher, and perhaps the ablest student to graduate, in that subject, from the University. R. K. is not as well known among his fellow-students as many other members of the class, but owing to the many outside interests and connections which he had formed in the city, he was unable to engage in the athletic and social activities of the College as much as he would have desired. However, those who have met him appreciate his genial and amiable character, and though he is modest about his sterling capabilities, yet all who know him anticipate and wish for him a very brilliant career. T. P. FLEMING. “States fall, Arts fade, but beauty still is here.” In a little farmhouse nestling on the edge of Turtle Mountain, near Whitewater, Man., on Oct. 15, 1893, Thomas Paterson Fleming first disturbed the serenity of the night with that famous war-whoop of his, now so familiar to us all. He first sprang (into prominence as a soap-box orator at the age of four, when he made a tour of the province. Settling in Winnipeg in 1899, he completed his primary education in the Central Collegiate, and joined us at ’Toba in the fall o f 1910. But the joy of being in the public eye never left his soul, and during his course Tom has been constantly in the limelight, dipping into everything and excelling in much. He has starred in many a hard-fought battle in both football and track athletics, having both high and low hurdles records to his credit, in addition to the honor of captaining’ one of the teams. He was quite useful, too, as a hockey player, and was twice presi¬ dent of the Inter-collegiate Curling Association, representing the College in the Winnipeg Bonspiel in 1911. lie has always been a consistently good student, not unknown as a debater, and of recognized ability in College dramatics. Socially always genial and full of fun, he won much favorable comment in the graceful arts. He was married on Oct. 31st, 1914, to Geraldine Bell, but skipped when his bride was kidnapped. Tom’s inclination at present leans towards law, and if he brings into that profession the same versatility, initiative, enthusiasm and ability that he has shown as an under¬ grad., we predict for him a brilliant and prosperous career. “So before I go, Tom—” Here’s a double health to thee.” D. J. A. Page 72

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J. A. S. GARDNER. The story of “The Gleam” is recorded on another page, and from that may be in¬ ferred much in regard to the personality of the Editor-in-chief. But to know Sid com¬ pletely one must see him in some other of the numerous activities in which his many-sided character finds expression. Whether in the editorial chair, in the study, or on the football field, he belongs to the Honorable Company of Willing Workers, and the fact that to his varied tasks he brings splendid gifts of intellect explains the distinction he has won, not only in examinations but also in many other phases of college life. In the stirring days of his final year Sid stood out as a man of firm convictions, who was never a slave to the madness of the moment; a man of courage and moderation, whose wisdom the course of events generally justified. Yet he is not a man to impose his opinions or his leadership upon others. His friends have a far higher regard for his ability and worth than he has, and when he has accepted positions of honor and responsibility it has beeu not the result of his own ambition, but rather because people felt that he was the man whom they needed. Sid is a lover of books but not a bookworm, a serious worker without being a prig. As he completes his course his wit waxes not dim nor is his natural love of fun abated. His college chums will not forget the honors he has won for himself and his Alma Mater, but they will choose rather to remember him for his ungrudging service, his wise leadership and chiefly for his never-failing good fellowship. “Uplifted high in heart and hope are we Until we doubt not that for one so true There must be other nobler work to do.” A. W. K. D. C. GERRAND. A stalwart son of the West, Jerry first broke the stillness of the midnight air on April 21st, 1894. His early education was obtained in the schools of his home town, Virden, Manitoba, where he matriculated from the Collegiate in 1910. But thinking that “A little learning is a dangerous thing,” Jerry enrolled with the ’14 class at Manitoba College. As a member of the student body Dave always proved a willing worker and in his second year earned quite a name for himself as “ ad ” getter on the business staff of the “Journal.” Not content with so peaceful an avocation, he soon won ' a place on the Junior football team, and later acted as “guardian of the nets” for the class hockey team, only to be followed by a position on the championship rink of the curling association. But even athletics could not utilize all of his surplus energy for, although of a retiring and modest disposition, “ Jerry ” was always on deck when the services of a sage Senior were needed to admonish an unruly freshman, scramble a room or subject an obstreperous “Theoiog” to the Order of the Bath. Being one of the youngest members in the year it required the exercise of considerable ingenuity on the part of his class-mates to protect him frcm the wiles of the fair sex. That their efforts were not in vain may be seen from the fact that Dave always managed to carry off a creditable stand in his Senior year specialized in “Pol. Econ.” and History. Whatever profession he may enter we feel sure that his sincerity, integrity and perse¬ verance will win for him a highly successful career. “Whatever record leap to light, He never shall be shamed.” T. W. L. Page 74