United Colleges - Vox Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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vox 13 THE REV. G. S. CLENDINNEN Wesley did herself honor in giving the D.D. degree to the Rev. George S. Clendinnen, of Fort William, Ontario. Dr. Clendinnen is, first of all, a genuine man. He has the unspeakable advantage of good parentage. His home was puritanic and that puritan spirit he still possesses. In early life he consecrated his being to God, and found his vocation in the Ministry. He was always a painstaking and open-minded student, void of prejudice and willing to put forth the necessary effort to secure an ever-increasing knowledge of truth. He has secured the character of a cultured Christian gentleman. As a Minister, he has been and is beloved by his parishioners. His kindly Christian spirit disarms criticism and his deep interest in the young people makes his ministry very effective. There is no doubt he will prove himself completely worthy of the honor conferred on him by Wesley. —JAMES ELLIOTT. THE REV. J. P. JONES, D.D. Mr. Jones, born in Wales, came to Manitoba in 1896 and, entering the University of Manitoba, graduated in Arts in 1904 and in Theology from Manitoba College in 1906. In 19041 while yet a student, he founded St. John’s Presbyterian Church, holding the first services in a private home and, on his graduation, the congrega¬ tion was raised to the status of an augmented charge and Mr. Jones was its first minister. While in Winnipeg he kept alive his student instincts and in 1919 was given the degree of B.D. from his College. He took an interest in the general work of the church and for years before he gave up his work in Winnipeg had been chairman of the Presbytery’s Home Mission Committee. He continued in charge of St. John’s until 1922, when he left it, a strong congregation, to become the minister of Knox Church, Lethbridge. Three years later he was invited to be Associate Secre¬ tary of the Social Service Council of Canada and on the death, a year later, of Dr. J. G. Shearer, the General Secretary, he was appointed to that important position in the religious life of Canada, which he fills today with great success. —J.C.

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12 VOX Let us resolve then to live our lives that we can make the words of Browning our own and say: “ ' What had I on earth to do With the slothful, the mawkish, the unmanly — Like the aimless, hopeless, helpless did I dwell Being who? One who never turned his back But marched breastforward — Never doubted clouds would break — Never dreamed, though right were worsted Wrong would triumph — Held, we fall to rise, Are baffled, to fight better.” The very best we can be is the lure to lead us on to the heights of perfection. Let us shun, then, the levels of mediocrity, for they are dead levels: “Leave thy low vaulted past.” Let whatever we have done be but foundations on which to build more stately mansions in years to come. Remembering that Lowell tells us: “Not failure, but low aim is crime.” And Browning teaches us the same thing when he bids us say: “My business is not to remake myself, but to make the absolutest best of what God made first.” This, then, is the message of farewell that I bring to you from the Graduating Class, as we depart from your midst. THEOLOGY FACULTY Back Row —Dr. Jas. Elliott. Prof. F. W. Kerr. Prof. E. A. Hetherington, Dr. J. H. Riddell, Rev. J. D. Fleming Front Row —Dr. John MacKay, Rev. A. B. Baird.

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14 VOX OUR LATEST GRADUATE B.D. WILLIAM HOLMES The earlier studies of William Holmes were interrupted by the War; and after two years in Arts he went to the front in the Y.M. C.A. service. Before returning to Canada he took a special Theo¬ logical course in Glasgow; then, returning to Winnipeg, he com¬ pleted his Theological course, and soon after concluded his Arts course and took his B.A. degree. Thereafter he specialized in Church History and Religious Education, and received the B.D. degree. This, our latest B.D. graduate, is not one who blows his own trumpet, or desires any other to blow it for him. We congratulate him on the successful completion of his studies. Throughout his interrupted course he has stuck doggedly to his ideal of getting the fullest pos¬ sible equipment in the way of education for the ministry. —J.D.F. c heology r (Diplomas N. B. McLENAGHEN, D.D.S. (United Theology, ’28) Born in Perth, Ont., Dr. McLenaghan came west with his parents, who were among the early settlers in the fertile Portage plains. After grad¬ uating from the Collegiate at Portage he took the dental course at Toronto University and returned to Portage, where he carried on an unusually suc¬ cessful practice for over six years. During this time Dr. McLenaghan made boys’ work his specialty. His excellent service to the church was recognized by ordination into the session. Finally realizing that his scope of use¬ fulness and service could be immensely widened by entering the min¬ istry, he did not hesitate to give up his practice and enter upon a pro¬ longed term of training in order to realize this end. His course at the University and at the United Colleges has been marked by steady, sincere application and devotion to a single ideal. It has been concluded most happily in a call to the assistant pastorship of St. Paul’s Church, Winnipeg, where the work is of such a nature as to give his talents unrestricted scope.