United Colleges - Vox Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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vox 13 The Late Honorable T. A. Burrows His Honor, T. A. Burrows, late Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, was for many years closely associ¬ ated with Wesley College. In 1911 he became a member of the Board of Directors, and acted as Vice- Chairman in 1924, and as Chair¬ man in 1927. On the formation of the United Colleges in 1925, he became Chairman of the Joint Executive Board. It will be seen, then, that by his death the United Colleges have suffered the loss of a practical and sympathetic friend. It was in 1927 that we had oc¬ casion to record Hon. Mr. Bur¬ rows ' appointment to the high office of Lieutenant-Governor of the province of Manitoba, which he discharged with marked dignity and success. His passing was quite unexpected, and was the sad oc¬ casion of the first death while in office of a crown representative for Manitoba. At the State funeral President Riddell, as befitting one who was a life-long friend and associate in church and educational enterprises, pronounced the funeral oration. Reviewing the career of Hon. Mr. Burrows, Dr. Riddell emphasized his conspicuous and lasting contri¬ butions in the four fundamental in¬ stitutions of the life of society. “They are,” said Dr. Riddell, ‘‘the State, the Church, the School, and the Home” Behind this fourfold contribution was a character of liberal sympathies, possessed of in¬ tegrity and a keen sense of respon¬ sibility. While not forgetting his services in Parliament and as the crown representative, we remember grate¬ fully Hon. Mr. Burrows’ efforts on behalf of Wesley and the United Colleges, and join with our President in extending to his re¬ latives our sincere expression of regret and sympathy. All members of the Student Body and Faculty of the United Colleges extend to Miss Gwendo¬ lyn Taylor, Norris Beamish and Ellice Scott sincere sympathy in the bereavements which they have recently sustained.

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12 VOX ory. It is said to be the perform¬ ance of a habit after a time has elapsed since the last performance. Very Feiv Instincts Watson made a study of one thousand babies, after which he de¬ cided there were but three instincts, and these form the nucleus of all emotional reactions. They are fear, rage and love, and their stimuli are, loss of support or a loud noise; hampering of the body; fondling. Very soon, though, these responses are called forth by other stimuli presented simultaneously with the original ones. They are then said to be “conditioned.” Later these second responses become further conditioned or transferred until the emotional world is varied enough to suit a Rex Beach or an Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The infant is not afraid in a zoo. The adult may run at sight of a mouse. According to this theory, man has no basic instinct, no untutored life, nor are there elemental facts. And alas! no ambitious maid can sigh for a chance at self-realization and expression. All she can do is permit her physiological processes through stimulus and response (conditioned and unconditioned) to adapt her bodily movements to the situation in hand. Thinking Explained Watson is insistent that the or¬ ganism responds as a whole. This is true even in such a hidden proc¬ ess as thinking. One thinks and plans with one’s whole body. When a particular group of muscles works, we say a man is doing some¬ thing. as, for instance, the imper¬ ceptible working of the larnyx and long-e results in thought; the overt working results in speech. “Thought is highly integrated bodily activity and nothing more.” “When we study implicit bodily processes we are studying thought.” “There is really no difference be¬ tween a game of tennis and think¬ ing.” When the kinaesthetic and verbal processes become blocked we have an emotional response where the individual is not able to act. In contrast, we have instinctive re¬ sponses where the person invariably does something. The “organism as a whole” in¬ cludes, beside muscles which move the bones, many unstriped muscles and glands. These parts of the body apparently cause many acts and states of emotion that we have not been able to explain. They are as yet unverbalized, and scientists have not learned how to talk about them. Watson suggests they are the unconscious complexes and sup¬ pressed wishes of Freud, and advises us not to attribute too much to these unknown causes. The Behauiorist Method What the Behaviorist works upon, then, is simply—stimulus, response (conditioned and uncon¬ ditioned) , gland, unstriped muscles and a minimum of instinct and emotion. He dismisses analysis and introspection. He demands that psychological conclusions must stand on a scientific basis, and are useless if they cannot be arrived at in another laboratory and by any psychologist. He is convinced that all human actions are developments of the simple reflexes which a babe displays. He uses the data of psy¬ chology at every turn, but he is concerned most of all with the or¬ ganism as a whole. It is in the United States alone that the wave of behavior¬ ism has swept all before it, and men (Continued on page 55)

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14 VOX Passing of Former Board Members Numerous tributes have been paid by various personages and in¬ stitutions to the work and achieve¬ ments of the late Sir James A. M. Aikins, former lieutenant-governor of Manitoba, and prominent mem¬ ber of the legal profession. Sir James Aikins was the chair¬ man of the Board of Wesley Col¬ lege from the charter year 1888 until 1908, a total of twenty years. To have presided over the meetings of the governing body during al¬ most a generation is to have ren¬ dered notable service to the cause of higher education, and to Wesley College in particular. We remem¬ ber with gratitude, then, the con¬ tribution made to our College by this gentleman, in whose long life great personal gifts exercised in public affairs brought numerous honors,—highest of all, perhaps, the simple dignity of service. Mr. Manlius Bull, Winnipeg business man, whose decease oc¬ curred about the same time, was also associated with Wesley College during many years. He was a mem¬ ber of the College Board from 1899 to 1916. Less in the public eye, but not less highly regarded by his associates for personal worth and business integrity, Mr. Bull thus shared with Sir James and the other members of the Board the responsi¬ bilities of directing the general pol¬ icy of the College over many years. 3n jfflemoriam HORACE A. McDOUGALL Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McDougall of Prairie Grove, Manitoba Grade XII Student, Wesley College Died January 14, 1929, aged 19