United Colleges - Vox Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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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

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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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vox 15 Mrs. J. H. Ashdown Winnipeg lost an honored citi¬ zen, the United Church a devoted member and the needy a thoughtful friend when Mrs, J, H, Ashdown recently passed away. Leaving Bruce Mines, Ontario, about sixty years ago, when but a child of seven, she came with her parents to Manitoba and settled in Winnipeg. From childhood until the time of her death she was a consistent and faithful member first of the former Methodist Church and, later, of the United Church of Can¬ ada. She and her husband were intimately associated with the old Broadway congregation, and prac¬ tical supporters of Wesley College. In 18 77 she was married to James H. Ashdown, at that time a young merchant just entering upon a career to be marked by sig¬ nal success. Her thoughtful care, coupled with wise practical com¬ mon sense, did not a little to ensure and preserve the growing success of her husband. Her busy life has paralleled that of the City of Winnipeg. She saw it grow from a tiny, struggling village collected around the Hud¬ son’s Bay fort to its present place of strength and importance. Although she did not, like her husband, enter public life, Mrs. Ashdown did her part in the up¬ building of the life and growth of Winnipeg. Devotion to the home, simplicity in social relation, and wise charity marked her contribu¬ tion. Mrs. Ashdown possessed a fine and delicate taste in music, espe¬ cially the music of the church serv¬ ice. Among the last acts of her busy life was to instal a chime of bells in the former Broadway Church in memory of her honored husband. These chimes are not only a tribute to her husband, but now become a touching memorial of her own sweet and helpful life. Mrs. Ashdown was always thoughtful of the poor and needy, but in a quiet and unobtrusive way. She was not a noted philanthropist, but here and there with wise dis¬ crimination she ministred to human need. She shared her husband’s interest in Wesley College and often gave her time, thought and assist¬ ance in making that institution fit¬ ted to fill its important mission. We thus mark the passing of a friend of long standing; pay trib¬ ute to her worth and quiet good¬ ness, and extend our sincere sym¬ pathy to her bereaved family.