United Colleges - Vox Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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SENIOR STICKS John D. Hunt W. J. Shipley ---- W. A. Lewis --- M. M. Bennett ..-.—.-. Joseph Little --- J. W. McKittrick J. S. Woodsworth ---— H. W. Wadge C. W. St. John Samuel Wilkinson . —.. T. D. Brown C. J. Hodgins --.-- Robert Tate ----- G. A. Colquhoun -—. —- F. J. Price Warren Rothwell - G. W. Sparling ----- Ben C. Parker ---- A. J. McCulloch - -.. Howard Dixon - --- Robert G. Ferguson .-.. R. Fletcher Argue --.---- Victor Dolmage .-.—.-.. W. J. Crummy George H. Lee A. W. Keeton .....-------. W. A. Carrothers ..... Albert C. Cooke ..—.- A. F. Lavender --- William T. Brady -.-- V. N. Riddle - - Gordon M. Churchill ... —.-.— Earl S. Dixon ...-...— J. Hoyle Dennison —.... Harold D. Clement-—— Jack D. Murray ...-......-. H. Leith Draper —--- Lloyd Borland ........... Burton Richardson Maurice Willis ....--- Mark A. Talnicoff ------ R. J. Staples -.—-...—..... O. Hanford Hibbert ....... Phillip J. Stark ...... Thomas Coulton Liddle .... Neil M. Morrison Fred D. Westwood ...... Roderick O. Hunter ......... William Lawson ..—.—.. Douglas Fraser M. John Shaver ..... Roger Graham ..... Harry S. Crowe ... ... Peter Gordon White --- (“White House” — Wesley Hall — Room 306) John P. Freeman ......-.— Kenneth McCartney A. Gerald Bedford ..... Royden F. Lee — Donald L. Bennett ...... Kenneth A. Livingstone ... .... William Norrie ...-. Harvey Rempel Ian MacMillan .... ... Donald C. Denison Dale Gibson ..... Barry Day .-.-.. David Blostein ...... Gordon Swan (“Bird-House”—formerly “White House”—now VOX Joseph Martin .......... D. Trevor Anderson --------- Brian Bendor-Samuel ......... T. Michael Quiggen Joseph Bori Stern ..... George Egerton BILL CURRY .. . ... 1889-1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 .1895 1896 .1897 1898 1899 1899-1900 1901 1902 1903 -1904 1905 1906 ..1907 1907-1908 1909- .-.1910- ..1911- 1912 — 1913 — .1914 -- 1915— 1916 — 1917 — ..1918 — -1919— 1920 — .1921 — .. 1922 — ..1923 . 1924 1925. 1926 .1926-1927-.-. .1928 1929. .1930. 1931 .1932 . .1933...... . 1934 .1935...... 1936 .. . 1937 . -.1938 ..... .1939 ... 1940 . 1941 . . 1942 ..... .1943 ..1944 .1945 . 1946 . ..1947 .. .. ...1948 1949 . 1950 .1951 1952 1953 .-.1954 .. .. 1955 1956 - 1956-1957 “office”) ..1958 .1959 . .—.1960 — .1961. 1962 . 1963. 1963-1964 FIVE SENIOR STICKS IN ATTENDANCE, Spring 1946. (P. G. White, B.A., John Freeman, B.A., Ken McCartney, B.A., Principal Graham, Jerry Bedford, Royden Lee) LADY STICKS -Helen Stacey -Jean S. Jackson -Salome Halldorson -Vera M. Fox -Mina P. McCaw -Lillian S. Johnston -Gladys Haney -Vera L. Hull -Mary A. Rodgers -Edith A. Robertson -Irene E. Thompson -Ora Adamson -Ilo E. McHaffie -Myrtle M. Hazelwood Marjorie L. Davis -E. Estelle Mooney Wilma J. Curry Edith J. Pitt Iva J. Stewart A. Grace Parsons Edith M. Thompson L. Winnifred Bradley Grace W. Gordon Luella J. Sprung A. Olive Glinz Jean Adair Fraser Jean McAllister Freda M. Porter Kathleen E. Richardson Norma R. Law Janet Storey Ruth I. Gordon Gurdun J. Bj erring J. Doreen Richmond Jean L. Bond Audrey Fridfinnson Mina J. Woodhead Berenice B. Warne J. Merle Morgan E. Jean MacKay Constance Alexander Jean Justine Margaret MacKay Josephine Riley Betty-Jean Neely Joan Christie Joan Kergan Josephine Morgan Marjorie Laycock Edith Crowe Carol Bennett Audrey Huntingford Helen Swan Lottie Schubert Margaret Ann Muirhead Ailsa Lawson GAIL PEARCEY RUSS ANTHONY ......1964-1965 LINDA MOFFAT Ian Parker --- 1965-1966 Pat Hill 20

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THE TRADITION by Dr. Gerald Bedford, Associate Professor of English, Registrar, and former Senior Stick. (With acknowledgement to A. D. Longman, who has known personally almost all the Sticks, and who provided most of the information for the first half of this article). The Beginning to the First World War (1890-1913) “Who is the Senior Stick, and why is he called that?” asked a visiting professor during the meetings of the Sir James Duff Commission 1 in the College in March, 1965. The question is not infrequently asked by outsiders, for the title is indeed a distinctive and peculiar one, and apparently is used in academic circles only in Winnipeg. Nor does anyone seem to know exactly how the term originated. It seems, however, that it came into existence in the University of Toronto, during the late part of the last century, when a group of students were setting out to watch a soccer game and one of their number picked up an old piece of furniture with which to lead the cheering. He became the leader for the day, was called the “Senior Stick” after the stick he carried, and the name simply continued. Peculiarly, it was in Manitoba that the term was to enjoy a tradition among students, for in Toronto the elected leaders of the student body have long been known simply as “Presidents”. Despite the obscurity surrounding the origin of the term, however, the “Senior Stick tradition” took firm root in Winnipeg, in Wesley College in the autumn of 1889 when John D. Hunt, the elected student president, became known as the “Senior Stick”, and an actual stick of office was obtained for him to carry as a symbol of his position. 2 An oddity in that first year was that Miss Berta Earle, the elected “co-ed” president, was considered as holding supreme office jointly with Hunt, and as a result the names of both appear on the first small shield which to this day is attached to the top of the original stick. Thus the tradi¬ tion was born, and always in the years that followed, the student leaders in Wesley and United College have been known as Senior and Lady Sticks. The present Senior Stick, Mr. Ian Parker, is the 77th holder of the office, and when he was officially declared elected on February 12, 1965, it marked the first time that two members of one family had been Sticks; Ian’s grandfather, Mr. B. C. Parrker was the 18th Stick, in 1907, and the beautiful stained glass window which stands at the front of the chapel was placed there in his memory in 1951. Ian is also the only Stick ever to hold office during the final year of the Honours course in Arts 3 (all previous Honours students who were sticks were elected in their Third Year, served during their Fourth, and completed study in their Fifth Year). In this regard it is also interest¬ ing to note that the last candidate to be elected Stick from the Faculty of Theology was the late Rev. William T. Brady, in 1918-19. Over the 77 years the Sticks have entered many different professions, but, as might be expected, teaching and the Christian ministry have been the most frequent choices. Teaching has attracted 24 (University teaching 13, and the Secondary Schools 11) of whom 7 have served in Wesley and United, while 19 have chosen the Church. Other choices have been: Medicine 5, Law 8, Business 2, Politics 2, and Engineering, Radio, Journalism, Bank¬ ing, Social Work, one each. Three sticks have held the high distinction of Rhodes Scholar for Manitoba. From the beginning, in 1889, to the First World War most Sticks entered the church or became Medical doctors. These included Dr. Joseph Little, Stick the year Wesley Hall was being built; Dr. H. W. Wadge, well-known Winnipeg general practitioner for many years, Rev. Samuel Wilkinson, the father of Miss Ida Wilkinson, who served the Church widely as a chaplain overseas and throughout Manitoba; Rev. E. J. Hodgins, chaplain at Fort Saskat¬ chewan, Alberta, for many years; Rev. G. W. Sparling, who went as a missionary to China and who returned to Saskatoon; and Dr. R. G. Ferguson, who spent virtually all his career as Superintendent of the Saskatchewan Sanatorium at Fort Qu’Appelle. More famous, however, and perhaps better known were Dr. W. T. Shipley, for many years Head of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Manitoba, and under whom the current President, Dr. Saunderson, once studied; Rev. J. S. Woodsworth, who founded the C.C.F. Party and represented Winnipeg North in the House of Commons for many years; Mr. B. C. Parker, who practised law in Winnipeg throughout his career; Dean R. Fletcher Argue, who served overseas, and returned to teach English at Wesley and at the “Broad¬ way Site”, and was Dean of Residence and Dean of Junior Men at the two institutions respectively; and Victor Dolmage, the lone Senior Stick to choose Engineering and who played a major role in the destruction of “Ripple Rock” off the British Columbia coast a few years ago. The first Stick, however, J. D. Hunt, chose law, practised in Edmonton, and is the author of several books on the problems of western develop¬ ment, and the last Stick of this opening period, W. T. Crummy, was the son of Dr. Eber Crummy, who became Principal in 1914 after a “carry-on” period had followed the death of Dr. Sparling in 1912. (Continued Next Page) 1. The commission was established to conduct an inquiry into the nature and practice of University Government in Canada and to make a report thereon. It was sponsored jointly by the CUF and the CAUT. 2. A curious error by the engraver, later corrected; caused “Senior Stick” to read “Senior Stock” on the original stick. 3. By the U.C.S.A. Constitution, Senior Stick candidates may be nominated from the Third Year (now Second) Arts and Science and Fourth Year (now Third) Honours in Arts and Science, and from the Second Year of Theology. UniIrii tlnllruf ffiuifrnt Aesnriation r. Jo I