University of Alberta - Evergreen and Gold Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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fP1'esideut's message NA DISINTERESTED endeavour fo learn and propagafe fhe besf fhaf is known and fhoughf in 'lhe world, and fhus fo esfablish a currenf of fresh and frue ideas. This definifion of liferary crificism, by Maffhew Arnold, expresses also whaf we wanf of educafion. The acquisifion of fechnical skill and compefence is imporfanf, buf if is nof enough. If should be mafched by humanify and warm friendliness. The educafed man is a culfivafed human being, an assei' fo sociefy, fhough independenf of if by reason of his infellecfual resources. ln shorf, he is a man of developed characfer and infellecf. Whaf are fhe marks of educafion? Firsf is scholarship: masfery of a chosen field and infelligenf acquainf- ance wifh ofher fields of learning. Second, fhe good manners worfhy of a genfleman and scholar , for fhe scholar musf show in his daily walk fhaf he has sfudied fhe wisdom of 'rhe ages fo some purpose. Third, fhe power of con- veying fhoughf fo ofhers, a power acquired by habifually reading good books and pracfising a high sfandard of wrifing and conversafion. Fourfh, reverence for whaf is holy. Fif+h, devofion fo whafsoever fhings are frue, honesf, iusf, pure, lovely, and of good reporf. Sixfh, modesfy: lf l have seen farfher 'lhan my predecessors , said Newfon, if is because l have sfood on fhe shoulders of gianfs. Sevenfh, discipline: civilizafion is self-discipline: fhe educafed man is known by his confrolled and considerafe behaviour. There are cerfain piffalls which fhe educafed man will avoid. He will wear his learning lighfly and be welcome in any sociefy. He will shun fhe academic mind, fhaf mind which sees so many argumenfs on bofh sides if never fakes a decided sfandg be ifs possessor ever so greaf a scholar, as a cifizen he is complefely fufile. He will never resf on his oars, realizing fhaf fhe man who does so in 'this swiffly moving world is soon leff behind: eclucafion is an arduous and lifelong process. Wi? Presidenf ROBERT NEWTON, M.C., B.S.A., M.Sc., Ph.D., D.S.C., F.R.S.C. Eighteen

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Chancellor VeTeran educaTionisT, and DepuTy lvlinisTer of EducaTion Tor eleven years, Dr. G. F. McNally was appoinTecl Chancellor oT The UniversiTy in AugusT I946. A graduaTe OT The UniversiTy oT New Brunswiclc he regisTered aT The UniversiTy of AlberTa in IQO8 and received his lvlasTer oT ArTs degree wiTh The TirsT gra- duaTion class. In l909 he was made lnspecTor oT Schools aT WeTaskiwin and laTer held The same posiTion in Calgary. l-le became Principal oT The Camrose Norf mal School in I9l3, a posiTion he held unTil l9I8 when he enTered The DeparTmenT oT EducaTion as Supervisor oT Schools. In I935 he was appoinTed DepuTy lvlinisTer oT EducaTion. ln May, l946 Dr. McNally was given The honorary degree oT DocTor of Laws aT This Unive-rsiTy. THE HON. MR. JUSTICE PARLEE, B.A.,B.C.L., LL.D. Nineteen GEORGE FREDERICK McNALLY, M.A., LL.D. Chairman of the 'Board of Governors The Honorable lvlr. JusTice l-larold Hayward Parlee, K.C., who was appoinTed in 1940 To The chairmanship oT The Board OT Governors, was born in New Brunswick. ATTer a shorT career in The Teaching prorcession he graduaTed in ArTs Trom The UniversiTy OT lvlounT Allison, and Then in Law Trom The UniversiTy oT Dalhousie, ST. John, N.B. Law School and Kings Col- lege, Windsor, N.S. Sound in adminisTraTion, slcilTul in negoTiaTion, Dr. Parlee brings To his duTies many aTTainmenTs, buT noT The leasT oT The qualiTies which have endeared him To his Triends is a peneTraTing inTeresT in The aT'lairs OT young men and wornen. l-le possesses a happy TaculTy, vouchsaTed To Tew, of never growing old: OT reTaining ThaT vigorous and challenging ouTloolc, which is char- acTerisTic oT youTh.