University of Manitoba - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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E. H. COLEMAN Page One Hundred and Exghlg-seven

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T IS my privilege to express to the Graduating Class of 1932 the congratulations of the members of the Faculty upon the successful com- pletion of their Course and best wishes for the future. In endeavoring to suggest the place which these young lawyers should take in the world, I cannot do better than quote a few sentences from an address delivered in Winnipeg some years ago by that very distinguished Judge, Lord Buckmaster: We also have cast upon us a very grave and ser- ious responsibility. We are not, and we ought not ever to be, people who merely know the law and appear in Courts and plead cases. We ought to be far more than that. We are the people who not merely administer the law, but who ought to shape and help to make the law. No lawyer ought to exclude himself utterly and entirely from the great public life of which he forms a part. He, beyond all other men, is bound to use his energies, because he knows the way in which the law can be altered and framed for the benefit of all mankind .... You must in- deed be dull of sensibility if you have not from time to time felt the solid social structure tremble under your feet, and thought that you could hear in the distance the sound of rising waters and of rushing mighty winds . . . Those forces it is our duty to control and guide, for we are not merely the ministers of justice, great and august as that title must forever be, we should be the guardians of liberty, yes, and the pioneers of truth, and it lies with us to see that these great expanding powers may be guided, directed and developed so that they may produce a nobler life and an ampler liberty for those who will succeed to our struggles and to the victories we have won. E. H. COLEMAN. Dean March, 1932.

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THE MANITOBAN FEATURE WRITERS Burk Row- A. Smith J. Irvin K. Thompson F. Jones l.. Thompson From Rowg B, Hudson G. Hicbcrt H. Murchic F. MacLeod THE MANITOBAN REPORTORIAL STAFF Baci: ROLU4 D. Bcws J. King XV. Russell B. Bcst R. Bradshaw R. Prcudhommn From Row- A. XVarwick E. Bailey B. Banning E. Moscoviich P. Rindress M. Morton N. Sharpe C. Kilverr HE newspaper, declared the late C. P. Scott, onetime editor of the famous Nlanchester Guardian, has a duty to perform. Its honesty must not only extend to fair presentation of news with friend and foe alike being given a fair, unbiased hearing, but it must also pursue in- tellectual honesty in its opinions. A newspaper is a public institution and should perform its obliga- tions with that courage which rises above almost incorrigible human prejudices. This magnificent dictum has guided The Mani- toban during the past year. The staff and editorial board have sought to achieve a standard worthy of a college publication, which, while retaining the artistry of academician, should yet lose nothing of its news disseminating qualities. The rolling roar of the presses is now stilled, but soon the ink will fly and steel letters shall again stamp their inerasable mark. Then The Mani- toban will once more assume its duty with courage and persistance. Page Fifteen