University of Toronto - Torontonensis Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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oint Executive, Students, Administrative Council l carrv in my world that flourishes the worlds that have failed. The organization ot' a -loint Executive of the Mc-n's and Xhvflllltdllls Viounrils is a niilestone in thc stcally ll1'I'D,Q'l'0SS of Olll' l'1iiversitv. lt shows that a little ken-ner vision and a little larger appiw-1-iatioii of the master mind has hw-n reaclicd. I For many years the world has ln-on suttz-ring from growing pains and has hi-i-n lblllllllllf up and tearing down, striving earnestly to grasp the truth. lighting relwlliously against the truth and :ill the while :ulvancing steadily hut slowly. The war 1-anne with its blind- ing revelations and seam-ml the vcry heart of the world. thu' Alina Mater sutfs-red as only a truly intellectual liody has the capacity for suttering, eincrging from thc supreme torture strip- ped ot' artitin-iality and false standards, with eyes open to see the truth and brain sliziiqn-iieil to sense the infinite possibilities of all that throlis tln-ough the hrcath of life. NVe have lzeen shaken out of a state ot self satisfaction to a realization of our sniallncss. A hit flaze-tl at first pcrlnips and very much huinlilccl we started in to build up new and higlicr staiiflarils and readjust our whole organiz- ation to suit this new eonccption of things. lVe have caught Beet- ing uluin-cs though vagin- and niisty of the infinite and our minds are Imritirfd and llllllllllwl. Not the least important elmnge in the working of our social organisni has been the new place assumed hy women, during and as a result of the war. Many of thc tasks previously performed hy men in the puhlic service, in lnisiin-ss. in the professions. are now being carried on quite as satisfactorily, quite as beneficially to the community. hy women, and in many cases the altered living condi- tions and alteiw-Ll eeonomic conditions generally have made it neces- sary for women who had never previously considered the question to think as seriously of a career as ever inan thought. But, we feel that the wholesale influx of women into our Colleges has lueen prompted by a very high and nohle motive-the ideal of service- the aim to make our country a ln-tter place to live in. That and not any idea of self is the motive that has prompted women to make their world-wide demand for political rceognition. -Tagore. It was natural that women students filled with the ideals that make for the liiglu-st type of student society, should want a share in the administration oi' student altairs. It was natural too that nien should realize that they could manage far hctter with the eo- operation of the wonien than hy themselves. VVe now realize that the interests of the men and women students arc so inextricably hound together that they must rise or fall together and no real progress can he achieved while the one works at cross purposes with the other. Co-education at its heginning meant the larger vision of the few who always are nearer the hilltops than the rest of us. Begin- ning in a small way it has gradually unfolded revealing undreanicd of possibilities. The realization of the necessity of an unifying force to hring into proper relationship the work of the men and women of the University has had its natural expression in the organization of the Joint Executive of the Men's and XVOI1lP11.S Councils. For the past two years this has existed by virtue of an agree- ment hetween the Men and VVonien Students' Administrative Councils. under which the Executives of the two Councils form a Joint Executive to which is entrusted the responsibility of publish- ing The l'f1rs1'fy, Toronfonezzsis and the Students' Dircrtory. But a constantly growing conviction that there are other spheres in which the common interests of men and women demand concerted action has resulted in the drafting of a Constitution for the permanent establishing of the Joint Executive, which has passed both Councils, and at the time of writing is before the Caput for ratification. Prohlenis affecting the whole student body will be dealt with hy men and women working together and the results are bound to be more satisfactory than from action hy either the men or the women alone, but the development of the joint work of men and women in this University, however, has only begun. There will be many IIGW tasks to face-many new problems to solve. This new organization has within it a splendid power-the power of growth.

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