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

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ilfel lVf'5i6.yNl 11-ff' V To the Graduating Classes of the University of Toronto T IS my happy privilege to offer to you, the gradu- ating classes of the Uni- versity, my warmest greet- ings and my sincere good wishes for your future wel- fare. This is the time for both retrospect and pros- pect. You look back on crowded years of opportun- ity, of hard work, and cheer- education has been given you through lectures, discus- sions, books, recreations and personal friendships. You have helped educate one another. If you have gained from your university course l a love of good literature and a group of friends, you have gained much. You will carry , away with you the company of great thoughts, the in- spiration of great ideals, the example of great achievements, and the consolation of great failures. You will have learned both what other people think, and how to think for yourselves. To what do you look forward? In past years positions have awaited you after graduation. Now positions are not so easy to get. Mr. Fairbairn, the chief engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railways, one of our own graduates of the Faculty of Applied Science, told the members of the Engineering Society at their annual dinner, that in all probability there would await each one for some years hard work, hard knocks, and hard times . I hope that you will all have the speedy opportunity of doing work, even though it is hard work. Endure hardness as good soldiers is a timely apostolic exhortation. Hard times make strong men and women. In such days we are challenged to learn anew the avoidance of waste, the privilege of toil, the value of training, and the supremacy of soul over things. You young men and women will have the chance in due time to take over the management of a world which the past generation has in many ways mishandled. We trust that through faith in God, in your fellows, and in yourselves, you will make a better world than we have been able to make. Stand fast in these troublous times. Hold to the great intellectual, moral and spiritual funda- mentals of life. Cultivate clear thinking, and constant goodwill. Be courage- ously hopeful, and kindle the fires of hope in others. Your ALMA MATER gives you her blessing. She is proud of your sterling character and buoyant determination. She is judged by the kind of men and women you prove to be. Be worthy of her best ideals. Gratefully cherish her in your thoughts, words and deeds. Give to her, and to your country and your God loyal and efficient service. Over the gateway into the grounds of a famous university are words which I pass on to you: Enter to grow in wisdom, ,G Depart to serve thy country and mankind. CAA wiaicw Ifsflllihe ful companionship. Your -'lm fi. ? Nc?

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1' S BOCK O SENIORS Courage to scorn defeat, pauence that can look forward to the long result, a sense of humour that enables one to laugh at farlure these are all lmportant To smile at defeat and to try agarn verges on vrctory And do not forget that the most lmportant lessons of 11fe are to be found rn adversity 'Io agonlze that IS to wrestle wrth ones self 1n the intellectual and Splfltual sense IS an CSSCHIIHI dlscrpllne Do you recall the words of a great German poet? Wlao neze1 ate wztb tears bzs bread IV bo 11eze1 tbrougb zzzgbt s cafe wracked 1701175 Has u ep! 111 sadness by bzs bed He knows you not, ye Heazenly Powers' ' Srr Robert Borden ' -. Q! ' , . . ,. I ,. ,' 1 .- V . V . . , , Y 9 v ' -r

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