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

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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LITERARY AND ATHLETIC SOCIETY BACK ROW: T. M. Stitt, Secretary-Treasurerg R. C. Marjoribanks, Treasurerg G. G. McCaffrey, Third Year Presiderztg D. L. Goldberg, Fourth Year Presidentg E. J. Michasiw, Second Year Presidentg A. J. Foster, First Year Presidentg F. G. Garner, Secretary. FRONT ROW: A. Siegel, Social Directorg R. G. Shepherd, Publicity Directorg R. W. Bell, Presidentg A. T. Van Every B.A., Honorary Presidentg B. Orenstein, Literary Director: V. E. Purcell. Athletic Director. University College Literary and Athletic Society OUND the panelled walls of the historic U.C. Junior Common Room march year after year the gilded names of successive MLit', Executives. Its slate of officers periodically shuffled from decade to decade, the uLit'i this year made another organizational change. per- petuated on the walls for posterity the title of another brand-new office: that of Publicity Director. Press-agent for a bewildering multi- plicity of College events, Publicist Ralph Shepherd had a hectic year. Leading off the parade was the Soph-Frosh Banquet. traditional climax of freshman initiation. which was staged in the Crystal Ballroom of the King Edward Hotel. Here Prin- cipal Smith addressed the incoming frosh, made his memorable division of students into three classes: low and lazy. broad and hazy. high and crazy. 8 Mopping his brow. Shepherd next plunged into Follies Pressagentry, spread campus-wide the germs of Follies Fever. Two old events rechristened were additional publicity headaches: the Joint Meetings. which took on new glamour. sported a more highbrow pro- gram. as WRed and White Nightswg and the spring Arts Ball, revitalized this year with a Latin motif. an auxiliary rhumba orchestra. and a castanet-clattering solo- ist. under the name of G'Fiesta . Spurred by a Shepherd-sponsored P. A. System. hordes of Royal Collegians thronged the stadium to see the Red and Wliite team carry off the Mulock Cup from a heavily-favoured School Team. Exuberant. they snitched the famed School cannon. later declared War when School snitched it back. As the spring leaves budded. Shepherd took a deep breath. turned to his books. It had been a successful year.

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i UNIVERSITY COLLEGE PERMANENT EXECUTIVE, 1945 LEFT TO RIGHT: Benson Orenstein, President: Joan Ebbels. Associate President: Elizabeth Anderson, Secretaryq Norman Walker, Treasurer. A Message from the Class of 4-T5 O University College. we shall for- ever owe a debt. for facilitating an association of students from all walks of life. Indeed. our college has been right- fully named. for universal it is in the most liberal sense. For the past four years we have had the privileged oppor- tunity of studying the liberal arts. More important has been the example of a way of life that we of University College may extend to all as an ideal. In a non-sectarian college. students of diversified cults. religions. and national- ities have proven how simple it is to for- get the differences of their fellows and accept the best of each in order to enrich our democratic way of life. Reviewing our undergraduate days shows us how co-operation, and tl1e understanding of 7 our differences. have made our college outstanding in every field of endeavor. Wfe can well boast of our achievements in athletics. with the numerous cham- pionships added to our college list. Wie can be proud of the success of our Fol- lies. the friendly spirit of the Red and W7hite. the atmosphere of Parliament. All our great college events resulted from that U.C. spirit and from the ability of everyone to get behind a common cause. Now that we are graduating into the University of the World . we can take forward all that we have learned. The lesson we should well remember and teach. is that of a true democratic under- standing of all our fellow citizens. re- gardless of race or creed. in order that we may build a better and happier world.

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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE WOMEN'S UNDERGRADUATE EXECUTIVE BACK ROW: C. Carew, Secretaryg C. Weir, First Year Presiclentg R. Margeson, Third Year Presidentg E. Swartz, Publicity Directorg P. Flyn, P. Ra. H. E. Representativeg R. McCubbin, Glee Club Directorsg J. Cleak, Household Science Representativeg Marg Strahl, Treasurer: C. MacQueen, Debatesg R. McDougal, First Year Representative. FRONT ROW: J. Ebbels, Social Director: E. Anderson, Fourth Year Representative: Miss. M. B. F erguson, Dean of Worneng Rose Rabkin, President: Mrs. C. N. Cochrane, Honorary Presidentg E. Kennedy, Athletic Directorg M. Ferguson, Social Service Director. University College Women's Undergraduate Association ELEBRATINC this year a shotgun wedding with the harassed but far from reluctant Lit , the University Col- lege W.U.A. emerged from undeserved obscurity. staked a claim with chintz curtains to the southern half of the his- toric 4iLit offices hack of the common room. .A self-governing body to which every U.C. woman belongs hy right of enrol- ment, the W.U.A. holds executive meet- ings every week of the school year. unites decorously in joint session with the men's organization once a fortnight. Follies, Arts Ball. Red and White Nights. and similar stirring activities enjoy their joint paternal henediction. The year's first job for tl1e W.U.A. comes with the Senior-Freshie House- party, held at the opening of term to orient the shy freshies, acquaint them with the college and its activities. soothe 9 with tummy-tickling special supper their ruflied reaction to initiation proceed- ings. Other activities sponsored hy the W.U.A. during the year include the S.C.M.. the WOlll6H,S Clee Club which appears at the Dean's Christmas Party. and the Undergraduate Magazine. A 1945 inauguration was a VV.U.A.- sponsored all-undergraduate art exhibit and musicale. which received profes- sional. uncondescending treatment in The Varsity's A.M. S D. colunms. nemesis of many a professional. Nominations held at separate meetings preceded the joint Lit and W.U.A. elec- tions at the end of the year: announce- ment of election results and the sponsor- ship of the Graduation Banquet tad- dressed hy Social Work's Dr. Cassidy? hrought the governing hodies' joint activities to a close.