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

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urnnatinn O the great majority of us, this will be the first corona- tion pageant we have known. It is probably true to say that Can- adian youth will feel much closer to this monarch at her Coronation than to any other in history. There is the effect of television and screen, press and radio, but most important is the fact that we have all seen our Queen in person. Last Spring she visited our Country and in particu- lar our University. Some of us watched her sign our Colden Book in Hart House, others watched her enter the House, walk through the court, or leave from the seldom used east door. All were struck by her charm, her beauty, her youth, for she too is scarcely out of her teens. 5 right 42? shows the magnificent building as it will look on Iune 2nd, In the picture of the interior f4Q, you see the full length of the nave, looking toward the chancel where the Queen will be annointed and crowned. At right f5j is the chan- cel. Seated in the chair in the fore- ground the Queen will receive the homage of her subjects. Our Alma Mater will be represented in the Abbey in the person of Dr. C. A. Wright, Dean of the Law School. Though we have neither the privilege to present a scarlet glove, nor a duty to be present to pay homage, our hearts go out to the young Queen as she dedicates her- self to her people. Long may she reign. ear, 19 Queen Elizabeth I t3j, is seen here seated in the Coronation chair as she received from the Lord of the Manor of Wo1'ksop, a scarlet glove which it is his ancient right to present to the Sovereign. The glove is donned just before the Scepter is placed in the royal hand. Good Queen Bess was crowned on Sunday, January 15, 1559, at the age of 25. Elizabeth II, will be 27 when she is consecrated with the same age old ceremony at VVestminster Abbey, june 2, 1953. The ancient coach, C15 in which Elizabeth II will ride to the Abbey was built in the reign of George III. Westminster Abbey tfor nine centuries the crowning place of English Sovereignsj was rebuilt by Edward the Confessor and com- pleted in 1065. The view at top

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1 Extension: 9,468 persons enrolled in extension COllI'SCS last year. Expansion: Though the strength of a university can never be gauged by the accretion of its buildings and mortar, as the President stated in his report, nevertheless the planning and supervising of the 9518. million building program, part of which is recorded pictorially on these pages, is a task of no mean proportion and some significance. For a full review of the problems and ac- complishments of the administration, the Editors recommend that you read the Presidentis report. Flavelle House, gift of the late Sir joseph Flavelle, has been remodelled to house the Depts. of History and Slavic Studies. The History Depit is 100 yrs old this year. The Dept. of Slavic Studies is one of the few such departments on this continent. sx. 1 , . 3 1 3 . rf ff Dr. C. T. Bissell, M.A., Ph.D., who since 1948 has held the position of Assistant to the President, was appointed this past year to the newly created position of Vice-President. A Seven Canadians who received honorary degrees in Iune 152. Rev. George Henri Levesque, Premier Leslie Frost, the Chancellor, Dr. Donalda Dickey, Dr. E. W. Braclwin, I. L. Ienlcins, R. L. Hearn, Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe. Built in 1861, Baldwin House, new home of the Law School is just 26 years older than the law faculty. Significant in the life of the law school was a grant of 350,000 by the Carnegie Corp. of N.Y. to enable the school to under- take the study of Comparative Law. Such study is of immediate and local benefit in Canada where common law and civil law jurisdictions function side by side. 2

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iw. A mf' 7 lizzthetlq ll BY THE GRACE OF GOD OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. CANADA AND HER OTHER REALMS AND TERRITORIES LIBB11 HEAD OF THE COMMONNVEALTH, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH.