University of Western Ontario - Occidentalia Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

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WESTERN U GAZETTE Editorial Staff 1920-21 EcUtor in Chief B. Taneock, Arts 22. Sports Editors. Consulting Editor F. Landon, M.A. G. Wainwright, ' 22. M. Campbell, ' 23. Business Manager. ..S. G. Chalk, Meds ' 22 Circulation Managers. . . „ ,., C. McCallum, ' 23. T. Welford, ' 23. Associate Editors. , ' . r, tt , ., Exchange Editor C. Houghtby, 24 T. „f „ • -p Jj ,oo Huron College R. Parson, ' 22 Sf Z ' o, n f ' r n o - Brescia Hall E. Trizisky ' 23 W. Ferguson, 24 O. Smith, 22. • H. Patterson, ' 24. M. Campbell, ' 23. Advertiisng Managers W. Beamer, ' 24. C. Kennedy, ' 24. H. James, ' 24. J. Humphries, ' 24 EDITORIAL With this special issue The Western University Gazette completes the first year it has appeared in the form of a weekly. The change from the former monthly issue was made with some trepidation. The question of cost was one to make for cau- tion. Would the students give equal sup- port to a publication that was rather news- paper than magazine ; would the adver- tisers be ready to co-operate as in the past. The results have exceeded anticipations. The Gazette has never had as many sub- scribers, never given nearly as much for the money and has never had better sup- port from advertisers. Wednesday, throughout the whole year, has been a special day of the week because regularly at ten o ' clock in the morning students looked for the delivery of the Gazette. Those who have been charge.d with the work of issuing the paper weekly will con- fess that it has been a considerable task. There was no time to reSt between issues. Matter had to be in hand for next week ' s issue almost before this week ' s issue was out. But on all hands there was good team work. Those who were assigned as sub-editors from week to week were on the job and the character of the issue be- came a matter of distinct pride to those who got it out. It can be safely said to- day that The Gazette is now established and that its place in the building up of Western spirit may be very great in the years to come. The change in the form of The Gazette came in what will in future be regarded as the turning point in Western University affairs. The year 1921 has seen the defin- ite recognition by the Ontario Govern- ment of the place of Western in the educa- tional system of the province. By making adequate provision for maintenance and by the promise of special appropriations for new buildings Western University may be said to have been placed upon a solid foundation. Those who have labor- ed hard in the past, so often in the face of apparent defeat, deserve the tribute of praise from the present for the way in which they held on, never admitting de- feat, however near it might seem. The next few years will be marked, we predict by advance such as Western has never known before. In the period of marked expansion there will be a special place for The Gazette as one of the media by which the various faculties and student bodies may be able to maintain the closest union. The present closing of The Gazette for 1920-21 is of a special character since it serves both as a record of the university student activities of the year and also pays due honor to those students in all faculties who, having completed their reg- ular course of study are leaving the uni- versity to enter upon their chosen place in the larger field. Among those going out this year are some who by reason of their special gifts will leave places not easy to fill. In wishing them good luck in the days ahead the lines of Longfellow ad- dressed long ago to students of Bowdoin College, come to mind : Let him not boast who puts his armor on As he who puts it off, the battle done. Study yourselves ; and most of all note well Wherin kind Nature meant you to excel. Write on your doors the saying wise and old, Be bold, be bold, and everywhtre be bold ; Be not too bold. Yet better the excess Than the defect ; better the more than less ; Better like Hector in the field to die. Than like a perfumed Paris turn and fly.