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

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OFFICE OF PRESIDENT AND VICE CHANCELLOR THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO LONDON. CANADA January 25, 1935 In these days when ease and happiness are so generally sought as objectives in life the young university graduate is apt to be somewhat resentful of opposition. He cannot imagine why, with the training he has so laboriously acquired, he of all people should often find the path of life rough and encumbered. A word from one who has gone a long way along this path and has found the journey profitable and worthwhile may give understanding and courage to those about to enter upon the path. UI believe that man is made for en- countering opposition, and that opposition, when courageously met, turns out to be his best friend -- his 'beautiful enemy' I commend to Class '55 this word of one of the wisest men of modern times, Dr. L. P. Jacks, Editor of the Hibbert Journal. 074