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

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if To the Class oi '36 OU qo from the hcrll ot University College ccrrryinq with you from the Fctculty the kindest ot recollections ot the olorys of the recent post oncl the loest Wishes tor the dcrys thot ore to come. But somehow one surrnises thcrt it is qoinq to tcrke more thcrn either recollections or Wishes to make successful plcryers in the olrornor ot life. Whether you ore cost in trorqedy or hurlesque you must leorn your own lines: there will he no promoter. K. P. R. NEVILLE, Deon ol University Colleqe. page 26

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fx E 4 H-LL too many students are going out from the universities into the world, if not with the despairing words of Hamlet on their lips, at least with Hamlet's sentiments in their hearts. The time is out of joint: O cursed spite, That ever I was born to set it right. Though impelled by the high purpose of doing their bit to help set things right, they are overwhelmed by a sense of futility- by the thought of their own relative smallness. Perhaps they expect too muchg but if so, solely because of their limited ex- perience. Bewildered by the terrific magnitude of the full task before them, they overlook what is really in their power to accomplish. Doubtless one of the great causes-if not the very greatest-of recent social and economic dislocations, is abuse of our precious democratic heritage of individual opportunity. The usual form of this abuse is the general endeavor of all classes of citizens to gain personal advantage at the cost of the common good. As serious students of history university graduates know the reality and malignancy of this evil. It is, therefore, their especial duty to denounce and reject with conspicuous positive- ness the practice of placing the motive of self-interest first. I believe this: if all the graduates of all our universities-even the classes of '36 alone-were to take a common stand in this respect, their spectacular example would soon point society to at least one way of beginning to set right these disjointed times. Even to start something like this is a worthwhile service. rg 61,41-Tl President and Vice-Chancellor page 25

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I 2 3 v GE!!! O love all, trust a few and do wrong to none are old precepts that are still good in these modern times in the practice of medicine. As you qo forth from this University as Doctors of Medicine, two other thouqhts always keep in mind. First, you are members of a great profession with long traditions and hiqh ideals, second, you are graduates of a University whose representatives you truly are, and the University, in sending you forth as qraduates in medicine, in placing its seal of approval upon you, has faith in your acceptance of this responsibility. F. I. H. CAMPBELL, Dean, Faculty of Medicine. HE aim of education is to teach the individual to live with himself, and with others. We hope that the skills developed or acquired in your University training will facilitate adjustment to what- ever conditions await you. Our best wishes for a happy and useful life are extended to each of you. DQROTHY TURVILLE, Adviser to Women. page 21