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

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1T. j,fL,,-' T55 fy.-T' , .1 .- by ' ,f.,-1, ala-, :fix ' -7.51 -. -. .J. ., A,. :ff ' ' shouTd be a wide experience To sTand us in good sTead Through The TuTure years oT our TiTe. We have been granTed The priviTege oT Tiving Tor Tour years among a group oT sTudenTs, in an aTmos phere oT ThoughT, sTudy, and divergency oT opinion. T'Tow easy iT is To Trace our deveTopmenT in This group. As Treshmen we saT awed in our cTasses and TaiThTuTTy Took noTes and read TexT books. As sophomores we began To chaTe under This, and ioined in The TecTures wiTh a Tew ideas and in our TinaT Two years we Tound our cTasses amounTing To discussion groups. From This we have Tearned To reason, To Think, and above aTT To appreciaTe The viewpoinT oT our TeTTows. We have deveToped a broader ouTTook, a maTuriTy oT opinion which wiTT permiT us To enioy To The uTmosT our own emoTionaT experiences, To know ourseTves, our TimiTaTions and capabiTiTies, and To show a ToTerance Toward our TeTTow-men aTTowing us To appreciaTe Them despiTe divergencies oT race, reTigion or ThoughT. We have deveToped a consciousness oT seTT and oT Those around CLASS TTTSTORY - ARTS '39 'Teach me To Tove and To Torgive, ExacT my own deTecTs To scan, WhaT oThers are To TeeT, and know myseTT a man. Hymn To AdversiTy--'Thomas Gray. T-TE Tour years oT our coTTege TiTe have TinaTTy come To an end, and now we musT scan our baTance sheeT and see whaT we have acquired Trom our soiourn here. To Took Tor TangibTe gains is useiess, Tor There are none. BuT wiThin The souT oi each oT us Kat. r 'Q I Z., . T ' if 1.4 ki I' N i L 1?-Q it-x his 'Q fx , p , 5 SI:- . Q' J, u.'Q', .N ' 'sa 1 2 4 K .a it f psi s s ja. . 4 fm. , KL: 4 '1 :gy 4 T. '. ' ,'.. 'r 'en-41,1 V33 ,j if' 3. . gp 1 'af 1' - i ,TNS .-1 :Ac ' - , X , , Hx- Q lx 0 RT- 4 ,r gf- T ,I .' ep J K a L '51 4 us so ThaT we are abTe To adiusT ourseTves To siTuaTions raTher Than TighTing The impossibTe. reason beTore pTacing TT among our beTieTs s Trosh we enTered WesTern in The TaTT oT T935 ho can TorgeT The Teehng oT pri e and awe as we reahzed ThaT aT TasT we were here and The big advenTure was beginning iT regisTraTion over Tha Tar Tamed TirsT da oT TecTures arrive wiTh a parade down Town moc marriages under The cTock a crowd oT us Te T ouT on The TiTTh concession To chase cows Ton coTTars and purpTe Ties middies and bereTs much TipsTick an sku caps ThaT appeaTed parTicu- TarTy To The sophomores NexT came The Frosh Recephon wiTh AT Keene and The beginning o many Tong Triends ips We burned The nnx T e nighT beTore The ueens game and danced To Mike Muir in ConvocaTion T'TaTT aTTer our deTeaT we gToried in Brown STudies and Took si es in ThaT baTTTe beTween FCB and CuThberT and were awarded Tree beer cerTiTicaTes whiTe Mary ScreaTon handed ouT cTean powder puTTs e enioyed DuTch CTeanser which chased aTT The ir even TT TT did come cTose To home Too oTTen The girTs anTicipaTe Disney and pTayed Snow- whiTe on SkiTTer-nighT The Junior Prom wenT Fred AsTaire aTer Biehn and Anne Wa den u ed our honour aT 'T'heaTre NighT and The Commerce Ciub mixed boxing wresTTing and chiTe- con-carne Pohce paTroTTed The drive To sTow us up an we had CommuniTy Singing in Room 204. cGiTT broughT Their hockey Team To Town To beaT us 4 To T uT The giris broughT The Bronze Baby home Tor Three years and The boys T e ssauTT-aT-Arms Tor The same period An as examinaTions approached we were granTed The priv Tege oT enTering The Tibrary by The side oors aTTer much discussion in The Ga1eTTe 'The aTT oi T936 came TasT enough bringing wiTh TT our Turn To beTabour The Treshmen and a new characTer by The name oT Powerhouse O ReiTTey e saw a Tew new TooTbaTT pTayers buT sTiTT no championship, and a Treshman was Tined Tor having a daTe. We received The annuaT - . T T4 FinaTTy, we have Tearned noT To accepT unThinkingTy, buT To subiecT everyThing To The acid TesT oT ii A ' . W ' 'd . . I lk B . Y . dy . - I k ' , T ' , E g g' . . . . . d H- . r 1 . . . . . if gg i. . h. . .. h . Q I 'ZTETTL ' . . . , H - H ' , ' - . W ' ' d. L . . . . . . . d . .. as ..-, y . .. . . . . .. . ..lW X . X ph X . ' . . A I . ' . It is l . . . y A . . . . 1 M ' ' , b ' js' I H TT A ' . CT AI. i U c . . . O 3 o o 0 d ig- 5 'E I . . . . 1, ' ' . W 1 JL . . -A Nd.-2: ,xl .v-,.

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HONORARY PRESIDENT ARTS '39 -1. H A ...IQ- x if f l 1 14 1 Us lui 'X -. i 1 ,- .Bi iff? A .--:7 3,1 5 A. '., QT: ir f'. i'E' r T, . S' . -,, .-g- A '+ . - ,-,,:.5' , f a?:.i.v 1-3 'ffa 'vb , 'fp il. vt.. 1 p,.t.,d,,, , E -hair:-.t .A. ,J .. he -2. V'-t.a!'ie, at ',.--jyt. ' ' ij l,-L 3 -1 ' . -1 -5--3 .-'--.3115 ,la 7. 117.- , M -.-51.73. P, K. ,, V . -.4 . A .-5: ' Nami- ii . ,. X. ..,.',,.Sg 1, Q.. --g.,q:S1 411 A FAREWELL MESSAGE TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF ARTS, l939 TO all Weslern Alumni ihis college year of I938-I'-739 has special signilicance. mark- ing as if does 'rhe close of +he firsl Sixly Years in lhe hislory of +he Universify. May a goodly number of Arls '39 be on hand 'ro parlicipale in +he Second Diamond Jubilee Celebralionsl The firsl sixly-year period has eslablished our Alma Maier on solid foundalions, bu+ lhe s+reng+h of any universiiy is direclly proporrional +o The loyally of irs alumni. Loyally +o one's Alma Mafer grows easily and nafurally lhrough- oul +he years of undergraduare srucly. To you who are aboul' 'ro close fhe chapier of undergraduafe life I express lhe hope +ha+ your loyalfy lo Wesfern will conlinue lo grow as +he years pass by. May an overflowing measure of happiness and success be yours in 'rhe new life which is opening our before you. Mos+ of us believe +ha+ happiness comes of having all 'I'ha+ we wan+- which is invariably quile a lol more +han we have. Enough we musl' have, of course. However, 'rhe more abundanl life has +o do wilh whal is in mind and hearl, ralher lhan +ha'r which is locked up in bank vaulrs. Happiness is locked up in you. If 'rhere is easy access io 'I'his inner slore, +hen you will have success in life ifself. GORDON RICHEY MAGEE lAr+s '25l, Honorary Presidenl, Ar+s '39, J. , .-'r- L . ,. , , 1 L' I - - - ..-.-14 1 574 L X wr . iw-2 - ' df! i ,VI S ,: 1 ,N ' 'Qs -XQI, 'A gf? li us 'x ati ' , ' will ' r xgivfpi 'S A 1 , -..-.. w-1 'T - 9-5, xi ' XS IV. I , -Vs gui-'z 5 I K, as X 0.3. 75 u'. Jar' xp I' T QI sf, 1 J lt? fl.. W- .R .Kb

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