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

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To fhe Graduales of I940: To be a scep+ic is +o cause or a'r leas+ +o con'rribu+e fowards 'rhe making of chaos in our prac+ical lines. Economic and social sciences cannol be ordered fo human ends unless +hey are roo'red in and nourished by a pervading wisdom +ha+ rules and direcrs lhem. To live properly as moral beings and 'ro work ou+ our elernal salva+ion demands as a prerequisile 'rha+ our culfure and civi- lizafion be endued wi'rh a lighi lhal will bring an e+ernal elemen+ in'ro 'fhese aclions of ours which pass in +ime, and lhis ligh'r is lheological and philosophical +ru'rh. If order is caused by +ru'rh in operarion, you, +he graduales of l940, have 'rhe +ask of refashioning a disordered world. H can be done by wisdom, 'rhaf wisdom which your College has +ried To 'Form and fosfer in your minds. Replace prevailing cus+om wilh an unshakeable confidence in +he power of 'rhe in+ellec'r fo know +ru+h. Pul 'rhe direclive force of 'lrulh in'ro +he world in which you live. Charged wi+h +his 'rask your College bids you Godspeed. REV. T. A. MacDONALD, C.S.B.. Presidenf of Assumpfion College To fhe Gradua'res of I94O: l'r musl be quire apparenr +o you, who have aHained 'ro 'rhe honours of gradua+ion, 'rha+ your inlelleclual lrain- ing was only a par+-and a minor par+-of 'rhe educaiion which 'rhis ins'ri+u+ion sough'r lo impar'r +o you. For real educafion is a preparafion for complele living. I+ consis'rs essenlially in 'rraining a man for wha'r he mus'r be and whai' he mus'r do in order 'ro reach +he desfiny for which he was creafed. There- fore 'rhe inculcafing of moral principles, fhe foslering of habils of virfue, in a word-lhe formalion of characrer became for your 'reachers +he all-imporlanl fask. The measure of your success in profiling by +his moral 'lraining will be known only affer life has subiec+ed you 'ro many a hard +rial and soul-searching examina'rion. I+ is our hope and prayer +ha+ you will no+ be 'Found wanling. ANDREW P. MAHONEY, Rec'ror.

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To fhe Graduafes of I'-740: There can be buf liffle frue progress in any counfry wifhouf advanced educafional sysfems and we are indeed forfunafe fo live in a counfry which encourages each individual fo acce f an educafion up fo fhe limifs of his or her capacify. Advanced educafion applied fo a spe- cific subiecf such as nursing, frains fhe individual fo fhinlc for herself and fo become of greafer service in her profession. Much consfrucfive work remains fo be accomplished in fhe field of nursing and we loolc fo you fo uphold fhe excellenf record esfablished in fhaf direcfion by fhe graduafes of 'rhe Universify Nursing Courses. A. J. SLACK, Dean, Faculfy of Public Healfh. To My Fellow Graduafes: Greefings, congrafulafions and good wishes. As you pass fhis significanf milesfone in life and sfep ouf fo face fhe unknowns of a sadly disordered world you, as well as all of us, who are called fo be leaders, need fhe com- panionship of fhe greaf Trio. Their names are Faifh, Hope and Charify. Faifh is a shield, Hope is a helmef and Charify or Love is fhe Fruif of fhe Spiril' of God, which never fails. If is fhe founda- if if fion of all 'rrue relafionships wifh our fellow- g men and wifh God. So may fhe Love of God be wifh you ' all for ever. C. CAMERON WALLER, Principal of Huron College. gg-.e -'Q

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FU' Qi: ills eg gin 67 95 v Salufe fo fhe Class of I940l Q My farewell message is suggesfed by fhe lines of James Russel Lowell: ln life's small fhings be resolufe and greal' To keep fhy muscles frained. Knowesf fhou when fafe Thy measure fakes, or when she'll say fo fheez l find fhee worfhy: do fhis fhing for mel Many are becoming fhe prey of frusfrafion and fufilify. Their mood is pessimisfic, convinced fhal' fhe world has lef fhem down. Whaf, if fhey are righf? When did infidelify iusfify infidelifyg or since when do lwo wrongs make one righf? Canada sfill is 'rhe land of opporfunify. Various and real are fronfiers which beckon. Perhaps if calls for more imaginafion, alerlness, courage and faifh fo see fhese fronfiers foday fhan if did in fhe so-called good old limes . Leaners, driffers, flabby in head and hearl, never did and never will see opporfunify anywhere. Even were a chance fhrusf info fheir hand, fhey could nof measure up, lacking grif and sfamina. You enfer fhe arena of life wifh muscle, mind, and hearf well frained. Commif fo memory 'lhe lines of Lowell and keep fifl The world is nol your oysferq if is your 'rraining quarfers. The sfruggle will challenge all fhaf you have: because of if you will be sfronger. Meficulous affenfion fo fhe liffle fhings, fhe defails, makes for perfecfion. He fhaf is faifhful in fhaf which is leasf is faifhful also in much: and he 'rhaf is uniusf in fhe leasf is uniusf also in much. F. B. CLAUSEN, Presidenf of Waferloo College. To fhe Graduafes of l940: While music has so far received no academic recognifion in our Universify, we feel fhaf fhe inferesl is growing. The Arfisfs' Concerfs, given by Muriel Dickson of fhe Mefro- polifan Opera, and Vronsky and Babin, fhe renowned fwo-piano feam, received added Universify flavour by being held in Convoca- fion Hall rafher fhan in a downfown audiforium. The Orpheus Sociefy acfivifies have affracfed fhe affenfion of addifional sfudenls, and fhe orchesfra guided by Mrs. Zoe Addy-Wafson has faken on new life fhis year. The performance of 'lhe Haydn Creafion which will have faken place by fhe fime 'lhis goes fo prinf will give fhe Glee Club fhe opporfunify of faking parf in a large chorus of a hundred or more in fhe producfion of a musical masferpiece. Some acfivify has also been inaugurafed in fhe maffer of fhe sfudy of fheory and piano playing. May our sfandards be kepf high so fhaf fhe graduafes of Wesfern will evenfually look back on fheir musical acfivifies as giving fhem somefhing of COYTIC. value fo carry wifh fhem lhroughouf fhe years fo HARVEY ROBB, x Musical Direcfor. l