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

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Q4 fi Eff . - K 5' X 'sz-XXE' . A 'is Q f K ' J r' ... gj F X' X X. r. T KN X461 1 K 'X-,NX f ,f 14 f 'L as QW 'I ff X . . Gordfx ' bet of '42 became gterfaculty boxing and wr - P A.. Jaing ch mp . . ormy politic ' lesx. . . U. S. C. ele ' ns f' Ra Ma ' an ' dsonffandl Clarke elected -R office . . . e Spoils Edmonui t'h'e . . . Gazette- C. battle and the outlayyfqffd1'on followed by the U. S. C. Y J fdditi . . . more exams a'-,ng so . . W .- ,ll ll fs No We Werel Band Al , us u' ' , ie 5 Gauivz, ' orth, cl?CQunie and more to follow LJ. B A steadilyistrea g into the forces . . . the U. S. C. finally jx compromised n Colucci and an im ve constitution to remodel Q I ' ' ns structure . . . everyo in the C. O. T. C. and L-5-J ban Inter ollegiate Sports . . . the ros were again Wearin ca . . . unassuming Bob Shervill co ti his good Work on fy 1 year executive, but nov?Jas dent . . . has remained Presidentmever since . . . he inter-year drama stival with Q H Arts fg-Zlivvinning the coveted award . . . Bill Mars en' ' g wgeipitching campaign directed against campus lo ers .... I H jg, C trouble with the .dsqamd Stoner's hair-cut v-'..t'th'e B'o'ys'feft forwk' ,A 'n I 6 Borden . . . the s rch 'tgrryawnew school son . . . Co-ed Prom g .melections et al .... XT-N 'f ff- d now e wer niors . . ods of halls and PCR -Qcampu . . . t A ranks dffth being thnn nually by ll-4-'QQ' the Ser ' es left the res of us me lik sf5 . the Saturday! ot 'al-lfgam CAmerican stylej n Saturday nig . danc . . . our last fling at the Co-ed Prom and rts Ball . . f ou ast College-a romance . . . and the things hich h ve f ha pened to u here are rapidly becoming me ie J. . m mories Whic r be forgotten for though r lives and loves bf ydp in th maelstrom of War the spi ' f Western, H sy Clic democrati institutions, will livm to conquer and K XJ fi ebuild the World of the futur 5. . you, the ass of '42 ' play I I E? 5' o small part in both vigtex-'yQnd reconstruct' n. f its ff qi ...-ff-r' Y' x....f 'i 'i Q , N -r mg- . ff X .mmm j KU xx Af' J'NV 'jdv , C as B' 7 ' JT 'X a

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., cf -ic? n - ---f- x V - N I x X ,fffa Apfgfr- GA - ACC , i 25,1 X- NK, C x i A gb M A -Xlfntl A fflaa alfgagafuf pxq fa lx' 1, ff X n a bright autumn day long ago an o car Whee ed to an K 3 a ma ic stop in front offthe tall grey tower of the ,A College I-K2 X1 . . litt di 'ts you jdriverdregamf of what the fifth-re had in ' t 4 joy i fi ' ' S, the tnQfphan1 exultation of victories and we despondent disillusionment of Hes? C' 'Cry LC- A feat . . . and yet Wefxhk thlee O Alma Mater . . . for the bitter- fr ff eet of exper' cg. R X XL f f' fri FZ, ff h Q- Hg f the intellectual fron f 2 ff! Septe r 26, 193 , We gistered for a four-year course 74X N in tria and error adjustmentaxi . his processing of person 'ties N ainful not only for us butsfo our professors as W . . . .-H' We fvv re a cocky bunch of Fro . . . no initiation for fir A7 ti in years proved the uppe -cla n were afraid of u . . . J a look at all the athl t s'W' ought to the hool . . . Thompso Gmtinan, Krol, Gavffhe Allen, Hollingworth, cGill and othe A cfnthe gridiron with Cook, Allen and others of ing 1 ff, f I! lk' ' ff ,Aft so Why shouldn't We be proud? . . . the 11 dman HOSEZTQEQ , if ,, - N, 1 'N-K A Mustangs out ofa title when Doris Eag ef1rst Co-ed chee 1 ,f leader . .ri .4 Sadiezlflawkins first visite our hallowed halls an ff f thenceforth became institutifnaiiveci. . . the Hard Times Par X ' at 111 of fa cent ,av ,pound . . . th ,,PrQtest Campaign SS25,00 - KX f' worth . . . parades a s meetirfgslafndf-xfxmsh lack Cl -- 'Xsprang to oratorical fame ove ' ht . fcarrre-'exarns an came the, twilighlof gyfr Freshman hist . . . ,. ,ff As Sophomores with War staring us in the face We were fa p K' unafraid Wwe had Ernie Gaunt as our clas Rresiden . . . the r N Mustangs br the jinx of the Varsity Bowlx wept-,onward to become u efea d champions of the gridir . . . the Assault- f A' ,f latsgrrfisffvvith Wester out in front with eig individual champions f and Host of runne up, . . the inte culty spo ts programme fl B 53 found Arts '42 W L trophy F first ting-I it as offered 5 ,gf w is f 'E as ssss fx..r if N A ng--5f Cr? xx' F-Q-,,,,l X j ,ff QQ 2 Nkjfvrix -JA f, flrfrrf - I 4' CQ-,-,iggx x Ahri- 6. 1-fi' ,T-frg 'X

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Yfalecficllaaq Mr. Chairman, members of the faculty and fellow-members of Arts '42. lt is a privilege and an honour to speak for and to our class. The time is rapidly approaching when each and every one of us will have to get down to serious work and thought. l am not speaking of examinations, because they are but incidental obstacles in your road to the futureg T say incidental be- cause the very fact that you are here to-night proves that they are obstacles which with a certain amount of effort you can overcome-if you so desire. l am speaking rather of the life which is before us, the uncivilized jungles of the twentieth century through which we must blaze a trail if we are to have a lasting world peace. Qur cloistered life is over. No more can we devote our time to the social and scholastic whirl, but must rather turn our energies against the centrifugal forces of a tyrannic despotism which is trying to cast our ideals off into the void of nothing. At a time when the guake of world conflict is dangerously rocking our entire democratic structure it would be well for us to examine the foundation-stones of our liberal institutions. Much has been said and much more will be said about the art of govern- ing. But now at a time when we are on the idealogical defensive we must dust off the old taken-for-granted concepts and look at them with the eyes of modern age. We should ask ourselves the guestionse What is democracy? What does the word imply? Can l when l ask myself the guestion-'litre you a democrat? answer truthfully and saye'fYes, l am a democrat To me democracy, like all political philosophies, is but a state of mind l am a democrat if I am democratic in my attitude towards others. Political philosophies, we are informed, are not new, nor is a war of ideals an unheard-of thing. Since the first day that Eve appeared as a companion for Adam there have been differences of opinion. There are two sides to every personality-the side which tells us to be have in a certain way because that is the way in which our animal natures wish us to behave, and our rational side which gives us pause to reason before we act. These two forces of reason and desire are in continuous conflict. lf we carry the animal or irrational side to its logical conclusion we have Fascism in its most deadly form, if we carry the rational aspect of our natures to its most logical extreme you can conceive how dull and colourless life would be -to be always doing the logical, to always know what is about to happen there would be no room for the fullest development of the personality and all our decisions would be boiled down to a set of rules of behaviour. Life would become scientific and we would be but so many more machines in an age already crowded with machines. The answer would appear to be a proper balancing of these two forces so that they would be in perfect harmony. 'tVery well, you say, but just ll ll