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

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emeafq THE CHANCELLOR .... .. A ex-officio THE PRESIDENT . . ..EE.,ETEEET.ETTEETTEv,EETEE . T..,ETE,,..., TEEE... TEE..f. e x -officio HIS WORSHIP, THE MAYOR OF LONDON ....., ex-officio THE WARDEN, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX OTTDO,DDOO ...OD.O..,, .,,T . . .. ex-officio MR. W. L. DUFFIELD MR. FRANK FORRSITAL, K.S.G. DR. A. S. DUNCAN, M.L.A. MR. I. B. HAY MR. ARTHUR S. FORD LT.-COL. GORDON INGRAM 70 ffm 8244 of 7944 The men and women who go out from Canadian universities in this year of war, 1944, face no such uncertainties as those which confronted the graduates of but a fewryears back. Their course is clear, their duty defined. Never in world history has there been a time in which the issues facing men of good will were as definite as those which we are today called upon to meet. Forces of evil are seeking to destroy those liberties which have been won through centuries of struggle. They trample upon every moral principle. All that religion and all that law has set up to guard human rights is despised and set at naught. There are times in the history of nations when the extremity of risk brings calmness and clear decision. Winston Churchill expressed that feeling in the black days following Dunkirk. Now our minds are at rest, he said. So it is with the individual who, realizing his duty, sets heart and hand to the task assigned. May we hope that victory for the right may quickly come, but however long and however hard the way, may we all be resolute to stay to the end. A. T. LITTLE, Chairman, Board of Governors.

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BawuZofQ MR A T LITTLE COL. I. E. SMALLMAN MR IAMES A. MCNEVIN, K.C. MR. C. F. STEVENS MR A E SILVERWOOD MR. H. W. STRUDLEY OFFICERS OF BOARD MR A T LITTLE .. - ..... ......... . ......... .... . . ..... .. ........ ChC1iI1T1C1H LT COL GORDON INGRAM .- ......Vice-Chairman COL W I BROWN. ...... - .... . ..... Secretary 7a the ezw 4 1944 What important suggestion can I give you as you are graduated from the University in IQ44? I feel sure that most young people who have had the advantage of a college or university training are anxious to make the most of their lives. They realize first of all that they owe a debt of grati- tude to their Alma Mater and to the community in which they live for the privilege of procuring an education: secondly, they realize that having won a degree they are merely at the beginning of their education as it usually requires years of study and hard thinking, coupled with practical experience, to really master any one or more of the subjects they have studied at college: and thirdly, they know that the satisfac- tions of the future are to be won almost entirely if not solely through their own energy, determination and efficiency. In view of these facts each graduate should spend a reasonable time planning, with pencil and paper in hand, for his future career. This is an age of planning. The future trends of the world and its two billion people are being studied as never before so, if possible, mankind may avoid the disastrous mistakes that have culminated, within a generation, in two world wars, and enjoy once more the peace for which everyone longs. If painstaking planning be imperative in the international, national, regional and local spheres in order to rebuild the political, economic and social life of our peoples, is it notlthe essence of wisdom to plan one's own life, and to bring it into harmony with what is good and what is true? VVALTER IAMES BROWN, Executive Secretary. ju?