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EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY. 

HONORARY GRADUATES 

ENTERTAINED. 

KB CBUBCUILL ON THEORY AND 

PRACTICE. 

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'· A DDNl:I f;o the ~ rraduales who •re tol 

l'l!llllll'e hODOl'al'J' degrt1111 th11 moraiq waa l'll'en 

ID the Upper L1braTJ' ol the Ua1N1'111f:J' of Ed1a-I 

: ba'l'h lut mrht. Pnnc1pal Sir Allred Ewms pr&- I 

I udecl o•er • d11bngwabed company of sueits. I I UDOlll' the honor•l'J' rr•duatoa Pnllilllnt beans the 

, Rirbt Bon. W1111toa Churchill, Vucouat ~Ol'ar, 

I Secn&al'J' for Scotland.. the V erJ Rev Deaa lase, 

I St Paul'1; Lord Huater, b1r Cbarlea Pal"llDa1, Lt.. 

OD.I. Sir Cbarlu Bedford. Prcfc::=cr E!"IPntu1 Sir 

Ludovic J Grant. Profeuor Mn Hen" &1dgw1~L Pnifeaor Ementu1 Robert W allac:e, tlie Ro... A 

N Barie, Rohert Dey, J G Dicbon, Georrc 

I Wallllhope Stew•c\, and T C Wdha111.1 H·Moder•· 

tor ihe General Aue111bly of the Preibyterian Chu~b of Wales. Amoal' tho O&her1 pre11ent were ' Ll General Sir W~ter Bra1\hwa1te, General Officer 

' Comma11d111g 1n li5c:otland , Lord A 11111111 Lord 

Just1ce.Clerk, Pnifcuor Mdl~gMJ, Moderator of 1 tho General Amembl1 of r.he Church of Scotland, • Pr111C~pal Ca1rn1, Moderator of the General A111ein 

j ~ of &he Ua1Nd Free Church, Lord Constable 

Che Re• Dr Wallace \\"1lhameon, Sir DH1d 

' Wallace, Prea1dant of the Royal Collere of Sur· I •, Sir Robert U1her, Sir Jabn LOme Mac 

1 , th9 Bon. Wm \Yat1on. Lord Ad•ocate, Sir 

Samu.. Chapmaa. M P , Sir Jama \\arrack, I 

Pre•deat of the Chamber of Commeroa, Sir I Geo!P Paul. DK S , Mr Jamea A Hood. l\fr J 

1 l,, Croal, and Profe1110r Gulland, •ice pru1dent• 

I Of &he RoraJ College of Ph11ic1a111. The croup1enl were Prof-n Baldwin Brown Sir Richard 

Lddp. Lorra1n Smith, Kenn.;dy, Macinto1h, I Budaon Beare, Tove1, anii W1laon, Meretar1 to the, Um'fWla&J. 

I, t'IU"DSI" an POLITICS I 

It The C'ha1rman, m prupoemg I.he to11t of " The 1: HD11orar7 Gradua•1d1." after l't'rerr1n1 to th" 

' 1 m1n1•tfou who "''" t.o ret"e1.-o lhe d('!tr"e of Doctor I of f>1vm111. m<'nuonetl &he namt" o( )11'1! S1dgw1ck 

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1 10 whQSI' .,.,...,~ m thP education.ii field he 9111J 

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: f'ha..-llnr 

a tribuu- f:hP 

h., added 

• aq a ll&t.c!r 

Tho o( limvor111y, 

their "'' ered 

the rrm 

Lord I 

I I r1r11l wPnt nn, wH no rl!'lpecter o( party labels 

Partv labels should ~ onl• 1111m1 adhesl\c I 111 a11gh1Pr l l\o on" wnuld llt'rnse either Lord 

t 1 Navar or Mr Churc,full or t•'IO pedant1r • t::nactu · ' 100 dactrma1ro a ril(1d1ty m lh11 rel!ard I 

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ll.a111rh&l'r ) ThPY had kno• n •hen to ra1t oft Lhe 

1h1bboleth1 or ouiworn creed1, and they l!ked them I 

the better (or 1t (Applause I Lord ~cwar •II 

~ dom,r no lea .-al 11able 11:rv1P.e to h11 rollntry •• 'I 

1 Mm11ttor m a Con1erval1•e Cabinet t.han ha au.I ' when al a J.1beral he wa1 a Lord of the Trt>asur) ! 

I Mr Cbnrch1ll, he ron11n11ed, deserved that degree quite apart from h11 1cb1ovement1 DI a soldier and 

I afterward~ as a 1tata1man He deser•ed at on thP. I ~ round of h11 e1nmP11re M a man or letwn (Ap • l ~lausc l Th .. PrinP1pal .aid he had 1he prcvilc'j I 

t 

or acn mg under Mr Churchill durms I.he el'enlful 

yean when ho wns First Lord of the Admiraltfu; 

and 111 all Mmphcat7 and 1moer11y and senou1nea \ 

thanked Mr Churchill for the sre:i.t work that 

·~ h11 then du.I £or Ilic l'OUntry (,\pplame I Mr I 

Cburch1ll had bwn I.he Y1c11m ol man1 cheap .sneen. but Lhe nrJ1c1 ol h11l.ory •011ld he il1fferent I 

!Applause I In U.an Inge they hailed the propbe'-

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I I.be llOCt•I cnLlc Lhe 119r lha ma1'8r of epigram, 

[r ,he 1worn foe o{ oomplacency H11 had lieen de· 

i 1111r1bed a1 the •111•1 of one crying 1n the walder-1 

ne11 but 111rell' 1t wu a w1ldeom11A crowded wllh 

admiren 1trafrung &hair care lo c:atch h11 1hght.eet 

utterance It wa1 a walderneH that NJ011:ed m h11 wit and blo11111med 1n Lha ftowl'r of h11 fancT 

If there ,,. .. an'C' enLirchng gloom-(laugbtcr)-11 

only aer'l'ed for li11 1earcnhgbl and for the 8a1h of 

h11 rapier IApplau1e I 

REF ID:A62868e 

TBE SCOTSMAB 

JuJ.7 12, 1923 

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' 111cuaii :111.N -;; M"D icoftraB &0.'lloD'llll 

Dean Inga 1a1d the Vaoe-Chancellor had 1po .. 11 of 

I him much too lnadl7 He palled £or a man of 

letten amoag1t. lk:Clee1ut.1e1, and u an ac:cles1ut1c f amonpt men of let&ora. A clamcqt lll.ll'ht call 

him a ph1loao11Jier and ph1lotophen 1111ght call him , a clU1M.11t Here h• mu1l be content to ,PaM for n mere En1h1hman, a pereon at whose JOke1 no I 1 IC • • -roc:11ng Ri:ot.lman ever laugb1 JloweHr a• 1 : ' ~ "1111 ' '"C'" honourPd m ddferent wa1• , by lhrl!U _: '~ '"ur • -·a~h U111,,.,..t1ea, he hop•d , ""'"' t"ke 11 L .... ~ ·~ h..: = kind and 111· 1 •

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.,..nt friPl1C:J. .'") ~!-1• 11de Of ~lO 8nnler Enrb.n I caL11edra1 i>.sr..it~nr.i were lll't to be Judged as to 1 

their &emperamante b:r the youar men or certa.an I 

new1rper1. nor -N their morals precawl1 1tmft ' 

u h11 honoured lnend, tbe Bi.bop of Ed1nba~.: 

e110D11raged h11 eon to depict (Laughter.) Per· I 

hapa tile De&nl of St P&ula had ~ on the 

wliole, rather 1.1111111&1 clernmea. Dean Collet. 

when Jae fll'llllded St. Paul'a SC!aool, laid down &las& 

I Ille ad11uD11tral10D was on no IMlOClllllt to be 1n the 

'Ii.ands of allJ' _cler.1711W?1_leut of all the CaDcma of 

St Paul's. More -UJ'. one of la!• pred~ 

left • Clt7 chnaer ID a coad1hoa wluoh 1Glp11t.ed 

t.bat. he woald ha"8 been WUler to edl- t.be , beYerap that mak.U. ''ad t.he h~ar& o{ man and 

'to aoat.en~ h1imelf w1Ui that hqu1d with which 

ho1'1191 and the electon of Dundee q_ueaah. thear 

Uul'lllo. (l.auchter) Ia 1p1te of Dr Jobaaon, an 

honour fram Scotland wu •1pecaall1 1Tat.afy111g 

to anv Enrhlhman, for the:r En1h1h WllN at.,..... _, tbe only r•ll1 down-trodden race 111 Europe , In &be euo of h11 owa Cburoh. they were not j 

able to produae so mllCh u an Archb11~ , wathou' go1n1 to Scot.laad1 and the um• woulCI 1 

be found t.o be lrue of ah other prore1110111 In 1 

all the 1ub1ect1 which he had lllwbed, wllletber ~re 1 

elamca. thiiolo17 or pb~hJ', he bad found liow 

'"e'1 mach ba owed to the 1reat llCbolan or th11 I 

Vn1ffl'lllt.f He -W like to menbon the name of 

1be late Profeuor Bardae, the "1 bnt Lat.an 

llCbolar of h11 • bma. (APDl•U18.I n the North • the air wu healtliy, &nd ·IO wen the OJllnUllll. 

altllowtfl OCllllllOllaJIJ they mowed A t.endaey fo I 

be defrectecl toward• the Nd end of the 1pea&rum. • (Laughter ) OJI behaH of b11 rellow-gnduanda he 

would thank \bent all and uy hcnr 1rea& an ..,._.. 1 

be felt 1\ t.o be p-L (Applau•I j 

as canmau:a nan M:ADBllJll BGllOUL 

Ur~mcha~ wlio aim Nlponcled, retuucl 1 

thank• ror the oamplim8"' paid lum aad &be 1 

laloar dOD8 bam ID mafernn1 apcm bam m Donry derne "1 t.be ,...._ Uni"""'"' of Bdm· 1 

burrh. Be wu like lua friend wlio had pNllllClad 

him, an Bnglllhmu. Be bad •!IN llllllCIM:ODI 

Wida SaoduHI. Be famul b• wafe m Saatlucl. , Be loand • CDlllU~ for <.eaa ,_,. m 8aDcluul, Ulcl be had ~ baaom of aiammandul..1 • 8aDliiab battalion fOr 1111111e 111ar1thm m Iha Jill& I 

N- the In& --SmDlaal dllllllet:an wbiela be I 

bad - ................ -~ aftr thciamlt 

al .-sabn11 with lli!Di nd hid ~ oa liim • llY abe Bcbalw• Un1qn1qo f.ADDlanL) If 

' tfiere wu ~lnJ. wluch ao11ld alld 010 die - ..,_ •= .. ·--~ ~..., (C:a b the v...a.a-llor ud 

r "-~ ,, - ~ fad tlla• tbe Cl8NllDOllial 

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tlue•lfa w.tudl 8a bad ta paa 1m:lwled u DO poim WSll~ m Ille utan of u •amiu&a-. 1'1_~..ta&er.) Be .... ••er liked eum1na&lola He , md _ihni11 preferred 6allag people "ba' be knew 

'or ~ lie ba, •1111 lil!8PID8 Oii !lmq 1l. to 

IDYltaQ tbem f.o liDd OU' wbi& he d1d 1111& llnow. , (l.aqhler.) Be wu afrud that IUa llll&llld m &Int .. ..- W beeD ,..dad lt1 the -d pnDC1pie 

'of -r wlueb WU desnW u -·· ... n&alDlllfl die IDIUhn!. (La111•ter.) Ue ... ~ ~ .. IGDklllf 'badL CID aha - pl W ......... ._ .. m11DD•DS to ba ~ ~· ...... W .,,tbi adftllUp of • Um•eni9 edaea-.. ..._ 

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he eampared tbe rough bard hfe of • pubhe ..:hool with 1tll narrowr>••1 and .,r1m1&1 .. _ on Lhe one hand, and the action and comrad•h1p ol a md.dary ('areer on the other, n-nlr limited m mao1 re1pecl.a, with the Jarre, 

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geaeroua life of a. lin1 .. en1lJ, w1tb 

Lhe encourasl!ment. aad ru1dance wh1cb wu r1•ea tn op1ruon with Lbe freedom of e:irpreaaaon en I 

courapd from quite 10unr people, •1th the •aP1ety I 

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of form1 of de,elopment wbiC'J1 were euJ&J,aled 

and 1t11nulated, a1 well as ~lerated, he deeplr rerretted that ho dad share the advantape en· Jo1ed by man .. of those who were ro1n3 to r-1"e I , Cle~ on \he morrow Prooeedmg, }Ir Chur!!h1ll 

11ud bo had l.o follow .&he 11rea.te1L pm11m11t i:ihdOIO , pher of the prell!a& •re (Lau1_hter I He had lo • follow a man of whom 1t might be JU1tl1 said that 

the Church had gamed what. poht1c:a and Journalism 

m1l'c!:..t'° eoa.111 hata IOIL Ct.ughter I He 

fol tum u a smcere adnnrer (Applau1e I 

He had had tho wi& l.O d1-rn and the eloquence and courare to e:spre11 a number of e:stremel1 

valuable truthe or half-trut.h-Claughter)-wh1ch were very a-.iy tO disturb the mental com· pl-RC!J of t.be preeaa' pnorabon IL was only right that an the rrHe s1Luat1on an which ther 

found Lhemaelva on Lhe morrow of Lhe Great 

\\ ar that their fellow • ciount.rrmen on both s1du of the Bordet ahoald be foroed 

to call m quost.aoa. manr of I.he old -sited datch· 

words. 1ubiect Lbemaelffl to a 18arch1q, and e•en a aour, scrut1n1 and 1ntrospect1oa The world 

could newer be to Lb11 ll!nerat1oa what 1t ul8d t.o 

be. But 1t. wu nrht. m &he aft.ermaLb of our rreat 

eflona and of our freat •1cto1'1 that ._ should be 

prepared lo call al the formulas and Lbe oomfort· 

able propo11t101111 of Lhe nineteenth ceat.ur.I' before 

the tribunal of tire d111llu11oaecl and 1tr1ckea 

'weataet.b centW'J', and that was the fanat.100 which 

Dean lap had cert.aml1 laboured mduaLrio111l1 and 

unae&IUll'l.J to perform 

UsnLOPIXG TD OT OP Dl'LU'&'ftOll 

n bad been well saad. Mr Churclull added, that 

the p1oaeen of 1e1ence were on the front1en of 

knowledre, but all the WINll were down. and ther 

could oal14!!1'reu them1elwe1 br ••taculataOllll and 

11raaL 1a.teU111ble to their frieads 1a Lbe ..-r and 

to their colleagues at other points of the rreaL 

11.1enu6c adwance Surelr what was needed aow 1n 

add1uon to all Lbat wa• bemr done,. .. t.he develop. 

I mPnt of thtt art and ~1eace of e:splanauoa, the e11ab 

hshmeat. that was lo •1, of a 11stem of 1n&ermechale I stat.ions for tranm11lt1nr and Lrallllat1DI( what was aoq_u1red bJ" th011e who p&uaged far out mto caper& 

1 and 1pec1ali18d rmearcha for the beneli' of the v.ast 

and quite ua11111.r11at.ed pubho who la1 behuad, but 

whCllle alfan11 and wh018 fortunes were rreatlr 

alFect.ed br all th- p1oaeen• d1.aweriea The •• -., thmr happened 111 pubhc alfa1n. Bdween theo~l': and practice th- wa1 a rrea& ruJf1 and 1t 

W&I 1.1111 rulf &hat ID tbe1r modern IJllem UUIJ had 

not ret. at.tempMKI t.o bradp. TbCr AW a rreat 

nation hke the United States imaguunr l.b111 wore ' iromr to make themselv• ~ro111'rou1 b1 laying ! I their baad1 on all the rold thew could &ad 111. the 

1 -rid, and tba& 1n face of I.be fact that the1 had 

produi::ed econom1.1t1 and linanc1al 1tudent.i. ,.ho• 

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I a11thorilJ and profund1tv •ttre unraHllcd in &II! 

country 1' wu th11 fink between thf'OFJ' ancl 

'I practice wh1rh needed a 1pec1al atudr Be would 

hko to a a sreat Ca1wen1t1 founded, a rreat , srhool of tbought ut to work which 1 had no other obJed than to ~ncile 1 sc1ent1ficall~ theory with praC'l1ce At the 

present time theory wu either nerl8l'led ' by rract.11&1 men-put on one side 1'1th a few 

friendly 01-rwallon1 about 11.1 line 1deal1 and 

splendul 11mni•trin I aopearance - e>r ellf' it wa• applied IOl'lcalt,. with d1.1Ulrou1 ellech by fanatics. 

\\"hat they wanted was Lhe study of theory wit.h 

I the &e1enae of apphcat1on a1 a separate ll'Ct1on 1n 

great de.,elopmeat of human alfa1rs (A 

p auac.) Condud1nr, Mr Churchill paid a tribut 

lo the chairman for h11 aerv1ce1 ai tbe Admiralty The V-Chanoellor, he 1a1d "lllade a contribution , to the alfain of the AdmiraltJ, and to t1ie fortuneli 

of the State. which m11ht almost be called 1n· 

1 estimable, If onlr from the Fact that 1t had newer 1 been reco15111eed' f,Applause.) Durinr Lbe war no one did his hit more thorouBhlr 10 the whole of 

the vut. hu1ld111r 1n Wh1'-hall than Sar Alfred 

.Ewanr (Applause.) 

1n .. nf;?R68 ~ . ..,... • titi'it!ic'lta wnq - mra TBE _,,_, I Lord NoTar 1n p ng the toast of " The 

; Unner11t1 of J!jdmburrh," Hid 1t was peculiarly 

, plea11111 to a Scotsman to be recorr111ed br one 

of h11 nat1\"8 Un1Ter•1l1e1 for,~hey ~resented the I C!Ulm1aat1n1 Hpl'UllOn oF ScoLJand• weneration 1 for learnanr and hor behef an knowledge. t'urther 

more, Ed1nburirh Ua1ven11t7 wu 1n a special 

I manoer the oult'Ome or tins trad1t1onal 8c0t&11h 

attitude towards leara1n1, for 1t wu founded not , br a Papal Rull or hw l!Ome med1•HI ••mt or 

1 berefartor but !>1 the Town Council of Ed1nbu!'Bh 1 that was b' the representative Echnbur,h bUr 

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I Jet'- OF 1598, lll'liO lhUI e&l'hP demonlltr&t.ed lJiell' 

belief in the valuo and tbe neceu1ty of h11her 

I education They were allO perhap11 actuated bT 

th,. commendable ZC'al to keep Sci0ll11h 'tudeah 1 from atru71ar o"'er the Continent to fonnp l!n1ve• 

11t1eL I ao, tber woulrt be 1at11fied to-dar for • the outward movement had chaa,ed to one wh1C'h 

brourht 11tudents From the end1 of the earth to sit 

at tlie feet of Edinburgh Profl!l!llln. ln fact. 

that Un1 .. er11ly -med to hawe a 1pec1al •ttnclaon 

for nvenea1 studaalll Thev rran&ated to Echnhmtrb 

1n larrer numben than to any 11ster Un1wen1t1 

Bec .. een 1921-22 there were 4eO 1tudealll from tlie • ' Domm1111l1 an Edmburrb compared ••th 162 at. 

the OS.or three centres or learninJ There were to-daw Au1trahaa Cuad1an, Americsn, and Routh 

African Clube and an Indian A110C1at1on All th11 

showed clearl1 that Ecbnburrh t.n1 .. ers1t1 ~•red a useful part 1.11 t e -rk oF c:omohdat1nr tile Empire (l•pplau1e) Thanks to Ed1nbunrh Sc!Oll11h culture , aail trad1hon1 were be1a11r carried forth br • con· 

r

t1auou• ltream or her rrailuatu. who went back to 

pl•JI' their ~rt 1n tho proleaional, polrt-1, and 

mt.ollertual lira or Lheir re11pert1 .. e co1111tr1e1 It • wu the a.II-round d1tTolopment or bodr. mind and 

l'."h1r&C"ler which was tbe outstand1al' Charader11tar 

of l!.r1t11h edul'at1on, wh1cb bad put 1'8 stamp on Br1hah ach1ewement 1n all parts of the world a11d 

11•en to then J'Ollna' men JUlt th0118 _parhcul•r quaht1• -e1al t.o Lhme whO heel t.o coron11e MW 

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world1 or to adm1n11ter terr1tor• ~pied' bJ n1t1•e 

race11 They m11ht -11 NJOld! at the 1_p11'1t of the 

I burlf9181 of lhi 1111teenth oentun who founded 

Edrnbursh tin1 .. en1t7, which wu still a h .. ra• farH 

amonnt them as evidenced bw thtt noble ll'fi of 

I Mr Grant- (applmu•I- to round a Nati.al 

L1bra.rr. which would be ID Ed1n.barsh what the , Bodle1an wu to 0.Ford 

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11:."TllA"nt l 'l'l~fttolTT ElAtll"hTIO"C 

p,..,fo110r Emer1Lu1 Siir Ludo .. 1r J Clr11nt, w'io r• 

, plied rcll'rred la th,. vPSed que1L1on nf the t:ni•er 

l 11\1 en\rance esa1111na\1on. He w1abed be could 

announce thaL a 1Cheme 111tasfado1"'1' abke lo I.he 

linl\ermbes and to the 18l:Olldary 1ehool1 had al 

lasl bef'n de•l'lled But alu ' malter1 were no\ one 

j wh1L advanced U really looked al 1f t.lie r-rd 

eaLabl11'ied Just about 600 1e11ra ago by Robert tbe 

Br111:e'1 bpi er- -{laugh\Cr)· wu going at luL lo he 

I brok•n Four Limes alrl!'adv had tlie l"n1ven1t1e1 

Entrance Board att.mpt.l!ld tci construct wuh 1p1dl'r 

hko mirenu1ty and 1kill a finl!'-1pun web or reirula 

I uon1, and four t.1me1 had II found itself foiled and 

I baBled 10 Lhe d181cult and delicate tuk 11 1 "ear 

l or two htnce the Board made 1t1 Alghth attempt 

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and pallled U.e sp1drr 1 Lot.al, lb•n ScGtuab p11Lriol.I 

would have to comfort Lhc1n11i!'ITP1 with the ~'i<'Ull'ht 

t.bat. t.be new champion wu a.ft.Pr all of the Ulllf' , naL1onahtv a1 the h11tor1cal 1111eet -(lau111hterl-and I Lhat tl1e rP.eOrd far patient perM•eranL'll would re • main on th,1 11do of th• BOrder Another top1r wh1cb eould not 'lll'ell ba prel•rnutted that 011rht wu •the ever present problem o( the t"n1ver I •1Ly • 6oane1al reqwremenh J\ problem 

of th11 kmd "'a1 be believed 1earcel1 

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I known 1n the United Slates, where the 

mundiaeoce of millionaires and mult1-m1lhona1reo 

enabled the Un1ver11t1ea 1n man'C' 1ndaneft" to main 

ta1n f.hemlll!'hres at. lhe aamP af perfect.ion U re- 1arded equipment. anti terhnu:al apriarmtuL He 

did not hesitate to ~a' that it would be nothing short or a national ralan11ty 1r that C°'11"er11t) 

wh11:h could look back upon so groat and "' 

1lor10111 • rast, and wh1rh had e'er ltood m tha 

Tor;i. forrfront of ac1en,1ftc acb1evoment;, were to 

find itself crippled and c1rcumecr1be.J 1a 1t1 act1•1· 

t.189, or were campaWed to withdraw ITOID t.he pref'm1n1111t po111t100 wlucb 1t held bodll as a teacliaq 1nl5'1&u&1on and a centre of ..-rch. owing 

to the laclr. or n-rr endowment.a Un 

happily Un1ven1bes wen1 qwte powerleM to tiel_p t.hl!lllMlns D'l'll by appearing before Uae pubho .. ,_ Jlflapllf'IC n ... now 

le'fel'al /ean amae tbur Alma Mater Ulll'llled the I 

p1se o lllB':•lbnr tapper, and, armed wit.Ii eoJ. 

lectlOll bo:ir. belru to wander abcnd t.he hllh•1111 , and bpa:J9- A. f- weeks aao a S-• ban• 

factor did, llklp the beloved "agatiimd and did ' 

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1qu... a p- of paper into her bos, and on ! 

1nspect10D the p- iJffiper did not tum aut. to 

be a German mark urlrtierJ Let them hope I th18 noble uample wou d blli wad J' followed (t\p-t •1plauae) l • The condud1n1 tout. wu t.bat. o[ " The Chau 

•man," propciMd bJ' Sar Charla A. Parao111 ,. I -

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