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December 1957 Published quarterly by The Association of Alumni, Sir George Williams College, 1435 Drummond Street, Montreal 25, Quebec, Canada. Advertising office, 1089 Beaver H all Hill, Montreal 1. T el. UN. 6-4628. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Printed for the publishers by Rapid Press Ltd., 1180 St. Antoine Street, Montreal. Editor: TREVOR ·J. PHILLIPS . Assistant Editor: BOB HA YES VOLUME 13, NUMBER 4 CHRISTMAS ISSUE D ECEMBER 195 7 CONTENTS f Principal's Page 7 President's Page 9 Editorial 11 It Happened in Montreal 15 Fall Graduates 17 Graduating Class Address by Wm. Hamilton 19 The Future - And the YMCA 21 '57 and Other Classes 22 Sputnik and Our Educational System ,44 Greenshields & Co Inc Underwriters and Distributors of Canadian Security Issues 507 Place d'Armes, Montreal Ottawa Quebec Sherbrooke BANK OF MONTREAL New York Toronto ~'-47v:a~aH4 1================:!.I I working wi.lh Canad~_n,qn every IY_!!l,k ~f Uf_e s)nE~ 1817 December 1957 3 ENNETH EVERETTE NORRIS, M.A., Ph.D., PRINCIPAL EMERITUS K OF Sffi GEORGE WILLIAMS COLLEGE, died in the Montreal General Hospital in the evening of Wednesday, October 23rd, at the age of 54. Dr. Norris was a native of Perth, Ontario, the son of Mrs. W. R. Norris and the late W. R . Norris. He is .survived by his wife, Mae Gamble Norris, and two sons, Robert and Gary. He is also survived by his four sisters, Mrs. A. R. Finlayson of Montreal, Mrs. George Easton, Mrs. L. A. Stewart, both of Perth, Ontario, and Mrs. H. A. Turner of Bowmanville, Ontario. Dr. Norris was an outstanding Canadian educator and educational administrator who has been closely associated with Sir George Williams College and the Canadian Y.M.C.A. over the past thirty years. Following two years as a reporter for the "Perth Expositor," Dr. Norris commenced his service in the Young Men's Christian Association, which was to culminate in his leadership of its formal educational activities in Montreal. He began with the Ottawa Y.M.C.A. in 1926, where he remained until he joined the staff of the college as its Registrar in 1929. He was President of the Canadian Association of Y.M.C.A. Secretaries, 1942-45 ; President of the Association of Y.M.C.A. Schools and Colleges of Canada and the U.S.A., 1942-45 ; Chairman of the Canadian Y.M.C.A. Study, 1943-45 ; Vice President of the Y.M.C.A. Secretaries of North America, 1951-53. Dr. Norris brought to the development of Sir George Williams College a liberal and progressive educational philosophy which became the basis of its administrative policies and educational practice. As principal of the college from 1935 until 1956, when illness forced him into premature retirement, he guided the college in its vulnerable early years through the depression and the war. It was under the farsighted and able leadership of Dr. Norris that the college obtained university status and took its place among other Canadian Universities, and his last achieve­ ment as its principal was to see it housed in a new building of its own. In a very real sense, Sir George Williams College, as its exists today with its unique program of studies for evening students, is the life work of Kenneth Everette Norris. Dr. Norris graduated from McGill University with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1929. Following further studies in Psychology at McGill, he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1939. Throughout his career Dr. Norris continued to be interested in this field. He was a member of both the Canadian and American Psychological Associations, and President pf the Psychological Association of the Province of Quebec in 1944-45. He was an active member as well in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of the National Society for the Study of Education. He was the author of "Th e Three R's and the Adult Worker." An active contributor to and participant in many phases of the life of his community, Dr. Norris was President of the St. James Literary Society in 1940-41, and of the Occupational Therapy Centre of Montreal in 1949-50. A Freemason, he was Past-President of University Lodge, he was a former member of the Rotary Club of Montreal, and elder of Knox-Crescent-Kensington Presbyterian Church. 4 The Postgrad "Few except his closet colleagues realize the contribution which he made not only to this college but to education in general. He was a humble man but one of the great Canadians of our day." . Dr. HALL December 1957 5 IW.-4W.-4W.-4W.-4W.-4Y.4W.-4W.-,w.-4W.-4W.-4Y.4Y.4Y.4W.-~ . ·. I . I CHRISTMAS AT MAPPIN'S I I ~ I A HAPPY CHOICE FOR A HAPPY CHRISTMAS I~ ~ A GIFT BOX IN A MAPPIN'S BLUE BOX I I .u..hh~M··. I ~ol J'~urw ooi ~ JEWELLERS & SILVERSMITHS ~ ( ~~ ( I ST. CATHERINE .at METCALFE I I UN. 6-7431 I I I Y.~Y.4Y.4Y.4Y.4Y.4Yo4Y.4Y.4Y.4Y.4Y.4Y.4Y.4Y.4 6 The Postgrad THE PRINCIPAL'S PAGE INCE THE PASSING of Dr. K. E. Norris, many communications have been S received from Alumni expressing their regard for him and their sadness in the loss which we have all felt very keenly. H e was so much a part of the College and had so long been its administrative head that for those of us who were here in his active years, the College cannot be the same without him. We can only now be thankful for his life of servi<;:e and be proud of his achievements and his influence. We can also resolve to continue the principles and the spirit for which he stood and in which h e lived. The second fall convocation of the College was held on November 23, the speaker being the Honorable W. M. Hamilton, Postmaster General of Canada, who graduated from the College in Commerce in 1943. Mr. Hamilton gave an excellent address in which he emphasized the College's contribution to the community and the country. Another graduate, R everend J. S. McBride, said the invocation, and Dean R ae presented 97 candidates for degrees. I t is interesting to notice that not until 1947 did the number of graduates at the spring convocation equal this figure. One featme of the College this year is the number of students from other countries. Efforts are being made to make them feel at home and this is a matter which needs continuous attention. The Rotary Club of Montreal, as well as many private individuals, have contributed to this effort by· giving receptions to foreign students. I feel, however, that the members of the College, as well as the College officially, should perhaps do much more in this direction. This issue of THE POSTGRAD marks another holiday season, and it is with sincerity that I send my greetings to graduates far and near. May we all be touched by the spirit of 'Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men', and may we enter the New Year resolved in our own way to interpret this spirit in our common life. ST ART THEM RIGHT The first lesson in success is saving. Thousands of men miss their chance in life because they have nothing saved up. Your ch ildren's success will depend to a great extent on the habit of thrift. They will acquire it by opening a savin gs account in BANQUE CANADIENNE NATl ON ALE Assets, more than $640,000,000 583 offices in Canada December 1957 7 e_ttallen'Je to '2f.,outh Students who are graduating this year will be entering a highly competitive search for gooQ positions in Canadian industries. But they will be facing this com­ petition during a period of unprecedented industrial expansion! Those of you who are to become electrical or mechanical engineers will find for instance that the electrical industry in Canada has progressed enormously. The Northern Electric Company always turns a recep­ tive ear to the voice of young graduates, because Norther's progress has been due in part to the policy of encouraging young aggressive men to apply them­ selves to training for responsible positions. This policy has proved mutually beneficial to the progress of both the firm and the individuals concerned. Pl4 ortfrer11 /qcfric COMPANY LIMITED 8 The Postgrad THE PRESIDENT'S PAGE THAT MAN FllOM PERTH . That is what Dr. Norris meant to me. I remember going to see him in this office when I was Assistant Athletic Director at Sir George, about some problems pertaining to the Athletic Office and being very nervous. I guess he realized this as we talked about many things, and one of the subjects we talked about was Lanark County in the Upper Ottawa V alley. This discussion was brougpt about because I was born in Carleton Place, Ont., and Dr. Norris was born in Perth, Ont., which are both situated in the old Scottish Settlement of Lanark County. We didn't talk abou t M ontreal that day, but M ontreal became much smaller to me from then on. I realize that Dr. Norris meant many things to many people - a great admin­ istrator, a fine educational leader, a social worker, a Y.M.C.A. Secretary, and rightly so, as he was all these things, but to me he was the man from Perth. He has now returned to Lanark Country and we will miss him here in Montreal.
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