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* DEDICATION * This Volume is Dedicated to the Memory of The Late FR.RNCIS CCX WFILKER B.A. (U.N.BJ, M., Ph.D. (Harvard) clssociate Professor of English University of British Columbia ‘4- THE LflTE FRfINCIS COX WPJLKER * FOREWORD * We present the 1935 issue of the Totem to you with a certain amount of diffidence. We are aware of the inadequacy of a magazine of this size for such a university, and we have attempted, within the limi tations imposed upon us, to make the annual as much a reflection of the life on the campus as possible. This year we have taken advantage of an opportunity offered us in order to change the appearance of the Totem, but in doing so we have kept in mind the tradition of past annuals, from which we hope we have not departed. Although much of this annual is taken up by records of the senior class, it still presents, we hope, a permanent record of the outstanding campus activities. We sincerely hope that the day will soon come when the Totem will be so enlarged in scope as to make it a fully adequate and creditable annual for our University. UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Foreword T fl TIME when so many young men and women are about to leave college .L.1 and enter a chaotic world, it calls perhaps for some courage to remind them of what a wise man said long ago: “It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in youth.” Such a reminder may all too readily imply, in him who offers it, an irritating complacency and a lack of intelligent sympathy. It is not my purpose in this brief Foreword to assert that, because “the yoke in youth” is a good thing, it is therefore the duty of those who have to bear it to consider it pleasant. But because of my faith both in the University and its students, it seems to me that those who are about to receive their diplomas are in some ways more fortunate than students in a more prosperous time: the 3. UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA influence of adversity on a well-balanced mind is to make the mental vision clearer, so that even the road to happiness becomes ultimately easier to find. Because of this clarity of vision, our graduating students are saved from two intellectual dangers. The first is that unwholesome sense of belonging to a protected and privileged class, of being assured either a sheltered niche in an academic cloister or a comfortable opportunity to become rich at the expense of other people. The second danger is the bitterness of the frustrated intellectual, who, when the community that has given him an education cannot immediately find for him a lucrative and distinguished position, disguises his baulked ambition and wounded vanity as disinterested reforming zeal. If the students of the Graduating Class are safe from these two perils, it Is because they have learnt how impossible it is for college graduates to separ ate their individual prosperity from the welfare of the entire community; they know that they must stand or fall with their fellow-citizens. flnd so to them the yoke of responsibility is no ignoble symbol of passive endurance, but a token of concerted effort and of the generous spirit that insists on bearing its full share of the burden. L. S. KLINCK, President. 4. * I-Im 1I-I UI I,’ UI * = U -I 1) .1—I I-’ U U) UI Cd to ‘.1 () U) w I 0 UI -I-a U Cd a) UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Arts ‘35 ‘j 7ITH the passing of &ts ‘35, the last of the old-regime veterans take their VV leave of the University. The men of ‘35 came in as freshmen a year before it was decided that the chechakoes be supplied with clay pipes and Okanagan tobacco; perhaps their reputation for hardboiled integrity is due to the fact that they served their apprentice ship under the old dispensation of paddle and paint-brush. It was then too that the “Great Drive” took place. This year’s seniors were out in force, tramping through rain and slush to help jus tify the existence of the University of British Columbia. arts ‘35 has always been well to the fore in campus activities, and most of the move ments that have stirred the campus in the last two years have originated with this class. There was the matter of gowns for seniors, an attempt to bring dignity to the University. It wasn’t a success, but we think we’ve started something that will gather weight as the years go by. ‘35 was also the first class to hold its party at the Spanish Grill, this when today’s seni ors were a year younger. The senior party held in the fall term at the Georgian Club was an unqualified success, and the Execu tive was able to turn in a triumphant report DR. G. C. SEDGEWICIC of “expenses made, and a few cents over.” In athletics, members of the senior class have distinguished themselves. On our roll of honour we have among others: Violet Mellish and Irene Wallace, baskethall; Jimmy Bardesley, basketball; Bill Stott and Sid Swift, track, and Frank Rush, Canadian Rugby. Both the Ubyssey and the Totem have staff members from ‘35, and several of the major University clubs have chosen their presidents from our ranks. &thur Johnson is president of the HistOrical Society, while Gerald Prevost and Margaret Powlett head of the Letters Club and the Players’ Club respectively. On the University debating team are Jack Conway and Frank Miller, famed for their platform eloquence. Dr. G. G. Sedgwick is Honourary President of the graduating class. Patrons for the class party were: Dean and Mrs. D. Buchanan, Mrs. Sedgwick and Dr. Sedgwick, and Dean Bollert. The Class Executive for 1935 was made up as follows: R. Stewart Crysdale, President; Marnie McKee, Vice-President; Henry Clayton, Treasurer; Margaret Winter, Secretary; Irene Wallace, Women’s fthletic Representative; Bill Stott, Men’s lthletic Representative, and arthur Mayse, Literary Representative. GRACE E. ABBOTT Majors: History and Eng lish. Minor: Philosophy. Cosmopolitan Club Execu tive; S.C.M. DEBORAH AISH Victoria. Honours French. President La Canadienne; Q u it a Nichol Memorial Scholarship; fllliance Fran caise Scholarship. C. H. ANDERS DONALD B. ATWATER Economics and History. NANCY M BAILEY English and Mathematics. S. C. M.; Cosmopolitan Club; Philosophy Club. BARBARA C. BAIRD Majors: History and Eng lish. Minor: Philosophy. Vice-President Literary For um; Musical Society; flI pha Omicron Pi. J. ALAN BAKER Sidney. English and His tory. Ubyssey; E d i t o r, Totem; Phi Kappa Pt. CHARLES M. BAYLEY Honours in Philosophy. Philosophy Club. JEAN M. BLACK Major: English. Minor: Ger man. V a r s it y Outdoors Club; Musical Society. KATHERINE BREARLY English and History. La Causerie. PAGE SEVEN CLARE M. BROWN English and French. Liter ary Forum; Vice-President W.U.S,; Letters Club; Presi dent W.U.S.; Gamma Phi Beta. DENIS W. BROWN Victoria. History and Eng lish. Historical Society. DOROTHY BUCHANAN New Westminster, B. C. Honours in Zoology. Pre Medical. V.C.U.; Musical Society; Monroe Pre-Med ical Club; Secretary.Treas urer B lola g y Discussion Club. DONALD BUCHANAN Economics and H i s t o r y. Musical Society. JAMES D. CAMPBELL ELIZABETH CARRIE Majoring in French and English. fin Club; Inter- class Skating Belay. ROBERT F. CHRISTY Honours in Mathematics. Ph y s 1 c s. Mathematics Club; President of Physics Club. GRACE HELEN CLARK English and History. In ternational Relations Club. Musical Society. CHflRLES S. CLARKE Philosophy and English. Players’ Club; flrt Club; Cosmopolitan Club. B. S. CLARICE Pf1GE EIGHT H. H. CLAYTON Treasurer Rrts ‘35 Out doors Club. JOAN CLOTWORTHY Majors: History and Eng lish. Dos Deutsche Verein; Badminton; Secretary In ternational Relations Club. KATHLEEN COLES English and History. Out doors Club; Musical Soci ety; Players’ Club. JOHN CONWAY Swimming Cl u b; Parlia mentary Forum; Players’ Club; Historical Society; President Newman Club. C. C. COVERNTON Majors: History and Eng lish. Pro-medical Student. Varsity Boat Club. M. CUNNINGHAM Philosophy and English. Track; Players’ Club; Wo men’s Senior Basketball. JAMES CURR Major: English. M i n o r: Philosophy. JOANY DANGELZER A. M. DANIELS MARVIN DARRACH Honours in Chemistry, Or ganic Research. Parlia mentary Forum. PuCE NINE R. H. DlVlDSON Vctoria. Maths, and Phys English Rugby. FRANCIS R. E. DAVIES Honours in Chemistry. Chemistry Society. L. M. DAVS MIRIAM K. DAY-SMITH Ma for: English. Minor: Phil osophy. flit Club; Gym Club; Outdoor Club; Vice- President Women’s Under- grad. Society. ERN fi. DELLERT Ecno:riics and Psycholo gy. Secretary of Women’s B lock Club; Inter-class Baskeiball. J. E. DICKSON Major: History. Minor: French. CHARLOTTE DILL Botany Honours. Vice- President of Biological Dis cursion Club; Varsity Out doors Club; fllpha Gamma Delta. GORDON C. EDDIE Economics and English. ROSEMflRY H. EDMONDS H story and English. Presi dent Literary Forum; Histo rian of Phraieres; Ubyssey. flipha Omicron Pt. HELEN P. 7. ELGIE Latin and French. Cosmo politan Club; La Causerie. PIGE TEN MifiLY ELIZRBETH M. ELLIOTT La Causorie; Basketball; Secretary S. C. M.; Musi cal Society. E. B. FILMER 7. H. FISHER DUDLEY !L FI’IPflTR1CK Ubyssey Staff; F r e n c h Club; German Club. WILLIflM L. FORD Victoria. Chemistry. Bad minton. W. R. T. FOWLER JE%N M. FRASER Major: Bacteriology. Minor: Biology. President Student Christian Movement; Mu sical Club; Cosmopolitan Club. M. M. FRILSER I. GD.LLOWflY Kappa Kappa Gamma.
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