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Winnipeg, Man. February, 1915 Vol. XVIII No. 3 Mliated with the University of Manitoba, offers superior advantages to those desirous of obtaining a higher education FACULTY REV. A. STEWART, D.D., 239 Colony Street. Acting Principal, Professor of Hebrew, Old Testament Exegesis and Systematic Theology. REV. S. G. BLAND, D.D., 146 Sherbrooke Street. Professor of Church History and Lecturer in General History. REV. JAMES ELLIOTT, D.D., Ph.D., 147 Furby Street. Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy. REV. W. T. ALLISON, M.A., Ph.D. Professor of English. REV. ALEXANDER J. IRWIN, M.A., D.D. Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis. REV. JAMES WILFRED MELVIN, B.A., B.D. Lecturer in Comparative Religion and New Testament Literature. MISS M. C. ROWELL, B.A. Lecturer in French and German. REV. T. H. BILLINGS, M.A., B.D. Lecturer in Latin and Greek. REV. R. F. ARGUE, B.A.. Wesley College. Lecturer in English and History. MISS MAUDE BISSETT, B.A. Tutor in Greek. MISS E. R. HILDRED, M.A. Tutor in kench and German. - J. A. SIDNEY GARDNER, B.A. Tutor in Latin. D. L. SHORTLIFFE SHORTLrnE. Tutor in Mathematics and Science. Finest equipped College Buildings in the country-affording , dormitory accommodation, at moderate rates, for over 120 students; fitted with all modern improvements, lighted throughout with electricity and heated by steam. . Tuition Fees per year, $36.00. Students prepared for Matriculation into Arts, Theology, Medi-cine, Pharmacy, Engineering and Law. For f u r t h e r particulars apply to :- REV. A. STEWART, D.D., Acting Principal. REV. JAS. W. MELVIN, B.A., B.D., Registrar. REV. R. F. ARGUE. B.A., Dean of Rbsidence. ADVERTISEMENTS. Dr. D. A. Anderson D.D.S., L.D.S. DENTIST Off~ce: Cor. Suite 213 Enderton Bldg. Hargrave and Portage Office Phone: Main 7518 Res. Phone: Sher. 1436 PERCY F. BRAUND Pharmaceutical Chemist DRUGS PATENT MEDICINES TOILET REQUISITIZSK. ODAKS AND S~PPLI IES. YTATIONERY, CONFECTIONERY Portase Ave., cor. Colony St.. Winnipeg, Manitoba DR. J. R. THOMSON Physician and Surgeon 311 Balmoral Street, second house south ,of , Portage Avenue Drs. Garvin, Merkeley & Johnson DENTISTS 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. 5 p.m. to 3 p.m. Phone Sher. 2080 314 Somerset Bldg. Phone M. 2403 Phone Main 191 5. Hey, Boys! If your Boots require flxing, leave them at the Richardson Bros. PICTURES, PICTURE FRAMES ARTISTS MATERIALS, Etc, 326 Donald Street Winnipeg, Man. "SCOTCH BOOT REPAIRING STORE" 473 PORTAGE AVENUE We use English oak-tanned leather. Workman-ship guaranteed PHONESI IER. 1040 A. Pu~.T;AN, Mgr. The Chicago Renovating Co. Ladies' and Gent's Clothes Cleaned pressed, Repaired and l)yed. Furs Repaired. aknt'n Suits Cleaned and Premed 50c. Goods called for and delivered. Willow Plum Repailing is our Specialty 470 PORTAGE AVE. WINNIPEG PATRONIZE LOU AND ALF The "Wesley" Barber Shop OPPOSITE THE BAY LUNCH W. E. Wedley PORTAGE AVE. Opposite Wesley Come to us for your Light Lunches, Fruits and Confectionery Personal Supervision - A Trial Solicited Telrphonr Mnia 151? A. A. ZIMMERMAN, Prop. '1 he Greatrat Society Season, 1914 15 MANITOBA HALL firtrnent in charge of our Mr. Folkett who will gi<e hi8 beststtantion toparties who may requim our senires for the society fitnetion. Ihe ladies are eapaclally in-vited to take advantage of our table service, usually required fur the "At Home" ,or "Afternoon Tea." 2916 PORTAGE A V E N U E Your Suit Pressed In 10 minutes while you wait, for. . . . 35~. at the Electric French Cleaners 484 Portase Ave. Opp. Wesley College CARSON'S Pure Home-Made Candy II 423 PORTAGE AVENUE WINNIPEG, MANITOBA ADVERTISEMENTS. MAGAZINES AND PUBLICATIONS, JOB, IN UP-TO-DATE STYLE. THIS MAGAZINE IS PRINTED IN OUR OFFICE Phone Carry 2668 48-52 Princess St. Special Discount to All Students PHONE MAIN 5223 Gauvin, Gent zel AND COMPANY We are now ~ r e ~ a r .etod ~hotograph up to 6 p.m. during the winter months and by appointment from 7.30 to 9 p.m. 265 PORTAGE AVENUE 614 Avenue Bloek KENNEDY'S Old Country Shoe Repairing Store Best Material. Best Workmanship Reasonable Price and Attention to Order. 501 PORTAGE AVENUE PHONES : St. John 2, Ring 3 Sherbrooke 7 20 6 1 6 PORTAGE AVE. WINNIPEG, MANITOBA S. R. HUNTER & CO. HIGH CLASS TAILORING College Gowns and Hoods Supplied 189 LOMBARD STREET SPECIAL DISCOUNT TO STUDENTS ADVERTISEMENTS. THE COLLEGE BOYS EAT AT Grove's Dairy Lunch OPPOSITE WESLEY COLLEGE MEAL TICKETS: $4.50 for $4.00 $5.50 for $5.00 OUR SPECIAL: 25c. MEAL WE FRAME PICTURES, DIPLOMAS, Etc. WEST WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED We Enlarge Pictures from Photos or Plates BI.ACK AND WIIITE, SEPIA. COIBRPD Special Rates Offered to Students Canada Picture Framers & Enlargers Ltd. 491 Portage Ave.. Close to Wesley College Yoush ould have a ~icturtea ken once I every so of ten, because you change in looks from year to year. 11 There is a Photographer / in your town 490 MAIN STREET HENRY BIRKS & SONS, LTD. JE WELLERS TO WESLEY COLLEGE - Cor. Portage Ave. and Smith St. ROBINSON :Ah 398 - 402 MAIN STREET Winnipeg's Popular Department Store We pay particular attention to Men's Furnishings Correct kinds for critical custo-mers at moderate prices STUDENTS' REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL, 1914-15 C. H. DELARUE J. E. CROSS E. C. EVANS MISS L. FOREMAN S. STREAT J. FITZPATRICK E. F. MORROW H. D. RANNS RANNB w. T. CLEAVE CIXAVEB, .A. GARDNER J. A. S. QARDNERB,. A. MISSV . L. HULL,L ady Stick A. W. KEETONS,e nior Stick PROF.R . F. ARGUE A. E. WHITEHOUSE WHITEROUBIE H. T. REYNOLDS F. A. SHARPLEY W. JOHNSTON JOHNBTON Vox Wesleyana Authorked by Postmaster-General, Ottawa, as Second- Class Matter. -- VOL. XVITI. WIN.VIPEG. MAN., FEBRUARY, 1915 - No. 3 - EDITORtAL STAFF, 1914-15 Chairman - - - Frof. 1%'. T. Allison, M.A., Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief- - - - - - H. D. Ranns Assistant Editor - - - - - - E. P. Scarlett Alumni - - - - J. A. S. Gardiner, R.A. Literary Editor - - F. E. Wagg Local Editor - - Peter Webster - Miss Ross Societies and - - Miss Foreman Assistants ' - - A. E. Whitehouse Personals { - - and H. F. Leach - - - B. Howard Exchange and Review - F. B. Ball. B.A. r - - Religious - - - H. J. Record Ladies' Parlor - - - Miss V. Hull Athletics - - - - J. E. Cross Cartoonist - - - P. T. Dennis Business Manager - - - - - A. W. Keeton Assistants - - - - T. Watterson and R. W. Lee Circulation Manager - - - - - - S. Streat We present tb our readers a number of articles, with one excep-tion by graduates and students. Dr. C. A. Baragar tells interest-ingly how Manitoba fights a dread disease. We are glad to pub-lish Miss Beynon Bepon's article on "The Mercantile Scribe" in which she discourses upon the rnodern and lucrative profession of adver-tisement writing. Mr. Waite's appreciation of Charles Lamb will command sympathetic readers. The series of articles on "The Lords of War" is continued by a sketch of General Joffre, the man of great responsibility about whom too little is known. Mr. A. 0. Rose writes a forceful appeal to students to recognize their responsibility for social service. Mr. Gardner reviews "Ralph Connor Connor's" latest novel with sympathy and discrimination, and Mr. Ball Rall gives us a neat little sketch of an encounter with a great man. We recommend this "Students' Number" to our readers with confidence. VOX WESLEYANA From the Editor's Chair The Significance . The year of fate ! If ever in the history of the world ~f 1915 a year might be thus described, that year is 1915. The year 1914, that has gone to join the piled up annals of the mighty past, will be branded to the end of time as the year of the Great War, the year .that saw chaos oversprebd the earth and terror stalk abroad, and death, destruction and desolation sweep over half the world. Hate has held high revel among the nations, and the springs of human kindness have well nigh failed.. The world has read with shame and indignation the stories of indescribable deeds done in brave Belgium and plucky Poland, where burning homes, plundered towns and villages and long lines of pathetic refugees, have testified to the completeness of the havoc wrought by modern war. This frightful toll of human misery goes down to hiatory in the account of 1914. When the whole tale is told, what will stand as the record of 1,915 ? Kingdoms may wane, and thrones may totter to their fall in this year of tremendous fate, but will the Great War end and the exhausted, horror-stricken, nerve-racked world have peace and rest? That is the question in all our minds at the beginning of thih $ear. 1s this to be in very truth the year of our Lord 1915, or will such a desig-nation prove once again a travesty? When such a question is asked, there is bound up with it another. Will this year suffice to see the might of wrong crushed and the armies of a righteous cause triumph? If not, the end of 1915 will witness' what its beginning has seen, the conflict of nations, with all its horrible concomitants. There have 'been times in the history of the British Empire when there was legitimate cause for controversy as to the righteousness of the conflict, but this great war finds Britain united in the confidence that she fights for honor, justice and for national existence. A significant fact is that some of Germany's more candid leaders are throwing aside pretence and asserting that Germany seeks what they call her right, world domination. One of the foremost of these, Herr Harden, says "Now Germany's hand has str'uck, and she must take her place as the leading power." Again the same influential pub- . licist writes : "Let us drop our miserable attempts to excuse Germany's action. Let us have done with paltry abuse of the enemy. Not against our will, and as a nation taken by surprise, did we hurl ourselves into this gigantic venture. We willed it. We had to will it." The year 1915 will decide, or go far to decide, this insolent challenge to the world. What will be the outcome? To our minds, Britain being what Britain is, there can be but one result. With Prussian pride humbled and Prussian might crushed, the world will breathe more freely. In the hope of that consummation lies the significance of 1915. # # # #. # # Is War Good What do you think? One of the strangest develop-for the World? ments associated with the Great War is that peace-able and Christian men are growing remarkably enamored of the benefits of war. The German military leader, Gen. VOX WESLEYANA 3 Bernhardi Rernhardi, with his crude and rude doctrine of the necessity of was at one time a voice crying in the wilderness. But, now, notwith-standing the staggering inhumanity revealed in the course of the present war, its incalculable harvest of hate and wrong, we hear great Christian leaders praising war for its ennobling influence on national life and character. It was a remark in a sermon preached by Archbishop Matheson on Peace Sunday that provoked our present line of thought. As reported in a local morning newspaper (now we might say, the local morning newspaper), His Grace said that he was in agreement with the German military leader, Bernhardi, on one thing. "A long peace breeds petti-ness and ignobleness in human character." We suppose 'it follows that a war is considered necessary every now and then to purge the national character of pettiness and ignobleness. To our mind this is a very dbubtful doctrine. Yet it is a view held far and wide. If, as we venture to think, the Archbishop of Rupert's T~and is a sinner (we beg the worthy prelate's pardon for our pre-sumption) in this regard, he does not sin alone among the great ones of the Empire. And the man in the street, as he hears martial music and watches the marching men go by, the men in khaki, of whom we all are proud, thinks within himself that war is a grand thing. But is it? Get out your mental scales, weigh war in the balances, and which will preponderate,' the good or the bad? Granted at once the great things this war has done. It has united conflicting elements in an Empire's life, seen powerful nations clasp hands of brotherhood in a great and worthy cause, revealed that the spirit of heroism and valor bred of a high patriotism is not dead, shown us that men still are strong and women brave, led to great reforms and, without doubt, stimulated virtue in unsuspected places. So much for its credit account. Now take the debit side. Write down the loss of 6,000,000 men, each one some woman's son, tell the tale of Belgium, recite the story of Poland, think of northwest France, of destruction of property and the unreplaceable loss to the world's art, say steadily to yourself the words, Louvain, Dinant, Rheims, Soissons, Arras, Ypres and a host of others that time would fail us to tell, recall what each means in rapine and terror unthinkable, remember that the war has led to uncontrolled indulgence in the foulest passions that find a lodgment in the human heart, think, we repeat, on these things, and if you are not consumed with a great indignation against the Monster, War, your heart is dead. Even then the tale is not half told. What of the economic distress, of the dislocation of industry, of famine and want that follow in the wake of great armies? Put it all in a mass, and the world is groaning under an almost insupportable burden of misery. This is war, and what wa,r means ! If this is the necessary purgative, we think the time has arrived when Christiad leaders must find a different cure for the ills of the race. As for the present war, we believe Britain's hands are clean. But for somebody, there is a dread account with Heaven. Innocent Bel-gium cries with an appealing voice to Heaven. If Belgium's fate were the only damning indictment of war, it would be enough. If the world 4 VOX WESLEYANA has a heart it can never forget Belgium. After Belgium, it may well be said that it is a libel on Hell to endorse Sherman's dictum that "War is Hell. " # L x # x a The New Year The advent of 1915 finds Wesley with increased at Wesley numbers and bright prospects for the term. We wel-come back home a number of arts students who had, through pressure of circumstances, joined another college body. Their association with us again will mean a considerable accession of strength in sport, scholarship and debate. The end of the college year should see Wesley with a record that for a time of transition like the one thfough which we are passing, will demonstrate that the spirit of Wesley still lives. But before that "cons'ummation devoutly to be wished" is achieved, the price must be paid. That price is. the loyalty and co-operation of every student in the institution. In college it is particularly true that we do not live unto ourselves, but every little bit of faithful effort goes to make up the grand total of student activity. And every student who holds back and spends his time in grumbling at those who try to do things, is so much of a deterrent to progre!s. We think it is not beyond the truth to say that never had our College more loyal sons than those within its walls this year. Never-theless to the few who have not as strong a college spirit, as they might have, we venture to say, in the words used by Chancellor Bowles on a recent visit, "take a header into college life." Attehd the meetings support those who represent you in sport and debate, don't forget the yell. Feel that yon belong to a college of which you are proud and you will be helping to make the college what you wish it to be. At a certain lunch counter frequented by Wesley students, there hangs on the wall this motto: "If you are satisfied, tell your friends; if not, tell us." There is sense in that motto. We have a notion that the heads of the various college departments will endorse it heartily. # # # # X # The University As the advertisements say, "A long felt want has Club Room been supplied" by the recent opening of the Univer-sity club room in Boyd Block. The room will serve as a rallying centre for students, and should aid in the cultivation of helpful and broadened inter-college relations. We believe this is.cluite compatible with a strong college spirit, and so we echo the hope ex-pressed by Professor Parker at the formal opening of the room, that this may be the starting point of a scheme that may develop until it becomes to Manitoba University what the "Unions" are to older universities in the British Isles. # * # # # # We very much regret the illness which has prevented Prof. W. I!. Allison from resuming his work at the beginning of the term. Dr. Allison was taken ill during the Christmas vacation, and compelled to leave at once for the East. We are pleased to hear that the treatment and change of air have been so beneficial that although it was at first feared that the doctor would be compelled to remain away for the whole term, he is now with us again. VOX WESLEYANA A New University Council At last there really seems to be some prospect of a genuine stu-dents' executive in the University of Manitoba. In our last issue we spoke of the need for the reform of the Council which was supposed to exist, and outlined the functions which should belong to a university students' executive worthy of the name. On the 14th of the present month the student heads of the various colleges met in the club-room, and with complete unanimity agreed on a draft constitution to replace that in existence. This was sent to all the student bodies-mncerned for ratification, a6d by the time this is in the hands of o u r~ea "&rs will probably have been adopted. The new constitution has the virtue of brevity, and, we t v k , adequately covers the ground. The colleges arckta be represented 'by: their respective student heads, and the presidentsaf each of the Uhi-versity societies are also members of the council:' One importadt change is the addition of a member of the UniverbtymCouncil; who is tb be the president sf the Council. . This will provide;a..direct and natura) channel of communication between the University authorities and thg students, and at the same time will leave someone with authority to call together the Council from year to year. 7.. .. i The new Council will take charge of the studegts' club-room, the publication of a year book and a song book, if these*,shmld be dee&ed practicable this year, and will exercise a general oversight in all mdters touching the interests of the students of the University. ' With the representatives of the various colleges and societies thus working together, there is some hope for the development of a sane and healthy University spirit, which will undoubtedly be of immense advan-tage in building up that greater University, more adequate to the needs of Manitoba, and more in keeping with therbest educational ideals, which we hope will sqme day be the pride of our province. A. W. K. THE COLLEGE DINNER The big social event of the college year will be the annual dinner. It is of special importance that we make every effort this year to make this function worthy of the traditions of old Wesley. The .Probation-ers' Society have shown their apprecia-tion of the situation by their decision, by a large majority, to withdraw their own annual banquet for the present year, and unite to make the college dinner a notable success. The date will probably be Feb. 12th. Look out for the full details, which will appear on the bulletin boards in due course. Bert Howard wishes to thank very heartily students and professors for their kindness, sympathy, and help to him during the illness fol-lowing his accident. VOX WESLEYANA TL Student and Social Service By Rev. A. 0. Rose, B.A. "The fact that you are a big man doesn't make you an aristocrat." Such was the hrhst of '& little man, who, 'in a recent parade, 'haJ been badly jostled and trampled upon by a towering giant making his way'through thb crdwd. And the thought corhek to me in this conliec-tion that the fact that a college or university man towers above his fellow men intellectually and socially does hot give license to ignore what Lincoln has called "the equality of all men in the right to all that is best." Rather, as in the one case, so in the other, should superiority in physical prowess or intellectual attainments be used for the protection of the weaker and less fortunate. Ju.st to what extent this is realized among the students of our colleges and universities as a whole may be a matter of speculation, but the attitude, the opportunity and the rc-sponse of our own college may be worthy of a brief space in the columns of " VOX." Most men will agree, I think, that ARTHUR O. ROSE there are two opposite camps, the one Claiming that the duty of every student is to confine himself wholly to his studies, and to the activities connected with his college, the other standing as an antithesis, claiming that the acquisition of knowledge is of little permanent value, and almost minimizing the value of college training. Those of the former class when approached to undertake social work of a broader type immediately reply that they have no time far outside work, and in most cases turn their attention to some activity (or inactivity) which neither trains nor broadens. Those of the latter group, minimizing the strictly academic, reply to the same question that they are already too busy with other things, or readily accepting. are like wheat scattered on shallow soil, for when the test of true service comes they fall away. Fortunately, all college men and women are not found in these two camps; a middle group exists, composed of those who look upon the college as a centre both for the accumulation of information and for the developing of character to be tested and actualized in real life. These are the men and women who recognize the immense value of a trained mind, and realize that knowldge out of relation to real life is worthless. They are the men and women-neither the inferior students nor the indifferent ones-who are helping in a humble way to solve some of the problems of our city, and the problems of life. And here let me say, that at no time in one's life is such an oppor-tunity afforded of getting a sympathetic understanding of the problems VOX WESLEYANA 7 of life. There is immediate access to the press, the platform,' leaders of thought and action, and opportunities open out on all sides for original investigation. We read for example in the morning paper that wheat has taken a sudden jump of 13 cents per bushel. We may or may not coqnect it with other itemg in the same, paper, such as, for .example : "Flour leaps 55 cents per barrel in Chicago" and "New Zealand finds it necessary to fix bread prices." If we are student6 of Political Economy, we try to explain i t ; if we are social workers as well, we go and watch a stream of men and women, coming from desolate homes and empty cupboards. asking our Charity Associations for bread. Or again. as students, we hear a great deal about the evil effects of Real Estate. Abundant opportunity is given to verify statements or to make original investigations. The student may go to such a house as I entered yesterday-a poor frame house with eleven rooms, each room "home" for an entire family. If he does so, he will come out from these scenes of squalor and vice wondering what makes men live this way and whether there is no solution to the problems of sin and vice springing from these places. An examination of the facts will show the close connection between these conditions and the inflated prices of land which have obtained, and do obtain in our country. T h i ~ might be continued interminably but enough haa been said to illustrate my statement, that the years spent in the city at college afford oppor-tunities of getting in touch with life that may never be given again. Of institutions already at work in our city there are two of which I should like briefly to write-All People's Mission and the University Settlement-both of which are appealing to the students for aid. The first mentioned is maintained by the Methodist churches of Winnipeg and extends its opportunities through two Institutes and one church to the people of the north end of the city. In connection with these there are twelve paid workers doing what they can to place before the people from less enlightened lands high ideals of Christian citizenship. Something of the difficulty with which they are confronted at the very outset may be understood from the fact that not long ago one of our workers, in canvassing for a certain meeting, entered, by no design, five consecutive houses in which were found five women. one Polish. one Ruthenian, one Syrian, one German, and one Hungarian, no one of whom could speak English. Taking into account all the religious and political feuds inherited by these nations from centuries, it is no wonder that a feeling of fraternity has been long in arising. Of broad work in this mission calling for the aid of students I can mention only the boys' work and the adult work. Every boy of our 235 in organized classes presents a problem, and the task of moulding these lives, as well as of visiting and influencing their homes, calls for an army of sympathetic friendly visitors. And what is true of the boys' work, is true also of the girls', and of the adults'. They are corn-ing to us as they have never come before, and are bringing their chil-dren asking us to teach them. Much may be done in a public institution, but more in the homes. And this can be done only by a large number of unselfish, sympathetic visitors, whose scope of usefulness is as un-limited as their number is, at present, small. 8 VOX WESLEYANA Under distinctly University auspices the settlement exists, doing its valuable work in a humble way. In the Institutes, in boarding-houses, in private homes, in the public school and in the Coffee House these men are making their presence felt. No one is rising up, asking "What is this great revolution?" for there is none, but a few people here and there are asking "Why do these men live here among us, and share their time and lot with us?" And some are answering the question for themselves, that it is to show the spirit of Brotherhood which is, the essence of the Master whom they follow. The opportunity is greater than ever before; the problems are greater, and increase every day. No college man can afford to neglect his study by undertaking too much work even of a social nature, but on the other hand no student should allow himself to complete a college course without having had a vision of his, brother's need. "The churche's of Europe have failed, because they did not serve." Shall it be said of our colleges, as of Germany today, "They have a culture, but they have failed because they'did not learn to serve"! , Arthur 0. Rose '09. SASKATCHEWAN SOLDIERS AT WESLEY A pleasing function tookqlace at Wesley College on Dec. 4, when the Literary Society of the College gave a reception to the members of the Saskatchewan University now in Winnipeg with the second contingent. There are 22 members of the student body of the University of Sas-katchewan with the second contingent, in addition to Professor Bate-man and Bursar Rainey, and most of these were present at the reception. The programme took the form of speeches and music and an informal reception. The President of the "Lit," E. C. Evans, intro-duced the chairman of the evening, Dr. N. R. Wilson, and spoke a few words of welcome to the soldiers from Saskatchewan. The Senior Stick of the college, A, W. Keeton, extended the greetings of the college to the visitors. The chairman, 'Dr. N. R. Wilson, made some appropriate remarks in welcoming the student soldiers. He thought that the Uni-versity of Saskatchewan had set Manitoba University a fine example in having so many of her students leave with the second contingent. But Manitoba wodd not be remiss in the long run! The Manitoba Univer-sity project was going well, as many as 407 students having enrolled. He hoped that a large majority of these would leave for the front in the spring if there was need. On behalf of the visitors, Hamilton Barr, of Emmanuel College, Sas-katchewan, and A. G. Gruchy, returned thanks. Interspersed with the speeches was an excellent musical programme. L. D. Heaton delighted the audience with his pianoforte solos, and E. Roberts sang a patriotic song composed by Mr. Heaton, which won the instant favor of the large gathering. H. J. Record, J. Malley and J. Haslop also took part in the programme, while Private Garrod con-tributed for the visitors some diverting recitations. VOX WESLEYANA The Mercantile Scribe By Francis Marion Beynon Advertisement writing offers a new and a very profitable field of employment for educated women, with the gift of the pen, originality and amiability. The greatest number of these women writers are employed by department stores to help produce the regular announcements of goods, or to do special write-ups in a breezy chatty fashion. The salary of the regularly employed writer varies from about twenty to sixty dollars a week in Canada, while in great American cities it is rumored that exceptional ability commands much higher salaries. In entering upon this unique field of employment boundless enthu-siasm will be foqnd to be an invaluable asset, for enthusiasm is con-tagious and leaks out in words and sentences that set the reader's mind on fire with curiosity and desire, and that finally start a tide of gold in the direction of the cash office. But almost anyone who has the sort of mind that phrases things quaintly can become a fairly successful advertisement writer, though it is a profession that even the gifted must learn. The greatest pitfall of the inexperienced is wordiness. Advertising space is paid for by the square inch, and every word should be made to count. There is no place for the lengthy introduction, which leads the reader into intricate by-ways of rhetoric en route to an announcement of panama hats. The reader, who knows perfectly well that it is an advertisement, resents being way-laid, and the firm can't afford to pap for it. In the ideal advertisement the heading and the first sentence are so compelling that the reader is lured into reading it to the end. The second most common mistake on the part of the beginner is irre-levance. On those intolerable days wheh the muse refuses to- work the amateur is apt to flounder about hopelessly in search of ideas, and produce some such inane and untruthful statement as the following: "When the thoughts wander in the direction of the ballro.om the mind instantly conjures up the picture of immaculate white kid gloves.'! As a matter of fact it does nothing of the kind, being much more apt to see visions of slippery floors. At any rate, why gloves, any more than pumps or any other accessory of the costume. The obvious reason is that the writer had a glove ad. to write and it behooved him to say something to fill the expectant presses. In time and with many heart burnings the writer learns to confine himself on such dreary occasions to the safe and sane, if somewhat prosy, talk of qualities and values. Finally, the unforgivable sin on the part of the ad. writer is senti-mentality, and nearly all the awkwardness in learning this profession ninges upon the difficulty involved in expressing unlimited enthusiasm without, to use a slang phrase, "slopping over." It will be gathered from the above that advertising has a rythm of its own, quite different from any other form of writing. There are 10 VOX WESLEYANA different ways of learning the swing of the thing. Some folk take long distance instruction from a correspondence school of advertising ; some are taken in as green hands and trained to harness by an expert advertising manager ; but there is another way of acquiring a practical working knowledge of the technique of this remunerative profession, apd, tbaf, is ,by actua,Uy copying owt by hand night after night the advertisements that appear in the pages of the firms which have an eqtablished reputation as advertisers. Unc~nscipusly one will acquire that directness of style, and discrimination as to wording, that is an ' essentia1 characteristic of this branch of literary work. So much for the pure technique of advertisement writing, which is after all just the beginning of things. A big half of the writer's work is maintaining harmonious and pleasant relations with the buyers, with a view to extracting information from them; and this is where that amiability referred to at the beginning proves so useful an asset. While not an absolute essential, it smooths the way and tends very noticeably to the fattening of the pay envelope, when combined with talent. The ad, writer needs a sense of humor also to help her not to mind when she discovers that thk merit of her writing is judged by the department manager by the amount of space it occupies when set up in print, and that is the final criterion of quality with most of them. It is no concern of theirs how trippingly the catchy little sentences flowed off one's pen if there are not enough of them to fill a space three inches by five. But advertisement writing has its charming side as well, leading one into by-ways of beautiful Persian rugs, which, regardless of merit, arc bought in the market at Constantinople at so much for the square inch, and exquisite chinaware, which one learns from constant handling to value as much for the purity of the base as for the beauty of the design. When the buyer of china holds a piece of it up to the light and sees a clear white ware, with no blotches or flaws, his soul is filled with gladness, and that is why, though he supplies them for an ignorant public, he utterly despises the French and German wares and lays hiu soul down in' abject worship before the English potters. When one finds the buyer of toys in a mellow mood, he will lead one into little villages hidden in the German mountains, where there are ' doll factories mis-called, bebause they assemble dolls rather than make them ; and from there out into the quaint mountain-side cot$, where the whole family, from the grandfather torthe youngest child, is busy making clolls eyes, or wig8, or bodies for the factory. i The einbrdidery chief cih communicative days will lose one in quaidt lrish villages, where exquisite laces grow under deft fingers, or lead one into Swiss yarket places, picturing, with unexpectedly sympathetic touches, the simple homely life of these countries. These are the days whep, considering the unholy shekles she is get-ting for her hire, and the information she is gleaning, the scribe is well content to be an ad. wnman. VOX WESLEYANA THE LORDS OF WAR ARTICLE No. 2 General Joffre : the Idol of the French It is stated on very good an old friend greeted General Joffre with the remark, "Well, how arc things going?" The general's eyes twinkled as he replied, "Laissez-moi fnirc. 'Tc IPS g~~ignt.ttca." (" T~cavc. me alone. I nibble them. ") GENERAL JOFFRE No more characteristic re-mark could be quoted. General Joffre "nibbles" them. It is not a spectacular process. It does not make for great sweep-ing victories and successes im-mediate and overwhelming. But in a war like the present gi. gantic struggle, when armies on a vast front have been brought to a position of virtual stale-mate, the policy of "nibbling" is both safe and sure. We read in the French official reports-which, by the way, are the most reliable of all those issued-of an advance of 500 metres, of a few trenches taken in one dis-trict, or of an important strate-gic position stormed and won in a different region, and we say glibly, "Nothing doing again. " It all seems so little when we, long- for so much. Yet those who read the comparison recently published of the position of the Allied Armies in France in the month of September last and the ground occupied this month, were probably surprised at the advance recorded. Tt was a reminder that Joffre had been quietly but with "majestic insistancy" nibbling territory from the Teuton invaders of his land. This process of "nibbling" is thoroughly in accord with the charac-ter of the man directing it. Those who know him best say that his chief asset is a certain calm collectedness, combined with a patient persistence toward the accomplishment of the task he takes in hand, His character strikes one in many ways as possessing qualities popu-larly attributed to the Teuton rather than to the Latin races. As-wredly, if you have any mental picture of General Joffre as a dashing, specious, voluable military leader, with a mind that plans great strate-gical schemes in flashes of brilliant inspiration, you may dismiss it at once. The t u t h is that the French commander-in-chief is as far removed from the average man's idea of the typical Frenchman as he could well be. Slow moving, a hater of parade and paraphernalia, 12 VOX WESLEYANA taciturn in the extreme, with a mind that ruminates, working steadily toward its purpose and remaining unmoved amid all circumstance, whether the day be triumphant or disastrous. That is a summary sketch of the man who bears the weighty responsibility of guiding the Allied forces on thc western front. # # # 1 1 ly To come down to greater detail. We have mentioned General Joffre's remarkable calmness. Re is as calm in war as in peace. It seems almost callous to be calm in such a war as this, but that way lies salvation for the forces he commands. And that calm mastery of himself and his work has bred confidence on the part of others. General Joffre, who is a thoroughly modest and unassuming man, has a proper confidence in himself and his plans. He knows his own worth, as any man of his quality must know it. His staff never doubts his capacity to win, and that conviction has percolated through to his' troops. It is this which has made him so popular with the rank and file of his army. He certainly is no man to do anything to gain popu-larity. On the contrary, he eschews it. Like his English confrere, Lord Kitchener, whom he greatly re-sembles in mental make-up, Gen. Joffre is marked by a stern relent-lessness in doing that which he conceives to be his duty. He is ruthless with himself as well as with others. He is a stickler for efficiency, and a sworn implacable foe of incompeten'ce in the army. There is too much at stake, to his mind, for officers who do not know their business to be tolerated. So they get their discharge, no matter who they are. In France, where politics have had so much to do with military pro-motion, a commander-in-chief like Joffre, fearless and beyond bribe, was needed. He is known as the "man who broke five generals." This has its origin in the fact that in October, 1913, he dismissed from the service five generals who had shown weakness in maeoeuvres. Paris was aghast, fashionable France frowned, the rank and file of the army commended, but Gen. Joffre went quietly on his way. He had simply done his duty; this thing had to be done ; why make such a fuss? He is just the same now during the war in regard to his attitude toward the Press. If he had his way no journalist would ever see a battlefield. Lord Kitchener and he get on very well together in this respect. Lord Kitchener tells the world's newspaper men beating their hearts out in London that General Joffre does not want correspondents at the front; when they appeal to Joffre he shrugs his shoulders, expresses his regrets, but "Lord Kitchener wills that no correspondents should be allowed with the army." So they play shuttlecock with the poor journalist, until he has to give up in despair. General Joffre's great maxim is that in war nothing can be impro-vised. He h thorough in his attention to the minutest detail. In this he will match the Germans at their own game. It has been said of him "he succeeds because he takes the infinite trouble necessary to secure success." If genius consists in an infinite capacity for taking pains, then General Joffre is a military genius of the first order. This marked thoroughness is manifest in his extraordinary originating ability. The mobilization of the great French army was a triumph of rapid organiz- VOX WESLEYANA 13 ation. a he same quality of quiet, steady-going persistence has marked his conduct of the campaign whilst he has been engaged in sapping the strength of the Germans. It is this unobtrusive strength that will win victory in such a war as the present conflict of nations. General Joffre, like the late Lord Roberts, "does not advertize." He does not talk, and has written no book. He just does things. Monsieur Pujade, a Paris journalist who knows him as well as anybody does, which is not saying much, wrote an article on the general which he entitled "Joffre the Taciturn.:' "Punch" had a cartoon1 recently which showed General Joffre and Grand Duke Nicholas seated at desk telephones and in communication with each other. The Grand Dukc asks a question, which being translated, reads: "How goes it?" Joffre replies "Very well; and you?" "Not too bad" responds the Grand Duke. "Punch entitles the cartoon "Men of Few Words." Both these men leave the talking to the Kaiser and Von Hindenburg-and to Major-General Hughes-all of whom, be it said, are very able men. 9 # *. # rli # General Joffre's life has been in line with his character. His careel-is a reco~d of steady and deserved success, without any adventitious aid. The outline of his life is soon told. He entered the French Poly-technique Jnstitute as a youth of 17 years old. In the war of 1870 he distinguished himself as a second lieutenant. At 22 he mas madc captain in a corps of engineers, and it was as a constructor of defences that he made a reputation in the French army. He constructed the defences of Pontarlier, and later built forts at Tonkin. He has been in Africa, in Madagascar and has lived the life of a soldier, winning his way by nothing but his capacity and tireless industry. He was wade commander-in-chief of the French army in 1911, though little was ' known about him personally and few outside the army knew his name. Rut those who had to make the great choice knew his quality, knew that General Joffre was the man they needed. He became leader of the French army, and his greatest achievement has been the organization of the French General Staff. He has surrounded himself with the best brains in the army, selecting his men without fear or favor on the simple but sufficient basis of fitn'ess. Even Von Hindenburg, who is a very great man, was gracious enough to admit recently that "the French army was very well led." # # # # # # What does this strong, silent Frenchman look like? One who has seen hi& recently says: "He is a short, stout man, strong, even a little heavy, with a martial countenance revealing coolness and energy. In mufti, he looks like a country squire. You can examine his face as closely as you like-the blue eyes, the full but firmly set mouth half hidden by a flaxen moustache, the blunt wide-nostrilled nbse-but you will find there no trace of anxiety, of the burden sf responsibility. " Such is the man on whom so largely the fate of Britain, as well as France, rests. With his English colleague, General French (who by the way, is the same age as the French leader, 62), he will wrest victory from his foes and bring peace to his land and ours. H. D. Ranns, Theo. '15. VOX WESLEYANA Comcemimg Cllnade~ Concerning Charles Lamb By G. L. Waite , The essays,& Charles Lamb partake of no one charaoter.1 Whey are largely autobiographical but are also in part descriptive, critical and imagisative. ,k , ,, I , I I I I , I The use of the persona1 element in the Elia essays is two-fold. There are passages which are ostensibly htobiographical and biographical and there are others inspired by recollections of his family and friends too subtle to be noticed except by the careful reader, and by him who is acquainted with the author's family affairs. Several of the essays bear the former character: "The South Sea House," "Christ's Hos-pital," "Dream Children," "Mackerey End" and "Benchers of the Inner Temple." Of the indirect reference to his personal affairs the following example may be given. It is from the "Child Angel," a passage of exquisite pathos: The Child Angel "could not taste of death by reason of its adoption into immortal palaces, but it was to know weakness, and reliance, and the shadow of human imbecility; and it went with a lame gait; but in its goings it exceeded all mortal children in grace and swiftness. Then pity first sprang up in angelic boaoms and yearnings (like the human) touched them, at the sight of the immortal lame one." Those who know the sad affliction'of the Lamb family do not need that I should dilate upon these words: "and the shadows of human imbecility. ' " Charles Lamb is one of our great stylists. In Lamb's writing, es-pecially in the Elia Essays, with a few exceptions, the subject matter is of little moment. Who would care for the information Lamb gives about the Benchers of the lnner Temple, or of the South Sea House, or about St. Valentine's Day, if it were not conveyed in Elia7s inimitable fashion? Lamb was not the only man who wrote about these things, or who wrote about them in the London Magazine. In the number for Feb. 1823 there was, singularly enough, an article on Valentine's Day. Lamb's esaay on that subject had appeared in the Indicator two years before. Most people who make any pretension to literary knowledge have read Lamb's essay, but who knows anything about thia other essay in the London on the same subject 4 I make no boast of knowing it, for I came across it by the merest "fluke" of fortune, and though it is readable, it is not worth remembering. It is the style of Lamb's essay that has raised it to the position of an English Classic. There is, however, in the writing of Elia much that has intrinsic merit, I mean the criticism. The account of the way in which Bensley and Mrs. Jordan pl?yed in Twelfth Night, given in the essay on some of the old actors, is a masterpiece of dramatic criticism. But here, again, the style is scarcely of secondary importance, for the criticism is so discriminating and subtle, that it could not be conveyed in lan-guage that was stilted, crude, or inelegant. Lamb's essays were no merely manufactured articles. Lamb was forty years old when the first was written. His faculties were mature. , VOX WESLEYANA 15 He was in his prime. There was no need for him to "read up" in order to have a subject to treat of. The preparation was completed, his knowledge acquired. Lamb had not the accurate knowledge of the scholar, formal and systematic, but the culture of the bookman who loved, his folio9 his1 midnight ditrlings"; nbr 4theiilino~vledgoef "he scientist, statistical and non-moral, but the learning experience brings when she turns alchemist and changes the iron that has entered a man% soul into the gold of character. This gold of the soul was now brought to light, and shaped to the mold of a varying fancy with a literary taste and skill which were themselves, perhaps, Lamb's chief gift to the world. Lamb's style was quaint through his choice of words and modes of address. Old words which had fallen into disuse were introduced into his essays, and to others which were in common use in Lamb's time he gave their older meaning. Lamb's style was familiar. His essays are more like letters than newspaper articles. The most delicate and touching incidents are de-picted as though the reader were no mere outsider but one of the author's most intimate friends. It is as if he said : "You, I am sure, will understand me, when I tell you of my boyhood in the Temple, of my hopes and fears, my childish imaginings, and the objects 6f my youth-ful hero-worship. No formal address could indicate the measure of his confidence, for without plea or apology he "keeps open house" to all who care to read*his essays. That a style is, familiar, is at once the source of its strength and , weakness; of the admiration in which it will be held by the few, and of its neglect by the many. As upon the upapproachable person, coyness, and openheartedness, are alike thrown away, so the appeal of the famil-iar essay is quite lost upon the austere or pedantic. But to those who can give Lamb their hearts, his essays speak with increasing charm in t,heir "various language"; now whimsical, now hilarious and now sweet with a tenderness which instills within us, gently, and almost uncon-sciously, a sense of perfect felicity. E. V. Lucas has said that every line Lamb wrote is valuable. This statement shows how strong the bond may become between Lamb and his admirers. Every line of no author is valuable. But only a lover can see sweetness in inanity, and calm strength in stupidity. It is because Mr. Lucas's heart has been completely won, that his criticism of Lamb is effusive, and lacks discrimination. Lamb's humor has a flavor of its own. Occasionally it is loud, but for the most part subtle and slow-winning, rather filtering into our apprehension than taking it by storm; sometimes arising from an unusual use of a word, as when he speaks of a "stud of night mares''; sometimes by the unlooked for attribution of sentiment or practice in the teeth of conventional thought and usage, when he makes angels "titter. " When the Child Angel winked "what an irrepressible titter that time spared not celestial visages!" But Lamb's humor is not always quiet and dainty. When in his essay on All Fool's Day, he arraigns the fools of history before him his style is boisterous and capricious and, careless of the dignity of whom he assails, Alexander 16 VOX WESLEYANA and Duns Scotus are alike made to "play the antic part." It is a hu-mor also which sometimes veils a stinging criticism. Lamb took little part in the national and continental movements of his time: social, religious, literary or philokophical. Of course' in a measure he was affected by them as every literary man must be; but he did not take up the cudgels on behalf of any school of thought or writing, nor was he allied to any political party. He loved all in art, literature and society which gave him pleasure, and these pleasures viewed in retrospect provided most of the material for his essays. To this material he gave the sympathetic, imaginative treatment of the artist, not the critical analysis of the philosopher. Lamb was a book-man, not a philosopher, reading books for the pleasure they gave him, not for the purpose of determining their author's position in literature, or the trend of literary movement; a man of social interests, not a social reformer, very fond of the society of his friends, not concerned with the amelioration of society generally. Lamb was not the man to be interested in the Methodist Revival. We do not know what he thought of Wesley. The silence is significant. But Wesley, though he would have condemned much of Lamb's conduct, would have "felt his heart strangely warmed" to the man, who, for thirty years, made a home for a sister whose mental condition gave constant anxiety. This man had been a passionate lover, but he chose to do his duty to Mary Lamb rather than to marry. No praise is too high for such conduct as this! Elia's essay on Modern Gallantry is all that can be desired as a plea for the prope? and courteous treatment of woman. All that can be desired-and yet not quite all. We like to know if our authors' lives are consistent with their teaching. The written word has its limitations, but in Lamb's case also : "The word had breath and wrought With human hands the ci-eed of creeds In loveliness of perfect deeds More strong than all poetic thought." This is the ne plus ultra, and we are satisfied. George L. Waite, Theo. '15. A SCIENTIST'S ADVENTURE Tom Brownlee was startled the other day by having his scientific seclusion on the top flat over at the U unaccountably invaded. Our scientist was diligently 'pursuing his learned investigations by alter-nately boiling frogs and freezing them, when he heard the patter of many feet and the sound of many voices-juvenile, female voices ! Greatly wondering what these unaccustomed sounds might portend, he opened the door of his laboratory, and in amazement beheld a troop of little girls, who immediately demanded to know if he were the picture man, and where the moving pictures were. Tom was rescued by the jaqitor, who at once proceeded to shoo the little dears downstairs. They are now looking for that bad, wicked man who lured them there under false pretences. VOX WESLEYANA A Reminiscence and a Great Man's Birthplace Many of the students of Wesley Quincey's description of a ride by night in an English stage coach of bygone days. Few, if any, I suppose have ever been passengers on a bona fide coach of old times. One does not mind admitting to a certain pride in one's native county even though that pride be tempered by the secret knowledge that it is not the most go-ahead of places. So then whilst one admits that Cornwall was a little slow in getting its railways, one can also point to the fact that in their native hills in Cornwall, the people were the last to yield to the Roman invaders. Thanks, then, to Cornwall's backwardness in steam transit, the writer early in the '90s had the experience of his boyhood's life-a ride on the top of a stage coach. The occasion was an attack of whooping-cough. My parents decided that in order to safeguard the health of certain other young sprouts of the family tree, my whooping-cough and I had to be packed off, bag and baggage, to my uncle's farm on the Bodmin Moors. So imagine a rather proud youngster, except when a fit of cough-ing nearly throttled him-perched on the top of the coach. His parents had given the guard-who, by the way, tooted a beautiful long silver horn-instructions to put him off at the little lane leading to his uncle's farm. There he was to remain for at least six weeks. The roads were splendid. The horses, four beautiful bays, were in fine fettle, and all too soon we came to the end of my six-mile trip and I was received by the welcoming arms of my Aunt, who persisted in kissing me in full vision of the whole coachload of people-hugely to my disgust. In the farm one is interested in the neighbors. Our nearest was most interesting because he rode frequently past our place to town, and al-ways returned drunk. His faithful horse always brought him safely home, and it was a subject to provoke my youthful mirth to see Farmer S---- reeling homeward in his saddle and singing ribald songs. His favorite song was one which went to a good old Methodist tune, al-though the words were not at all of that persuasion. The only two verses that I recall are somewhat as follows-and I give them, not for their poetry, or their fine sentiment, but simply as folk song curios: "I wish I were a brewer's horse For six months in the year ; I'd turn my head where my tail ought to be, And drink up all the beer. "And when I'd drunk up all the beer, My thirst to satisfy, I'd eat up all the bungs and corks, Give up the ghost and die." ". I , . , 9 18 VOX WESLEYANA (I can whistle the tune, if any theological student is curious.) But the important thing about this farmer was that he lived at Lidcote Farm, and that in this low-lying moorland farm-house was horn in June, 1819, J. Couch Adams, who became the leading astronomer of his times, and was the discoverer of Neptune in 1846. This is the real raison d'etre of ,th$ article.. ,, His father war Thomas Adams, a plain, hoiest $an of the tehant farmer clags. His m~ t b e rw as o f the,poorer g@lefolk class, qnd,had inherited a small estate near Launceston. Her name was Tabitha Knill Grylls. Two years ago I visited the little school at which Adams re-ceived his three X's. It was not much of a start for the future Cam-bridge Professor. But he was always star-gazing, and in this connec-tion an interesting story is told. The custom on the moorland farms is to allow the cattle to wander unattended in the daytime and fetch them in at night. Young Adams was sent at dusk to bring in the cows; but he forgot his job and was lost in admiration of the heavens. His father came to seek him, switch in hand, and as he spanked the star-gazer, said in the vernacular: "Drat the boy, thee'st good for nort 'cept star-gazing." History will have to place Thomas Adams "also among the prophets." At 12 years of age he was sent to a private school at Devonport which was conducted by a cousin of his mother's, the Rev. J. Couch Grylls. In 1839 he entered St. John's College, Cambridge, and was graduated thence in 1843. In 1846 he and his co-discoverer, the French astronomer, Leverrier, found the most distant Neptune. For many years he was the Astronomer Royal, and did valuable work. He died in January, 1892, and a tablet to his honor stands in St. Paul's Cathedral. F. B. Ball '13. PROBATIONERS' EXECUTIVE The Probationers' Society held its meeting for election of officers on Friday, Jan. 8th. The following mere elected as executive for the present term :- Hon. President-Dr. Irwin. President-H. D. Ranns. 1st Vice-President-Bert Howard. 2nd Vick-President-J. Maclachlan. 3rd Vice-Pres.-F. W. Cannon. 4th Vice-Pres.4. E. Charles. Treasurer-Beo. Holgate. Secretary-A. W. Mullett. The executive will do their best to make this a successful term. Let every Probationer fulfil his obligation as a member of the Society, attend the meetings regularly and punctually, and help to make the Society a real factor in the college life. H. T. R. . No bundle too small for the North West Laundry. VOX WESLEYANA A Chinese View of the Great War What do you suppose the Great European War looks like to a mis-sionary in the heart of China? Below we have pleasure in printing some intensely interesting extracts from a letter from our old friend, B. J. Surtees, who graduated from Wesley in 1912, ahd wfio is dow engaged in educational work in West China. The letter is dated from Chengtu, Noy. 14th; 1914, and was recently received by T. I. Brownlee. "Dear Tom,-Received your very interesting letter, and was glad to receive the war news as Canada looks upon it. * Out here China is chiefly concerned about Japan and her actions, and is very apprehen-sive as to what are her intentions. The Chinese certainly do not love the Japs. My teacher hopes the day will soon come when China will be able to go to war with Japan with some fair hope of success. "Germany is great at stirring up trouble, and has been doing all she can to stir up trouble in China, and especially to get the United States and Japan at loggerheads. She wants to stir up every possible enemy to England. ,However, the Chinese will some day learn the truth, and when they do, so much the worse for Germany and her credit out here. Jn Chengtu there are severaI native papers running, and they certainly get hold of some wild reports. "As you might expect there is great unrest here, and robbers seem to be increasing. Almost everything depends on the life of Yuan Shih . Kai, and he is certainly China's only hope at present. I tremble to think what might happen if he were put out of the way. I fear China would get involved with Japan, and meanwhile have several rebellions going on within." In a postscript dated November 16th, Mr. Surtees adds some re-marks which cast'a light on the kind of war news the German agents appear to be circulating among the Chinese. The letter says:- "Well, our latest telegrams are not encouraging hopes of a speedy conclusion to the war. Fancy 57,000 British missing out of the small army we had. It speaks volumes for the fights we must have had, and of the German attempts to settle them. What exultation there would be in Berlin if they could only show one good licking they had given the Britishers. "I was exceedingly pleased to hear how Alfred joined the French, and he a pure German. I am afraid Isaac will have a much more difficnlt position. Certainly if he gets hold of the reports of the atrocities they have committed in Belgium and elsewhere, he will likely be glad he belongs to Canada, and to a country that has no such foul blots on its escutcheon. "Yours as ever, "Ben." The names of the few students who have as yet neglected to pay the Supplementary Revenue Tax have been handed to the crown prosecutor. The period of grace fixed by the committee expires at the end of January. After that, the goblins 'ull git you ef you don't watch out. ATHLETICS At the first of the season prospects were slim for effective teams to compete in the Intercollegiate Series, but through earnest efforts we have been able to organize a Senior' and a Junior team and then have extra material. The defeat by the Medical s e~t e t t ea t the Auditorium Rink on Jan-uary 6th can be ittributed to theLpoor condition of the newly organized senior team; nevertheless with the few practices we have had lately at the Arena Rink the improvements shown are very promising. Over this slight defeat we are by no means discouraged, but we are faithfully endeavoring, under the instruction of our capable and devoted team coach in the person of Dr. Wilson, to be in A1 con-dition when we clash with the Varsity septette. We strongly appeal to the Wesley students to keep closely ac-quainted with the scheduled games at the Auditorium and be there with penants and colors ready to yell the Wesley slogan to encourage the hockeyists who will strive to uphold the supremacy of the Red and Blue. R. B. McLean, Senior Captain. # X X # # # Hockey Association Executive Patrons: Sir James Aikins, Capt. Robinson, J. H. Ashdown, E. L. Taylor, M.P. ; Pres. : Mr. D. L. Shortliffe; Vice-Pres. : B. M. Murray; See.-Treas. : A. McArthur ; Senior Captain : R. McLean. # # # X; II; # Jan. 9th-Wesley 2, Medicals 15 The first of the hockey season does not on the face of it seem very encouraging. We have a number of good hockey players, but without practice and consequently with little if any system, they had no chance of winning. The defence was the weakest part of the team and some shuffling will doubtless take place before the next game. Line-up :-Reedman, Cuddy, Cross, McKenzie, Wright, Jobin, McLean, C. McKee. Referee--J. Verner. t rl C 11 ;X # Jan. 16-Wesley (Intermediates) vs. Schools Like the Seniors, the first class in the Junior series resulted in a loss. The Schools always have a fast team, and usually finish up at or around. the top of the list. Line-up:-Robinson, Cuddy, Wright, McKenzie, Murray, McKee, Jones. VOX WESLEYANA Coming Games Senior Junior Jan. 23-Wesley vs. Varsity Jan. 30-Wesley vs. Engineers Feb. 3-Wesley vs. St. John's Feb. 9-Wesley vs. St. Boniface Feb. 17-Wesley vs. Engineers Feb. 13-Wesley vs. Varsity Feb. %&Wesley vs. Law Feb. 20-Wesley vs. Pharmacy Feb. 27-Wesley vs. Medicals Mar. 6-Wesley vs. Agriculture Mar. 9-Wesley vs. St. John's BASKETBALL The, Basketball season has opened for the year with considerablc changes in the Intercollegiate end. For the first time there are two series-Senior and Intermediate or Junior-the game being given thus a big boost toward first-class ranking in Intercollegiate sport along with football, hockey and track. The new arrangement will afford an opportunity for more men to play and thus a greater incentive to learn the game. There is room for specialization in sport as in other things, and sports are hampered by having to depend on the same group of men in all. So if you want to play basketball and don't know how, go after it, and practice and train consistently with that end in view. A good worker who will listen and learn is more valuable to his team than a brilliant man who rests on his oars. Owing to the large number of teams entered-six in each series-it was found that only a single series can be run off. This gives each team one game a week, so the schedule should be run off easily without a hitch. Rooters help a team to win and show the spirit of the college, so observe the schedule and turn up. Senior Tues., Jan. 19-9.15 p.m. Wesley vs. Agriculture at Agric. Tues., Jan. 26-1.30 p.m. Wesley vs. Medicals at Y.M.C.A. Wed., Feb. 3-1.00 p.m. Wesley vs. Law at Y.M.C.A. Wed., Feb. 10-1.00 p.m. Wesley vs. Varsity at Y.M.C.A. Wed., Feb. 17-1.00 p.m. Wesley vs. Engineers at Y.M.C.A. Junior Wed., Jan. 20-5.00 p.m. Wesley vs. Kelvin at Kelvin Wed., Jan. 27-3.30 p.m. Wesley vs. St. John's at Y.M.C.A. Wed., Feb. 3-3.30 p.m. Wesley vs. Agriculture at Y.M.C.A. Tues., Feb. 9-1.30 p.m. Wesley vs. Medicals at Y.M.C.A. Wed., Feb. 17-1.00 p.m. Wesley vs. Varsity at Y.M.C.A. (h'ote-Time of games subject to change. Look for the notice.) # # I #6 * # Jan. 19th-Wesley 5, Agriculture 34 The first Senior game, which took place on Tuesday night at the Agricultural College, was a disaster as far as the score indicates. We were beaten by a better team, which is going to be worth watching. vox WESLEYANA As yet our men have evolved no system of play, being weak on placing the pass, allowing it to be intercepted frequently. This weakness remedied, and with a bulldog defence, we should be able to make a better showing in the rest of our games. Bob Rice handled the whistle very satisfactorily. , , # I I L L * Jan. 20-Wesley 12, Kelvin 42 The Junior team, too, got away to 'a bad sfaft when they met the K.T.H.S. bunch at Kelvin. Although they played hard despite lack of training and absence of team work, yet they were completely outclassed by the clever Kelvinites who showed remarkable control over the ball as well as brilliant team work and ability to score at almost any angle in spite of all the efforts of their heavier opponents. FOOTBALL Since our last appearance the Junior Football Series has been won by the Schools. We take this opportunity of congratulating them on the consistent and sportsmanlike way in which they carried out the series. It will be our good fortune if we are able to welcome some of the players to Wesley next year. * * * * 1 X CURLING President-Sidney Gardner ; Secretary-Walter E. Hall ; Com-mittee- Albert Campbell, Frank E. Wagg. Arrangements have been completed for the great Wesley bonspiel at the Thistle rink, beginning on Friday, Jan. 22nd, and it is expected that it will be completed prior to the commencement of the Annual 'Spiel. There are in all ten rinks ready for the fray and all were out for the prizes. It is probable that a cup will be secured to stimulate interest in this branch of sport as has been done in other departments, as well as prizes for the individual members of the winning rink. Among the men of the different aggregations many are novices at the game but all are anxious to acquire a knowledge of the popular sport which has taken firm hold as a recognized branch of sport for Inter-collegiate competition. A few practice games were held on Saturday, Jan. 16th, and it proved an interesting morning for all present. Especially on rink 2 was the competition keen. Hall and Argue battled loud and long for victory. Misses Rowell Rowel1 and Hildred figured on Mr. Argue's rink and if they stay with the game will be second to none before the season ends. Their brilliant sweeping was the feature of the morning. As yet we have not entered the Intercollegiate series though it is possible we may obtain admission even at the eleventh hour. In following years Curling should be placed on a better basis and ice provided for the boys who wish to participate, as is done in hockey. J. A. S. G. VOX WESLEYANA 23 BOXING AND WRESTLING Executive-Pres., W. Johnston; Vice-Pres., A. Johnson; See.-Treas., W. Griffith. President Johnston Johmton announces that the room provided last year for boxing and wrestling will be thrown open next week after 4 o'clock each day. Those wishing to b o m~ay secure gloves from Room 10. # # I I I I WESLEY WINS AT HOCKEY 1 Just as we go to press, the news comes of a victory for our senior hockey team with 'Varsity on January 23rd. The recent accession of new material in the defence put new life into the forward line, with the result that 'Varsity got the surprise of their lives by being handed s defeat of 5 to 1. Wesley's line-up was as follows: Winkler; Smith, Simpson; Cross, Spiers, Jobin, McLean; spare, McKee. The scoring mas: Spiers 2, Smith 1, Simpson 2. - Requiescat in Pace Tubbibus lollibus ona seatorum, Restibm backibus. bia wallorurn, Spreadibus feetibus widli allorum, Slumbra et sleepibus noisili snorum. Your linens last at the North West Laundry. \ Jay Lafayette %oynl Mourt #l~ntogrnp~~r 489 Portage Ave., Winnipeg Held in England, position in " Windsor Castle " Private Studio and Photographed many of the Royal Family. Have now reconstructed my Studio for large groups and for all kinds of Photography. Enquire about special inducement for college groups. Locals Societies and Personals VISIT OF MR. C. G. HOUNSHELL That many pleasant memories were retained by the students of Mr. Hounshell's former visit to the city twelve months ago, was clearly evidenced by the large number who were present to greet him when he preached the University sermon at the Y.M.C.A. on January 3rd. The service was conducted by Prof. R. F. Argue, who, in introducing' the speaker, referred in kindly and appreciative terms to hia work. Mr. Hounshell prefaced his message by a brief and sympathetic reference to the crisis, which Canada as a part of the British Empire, is passing through at th6 present time. Turning to his main theme, which was based on the words of Christ in St. John's Gospel, ch. vii: v. 37, 38, he showed, chiefly by means of illustration, that man's deepest need can never be satisfied either through seeking the pleasures of the world or in the pursuit of its material wealth. There were two essential elements requisite in any person who claimed to satisfy the needs of man. He must have power to control his own life, and in the second place he must be able to handle the sin problem. The speaker main-tained that Christ alone fufilled these conditions, and closed his address with a forceful appeal for individual service. There were two features about the service which may be noted in passing. One of these was the hearty way in which the responsive read-ing of the scripture was taken up by all present: the other, by way of contrast was that the musical portion of the service was marred, owing to the fact that the tunes set to the hymns chosen were not known by the students as a whole. Surely some of the great hymns are wedded to certain tunes. Thus, for instance, had the hymn selected, "0 Day of Rest and Gladness,'' been sung to the tune "Aurelia," it would have been taken up by the students with much greater spontaneity and effectiveness. The large number present indicated that these University services are appreciated by many' of the students. F. P. INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATES Wesley is going into the intercollegiate debates this year with a firm determination to spare no effort to secure the trophy. There are two series; the winners in each will debate for the cup. We are to debate the question of the Munroe Doctrine with Manitoba College on VOX WESLEYANA Jan. 29th' when we shall be represented by W. A. Carrothers and Peter Webster. On Feb. 5th we meet the Agricultural.College, when G. H. Dyson and T. H. Nuttall will endeavor to convince the farmers of the advantages of co-operative banking. Every Wesley student should be present to support our speakers, and help to bring the trophy back to our college. WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT ORIGINAL SIN Oliver: The tendency to sin with which we are born. ' k Passmore Passniore: The Devil in human nature. Cleave : There isn't such a thing. Webster : The autobiography of Fred Passmore. v k l Pankhurst : An abomination unto the Lord and a very present help into all kinds of trouble. Pearson: The root from which all good proceeds. Taylor : Sofhe of the 'divil himself. J. Cross : The devil's the only guy who is original .enough to commit any original sin. Arthur Rose : My original sin is laziness. W. E. Reedman : Original sin is original nonsense. 'G. L. Waite: A small body of truth entirely surrounded by mis-apprehension. Braithwaite J. Bone : Did you ever see it ? Rraithwaite: Well, if I had to write an essay upon it I might shock some of our dear professors ! Ranns: I don't know anything about it, my dear boy. Martin: I'm full of it. Dennis : I'm happy to think I'm not responsible for it ! . Hoey : A perverted human experience. W. Bone : A necessary blunder in progress. Thackeray. I can't write about anything that isn't in my experience. Tindale: Dr. Dick knows m9re about it now he has read our essays. T. Constable: A taint (it aint) in the common stream of life. Geo. Dyson: I don't know anything about it as I am not a theologue. From the Trenches I hesitate to write this letter for fear of annoying you, but the time has come when I must ask your judgment on a serious matter, the con-sideration of which has caused me many days of anxiety, and nights of sleeplessness. You will understand me writing regarding this matter of such importance when I tell you that homes and human lives have been ruined by similar troubles. I feel that you should know the worst at once, for in all sincerity it may mean life or death to me. I dare not communicate the state of my mind to any of my friends except you, for they are not at all to be relied upon, so in my distress and pertur-bation of mind I can tell you only. I am askin a great deal of you, but your friendship will warrant you in decidin 8, this: rely only upon your love and loyalty to me, and tell me from the bottom of your heart if you really think that Jeff will ever be as tall as Mutt. 26 VOX WESLEYANA WBO~wS ~hitn we&y I I : I I I I 1 11 1 1 1 11 , I ' Who's What in Wesley THE MINISTER FOR When the tumult with which the ures-elit academic year commenced was begin-ning to subside, and the smoke to clear away, Wesley students looked around them for the men to lead in the task of reconstruction. In the department of sport the problem was undbubtedly the most difficult of all. The hour called for one who could by some means discover material out of which teams worthy of Wesley might be formed, one who could evoke enthusiasm in the teeth of almost certain defeat, and above all, one with the courage and persistence to use what the occasibn offered to prepare the way for victories in the future. For this work we chose Jesse Cross of the '15 clasd in Arts. Let it be frankly admitted that we had no option; there appeared to be no one nearly so well qualified for the position; the called for him, so him we sent. Now that the first term is over, and the second well begun, we may look over the field and congratulate ourselves on our choice. Wesley occasioned some surprise among our neighbors when it was announced that we intended to enter the usual number of teams in every department of sport. That was the policy of the President of the Athletic Association, and his enthusiasm carried that policy every time. He was not short-sighted, demanding present victory or noth-ing; he looked to the future and sought the very best means of training our men for other years. The captains led out their teams, composed largely of men who had had little or no opportunity for practice together, and the "Buka-lakka" roared from the side-lines. No matter what the result the boys fought gamely, and the rooters cheered unwaveringly. Wesley was in the game. Behind the bravery of the athletes themselves, and the faith of their supporters was the unfailing courage of the President, whose eye was fixed on something beyond the results to appear in the next day's paper. Jess is no plaster saint, nor will he thank anyone who represents him to be anything other than he is. Though a philosopher by choice, he is more than a mere theorist. He is as able to take his place and use his strength in the hurly-burly of practical life as to take his part and use his brains in a philosophical discussion. When it comes to a struggle he can defend his opinions on the floor of Parliament, or uphold the vox WESLEYANA 27 cause of his college on the hockey ice, or on the basket-ball floor. HI? does all these things in the same spirit of loyalty to his cause, and with a strength that knows no fear. The colors of old Wesley will be borne to triumphs even more glori-ous than in the great days of the past, and the ears of the colleges of our University will ring with the familiqr sound of Wesley's victorious shout. In the glory of those days the men who in less spacious times labored in loyalty and faith should have no mean part, and among these a place should be reserved for Jesse Edward Cross. # L L # L X-THE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE The Custodian of the Cash is a man of responsibility. To him must be handed over all the student funds which every student is required to pay at registration; advertisers in " Vox " are requested to make their cheques payable to him; and to him must be given even the money we pay for our tickets to the college dinner! When any college committee desires to spend any money, it must consult the General Student Treasurer. He s.ees that nobody is more lavish than the funds at their disposal will warrant; and he has the power to veto expenditures of which he does not approve. It was well that the students had some-one in whom all this power could be in-vested with perfect confidence. There was among their number one man at least who would look after their interests with a single eye, and who could be trusted to do his duty firmly, faithfully and with perfect good humor; and that man was A. E. Whitehouse (Arts '15). His fellow members in the Students' Representative Council have shown their faith in him by choosing him to be the leader of the house in Wesley's student par-liament. Alf has served Wesley in a great variety of ways. Early in his 'career he was elected president of his class. Last year he represented his college in the debate against the Socialist Club, and so well did he acquit himself that he has this year been chosen by the University as s member ef the international debating team. On the floor of parliament he has shewn himself a capable leader, and many of us remember his weighty speech in that capacity at the state opening of the house this fall. For two years he has been a valued member of the staff of "Vox," first in the local, then in the literary department. It is an evidence of his versatility that this year he held a place on the senior football team. It scarcely needs to be added that in each of the many phases of college activity in which Alf has engaged, he has justified the con-fidence reposed in him. 28 VOX WESLEYANA A sense of humor is one of the richest gifts of heaven ; and one of the qualities which have made Alf Whitehouse so popular at Wesley is his power to make a joke and to take one. Yet he does not neglect the serious side of life (for is he not taking a philosophy course?) ; he is not too much wrapped up in abstractions to take an interest in liter-ature (does he not take English?) ; at the same time, he .is not such n book-worm as to be unacquainted with the humanities of practical life (for is he not married?). Wesley's first General Student Treasurer has demonstrated that with the right man in the position, the office justifies its existence. He has shown that it is possible to keep all the funds in one bank ac-count, efficiently administered, to provide the necessary check on ex-penditures, and to do this without undue friction, or unnecessary red tape. Our hope is that future generations will be as fortunate as our-selves in having the right man on the job. A. W. K. THE UNIVERSITY READING ROOM The University reading room on the third floor of the Boyd Block makes a capital addition to the equipment of the University. It is a pleasant roonl, well lighted and comfortably furnished. There is a good piano, the tables are provided with an abundance of the magazine literature in which students are specially interested, and a dozen of the more important daily Non-resident students will find the room an excellent rendezvous. The opening night passed off very successfully. Of the Wesley men who contributed to the informal musical programme, W. H. Taylor, who played a difficult violin solo was particularly happy both in the selection and execution of his item. A number of professors visited the room during the evening. Dr. Baird and Dr. Perry happened to come when the boys were round the piano singing college songs. Fate is surely a joker when she sends a professor of Hebrew strolling through a TJniversity reading room to the strains of "Solomon Levi ! " G. IJ. W. ALLEGED HUMOR Prof. Jolliffe: "In classical times it was the girl who committed suicide in unfortunate love affairs and not the boy." C. G. Cooke: "Gee, fellows, I wish I'd lived in those times." * 15 # # * # In Hebrew Class: "Doctor, can you tell me the difference between the sounds of v and w in English? " Dr. Stewart: "Well, v is sounded as v in vermin while w is the sound of w in the word women.-Of course there is no connection be-tween the two." # * # # a a E. C. Evans has been telling his intimate friends that he has accepted a position as lieutenant in the "Sanity Corps" in the third contingent. Some of his best friends doubt the truth of the statement. VOX WESLEYANA 29 G. L. Waite (wearily) : "Is there no hope for celibacy in the near future, Doctor?" # # # # # # Best (at home during vacation) : "Father, what is frenzied finance?" Father: "Financing you at college, my boy." # # # # # # Father : "What are 'the seats of the mighty ?' " Coade : "Those in the 'gods'." # # # # Friend : "Where are you working now ?" Whitworth: "I'm not working. I'm attending college." # # # # # # Charlie Cooke (after holidays) : "Some things on earth are very strange, The mysteries thereof are many; They say this is a world of change, And yet I cannot borrow any." # # # # *# *# I ' ? Watterson (at supper): "Chase the cow down this way." Waitress: "Take the cow down to where the calf is bawling." # # # # # # Dr. Bland: "Do you feel any religious gain in passing a saloon?" Gough Cough: "It is no temptation to most of us." # # # # * . # Customer (at Birks') : "Will you show me a muffin dish?" Holgate (walking to a case filled with all kinds of silverware) : "There you are madam, take your pick." # # # # # # Charming Young Lady (at Birks') : "I want to buy a curate." J. H. Hall (profoundly) : "Sorry, lady, but we have only Methodist probationers. " # * # # # 4b The students who were working at Birks' were told not to shake the cash-tube as it might rattle the cashier. # # # # # # F'ind the value of sin 30". Elliott: "I shall protest this paper. They have no pight to ask us theological questions." # # # # # # Dr. Bland (in Church Polity) : "The Presbyters naturally came to the end of their lives, and came to the hottest place in history." # # # # # # Rev. P. Bruce Thornton (in address to children) : "Our country is cosmopolitan and heterogeuous and its problems are multitudinous.'' # # # # # # Dr. Elliott (trying to arrange time-table) : "What about Thursday? Can we have a lecture on that day?" Bone : "We have lectures every day on Thursday, Doctor." Dr. E.: "What about Tuesday?" Evans : " We are all full that day, Doctor. " I 30 VOX WESLEYANA Callow (reading notices on bulletin board) : "No lecture! Plato is dead!" Well, well, I wonder when he died. # # # # # # Waite (to Webster) : "Quit; leave me alone or I'll throw my Bible at you." Keeton Heetopi- "Sure ! Overcome evil with good. " # # # # # # Bailey Baileyi (eonfidedtially, at the Braemar) : "I never told a lie in my life and I only swore once-when under great provocation I said 'dash it.' " # # # # * # Prof. Menner asked the first year (section E) to name some of the Waverley Novels. A remarkable list resulted, including "The Vicar of Wakefield, " "Pride and Prejudice, " " Macbeth, " and " The Patrol of the Sun-dance Trail." # # # # t # Br-y (trandating) : Eqnites ex equis desiliunt et pedibus pugnant -"The horsemen leap down out .of the water and fight with their feet." X * A big artist fellow called Dennis, Who clever to sketch with his pen is, Shows. Ranns here at drill Who for smartness and skill The brightest and best of our men it+.-Q.L.Y. VOX WESLEYANA '31 ENCOURAGING ! The following letter has been received from one who has been, and still is, a loyal friend of Wesley. We publish it as typical of many . ofhers that have come to hand. Saskatoon. Dear Ranns-I have feasted on Vox ever since I received it. That cover, too glaring for ordinary times, suits the year in which we are re-asserting ourselves. Vox and I have been close together since it came. I like your first number. All the writers seem to have caught :he spirit for which we tried to stand in the old days in Wesley, that of doing our level best without boasting, and of accepting the result, if it went against us, without dismay. I liked the report of Field Day ; who is "E. D. "? What I liked better than anything else, except, of course, the fact that it was indeed a VOX WESLEYANA, was the tone of the various articles and editorials on the war. At a time when reason has been largely superseded by passion, surely it is well that students should strive to speak and write calmly, and especially we of Wesley, who have such good cause to know and remember, whatever may be the occurrences of the present war, the excellencies of the ~ e r m a nfo lk. With best wishes, I remain, Sincerely yours, C. W. McCool Dr. C. H. Weagant I PHONE MAIN 4742 Open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Evenings 7.30 to 9 401 BOYD BLOCK Corner Portage and Edmonton Is Your Head Level? If it is, you will immediately recognize the fact that for FIT :: STYLE WORKMANSHIP T. & D. Clothes have no equal Ask the man who wears one Prices 825.00 to $30.00 T. & D. Clothes Store W. J. ROYLANCE, Prop. 370 PORTAGE AVE., Near Steel Bk. 32 VOX WESLEYANA EXCHANGE REVIEW "The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail" The lateat production of our Western novelist than ever establish Ralph Connor in the public favor. The fresh and wholesome atmosphere of the woods and prairie land of the foothills country and the absorbing interest make it without doubt the best of REV. C. W. GORDON (Ralph Connor) of the narrative, so well sustained, his later books. In beauty of de-scription, although rarely a wielder of the jewelled phrase, he has per-haps in tbis novel excelled all pre-vious work. Avoiding the over-nice and precious style, he has a clarity and simplicity entirely in keeping with the scenes he de-scribes. Passages where haste and lack of polish are apparent occur very rarely in this story. As a sequel to "Corporal Cameron'.' the plot ahows much greater or-iginality and skill in construction, ., The preliminary introductions have already been made in the earlier story and so we learn the theme and meet all the main char-acters much earlier in this story than usual. There is, of course, * the hero, Cameron, presented in the first few chapters and later given ample opportunity to prove himself a hero, even if this had not been accomplished in the earlier novel. Yet we have genu-ine merit and charm here away beyond merely commonplace heroics and incidents of ordinary prowess. A dangerous Sioux Chief, Copperhead, Bndeavors to stir up the western Indians to revolt just prior to the second North-West Rebel-lion, intending to make a grand coup in conjunction with Louis Riel. Cameron, though now married, is agreed upon by the Police officials as the one man capable of handling the crisis. He and Mandy, alto- VOX WESLEYANA gether oblivious to the arduous duty about to be imposed upon them, decide upon a holiday one beautiful September day "as summer deep-ened into autumn." Like light-hearted school children they set out for the Little Horn for a day's fishing. It was to be a memorable day for them-one into which too many important incidents seem to be crowded. An Indian boy discovered in a wolf trap on their return trip and skilfully cared for by Mandy proves later a grateful and valuable friend. Then on reaching their shack late in the evening, a message from the Superintendent of the R.N.W.M.P. places before Cameron the request for his services to capture "the elusive Copperhead." "Cameron is the man and only man for the job," read Mandy in the note and her strong spirit of self-sacrifice won the great struggle so nobly fought by so many brave women. The story is largely occupied with the numerous exciting and fas-cinating incidents in connection with Cameron's attempts to capture the cunning Indian and'copperhead's success in stirring up the various tribes. Again and again the Sioux foils his pursuers, Cameron and Jerry, who persist in the face of greatest risks and several times be-friended by the Tndian boy whose foot was saved through Mandy's skill. The ease with which the Indian each time eludes the Police appears exaggerated. At least it does not reflect much credit upon their intelligence. The squaw leaving the tent of their intended pris-oner with such a heavy load of blankets would surely not pass a man of Cameron's experience altogether unsuspected. The lonely journey on "The Last Patrol" is full of shudders and un-canny sensations. What a weird and dismal effect is produced as he pictures Cameron pushing along through lofty trees hung with long streamers of gray moss striving to shake off the feeling that, "unseen eyes were peering upon him from those dim festooned corridors on either side. Then after rolling in his blankets to sleep "he listens with every nerve taut, fancying he can hear soft feet about him and stealing near. " Finally springing up he meets rifle barrels levelled at him from every side and resistance is hopeless. The awful suspense of awaiting . death in the lndian encampment is shortly ended by their Indian boy friend and the opportunity afforded for the last terrible fight with and victory over Copperhead single-handed and unarmed in the depth of the forest. This struggle is the fitting climax of the long pursuit and bitter burning hate of Cameron and his haughty redskin foe. The amusing love story of Doctor Martin and Moira provides a fine undercurrent of interest and frequent relief from the tense scenes in which Cameron so often prominently figures. Blind love causes him pangs of nnxeasonable jealousy of Raven and Smith and despair over what appears to him a hopeless case. When Moira assures him that Smith is leaving for Ontario to bring back the lady of his heart his rap-turous outburst makes her almost think him crazy. In a few moments however she submits to his breathless proposal, and he decides to post-pone his trip east.. A true and irresistible gift in the portrayal of primitive and pioneer characters and places is shown in the story. Not merely for the story's sake but also for the sake of the strong characters who play their parts VOX WESLEYANA are we interested. Mandy and Cameron are a singularly true-hearted happy and unselfish couple. Their self-sacrifice stands out as especial-ly characteristic of the present time when so many throughout the Empire are'making "the ancient sacrifice demanded of women ever since the first man went forth to war." The power of Cweron, pvar the Indians and tact in handling delicate situations is marvellous. Yet eyes so Ifeen, go iqteagy 9 verve and a#,bea,rings 9, fear les~t. 'behjnd a couple of little black barrels which held ten dead Indians" were bound to have a tremendous effect upon them . We are compelled to admire the Sioux, whose haughty soul ill-brooked the restraint of police and reserve and to whom the final defeat of his plans and his own humiliation were more bitter than death. The half-breed Jerry, Cameron's constant and faithful ally is a charming typical product of woods and prairie. The excellent rendering of his broken yet pointed speech is one of the chief excellencies of the story. He has the Indian's bush lore and keen powers of observation and enough of his Indian mother's nature to be transformed for the moment by bitter savage hate as he is borne along by the passionate flow of Copperhead's words in the Sun Dance Canyon chanting "the pathetic story of the passing of the day of the Indian's glory and the advent of xhe day of his humiliation." Yet his infinite contempt for Louis Riel "the beeg darpfool," who is to head the rising, soon causes the scene to lose its impressiveness for Jerry. I I Cameron's sudden appearance at the entrance of yle cave, with out-stretched accusing arm and finger pointing at the Sioux chief dehying his declaration that the Police would flee before the braves, forms perhaps the most dramatic scene in the story. "Listen," he repeated, "the Sioux dog lies. He speaks with double tongue . . . . ." His unusual impetuosity would have driven him to attempt taking the wily Indian at once. But Jerry's self-control and panther-quick spring prevented this madness and saved him from almost certain death. The long and beautiful description of the morning prior to the de-parture of the party from Calgary is a glorious outburst. "The gray light in the eastern horizon over the roll of the prairie has grown to silver and through the silver a streamer of palest rose has flashed up into the sky, then another, and another . . . . . . . sweeping before them the ever-paling stars, that indomitable rearguard of the flying night, proclaiming to all heaven and earth, the King is come the Mon-arch of the day," The reference immediately following this to Billy holding down to earth the two game little bronchos does perhaps give a grotesque effect, but my purpose is not to search for insignificant de-fects or to presume upon small criticism, but rather to express in some measure appreciation of a novel which, besides the many merits of con-struction and narrative, has done a great deal towards crystallizing in literature modes of life and characters rapidly disappearing, and the keen joys and stern necessities of pioneer life in the west. Such a work we feel certain has a deservedly high place. among Canadian literature. S. Gardner '14. The North West Laundry darns socks free. VOX WESLEYANA NOTES ON SOME JOURNALS TO HAND A recent number of Lux Columbia contained the familiar picture of G. H. Lee, last year's popular "Stick." A young scion of the Crummy family is on the Editorial Staff and the "Immortal Richard" is men-tioned t ~ ste aching there. ' , 4 I # # # # # # The University of Ottawa Review has taken on a blue tint on the outside pages of the Xmas issue. It is a uniformly good number, though its articles did not interest me so much as some previous ones have. # # # # # # We have heard from the Ontario Ladies' College. The Vox Collegii will be placed in the library and if the ladies steal it, and devour the jokes in the Ladies' Parlor, I a.m sure no one will condemn them. # 40 # # # # "St Johlt's College Magazine" and the "Brandon Quill" have come to hand rather late for comment-one cannot however forego a slight reference to the criticism of the Exchange Editor of our sister college who it appears does not like our somewhat ebullient rejoicings. We can assure our friends that we are not wasting much time in yelling. When "POL Wesleyana" spoke of the yell once more echoing in our halls, it was only saying that once more we have become an institution. This does not mean that we are actually shouting-rather is theke a quiet determination to make old Wesley and her paper worthy of the best traditions. Moreover from the repeated congratulations received we were persuaded that "Vox" was not altogether unworthy of the past and was certainly the peer of any journal of its kind in the West, so that the sting in "Vox et praetera-little" does not penetrate to hurt, only to surprise. Malley: "Say, Holgate, I have a bone to pick with you. Did you tell B- I was a fool 7'' Holgate : "Certainly not. I thought he knew it." Look up the North West Laundry ad. Aberdeen House Mrs. T. Cochrane I MEAL TICKETS, $4.00 BOARD AND ROOMS $6.00 TO $8.00 PER WEEK SPECIAL ATTENTlON TO STUDENTS I 230 CARLTON STREET WINNIPEG 11 36 VOX WESLEYANA SUCCESS ALUMNI ARTS THEOLOGY MEDICINE LAW Fighting a Dread Disease What Manitoba By Dr. C. A. Baragar "The fools die and the wise get better.'' Such in effect were the words of that distinguished physician, Sir William Osler, in regard to those afflicted with tuberculosis, which, in Manitoba in the years 1909 to 1912, was the cause of 1744 deaths. 8.5 per cent of all deaths, or 12 per cent of all deaths excluding those of children under one year of age. Moreover this disease affects chiefly those in the economic prime of life. In general an individual is more or less of a burden on the community until he is twenty years of age, and his greatest productive period lies between that and the age of forty or forty-five. Yet in 1912 in this province, of the deaths occur-ring between twenty and forty, 23.4 per cent were due to tubercolosis. This means an ecomonic loss almost inestimable. Not only is the work of those who die from tuberculosis lost but there is also the loss of time through sickness, and it is conservatively estimated that there are 1800 active cases in Manitoba. Rased on Professor Irving Fisher's estimates for the United States the loss to Manitoba through tuber-culosis each year is approximately $4,000,000. Beside this economic loss there is all the untold distress and sorrow caused by this scourge of our race and yet it is a preventible disease. Tuberculosis was known to the ancients. Greek physicians at the time of Plato had made many wise observations regarding it. Little further was done until the anatomists of the 17th century studied it grossly and the microscopists studied it minutely in the early part of the 19th century. But it remained for Robert Koch in 1882 to discover the actual germ and prove its causal relation to all the different forms of tuberculosis. . Little of value was done regarding treatment until 1840, when an English country doctor began to treat the disease by the fresh air method and was mobbed for his pains. In 1860 German medical men began to treat tuberculosis by this method in special institutions or sanatoria. From that time on the sanatorium has developed rapidly, and how stands highest in efficiency as a means of treating tuberculosis. At this point permit me to digress a moment to refer to the founder and teacher of the sanatorium method in North America, to the "Grand Old Man" of organized and scientific warfare against tuber-culosis on this continent. VOX WESLEYANA 37 In 1871 a young New York physician was told that he had tuber-culosis in an advanced stage,-a death warrant at that time. I11 and unable to work, his wish was to spend his last days in the woods of his beloved Adirondacks. Two friends accompanied him to his favorite haunts and bade him a last farewell as they thought. But after two severe breakdowns he struggeld back to partial health, having learned by bitter experience the saving value of rest-his doctors had advised him to walk. Reading one day of the new sanatorium treatment in Europe, he saw the wisdom of it and, having collected money from :I few friends, built a small frame cottage, into which he gathered a half-dozen or so poor consumptives and treated them in the fresh air with good food and rest. From that small beginning has developed the leading Sanatorium in North America. His is now the chief educational Institution with regard to Tuberculosis and is a monument to the energy a d faith, the perseverance and wisdom of a noble man who was much crippled. 1 refer to Dr. E. T. Trudeau, the great head of that great institution, the Adirondack Cottage Sanatorium at Saranac Lake. What means are we taking in Manitoba to fight this great evil? Four Institutions, if you like, are doing the work. The King Edward Hospital for advanced cases, the City Health Department, with its nurses and the General Hospital Clinic in Winnipeg and the Manitoba Sanatorium for Consumptives at Ninette for ambulant cases from all over Manitoba and advanced cases outside of Winnipeg. To this last institution I intend to devote the rest of my space. The Ninette Sanatorium rests below the brow of the hill on the north shore of Pelican Lake. The main building is in the centre, with two pavilions to the east, the infirmary to the west with the Gordon Cottage between, while above and behind stands the King Edward Memorial Cottage. To get a clear idea of how a patient is treated, imagine yourself sick with tuberculosis, racked with a cough, weak, emaciated and running an elevated temperature. You see you are to suppose yourself very sick, because I want you to begin in the Infirmary and then proceed through the other divisions as you improve, so that you will see the whole institution. Now, not only are you sick in body, but you are also sick at heart, coming, as you think, to a cold cheerless "institution," away from all friends. You are set down at the main entrance and probably see the Medical Superintendent in the main office, only to be summarily sent to the Infirmary-"absolute bed care" is the order. That means that you are not to lift a hand unnecessarily, you are to talk very little and arc: not allowed to see many visitors. Possibly you may not have felt very sick physically, but you are sick and therefore this routine. You are instructed on no condition to cough without covering your mmth, and not to expectorate anywhere except in the receptacle provided for that purpose. These and many other such instructions are necessary to enable you to acquire perfectly habits that will make you a safe person out in the $odd and not a menace. The formation of these habits prevents the transmission of tuberculosis infection and also epidemics 38 VOX WESLEYANA of "colds" and many other infections, all of which are more contagious than is tuberculosis. These precautions should therefore be observed by all whether tuberculous or not. After a rest of a day or so you are put through a strenuous exam-ination, your history is taken and in general your case is sized up. A few days later or possibly not for many weeks, as a result of the prolonged rest, good food and open air, for you lie night and day on a balcony overlooking the lake, that erratic temperature of yours begins to steady down and creep nearer the red line marking the normal. At last it is normal and one fine day the doctor brings you the joyful news that you are to be transferred to the Observation Ward in the Main building. So over you go and find a new place with some eight or ten other patients on another balcony-always in the open air. You are to go down to the big dining room for one meal a day-your limit of exercise. With strange feelings you dress and go down when the bell rings, and find to your surprise some fifty or sixty plump rosy faces smiling up into your somewhat paler one. They are all patients except a few. At the far end of the room is the staff table for the doctors and nurses, who dine with the patients like one large happy family. On Monday after breakfast, in the big Assembly Hall, you, with the other patients, are weighed and to your surprise you find you have gained ten pounds or more. A glance in the mirror shows a fatter and more rosy face and a more cheerful one than the one you presented on admission. As improvement continues you are soon sent down to all meals and then a few days later you are transferred to the Pavilion or the King Edward Cottage. Then you are given fifteen minutes exercise twice a day. This is gradually increased until possibly you are taking anl hour and a half twice daily. Rut all the time you observe "rest hour" most carefully; that is, you lie quietly in bed until 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and after supper you do nothing strenuous. Rest is the big word. When you have enough exercise and if your progress is satisfactory. you are introduced to that mysterious institution "the Work Gang," composed of jugt such patients as you are now, and doing all sorts of useful work about the place from constructive landscape work to knitting for the soldiers. This lasts from one half to one hour. In that short time your mind has been dragged away from itself and has been given the joy of centering itself on some other object; a much more profitable way of spending the morning exercise period both mentally and physically.. Socially the flight of time is broken by an occasional short but excellent concert, a sail in the sail-boat or a picnic down the lake in summer, or a trip on' the ice-boat or tobogganing in the winter. All such outings, of course, cannot be of a strenuous nature. A few lectures on physiology, hygiene and tuberculosis have an educational value. Many abiding friendships are formed. You learn to know many strong, reliant and brave men and women. Your own courage and fund of cheerfulness increases and you face the task of getting back your health with a firmer grip on yourself. Your fight has just begun, but VOX WESLEYANA 39 now you are trained for the battle and face it with courage and self-confidence. You are delighted with your progress, your friends are delighted and possibly think you cured, but you are not. It is a slow process and will require years, but you have made a brave and satisfactory start. Your ship of life has been turned from the rocks whither it was drifting and sail is set for the open sea with perhaps only a sheet gone here, or there a. spar. Finally you are discharged and sent away home with good wishes and kind farewells from staff and patients and with instructions to write to the doctor often and say how you are. The object of it all is twofold. First,-Treatment by means of rest, fresh air and good food,-"These three and the greatest of these is rest." To these should be added graduated exercise under supervision, and regularity of life, and all this under consfant medical supervision. Day and night the medical staff is at the beck and call of every patient in the Sanatorium when necessary. Every action. almost every thought is under direction and only thus can the best results be obtained. Education is the second part of the object. -4 sanatorium is a true educational institution and strives to send patienta out trained in a measure to regulate their own lives. Why could not all this be done at home? To the college man it is obvious, that just as Classics and the Science$ are best studied in the atmosphere of an institution surrounded by others striving toward the sanie goal and under instructors who are trained each in his special subject, so are the treatment and education of the tuberculous patient best accomplished in an institution designed for the purpose. To some extent this is a picture of the work that is being done at present in the fight against tuberculosis and the outlook is hopeful. Most of the patients in this Sanatorium have had the downward course checked and are progressing back toward health. It is a fight well worth the struggle. But much has yet to be done. C. A. Baragar 'lo. WESLEY COLLEGE CLUB Renewed interest in this organization has been the result of a definite policy at Wesley regarding the teaching of Arts in the future. This interest was well manifested at the small bdt enthusiastic gather-ing of grads for luncheon at the Y.M.C.A. recently. Dr. Irwin of Wesley addressed the gathering and dealt clearly and forcefully with the situation of the College at present-its possibilities and difficulties, both of which were great. He also pointed out what he thought to be the justification for the denominational institution, viz., that the student was furnished there a type of instruction impossible in the larger state institution. It was resolved at this meeting to hold an evening affair at a later date-preferably during the Bonspiel, so as to give outside grad a better opportunity to be present. The arrangement of this function was left to the Executive. Mr. E. T. Leach '01, the president of the dub, occupied the chair at the meeting. 40 VOX WESLEYANA G. S. Bell '14, is principal of Cartwright school. # # # # # * Dr. C. W. Doran '98, is practising medicine at Saskatoon. # # # # # # W. J. D. Fulford '10, is principal of one of the public schools of Saskatoon. 1 # # # # # Raymond K. Baker Raker '00, is assistant professor of Poultry Husbandry at the University of Saskatchewan. # # t # # # I A. W. T. Martin '94. died of heart failure recently while addressing a Toronto municipal election meeting. # # # # * * Miss Florence Parlee, Anna Nichols, Sigrun Helgason and Mr. G .Or Morsteinsson, all of '14, are attending Normal in the city. # # # # # # Tom Brownlee '13, has resigned from his position as principal at Dominion City and is taking M.A. work at the University. # # # # # # J. E. Phillips '13, who is studying law at Moose Jaw, pased his first intrmediate this fall with the third highest standing in Saskatchewan. # # # # # # Miss Fern Harvey '13, after several months of school teaching at Scott, Sask., has gone to her home at Elsinore, California, for the winter. # # # # # # Rev. J. R. Earle '05, has returned on furlough from West China, and is preaching to Western congregations about the possibilities of the Celestial Republic. e # # * # # W. IJR.ob lin '99, has lately resigned as Treasurer of the Western Associated Press to become paymaster in a Winnipeg regiment with a view to active service. # # # # # # Walter Lindal Linda1 '11, who has studied law in Saskatoon during the last three years, passed his h a 1 examinations in November and will be admitted to the bar next month. # # # # # # I N. B. Douglas '14,' after teaching little Deutschers in northern Saskatchewan for several months, has returned to the more exciting profession of storekeeping at Makinak, Man. # # # # # # W. S. Gable '14, who is studying Sociology at Chicago University, made a visit to the city on his way to Toronto and Eastern points where he spent a couple of weeks prior to commencing work. * # # # # Z Alf. Ewert '12, after working s,everal weeks in a hospital at Grenoble, France, despaired of reaching the front wjth any French organization, and returned to England, where he has taken a thorough course of training in Red Cross work. He expects soon to go to the front with the English Red Cross. ADVERTISEMENTS. 576 MAIN STREET, WINNIPEG Wish you all a Happy New Year To Wesley Students we offer a 50 per cent. dis- ~0~l l tOna l lOLl rPh0 t 0~H.z khesfClass WovkGuara~zteed. WE ARE LEADERS in our line of business. We will do your laundry work with accurate knowledge and perfect understanding of results. Likewise, our Dry Cleaning Department is conducted in the same intelligent man-ner. Try us this week and you will be glad to do the same the weeks following. Modern Laundry and Dye Works Co. Ltd. 309-315 HARGRAVE ST. Phones : Main 2300, 2301, 1457 ADVERTISEMENTS. - Andrew's Jewelry Store, 424 Main St. PARKER & SON - - Successors to Parker & Anderson PHONE M. 7210 Established 1900 Exclusive Men's Furnishings Shirts Made to Order Hats and Caps English Representatives for: WELCHM ARGETSON LLOYD, ATTREE & SMITH BUCKINGHA&M C O. PATRONIZE THE )I Birt Printing Co. Ltd. 11 THE COLLEGE PRINTERS 11 Phone Carry 3022 and 3023 II 632 McDERMOT AVENUE, WINNIPEG 1) For the BEST EATS served in the Best Style try Braemar Lodge 3 1 1 Colony St. PRICES REVOLUTIONIZED 2 1 MEALS FOR $3.50 C. BAGNALL, Prop. Roses, Carnations and all Seasonable Flowers Fresh Daily Palms, Ferns, Flowering Plants, ' Funeral Designs our Specialty. The Chicago Floral Co. 340 PORTAGE AVE, Phone Main 6196 Phones : Main 460 and Sherbrooke 1660 A BAKERY F. ASHFORD, Prop. BREAD, CAKES AND CONFECTIONERY MILK AND CREAM 408 and 625 PORTAGE AVENUE WINNIPEG ADVERTISEMENTS. Don't miss our Special offer to College Students. 91 "Something new all the time." Bryant's Studio FOR ALL THE LATEST s n L E s AND FADS IN COLLEGE CROUPS A SPECIALTY I Phone Main 1 84 5 II 2968 Main Street : Winnipeg A SMOOTHLY-WRITING FOUNTAIN PEN IS A STUDENT'S NEED in either taking or transferring notes of lectures. There is no better pen for such work than the " Waterman" of which we have a splendid selection. IC6pec:ially good for students'use is the "Safety" or "Non-leaking" style which can becarried in any pocket in any position without danger of i n k l e a k i n g o u t . Its Price is $3.00 D. R. DINGWALL LIMITED J E W E L L E R S PORTAGE AVE. AND MAIN ST. YOU MAY DRAW a mental picture of vohr Idea2 Laundry-of what it v should be capable of accomplishing, of how it should perform. You may place your expectations as high as you please. Q We do not believe vou will be dis-gppohted. our work will be a revdation to you. It marks the dividing line between methods of the past and methods of the future. Our service is "years ahead" of other laundries in this city. ql Let us show you why the North-West Laundry is the envy of the whole Industry in Western Canada. The North- West Laundry, Ltd. Main a n d York St r e e t s p h o n e s ~ a i n 5 1 7 -8 5 179 AGENT : T. H. SENDALL ROOM 20. WESLEY ANNEX ADVERTISEMENTS. Special Announcement for January 20 per cent. Discount on all Made-to-Measure Suits . an.d Overcoats. This concession is made to meet the times. Students should take advantage of this opportunity. Burns & Company 291 PORTAGE AVENUE (Next Manitoba Hall) I/ Rembrandt Studio WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF STUDENTS' WORK Third Floor, Birks Bldg. PORTAGE AVENUE and SMITH STREET APPLE-TREE Vegetarian Restaurant 350 CUMBERLAND AVENUE PURE FOOD QUICK SERVICE MODERA TE PRICES WHOLE WHEAT-BREAD NUT-MEA T NUFF SAID JOHN HAILMAN, Prop. 1920 Students Averaged 90 Cents an Hour Profits selling ' ' Wear-Ever ' ' aluminum cooking utensils in summer 1914 in Canada and United States. Besides making college expenses these stu-dents received an excellent course in salesmanship and business effi-ciency. ' ' Wear-Ever' ' salesmen succeed-because cooking utensils are a house-hold necessity. " Wear-Ever" alum-inum utensils are light and bright, do not chip or rust, heat quickly and do not readily burn. " Wear-Ever' ' is advertised in the leading magazines and endorsed by the Good Housekeeping Institute. Eighteen "Wear-Ever" Specialties are not sold in stores. " Wear-Ever" is made in Canada. Liberal commission, bonus and prizes are given. Write for further Enf ormation. Northern Aluminum Co. Ltd. Sterling Road, Toronto, Can. HINGSTON SMITH'S FOR THE BEST IN SPORTING GOODS Club Sweaters and Uniforms a Specialty The Hingston Smith Arms Co., Ltd. 488 MAIN STREET WINNIPEG Eyeglasses I/ Camera Supplies II : waterman : Fountain Pens DoYou Save Money? If not, just try buying your books and stationery at your own Book Room. We carry a full line of note books, writing requisites, college pennants, and the best foun-tain pen on the market. It's the Moore's non-leakable. Wesley College Book Room Hours-9 to 10 am.; 3 to 5.30 p.m F. E. WACG. Manager Somerset Qick Lunch 495 PORTAGE AVENUE PHONE SHER. 387 I SAM VAINESE, Prop. Commutation Meal Tickets $4.50 for $4.00 A CLOTHES SERVICE FOR YOUNG MEN a Far Remove from the Ordinary and Commonplace No man can fully appreciate the extent of this Eaton clothes service who has not seen the immense variety of beautifully tailored suits at $12.50, $16.00, $18.00 and $20.00. , - ishly tailored in smart grey mixtures, choice of fine worsteds or tweeds in plain, small checks, gun club checks and brown or green twill weaves. Good quality linings. Pants cut medium width. At these prices all the very best fea-tures of latest fashions are presented. No man who is dissatisfied with the mediocdty of most clothes services at these prices but who will be pleasantly surprised at Eaton's. . Eaton's clothes at $12.50 to $20.00 call for style and tailoring skill of thc high-est qualities. And then the selection of materials is unmatchable hereabout in their great variety of new, dressy weaves and colorings. On final analysis it's a clothes service that is a far remove from the ordinary and the commonplace. At $1 8.0 0-splendid busi-ness suits. stvl- .. - .- - - At $20.0 0 -Dressy suits in tweed and worsted mater-ials, in greys, browns, blues and greens and combination mixtures in flakk and fancy eaves. coats are modelled on distinctive lines, hand-tailored at important points and thoroughly lined and stayed. Vests are perfect fitting. Pants are cut medium width and finished with belt loops. At $1 2.5 0 -Serviceable suits for everyday wear, model-led on shavely lines and well finished throughout. These come tailored in durable tweed materials, smart flake, check and stripe weaves in brown and grey mixtures. At $1 6.5 0 -Suits modelled on smart, stylish lines, tailored in closely woven tweeds, twills and fancy weaves. These come in dressy grey mixtures, blues, clear steel grey and dark shades. Lined throughout in durable materials. Vests are smart fitting, and pants are cut in medium width, with belt loops. MAIN FLOOR, HARGRAVE. B I WINNIPEG CANADA
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Winnipeg, Man.
February, 1915
Vol. XVIII No. 3
Mliated with the University of Manitoba, offers superior advantages
to those desirous of obtaining a higher education
REV. A. STEWART, D.D., 239 Colony Street.
Acting Principal, Professor of Hebrew, Old Testament Exegesis and
Systematic Theology.
REV. S. G. BLAND, D.D., 146 Sherbrooke Street.
Professor of Church History and Lecturer in General History.
REV. JAMES ELLIOTT, D.D., Ph.D., 147 Furby Street.
Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy.
REV. W. T. ALLISON, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English.
Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis.
Lecturer in Comparative Religion and New Testament Literature.
Lecturer in French and German.
Lecturer in Latin and Greek.
REV. R. F. ARGUE, B.A.. Wesley College.
Lecturer in English and History.
Tutor in Greek.
Tutor in kench and German. -
Tutor in Latin.
D. L. SHORTLIFFE SHORTLrnE.
Tutor in Mathematics and Science.
Finest equipped College Buildings in the country-affording ,
dormitory accommodation, at moderate rates, for over 120 students;
fitted with all modern improvements, lighted throughout with
electricity and heated by steam. .
Tuition Fees per year, $36.00.
Students prepared for Matriculation into Arts, Theology, Medi-cine,
Pharmacy, Engineering and Law. For f u r t h e r particulars
apply to :-
REV. A. STEWART, D.D., Acting Principal.
REV. JAS. W. MELVIN, B.A., B.D., Registrar.
REV. R. F. ARGUE. B.A., Dean of Rbsidence.
Dr. D. A. Anderson
Suite 213 Enderton Bldg.
Hargrave and Portage
Office Phone: Main 7518 Res. Phone: Sher. 1436
Pharmaceutical Chemist
Portase Ave., cor. Colony St.. Winnipeg, Manitoba
Physician and Surgeon
311 Balmoral Street, second house south ,of
, Portage Avenue
Drs. Garvin, Merkeley & Johnson
9 a.m. to 10 a.m. 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
5 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Phone Sher. 2080 314 Somerset Bldg. Phone M. 2403
Phone Main 191 5. Hey, Boys! If your Boots require flxing, leave
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