Undergraduate Society
Left to right: H. Victor, Pres.; J. Jenkins, Sec.; C. Leduc, Treas; I. Darroch, Vice-Pres
At the first meeting of the Commerce Undergraduate Society which took place in mid-October, plans were laid for the activities of the coming season. It was decided that the usual luncheons be done away with and that a series of suppers of both formal and informal nature be held in their place. The Commerce Annual Sleigh Drive was also planned.
Early in November the Society held its first supper. The guest speaker of the evening, F/O John Culliton, former Professor of Economics at McGill, gave an extremely interesting and humorous account of is activities, stressing the fact that the boys he was now teaching in the R.C.A.F. looked towards economic study with a keen but sober eye, ever seeking an explanation of what lay in store for them in the post-war era.
In December a combine smoker was held with arts and Science which proved to be a tremendous success.
The next event of the winter was a Dinner and Dance held shortly after the Christmas vacation. This venture was something new for Commerce, but owing to its great success others of a similar nature were held during the season.
This year the sports set-up was changed from an intramural basis to interfaculty competition. Representative teams from commerce were entered in the basketball, volleyball and hockey leagues.. In each instance the boys of commerce were more than able to uphold the honour of the faculty.
The executive is deeply grateful to the members of the Society for their interest and co-operation which did so much to make the season the success it was.
To the Commerce Graduates of 1944
Your class of 1944 is the fifth to graduate during the present war. There is reason to hope that when another class graduates the European part of the struggle will be in the reconstruction stage.
Few of us feel, I am sure, that the end of the war will bring an end to our problems. Some of you, however, may be burdened by the fear that our post-war problems may be even greater than those we now face. Those who are so pessimistic should look back over the past four and a half years of war, and recall that there was a time when the military power of the Axis countries seemed invincible. Our chances of winning seemed then very slim indeed. Nevertheless we set to work with determination and resourcefulness and have routed the pessimists of that day.
There is no doubt that the problems we have still to face are very great, but we may be sure that we can handle them, if we tackle them with confident resourcefulness ad determination. Those who are busy fighting in other lands deserve nothing less than this of us who remain behind.
E. F. Beach
Director of the School of Commerce.
February 29th, 1944.
McGill Yearbook: 1944
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