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'LORD BING UNVELS TABLET AT QUEEN'S | IN NHORY Or STUDENTS AND GRADUATES | | i Who Fell in the Great War--Also Presents Two Royal Hu- mane Society Medals For Bravery--Receives Hon- SMITH BROS. Kingston Ee eee ee | ---------- a tt a a at it, Dr. Nash's :: oe oe vie ® dressed the vice--chancellor as, fol- | we specialize on:--Painless Extrac- tion, Latest Treatment of Pyorrhea, hands, his Excellency, General Julian orary Degree of His Excellency the governor-gen- eral, Lord Dyng of Vimy received ova tion at Queen's University on Wed- nesday evening, on the occasion ot the special convocation called to cou- fer upon him the degree of doctor of | laws. As many of the students of university are returned men, the t of this distinguished soldier as no new feature, ae they are 'Byng"' boys themselves, but they turned out in force to take the op- portunity to renew the old acquaint ance with their former leader, and to show their appreciation of his visit to thelr college, and their approval of the honor to be presented him. The galleries were filled with the students, both men and women, and they left no doubt is the minds of the distifzuished guest that they were on hand, by frequent and lusty yells and cheers The main floor was also filled to capacity, many of the citizens being present who were un- able to attend the reception and cer- emonies at the city's memorial hall in the afternoon. Among those on the platform were Major-General Sir A. C. Macdonell, K.C.B.,, CMG, D.| 8$.0.: Brig.-General W. B. King, C. M.G.. D.S.0.,; Bishop Bidwell; mem- bers of the clergy; Mayor H. C. Nie- kle and members of the eity council, the university board of trustees; | members of the university faculties; | | and many friends of the university. { Principal 8. W. Dyde opened the | convocation by reading the lesson, {and Dr. R. Bruce Taylor, principal | land vice-chancellor of the university, gave a few opening remarks, stating i that owing to the absence of Chancel- ! lor Beatty, the vice-chancellor would | agsume the duties of conferring the degree. Vice-Principal Dr. John Watson, lows: Dr. Watson's Sp€ech. "Mr. Vice-Chancellor, 'I beg to present to you, that he may receive the degree of Doctor of Laws at your Hedworth George Byng, first baron of Vimy, Grand Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Most Dis- tinguished Order of St. Michael and | St. George, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor-General {of this Dominion. The university de- sires to honor aim, first and fore- most, as the representative of His | Most Gracious Majesty, but this feei- ing for Lord Byng cannot adequately be represented in any formal terms, seeing that his splendid record as a | soldier led him at a most critical time of the great war to be placed {in command of the Canadian Corps. In his long career as a soldier he has | served in every part of the Empire (and he hag taken an active share in {all the British military history of the past forty years. He joined the famous 10th Hussars in 1883, just in | time to see service with the Soudan | | Expedition, where he came through | the desperate and hand to hand fight | ing of El-Teb and Tamal. In the { South African war he shared in the | | operations on the Upper Tugela, the | battle of Colenso, the advance thru ! Natal, and the relief of Ladysmith. | rection of indivduals of the commu- {On the outbreak of the Great War | | he was placed in command of the 3rd | then of the | Cavalry Division and { Cavalry Corps. He served not only in Doctor of Laws. In reply to the honor conferred upon him Lord Byng spoke as fol- lows: Lord Byng's Reply. "I wish to thank you most sincere- | ly for the great honor you have done me today. | feel that this degree that I have just received at your hands is but the visible tie, the outward sym- | bol of a friendship with the univer- sity as a corporate body which has | been of seven years standing between | me and so many of its individual! members. The men of Canada's Uni- versities permeated the Canadian Ex- peditionary Force throughout and I! am proud to count amongst the friendships of those years of struggle many men who went qut from these' walls to fight for the integrity of the British Empire and the ideals which | it constitutes, **No honors are I suppose free of re sponsibilities nor Institutiqns bestow- | ing such honors free from traditions | and customs, and there is a custom and responsibility attached to the re- ceiving of a degree with which I] could well dispense. It is the custom of having to make a speech. { "1 confess I find it discouraging | to address an audience such as I see | today who are devoting on the one hand all their time and energy to the exposition of every branch of human | | knowledge and on the other to the | acquirement of the same. I feel on | the defensive amidst such erudition | | and intellect, and will try and disarm | your criticism by attacking you on | your own ground with some passing | thoughts of my own about educa-| tion. "To my mind the outstanding fea- ture of the last quarter of a century has been the recognition of the im- portance of the wider dissemination of learning: In an age when at a bound sciencé has pointed the way | to so much that may be done for the! betterment of mankind, Wwe are per-| haps disappointed that the results| are so uncertain in their benefits and so disastrous in their failures. We use blindly these new powers of con- | trol of the forces of the universe and stand aghast at the havoc wrought | by our untaught and untrained ef- | forts. Yet amidst this somewhat de- | pressing welter of modern social ev- | olution, one idea seems to have re- | mained fixed and to have found ac- ceptance universally. Church, state, and all individuals of church and | state have shown a desire for more | and better education. It is the pass word that will allow you through the outposts and ensure your welcome in all the warring camps of our present society. 'Modern democracies which we now take for grante: as the best form of government, are good or bad according to the extent that they be- nefit the community as a whole. They are but the aggregation of individual interests. Good government is the di- nity governed for the general advan- tage of all classes of that commu- nity. "It is obviously of general advan- tage to all that each individual should be producing to the utmost of his capacity and that limit can on- ly be reached by education. Just as a state is counted potentially rich in its undeveloped resources and pros- perous according to the amount of their development, so that it be | France but in ithe Dardanelles, and | counted potentially rich in the eiti- | commanded successively the 9th and | zens who are born to the community the 17th Army Corps. In the end of |and prosperous according to the effi- | May, 1916, he was given command [ciency developed by state and private lot the Canadian Corps. During the | education. a year he spent with that force he| "We are passing from the time CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS Wise buyers are making their selections early. We will store your purchases and deliver the day before Christmas. CHESTERFIELD SUITES -- nothing could be more acceptable. A large number of designs in Tapestry, Velour and Brocade. Tea Waggons, Lamps, Work Baskets, Sewing Tables, Den and Hall Tables. Victrolas and Victor Records. Also Gerhard Heintzman and McLagan Phono- graphs. Select your Christmas gifts early. T.F. Harrison Co, Linited Ps 9 {greatly increased its efficiency and throughout the heavy fighting on the Somme inspired the utmost confid- ence in his leadership. By his care of the units under his command he won that personal affection which under- lies all great response. Subsequently, when in command of the 3rd Army in France, he planned and carried out the great surprise ;of the battle of | Cambrai and showed the use and the possibilities of the tank. | "In taking leave of the Canadiau Corps Lord Byng said, 'The history of this Corps will last forever and { my association with you in the mak- ing of it is a joy that can never be | impaired.' It is fitting that a rela- | tionship which he began with us | so officially born of such stern con- | ditions, should be resumed, in other | guise, in the days of peace. Lord | Byng has come to represent Hie Ma- | jesty in a Dominion that is, ag it has | proved, loyal through and through. | But the fact that the Governor-Gen- | eral does not come to us as some di- {vinity from another sphere, but as | the beloveé¢ Commander of the Can- |adian Corps, makes his hold upon | the Dominion unique in its strength. I present to you, therefore, that he may receive at your hands this De- gree, his Excellency, the Governor- General, General Julian Hedworth George Byng, first Baron of Vimy, soldier, statesman, and friend." Before conferring the degree Prin- cipal Taylor announced that it was most fitting that Lord Byng, who has seen so much of heroism, should present bronze medals awarded by the Royal Canadian Humane Society to Kingston heroes in civilian lite, Stewart Patterson and "Jack" Cil- bert, for acts of bravery. The Gov- ernor-General then pinned the med- as they stepped forward, and spoke a few words to each. Before the cere- monies were continued, the students sang "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow," and rendered their college, faculty and year yells. Lord Byng was then als on the breasts of the young men | presented with the degree when nations boasted of the num- bers of armed men they could put upon the field of battle, to times when we shall boast of the numbers of citizens with University Degrees, who can be launched into the great advance of our civilization. "Which of you is not proud of the Empire to which you belong and of | the record of service in the Great | War of the staff and graduates of | this university, but to my mind there | is as important a task before you ! when you leave here now as there | was during the years nineteen hun- | dred and fourteen to nineteen hun- | dred and eighteen. 1 "The conference at Washington ! has made a great step forward to pre- vent such service ever being wanted | again, and with our minds freed from | the anxiety, we look forward to a| world that by our ever rowing | scientific knowledge ig to be improv- ed beyond recognition and cured of its present ills. "We look to you young men to do this thing. Soon ft s€ems we may be saved from part of the burden of modern armaments, if | you have the will and the desire to , use the education you get here for | good, you will be able, I most since- | rely hope and believe, to solve many of our present difficulties. "Let us be as generous in our ser- vice to our country in peace as we | } { were in war, for it is not nearly so | difficult, even though it be a less glorious task. All that there ig to do is to use your brains to the utmost of your ability and do nothing ua- worthy of the best traditions of your country." 5 Dr. Taylor Speaks. Principal R. Bruce Taylor in an eloquent address outlined the work of the university during the Great War, and stated that like every oth- er university, Queen's had done its bit, from the time that hostilities opened, until the armistice was sign- ed, He told of the units raised for service, which were mostly composed (Continued On Page 7) 0 Ge PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS at Worth While Savings weekly bargain day--and should appeal stronglv because of their quality and exceptional value. SILK STOCKINGS, $1.19 | 5 dozen, Black Thread Silk Hose-- with re- inforced garter top of Silk Lisle. A former $2.00 value ............... 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