Résultats

 Coleman, A.P., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 29 Nov 1923, 343-351     The mill-ponds which form reservoirs that provide a constant and steady flow of water in Ontario. Nothing in the world to compare with our Great Lakes. The Great Lake system as the most artificial thing of the kind I the world, and also a very temporary system. Ways in which …

 Stutchbury, Howard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 11 Dec 1923, 352-361     Canada with no fuel problem, but a transportation of fuel problem. Canada’s enormous resources in coal, with some figures. Some misconceptions about Alberta coal. Some true characteristics of Alberta coal. Evidence as to the value of Alberta coal and its popularity as illustrated through the experience of the city of …

 Shatford, Rev. Canon A.P., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 20 Dec 1923, 364-379     The true transcription of the Scripture phrase as “Peace on Earth to Men of Good-will.” This reading bringing out clearly the sentiment that we can never hope to have peace on earth until we have good-will amongst the people of the earth. Good-will as the cause, and peace as the …

 Parker, Right Hon. Sir Gilbert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 2 Mar 1923, 80-89     A word about the change of Government in England. What has happened since the war. Two things of the greatest consequence: the Naval Conference at Washington, and the settlement of the British debt. Comments on Lloyd George and Lord Curzon. Rates and taxes in England. Unemployment in England. England suffering …

 Wheeler, Major Oliver, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 29 Mar 1923, 106-119     Two expeditions, the first in 1921 under Col. Howard Bury who reconnoitered the mountain. The second expedition in 1922 under Gen. C.G. Bruce which went with the primary object of getting to the summit. A description of Mount Everest. Dealing with sun glare. Lantern slides were used to show pictures …

 Baden-Powell, Lt.-Gen. Sir Robert; Bullock, Hon. Willoughby; McKenzie, Dr. Stanley, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 5 Apr 1923, 120-137     Mr. Munro Grier first offers the delegates a most cordial welcome. Sir Baden-Powell: The Scout Movement in the Old Country. The Boy Scout Movement in Canada in the embryo stage. Training the men first. Keeping the ideals of the movement; not losing themselves in the business of uniforms or clothing …

 Riddell, The Honourable William Renwick, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 12 Nov 1923, 310-329     A review of historical events from the 1750’s. Franklin’s attitude towards Canada; his interest always in America. Examples of his dexterity and ability as a pamphleteer. The celebrated “Canada pamphlet.” A detailed review of Franklin’s words and arguments as outlined in these pamphlets. The prevailing of Franklin’s argument: Canada was …

 Gibbon, John Murray, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 22 Nov 1923, 330-342     What is suggested by the word “literature.” The as-yet comparatively small output of Canadian books. The phrase “New Canadian” and what it means. A discussion of the part new Canadians are likely to play in the Canadian letters of today or the Canadian literature of the future. A question not …

 Clarke, Charles Kirk, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 27 Sep 1923, 193-205     The lack of knowledge of mental diseases by the average man in the street. The citizen of today, wanting to know all about these subjects, and forming his own conclusions in regard to the proper remedies to be applied in getting over the difficulties which are ever present. The speaker's …

 Mond, Right Hon. Alfred, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 3 Oct 1923, 206-220     The question of Empire development as one of great interest to the Dominions. The Imperial Conference sitting now in London considering many of the problems on which the speaker talks. Some of the people leading and taking part in the Imperial Conference, and their relationship to the speaker. The after-effects …

 Cody, Rev. H.J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 11 Oct 1923, 234-249     Speaking on the subject of Northern Ontario from a somewhat personal standpoint. The speaker’s recent journey to Moose Factory. Who went on the journey; the purpose of the journey. Accomplishment of the main purpose of the journey. Making the people of Northern Ontario realize that in spite of distance they …

 Apponyi, His Excellency, Count Albert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 18 Oct 1923, 250-265     The speaker’s nation occupying one of the most strategic points in the permanent struggle of the forces that work for progress, for civilization, for advance as against those forces which draw humanity backwards. Placed on a debatable ground between two types of culture; the higher Western type and the lower …

 Will, Professor J.S., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 25 Oct 1923, 266-279     The warmest kind of memory of Canada’s conduct in Flanders. Articles that have appeared in Canadian papers which have made the speaker change his mind about the topic of address. The source of such articles. Extracts from the article to which the speaker refers, with regard to the collapse of …

 Tory, Henry Marshall, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 1 Nov 1923, 280-295     Two writers and their theories on race and civilization. The speaker’s asking of a question and his attempt to answer it; and in answering it giving us some reasons why he feels impelled to strike a more optimistic note than that struck by the writers to whom he has referred. …

 Page, Arthur Wilson, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 8 Nov 1923, 296-309     A reading of a letter from the President of the United States. This letter written by George Washington in 1791, but might have been written yesterday, referring to the Europe of today. Words from Thomas Jefferson, 1801, and also from 1823, when the Holy Alliance threatened the existence of the …

 Zwemer, Samuel M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 18 Jan 1923, 1-13     The terms "British Empire" and "Islam" which both stand for great realities; for great spiritual realities; held together by ideals more than by constitutions, by-laws, or by political arrangements. Differences in origin and scope and power, yet with many crossing lines. Outline of the address: a consideration of the Dominions …

 Horne, Right Hon. Sir Robert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 25 Jan 1923, 14-25     The heroism of the Canadian soldiers in France. Today, looking at the world with totally different eyes. Canada's rapid recovery from the effects of war. Here today an atmosphere of enterprise and of movement. Progress in trade, in agriculture, in development natural resources. Canada today suffering from a lack of …

 Fry, Very Rev. Dean, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1919), 1 Feb 1923, 26-32     Wisdom learned by the British Empire from the mistaken policy of earlier days. The liberty of the Dominions. The ties of Commonwealth. The Crown as the symbol of the United Empire. The unique nature of the Commonwealth. The willing obligation of affection and tradition voluntarily accepted and faithfully fulfilled all …

 Cole, Arthur A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 8 Feb 1923, 33-44     A trip from Toronto to Northern Ontario, taken to appreciate the wonderful mineral storehouses that lie so close to our doors: a detailed description. The geology of the Cobalt Silver District, better understood now than it was in the early years of the camp's activities. Mining development now carried on …

 Foster, Sir George E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 15 Feb 1923, 45-66     A little of the sidelights, the shadows, and the lighter hues in the European situation of the present day. Reasons why this subject interests Canadians: we went into the war; we carried ourselves splendidly through the first part; that although actual war as then waged is ended we have not …