Résultats

 Pickford, Sir Alfred, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 22 Apr 1926, 169-178     What the Boy Scout Movement is, and what it is not. An anecdote with regard to the uniform the speaker is wearing. Some facts and figures with regard to the history and development of the Boy Scout movement. The unique code of the Scout Law; the lack of negatives. Characteristics …

 Smith, Prof. H.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 18 Feb 1926, 53-66     Some introductory remarks on national and imperialism. The importance of the accurate use of words. How far Canada has already gone along the path of independent diplomacy; how far are we prepared to go? The first a question of fact; the second a question of policy. Much misunderstanding about the …

 Ross, Howard S., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 21 Oct 1926, 244-256     The need for some worthwhile thinking; to get under the surface of things. Giving up our great reliance on force. The need now for an economic system under which, on terms of equal freedom and equal opportunity, every one everywhere may apply their knowledge to the natural resources in a …

 Nunn-May, R.; McDonald, T.P.; Molson, A.H.; Reed, Paul, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 11 Feb 1926, 41-52     Mr. A.H. Molson, New college, Oxford, President of the Oxford Union, the Oxford Carleton Club and Conservative Association: Finding the British language, British ideals and British institutions far away from England. The question of the foreign relations of the Empire. Pointing out the tendencies of the past, particularly during the …

 Cory, Major-General Sir G.N., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 4 May 1926, 187-198     Explaining what India is, and why it is rightly called "Our Indian Empire." The languages, people, climate, and religions of India. The different point of view of Indian people, with example. A physical description of India. The coastline of India, 5-6,000 miles, kept intact by the invisible authority of the …

 McKinnon, John S., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 18 Mar 1926, 102-115     The success of the British Empire Exhibition. The participation and effect of that participation, of the Princes of Wales and the Royal Family. The origins of the Exhibition. Special buildings erected by the different countries for their exhibits. A detailed description of the Exhibition grounds and buildings, and the contents …

 Waugh, Prof. W.T., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 25 Nov 1926, 277-288     The upcoming 200-year anniversary of James Wolfe's birth in Westerham in Kent. The widespread tendency these days to belittle the claim of General Wolfe as to his share in the conquest of Canada. Ways in which such criticisms are exaggerated and some of them totally false. A discussion and review …

 Langham, Right Honourable Lord Darling of, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 30 Sep 1926, 214-221     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. Canadian hearts in the homeland. Some words from Lord Bramwell on socialism. Canada's peculiar position of being absolutely capable of governing itself, but proud to live under the flag of the British Empire, and under …

 Davies, Rev. Dr. Trevor H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 21 Jan 1926, 16-23     The role of the press in an election. The inability of Parliament to exist against the pressure of public opinion. The dependency of law courts upon public opinion. Two form of public opinion: solid and fluid. A discussion of each. Why this is such an interesting time in which to …

 Shortt, Professor Adam, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 28 Jan 1926, 24-33     The danger of failing to see the forest for the trees. Some aspects of the general forest for study and supplement by special knowledge of the trees which constitute the forest. The impossibility of knowing the forest without knowing the trees; the possibility of knowing the trees without knowing the …

 Vijayaraghavacharya, Diwan Bahadur, Sir T., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 7 Sep 1926, 207-213     Canada within the British Empire. India within the British Empire. An examination of India within the Empire. India's judicial service. India's Parliamentary institutions. Reaching a happy medium. The 1919 declaration that the goal of India is Parliamentary self-government within the Empire. Getting near and nearer to that goal daily in …

 Petersen, Charles W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 14 Oct 1926, 229-243     Nationalism touching all manner of current popular prejudices: personal, national, religious and racial. The intense nationalism of modern days partly an outgrowth of economic forces, and how that is so. Evidence of Canada's material progress during the past quarter century, with figures. Complaints of recent years. Our most serious handicap …

 Bernier, Captain J.E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 7 Oct 1926, 222-228     Addressing the audience not as a representative of the Government, but as a member of the Government Service for 22 years. Taking possession of all the Arctic Islands that belonged to England during those 22 years. Thanks to suppliers of food and other items used during this time. Some highlights …

 Howard, His Excellency, The Right Honourable Sir Esme, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 27 Apr 1926, 179-186     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto, and The Rotary Club of Toronto. Looking into the future at the three greatest international problems that there are: the evolution of the British Empire; the Empire's relations with the United States; the maintenance of …

 Turner, Philip J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 4 Feb 1926, 34-40     The homeliness and peace about the English countryside that is not to be found elsewhere. The soul of England in the countryside. Rapid changes in English village life in recent years with the result that customs and institutions of even a decade ago are no longer familiar. Watching the old …

 Brancker, Sir Sefton, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 22 Mar 1926, 116-127     Toronto leading the way in Canadian Aviation. Airplane grounds in the area: Armour Heights, Leaside, and Camp Borden; a flourishing aircraft factory; a cadet school at the University. The Ontario Government leading the way by employing an air service for forest protection and survey, possibly the largest in the world. …

 Dafoe, John W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 11 Mar 1926, 89-101     The political interest in Australia. The lack of history; the interesting present; a future which makes an appeal to the historic imagination. Marked differences between Australia and Canada, due to a variety of causes which can be easily sorted out and identified. The politics of Australia. A brief history of …

 Webb, Col. R.H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 3 Dec 1926, 289-298     Interest in the problems of Western Canada, one of which is the Hudson Bay Railway. Interest in the development of the Hudson Route, and particularly to Port Nelson. Hudson Bay as an all-year-round route. The prosperity of Toronto, Ontario, and the whole of the Dominion lying in the development of …

 Bateman, G.C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 25 Feb 1926, 67-75     Mining itself as old as agriculture, if not older, and next to agriculture the most permanent of all our industries. Some history of mining. The search for gold, closely identified with the advance of our civilization. Development in Northern Ontario over the past 20 years. This growing industry the greatest …

 Marshall, Prof. L.H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 14 Jan 1926, 1-15     The spirit of chivalry, British chivalry in the war, and then another word or two on chivalry in common life. Chivalry in medieval times and what it meant for the union of the Christian and the military ideals. A definition of chivalry. The chivalrous knight of the Middle Ages. The …