Résultats

 Gardiner, The Honourable J.G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 27 Oct 1927, 161-177     The problem as to how we can best, within the British Empire, build up on the northern half of this North American continent a nation. Some idea of what the view of Western Canada is, or is coming to be, upon that great problem and in connection with its development. …

 Story, W. Oswald, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 7 Apr 1927, 95-104     Defining what is meant by sea power. How sea power of a country may be measured. How the British Empire was built up by her traders who carried her commerce to distant lands and established themselves in security under the armed protection of the British Navy, or in early days …

 Randall, Dr. Otis E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 18 Jan 1927, 11-16     A response to the question "Is a College education necessary in business?" Changes over the last 50 years in terms of this question, and in terms of the aims of education. A consideration of modern education as divided into three parts: physical needs; mental development but more, including the influence …

 Thorson, J.T., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 10 Feb 1927, 18-28     Building a nation in this new land of Canada. Charged with a great responsibility with two functions to perform: as architects to draw the plans for a noble edifice, and as builders to carry out those plans in order that our building may endure. Using the materials at hand. Materials …

 Aylesworth, Sir Alan, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 31 Mar 1927, 88-94     The position which the Crown of England occupies as a link of Empire. Some remarks on the use of the word "Empire" and the new phrase the "Commonwealth of British Nations." Words from the statute was passed by the Parliament of England in 1533 in the 24th year of the …

 Caldwell, Professor W., Montreal, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 1 Dec 1927, 233-244     The speaker's recent lecture in Warsaw on Canada at the request of the Polish authorities. The speaker endeavouring to work out some sort of connnection between British liberty as seen from the point of view of the Dominions and Polish liberty as seen by the European point of view. A …

 Goforth, Professor W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 3 Mar 1927, 40-50     An increase in Canadian interest in Chinese affairs since May, 1925. Factors that have caused this change. Trade figures with China. The Pacific becoming the centre of human thought and actin and intercourse. Our trade with China not the type we need to fear or beware of, with examples. The …

 Baldwin, The Right Honourable Stanley, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 6 Aug 1927, 120-130     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. Words of praise for Joe Wright, a Canadian sculler and sportsman. The subject of education to be addressed here because Ontario as always taken the lead in education. Interest in England to see how she …

 Wrong, Professor George M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 24 Feb 1927, 39-39     A few explanatory remarks followed by a film representation of the siege and capture of Quebec by the British under General Wolfe.

 Bell, Jas. MacIntosh, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 17 Feb 1927, 29-38     The asset of the potential mineral wealth of Canada. The discovery of important mineral deposits as the single factor which has done more to encourage the settlement of large areas than any other. How the discovery of the Klondike spread knowledge of the grain possibilities of the Prairies, while Cobalt, …

 Roberts, Rev. Richard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 27 Apr 1927, 112-119     The inner significance of the British Empire as a political fact. The speaker's summary of certain of the elements of the tradition which we have inherited and which constitute the spiritual and moral grounds upon which the British Commonwealth of Nations has come to rest. Putting away from us the …

 Cosgrave, The Very Rev. F.H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 3 Nov 1927, 178-191     Some words on the pronunciation of Mr. Pepys' name. Mr. Pepys and his time. Why he and his time are worthy of the audience's attention. Events that took place during Pepys' lifetime (1633-1703), and events in Pepys' own life. Ways in which Pepys was at the centre of the political …

 MacBrien, General J.H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 24 Nov 1927, 220-232     The aims and objectives of a new patriotic organization called The Canadian Air League. The motto of the League: "Canada and the Empire United by Air." Some worlds about flight and the history of flight. The two schools of aeronautic thought: heavier-than-air craft and lighter-than-air craft. Some key moments in …

 Finlayson, Hon. William, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 8 Dec 1927, 245-255     Support in Southern Ontario for legislation properly designed to develop the North country. Reference and acknowledgement of those in the audience who have done work in Northern Ontario. The speaker's statement that the North, which is the source of present wealth and the hope for the future of Ontario, is …

      This letter was discovered under the floorboards during the renovation of a house in Durham, Ontario that had previously been the home of Samuel Edge. According to the donor who found the item, "Samuel Edge was an adamant supporter [of Agnes Macphail]. He was a very wealthy farmer in his …

 Flower, His Worship Archibald, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 13 Oct 1927, 142-151     The speaker addresses the audience in his capacity of Chairman of the Trustees and Guardians of Shakespeare's Memorial. What Shakespeare means, and what a lot of help the knowledge and love of Shakespeare will give to us, no matter what our job in life may be. The story of re-building …

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      This document is the 1927 Annual Report for the Kelvin and Bookton Circuit. Included in this report are financial records from the three churches in the circuit (Little Lake, Kelvin, and Gore), as well as the Official Board.

      This item is a letter written on March 21, 1927 to Ross Newton from George Amos with regards to bulls that Ross was interested in purchasing.

      Carroll Herman Little (1872-1958) was a Lutheran pastor, and a professor and administrator at the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada (later Waterloo Lutheran Seminary; now Martin Luther University College) in Waterloo, Ontario. Little was born in Hickory, North Carolina in 1872. He was the eldest of ten children born to …