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Carleton Stanley's address to the Dalhousie community at the 1933-34 opening session

Carleton Stanley's address to the Dalhousie community at the 1933-34 opening session

Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's 1933-34 Opening Session address to the Dalhousie commuity, delivered on October 5, 1933. Item discussing the recent passing of Archibald MacMechan, outlining goals for the freshman class, and warning of the "terrible situation that has overtaken academic life in Germany" and the threat to "intellectual freedom everywhere" posed by rise of the Nazis, and the need to ward off "selfish apathy and indifference", before encouraging all in attendance to go to Professor [Alfred Eckhard] Zimmern's forthcoming lecture series.
The President's Address at the opening of Session 1933-34, Dalhousie University

The President's Address at the opening of Session 1933-34, Dalhousie University

Item consists of an offprint of Carleton Stanley's address at the opening session of the 1933-34 Dalhousie academic year, delivered on October 5, 1933. Item discussing the recent passing of Archibald MacMechan, outlining goals for the freshman class, and warning of the "terrible situation that has overtaken academic life in Germany" and the threat to "intellectual freedom everywhere" posed by rise of the Nazis, and the need to ward off "selfish apathy and indifference", before encouraging all in attendance to go to Professor [Alfred Eckhard] Zimmern's forthcoming lecture series.
Carleton Stanley's address at the luncheon meeting of the Community Chest

Carleton Stanley's address at the luncheon meeting of the Community Chest

Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address at the Community Chest luncheon meeting, held at the Lord Nelson Hotel, Halifax, on October 30, 1933, discussing the problems faced by charitable organizations since 1929 -- "[though] I am not advising any of you to take a pair of thumbscrews along with you on your canvass [for charitable contributions]" -- and the growth of the Halifax Public Health Clinic.
Carleton Stanley's submission to the Halifax Chronicle about the completion of registration at Da...

Carleton Stanley's submission to the Halifax Chronicle about the completion of registration at Dalhousie

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission to the Halifax Chronicle, dated October 16, 1933, outlining the completion of the registration process at Dalhousie University for the 1933-34 session, and a rejection of the rumours of a substantial drop in student registration. Item contains related correspondence.
Change or decay? Carleton Stanley's address before the Empire Club of Canada

Change or decay? Carleton Stanley's address before the Empire Club of Canada

Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address before the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto, delivered November 9, 1933, under the title "Change or Decay?" The speech discusses the notion of fundamental social ideas that are consistent across the country, the difficulties faced under parliamentary governments to ensure such consistency, and the problems inherent in the present economic system.

This speech later appeared in an amended form in the January 1934 number of the Dalhousie Review.

The political scene in Canada. Carleton Stanley's address to the British Empire Club, December 13...

The political scene in Canada. Carleton Stanley's address to the British Empire Club, December 13, 1933

Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of a speech delivered by Carleton Stanley before the British Empire Club in Providence, R.I., on December 13, 1933, under the title "The Political Scene in Canada", discussing fundamental social ideas and rights, problems in parliamentary governments, and the threat posed to human institutions through wilful ignorance and the rejection of attempts to improve aspects of civilization for the betterment of all.
Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle

Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission for the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle, prepared in December 1933. Item discusses the up-and-down economic welfare of the Maritime Provinces in the years since 1929, and the economic potential of the region's forest lands. Item contains related correspondence.
Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1934 New Year Edition of the Sydney Post-Record

Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1934 New Year Edition of the Sydney Post-Record

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1934 New Year Edition of the Sydney Post-Record, prepared in December 1933, discussing the importance of taking a "long-sighted view" of Cape Breton's economic future, rather than using "any temporary upturn in business conditions" as an indicator. Item contains related correspondence.
Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Herald

Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Herald

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission for the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle, dated December 20, 1933, addressing the perilous international political and economic situations after the cessation of payment of War Debts and the impending collapse of the Treaty of Versailles, as well as Canada getting its economic house in order. Item contains related correspondence.
Press releases related to a 1934 public lecture series

Press releases related to a 1934 public lecture series

Item consists of a series of press releases prepared by Carleton Stanley outlining a public lecture series at the University Gymnasium in January and February 1934. Press release outlines multidisciplinary lectures by Dr. Dixie Pelluet, Dr. W.D. Woodhead, Dr. H.F. Munro, Dr. H.E. Bigelow, Dr. E.W.. Nichols, and Dr. W. Hamilton Fyfe. Item also contains related correspondence.
Carleton Stanley's address before Dalhousie graduates at a Boston Alumni event

Carleton Stanley's address before Dalhousie graduates at a Boston Alumni event

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address Boston-based alumni from Dalhousie University, at the Hotel Westminster on April 12, 1934, addressing the difficulties of constructing a university budget during times of economic upheaval, what programs grants and alumni donations have aided at Dalhousie, as well as the threats posed by wars which "pend and threaten".
The universities and the international outlook : [offprint]

The universities and the international outlook : [offprint]

Item consists of an offprint of an article title "The Universities and the International Outlook", written by Carleton Stanley, and reprinted from the University of Toronto Quarterly, Vol. V, No. 2, January, 1936. Speech was originally delivered before the American Association of Colleges in May 1934.
Universities and the international outlook : Carleton Stanley's address before the American Assoc...

Universities and the international outlook : Carleton Stanley's address before the American Association of Colleges

Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of a speech delivered by Carleton Stanley before the American Assocation of Colleges in May 1934, under the title "The Universities and the International Outlook". A version of this speech later appeared in the January 1936 issue of the University of Toronto Quarterly.
Carleton Stanley's address to New York Dalhousie alumni

Carleton Stanley's address to New York Dalhousie alumni

Item consists of a typescript copy of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley before Dalhousie University alumni at an event in New York, May 4, 1934, discussing the financial situation at Dalhousie during a period of worldwide economic tumult. Speech was initially prepared May 2, 1934.
Carleton Stanley's address in Sussex, New Brunswick

Carleton Stanley's address in Sussex, New Brunswick

Item consists of a typescript copy of a speech delivered by Carleton Stanley in Sussex, New Brunswick, on June 25, 1934, praising the quality of New Brunswick students at Dalhousie, a toast to the "dullest of all dull subjects" -- the state of education -- in the Maritime Provinces.
Harry Goudge Grant's letter-to-the-editor about Dalhousie's contributions to the Halifax Public H...

Harry Goudge Grant's letter-to-the-editor about Dalhousie's contributions to the Halifax Public Health Clinic

Item consists of Carleton Stanley's typescript copy of Dean Harry Goudge Grant's scathing letter to the editors of the Halifax Chronicle and Halifax Daily Star, dated March 25, 1934, responding to critiques around funding of the Public Health Clinic. "It can be said without contradiction that in no other place in the world is it [the funding of such a medical facility] done by a University."
Carleton Stanley's statement about the state of housing conditions in Halifax

Carleton Stanley's statement about the state of housing conditions in Halifax

Item consists of a typescript copy of an article prepared by Carleton Stanley discussing the "disgracefully large proportion of Halifax houses [that] may be called 'slum dwellings'" and the general poor state of "housing conditions in Halifax", stating that "Halifax [...] would seem to have had very little town planning" and condemning city contractors for their construction of subpar "so-called houses". The piece was submitted to Mr. Gaul of the Halifax Chronicle.
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