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Melville Cumming fonds

  • MS-14-1
  • Fonds
  • [1876?]-1970
Fonds contains photographs of Melville Cumming, as well as addresses, research articles/manuscripts, and letters related to agriculture in Nova Scotia written by Melville Cumming. Other material consists of records that were created while Dr. Cumming served as the first principal at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College from 1905-27. He was also an instructor animal husbandry, agronomy, bacteriology and public speaking, and also served as the Secretary of Agriculture for the province from 1907-25. Includes records from 1900-1970 comprised of photographs, certificates, articles, and speeches from the passing of Dr. Cumming.

Cumming, Melville

Kerr, Alexander - Programs and speeches

File includes a program for the Inauguration of Alexander E. Kerr as President of Dalhousie University (November 13, 1945); "Education" (delivered on CBC September 29, 1946); "The Significance of the Reformed Church Tradition for Modern Education" (1948); and other addresses delivered during his Kerr's tenure.

Dalhousie University : the post-war years, 1945-1963 : President's Convocation address, May 16, 1963, and highlights of the development of the period, by Faculties

Item consists of the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr at the May 6, 1963 Dalhousie University Convocation ceremonies, about Dalhousie's growth and development in the post-war years (coinciding with Kerr's tenure as President). Item also contains reports submitted by individual faculties about their developments under Kerr's presidency. Includes reports submitted by H.B.S. Cooke (Dean, Faculty of Arts), H.E. Read (Dean, Faculty of Law), C.B. Stewart (Dean, Faculty of Medicine), J.D. McLean (Dean, Faculty of Dentistry), W.R. Trost (Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies), F.R. Hayes (Director, Institute of Oceanography), E.A. Electa MacLennan (Director, Faculty of Health Professions), J.G. Duff (Director, College of Pharmacy), Arthur H. Shears (Director) and Robert M. MacDonald (Dean-elect, School of Physiotherapy), Guy Henson (Director, Institute of Public Affairs), J.P. Wilkinson (University Librarian), K.D. Gowie (Director, Physical Education), and Bruce G. Irwin (Director, Alumni Association).

Anniversaries in Geneva, 1959

Item consists of an offprint from the Summer 1959 issue of the Dalhousie Review (pages [208]-218), containing the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr about the the recent celebration of three different anniversaries related to the life and activities of John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland in the sixteenth century.

The significance of the Reformed Church tradition for modern education

Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr to the Annual Meeting of the Western Section of the Alliance of Reformed Churches, held in 1948 in Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania, about the integration of Reformed Church/Calvinist principles into modern educational methods.

The inauguration of Alexander E. Kerr as President of Dalhousie University : programme of ceremonies, The Gymnasium, Tuesday, November 13, 1945

Item consists of a programme of events celebrating the inauguration of Alexander Enoch Kerr as the new President of Dalhousie University, November 13, 1945. Includes the text of speeches by D.L. Sutherland (President of the Council of the Students), Dean Vincent C. MacDonald (University Senate), George J. Trueman (Chairmain for the Central Advisory Committee on Education in the Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland), Lieutenant-Colonel K.C. Laurie (Chairman of the Board of Governors), and Alexander Kerr's inaugural address. Also includes a list of delegates from other institutions.

Records - Stanley, Carleton Wellesley

File contains draft and final speeches and addresses delivered by Carleton Stanley between 1931 and 1934, early in his tenure as Dalhousie President. File also contains related correspondence.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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

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 to the Ontario Educational Association

Item consists of an annotated typescript of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley at the Ontario Educational Association meeting in Toronto on April 18, 1933, discussing Plato's interpretation of modern civilization, the unwillingness of many teachers to truly have freedom ("they are not free because they are willing robots, they do not have the initiative to assert themselves"), maintaining faith in reason, and the threat posed in all fields by the absence of considerations of impacts on civilization. The speech was delivered in this form twice in 1934 as well.

Carleton Stanley's address to the Halifax branch of the Irish Benevolent Society

Item consists of a typescript copy of the address delivered by Carleton Stanley to the Halifax chapter of the Irish Benevolent Society, likely in the summer of 1932, discussing community expectations from educational institutions, the growing role of economics, and the "civilizing force" of the "useless, but not graceless" Irish people.

The inauguration of Carleton W. Stanley as President of Dalhousie University : Programme of Ceremonies, Capitol Theatre, Halifax, Friday, October 9, 1931

Item consists of issue number 4 of the Dalhousie University Bulletin, a special inauguration number celebrating the appointment of Carleton Wellesley Stanley as the new President of Dalhousie University. Includes the text of speeches by The Right Honorable R.B. Bennett (Canadian Prime Minister, and Governor of Dalhousie), G. Fred Pearson (Chairman of the Board of Governors), A. Stanley Mackenzie (President Emeritus), and Carleton W. Stanley (newly-appointed President).
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