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Hall, George Edward, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 6 Mar 1958, 231-240     Characteristics of "successful" men and women. How the rags-to-riches tradition became generally associated with the American formula of success. The influence of Andrew Carnegie. Facts that refute t

Beaudoin, Hon. Rene, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1956), 17 Nov 1955, 101-110     The third session of the 22nd Parliament, summoned by Royal Proclamation, and issued upon the advice of the Cabinet for the dispatch of business to get under way on January 10th next. A description o

Whitton, Charlotte, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 1 Mar 1951, 262-281     Strains and tensions in the world today. Two contributing factors: the acceptance, for more than a generation now, of a purely deterministic and materialist psychology that "man's destiny lies within

Heeney, Arnold Danforth Patrick, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 30 Jan 1958, 173-181     Now more than 100 years since patronage was abandoned as the basis of appointment and preferment in the Civil Service of Great Britain. More than 50 years later Canada riveted home the same principle

Taylor, E.P., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1959), 2 Oct 1958, 13-22     Recent controversy over "The West Wind" exhibit. Origins and history of the Art Galley of Ontario. Early days; development; details of some of the exhibits, including paintings by Sir Winston Churchi

Williams, Governor G. Mennen, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1959), 9 Apr 1959, 299-308     The free world's stake in the underdeveloped countries, particularly the emerging nations in Africa and Asia. Cooperative international action that could be taken by Canada and the United States. Som

Brown, Dr. Richard F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 3 Oct 1957, 1-15     Korea and the Koreans today and the problems that confront them. The nature of the problems that confront them and their similarity to those faced the world over, due to changing conditions and world

Romney, George, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 31 Oct 1957, 60-77     Some background to the speaker's company, American Motors. Some remarks about the differences between Canadians and Americans. Conducting business in Canada on a Canadian basis. Some management detai

Fleming, The Honourable Donald M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 13 Feb 1958, 194-210     Some personal background of how the speaker came to his present position. His remarks today of a non-partisan nature. Dollars as one of the most important tools of governmental policy and an ever-pre

Dewhurst, Brigadier Claude H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 17 Jan 1957, 165-180     An independent view of the Middle East based on 10 years out there and later on in planning Middle East Affairs at the War Cabinet Offices, and a recent visit. To begin, raising some pride. The Middl

Wilson, Donald V., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 21 Feb 1957, 243-251     Some world-wide problems confronting all of us today. The active participation of The Ontario Society for Crippled Children in the International Society for over 30 years. Gaining an idea of how indi

Long, Marcus, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1950), 23 Feb 1950, 221-236     The importance of the doctrine of Karl Marx and the apparent success of the political imperialism associated with it. Communism in Eastern Europe and advancing Communism in Asia. The will of free men

Daniell, Raymond and Long, Tania, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 21 Jan 1954, 157-170     Tania Long: The speaker's understanding that "it is rare that meetings of this group are open to the ladies." Her hope that the members will not regret their decision to make this occasion an excepti

Jarvis, Alan, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 6 Dec 1956, 111-122     A change in the entire climate of opinion in Canada between 1938 and now with regard to the Arts and financial support for the Arts. The importance of culture and cultural resources. Evidence of Cana

Coldwell, Honourable M.J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1950), 2 Feb 1950, 187-197     Sharing grave misgivings concerning the economic problems which have arisen with regard to Canada's relationship with other Commonwealth countries. Problems based on the fact that for almost a centur

Funston, George Keith, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1953), 16 Apr 1953, 315-328     Problems concerning the employment of capital in national and international channels—employment in such a manner as to secure the greatest benefit for each country and for each individual concerned.

Keys, David Arnold, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 7 Apr 1955, 255-268     "No scientific discovery has created such devastating possibilities and at the same time offered vast opportunities for the benefit of mankind as that of the controlled release of atomic energy by nu

Laing, G. Blair, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 26 Oct 1950, 41-50     The speaker's experience as a school trustee. A sharing of that experience, the speaker's philosophy of education, and some history and progress of education in Toronto, culminating in this year as t

Aitken, Kate, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1953), 22 Jan 1953, 169-178     South Africa as one of the world's hot spots for news and the speaker's determination to go there. People's fear that the uprisings in South Africa may lead to civil war, or to a continuance of the f

Philip, Percy James, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1953), 9 Oct 1952, 33-41     How union and harmony in human experience are certainly not the same thing. An analogy with love and marriage. The speaker's belief that harmony, which is of the spirit, is greater than union. What t