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Codd, Major L.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1935), 4 Apr 1935, 342-354     An explanation of who the speaker does and does not represent. A description of the Army Ordnance Association and what it does. A few philosophical reflections in connection with the subject "Munitio

Davidson, Mrs. John F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1936), 14 Nov 1935, 110-119     Ladies Day. Some personal background of the speaker, of events that influenced the person she became. Peace at the core of Britain's new responsibilities. A British election taking place today. A rec

Hobbs, Frank, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1935), 11 Apr 1935, 355-360     The visit of the D'Oyly Carte Company of the United States from Britain. The experience of the Company in New York. Contacts with British Government officials throughout the United States. The Compan

Sanderson, C.R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1936), 7 Nov 1935, 92-109     A presentation of both sides of the Douglas theory, equally forcibly, equally fairly. Purposes of a public library. The principles of democracy. The speaker addressing the audience not as a politicia

Perrine, Dr. J.O., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1936), 17 Oct 1935, 56-74     The transformation and transmittals of waves. The telephone in the classification of transportation, and how that is so. Getting the sound out of a subscriber's mouth into another subscriber's ear. V

Lyons, The Right Honourable J.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1936), 12 Jul 1935, 1-18     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and other Luncheon and Service Clubs of Toronto. Canada and Australia representing two important units in the great Empire. The King as the great unifying

Davies, E. Salter, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1936), 3 Oct 1935, 29-41     Complaints throughout the ages. Dissatisfaction as a healthy symptom. Dangers of discontent. Defining education. The aim of education. Specific complaints about schooling in England. Concerns of educ

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Hammell, John E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1935), 17 Jan 1935, 197-215     The speaker as the spokesman of that great, only partially developed half continent which we call The North. The speaker's regard of himself as simply a deputy of the great army of friends and co-wor

Scroggs, William O., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1935), 21 Mar 1935, 316-328     A discussion of the foreign policy of the New Deal in the United States. The foreign policy much less complex than the domestic policy. Some words and background on Mr. Roosevelt. The strict national

Thorndike, Dame Sybil, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1935), 21 Feb 1935, 260-274     Some words on the theatre. The rivalry of the cinema and its anticipated effects. Some words on the theatre and the cinema together. The great need of human beings of personal expression, fulfilled i

Simpson, His Worship, Mayor James, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1935), 10 Jan 1935, 183-196     The ever continuing evidence of a great change in the social order. A revolution in the thinking of the Prime Minister of Canada. His recent declarations before the Imperial Conference in the City of

Purvis, Arthur B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1935), 28 Feb 1935, 275-295     An outline of the general conditions with which we are faced in order to paint the background upon which any effort in industrial life has at this time to be superimposed. The present attack on depre

Raja-Singham, A.I., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1935), 31 Jan 1935, 229-245     Why the speaker chose this topic. Self-determination. Different approaches that have been taken to the problem of India. Words from the Ex Lord Mayor of Calcutta and from Rabindranath Tagore, represe

Gardiner, The Hon. James Garfield, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1935), 8 Mar 1935, 296-315     Speaking on the same subject as seven or eight years ago: "The Problems of the West." The problems of 1926-27. The trials and tribulations lived through since that time. Today confronted by the probl

Huston, Walter, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1935), 25 Apr 1935, 361-373     The speaker's personal reminiscences, interspersed with many anecdotes pertaining to vaudeville. Memories from the speaker's childhood. Mr. Huston's family. Some words about Miss May Irwin, one of th

Drew, Lieutenant-Colonel George A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1936), 31 Oct 1935, 75-91     Living through one of the greatest, one of the most far-reaching events in the history of the world. The next few weeks to decide whether the principal of collective enforcement of peace, which was t

May, Clement, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1936), 5 Dec 1935, 140-155     The power of the human voice, with many examples. Using language to bring about a better understanding with our fellow men. A look at the characters created by Mr. Dickens and his understanding of hi

Moore, H. Napier, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1935), 7 Feb 1935, 246-259     The melancholy aspects toward laughter. Relating laughter to an attribute of the lower animals, with examples. An analysis of what it is that makes people laugh, with example. The Scot's amazing self

Strachey, John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1935), 24 Jan 1935, 216-228     The causes of modern war, I.e., what seems to have caused the last war and what the speaker is bound to say seems so very rapidly to be about to case the next war, or is causing the astonishing prepa