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Wilson, Senator The Hon. R.V., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 7 Feb 1924, 62-73     Participation in the war by Canada and Australia. Australia's war debt. Uniting in peace as well as in war, in order to build against war. Difficulties to be faced in Australia, similar to those faci

Marshal, Charles A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 14 Feb 1924, 74-87     The varying conditions in Russia as the speaker saw them, which could lead to false impressions. The difficulty of getting an accurate picture of Russia from a superficial view of a few localities. T

O'Hara, Geoffrey, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 20 Feb 1924, 88-96     An address of music, wit, and comedic entertainment focussed on the subject of Jazz. Some amusing definitions of the term "Jazz." The universal love of music. Indefinable jazz. How the word has been

Whidden, Howard P., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 28 Feb 1924, 97-108     The relations of the English-speaking nations as one of the most vital in things in the world's life at the present time. What the Empire stands for. Countries we think of when speaking of the Englis

Leacock, Prof. Stephen, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 6 Mar 1924, 109-124     The speaker's statement of Canada's ills at the present time: that we are in danger of overgovernment; that we are suffering from the too-great extension of the functions of the State; that it is doi

Wrong, George M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 13 Mar 1924, 125-135     A quote from Pitt in 1805 after the Battle of Trafalgar, which reflects the speaker's own view, and which he feels can be applied today: England has saved herself by her exertions, and will, as I tru

Trevelyan, George Macaulay, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 20 Mar 1924, 136-152     The system of education through humane letters; an education that never dissociated history from literature. The replacement of the classics by physical science as the chief study of the educated. Th

Windle, Sir Bertram, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 27 Mar 1924, 153-165     The place of the dramatist as the "abstract and brief chronicle of the time" now taken by the novelist. Some remarks about history and the purpose of studying history. Studying history through novels

Bowles, Rev. R.P., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 3 Apr 1924, 166-173     Talking about a sentiment. The nature of patriotism. Patriotism as a natural instinct. The culture of Canadian Patriotism. The lack of instruction about patriotism when the speaker was in school. Can

Mahsi, Professor Yohan, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 10 Apr 1924, 174-183     Reference to the political agitations which have been carried on in India in recent years. The great and ever-increasing unrest during the last 15 or 20 years in India, and reasons for it. India's na