Presidents Report University Of Saskatchewan

Author : University Of Saskatchewan
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267495467
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book University of Saskatchewan written by University Of Saskatchewan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from University of Saskatchewan: President's Report for the Year 1919-20 Mr. Chancellor, Members of Convocation: If I were asked by you to give one year's history of a mighty river, it would possibly be most important and most significant to describe faithfully and in detail the routine of its ordinary proceeding, its frozen period and its period of freedom, the services rendered by it during these periods in yielding ice and water, waterpower, in carriage of traffic, in drainage, and in the furnishing of various forms of recreation to the dwellers in its neighborhood; if, in fact, I recited those things which are involved in its proceeding in an orderly fashion along its course between its restraining banks. But I should probably be found dull. It is natural to be more interested in the unusual, to desire to hear whether in the winter the river was frozen to the very bottom or, in a most remote contingency, frozen not at all, whether at the breakup in the spring any local celebrities lost their reputations as forecasters of the date and violence of the first ice-rush, whether bridges were destroyed and banks overflowed; and so throughout the year, whether the doings of the river were unusual, and if unusual, in what respects. The University Year I feel that the situation is the same in describing a year of our University life. A recital of the routine proceedings would furnish you with a knowledge of the very essential things which we should all know. But such a recital would be long and, unless given by a more skilful person, would doubtless prove dull. And so I shall try to secure brevity by confining myself chiefly to some of the unusual things of the past year. The Vacation Period The first part of our academic year, from July to mid-September, corresponds fairly, except in length, to the frozen period of our river, since on the surface and to a depth which the public cannot easily determine the University seems inactive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.