Old wives' tales are not enough in a day when old wives and old men, too, are constantly moving away from their labours. - Vincent Massey

It is the University's function to turn out well-balanced persons with an understanding of themselves and of their place in life.

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness.

We must pass through the barriers of language and race, of geography and religion, of custom and tradition and we must build on a common foundation.