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A number of gifts to the library are
acknowledged with thanks. Leonard Hutchinson, who
print-making in the 1920s and who was a
former curator of the Hamilton Art Gallery, has
given an inscribed copy of Leonard Hutchinson,
People's Artist. This is the first book in a series
entitled Toward A People's Art. Raymond Peringer
has helped almost complete our set of the Ryerson
Canadian Art, and Artists, series by donating a
copy of J,W. Beatty; he has also given Selections
From The Makers Of Canada and the current Sotheby
Catalogue. Before Fred Kemp moved to Kingston he
asked Fergus Cronin to bring some of his books to
the Club; among those chosen were Canadian Poety
and Lays Of The True North.
Two members of the staff of the National
Library, on assignment to inspect the holdings of
certain special libraries, spent an evening with
the Club t s librarian and received a conducted tour
of our library and archives. As a gesture of
thanks they very kindly sent an assortment of
Canadian books; among these were Pioneer Inns &
Taverns by Edwin Guillett, Sea Dogs And Men At Arms
by J.E. Middleton, and Breaking Barriers by the
first director of the National Gallery, Eric Brown.
A welcome first issue of a new periodical from the
Institute, entitled White Wall Review, has
been given by Ted Brock. The AGO has sent a copy
of the catalogue for their current exhibition The
Dutch Cityscape.
Hunter Bishop
GORDON K.D. ALDERSON
A prolonged but gallant fight against
cancer ended with Gordon Alderson's passing on
July 6.
Gord came from Ingersoll, and after
graduation from University of Toronto and the
College of Education joined the staff of the
Central High School of Commerce in the English
department.
In the early 1930s, long before "Theatre
Arts" made its appearance as a popular option in
our high schools, any serious attempt to promote
theatre in Toronto secondary schools was left to a
small group of enthusiasts in the Technical and
Commercial Schools. W.S.Milne and the Norvoc Players
at Northern Vocational, J.E. Dean and the
Playcraftsmen at Central Tech, and Herman Voaden
and Gord Alderson with the Play Workshop at Central
Commerce were the mainstays of this movement.