APRIL 1977 FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS SPRING The systematic work ...

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His accomplishments were high, his
behaviour quiet and unassuming, his friendship
warm. He will be greatly missed.
R.E. Haist
THE ARCHIVES
After the display cabinets had been
emptied of a summer-time exhibition saluting the
wonderment generated a decade ago by Expo '67,
they were used to display a collection from our
library of the first issues of certain Canadian
arts periodicals. We happen to think that the
collecting of the initial number of a periodical
is a worthwhile endeavor of some historical
significance. Not only do you get an optimistic
and sometimes prophetic editorial, and a table
of contents that tells you who and what were
considered important in a particular art field,
but also it is a great way to keep track of the
style and content of advertisements at the time
of launching the publication.
Although we have older issues of art
periodicals than those shown, they are not the
first numbers. Therefore let it be known that
any member who is prepared to offer the initial
issue of such periodicals as The Canadian Courier,
The Canadian Magazine, The Canadian Bookman, The
Canadian Forum, or The Rebel would have his
donation identified by a personalized stamp and
would also win the undying gratitude of the
archivist. (But to be fair about this, Roy Sharpe
points out that copyright on "undying gratitude"
promised by archivists expires when they do.)
Members examining the photographs on the
east wall of the front hallway can now refer ---
should they require aid in identification --- to
a key recently lettered by Maurice Snelgrove, to
whom we extend the clubts thanks.
Hunter Bishop
A CLUB INVENTORY
OF HADES
Visiting the club just before his death,
Dr. Ian Urquhart handed over to John Morrow some
verses about the club written by the Canadian poet,
the late E.J. Pratt. We reproduce them for the
benefit of those not around when they were written
(1958). The scene is that of an A & L member,
fifty years hence, paying a visit to see his
fellow-members domiciled in that region. They come
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