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

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participants in the two World Wars, taken from letters,
diaries, and interviews. It is companion to a
travelling exhibition which opened on November 4 and
I will not end until February 29, 1980. A book which
reflects expert research done with loving care is
Canada: Symbols Of Sovereignty. The author, Conrad
Swan, is York Herald of Arms-in-Ordinary to Her
Majesty the Queen. He is the first Canadian to be a
member of the College of Arms, and a permanent member
of the Royal Household. The book covers the arms,
seals and flags of Canada from the time of discovery
to the present. There are 46 illustrations in full
colour and 189 in black and white.
In a year-end attempt to record some exhibition
catalogues and some brochures which have been displayed
but not mentioned, we list the following titles: The
Group of Seven (catalogue of European tour); 100 Years
of the Ontario College of Art; Aviation Painting;
Through Canadian Eyes; A List of Canadian Music; Three
Handbooks (published by the Canadian Conference of the
Arts); Aid To Artists.
Chuck Matthews arranged that sufficient funds from the
auction of his collection of signed drawings went
toward the purchase of a copy of Tom Thomson: The
Silence And The Storm for our library. The text is
by Harold Town and David Siloox, and both authors
» signed our copy specifically for the Club. This
impressive book contains 177 colour plates. Dr.Thomas
Howarth, Head of the Department of Architecture at
the U. of T., has donated a copy of his newly-revised
book entitled Charles Rennie Mackintosh And The Modern
Movement; it deals with a Scot who had great influence
in the development of modern architecture. This fullyillustrated
book is obviously the result of a labour
of love, and we are grateful to our fellow member for
his important addition to our Architecture section.
Ian Murray has given a copy of one of the old Chapbooks
published by Ryerson Press. This book of verse is
entitled The Wanderer, written - and autographed - by
the author, Nathaniel Benson. When club member Wallace
Chalmers visited a new and very impressive theatre in
Inverness, Scotland, he brought back for our library
an illustrated booklet which described and shows in
detail the 814-seat Eden Court Theatre.
Hunter Bishop
AN HONOURED COMPANY Your little blue membership roster contains the names
of some much-honoured men. With some trepidation
(since we can't vouch for completeness), we repprt
that at least four members were recognized by the Queen
S during her Silver Jubilee. Recipients of the Silver
Jubilee Medal known to us include Dr. W.E. Swinton