1930–31 Volume 55 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

British Columbia AlphaUniversity of British ColumbiaBy G. SHELDON ROTHWELL,ReporterSYDNEY J. BOWMANVANCOUVER, in which the Universityof British Columbia is located,has a population of nearly 350,000.Situated on the Pacific Coast aboutthirty miles north of the internationalboundary, it possesses one of theworld's finest harbors, from which thevaried products of Western Canadaare distributed to world markets.Backed by tremendous supplies of rawmaterials and facing the great potentialmarkets of the Orient, Vancouveris destined to become one of the greatesttrade centers on the continent.The creation of a University inBritish Columbia was first advocatedin 1877, but it was not until the year1906 that some of the work normallydone by a university was started, andthis only in the high schools of Vancouverin conjunction with McGillUniversity of Montreal. In 1915, theUniversity Endowment .\ct of 1908,which incorporated the University ofBritish Columbia was taken advantageof, and the university started tofunction as such, in temporary quartersadjacent to the business sectionof Vancouver. Ten years later theuniversity was moved to its permanentcampus in Point Grey, six milesfrom the center of Vancouver, on landset aside by an act of the ProvincialLegislature in 1910. This tract ofIl hlJmri^.g^^flfiHIff imt Iff •B9 ^i 1 I*'CH.\PTER HOr.SE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ALPHA[173]^^^^^^^^*^"^l^B