1933 Fredericton Encaenia

Pierce, Lorne Albert

Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)

Orator: Cattley, Robert E.D.

Citation:

ENCAENIA, MAY, 1933
LORNE ALBERT PIERCE
to be Doctor of Laws

Most illustrious President and all the University I present to you

Lorne Albert Pierce

Doctor of Law in Queen's University, Kingston, not only an author of no mean standing but a second Aristarch "in whom lies the decision, the law and the canon of speech" Editor of the Ryerson Press and its Manager. Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, founder of the Lorne Pierce Gold Medal for English Literature and soon in the Alumni Oration which he is anon to deliver to you, to charm your ears by that silver tongue of his;

I bear witness that insofar as all our statutes require he is a fit and suitable candidate.

From: Honoris Causa, UA Case 70

From:
Cattley, Robert E.D. Honoris causa: the effervescences of a university orator. Fredericton: UNB Associated Alumnae, 1968.

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