1952 Fredericton Encaenia
Alumni Oration
Delivered by: Campbell, Hugh
Content
"Asks For Interest of U.N.B. Alumni In Armed Forces" Telegraph Journal (15 May 1952): Extract. (UA Case 67a, Box 2)
A pleas to University of New Brunswick alumni, alumnae and citizens generally, to take a personal interest in the Canadian Armed Services was coupled with an affirmation of faith in the role this country is taking in international affairs through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, at the annual dinner of the Alumni and Alumnae societies here tonight. The speaker was Air Vice Marshal Hugh L. Campbell, a graduate of the university in 1930 and now serving as chairman of the Canadian joint staff in Washington, D.C.
As alumni orator for 1952, A.V.M. Campbell, formerly of Salisbury and Moncton, gave an outline of the organization and function of the armed forces and reviewed the positions they occupy in Canada and the world today. Speaking directly to the 450 or more graduates, their wives and husbands assembled in the Lad Beaverbrook Gymnasium, he said: "Our armed forced require your personal interest…to enable them to meet your requirements and to provide you with the defence insurance that is necessary."
Referring to Canada’s extensive contribution to the N.A.T.O. organization, he declared: "Our greatest chance for peace in the world today, and our greatest hope for the security of Canada, lies in continuing steadfastly and strongly our collective efforts to strengthen this organization.
Most Privileged
Canadians enjoy more privileges than any of the citizens of other nations in the world, he states, and they have, in his opinion, very definite national objective: peace and security; maintenance of their way of life; a desire to maintain and improve the Canadian standard of living.
"To maintain our objectives…we must remain economically strong…we must absorb into our economy a strong and well-balanced defence organization."
A pleas to University of New Brunswick alumni, alumnae and citizens generally, to take a personal interest in the Canadian Armed Services was coupled with an affirmation of faith in the role this country is taking in international affairs through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, at the annual dinner of the Alumni and Alumnae societies here tonight. The speaker was Air Vice Marshal Hugh L. Campbell, a graduate of the university in 1930 and now serving as chairman of the Canadian joint staff in Washington, D.C.
As alumni orator for 1952, A.V.M. Campbell, formerly of Salisbury and Moncton, gave an outline of the organization and function of the armed forces and reviewed the positions they occupy in Canada and the world today. Speaking directly to the 450 or more graduates, their wives and husbands assembled in the Lad Beaverbrook Gymnasium, he said: "Our armed forced require your personal interest…to enable them to meet your requirements and to provide you with the defence insurance that is necessary."
Referring to Canada’s extensive contribution to the N.A.T.O. organization, he declared: "Our greatest chance for peace in the world today, and our greatest hope for the security of Canada, lies in continuing steadfastly and strongly our collective efforts to strengthen this organization.
Most Privileged
Canadians enjoy more privileges than any of the citizens of other nations in the world, he states, and they have, in his opinion, very definite national objective: peace and security; maintenance of their way of life; a desire to maintain and improve the Canadian standard of living.
"To maintain our objectives…we must remain economically strong…we must absorb into our economy a strong and well-balanced defence organization."
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