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Beatrice Bryce (née Menzies) was a graduate of University of Toronto, B.A 1927, and Dean of Women at Queen's University 1959-1971.

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Donald Mackenzie Schurman was born September 2nd, 1924 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force and served as aircrew in the Royal Air Force Bomber Command in 1944-1945. Upon return to Canada he enrolled at Acadia University where he completed a B.A. in 1949, and an M.A. in 1950. He was a member, and fellow, of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University in the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1955, where he attained his PhD.
Upon completion of his doctoral work Schurman taught at the University of Alberta for 1955-1956, and then Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in Kingston from 1956-1966 at which point he moved to Queen's University. Schurman taught at Queen's University for a decade, during which time he became one of the three founding principal investigators of the Disraeli project as well as the Director of the Institute of Commonwealth and Comparative Studies (1975-1977). Schurman left Queen's University in 1977 and spent a year as a visiting professor at the University of Singapore. Upon his return, he was hired as chair of the history department at RMC, where he stayed until his retirement in 1987. Dr. Schurman passed away in Kingston in June 2013.

The grand yellow brick house at 49 King Street East, just across the park from the Dean's office, has for more than fifty years, been a home for undergraduate medical students at Queen's. Founded in 1933, initially as Psi Delta Psi fraternity, it became briefly affiliated with the international medical fraternity Nu Sigma Nu on May 25, 1934, in defiance of the Alma Mater Society policy of disallowing fraternities at Queen's. As a result, the twenty-four members of the Psi Delta Psi (Beta Sigma chapter), then at 252 King St. E. were summoned to appear before the AMS court, and were subsequently suspended from all student activities for one year. The members of the Beta Sigma chapter who were members of the Golden Gaels football team ("How" Hamlin, "Red" McNichol, Colin Dafoe, Frank Earle and Bill Glass) were not allowed to play in the championship game of 1934. (It is recorded that Queen's won anyway!). Recognizing the inevitable, by December 1, 1934 the charter affiliation with the fraternity was revoked and the AMS reinstated the 24 members. In 1935, the association was reorganized as Students Medical House Kingston. In the early years at least, it retained many of the traditions of fraternities nonetheless with membership restricted to invited students, who were subjected to initiation rituals and an approval process involving an enclosed box with black and white balls.

The House became formally incorporated in 1950 under the sponsorship of Dr. Ford Connell, who provided the initial mortgage backing for the purchase of the current house at 49 King St. E. He remained an active supporter throughout his life. For years following his retirement from the headship of the Department of Medicine would come to the house for the annual Christmas party, insisting that Hamilton's sherry be served prior to the dinner. The supply of sherry that he sent over was always more than sufficient to last for several years – sherry not being the beverage of choice of house members. He was usually accompanied in later years by Marshall Laverty and Ron Burr, the three of them tottering up the stairs to the front door to be greeted by awestruck students who knew of these titans of Queen's only by reputation. Bill Ghent (Meds '48) and Jamie Mahood (Meds '48) took over as faculty guardians after Ford Connell retired. It was during their tenure that the pipes froze over the Christmas holiday in 1975 when the house was left unattended. The subsequent thaw resulted in burst radiators and water pipes, with water running in rivers down the stairs. The house had just been renovated and redecorated two years earlier. The hundred-year-old parquet floors in the dining room and the presidential room were devastated and scraped out like ice from a driveway. The initial reaction to the devastation was to close the house down. The cost of repair was thought to be prohibitive. However, lead by Sandy Macdonald and Bruce Martin (both Meds '77), new radiators, found at a local wrecker, were installed by enthusiastic house members. Finally after almost 50 years, the polar room had a radiator appropriate to the size of the room. Subsequently Peter Doris (Meds 68), David Walker (Meds71), Frank Poce (Meds 70), and Wayne Spotswood (Meds70) became officers of the alumni group. Currently Minto Jain (Meds 92) is President of the alumni, Bob Reid (Meds74) secretary and Jim Wilson (Meds `77) treasurer.

Over the years the Medical House evolved to become more inclusive and women finally broke down this late bastion of male exclusivity in 1988. Currently Medical House serves as an unofficial club for undergraduate medical students. There are nominally sixteen medical students living at the house and approximately thirty external members who eat there regularly. Membership is open to any undergraduate medical student. Medical House parties are legendary and are a focal point for the social activities of the medical students. Prospective medical students who are invited to Queen's for interviews are entertained at Medical House during their weekend in Kingston to give them a taste of medical student life in Kingston.

The antics of members still continue and occasionally spill outside the confines of the house. On the evening of Oct. 15,2002 an anonymous tip from a concerned Kingston resident prompted 3 Kingston police squad cars to descend on Medical House, SWAT- team style concerned for the safety of individuals who had been reported to be bound, gagged and forced into the trunk of a late model gold Cadillac, and driven into the backyard parking lot of 49 King St. After explaining that the prank never intended to involve the police and apologizing to the officers for the misunderstanding, all officers left the scene minutes later. The students were relieved that the event ended without further harm only to learn two days later that the front page headline in the Kingston Whig-Standard blared "What a Bloody Stupid Prank" and urged readers to write and voice their displeasure with the medical students involved. The suitably abashed students subsequently printed a public apology from house members in the paper. The Dean at the time reinforced the newspaper comment to the involved students at a review of the incident.

The walls of Medical House are covered with composite photographs of graduating members going back to 1933. For the 1943 and 1944 class, the photographs are taken with the graduates in military uniform. Dr. Wes Clare MC (Meds '40) relates that "To me it seems noteworthy that of the seven medical officers to land during the Dieppe raid, three were Queen's men who had been and were members of Medical House during the penalty year-1934. It is my opinion that Queen's and the medical faculty were well represented on August 19, 1942").

Dr. Ben Brachman (Meds '33) Battalion MO, landed at Pourville and was evacuated to England and subsequently received the Military Cross
Dr. Reg Laird, (Meds'37), MO of the Royal Regiment of Canada, landed at Puys, wounded with loss of leg, POW and repatriated late in 1943
Dr. Wes Clare, (Meds '40), MO of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, landed at-, Dieppe, POW 32 months, received the Military Cross, and was representative of ,J the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in the official party which returned to Dieppe on August 19, 1992 for the 50th anniversary of the Dieppe raid.

Despite the antics over the years, alumni of Medical House have gone on to made significant contributions on Canadian society. Among the over 600 alumni of Medical House are several department heads at Queen's and other medical schools, Deans of Queen's and elsewhere, presidents of several national specialty societies, presidents and registrars of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, presidents of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the College of Family Practice of Canada.

There are eminent athletes. There is a photograph of John Emery (Meds '57), member of the bobsled team known as "The Icemen" who won the Olympic gold medal winner in 1964 at Innsbruck using a borrowed sled. There is the photo of Max Buxton (Meds '84), a member of the 1988 Canadian-Russian transpolar expedition. He was one of two physicians among 4 Canadians and 8 Soviets who left Cape Arktichesky in the Soviet Union on March 1, 1988 and arrived on Ward Hunt Island in Canada on May 30th. Along the way, with temperatures as low as -48C, Max and his Soviet counterpart were hard-pressed to preserve the safety of their team. Max subsequently was a member of the 2000 Canadian Everest expedition. Max is also renowned for renovating the basement into a private bedroom for himself, known since as the Stayfree Max(i) Pad.

There are signed photographs and memorabilia of several eminent visitors to the house. There is a photo of L.J. "Blimey" Austin, Head of the Department of Surgery at Queen's in the 1930's and 1940's. He was a frequent visitor and toward the end of his life made a final visit and instructed the members to "turn down an empty glass for me". The overturned glass remains in the window above the fireplace in the dining room in his memory. Other photos include one of Frederick Banting who dined there Jan. 17, 1939. There is a photograph of Lester Pearson who came to lunch on Jan 29, 1969 on the occasion of his visit to Queen's as Brockington visitor. The story goes that he was invited to lunch at the house and it being a Wednesday, the menu for the day was hot dogs. In fact the menu for most days was hot dogs as the repertoire and budget of Gertie Ruttan (Couling) the cook at the time did not extend much beyond this. Mike was instructed to present Gertie with a bronzed hot dog mounted on a plaque indicating that she had served one million hot dogs to Queen's medical students.

Several of the composite pictures include a photograph of Gwen Armstrong identifying her not as a medical student but as "House Mother". Although Gwen was nominally the cook at the house for more than two decades, (from 1974 to 1999) she was the Mom away from home cajoling and encouraging a generation of medical students to do well. She had a remarkable memory for previous members and would relate stories and anecdotes, some less than complimentary of past members who had gone on to graduate and become respected members of the profession. She was invited to numerous weddings, became surrogate grandmother to several children of residents and faculty members, and attended every convocation of "my boys", always sitting in the front row of the Jock Harty arena. She left Medical House in 1999 to a much-deserved retirement.

Students Medical House Kingston Incorporated was established in controversy seventy years ago. It has evolved to become an important part of the undergraduate medical student experience at Queen's. May it long remain.

Paul Johnston Meds '05
Jim Wilson Meds '77

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The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment (PWOR) is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces.
The regiment was created on 16 January 1863 as the 14th Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada from the amalgamation of Kingston, Ontario’s seven independent rifle companies. Shortly after the wedding of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) to Princess Alexandra of Denmark, the regiment asked for and was given permission to become The Princess Of Wales’ Own Regiment.
During the Fenian Raid of 1866, when the Irish extremists attempted to bring Britain to her knees by attacking Canada, the regiment was called to active duty, both to Niagara and later to Cornwall. The band mace presented to the regiment by its officers "In Remembrance of Cornwall" is in the museum.
In 1885, during the Riel Rebellion the PWOR was again activated, but not for field service in the West, as it had hoped. It was destined for garrison duties at Tete-du-Pont Barracks (now Fort Frontenac) and Fort Henry.
The Boer War, in South Africa, in 1899, again brought members of the 14th to the Colours. A number of members served in various units and because of the 14th’s contribution, “South Africa 1900” became the first battle honour. As a matter of interest, a PWOR officer by the name of Major Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers, made his own way to South Africa, after being turned down for South Africa service, in Canada. He was "signed-on" as a Lieutenant and distinguished himself sufficiently that he was asked to join the regular force. When he returned to Canada, he was asked to set up the Canadian Signal Corps.
The outbreak of World War I in 1914 resulted in a response by members of the regiment that was quite remarkable. Very quickly a contingent of 80 men was formed under Captain George T. Richardson, (for whom George Richardson Stadium in Kingston is named--he became the PWOR’s first officer fatality) and sent to the 2nd (Eastern Ontario Regiment) Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), of the 1st Canadian Division, which was part of Canada’s First Contingent.
At the same time, the 21st Battalion, CEF was formed in Kingston, under the Commanding Officer of the PWOR, Lieutenant-Colonel St Pierre Hughes. The PWOR also contributed officers and men to the 59th, 146th, and 253rd Battalions, CEF.
The history of the 21st Battalion, which the PWOR perpetuates, is far too long to relate here, however, it should be mentioned that the unit earned eighteen Battle Honours were won in three years of frontline service. A great deal of the 21st Battalion history, including its Colours, is found in the regimental museum. There is also a photo tribute to the 21st Battalion . The mascot of the Princess of Wales' Own Regiment during the Great War, a white goat named Nan, retired to the Royal Military College of Canada stables from 1918 until her death on September 22, 1924 at 12 years of age. She was buried in the Cataraqui Cemetery [1]
In 1920, in the post war re-organization of the Militia, the 14th Battalion Rifles was re-designated as a line infantry regiment so that it could carry the Battle Honours and Colours of the 21st Battalion, CEF (A rifle regiment carries its Battle Honours on its drums).
The Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment, became allied on 15 July 1926 with the South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales’ Volunteers) who count among their Battle Honours Louisburg and Niagara. In the mid-1960s, the South Lancashire Regiment was amalgamated with other Lancashire regiments to form the present allied regiment- The Queen's Lancashire Regiment.
In the Second World War, the decision was made not to mobilize the regiment, because of the heavy losses suffered in the First World War. Instead, it provided one complete company to the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders (Glens), which went under canvas at the Kingston fairgrounds. The Glens went ashore on D-Day under a PWOR officer, Lieutenant-Colonel GH Christiansen, as part of the 9th (Highland) Brigade, commanded by another PWOR officer, Brigadier-General Douglas Gordon Cunningham.
In June 1942, the 1st battalion PWOR was formed under Lieutenant-Colonel E Cockburn and it served in Sherbrooke, Quebec and Debert, Nova Scotia, where it was deployed for east coast defence. All told, the regiment supplied 1500 men for active service including one Brigadier, four Colonels and eight Lieutenant-Colonels.
In 1963, the PWOR celebrated its Centennial, and was granted freedom of the City of Kingston. It was presented with the new Colours by the Lieutenant Governor, the Honorable Earl Rowe. On the Colours was emblazoned the badge of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, 1939–1945, commemorating the service of PWOR members in that regiment.
The PWOR went through a decline during the 1970s and 1980s, where a measure of a unit’s success was simply the ability to remain active and keep off the increasing list of once proud units now relegated to the supplementary order of battle. The regiment was reduced to a minor unit, with only one authorized company for most of the Seventies, until finally in 1978, it was again elevated to major unit status.
The regiment has always acquitted itself well in competition over the years, whether in sports, shooting or skill at arms. In 1895 the Regimental Quarter Master represented Canada at Bisley. His rifle and some of his winnings are on display in the museum. More recently a member of the unit was part of the 1990 Canadian Forces Bisley Team and a member of the unit's Cadet Corps distinguished herself on the same ranges.
Today, the regiment is composed of men and women from all walks of life including students, policemen and farmers. Members of the regiment have distinguished themselves on recent peacekeeping tours in Cyprus and the former republics of Yugoslavia.
Members of the regiment have also served on combat missions during Operation Medusa.
Today, the Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment continues to maintain itself as an effective component of the ‘Total Force’ army, preparing to fulfill its role, if called upon, as a first rate infantry unit. Nunquam Cede (Never Yield).

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Low Income Needs Coalition (LINC) was a community group formed in the fall of 1992 in Kingston, Ontario. The Coalition was committed to fighting against poverty and endeavoured to ensure the best interests of the recipients of social programs were considered by both the government and the general public. The goals of the group were to be achieved by bringing people with low incomes together to share their experiences and frustrations, to build new friendships and alliances and to work together to achieve a common success and increase public awareness about the myths and realities of people living on low incomes.

The Coalition established links with service providers and other community action groups such as the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), the Ontario Social Safety Network, the Kingston Community Legal Clinic, the North Kingston Community Council, the North Kingston Community Health Centre, and Better Beginnings for Kingston Children, in order to tackle issues with a united front. The main activities of the group were to hold public meetings, conduct research, participate in public demonstrations and publish articles and letters to newspapers and government officials.

LINC gained and lost members over the years. Membership was at its largest in 1995, during the years of Mike Harris' tenure as Premier of Ontario. After a slow dissolution of membership, the coalition disbanded as an anti-poverty group and ceased operations in 2003.