SUMMARY:
An excerpt notes Miss Procter’s plans for arranging submarine scenes, followed by 'A City-Builder' describing honours awarded to Sir Charles Wilson of Leeds, with mentions of ceremonies and gifts associated with the city and university. Figures referenced include Eva Bland, E. F. L. Wood, Lord Halifax, Professor Gilbert Murray, and Sir Michael Sadler, with locations such as the Town Hall of Leeds, Westminster, and Temple Newsam.
CONTENT:
THE
WORLD'S
WORK
SEPTEMBER 1923
326 MEN AND WOMEN
and without their original occupants. In the
arrangement of these submarine scenes Miss
Procter will find ample scope for combining
artistic feminine taste with scientific knowledge.
Eva Bland.
A CITY-BUILDER
Many honours of high distinction have
recently been awarded to Sir Charles Wilson,
J.P., F.S.A.A., the new Member of Parliament
for Leeds. First, the city to whose welfare
and well-being he has given so many selfless
years made him a Freeman by unanimous
vote of the Council and acclaim of the people,
then the University conferred upon him the
Degree of LL.D., probably the first accountant
to be admitted into this select academic
fellowship. Next, he was granted a Knighthood
in the King's Birthday List, and now
he has been returned to Westminster. The
scene in the Town Hall of Leeds when the
freedom of the city and the University degree
were conferred, impressed me by its beauty
and dignity. I think it is Professor Gilbert
Murray who, translating one of his beloved
Greek authors, gives us the line "The apple
tree, the singing and the gold." The words
perfectly portray a festival of rich delight, of
proud gladness in the heart and colour in the
setting. Truly it was a scene memorable for
its manifold solemnity and significance. It
was the City giving honour to one who has
helped to make it honourable.
Major the Right Hon. E. F. L. Wood,
M.A., M.P., President of the Board of Education,
was associated with the then Alderman
Wilson (a Major, too, if I were to use his
military title) in receiving the highest honours
which it is in the power of City and University
to give. Major Wood, the son of the venerable
Lord Halifax, who was proudly present
at the Ceremony of Conferment, recently
transferred his beautiful home and estate,
Temple Newsam, the Templestowe of Ivanhoe,
to the City of Leeds on generously sacrificial
terms, and as a gift he made over a treasure-
trove of furniture and art. It was Alderman
Wilson who carried the delicately intricate
negotiations to successful issue. Nothing
could have been more appropriate than the
comradeship of these two men in honour on
so eventful and so noble a day.
Through the eloquent lips of Sir Michael
Sadler, the Vice-Chancellor, the University
paid homage to Alderman Wilson's "disinterested
public service." In a choice perora-