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cultivate it in a particular way.

In the first place Osgoode Hall should be a centre
for the Ontario Bar, and indeed for all the practitioners of the
Common Law in Canada. Throughout this great Dominion you have
men practising in the small country towns and in provincial cities
for whom it would be a very real pleasure to know that there was
one centre of their profession, one link which bound them all
together, and that they could, when they desired, revive their
sense of community. I would like to see a monthly luncheon, or
something of the kind here, where provincial members could attend
if they happened to be in the city. I think that every man trained
in the Law Society of Ontario should look back to Osgoode Hall as
a kind of alma mater to which he can return and revive companionships.

I would go further. I think you ought to follow
the example of the London Inns of Court and have what are called
Grand Nights. That is to say, monthly dinners in term time to
which guests from other professions and other walks of life are
invited. I know the merits of these Grand Nights at home, when
eminent lawyers mix with eminent men of business , with members
of the Cabinet, with doctors and scientists. It is a means of
linking our great profession with other human interests, and
making these interests understand the dignity of our profession.

I throw out these suggestions, gentlemen, in all
modesty as a loyal member of your Society who wishes you very well.