photograph of Pelham Edgar
cartoon of Pelham Edgar (1923)
appointed Literary Editor and "Class Prophet" of Acta Victoriana
EJP with 1911 Third-Year Class Executive
photograph of Board of Acta Victoriana 1910-1911
photograph of EJP
photographs of Lydia Trimble and EJP at time of engagement
peddles The Standard Dictionary of Facts in the region of the Athabasca River, with headquarters in Red Deer, Alberta; unsuccessfully operates a refreshment stand at the Regina Exhibition
exchanges property near Turner for two small houses on Atlas Avenue, Toronto
appointed class assistant in psychology labs
breaks off engagement with Lydia Trimble
wins a small scholarship for Old Testament studies
learns of drowning of George Blewett in Lake Huron while on vacation with his family
promoted from Class Assistant to Fellow in psychology; new duties include marking scripts and examining projects
continues as an "occasional supply" preacher during the fall and winter terms for the next several years
photograph of Viola Whitney as a student at Victoria College
graduates as top student in Bachelor of Divinity program; wins various awards including the Sandford Gold Medal "for general proficiency in the whole B.D. course," which he pawns for seventeen dollars to spend on a dinner for a group of recent Newfoundland emigrés
EJP recalls episode of Stanford Gold Medal:
Version 1 (1 May 1958) [2:42; 1,755Kb]
Version 2 (30 June 1960) [2:13; 1,441Kb]
photograph of EJP and friend at Lake O'Hara
photograph of EJP at Lake O'Hara, ready to climb Cathedral Mountain
photograph of EJP on climb of Cathedral Mountain
joins, at the invitation of Viola Whitney, the informal poetry class held by Pelham Edgar on Monday evenings at Victoria College; over the next few years, Edgar introduces him to poetry of Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Swinburne, Masefield, Bridges, Kipling, Hardy, Yeats; plays by Shaw and Galsworthy; fiction by Wells, Conrad, Arnold Bennett; and introduces him as well to visiting writers including Stephen Leacock, Bliss Carman, Duncan Campbell Scott, Wilson MacDonald
writes epic poem featuring "gory, dripping, dragons" [VP, interview with Sandra Djwa Spring 1978] which he destroys after reading to Viola
writes "By the Sea" (later entitled "Evening") while visiting the Whitneys' cottage on the Severn River near Georgian Bay
writes "The Sacrifice of Youth" and "Dead on the Field of Honour," the latter in memory of John Lumsden, a student of Victoria College who was killed in the
First World War.
photograph of John Lumsden from Acta Victoriana
obituary of John Lumsden from Acta Victoriana
publication of The Wind of the West." Acta Victoriana, 39 (October 1914), 14
publication of "The Sea." Acta Victoriana, 39 (December 1914), 126
EJP comments on reason for undertaking Ph.D. programme (30 June 1960) [1:23; 904Kb]
EJP comments on negative experiences with the Psychology Department and with W.G. Smith (30 June 1960) [1:22; 890Kb]
continues as an occasional supply preacher for churches at Streetsville and later Trafalgar
works full-time on the circuit during August vacations of the regular preacher; makes occasional mid-week visits to Viola Whitney at the Severn River cottage or to her home at Atherley
trades Atlas Avenue houses for a section of land beside a downtown Toronto abattoir, which is then exchanged for land in North York
begins real estate venture with former Methodist College schoolmate Robert LeDrew and Victoria College classmate Walter Brown; they build "five or six" houses on a piece of land on Kenworthy Avenue near the corner of Danforth Avenue and Victoria Park in Toronto's east end; LeDrew and Pratt live in one of these houses between 1916 and 1918, and Pratt falls heir to the property after LeDrew's death in 1919
publication of "Unseen Allies." Acta Victoriana, 39 (March 1915), 331
publication of "By the Sea." Acta Victoriana, 40 (October 1915), 14
publication of "The Sacrifice of Youth." Acta Victoriana, 40 (December 1915), frontispiece
publication of "Dead on the Field of Honour." Acta Victoriana, 40 (June 1916), 373
in St. John's in the week after the Newfoundland Regiment is wiped out during the Battle of the Somme, in which his brother Arthur is wounded and briefly missing in action (recalled in "Before a Bulletin Board")
meets Clarence Hincks, M.D. and Psychiatrist to City Health Department of Toronto, in psychology courses; enlisted by Hincks to assist him in modification of Binet-Simon intelligence tests for first experiments on Canadian children; over next few years assists Hincks and C.K. Clarke at Toronto General Hospital's Psychiatric Clinic; work involves interviewing prisoners at Don Jail
begins Rachel: A Sea Story of Newfoundland in Verse
publication of "The Sea-Shell." The Poets of the Future: A College Anthology, ed. H.T. Schnittkind (Boston: Stratford Co., 1917), 279-281
publication of "The Seed Must Die." Acta Victoriana, 41 (March 1917), 255
publication of "The Greater Sacrifice." Acta Victoriana, 41 (June 1917), 320-321
works on some "Newfoundland material" dealing with incidents connected with the ministry of John Pratt
completes Rachel: A Sea Story of Newfoundland in Verse; gives a private reading of the poem at the suggestion of a friend, Robert LeDrew
publication of Rachel: A Sea Story of Newfoundland in Verse. New York: privately printed, 1917; publication arranged by Robert LeDrew without EJP's knowledge
letter to Viola Whitney [Pratt] [finished typing Rachel: A Sea Story of Newfoundland in Verse;
sending copy to her and to Pelham Edgar]
letter to Mrs. F.H. Wallace, wife of Dr. F.H. Wallace, Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Literature and Dean of Theology at Victoria College
[enclosing copy of Rachel: A Sea Story of Newfoundland in Verse]
publication of "For Valour." Acta Victoriana, 42 (October 1917), 11-13
publication of "The Sea." Rebel, 2 (December 1917), 88
publication of "The Great Mother." Acta Victoriana, 42 (December 1917), 135
letter to Duncan Campbell Scott [request to begin correspondence after hearing Pelham Edgar read selections from "Lundy's Lane"]
publication of "The Largess of 1917." Acta Victoriana, 42 (February 1918), 248-249
publication of "The Dear Illusion." Acta Victoriana, 42 (March 1918), 312
letter to Arthur L. Phelps [sending copy of Acta Victoriana containing
"'The Dear Illusion'; requests some of Phelps' poetry in return]
publication of "Invocation." University Monthly, 18, No. 6 (March 1918), 219-220
publication of "The Angler." Rebel, 2 (March 1918), 230
publication of "The University and Social Service." Rebel, 2, No. 6 (March 1918), 266-267 [letter]
publication of "The Wooden Cross." Acta Victoriana, 42 (June 1918), 363-364
letter to Arthur L. Phelps [plans to visit Bobcaygeon; wedding to Viola Whitney "next Tuesday week"]
declines job offer from Queen's University Department of Philosophy
revival of earlier interest in functionalist psychology of John Dewey and J.R. Angell, and beginning of lifelong interest in thought of William James
letter to Arthur L. Phelps [unable to afford lot in Bobcaygeon (purchased by Phelps); encourages Phelps to write]
letter to Arthur L. Phelps [an appreciation of Phelps' sonnet sequence]
publication of "October, 1918." Acta Victoriana, 43 (October 1918), 19-20
publication of introduction to "The Last Home Letter of Hedley Goodyear." Acta Victoriana, 43, No. 1 (October 1918), 60
begins "Clay," a "philosophic lyrical drama" later published in part as "A Fragment from a Story"; writes little else while at work on "Clay" over the next two
years
publication of "Amerongen." Acta Victoriana, 43 (January 1919), 157
publication of "The Dear Illusion." Rebel, 3 (March 1919), 218
publication of "The Hidden Scar." Acta Victoriana, 43 (June 1919), 332
publication of "A Dialogue by a Stream." Rebel, 4 (December 1919), 131
publication of "In Memoriam." Acta Victoriana, War Supplement (December 1919), 7