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              In Art   74               In Science   76               In Literature   81               In Theology   87               In War   88               In Politics   90 Organization of the Clan   92 Georgina Fraser-Newhall   93 Fraser's Drinking Song   96 Simon Fraser, Discoverer of the Fraser River   98 Simon Lord Lovat, Beheaded on Tower Hill 103 Brigadier Simon Fraser 104 Second Annual Dinner 107 Constitution and By-laws of the Clan 109 List of Officers 112   Illustrations:          Frontispiece—Armorial Bearings of the Clan          Menu and Toast List Card   23          Alexander Fraser (MacFhionnlaidh)   33          Robert Lovat Fraser   63          Ex-Mayor John Fraser   75          William A. Fraser   79          Georgina Fraser-Newhall   94          Simon, Fourteenth Lord Lovat 102          Brigadier Simon Fraser 105

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Introductory

HE Gael has proved himself not less a pioneer of civilization, and adaptable to changing conditions of living, than a lover of the traditions of his race, holding tenaciously by ancient usages and manners, and stirred profoundly by racial sentiment. As a pioneer he has reached "the ends of the earth," possessing the unoccupied parts of the world. As a patriot he has established not a few of his cherished customs in the land of his adoption. His love of kindred is probably his most notable characteristic; it found embodiment in the clan system, under which his race achieved its greatest triumphs and enjoyed its greatest glories, and the bond of clanship, with its inspiring memories, the true clansman will never disregard. While the clan system, as such, would be impracticable in the British colonies under present-day conditions, even more so than in its old home in the Highlands of Scotland, its spirit lives, leavening the system of government and exercising no small influence in the fusion of heterogeneous elements into new and distinct peoples.

These observations are applicable in a peculiar degree to Canada, where a very large number of clansmen have found a second Highland home. Many of the forests which rang with the clash of the claymore in the struggle for British supremacy, fell afterwards to the axe of the Gaelic settler. His trail lies across the continent, from ocean to ocean. His energy and intelligence have been honorably felt in every walk of life, and his enterprise and skill have done much to