Jón Bjarnason Academy - 01.05.1935, Page 36

country, their aims and aspirations, their struggles, and suc-
cesses. Rome was not built in a day. What older immigrants
have done, more recent arrivals may yet do. The problem of
assimilation is not an easy one but we must solve it if we are
to build a nation. In attempting a solution of that problem,
I bespeak your sympathetic understanding of the newcomer,
whether he be artisan, fisherman or peasant; whether he he
Anglo-Saxon or Scandinavian, Teuton or Slav. Each may have
his contribution to make. The newcomer of today is the raw
material from which the Canadian of tomorrow will be made.
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