Henry John Cody
An Outstanding Life
For My Wife and Family
Henry John Cody
An Outstanding Life
D.C. MASTERS
Copyright © D.C. Masters, 1995
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Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Masters, Donald C., 1908–
Henry John Cody : an outstanding life
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-55002-219-9
1. Cody, Henry John, 1868–1951. 2. Anglican Church of Canada – Clergy – Biography. 3. Clergy – Ontario – Toronto – Biography. 4. University of Toronto – Presidents – Biography. 5. Educators – Canada – Biography. I. Title.
BX5620.C6M37 1995 283'.092 C95-931309-5
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Contents
3 Relatives and Friends, 1885–1889
4 Ridley, Wycliffe, and St. Paul’s, 1889–1893
5 Curate and Professor, Engagement and Marriage, 1893–1899
6 Cody, the Coming Man, 1900–1905
8 The Royal Commission of 1905–1906
9 The Hymn Book and the Book of Common Prayer, 1906–1908
10 The Toronto Episcopal Election of 1909
11 The New St. Paul’s, 1909–1914
13 The Ministry of Education, 1918–1919
14 Back to Normal: The Melbourne Offer, 1921–1922
19 Prelude to University Presidency, 1930–1932
20 Cody’s First Year as President, 1932–1933
21 The Cody System during the Depression, 1933–1935
22 The Later Depression, 1936–1939
23 The Coming of War Again, 1939–1941
24 The Frank H. Underhill Case
25 The War Continues, 1941–1944
26 Presidency and Chancellorship, 1944–1945
27 Cody as Chancellor, 1945–1947
Preface
I had personal reasons for writing a biography of H.J. Cody. He came out of an Ontario background quite similar to my own. He was a hero in my family. He had taught my father, C.K. Masters, at Wycliffe College and had been a lifelong friend. A picture of Cody always hung in my father’s study.
I met Cody only twice but I heard him speak on many occasions: as guest speaker at the Ridley College Prize Day; as rector of St. Paul’s Church, Toronto, which I attended frequently in my student years at the University of Toronto; and finally, when as president of the university he spoke at a memorial service for George V. I still have a vivid recollection of Cody as a dynamic speaker.
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