When Massey College was set up in 1963, Toronto was lily white. The English were gracious, welcoming; their word was gold and morals solid, their women prim and modest. Massey College represented their best. It was the great promise to produce thinkers, well rounded leaders.

But MC only exists in the society at large. And 1960s-2017 is a tale of Canada’s slide. From a respected member of G-7 today we barely qualify for G-20. The Blue Berets fame failed to win us a UNSC seat. Beset by internal strife our largest city was led by a Mayor on cocaine. Today, while interest in Math/Sciences among the young wanes an average Canadian has had 20+ sexual partners before marriage. O Tempora, O Mores.

Things fall apart, the centre can not hold. MC. then an abode for philosophers (MacLuhan, Frye),  has morphed into a private club for the second rate, laggard not a leader. Fish rot from the head. From sublime to the ridiculous - from Vincent Massey to Rob Ford. Lament for a people.