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Show GIFT TO UNIVERSITY CHANGE IN ATTITUDE MOXTRKAU guphec. March II Tha sift of I .'0 000 by Ihe Hudson Hay company lo Mctiill university recently mnKi.Bi.aa h- B I r . . I a r.t k. old fur corporation toward civilisation. Time was when It knew no unlvereity but the wildrrness and no business but furs. Chartered In lha days of Charles II. the company's history for ?00 years was tha history of western Canada. Beginning Be-ginning with Hp first pests on lludpon hay, it came In time to he abenlute lord of three-fourth of North America. The company'a contribution to Mctiill Mc-tiill university Is Its recognition of the fact thst education la the cornerelone of national prosperity. It might have been ronlenl lo remain a monarch of tho wildnemess. But It has broadened Its horlson and Is now throwing Its vast energies and resources Into the work of ilovaloplnf Canada |