Relentless Struggle

By Edmund H. Dale

Born into indigent circumstances and circumscribed by debilitating, depressing conditions, he refused to succumb to them and fought resolutely to lift himself up out of them. He joined the Royal Air Force, served in Britain during the war, and after the war, gained admission to the University of London, but humbug by colonial administration forced him into teacher training at the British Teachers' Training College. Obtaining a Teacher's Certificate, he sought and gained admission again to the University of London, and once more the intervention of the Colonial Office compelled him to take a teaching position in Jamaica. He taught in Jamaica for a specified period, and for the third time gained admission to the University of London (Birkbeck College) where by studying at nights and teaching at a boys' school by day, he obtained the B.Sc. Honours degree in Geography, followed by the M.Sc. degree -- a great feat for him, won only by determined perseverance, heartaches, sacrifice and loneliness. Securing a permanent teaching position in a boys' school in London in his day proved to be a decidedly arduous task, largely because of stereotype views help about the Negro, a prejudice he was soon to demonstrate was hardly more than gross stupidity. Invited to teach in Canada, he taught in two high schools in Alberta for a few years, then returned to university (University of Alberta) to work towards the Ph.D. degree. Even before he could complete the programme, he was asked to teach a course in the Department of Geography. Immediately after he was awarded the Ph.D. degree, he was rushed to the University of Victoria, there to fill a faculty position which had suddenly become vacant. The beginning of the next year saw him as Head of the Geography Department at the University of Regina, a position he had been invited to fill. Promotion to the rank of Full Professor followed soon after. RELENTLESS STRUGGLE clearly reveals what ambition, determination, and perseverance can accomplish. In part the story is vexing, in part humorous, in part serious. It makes for interesting reading for all ages, especially for young readers, many of whom tend to give up easily when faced with difficult problems.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552123081
• ISBN13: 9781552123089
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Length: 257 Pages