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HOW FX SAVED THE MARITIMES The unorthodox professors of Saint Francis Xavier left the classroom to teach their people how to beat depression, built the biggest “campus” in the world and started a co-operative revolution that’s spread from Antigonish to Colombo June 1 1953 DAVID MacDONALD HOW FX SAVED THE MARITIMES The unorthodox professors of Saint Francis Xavier left the classroom to teach their people how to beat depression, built the biggest “campus” in the world and started a co-operative revolution that’s spread from Antigonish to Colombo DAVID MacDONALD IN THE unwieldy-sounding town of Antigonish, N.S., there is a small Roman Catholic college with the equally unwieldy name of Saint Francis Xavier University. It has fourteen buildings, a spirited student body, a distinguished faculty, excellent academic rating and a showcase full of athletic trophies. It can also lay good claim to the most unu ....