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REMARK S. — We here give from various articles whicli have recently appeai'ed relative to Upper Canada College, a series of b^f extracts. These extracts, though far from doing justice to the ability which has characterized the aii-icles in their integrity, will yet serve, in some measure, to indicate the strength of the feeling by which the Province is now agitated. We regret that we have been unable to obtain copies of several influential journals in which articles have appeared on the sub- ject in question, — journals which, by their manly and eloquent present question will form a valuable test for their constituents, by which they may determine how far those residents in Toronto have the welfare of the Province at heart, — how far their representatives are ready to sacrifice the duty they owe to their constituents to the aggran- dizement of Toronto. From the Hamilton Evening Times, September 5. We hare just risen from the perusal of a report on this question, compiled by order of the Ontario Grammar School Masters' Association, and a more ably-writteb pamphlet it has rarely been our fortune to set eyes upon. Supporting his cause by full references to orii;ioal docu- ments, which it must have taken an immense amount of labor and perseverance to verify, our author proves his points with an accumulated weight of argument, which it will be difficult to shake. And yet, though the facts are weighty, and the statistits by no means inconsider- able, the interest of the reader never flags, for the writer bnngs to his aid the resources of a pungent wit and keen irony that would go far to make bis fortune in a literary career. • ••*•» *»• It is perfectly evident to every impartial observer that such an insti- tution would have fallen long ago had it not existed in Toronto. That ^he same spirit of iutense selfishness which has left Hamilton without eay Provincial Institution except the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and has even sought to deprive us of it — that same spirit which has brought about the location of nearly every public institution in Toronto — that same spirit manifested itself in the foundation of the institution whose history is now for the first time made public, and has continued ever since to conceal ►»♦. »-^ — . ^'^.>.,,. TIIK ri'l'KIt CANADA g«;. From The Princetoit. Transcript, Seph'tiiber 1 1 . I'l'PKu Canada Cor-i.uon Qumtion.— In common with our brethren of tlie Press we have received for review a copy of a neatly-printed document bearing the above title. This harmless looking, blue-covered l>ami)hlot is producing a wonderful commotion throughout the Province. At tills effect, when we come to regard its contents, we are by no meana surprised. We have here circumstantially detailed, and proved by abundant documentary evidence, a series of transactions in connection with an educational institution of Toronto, which, wo are confident, would fail to find a paralUl in any similar institution in the world. Tlie centralizing policy of Toronto has often formed the subject of remark, but we confess we have hitherto been unaware of the extent to which tliia odious system of monopoly has been carried. It is hero made plain tiiat our earlier Grammar and Common School Systems, were completely wrecked by the expenditure at York of the funds assigned for the support throughout the Provin'^e of such schools. It is established on evideuco that a kind of mongrel Jramraar School, still existing in Toronto, "Upper Canada College" by name, not only in former years absorbed the funds referred to, but worse than all has brought the Provincial University to the very verge of ruin 1 1 From the Hamilton Kceniiuj Tinie.^, September 12. Ui'PBK Canada CollIbob.— We are happy to see that journal after journal throughout the Province of Ontario, has taken up arms against that plundering establishment in Toronto, which is called the Upper Canada College. Its vast robberies and plunderings from the University and Grammar School properties in the Province, need only to bo known to excito tho indignation of every honest man in the Province. It is a monstrously voracious parasite fastened upon our educational system, and unless the Legislature of Ontario take action early in the coming icssion to stop its plunderings, by appointing a Parliamentary Commis- sion to inquire into and report upon its misdeeds, the Government itself need expect no mercy froir -^ny party whatever. The country is becom- ing thoroughly aroused to .lie enormous robberies perpetrated by and for the Upper Canada College, and they will not be satisfied till it is put in its proper position, or justice be done tho whole of the Government Schools throughout the Province, all of which have been most shame- fully robbed for the benefit of tha sharks who will cluster around and levy upon the Upper Canada College. It appears renlly to be little better than a den of thieves. From The Dnnnville I/iiminwi/, September IB. Some time ago wc received a pamphlet on the Upper Canada College Question, issued under the authority of the Grammar School Teachers' Association of Ontario, which contained statements so extraordinary that we forebore any notice of it till we had an opportunity to examine auch oi ot w t( ir n h ft € « C r Ol'IMONH or TllK ■•UKSS. u of tho (lociinK>nt.4 riTerrcd to thfrein as we could conrcnioiitly obtaiu, irt order that wi; niiflit bo able to Judge ns to their veracity. Tlie accounts gken of tho financial condition of the College were truly jitaggering, and were they not fully borne out by the authoritative statements submitted to rarliumcnl would bo wholly Incredible. J]y ilicst! means Upper Cant da College has cost tlio public over ono million of dollars during the3fl years of its existence, an average of nearly $30,000 ))er annum, and at tho present moment hopclc^gly involved in debt, witli a yearly deficit for tho last sis years of $2329.39. It behooves Parliament at ltd next session to take some steps to alter this condition uf affairs. It is altogether unfair that the other Educational Institutions of the Province sliould suffer in order to sustain Upper Canada College in its shamcleHs course of extravagance and incompetency. From the Ifuron Siynaf, {(ioilerich,) September 17. Wo have no hesitation then in saying that this institution should be nbolislied, and that the lands from which its revenue is derived should be handed over to the Grammar Schools for which they were originally set upart by the Legislature. The appo'tionmcnt of thd latter would then be About $70,000 per annum, and the increase in the amount apportioned to each school would be a great stimulus, and would in many cases so encourage tlic local managers of these schools, as to induco them to more extraordinary exertions for their improvement, so that tho good cfTccts must soon be seen in tho increased prosperity of those useful institutions. We hope that during the next session of our Local Legislature, this body may continue to deserve the high reputation for wisdom, honesty, and devotion to tho true interests of the country, which it has already earned, by appointing an impartial committee to investigate the whole matter, and follow this up by abolishing this superflous institution altogether. From The Brampton Times, September 18. While we regret that the Globe and Leader have so far neglected their duty to the public at to avoid reference to an Institution that is daily bringing down on it the well merited censure of all who are free from Toronto influence, we have the best reason for considering their reticence the surest omen of its downfall ; for were there even a shadow of a case foi the defence, we would, no doubt, have them flying to the rescue. The tone of the Press is so decided on the subject, and the Country members arc admittedly so independent of City influence, that the advocates of the suppression of Upper Canada College have good grounds for being sanguine of the success of their endeavors. Besides, the present economical Ministry cannot in the face of the many reductions they have made in the Provincinl expenditure give their support to an imposition on the people of Ontario, for tho maintenance of a school front which Toronto alone derives any apparent beneht. From The Glenallau Maj)le Leaf, September 17. These are only a few of the facts brought to light by Mr. Hunter's vigorous pamphlet, but they are sufficient to ring the death knell of Upper Canada College. 10 THE II'I'KR CANADA COLLEKK QUESTION. The miserably onesided ideas of economy possessed by those Toronto papers that adTocate so earnestly the withdrawal of the grants to the Denominational Colleges, and their addition to the funds of the Toronto University, must now be apparent, when the fact is exposed, that this mere United Grammar and Common School has been annually swallow- ing up more public money than all the Denominational Colleges put together, and ihat in Toronto at their very doors,— yet these public spirited patriots never ssem to have found it out. Wc hope Legislative interference will soon cause this fungus on our educational institutions to be numbered among the things that were. From the Hamilton Spectator, September 24. This whole Upper Canada College question now lies within a nut- shell. Is thib Province to pay $95 per annum for the honor of inscrib- ing a small boy'' 'ame to the "College" register? Is this Toronto institution to absorb annually $12,500 of the Grammar School Furd? In short, 'is this pretentious institution, which unsuccessfully endeavored to supersede the Toronto County Grammar School, to spend annually the present average Government allowance of Twenty-threb County Gram- mar Schools? The answer of the people of Ontario to these and similar questions, which the Provincial joiirnals are now asking in tones of thunder, cannot be doubtful. We hope that the popului- feeling on this matter will be duly reflected by the people's representatives, and that even the first d.iy of the approaching Parliamentary session will witness a movement in the matter. Enough of the tinkers art has been tried by former Legislatures on this Institution. What the country now demands is, that the Upper Canada College Fund, while any of it yet rtmains, be restored to the source whence it was in the first instance fraudulently taken ; that this institution, which has proved itself throughout its whole career to be the most persistent and the most In- sidious enemy of the Provincial University, be at .aco and forever suppressed. The conduct of the House of Assembly on this great educational question will bo most nf.rrowly watched. We intend to supply our readers with the fullest reports of the Parliamentary debates and di- visions. We sincerely hope that the country may be spared the dis- graceful spectacle of members tillo wing themselves to be butten-holed by Toronto editors who are actually afraid and ashamed to hint in their journals at the views they take in this illicit manner. In this question, at all events, there can be no pretence for the introduction of political issues. The cause is entitled Toronto vs. the wholb Province! From The British Canadian, [Port Hope,) September 3. In a pamphlet which we have before us, compiled by order of the Ontario Grammar School Masters' Association, and entitled " The Upper Canada College Question," the illegality and injustice of the continua- tion of the institution in question on the same basis that it now exists, are very fully and conclusively shown. • •**» • *•*, The College has always been conducted at Toro«to, has done no University work, and has been carried on by a system of lavish expendi- S OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 11 ture, while other educational institutions of much more importance than itself have been systematically plundered in order to supply means for its extravagance. It has thus interfered with the Griimmar iSchool system of the I'rovince, in having the greater and richer portion of the lands set aside for the maintenance of these schools, handed over to it, Avithout the consent of Parliament, by a man who favored it for the sake of a selfish whim, and who could intrigue successfully on account of the position he occupied at the head of the Upper Canadian Government, hut the Grammar Schools have not beea the sole victims of Upper Canada College voracity. The Gommou Schools have also suffered considerably, and the University to an almost incalculable extent, to support an expensive institution, payin^, its teachers enormous salaries, and yet doing nothing for the popular education of the Province, as only the sons of those who could obtain a certain amount of Government favor, or the richest men in the land, may hope to secure a course at the so-called Upper Canada College. From, the Ingeraoll Chronicle, September 24. There is no class of men in the country who hold a more responsible, honorable and important position than the Principals of our High Schools, and we contend that mpn holding such a position ought to be well sup- ported. These men have the training of our youth in their bands, they have to mould the characters of the leading men of the next generation, and. we contend that salary is not the question when we get the right men in t-he right places. If the endowment that is their own by right, is given back to the Grammar Schools, or an equivalent thereto, not only will the Headmasters obtain the incomes suitable to their position, but they will be able to increase their staff and have one or more assistants iu their Grammar Schools. We trust that the Press and the Legislature will work heartily in the cause of our High Schools, of which we feel proud, and endeavor to make them as thoroughly useful and efficient as possible. From The Kingston Daily British Whig, September 24. Upper Canada Coilkgb. — In returning to the consideration of this institution, there is one thine; which strikes the mind of any intelligent man, and that is, the folly of paying such immense sums of money an- nually, without any idea of the way it is spent. The expenditure of the College in 1866 was $19,887.51, an amount greater by $5,30'i.62 than the total expenditure for Grammar School purposes in the cities of Toronto, Hamilton, London, Ottawa and Kingston combined. And yet the money given to these Schools from Government was only $6,884, the whole ot their further expenditure being provided from local sources. This wretched pittance, too, was only obtained from the Government by elaborate reports setting forth not only the total, but also the average attendance during tht year then past, and the detailed statement of the names of each pupii, the studies pursued and the numbers engaged in each study. But bow isit with this immaculate institution? It receives annually a grant of $12,500, and when asked how this is expended, along with its other sources of revenue, the obliging Principal informs the assembled Parliament — " 1866— total — 284." Perhaps he was too I 12 THE UPPER CANADA COLLEGE QUESTION'. 1' busy to give any details further, or he may have had an engagement to go out for a drive, and had only time to inform Her Majesty's Commons, *' Total 284." " Great is the Principal, and the Parliament must be his obedient flunkeys," at least for a time. From The Hamilton Evening Times, September 30. We have characterized the reputation of Upper Canada College as baseless and undeserved. Many of the Grammar School Masters believe that it has, to some extent, been foully obtained. The Principal of Upper Canada College is a member of the University Senate, and assists in that capacity in deciding to which of the' competing students honors and scholarships shall be awarded, many of the competitors being his own pupils. The Masters in Upper Canada College have frequently acted A3 examiners in the University, and have had to examine their own pupils along with others. Can it be wondered at, in the face of these facts, that many of the Grammar School Masters are exceedingly doubt- ful of the fairness of the decisions, and see no other remedy for the evils than the abolition of this enemy alike of the University and the Grain- mar Schools. From The Dundas True Banner, October 1. Just to show our readers, however, that the Globe could speak out with telling force on the subject of Upper Canada College in years gone by, we copy one or two extracts from the columns of that journal. They will be read with avidity, and viewed as an oasis in the desert, imparting new life and vigor to the body politic. In this instance, at least, the " skeletons " of the past are more tangible and powerful than the flesh and blood indolence or indlfiference of the present. We dangle these "skeletons" before the eyes of the Globe authorities, and trust a mandate will be issued forthwith to infuse new blood and life into the dry bones of the past, so that the Globe may not be entirely forgotten as n friend of the masses. In an article published in the Globe, on Thurs- day, May 20, 1852, reviewing the "Pinal Report" of the University Commission, the editor writes as follows : " From the way in which the books were kept, it is, of course, ira- " possible that the Commissioners could give a correct account of the " manner in which the moneys were expended, but they have grouped " the dififerent branches of out'.ar in a general summary. We find from " this that no less than i;75,506 'Ss has been expended in Upper Canada " College, which has also been in receipt of an annual grant from " Government of £1,000, and in addition had an endowment of over "60,000 acres. Nearly one-half of the expenditure from King's College " [Toronto University] funds, has been made on account of this miserably ** inefficient Gruinmar School, which has been but of slight benefit to the "public." In «n article on Upper Canada College in the Globe, on the Ist of June, 1852, the editor, after making a particular reference to the endow- ment Belf-appr*priated by that Grc^mar School, adds : " There can be no justice in expending the proceeds of this endowment '^from the general funds exclusively in Toronto." 185; tim( con to tliat lUOl ftitt lus( OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 13 lent to tumons, be his ege as believe Upper ists in rs and own acted ir own f these doubt- le evils Gram- What was said by the Globe regardinjj Upper Canada College in 1852, is applicable, in every respact, to that Institutioa at the present time. I From The Daily British Whig, Kingston, September 16. The only means of satisfying public opinion ia to abolish the whole concern, and give the endowment which properly does not belong to it, to the institution upon which it has too long preyed. We sincerely trust that the first day of the next session of the Ontario Legislature will see a motion put on the paper to enquire into this abominable vampire so long fattening on the vitals of the Province and still getting more and more insolent every year. From the Peterborough Review, October 2. True, there is one matter recently come to light to which the vehe- ment Globeisms have not been applied. Pamphlets and other papers are being sown broadcast over the country about it. It has been proved to a ilemonstration that there has been corruption going on for a great many years. We refer to the funds and management of Upper Canada College in Toronto. How does this institution escape the lash of this Terror to evil doers. Why not the Upper Canada College first, aa it comes first ? We arc iimazcd that such a master in the perception of rottenness should be so slow in finding out Upper Canada College and hunting it — corrupt thing ! —to death. From The Brantjord Expositor', October 2. The writer of the pamphlet, who is, we believe, Mr. Hunter, of Dundas, proceeds to relate the remainder of this corrupt foundation, lie shows by what means it has contrived to absorb about three-fifths of Iho University endowment; how, by boarding the sons of influent-al men fof nothing, it secured the support of their parents whenever a little additional money was desired; that it haa been repeatedly over- hauled by the Legislature, with no change for the better ; that at the present time it maintains a baseless reputation by impudent mendacity ; that it costs about $30,000 per annum to educate about 240 boys ; and many other things, into the particulars of which we have not leisure at j)resent to enter. But we have said enough to show that if ever there was a thoroughly corrupt educational institution, Upper Canada College is that place, and enough to authorize the country to demand, in imperi- ous accents, its immediate abolition. From the Owen Sound Times, October 2. We are pleased t» notice that the papers of the Province, almost without exception, ate denouBcing the gross fraud and squandering of the public money in conneetion with the Upper Canada College, recently lirought to light through the action of the Grammar iSchool Masters' Association, and demanding that the small remnant yet remaining of tlie revenue of which the Grammar Schools of the Province have been 14 THE UPPER CANADA COLLECiE {QUESTION. 'I despoiled by the disgraceful intrigues of that plundering Institution shall be devoted to the purpose for which it was originally appropriated. It is significant, however, that amid nil the outcry being raised from one end of the Province to the other, the press of Toronto has not one word to say on the subject. There can be no doubt that Upper Ct\nada Collogf, though a great imposition upon the Province at large, is a local benefit to that city ; and this doubtless furnishes the ke^ to their strange silence— as if they think tha by this course they cau hush the matter up, and still allow Upper Canada to retain its ill-gotten emoluments. Their very silence, however, furnishes one of the best proofs that tho complaint of the Grammar School Masters is just; for if, with a dispo- sition to favor the College (!) in every possible way, they are unable to ■ay anything in its defence when serious charges are mad© against it, the public may reasonably take it for granted that no defence is possible. But they need not flatter themselves that their public silence will save the Institution ; for the public are becoming aroused to the flagrant in- justice done to every Grammar School in the Province, and the next meeting of tht Ontario Legislature, if it does not seal its doom, will at least see the remnant of the Grammar School endowment wrested from Its grasp. From the Ottawa Citizen, September 10. We may, however, say we are glad this pamphlet has come out and lincerely hope the labors of the compiler will produce the fruit desired by the Grammar School Masters' Association. We have, for many years, eatertaiaed the conviction — how inwrought, we could hardly have told if called upon — that this so mtt-called Upper Canada College was nothing better than a giant parasite of the most siRister character, feeding and ever feeding with ravenous appetite upon our educational resources, and absorbing the provision which would, if properly dis- tributed, have given substantial collegiate capacities to scorea of semi- naries scattered throughout the length and breadth of the Province. A cursory glance through the pages of the book has reminded us of many things we had before heard, and from which, no doubt, we had received these impressions which had at last resulted in a settled conviction of the disgracefully fraudful origin and history, of the wretched concern. But we commend the brochure to general circulation, and earnestly wish it may soon be sown broadcast ov(>r the whole country. From the Ingersoll Chronicle, October 1. This question is now fairly before the public. We have endeavored to lay the main facts of the ease before our readers. We shall always be ready to advocate the interests of the Grammar Scheols, and hope that they may be enabled to obtain their rights. The question of Salaries and Pensions paid in Upper Canada College, we think, is about as fitting a climax to the wholesale jobbery and fraud of that institution as could possibly be. We shall conclude this series of articles by the following extracts from the pamplet under revision, which we think will clearly prove to any candid mind that the existence of such an institution at the expense o^the Grammar Schools is a crying evil and will show clearly why the friends of the Legislature have declared that Upper Canada College was begotten of fraud and nurtured by plunder. (I ' II OPINIONS or- THE PRESS. 1.-) From The Dundas True Jianner, October 15. At the regular meeting of the United Board of the Hamilton Grammar and Common School Trustees on the evening of Thursday the 1st inst., the following resolution was P'oved by Mr. David McCulloch, seconded by Jlr. Thomas White, jun., and carried unanimously : " Resolved — That this Board regards the present position and future " continuance of Upper Canada College as a great wrong to tho Grnui- "mar Schools of the Province, and heartily endorses the recent action of " the Grammar School Teachers' Convention on this question; and that " the following gentlemen be a committee to prepare a memorial to the "Legislature of Ontario embodying these views with instructions to "report at the next meeting of the Board, viz : — Messrs. Jas. Osborne, " T. White, jun., and the mover." This is a step in the right direction. We trust, however, that the Hamilton Trustees will advance a step further and forward a copy of their memorial (printed in blank) to each Grammar School Board throughout the Province. From T/ie Brantford Expositor, October 16. A young man who, a year ago stood equally high with McKee at the Grammar School, under the impression that a more thorough training for college Was to be had at the Upper Canada College, than at our school, has since been studying at that institution. He haa, however, in the race for academic honors only equalled McKee in mathematics, and stands below him in classics and history. From The Kingston Daily British Whig, October 17. Another example of mismanagement, and we leave the subject for the present. During the same five years of which Mr. Gbriatie't return treats, we find the enormous amount of $1,041.70 ckarged to stationery. Here all comparison with Squeers is at an <>nd. He at least would never have squandered the full fee of two of his boys on stationery. But what can this mean ? Why it would supply a daily newspaper with its stationery, and how the demand can be so great as to use it all up in a school is what we cannot understand. Granted the Prin- cipal does print a large number of circulars, but $1,041.70 is also a large sum. But this item is ouly on a par with every other. Reck- less expenditure, wasteful extravagance, arrogant puffing, and all for no conceivable purpose. Let us hope that an end will come soon, and the sooner the bet/er. From The Hamilton Spectator, October 20. The interest taken by the public in this important educational questiou appears to be constantly on the increase, as the session of the Legislature approaches. The unanimity of the press as to the necessity of immediate Legislative interference is very remarkable ; and not less decided is the expression of opinion as to the nature of the remedial measure required. * it # ^^ * * * * h-f' / 10 THK VVVKH CANADA <'()LLK(;E yUESTIOX. ili TheinismRnftjjementof this institution, though niiturally cngrossinsr ji large measure of public attention, is after all quite n. secondary consideration. The principU involved in impoverishing every Gram- mar School in the Province for the gratification of Dundreary & Co., of Toronto, is too remarkable to be confounded -with any question of management or mismanagement. The gross and shameful injustice implied in the very existence of Upper Canada College excited atten- tion many years ago in Toronto itself. The Globe of June 1, 1853, while OB this very point, wrote as follows: " There ran be no justice " iv expending the proceeds from this endowment from the f;eneral funds " exclusively in Toronto.'^ Has the Globe discovered that justice is only :i variable term, and that it chiefly depends for its interpretation on the personalities of the Principal of Upper Canada College? From the Cohourg World, October 10. This pamphlet, which has been compiled by order of the Ontario Grammar School Masters' Association, contains disclosures of a most startling nature, — disclosures which must force themselves with telling effect upon the thinking portion of the people, ami upon their represen- tatives in Parliament. The pamphlet gives a straightforward record, supported by ample testimony of the manner in Avhich Upper Cannd.i College has robbed both the University and Grammar School fund. Not one of the conditions on which it was to receive its moiety of the University fund has been ful- filled ; and yet it has swallowed up not only what would have been- its own share, but a great part of that which belonged to others. From The' Bramptou Times, October 23. The attack on Upper Canada College is daily acquiring an im- portance which the Toronto papers will soon be unable to ignore. Fully three-fourths of the journals of the Province have declared war (I r outrance against this glaring anomaly in our national system of Education. JuJging from the display of honors and scholarships, it apparently gained at the recent Toronto University Examinations, any one would imagine that it sweeps the board on this occasion as it pretends to have done in the past ; but wiion allowance is made for those pupils who received part of their training at other Grammar Schools, and who have been claimed since the publication of the list, the number of the Upper Canada College "boys" becomes sadly re- duced. The honors of this now infamous institution have always been and still are but illusory ; whereas, according to Dr. McCaul's state- ment last week, the Grammar Schools carried off more than one-half at the late Examinations. Only give our public schools fair play and we have no fear of the result. From The Daily British Whig, {Kingston,) September 24. On another occasion we may find time to return to this Augean stable and assist in its cleansing in the only possible manner, by advising that it be totally abolished. •i i OPINION'S OF THE i'llKSS. 17 From The Sarnia Observer, October 23. The pamplilet we are speaking of gives a great deal more infor- mation about Upper Canada College and the Grammar Schools, than we hare been able to condense within the limits of this article. Taking it altogether, we cannot but think that a very clear case has been made out for the Legislature to act upon, and to that body we com- mend the consideration of it. U'c notice that the Hamilton Board of Grammar School Trustees has directed ii memorial on the subject to be drafted and forwarded to the House. AVe commend this course of pro- cedure to other Grammar School Boards, and assure them of our sym- pathy if they take part in the attempt now made to procure restitution to the Grammar Schools. These Schools ought to be the local colleges of the community, and anything that will improve them, deserves, and will receive the hearty support of the public. From the New Dominion, {I'ort Dover,) October IK). The present agitation is really to be regarded as a protest against the odious system of centralization — a policy especially odious in educa- tional matters. We hope that early in the ensuing session of the Local Legislature prompt measures will be taken to extinguish this Upper Canada College, which has so long abused the forbearance of the conn- try ; to make some rcjiaratiou for the way in which tlie Grammar Schools have been so remorselessly plundered, and then to open up to those " People's Colleges " an enlarged sphere of usefulness ; finally to relieve the Provincial University of a persistent parasite that has brought it to almost the very verge of ruin. From the Tngersoll Chronicle, October 29. We desire to draw the attention of our readers, and more especially of our representatives in the Parliament of Ontario, to this important subject, which will no doubt be brought before the House at an early period of the approaching session. AH that is asked is, that the question which now occupies so prominent a position amongst the educational questions of the day, may receive due attention, and that a fair and Impartial examination may be made by Parliament into the matter. If injustice has been done to the Grammar Schools of this Province, surely reparation should be made. If Upper Canada College has been enjoying annually $12,500 from the Grammar School Reserves, it does not require any argument to prove that the Grammar Schools have been plundered of that which they alone should benefit by. We do not doubt that the matter will receive due consideration at the hands of our representatives. If the charges brought against Upper Canada College be true, then the issue is clear. We hope that the Grammar Schools will at length have justice done, and that they will not be injured henceforth by a monopoly in Toronto, carried on at their expense, and much to their detriment. From the Ottawa Citizen, October 30. The Upper Canada College incubus is becoming more and more intolerable to the population of Ottawa ; and concerning it, they seem disposed to say, as was said of another objectionable concern, " the more we know of it the more we dislike it." ! 18 THE I 1'1'EU ( ANADA fOLLECJK m('ESTH)>'. From the Kapaiiee Exprcsn, Ocfoher 'J. We have no more time at present to enter into this matter, but \vc think that it ia full time for the Parliament to step in and rectify the wrongs sustained by the Grammar Schools. The whole history is one series of speculation and reckless expenditure. And to continue this any longer -S manifestly unjust and unfair. Wo give a few extracts to show the way in which money is frittered away. We conclude our present article with the final words of the Report, every word of which we heartily endorse, and only hope that in this in- stance, at least, full and speedy justice will be done. From the St. Catharines Times, October 27. These are a few of the facts, which, with a host of others of a similar nature, have been given to the country by the assiduous author of the pamphlet, and we doubt not that they will raise a feeling of indignation throughout the Province, and a demand for the sweeping away of this huge imposition and incubus upon the Grammar Schoola, and for thi restoration to those schools of the 6G,000 acres 7)f land taken away from them to form an Upper Canada College Endowment. Froyn the Owen Sound Comet, October 23. We wondered, as we progressed in the examination of this subject when we saw how a tyrannical Governor would issue his orders in Council in direct opposition to measures introduced by a weak Govern- ment, and that the country would bear such barefaced plunder; but when we see the audacity of the Toronto Upper Canada College au- thorities, and the cowardly yielding to their illegal appropriations of Grammar School funds, we are surprised that they have not, by their former success, been emboldened to grasp the whole Grammar School apportionment, and leave nothing to the Grammar Schools. This expose that is made of the misappropriation of Grammar School money,' we hope, will have the eflfect of bringing the subject prominently before the local members and the Government of Ontario, with a view of put- ting an end to this disgraceful embezzlement of School funds. From the Ottaica Citizen, October 31. What would the annual $23,000 have amounted to now, at six per cent, 'nterest? Why to $2,200,000 and something more. What would the annual interest of $2,200,000 at seven per cent, come to? Just $154,000, and this is the yearly amount which, for all future time the cause of liberal education in Ontario loses at the hands of the con- cern. We have said about enough on this sickening subject, at any rate for the present. At some future day we may deal with other very im- portant matters reviewed in the pamphlet, when possibly our co-opera- tion may be of greater service than it can be to-day, and we therefore close with the last few words of the able writer to whom we have been indebted for our faets--not that they were unknown to us before, for we have given its current events more or less of our attention. OPINIONS OF Tlir PRESS. 19 FruDi the Siu'tiia Obnerver, Oct. 30. It will now, after the foregoing disclosures, surprise no one to l«arn that U. C. College hns the unenviable (lis.tinctioa of being ope of the chief causes of the disturbances in 1937. In the celebrated Sevtnth Report, in which the people of Upper Canada enumerated their griev- ances to the Imperial Government, the maintenance of U. C. College obtained a chief place. And after the Rebellion the Earl of Durham, in reviewing its causes in a Report on the aflfnirs of British North America, felt himself forced to mention the alienation of the Grammar School Reserves for the aggrandizement of U. C. College. During the three decades which have elapsed since the affair of 1837, every grievance com- plained of bj the Upper Canadians at that time, this alone excepted, has been redressed. The Upper Canada College grievance owes its escape for so long a period, partly to fortunate combinations of circumstances, which pressed other subjects forward and kept it in the background, and partly to tne iniquitous system of boarding and teaching the sons of influential men without exacting payment, pursued there. On this latter head more will be said presently. From the London Advertiser, Oct. 30. The birth of Upper Canada College was attended by the following circumstances : Ordered not to be built at Toronto, it was built at Toronto. Demanded to do University work, it did not do it. Required to be conducted with economy, it has been from its birth extravagant. Not a Grammar School in the proper and legal acceptation of the term, it has absorbed the Grammar School fund. Not a Common School, it has thrust it peculating fingers into the Common School fund. Not a University, it has absorbed all it could of the University en- dowment. A bastard among our educational institutions ; born of fraud, and nurtured by spoilaticn ; having no recognized place, and no recognized duties; " reaping where it has not sowed, and gathering where it has not strewed ;" living on the heritage of others, and doing no work that the country stands in need of, it is time that this illegitimate offspring of Sir John Colborne's scheming brain should be called to strict account. It must be compelled to show cause why it should continue to live, when it was created in violation of law, has existed by violation of law, and is now tut absorbing the legal incomes of other institutions which are doinrg the work it professes to do. From the Toronto Leader, Oct. 31. The questions for the Government and Legislature to consider are, whether Upper Canada College is doing a good work, and whether it is doing it at a cost in keeping with the results. We believe the College to be almost a necessity. A good deal has been claimed for it to which it has not been entitled ; but, on the whole, it fills a place which could not 'vcll be left unfilled. There are some things connected with its manage- 20 THE UPPER CANADA COLLEGE QUESTION. nient which might, howerer, \rithout diaadvantnge to the public, receive some attention from ihe Government. Tiic current nccounts of the Col- lege, laid before the Legislature last sesssion, and published in tht Journals, show a hocus-pocussing in connection with salaries which has A very fishy look. Far be it from us to say a word which would have the effect of reducing salaries below a good return for services rendered. But, we protest that every swell who elbows himself into the college should not live like a prince at the expense of the public. The Senate decreed a reduction a few years ago, which could be very well borne in the great majority of cases ; yet, by a little subsequent finessing and Mlight-of-band work the reduction of one year — made for appearance sake — is more than made up afterwards. AVliy, the position of the magnifi- cent principal, financially, is better than that of the able president of University College, everything considered. We hardly think this is just or equitable. And, whilst we cannot for a moment fancy that the Legis- lature will medd'e with the endovrment of ihe college, we think the Uovernment might profitably examine the accounts with a view to re- trenchment in some quarters. We should tliink such a work as tliis would quite suit the Attorney-General. Remarks. — We have above given an extract from the Toronto Leader in order to .shew wliat can be urged in defence of Upper Canada College. The Editor, in a previoius paragraph, states that he " does not question tlie correctnes.s of the his- torical sketch " contained in the recently published Pamphlet. He further admits, in the extract just given, that the Uni- versity honors claimed by Upjier Canada College have been, in a great measure, illusory, and tliat the management of its finances has been most unsatisfactory. All former regulations for the good government of the institution are acknowledged to have been wholly fruitless, whether such regulations Jnive emanated from Executive Councils, or from Parliament, or from the Univei'sity Senate. Notwithstanding, however, these can- did admissions, the Leader still " believes the College to be almost a necessity." The Editor, in a paragraph j) receding the one above qxioted, states that the Grannnar Schools "are doing a good work." But, wliile admitting that the Grammar Schools are doing a good work, the Ijeader would apparently wislx to deprive them of the means by which their work may be still better done, and this in ftivor of an .institution whose past his- tory is coticeded to be most discreditable. The history of a monopoly could hardly have failed to be a d' ^cx-editable one. Where the principle of an institution is essentially bad, the management must almost of necessity be of like character ; and the more efficient the management, so much more effective for evil must the institution become. The Loader hopes for results OPIXIOSH 01' THE TRESS. 21 in tlie future Avhicli coitainly arc not in any