TORONTO aCMOOL 1507-1597 ^JVti^X»»^' Published by TWn OLD Bo^a' AaSOCIATIoN ILLUSTSATED ■•Sil Toronto: TH E «RYANT PRgSS 1897 C^^.j^Jl'^^^^'''^ YEAR BOOK OF THE Toronto Grammar School (The old •' Blue School ") FOUNDED IN 1807 NOW THE Collegiate Institute Jarvis Street Edited and Published under the Direction and Authority of the OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION Toronto : THE BRYANT PRESS 1897 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Prefatory Remarks 2 The School Sites, Angus MacMurchy, B.A. 3 Head Masters, Archibald MacMurchy, M.A. 4 The Literary Society, Editors 5 Athletic Record, F. F. Manley, M.A. 6 Recollections, Rev. A. E. Miller, B.A. 7 Miscellany, Editors 8 The School Record, Editors - 5 7 27 30 37 41 45 ILLUSTRATIONS 1 Very Rev. Dean Grasett 2 'The Old Blue School" 3 The Old Grammar School 4 Kmg's College - 5 The present Institute 6 Rev. Dr. Jennings 7 Rev. Dr. Barclay 8 Rev. Dr. O'Kill Stuart - 9 Rt. Rev. Bishop Strachan 10 Rev. Dr. Phillips 11 M. C. Crombie, Esq. T2 Dr. M. C. Howe 13 Rev. Dr. Wickson 14 A. MacMurchy, Esq., i\LA. TO PACE PAGB 7 8 10 12 14 16 18 19 20 22 23 * r 26 I EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Professor Alfred Baker, M.A., Chairman. Principal Archibald MacMurchy, M.A. P\ F. Man LEY, Esq., M.A. Angus MacMurchy, Esq., B.A. G. A. Chase, Esq., B.A. Rev. F. B, Hodgins, B.A., Secretary. PREFATORY REMARKS The Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute, the successor of the old Toronto Grammar School, celebrates this year, the ninetieth year of its existence. Its duration 1 has practically been the duration of the Province of I Ontario, and its history, if given in detail, would be a/ history of the progress ot education in this Province./ One of the purposes of the " Toronto Grammar School Old Boys' Association " was to preserve such records and facts relating to the Institution as were likely to be of interest to those who had been connected with the school, and to the general public. The present pub- hcation represents the first attempt to fulfil this pur- pose. It is necessarily incomplete ; it may, in some respects, be even inaccurate. A list of names of all boys and girls who have received their education in the school would be of interest ; but such an enumeration, comprising some ten thousand names, would have made the work too bulky. The Editorial Committee regret that portraits of two of the former Head Masters have been unprocurable, —those of Rev. Samuel Armour, M.A., and of Charles N. B. Cosens, Esq. Other omissions may occur to those into whose hands the book may fall, and errors may be detected by those who have a knowledge of the history of the school. The Secretary will be glad to receive suggestions and corrections, with a view to making subsequent editions more complete, more in- teresting and more authoritative than this. THE VERY REV. HENRY JAMES GRASETT, D.D. Trustee and Chairman 1848 to '882 THE SCHOOL SITES Angus MacMurchy, Esq., B.A. On the loth of March, 1807, an Act of the Legis- lature of Upner Canada (47 Geo. III. Chap. 6) was assented to by Lieutenant Governor Gore, entitled •' An Act to establish Public Schools in each and every District of this Province." Thus was laid the foundation of our Educational / System, the term "Public Schools " (borrowed from j the Public Schools of England) having, at that time, a wider meaning than at present. These Schools were called District Schools, there being one for each of the eight Districts into which Upper Canada was then divided. It was provided in this Act that the Home District School should bs established at the town of York, and that the first trustees should bs Rev. Geo. O'KilJ Stuart, D'Arcy Boulton, John Sm:ill, Duncan Cameron, Samuel Smith, William Graham, and Thom- as Ridout. On the i6th of April, 1807, shortly after the passing of this Act, the Home District School was opened at the 1 south-east corner of George and King streets, in a small ' one-storey building of rough stone hewn from the qur^rry, covered with half-inch boards, fifty feet in length by twenty-five feet in breadth. Such was the first *' Pub- lic School" in the town of York. It was merely a temporary shelter, however, and was vacated in 1813 for a barn, at the south-east corner of King and Yonge streets, which was much improved by Dr. Strachan upon his assuming charge in that 8 year. His first care, however, was to preserve the infant institution from destruction during the war of 1812, upon the capture of the town of York by the Americans, under General Dearborn, on the 27th of April, 1813. Dr. Strachan, by his intercession with the invaders, preserved the school and the private dwellings of the inhabitants from destruction, although the Public Buildings, including the Public Library, perished in the flames. When the war was over the School soon flourished to such an extent that a new building became necessary, and a die was found on the " School Block " of the Town, of which some account must now be given. On one of the oldest official plans of the town of York, dated loth of June, 1797, the block of land lying directly north of the church square occupied by St. James' Cathedral is marked " School." This plot was known as " Block D " and was granted by the Crown with other lands, containing in all 436 acres, in the Township and Town of York, for public purposes, to Chief Justice Powell, Hon. James Baby, and the Rev. Dr. Strachan as trustees. This parcel of land is des- cribed in the Grant as follows : " A certain parallelogram or block, denominated by the letter " D " on the plan of the said town, situate on the east side of Church Street and north side of Newgate Street " and is therein bounded by Church Street, Hos- pital Street, New Street, and Newgate Street. The names of most of these streets have been changed. Hospital Street first had its name changed to Richmond Street ; Newgate Street soon appeared as Adelaide Street, and New Street, after being known as Nelson Street, was called Jarvis Street, many years ago. It is ►J o o X m W Q o 3 X V expressly stated in the Grant to these trustees that Block " D " shall be " a reservation for the purposes of a Public School in the town of York." The School was built in the summer of 1816, from timbers cut down in the forest then north of Lot, now Queen, Street. It appears that Dr. Strachan obtamed ^400 for the erection of the School from the Magis- trates of the Home District. In a minute of a meetmg of the Board of Trustees of the Home District School, dated 2ist July, 1821, signed by Duncan Cameron, Thomas Ridout and John Small, three of the trustees, it is stated that : "The Honorable and Reverend Doctor Strachan represented that, having solicited from the magistrates of the district the means to erect a school house, an order of sessions was made authorizing the treasurer to pay to him ^oo for the erection of a school house on the school lots in York, that he expended the same as authorized by the order ; but was unable to finish the building without a further advance of £160, as appears by the receipt and voucher produced, upon which four years' interest have accrued, but of which excess the magistrates are unable to pay principal or interest." "Whereupon the trustees having inspected and passed the account of expenditure acknowledge the debt of ;^i6o and four years' interest to be justly due to Doctor Strachan, but having no funds wherewith to discharge the same except the land held in trust for the use of the district schools, agree to solicit His Excell- ency in Council to dispose of so much of the said land as will discharge the said debt." This minute having been submitted to the Governor in Council on 3rd August, 1821, the trustees were there- lO upon " authorized as prayed " in their minute, but f'-om a recent search of the title to this block in the City Registry Office, by the writer, no such sale appears to have been made at the time, though the Rev. Principal may have been recouped for his generous advance in subsequent dealings with the property. We quote, by the kind permission of the author, the following de- scription of the field and school building, from " Toronto of Old " pp. 152 to 155. "For many years this six-acre field was the play ground of the District Grammar School. Through the middle of it, from north to south, passed a shallow ' swale,' where water collected after rains ; and where m winter small frozen ponds afforded not bad sliding places. In this moist region, numerous crayfish were to be found in summer. Their whereabouts was always indicated by small clay chimneys of a circular form built by the curious little nipping creatures themselves, over holes for the admission of air." " The building into which the usual denizens of the six-acre play ground were constrained, during certain portions of each day, to withdraw themselves, was sit. uated at a point 1 14 feet from its western and 104 from its southern boundary. It was a large frame structure about fifty-five feet long and forty feet wide, of two storeys, each of a respectable altitude. The gables faced east and west. On each side of the edifice were two rows of ordinary sash windows, five above and five below. At the east end were four windows, two above, two below. At the west end were five windows and the entrance door. The whole exterior of the building was painted of a 41 V t/) ^rm^ J -a o ^ o S X u 2> (/J i^ J) ♦> ^, t/j «'. •a -f. c PS f-^ o '> o n o c o tiJ iTi H V (*- o V c o U II bluish hue, with the exception of the window and door frames, which were white. Within, on the first floor, after the lobby, was a large square apartment. About three yards from each of its angles, a plain timber prop or post helped to sustain the ceiling. At about four feet from the floor, each of these quasipillars began to be chamfered off at its four angles. Filling up the south- east corner of the room was a small platform approached on three sides by a couple of steps. This sustained a solitary desk about eight feet louj, its lower part cased over in front with thin deal boards, so as to shut off from view the nether extremities of whosoever might be sitting at it." " On the general level of the floor below, along the whole length of the southern and northern sides of the chamber were narrow desks set close against the wall, vith benches arranged at their outer side. At right angles to these and consequently running out on each side into the apartment, stood a series of shorter desks, with double slopes, and benches placed on either side- Through the whole length of the room from west to east, between the ends ot the two sets of cross benches, a wide space remained vacant. Every object and surface within this interior, were of the tawny hue which unpainted pine gradually assumes. Many were the gashes that had been furtively made in the ledger, of the desks and on the exterior angles of the benches ; many the ducts cut in the slopes of the desks for spilt ink and other fluid ; many the small cell with sliding lid, for the incarceration of fly or spider ; many the initials and dates carved here and on other convenient surfaces, on the wainscot and the four posts." " On the benches and at the desks enumerated and 12 described, on either side, were ordinarily to be seen the figures and groups which usually fill up a school interior, all busily engaged in one or other of the many matters customary in the training and informing the minds of boys." " Here at one time was to be heard, on every side, the mingled but subdued sound of voices conning or repeating tasks, answering and putting questions ; at another time, the commotion arising out of a transpos- ition of classes, or the breaking up of the whole assembly into a fresh set of classes ; at another time, a hushed stillness preparatory to some expected allocut- ion, or consequent on some rebuke or admonition. It was manifest, at a glance, that the whole scene was under the spell of a skilled disciplinarian. The presid- ing genius of the place was Dr. Strachan." On account of being painted bine, the building be- came known as the Old Blue School ; in 1820 it was moved to the eastern boundary of the Block, near the corner of March (afterwards known as Stanley) now Lombard Street, and Nelson Street, where it was re- painted, improved, and fitted up for the accommodation until 1 83 1 of Upper Canada College. We now enter upon the history of the alienation of Block D, upon the removal of Upper Canada College, and of the subsequent recovery of a portion of that reservation for the Toronto Grammar School ; about this time (1834) the Town of York became the City of Toronto. On 28th November, 1834, pursuant to Order of the Governor (Sir John Colborne) in Council, a deed was made by the Trustees (Dr. Strachan being the only surviving trustee mentioned in the original grant of '^i. . ■■*>'«'■ I "^' o H z. o oi o H o (d >J J O u b z Q o '3 iSiQ.) the other trustees being the Hon. John Mark- land and Grant Powell, to the ** Chancellor, President and Scholars of King's College " of five and chree- quarter acres comprising the whole of Block D, except- ing three-quarters of an acre which had been conveyed by order of the Governor in Council in 1829 to the trustees of the Roman Catholic Church and the Rev. William John O'Grady. There was an express reser- vation in this deed that the lands conveyed were to be held " in trust for Upper Canada College "; this Grant included the site to which the Old School building had been removed in 1829. The story of the dispute between Upper Canada College and the Grammar School was told in 1869 by two of the Trustees of the Grammar School, Rev. Drs. Barclay and Jennings, and by Dr. McCaul, Principal of Upper Canada College from 1839-43, and at this time (1869) President of Uni- versity College, to a Special Committee of the Local Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Their evidence will be found in the Toronto Daily Globe of 1 6th January, 1869. We quote from Dr. Bar- clay's evidence. " I was appointed a Trustee of the Grammar School, I think about July, 1843. 1 had occasion to interest myself in regard to a question of property as between Upper Canada College and the Grammar School. This commenced about 1853 or '54 and I think it was 1859 before the matter was closed. We were threatened with being dispossessed of the property of the Gram- mar School. I received a letter from Mr. Buchan, the Bursar, making a claim on behalf of the University endowment fund, to the remaining part of the property which we occupied, which was but a small section of the original property of the District Grammar School. We had difficulty in finding our way in the matter, because, with the exception of Mr. Grasett, I think all the members of the Board had recently come to the country. I was appointed to get the necessary infor- mation on the subject and afterwards on that information to draw up a memorial to the Governmsnt, which was done." " My chief source of information was Mr. Samuel Ridout, who was one of the original Trustees of the Grammar School. The late Bishop Strachan and Mr. Markland were also Trustees. Mr. Ridout put in my possession a letter he received at the time from tne Executive of the Government appointing the Board of Trustees of which he was a member. We had some conversation with Mr. Buchan on the subject, and in the meantime the property was offered for sale by the University or by himself, I believe, on behalf of Upper Canada College. As the matter of property was still unsettled, I went to the sale room along with another member of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Jennings." " We were rather uncertain how to act, but when bids were called for we thought it necessary, being ad- vised to do so by a legal gentleman then in the room, the present Chancellor of Upper Canada, Mr. Van Koughnet, to state openly how he considered the matter to stc d and that we had a claim on the property. This put an end to the sale. The property was withdrawn and we then entered into negotiations through the Gov- ernment. The opinion of Mr. Van Koughnet was given on the moment. He happened to be present and I asked him what we should do. I afterwards asked him to draw up his opinion in writing and he did so. In o Q B PQ UJ U> H P to H Z I H 5feefv^,2^\^; 15 drawing up the memorial I have referred to, we pro- ceeded on the information supplied by Mr. Ridout and some others, but chiefly Mr. Ridout, who informed me that the whole block of land known as Block " D " in the Bursar's Office belonged at one time to the Gram- mar School, and that when Upper Canada College was instituted it was transferred to that institution, which was also called the Royal Grammar School. He told me further that when the Grammar School was re-insti- tuted they expected they would have gained possession of the property, but this was not the case, but that there was an understanding that the Grammar School was not to be disturbed in its possession of what re. mained of the property, which was small bit at the corner of one of the blocks about no feet in one direction by about i8o feet in the other, on which the old Gram- mar School stood." " It would be on the establishment of Upper Can- ada College that the property was transferred to that institution. When the Toronto Grammar School was re-instituted we thought public policy would have dic- tated the propriety of reconveying the property. This was not done, but the Grammar School was left in actual possession of that portion of the block on which it stood." •' We laid our claim before the government in 1854 and had several communications with the government down to 1858. I myself went to Quebec, carrying with me a memorial on the subject and Lord Elgin handed it to the Attorney-General to report upon it. I had a copy of that document but it has gone missing. The Attorney General admitted that we had a very proper moral claim, at all events, that as the institution was i6 in existence it ought not to be dispossessed of its prop- erty but he reconime led that instead of attempting to disturb the sale of the lands, the balance of it, that part which we possessed, should be confirmed to us, and that was done. It was done by a deed." Mr. Jennings stated : — *• I became trustee in 1843, Upper Canada College was instituted, I think, about 1829. The new board of trustees, who took charge of the Grammar School when it was re-established, was appointed, 1 think, about 1834" and Dr. McCaul stated : — *■ Upper Canada College was opened in 1829, in the first instance in the Grammar School. The head- master of the Grammar School, Dr. Phillips, and he believed the other masters and pupils, were transferred to Upper Canada College and in order to make it, he supposed, take the place of the Grammar School, it received the double name of Upper Canada College and Royal Grammar School. Dr. Harris, his, Dr. McCaul's immediate predecessor, established the whole system of the Fchool on the plan of an English Grammar School. He, Dr. Harris, was much opposed to what were called mixed schools, that is, he wished that there should only be a classical education given and that the classical master should teach English and nothing more of it than was absolutely necessary. The same gentleman also introduced the system of punishment, which was quite new in the province, known as the cow hide system. This created a prejudice against Upper Can- ada College and the result was that the Grammar School was revived." The order of the Governor-General (Sir Edmund Head) in Council referred to by Dr. Barclay in his THE KKV JOHN JKNNINGS, D.D. Trustee 1843-1876 '7 evidence, has been found in the Privy Council records at Ottawa and is dated loth September, 1858. It is stated in the order that the members of the Executive Council present were the Hon. Mr. Macdonald (Sir John A. Macdonald) in the chair, Mr. Cartier (Sir Geo. E. Cartier), Mr. Van Koughnet (Chancellor Van Kough- net), Mr. Sicotte, Mr. Gait (Sir A. T. Gait) and Mr. Sherwood. After referring to " Letters on behalf of the Trustees of the Grammar School, upon the subject of that portion of ' block D ' in the City of Toronto, w hich is ill dispute between Upper Canada College and that Grammar School " and to an extract from the minutes of the Senate of Toronto University, who con- cur in the settlement of the dispute, the recommend- ation of the Attorney General for Upper Canada is approved by Council and it is ordered that " the remainder of ' block D ' be granted to the Grammar School in Toronto for the purposes of such school." This order was followed in due course by the convey- ance, dated 5th April, 1859, from David Buchan, Bursar of King's College, to the Rev. Drs. Barclay, Jennings and Grasett, Terence J. O'Neil and John McMurrich, Esquires, as •' Trustees of the Senior Grammar School in the City of loronto" of four lots at the north-west corner of Adelaide and Nelson streets, hav- ing a frontage of 104 feet on Adelaide street by a depth of 180 feet on Nelson street, running through to Stanley street. Thus the dispute of more than twenty-five years was ended i.i favor of the Toronto Grammar School. The school was continued in the old building until January 1864, when a change was made to a small building on the east side of Dalhousie street, just north of Gould street, a the rear of the residence of Dr. Wick- i8 son, then principal of the school, the lot to the south being then open down to Gould street. On 5th Febru- ary, 1869, a sale was effected by the trustees of the lots on Nelson street for $4,250. After doing service for up- wards of half a century, the old school building was finally demolished and the site is now covered with warehouses and factories. With the proceeds of this property the indomitable and frugal trustees purchased the land on Jarvis street where the present Collegiate Institute building now stands. In 1870-71 the Grammar School changed its abode from Dalhousie street to the Queen's Park, occupying the building on the eastern side of the Queen's Park, where King's College was first opened. This building was pulled down to make way for the ParHament buildings. It stood where is now the front of the eastern wing. On the 15th of September, 1871, the building in the Queen's Park was vacated, upon the completion of the new school building on Jarvis street. An Act had been passed during this year providing that thereafter Grammar Schools should be known as High Schools and accordingly the Toronto High School, as we must now call it, was opened with classes, for the first time/ for both boys and girls. . - . . , , The subsequent history of this building and the successive additions made to it during the past 25 years,. are matters which we hope to deal with in a future issue. .'iV _■■■ -..i-. THE REV. JOHN BARCLAY, D. D. Trustee 1844-1870 -^^y^^^^^y^^C^ Head Master 1807-1812 HEAD MASTERS Archibald MacMurchy, Esq., M.A. •' God sends his teachers into every age, To every clime and every race of men, With revelations fitted to their growth * And shape of mind." George O'Kill Stuart, who on the ftrst of June, 1807, opened the Home District Grammar School in York, (Toronto) was born at Fort Hunter on the Erie Canal in 1776. In 1781 his father, the Rev. John Stuart, (a clergyman of the Church of England) the son of a worthy Presbyterian family from the north of Ireland, had to leave his native land on account of his attachment to British institutions and his loyalty to the Crown. After a few years the Rev. John Stuart settled permanently in Kingston and became rector of St. George's Church there. His son, the Rev. George O'Kill Stuart, better known in later years as Archdeacon Stuart of Kingston, was educated at Schenectady, N.Y., Windsor, N.S., and Harvard. After his ordination in 1800, ne came as a missionary to York, (Toronto) where along with his other work, following the example of his father, he engaged in teaching, and by appointment of Governor Gore, he became the master of the first public school in Toronto. Archdeacon Stuart is said to have been a tall, benevo- lent, and fine-featured ecclesiastic. He died in 1862. Archdeacon Stuart was succeeded in 181 2 by the Rev. John Strachan, first Lord Bishop of Toronto. The future Bishop was born in Scotland in the year 1778 and educated in Aberdeen. He began teach- 20 ing when he was only sixteen, while he was attendinjr his classes at college. Before leaving his native country for Canada he taught in one of the parish schools of Scotland. He came to this country in 1799 and for a short time was tutor in the family of the Hon. Richard Cartwright at Kingston ; thereafter he taught a very successful school in Cornwall for a few years and, as above stated, came to Toronto in 1812, taking charge of St. James' Cathedral and the Home District Grammar School. All the evidence at our disposal shows con- clusively that the Rev. John Strachan was a born teacher. A man slightly under the medium height, with features and head of the same type as those of Milton in middle life, full of vigor and tact, interested in the work of the school and in the pupils and grudging no labor which would advance the welfare of the school ; these things produce the teacher, the true master of his profession. He was fortunate in having scholars who, in after years, appreciated his diligence and care. Fortunate master, happy scholars. The Rev. Samuel Armour, M.A., Glasgow Uni versity, who followed Bishop Strachan and who had been at one time his assistant, was born in Scotland in the year 1785. For some years he was a minister of the Church of Scotland at Doune, Perthshire. He there married Margaret Douglas, and after continuing his ministry for some six or seven years thereafter he came out to York, Upper Canada, with his family. Following the example of Bishop Strachan and his successor, Bishop Bethune (both of whom had origin- ally belonged to the Church of Scotland), he took orders ir the Church of England and continued his ministerial labours in that Church. Mr. Armour, while THli HON. AND RT. UKV. JOHN HiRACIIAN, D.U. Head Master 1812 1823 21 in charge cf the school, which prosperou under his administration, was wisely anxious that his scholars should work out translations from the classics for them- selves and took every convenient means to prevent the use of cribs. Upon the establishment of Rectories of the Church of England by Sir John Colborne in 1836, Mr. Armour was appointed Rector of Cavan Township, in the count" of Durham, where he at once proceeded, and entering upon the duties of his office, continued to perform them until his death in 1853. The Rev. Thomas PhilHps, D.D., who graduated from Cambridge in 1805, succeeded the Rev. Samuel Armour as Head Master in 1825. He had taught at Whitchurch, Herefordshire, before he was asked to take charge of the Grammar School at York. During his tenure of the headmastership Dr. Phillips muie gteat changes in the texts used in the school, introduc- ing those which were then in vogue at Eton. They were used strictly in the same way as at the famous Eng- lish school. He was appointed Vice-Principal of Upper Canada College and Royal Grammar School when it was established in 1828. This positron he resigned in 1836 and entered on the duties of English Church clergyman at Weston where he died in 1849. The Rev. Dr. Phillips has the reputation of being a well-read and venerable divine, and, in the old fashioned sense of the word, clerical in appearance. , The work of the Home District Grammar School was carried on by Upper Canada College and Royal- Grammar School from the 8th of January, 1829, tiW 1831, in the school buildings of the former institution. In the summer of 1831 Upper Canada College moved! into their own new buildings, Russell Square, and left 32 the Grammar School in confusion so far as its own proper work was concerned, no provision having been made to conduct classes in the old school building, which had meantime been moved to the south-east corner of the school lot. In 1836 classes were re- opened in the old Grammar School building under the headmastership of Charles N. B. Cosens, Esq., an Eng- lish gentleman who, with his family, came to this country in 1835. Mr. Cosens afterwards having ac- cepted a position in Upper Canada College, Mr. Marcellus C. Crombie was appointed to the charge of the school in 1838. Mr. Cosens died in 1846. For the following sketch of Principal Crombie we are indebted to his grandson, George MacKenzie, Esq., of Toronto : Marcus Christophilus Crom'. .e,was born- in Dungiven in the county of Londonderry (where his family had been settled for some generations), in Ireland, in the year 1800. He was educated at Foyle College, Londonderry, a public school of note in the north of Ireland, and came to Canada in 1821, settling in Montreal, where he established and carried on with success a private school. He removed from Montreal to Picton, in this Province, in the year 1836, having been appointed Head Master of the Royal Grammar School in the latter place. He remained in Picton in charge of the .Grammar School until 1S38, when he received, through the recommendation of the late Dr. Strachan, Bishop of Toronto, the appointment of the Principalship of the Toronto District Grammar School in succession to Mr. Cosens. Mr. Crombie held the position of Principal until the end of the year 1853. For some time previous THE KKV. THOMAS I'HII.I.IPS, D.D. Head Master c32j-i8jo MARCUS CHRISTOPniI.US CROMBIE, tSg. Head Master 18181854 H to his death, which took place on the 23rd of Decem- ber, 1853, he was incapacitated by illness from actively filling the duties of his office which were ably performed by his eldest son, Ernestus Crombie, at that time an undergraduate of the University of Toronto. Mr. Crombie was twice married, the first time in Ireland to a Miss Campbell and the second time in Montreal to Miss Margaret Bradshaw, a lady well known in this city for the active interest she took in charitable insti- tutions, and who survived her husband for many years, dying in 1885. - - . By his first marriage Mr. Crombie had four daugh- ters, the eldest of whom is the widow of the late Rev. J. G. D. MacKenzie, M.A., Inspector of High Schools for this province, and by the second marriage eight sons, the two eldest of whom, the late Ernestus and Marcellus, barristers-at-law, were well known in legal circles in Toronto. Of the surviving sons, the eldest, W. C. Crombie is engaged in evangelical work in Lon- don, England ; A. M. Crombie is the Manager of the Bank of Commerce in Montreal ; Robert R. Crombie is the Manager of the Bank of Montreal in Kingston ; D. R. Crombie, Manager of the Quebec Bank, Toronto, and Charles Crombie resides in St. Louis, U.S.A. Michael Callanan Howe, M.A., LL.D., was born in 1818, in the County of Tipperary, Ireland, his father being a farmer of the same place. Mr. Howe was adopted when a child by his mother's brother. Dr. Callanan, who was at one time President of the Royal College of Surgeons and was offered knighthood by George IV. but declined that honour. Dr. Callanan attended to the education of his nephew and in due time he entered Trinity College, Dublin, as a sizar. 24 Two of his classmates there were the late D'Arcy McGee and D. Meredith of Q.^ebec. Mr. Howe re- mained at Trinity for a number of years, devoting himself to the study of the ancient classics. ^ hile at college he occupied the room which the poet Goldsmith had had when he was at the same institution. Dr. Duff offered to Mr. Howe the principalship of a col- ege in India but this he did not accept, as he feared that the climate would be too severe for him. While at Trinity College he obtained a valuable scholarship in classics and was appointed Principal of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution in preference to many able competitors. He came to Canada in July, 1851, and received the appointment of Headmaster of the Cay- uga Grammar School, through the influence of the Rev Dr. McCaul, a gentleman well known to graduates of the University of Toronto. For a short time Mr. Howe held the headmastership of the Gait Grammar School and from that position he obtained the appoint- ment of headmaster of the Toronto Grammar School in 1854. This position he held until 1863 when he resigned and in 1866 removed to Australia where he taught in Melbourne. An honorary degree was confer- red on him. by the University of Melbourne and there- after he was appointed Principal of the Newington College, New South Wales, where he died in 1884. The writer remembers very distinctly the appear- ance of the old school building in 1858. The entrance was on the west side and over it was quite a large porch. The reading desk was at the south end and immediately to the north of it, and almost opposite the entrance, was a space filled with benches ; the master's chair was to the east of this space. Here the master heard his MICHAEL C. HOWK, K.S(J., LL.U. Head Master 1854-1863 THE REV. ARfHUK WICK.SON, I.L.D. Rector i86^ 1872 *5, classes. The other part of the room was as it has been described by Dr. Scadding in his " Toronto of Old." The mathematical classes were conducted in a long narrow room on the west side, running north from the porch. In this room were two desks, one on each side and fastened to the wall of the room. The only furni- ture the room contained were these two desks and a circular blackboard which turned freely on pivots. Those who remsmber Dr. McCaul's mathol of conduct- ing classes will have a pretty fair idea of Dr. Howe's plan: he believed in thorough reviews and had an accurate and extensive knowledge of Greek and Latin. In 1863 the Rev. A. A. Wickson, M.A., LL.D., became rector of the Toronto Grammar School, remaining at the head of the school while it was known as the Toronto High School. Dr. Wickson is the son of Mr. James Wickson, Senior, who in the year 1834 came to Toronto from London, Eng., with his family of six sons and three daughters. Dr. Wickson, who was his fourth son, early in his career revealed a fondness for study which soon determined his future course in life His father, a man of excellent natural ability and good attainments, who, in his day, was a prominent platform speaker on Christian, educational and temper- ance subjects, devoted himself to his son's early educa- tion, so that by means of his tuition his son was enabled to pass the Upper Canada CoUegs preHminary examin- ation in Latin with ease. His progress through the different forms of Upper Canada College was rapid and successful, he being prominent among the prize winners of each year. At Toronto University he was equally successful as a prize winner, and obtained several gold medals and 36 ■scholarships, taking; the degrees of B.A., M.A., and LL.B. At the same time he prepared himself for the work of the ministry and was in due time ordained a minister in connection with the Congregational Church. He received the appointment of classical lecturer in the Congregational College which was then situated in Toronto, but which has since been moved to Montreal. He held for some years the position of Registrar of University College, Toronto, and was at the same time a classical tutor in the same institution. After receiv- ing the appointment of rector of the Grammar School in 1863, he was nominated matriculation exam- iner for medical students and spent much of his time in giving private lessons, and, notwithstanding this was able to give assistance in Christian work. As he was never particularly robust, overwork began to tell severely on his system, a strain which finally culminated in nervous prostration. A cessation from mental work and a change of air being recommended, he resigned the principalshipof the Toronto High School, at Easter, 1872, decided on a voyage to Europe and finally settled in London, England, where he engaged in the work of the ministry, occupying for some years the position of secretary and preacher in connection with the Christ- ian Instruction Society. He is still active in connection with evangelical work in concert with religious and philanthropic societies. Dr. Wickson has two sons, who were pupils in the Grammar or High School, and onr daughter. His eldest son, Arthur, is with a contracting firm in London, Eng. His second son, Paul Giovanni Wickson is an artist in Paris, Ont. ' ' . • The present Princijal was appointed in 1872. ■ ■ ^x ARCHIl'.ALD MACiMl'RCHY, ESQ., MA. Rector 1S72 THE LITERARY SOCIETY. . The Editors. It has been found exceedingly difficult to obtain any- thing like a full or connected history of the various Literary and Debating Societies which have flourished in the Old Grammar School from time to time. What is here presented to the reader is all that the present editors of this volume could manage to secure. Written by various " Old Boys " its fragmentary and composite character may be excused, and it is hoped that future editions will supply the necessary interesting connect- ing links in the history of what has been a most useful adjunct to the life of the Old School. 1864-1868. ,. ' About 1864 the first debating society was organized. It was known as the '' Toronto Grammar School Men- tal Improvement Society," and consisted of the boys of the two highest forms. Among those who participated in the debates, read essays and gave recitations, were T. J. Coyne, J. Macdonnell, H. Coulter, W. J. Wagner, G. E. Shaw, G. R. Pattullo, Alfred Baker, J. Crozier, R. Alexander, P. G. De Grassi, A. Samson, Arthur Hughes, I. Delamatter, W. Lewis, W. Macintosh. Some of the oratorical efforts are still fresh in the mem- ories of old boys, such as the speech of Coyne when the subject of debate was "Was Queen Elizabeth justified in the execution of Mary Queen of Scots ?" and the ad- dress of Delamatter on «' Labor omnia Vincit." The 38 Society maintained a useful existence for two or tliree years, and, suspending its functions at the end of an academic year, was not resuscitated at the beginning of the next. a. b. ■ /^ -, :' -:• 1868. -r.:-fr.,:-:-r.Z-. During the session of 1867-68, the Debating and Literary Society was re-organized. Amongst the mem- bers were Mr. (now Rev.) Colin Fletcher, now pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Exeter, Ontario, Mr. Will- iam Reid, Jr., now deceased, Mr. B. Jennings, of the Imperial Bank, Toronto, Mr. F. Brown, Toronto, Mr- (now Rev.) R. W. Leitch, Pas'.or of the Presbyterian Church at Delaware, Ontario, F. F. Manley, M.A., Mathematical Master in the Jarvis St. Collegiate Institute. The debates were vigorous and well sus- tained considering the youthfulness of the debaters. The first President (as far as can be remembered) was Mr. (now Rev.) Alex. Gilray, now of College St. Pres- byterian Church, Toronto. Dr. Wickson, then Principal, gave very kindly countenance to the Society's efforts and encouraged in every way the members to maintain its efficiency and dignity. From Mr. MacMurchy, the present Principal of the Collegiate Institute, who was then the able and most successful Mathematical Master, came hearty encouragement to the boys. Along with the debates, essays were prepared and read, and read- ings were also given. a. g. ' ' J^ 1886-1897 ^^ • On 5th February, 1886, the Society was re-organized, and the following officers appointed : Hon. President, , 99 > the Rector ; President, W. H. Huston, M.A. ; Vice- President, W. Carter ; Secretary, W. H. Graham ; Treasurer, J. D. Fry; Committee, G. Logie, J. C. Breckenridge, and H. F. Thomas. The Society's first controversial venture was to settle the vexed question of the execution of Charles I. During the school year of 1893-4 the girls formed a Society with similar aims, which continued an independent existence for a short time. When co-education was introduced into the school, the Societies were amalgamated, and a large in- crease in membership (now 135), has been one of the results. When the alterations were made in the present building two Reading Rooms were provided for, but lack of means prevents them from being made as use- ful as they might be. A Glee Club flourished for a time, but lack of a leader caused its collapse. Meet- ings of the Society are held once a month, and the proceedings include a debate or the reading of the various contributions to the local " Paper," together with readings, recitations and music. In 1892 the Society's representatives, Messrs. Robinson and Gagen, succeeded in winning the Second Intercollegiate Debate on the subject : " Resolved, That Reciprocity, if enforced, would be more beneficial to Canada than the National PoHcy." * * ATHLETIC RECORD, 1877-1896. , F. F. Manley, Esq., M.A. The first official record of any athletic organization in connection with the " Old Grammar " was in the year 1877. v ' Many reasons can no doubt be assigned for the neg- lect of athletic sport up to this time. The previous locations of the school buildings had not been conducive in the first place, and apart from the ordinary school games, athletics had not become an institution in the city to any great extent. The introduction of the National game of Lacrosse, contributed largely in the sudden rise of athletics, result- ing as it did in the development of first-class grounds^ where contests could be properly carried out. In the year 1877 it was thought high time for the school to make an attempt at athletic sports, and in the m3nth of September of that year steps were taken to form a committee to carry the idea to a successful completion. There had been recently added 'o the staff of the school a gentleman who had been intimately associated with athletics at the Provincial University, where they were then vigorously prosecuted. Mr. F. F. Manley^ M.A., was therefore requested to act as president of the First Athletic Sports Committee, and with him were associated the following boys : — Harry J. Wright,. David Burns, E. W. Hagarty, Neil McEacbern, Wm. Caven, Harton Walker, C. A. E. McHenry, Chris. Hend- erson, C. F. Durand, T. Jefferie, W. Burch, and Robt. 1 : 3»v -. Darling. As this was the first committee, it will prove interesting to know the after history of these lads. All are alive at this date. Mr. Harry Wright on gradu- ating at the Provincial University, won the gold medal of his year in Modern Languages, and afterwards entered the practice of law in the firm of Moss & Co., of To- ronto. .'/■•'■. ■. ''■:'-':\':' i^':.' "^^;' -^^ ■■■■•-■:''K-;^'^'v, :-■'■''' ''^-ii'v,^-^. Mr E. W. Hagarty, was a medalist In classics at the University, and afterwards became Head Master of Mount Forest High School, and then Classical Master of the Harbord Collegiate Institute in his native city of Toronto. Mr. N. McEachern also highly distinguished him- self at the University, and is now Science Master in his old school. -* i - - Mr. Wm. Cavenisnow well known as thedistinguished Jurist in Medicine, having graduated at the University of Toronto with the highest honors. -s ?^ Mr. C. F. Durand took his degree in medicine and is practising in the United States. The others have all proved successful in the various walks of mercantile life. This all speaks well for the judgment shown by the boys of that day in choosing the first " Games " Committee of the " Old Grammar School." The first meeting of the Committee was held on Fridays September 14th, 1877, ^"^ M"". Manley was formally elected President, and Harry J. Wright, Sec- retary-Treasurer. The boys of the school were asked to contribute a small amount which was cheerfully done. Sub Com- mittees on Grounds, Prizes, Finance, and Printing were struck, and all went heartily to work. Many prominent citizens lent their aid, and the old. 3a boys responded nobly to the call for assistance, and a splendid prize list was prepared. Several distinguished citizens and a large gathering of the friends of the school honored the occasion by their presence, and the band of the Queen's Own Rifles was engaged fo. <^he day, which was fixed for Thursday, October 4th. B) the kindness of the Committee of the Toronto L-acrosse Club, the use of their splendid grounds on Jarvis and Wellesley Streets was granted to the school for the games. In the month of September of each succeeding year, great interest was always taken in the Annual Sports, and without a single omission the committees were duly ap- pointed, and the sports regularly carried out. The Toronto Lacrosse Club grounds were always placed at the disposal of the school by the committee, among whom many old boys of the school could now be found acting as prominent members. When the new grounds were opened at Rosedale, the same kind- ness was yearly extended to the Old School, and the sports became more and more an essential feature of school life. Among the leading members of the Toronto Lacrosse Club for many years was Mr. Samuel Hughes, after- wards the popular member of Parliament for North Victoria, and as Mr. Hughes was also at this time the English Master of the School, his influence was largely felt as a mover in athletics of all kinds, and a friend of the school on the committee of the Lacrosse Club. For a long time it had been thought that the school sports might be more successful if held in the spring instead of in the fall. . Many competitors had won prizes who had been ' 33 pupils for only a month, and some of whom had left the school shortly afterwards. It was thought that this would be obviated by the change referred to. Conse- quently, in order to make the experiment, no meeting took place in the year 1892, and the next took place in the early part of June, 1893. The change did not pro- duce the anticipated advantages, but it was repeated in 1894. . . From the minute books, which have been carefully preserved, the following extracts have been made of the gatherings from 1877 to 1894, and the most import ant facts in connection with each are given ; 34 * •" fi 00 5 -• r^ a> 00 vo N ao n N « N "" ft. S X 2 o < H M w H O at >i 1/1 "th u •< a: Z O O O 2 c c P3 - c .£ - c o MH .t^ «^ 5 LZ^ u t; J3 O H U CU cd O O t? "r; JZ m *^ w • C ^ O w c/j U S rt = ^ C« 1^ Ui < 72 c3 < c o i/i CD o no J3 ^ K I 3 en o 6 ci o < U 3 ' O •S ^ = 3 J3 1^ oi c o o E u B C !^<%pjaiOwc^cu . « • ^ HI > o O CT> OO B 3 (4 a a 3 o J -< .S •3 ^ 5 •= tn o S ^ O Oh' 12; rt ^ O H v: K ^^0OC^Ol-Mr^■^)-u-l^o^^00O^Ol-<^>m■<4• < t-«t^t^oocooooooooooooocioooCT\CNONONON H oooooooooooooooooooOQOooooooooc>ooooo In the year 1892, there were three Institutes in To- ronto, under the control of the Board of Trustees, and it was by that body decided to hold combined Athletic Sports open to pupils from each school. They were called Inter-Collegiate Sports, and the first was held on the University Lawn on September 30th, 1892. The reputation of the Old School was splendidly upheld by Messrs. C. A. McArthur, W. P. Merrick, S. Livingstone and H. Stone in the several contests. A valuable challenge trophy was offered for compe- tition in the " Tug-of-War," open to teams of six from each Institute in charge of a captain. The trophy was to be won twice before becoming the absolute property of the school. The prize was very easily won by the " Jarvis " team, composed of M. B. Ferguson, S. H. Dixon, C. O. Delisle, John Bunting, A. A. Smith, and W. P. Merrick, under the command of Major Manley, the Mathematical Master of the school. In the following year these Inter-Collegiate sports were again held on the Rosedale Athletic Grounds. The "Old Grammar" far outstripped the other two schools in the contests, earring off twelve first and six second prizes. Much interest was centered in the " Tug-of-War" contest, as it was known that the defeated competitors of the preceding year had been making great efforts to retrieve their loss on that occasion. It was of no avail, however, for the captain of the former year, with the same six lads, carried off the coveted trophy as easily as it had been done before, and the " Old Grammar " was the absolute winner of the prize. Needless to say the enthusiasm of the boys of the 36 school and their friends knew no bounds. In 1894, the Board of Trustees decided to present a valuable " Ban- ner" as a challenge trophy, to be held by the school making the highest number of points at the Inter Col- legiate Games. This was to take the place of the " Tug-of-war " contest, which was now abandoned. The sports took place on the Rosedale Grounds, on Friday, Oct. 12th, in the presence of a vast concourse of spectators. After an exciting contest, it was found that " Jarvis " had again proved the victor, and the " Banner " ac- cordingly decorated its halls for the ensuing year. On the 4th of October, 1895, the sporty were again held, and the " Old Grammar" was obliged to bow for the first time to the prowess of one of its sister Insti- tutes, and take second out of the three places. The points were : Harbord, 57 ; Jarvis. 40 ; and Jameson, 29. In 1896, the Inter-Collegiate Sportr took place on the Rosedale grounds, on Friday, October 2nd. To quote from one of the city papers the following day : — **Orton and Grant were most conspicuous in securing points for 'Jarvi?.' Orton was, without doubt, the athlete of the day, and had he been better supported, ' Jarvis ' would have secured the championship." The points were ; Harbord, 46; Jarvis, 42 ; and Jameson, . RECOLLECTIONS OF THE OLD TORONTO GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 1854-7. • .. Rev. A. E. Miller. In the spring of 1854, when I entered the school, the building, an unsightly frame structure, stood at the north corner of Adelaide and Nelson (now Jarvis Street). On the ground floor were the class rooms, and the head master and his family lived in the upper story ; there was an old box stove in the principal room, large enough to contain several five-foot sticks of wood. On very cold days it was very difficult to heat the building, and it was no uncommon thing for the masters and pupils to gather around the stove to keep themselves warm. The desks were arranged around the room against the wainscotting, so that the backs of the pupils were towards the masters. There were, besides, two small class rooms on the same floor, one for the mathematical and the other for the English classes. When I entered, there were only three masters. Dr. Howe, Head Master, who taught the Classics, Mr. Wm. Clark, the English Master, and Mr. Pennycook, who taught Mathematics. The school rapidly increased in numbers after my entrance, and a French Master, Dr. Montivario, was added to the staff. He did not remain long, and was succeeded by Mons. Emile Coulon, who remained in the school as long as I was there, and I believe after I left. The increase in the number of pupils and the growing 38 popularity of the school necessitated an increase in the staff, and so Mr. James Brown, of the University of Toronto, was engaged as Mathematical Master for the advanced classes, Mr. Pennycook taking the juniors ; the latter died before I left the school. A Mr. Brook was also engaged as assistant English Master. Mr. Brown did not remain long with us, having been ap- pointed Mathematical Master in the U. C. College, in succession to the Rev. Mr. Maynard. I remember well how grieved Dr. Howe was to lose the valuable services of Mr. Brown, for at that time it vas almost impossible to secure the services in the country of a Mathematical Master, competent to prepare students for the honour matriculation of the University. Dr. Howe and the pupils presented Mr. Brown on leaving with a gold chain and an address, the latter, I, as senior pupil, was privileged to prepare and read. As a successor to Mr« Brown, Dr. Howe succeeded in securing the services of a Mr. Robinson, of Dublin, who did not remain long, preferring the law to teaching. He was succeeded by a Mr. Drinkwater, a Cambridge man, who ent red the ministry of the Church of England soon after I left the school for the University, I ought to mention that Mr. McGann was also connected with the school as an English Master during my time, and that it was in one of the rooms of the school building that he commenced the first set for the instruction of the deaf and dumb in Upper Canada. When I entered the school, the late W. J. Rattray, was on the eve of entering the University of Toronto. It was a proud day for Dr. Howe when Mr. Rattray succeeded in winning a scholarship in classics and history, ranking next to the late Chief Justice Moss, for 39 then very few pupils, except those from Upper Canada College, could secure these coveted honours. Among the pupils of my day, who afterwards dis- tinguished themselves, were the late Rev. Richard Harrison, brother of the late Chief Justice Harrison, James Miller, who became a judge in Manitoba, and the present distinguished President of the University of Toronto. The two first-named '^vent up to Trinity Uni- versity, and Loudon to Upper Canada College; the latter was a remarkably clever pupil, head and shoulders above the rest of us. I predicted for him a distinguished career, and I have not been disappointed in him. The late W. A. Foster, " Canada first Foster," was also a pupil in my time, and I vividly remember his bright cheerful countenance and his winning ways. I left the school in the summer of 1857, entering the University of Toronto and winning the second scholar- ship in classics and history. I think I was the second pupil from the school who was thus successful, Rattray being the first. As I was much older than the other pupils I became quite a companion for Dr. Howe, and he was exceed- ingly kind to me. He was always my fast friend, and when I made up my mind in 1863 to enter the ministry of the Church of England he gave me too flattering testimonials to Dr. Cronyn, the first Bishop of Huron. Our intimacy continued until he left Canada for Aus- tralia. He is gone to his reward now. Perhaps it would be well to mention the text books we used in those days. In EngUsh we had the Irish National series, Lennie's Grammar and Morse's (Ameri- can) School Geography. In Mathematics, Thomson's Arithmetic, Brydge's and Colenso's Algebras and any 40 Euclid we could procure. In French, Collot's Grammar and Exercises, and Fenelon's works. In Classics, the Edinburgh Academy's i.atin and Greek Grammars, Valpy's Greek and Latin delecti, Arnold's books and Anthon's authors. There was some difficulty at times n purchasing these books, until the late Dr. Ryerson established the book depot in the Normal school build- ing. Then we could readily get what we required, and at reasonable prices. . In looking back ipon the condition of our schools then, we have great cause for thankfulness that such rapid strides in a little over a generation have been made in educational affairs. Now we have palatial school buildings, instead of unsightly frame and log structures, no lack of competent teachers and text books galore. Under great difficulties, however, some good work was done in those days, and it behooves us now to emulate in every way those who have joined the great majority, and those who are now in the sere and yellow leaf and must soon join them. Our motto should always be "excelsior," for to whom much is given of them will much be required. 41 MISCELLANY. HEAD MASTERS AND RECTORS. 1807 Rev O'K. H. Stuart, D.D. (Late Archdeacon of Kingston.) 18.2', Rev John Strachan, D.D. (Late Bishop of Toronto.) 1823, Rev. Samuel Armour, M.A, 1825, Rev. Thomas Phillips, D.D. 1836, Charles N. B. Cosens, Esq. 1838, Marcus C. Crombie, Esq. 1854, M. C. Howe, Esq., LL.D. 1863, Rev. Arthur Wickson, LL.D. 1872, Archibald MacMurchy, Esq., M.A. 42 THE PRESENT STAFF. Principal: Archibald MacMurchy, Elsq., M.A. Classics: William G. Crawford, Esq., M.A. Mathematics : Frederick F. Manley, Esq., M.A. AloJem Languages: George E. Shaw, Esq., M.A. English and Latin: Peter McEachern, Esq., B.A. Commercial Subjects: Wilbur Grant, Esq. Science: Neil McEachern, U.A. English: George A. Chase, Esq., B.A. English: Miss Helen MacMurchy. Mathematics and French : Miss Janie Thomas. OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION. This Association was formed at a meeting held on Thursday. 26th December 1895. The Constitution states the objects of the Association to be : " To maintain and increase the friendly relations existmg among all those who are and have been members of the school, and to co-operate in every legitimate way in advancing the welfare of the Institution." The Principal, Masters, Ex-Masters, Boys of the Fifth and Sixth Forms, and all male ex-pupils are eligible for membership. OFFICERS 1895-96. Bon. r,esiJent: Archibald MacMurchy, Esq., M.A. President: Professor Alfred Baker, M.A. Vice-Presidents : F. F. Manley, Esq., M.A. ^ , G. A. Chase, Esq., B. A. James Ryrie, Esq. Secretary: Rev. W. Carter, M.A. .-.■.,-.. :^.: A. Treasurer: R. C. Donald, Esq., B.A. ^^ 1 Directors: Charles H. Ritchie, Esq., Q.C. H. H. Dewart, Esq. B.A. v ,; ^■ ! ' t^0' B.Jennings, Esq. ^ '.■ ^,^\,yX:^':y George £. Shaw, Esq., B.A. : V Angus MacMurchy, Esq., B.A. G. T. B. Gurnett, Esq. Walter Merrick Esq. S. Hughes, Esq., M.P. '" : ' , ^' C. J. Currie, Esq. OFFICERS 1896-97. .„. „ ffg„ President: Archibald MacMurchy, Esq., M.A. President: Professor Alfred Baker, M.A. Vice-Presidents: F. F. Manley, Esq., M.A. James Ryrie, Esq. T. C. Irving, Esq. Secretary: Rer. F. B. Ilodgins, B.A. 44 Treasurer: R. C. Donald Esq., B.A. Directors: H. II. Dewart, Esq. B.A. B. Jennings, Esq., Angus MacMurchy, Esq., B A. , • W. E. WiUmott, D.D.S. W. P. Merrick, Esq. ^ G. E. Shaw, Esq., B.A. S. Piatt, Esq. E. C. Jeffrey, Esq., B.A. ANNUAL BANQUET. The first Annual Banquet of the Association was held at Webb's, on the evening of Friday, 29th of January, 1897, and was a most successful gathering. There were 75 members present, including the follow- ing : President Loudon, Principal MacMurchy, Wm. Houston, Emile Coulon, W. G. Crawford, Geo. E. Shaw, Fred. F. Manley, P. McEachern, N. McEachern, Alfred Baker, Geo. T, B. Gurnett, Angus Mac- Murchy, C. J. Currie, Rev. F. B. Hodgins, Alfred H. Lee, W. J. Sanderson, Charles Mitchell, Wm. McLeod Moore, Frank Roberts, Frank A. Bowden, James Ryrie, Dr. E. M. Adams, Alfred E. Boultbee, Geo W. Keith, Jas. A. Grant, Percy W. Saunders, R. W. Thompson, Harry Ryrie, Chas. P. Muckle, David Carlyle, A. G. Carter, John Agnew, David Colville, Wm. Douglas, Stephen O'Brien, Rev. John Neil, Thos. C. Irving, Wm. G. Fischer, Wm. P. Ryrie, Robert McKay, Wm. H. Elliott, G. W. Graham, G. W. Booth, Walter Merrick, Wm. Finlayson, R. J. Read, J. C. MacMurchy, J. R. McCaffry, Dr. F. Fenton, H. H. Dewart, Dr. D. A. Rose, Dr. W. Earl Willmott, Wilbur Grant, Samuel Piatt, J. M. Jackson, Murray Cohen, Robt. J. Clarke, R. Gordon McLean, F. A. Young, W. H. Hunter, G. L Riddel, J. Alexander. 45 SCHOOL RECORD. The MicHiE Scholarship. 1878 1880, $40.00 1881-1883, $60.00. Presented by the late James Mickie. 1879 W. B. Nichol. 1 88 1 A. W. Stratton. 1882 William Graham. 1883 Fred Steen. Q,«'II. II. Dewart. ^^'^ \ Frank Boullbee. ^^^°\UugaldJ. MacMurchy The Walker Scholarship.— $60.00. Presented by the late Robert IVaiker 1878 Edward Ilagarty. I 1880 H. E. A. Reid. 1879 W. II. Smith. I The McLean Scholarship.— $40.00. Presented by Daniel McLean, Esquire. 1882 1883 1884 Alfred Hunter. Stewart F. Houston. 1884 W. H. Graham, The McKay Scholarship.— $40.00. — Presented by Donald McKay, Esquire. Stewart F. Houston. | 1885 W. R. Rutherford. The Hay Scholarship.— $40.00. Presented by the late Robert Hay, Esquire, M.P. 1880 Amy J. Harris. 1 88 1 Louy Thomas. 1882 Mary Bailie. 1883 Isabel Rolls. 1884 Bessie MacMurchy. The Kennedy Scholarship.— $40.00. Presented by Warring Kennedy, Esquire. i878( 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 Helen MacMurchy. Amy A D. Fell. Eliza Balmer. May Jones. Annie Chown. Louy Thomas. Maggie Johnston. Charlotte Wiggins. Alice Harding. 1886 Sophia Cooper. 1887 Katie Chamberlain. 1888 Laura Parkinson. 1889 Ethel Dyke. 1890 Janie Hillock. 1891 Annie Reed. „ f Anna Greer. ^^92-^ Ethel Bell. 46 The Mayor ok Toronto's Scholarship. Presented by His Worship Mayor Manning. — 1885 Cora Mance. Presented by His Worship Mayor Howland. — \%^6 Alice Wilson. ,. „ ., ., _ -JO /Duncan Coulson. ' \Luella Smith. Presented by His Worship Mayor Clarke. —1 888 I^thel Dyke. '• " — 1S89 Annie Johnstone. '• " — 1890 Zoe Smiley. " " — 1891 Anna Greer. Presented by His Worship Mayor Fleming. —1892 Bessie Haight. ■ B. Ap. Sc 1878 1881 Campbell, A. W.. * M.B i886 MANnOBA UNIVERSITY. 1883 Taylor, T. W.* 1880 queen's UNIVERSITY. l88o« McLachlan, A., B.A 1884 1884 Scott, T. R ■. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO. 18582 Crawford, W. G., » B.A 1862 i86o« Snider, E. F., « B.A 1864 i860 Wilson, J. S., s B.A 1864 i86o» Small, J. S., B.A 1864 l86i» Malloy, Wm., « B.A... 1865 i86i<> Squire, G. H., B.A 1865 l86i» King, A. M. P i86i9 Miller, J. H., * B.A 1866 1861 Scott, R. G., * B.A 1865 18628 Barker, P. M., * B.A 1866 i862» Byers, M 18629 Greenlees, A., B.A 1866 18639 Anderson, A., B.A 1867 18649 Hughes, A. H., M.B 1868 49 ■-'■■■■';,'■■ ifiC)^^ Crozier, J., R.A 1871 1864" Delamater, R. H., » B.A 186S 1864" Sinclair, J. C 1865' Baker, Alfred," B. A 1869 1865 Lewis, G. W., ♦ RA 1869 1866^ Wagner, W. J., « M.B 1870 1867" Reid, W. J 1869" Shaw, Geo. E., « B.A 1875 1870" Manley, F. F., '^ B. A 1874 1871" McFarlane, P. A 1872=' Grant Wilbur 1872" McNab,J. F 1873" Cox, J. L., * B.A 1878 i875'> McMinn, W. J. R , M{.A 1879 1876 Shields, A., B.A 1879 1877" Doel, W. H., * B.A 1880 1S77 Neil, J.. B.A 1879 1878 Brown, John 1878" McEachren, P., B.A 1890 1878" Barton, S. G. T., B.A 1885 1878^ MacMurchy, A., ♦ B.A 1882 1878^ Wright, H. J., « B.A 1882 1878" McUougal, A. II , ^ B.A 1882 1878" Grant, A 1878" Canniff, II. T., B.A 1883 1878" Baird, James, * B.A: 1882 1878" Johnston, Wm. II 1878 Oliphant, W. II., * M.B 1882 18792 Ilagarty, E, W., 2 B.A 1883 1879" Dewart, II. II., * B.A 1882 1879" Riddel, G. I., " B.A 1883 18790 Mtddleton, W. E 18799 Donald, R. C, * B.A 18S3 18799 Boultbee, F., t B.A 1883 1879" Denovan, A. N., * ^ B. A 1883 18799 Barber, W. C, M.B 1888 1879" Sutherland, J. G 1870" McEachren, N., * B.A 1884 1879 Cleland, G. S., M.B 1882 1879 Bell, J. J., B.A 1885 i88o» Hogg, Misi M. W i88o» Bell, A. W i88o9 Gray, R. A., « B.A 1884 ;88o2 Milligan, W. G. * B.A 1884 i88o3 Nicol, W.B., * B.A 1888 18802 Smith, W. H., « H.A., 1884 ; * M.B 1888 1880 Carlyle, J. C, * M.A 1886 1880 Tolmie, J. C, * B.A 1885 1880 Sniellie, W. G. P 1880 Durand, C. F. * B.A., 1884 ; M.B 1887 5° i88i^ Sykes, F. H., * B A 1885 i88l'' MacMurchy, D. J., • H.A 1886 iHHi'-> Gregg, G. A i88i» Dewdney, A. 1) i88i» Keid, H. K. A., ■■ B.A 1887 i88i» Barron, A. H., * B.A 1885 1881" r.eaty, K. P 1881" Bain, A., B.A. . 1885 i88i» Evans, J. \V., B.A 1885 1881 Hogg, K i88i» Standish, W. I 1881 Adams, A. A.. * 1885 1S81 Morrin, W 1881 Lobb, S. W 1S81 Irving, W. IL, * h. A 1885 1S81 -McKay, A K 18S2' Russell, N. IF., )i. A 1887 1882 Parker, S. c;., M.B 1886 18820 Rowan, T. A., * B.A 1886 1882" Sanderson, F., B.A 1887 1882*' Moore, A. H, * B.A 1886 1882'-' Coclirane, (i. J 1882" Brailhwaite, E. E 1882" Barker, A. B 18822 Gourlay, R., * B.A 1886 1882 Roche, F. J., * B.A .. 1886 1882 Fitzgerald, EC 1882 Paterson, C. J j883» Caven, W. P., * M.A 1886 1883 O'Brien, A. H 1883 Potts, R. B, * B.A., 1888 ; M.B 1891 18^3 Wilmotl, W. B . i8.^"3 McKay, k. B., B.A 1887 l88?>' Drew, E., BA 1889 1883" Dwyer, H. A., * M B 1891 18839 Fere, G. A.,« M.B 1888 i883« Garvin, J. A.. B.A 1887 1883" Tailing, M. P., 1 B.A 1888 1883" Graham, W . A . , B . A 1890 18839 leffrey, C. I 1883*' keeler, A. J., B.A 1887 18839 Kent, N., B.A., 1888; LL.B 1889 18839 Miller, W.L., B.A 1887 18839 Rosebrugh,T. R., B.A 1887 1883^ Stralton, A. \V , B.A 1887 1883- Hunter, VV. r, B.A 1887 1884 .Stark, H . L 1884 Johnston, R. H 18849 Martin, S . S 18849 Boukbee. H. C . . * B. A 1888 51 l884» Saunders, S. J., ♦ B.A., l888 ; M.A.. .....1894 18848 Jeffrey, E. C, » B.A 1888 i884« Steen, F. J., 2 v7 B.A 1888 1884- Gibson, T. A., * B.A 1888 1884'' Gordon, E. I'., 4 M.B 1889 1885 Castle, K. B., B.A 1889 1X85 Caven, ; G., B.A 1890 1885 McConi.c:^ F. W., B.A., 18S9; LL.B 1890 1885 Healy, J 1885 Johnston, J. S., * B.A., 1889; * LL.B 1890 1885" "Mabee, G.E 18859 Taylor, W. B., B.A., 1889; * LL.B 1890 1885" Desbarres, T. C, * B.A 1889 1885" Spence, J. D., * B.A 1889 1885 Shore, H. W. C, B.A 1889 1885" McKay, D., * B.A 1889 l88i Scott, M^ss Jessie, -i B.A 1890 1885'* Thomas, Miss Louy 1885'^ Houston, S. F 1885=5 Hunter, A. T., * LL.B 1890 1886' Lawler, Miss Gertrude, ^ * B.A 1890 1886* Logie, G 18862 Graham, W. IL, * B. A 1S90 1886'' Rutherford, \V. R. A., * B.A 1890 1886^ Hodgins, F. B., B./' 1888 l886<' Griffith, R. C, * M.B 1891 l886» Michell, W. C, * B.A 1890 1886 Cullen, T. S., '^ M.B 1890 :886 Macdonald, T A., * LB 1890 1886 Michell, A. \,, * ■\ ^ 1890 18860 Segsworih, A. E.,^ ^.A 1890 18868 Stephens, J 1886" Poucher, N. T 1886 Read, R. 1 1887 Boland, W. ) I887'' Breckenridgi, J. C, * B.A 1893 1887 Briggs, A. W., * B.A., 1891 ; *LL.B 1892 1887 Donald, D.,*B.A 1891 1887 Forest, J., * M.B 1881 i887« Fry, F. D,, * b.A.... 1894 1887 :;illespie, P. A., * M.B 1891 1887 Harcourt, G. A 1887 Henry, E. A., * B.A 1893 1887 Hunt, W. G 1887- Hunter, A. J., * B.A., 1891; * M.B 1895 1887" Lillie> F. R., ' * B.A '891 18878 MacMurchy, J. C 1887 McCullough, J. S., * M.B 1891 1887 McGee, D.W., '^ B.A 1891 I887" Mickle, A. E 52 887" Mitchell, T. H , * B.A 1890 887 Nie, R. F., B.A 1892 887 Rose, H. E.. 4 B.A., 1891 ; * LLB 1892 887" Thomab, H. F., B.A 1891 888 Awde, A. E., M.B 1892 888 Carswell, J 888 Closson, J. H., M.B 1892 888" Coulson, D. A 888 Forest, R. F., * M.B 1892 888 Harris, N. M., 4 M.B 1894 888 Ileming, F. H., * M.B 1892 888" Hillock, Miss J. S., 4 B.A 1892 888» Logie, W 888" Mackenzie, Miss M. A., * B.A 1892 888 Martin, Miss 11. L , * B.A 1892 888 Massie, il., MB 1892 888" Mullin, A., * B A 1892 888" Murray, J. M., * B A 1892 888" Mcintosh, J. W., * B.A., 1892 ; MB 1894 888" Ross, Miss C. , » B. A 1892 888 Ross, D. C, * B.A., 1892, LL.B 1894 888 Royce, A. H., B.A 1892 888» Shaw, W. J., * B.A 1892 888 Stanbury, J ., . . 888" Sutherland, 11. B ' 888'' Taylor, C. J„ -^ M. B 1893 888" Tennant, J. H., * B.A., 1892; LL B 1894 888'-' Thompson, G. II 888" Tucker, G. L., * B.A 1892 888 Way, II. J., MM. B 1892 888" Wood, C. S., B A 1892 889" Buchan, Miss M. II 889 Burton, K. S., •* B.A 1893 889" Cowan, Miss J. S. , B A 1895 889" Dundas, 11. L, * B.A 1893 889 Faircloth, G. S. * B A 1893 889 Hamilton, Miss L. U., Mi A 1894 889" Hart, M. M., * B.A 1893 889 Harvey, W. A 889 Kellogg, F. S 889 Knowles, J 889" Livingstone, Miss L. I., B.A 1894 889 Logie, J 889 Mason, II. H 889" Parkinson, Miss K 889" Parkinson, Miss L. D., B.A ^893 889" Reeve, W. P 889" Sampson, II. E., * B.A 1893 889" Telfer, MissJ. S., -i B.A 189^ 889" Voung, Miss A. H 53 i889 Shore, T. E. E., B.A 1893 1890" Ashdown, C. 1< 1890" Burns, W. H., * B. A 1894 1890 Carroll, W. S 1890 Carlyle, T. W 1890 Curry, W. J 1890 Death, H. A 189c Dunbar, G. E., * B.A 1804 18909 Durand, Miss E. A , B.A 1896 1890" Dyke, Miss T- Ethel. 18908 Glover, R. H 1890 Griffith, Miss Agnes 1890 Guelph, II., M.B 1894 i890''' Harrison. E. S., * B.A 1894 1890" Jeffrey, Miss C. E., ^ B.A 1894 1890 Johnston, II. A , <* M.B 1894 1890 Langley, E. F. ^B.A 1894 1890'-' Lawson, Miss E. M., 4 B.A 1894 1890" Macklin, Miss Ethel 1894 1890 McKay, F. G 18900 McKay, T. W 1800 McPherson, A. W 1890 Millichamp, G . E i890» Pease, W. H.,4B.A 1894 1890 Phillips, J. D., 4 B.A 1893 1890" Rudlen, G. W.,4B.A 1894 1890" Stewart. C. C, * B.A 1894 1890" Sutherland, Miss May, B.A 1895 1890 Tro'ier, W, C, * B.A 1894 1890 Withrow, Miss F. E. VV., B. A 1895 1890" Wickett, S. M.,*B.A 1894 1890 Wood, J 1890 Woods, S . B . , * B. A 1894 1891" Burns, Miss Helena, B A 1895 18919 Burns, W. E., * B.A 1895 1891 Dowd, Miss J., * B.A 1895 1891" Dundas W. E 1891 Falconbridge, James D 1891" Hillock, Miss Janie, * B.A 1895 1891 '•• Lucas Allan 18918 McConnell, F 1891" McDonald, John II., B.A 1895 1892" McGregor, Miss Maggie, B.A 1895 1891 McMain, F. E. P 1891" Parker, W. M 1891'' Piersol, VV. II.,^ * B.A 1895 1891 9 Rosebrugh, Miss Alice, B.A 1895 1891?. Schilling, Miss Emma 1891" Shore, R. A., B.A 1895 1891" Seen, Miss Chrissie A., B.A 1895 ■54 i89i White, E. A < 1891 Keith, W. D.,-* M.B 1895 1891 Caven, J. G.,* M.B 1895 18929 Campbell, C. A., * B. A 1897 1892" Cowan, Miss G., B.A 1896 1892= Falconbridge, Jno. D., * Fi.A 1896 1S92'' Garland Miss B 1892 Gray, R . L 1892 Howland, G. W., » B.A 1897 1892 Lander, W . J 18928 Lillie, K. C, B.A 1896 18920 McKay, VV. N 1892" Millar, Miss R., * B. A 1896 1892" Nasmilh, C. B 1892 Nurse, F., B.A 1890 1892 Noble, G. W. K 1892 Roberts, G. A 18923 Robinson, p. J., * B.A 1897 1892 Smith, D. K., * M.B 1896 1892" Wanless, Miss B., B.A 1896 1892 Westman, S. II., * M. B 1896 1892 \'oung, Miss A. 11., * B.A 1896 1892 Nelles, Miss L. F. C, B.A 1897 189J Burton, Miss L 1892 Copp, C. J 1893" Currie, C. J., 4 B.A 1897 189J Galloway, M. W 1893 Goodeve, F. W., B.A 1897 1893 Graham, G. W., ' B.A 1897 1893 Hagey, G. H 1893'^ Keith, G. W., * B.A 1897 1893 McNaught. H. J 1893" McDunnough, J. H 18932 Muckle, C. P., * B.A 1897 1893^^ Reed, Miss A., 4 B.A 1897 18932 Stewart, W. K., 4 B.A . ..1897 1893 Young, F. A., -IB. A 1897 1893 Kitchen, W. W 1894" Bell, Miss Ethel 1894 Browne, W. G i894» Day, Mi.ss Lulu D 1894 Greer, R. H 1894" J.ickson, Thomas I ''04 McLaren, Miss Kate Kv,4 Mitchell,]. P ", 18943 Saunuers, P. W 1894 Smith, A. A i894« Stark, F H 1894 Sutton, C. E 1894 Vercoe, H. L 55 1894 Whatmough, G. V 1895 Albert, M 1895 Cohen, M 1895 Counter, J. W 1895 Cockburn, Miss C 1895 Douglas, W. E 1895 Elliot, J. C 1895'-' I'isher, II. F I895'-* Keith, A. W 1895 LavJne, S 1895" Mills, R. B 1895 McArthur, P. C 1895 McKay, J i89S» Powell, E. C 1895 Simpson, W. O 1895 vSmallpiece, F. C 1895 Stone, J. E 1895 Sutherland, Miss C. M. KS95 Wagner, C. J 1895 Winters, G. A 1896" Addison, G 1896 Brown, A. II 1896" Burns, T. L i896» Cole, Miss A. St. O ... 1896" Johnston, Miss A 1896 "Macdougall, Miss B. 11. 1896 Nasmilh, G. G 1896 O'Brien, W. P 1896 Roberts, F. E 1896" Snider, C. H UNIVERSITY OK VIRGINIA. 1876 Wallace, S. A. , B. A 1879 UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK. 1886 John B. Quintin, LL.B 1889 VICTORIA UNIVERSITY. 1889" Shore, T. E. E.,* B.A 1893 1890 Thompson, D " Honors at Matriculation. ■^ " and Scholarship. •' *' and Double Scholarship. * " at Graduation. * " and Silver Medal. « " and Gold Medal. ^ University Prizeman. * Special Certificate. First in First-class Honors throughout University Course. ^ Special University Gold Medal in the third year.