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LETTER ON THE SUBJECT OF PRELIMINARY 
 
 EXAMINATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO 
 
 THE STUDY OF PROFESSIONS. 
 
 (/VtnM h onirr "f Itir /Vfj(r*ranl <'«<miniM'-r nf thr t'uuneil tf/ Pubtir U^truitiun.) 
 
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 SiiERBitooKi, 29tb Januai-y, 1883. 
 
 William Whitk, Knq., 
 
 .Shorltrookt). 
 
 Mr DiAR Sir, 
 
 I mil not, iiboul, lo iidiiroHs ynu offlcinlly, tbr I iiin luit 
 aulhoriworl to ilo ho, yol I know you iiiono much iiitoi'u.ttoil iiitho 
 moHtioii ot'iMliu'iiiion In this Provmrc, tlial I ciiniioi Iml liH>l (occu- 
 nying .i,s you do llm highly lionounililo and imporliml piisition of 
 Hiitoiinior nl'tlio l^utdicc Uiir) (Imt 3-ou ou^rlit to hi' mud o uwm-o 
 of the deniroM of tho ProtoHtanl < 'ominllttso o( the Council of Puh- 
 lie Instruction in tho inutior of tho oxaniinution of <'Bndiduto« 
 for admission to study tin- jirol'ussions in this I'rovincc. I 
 wish at ornii to Htato thai Iho Protestant ('onimittee do not in any 
 way dosiro to intorlor" with tlie tiducation of Jvotnan t'atholic«. Tho 
 two CoininittCBs of tho Council of Puhlit Instruction have iho 
 »amo ohjoct in viow hut tliey work on ditlorenl linos. 
 
 Tho Protestant educational system may he classitiod into throe 
 grades, viz.. Common Schools, Hi>?h .Schools ami UniversitioH, 
 Willi the llmilcd means at the disposal of the Committoe, they 
 aro endeavourini; firiwlually to raise tho tone of tho Hifih Schools. 
 The Common .Schools demand a^jreaideal nf thouj^htful caro in 
 thoir atlministration, hut hitherto they have hoen almost exclu- 
 sivelj- under thn control of the Su|)erinlon<lent i)f Puhli • Instruc- 
 tion ; and the Universities. althouj;h receivinj; /rants of puhlic 
 money, lie heyond the inspect iiij^ jiower of iho (Jomniittee. Reg- 
 ular loturns of their work and numhers are sent peii'siicully to 
 the (Tovornmcnl, and ihoy are worthy of th" great cmtidence 
 roposeil in them hy the puhlic. Hut the High Schools, or 
 Academies, as they aro called in country parts, have heon in a 
 most unsatisfactor)' condition. The Commilice have lalii>ured 
 earnestly to raise their tone and to tit thoni for tlie woik which 
 the country ileinands of them. I do not wish to trouble you with 
 an Hccoum of thoir short-comings and of the efforts ot the Pro- 
 testant ' 'onimi I toe to improve them — suffice it lf> say that tho 
 aim of the Committee is to make tho Academies tiic means 
 wherohy young men may prepare themselves for the study of 
 the prot'essions and for entering the (Jniversitios, hy uiving tl.^^m 
 the ground work of a libor;.l education, such as may (jualify 
 thoin for ))ublic life, no matter what a mans special calling may 
 Ih). One of the most serious dilHculties the Committee have had 
 to encounter arises from the i)owors jiossosscd hy the several pro- 
 fessional iKxlies to examine cr.iididatos for the ])erinihsion lo enter 
 on profosHional study. This is a very dillerent thing from tho 
 professional examination itself for admission to practice. With 
 this latter the Committee have no wish to into"''cre; it is entirely 
 outside of tlicir province. Jiut aa to the admissi.in to stuily they 
 fool that the liest preparat'on a youtig man can have is a liroad 
 lilionil odiication without •• cram," such as will draw out the facul- 
 ties and cultivate thought and olwervation. This style ot train- 
 ing is e()Ually applicable and useful lo tho intending student of 
 Law, of .Moiiicinc, of Kngineoring and other professions, includ- 
 ing even hivinity. 
 
 Under the pro.sent system there is no uniformity of plan or 
 Hubject, no trained ho<ly of Kxaminers, and in the uncerlainty 
 which prevails, students are led to search previous setw of ijuos- 
 tions and lo prcjiare themselves by a system of ■■ cram." 
 
 Put further there is a great practiial ditiiculty in the fact that 
 no Acadciriv tcai her can give attention to students preparing for 
 dilVorent prr)fes-.ioiis, and at tin- same time attend to ordinary 
 school work. I'luler such a demand any educational system will 
 breakdown. The olaii of the Committee Is to liavi' an Kxamin- 
 ing Hoard of trained teachers of experience, who may be appoint- 
 ed b) the (iovcrnmont on the recommendation of the (,'om- 
 mittce with, if necessary, the cotcurri'nco of the piid'ossional 
 bodies. Some siuh plan would meet the rei|uirenients ot the 
 ciuie, providisi the subjei'ts taught in the Academies and High 
 Schools formed the ground work of 'ho examinations, and it 
 would ho (d' course open at any time to the professional bodicK 
 to recommend certain objectR of study. The co-opioation oi the 
 pnd'osslonal Itodies would be welcomed by the Committee and 
 would greatly strengthen their hands. 
 
 The adoption of some such system would give a higher lonolo 
 education and secure a iiigher class of teachers, and the evils of 
 tho "cram ' system would be avoideil. Tho Conimlllee moreover 
 insist very strongly on the absolute nece.-sily of recognizing the 
 I'niverslty Itcgieeas In itself a i(ualitii:ation for the entrance on 
 the study r,f a professi-on. The two Protestant Universillos, 
 Mcttill anil lilshoi)s ("ollege, are working to increase tho (piality 
 of tho clegroe. 'Ihey are united on the subjccU for matricula- 
 tion in Arts, and although there io. Nuhsoiiuent ditl'erences, so as 
 to satisfy diffore'it classes of minds, yot both are earnest to 
 require goisi work from their students. If the |)rot'essioual 
 bodies will not accept men who have devote<l three or four years 
 of their -.longth to the study of Arts and .Science, not in tech- 
 nicalities but on broad fundamental grounds, there would seom 
 to l>e very little room for Univorsities at all in the Province of 
 
 Que'oec. 
 
 Commoiiding these low observations to your kind notice and 
 atleution, 
 
 1 am, my dear Sir, very truly yours, 
 
 R. W. IlKNEIiFR. 
 
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