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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. 11