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A statement eoncerning 3ueens, S'libmitted to the !foimders, the 9raduates and Alumni, and the Sienefactors and S^riends of the %niversity, MY DEAR SIR — May I ask you to read the following statement which I have written with a desire to be brief. Nearly fifty years ago, the Supreme Court of the Presbyterian Church in Canada decided to establish a University on the Scottish model. It was a bold undertaking. Dr. Cook, one of the founders, in his Chancellor's address ten years ago, frankly admitted that. However, a sense of what was owing to their own honour and Scottish training, as well as a sense of the needs of the Church and the country, left no other course open to them. The}'' were scholars and knew what they were undertaking. "It was not," says Dr. Cook, "till every effort had proved unsuc- cessful to obtain some share of the grants which had been made for the purposes of University education, or to have King's Col- lege made then what it is now, a Provincial instead of a secta- rian institution, that we resolved to act for ourselves." In 1839, at a meeting held in Hamilton, Kingston w^as selected as the site that would best suit both Upper and Lower Canada. In 1840, the Trustees, Plon. William Morris being Chairman, made formal application to the Queen for a Royal Charter, and on behalf "of the Scottish inhabitants of Upper and Lower Can- ada" asked permission to hand down to posterity Her Majesty's Royal Title as the name of their infant institution. They "most ardently trusted that it would be the means under the blessing of Divine Providence of conferring a liberal education on the Can- adian youth of the present and future generations." The year following, the Royal Charter passed the Great Seal. Her Ma- jesty graciously consented that the new University, the first, so far as I have ascertained, chartered in her reign, should bear Her title. Forthwith, Queen's began its beneficent career. It ^ was, from the very beginning, " open on equal terms to all the youth of the country." The b(>ginning was on a inodest scale, well becoming the condition of C'anada at the time. In Dr. Williamson's language — " like the University of Cambridge, which began in a barn, a clap-boarcied frame house was 'gcittis hicunabuld nostnc,' the cradle of Queen's College." In 1H49, King's or Toronto University was thrown open, on equal terms to all comers, and at the same time it was secularized. Queen's was then invited to unite with it. but the invitation was de- clined. Dr. Machar and Professor Romanes were appointed a Committee to give to the public the reasons for rejecting cen- tralization then. They did so, in an able statement in which the positions were taken that education and religion must be indissolubly linked together, that the history of other countries, and particularly the case of Scotland, proved that self-govern- ing Universities were the best, and that "in education a gener- ous competition is of paramount importance." From 1849, Queen's developed rapidly for more than a de- cade. Then came a period of weakness owing to internal diffi- culties, and soon after, disasters from without threatened its very existence. In 1869, on the withdrawal by the Legislature of the annual grant, the question was discussed whether the institution should be continued or not. Certainly then, if ever, was the time to close its doors, and closed they would have been, had the mettle of its sons and supporters not been of the purest kind. The buildings w^ere mean, the endowment trifling, the students few in number, and the outlook discouraging. But its friends in Quebec and Ontario rallied to it with enthusiasm. Principal Snodgrass and Professor Mackerras undertook to raise a capital sum of 1$ 100,000 and they succeeded, to the as- tonishment of outsiders, who had little conception of the hold "good old Queen's" had on the people. My connection with the University dates from 1877. The hearty support I was promised has been given, more unreserv- edly and unanimously than I could have expected. In 1878, $150,000 were subscribed, principally for new buildings and more spacious grounds, and for replacing the annual grant of nearly $3,000 long given by the Colonial Committee of the Church of Scotland. In 1882, the Trustees saw that the Uni- —3— versity could not be fairly well equipped, unless it had addition- al revenue to the amount of seven or eight thousand dollars a year. At their instance, I issued a circular on the subject, and m SIX wee.^s the whole of that amount was promised for five years. On the strength of this, two additional Professors were appointed, besides tutors in several departments, and great im- provements were made in the museum, laboratories and library. In consequence, the general work of the University has been carried on since with efficiency, comfort and success. The pav- ments to the hve years' list have come in with remarkable punc- tuality, but as only one payment now remains to be made a serious dehciency is impending. The following table gives a bird's-eye view of the material progress of the University during the last twenty years :— 1867-68 1868-69 1 8697.70 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 1873-74 i«74-75 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 1879-80 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 1886-87 No. of Stu- I No. in Pro- dents in Alts fessional Faculty. Faculties, 28 25 36 25 39 41 51 59 59 74 94 92 106 122 134 143 146 151 161 191 Total No. of Students. 79 68 42 35 36 47 59 f>5 66 7« 78 88 80 87 no 133 169 195 182 107 93 92 67 74 77 98 118 124 140 172 170 194 202 221 253 279 320 356 373 Revenue from all sources. 5^13.686 7,783 8,537 10,975 13,010 12,972 13,632 14,614 15,093 16,274 15,263 17,247 19,375 16,562 20,904 22,586 29,859 29,521 29,387 30,305 Interest-bearins; capital. $ 34,507 48,988 76,978 92,399 105,824 112,659 114,815 118,207 117,388 113,620 111,350 153,440 152,147 154,655 175,178 185,692 205,282 211,156 214,294 222,094 — 4— The annual Keport to the Assembly, issued in June, will be sent to you, on application to the Registrar. It mentions all the sources from which the revenue is derived. The Calendar will also be sent to you on application. But, a glance at the above table is sufficient to show the steady growth of the Uni- versity and to prove that its roots must be living and multiply- ing. Ten years after the loss of the Provincial grant, the re- venue, it will be seen, was little more than it had been in 1867-S. But, the capital had more than trebled, and confidence had taken the place of doubt. In the course of the second period of ten years, the progress has been more remarkable. To under- stand it, one. would need to share in the life of the University, or at least see the new buildings beside the old, the halls thronged with students, the honour men at their work, and note the expansion from year to year. The increase in revenue and interest bearing endowment, as shown in the above table, has taken place, notwithstanding the loss of the Colonial Commit- tee's grant, the reduction in the grant from the Temporalities Fund, and the heavy expenditures for new buildings, campus, and other kinds of capital classed as unproductive stock. One other important fact in recent history must be noticed. In 1885, we were again officially invited to give up our Charter and become part of the Provincial University. It would have cost us a (piarter of a million to move to Toronto, and we had not the money. Apart from that, our friends, on being consult- ed, unanimously condemned the proposal. Not one vote in favour of consolidation came from Toronto itself or even from the country to the west. But Albert and Victoria, the two Universities that were between us and Toronto, have agreed to suspend their Charters and try the proposed move. We wish the experiment every success, but it is clear that, in conse- quence, a double responsibility rests upon Queen's and upon those who believe that a reasonable distribution of Colleges is better than absolute centralization. We adopted the policy of retaining Queen's in Kingston with all the University powers conferred by her Royal Charter and with increased efficiency in every department. This policy involves action. Queen's will hereafter be the only intellectual centre in the more than three hundred miles between Montreal and Toronto, a country larger — 5— than many a Kinj^^clom and inhabited by a population inteUigent and progressive, though possessed of Httle accumulated wealth. Can we iill the gap that has been created ? What is the duty that we owe, alike to our past history and to our present position, and more particularly to the position we have recently taken on University policy ? That (juestion the resident graduates considered last week, and the\- came to the conclusion that instead of merely raising $7,500 for another term of hve years, it was indispensable to raise an endowment, in round numbers, of at least a (juarter of a million of dollars, or half the sum that Victoria must raise to move to Toronto. l"'iftecn thousand a year is indispensable, partly to replace the l|i7,5o() we are about to lose, partly to meet loss of income owing to the steadily declining rate of interest, partly for addi- tions to the staff and for a new Science hall. The objects in detail are these : — Endowment of the Principalship $ 50,000 Endowment of Chairs of Physics, Mineralogy and Chemistry, and Mode, n Languages, $33,000 each... 100,000 New Science liall 10,000 Assistant Professors of English, Philosophy and Bio- logy, $13,000 each 40,000 Tutors in Mathem:itics, French, German and Chemis- try, $2,500 each 10,000 For Theologic'J Department 50,000 In this estimate the growing revenue from fees is taken into account. Contributions may be mnde to one or more of those objects, or to the general fund. It is also proposed : (1) That this Endowment shall be kn n as the Jubilee Fund, and shall be a commemoration of ti.j Queen's Jubilee and also of the Jubilee of the University ; inasmuch as the movement to establish Queen's commenced in 1837, though the hrst money was not collected for it till 1839. (2) That it shall consist of 500 shares of $500 each, and that a subscriber shall be responsible for the share or shares taken by him not sooner than December, 1887, but not at all unless the whole 500 are taken ; and that from that time he shall be — 6— responsible for the interest, until he pays the capital. Thus, the subscriber for a share will have to pay $30 of interest on or be- fore I St December, 1888, unless he has paid his $500, and so on from year to year — interest being paid on the amount of capi- tal unpaid ; the time for the payment of which in full shall in each case be fixed by the contributor when subscribing. (3) That a certain number of the shares should be divided into fifths, each representing stock in the Jubilee Fund of the University to the amount of $100 or $6 a year. (4I That a number of persons or a congregation may become responsible for a share or shares. It is hoped that individuals, congregations or branches of the (Jueen's University Endow- ment Association will in some cases become responsible for the full ampunt required for one or another of the objects specified above. (5) That contributors to the Jubilee Fund shall be cx-officio members of the Queen's University Endowment Association, and Jthat the same educational privileges be connected with their subscriptions as were secured by the by-law of i86g and 187S on the subject.* (6) That the name of the individual, congregation or Endow- ment Association responsible for any one of the above objects, shall be connected with that object in perpetuity. (7) That every contributor to the Jubilee Fund receive a memorial certificate of appropriate design, setting forth his con- nection with the Fund, and that his name shall be inscribed upon a shield to be set in the wall of Convocation Hall, or shall be otherwise suitably recorded in connection with the Univer- sity. *BY-LAW OF i86g AND 1878. T. — A donor of $500 founds a Scholarship bearing his own name, or any other which he may give it, and acquires the privilege of naming annually one student to attend College for one session, free of class fees. On the found- er's death his lineal representatives become entitled to the privilege of free attendance in the order of seniority. 2.— Donors of $100, $200, S300 and $400 may nominate, at any time during life, one, two, three or four students respectively, to a course in Arts, free of class fees. i — 7— It is proposed that at the annual meeting? of the Board of Trustees (April 27th), a General Conference be held in Convo- cation Hall, and that action be then taken authoritatively. An- ticipating that action shall be taken, one tried friend has already promised to take twenty shares, another live, another two, and several one share each of the proposed 500. In the nicantii'ne, I submit this statement, and would be much obliged for any indica- tion of your views on the whole subject. I need say no more. This paper has been written under a sense of responsibility that self-restraint bids me keep to myself. It goes forth from a'heart heavy with apprehension, because well aware that many have made sacrifices already and that few can be expected to appre- ciate the real importance of the work (Jueen's is doing and of the place it fills. But, the supporters of Queen's have been tested before and have never failed. If the means of some noble-minded sons were equal to their insight or their will, there would be no cause for apprehension. But it is not possible to believe that our University, with its noble history, its present power, and all the advantages spiritual and intellectual which its constitution secures and which the fact of self-government enables its Trus- tees and Senate to utilize to the utmost, shall be suffered to dwmdle and starve, just when a new era is dawning with the promise of a wider field of usefulness than ever before. This, thank God, is the last effort of the kind that I will ever be called on to make. If it succeeds, the University will— for the first time in its history— be on a permanent foundation, and I, if spared, can give myself to more congenial work. If it fails, the responsibility will not be on those who do their duty. GEORGE MONRO GRANT. Queen's University, Kingston, April 15, 1887. I — 8-- Action taken by the authorities of the University on the foregoing Circular. (i) On April 25th, the University Council met, and appointed Judge McDonald, Judge Fralick, R. H. Preston, M.P.P., Dr. Moore, J. J. Bell, Rev. R. J. Laidlaw and Rev. Mr. Cumberland a Committee to consider the whole matter referred to in the above Circular. The following is their report : " Your Committee have carefully considered tho statement and think that it so fully covers the questions with which it deals that it should be adopted and acted upon by the General Conference to be held to-morrow. Herbert S. McDonald, Chaiyman. April 26th, 1887. J. J. Bell, Secretary. (2) On April 26th, the Board of Trustees met and the follow- ing resolution was agreed to : — "After careful consideration the Trustees unanimously and heartily endorse the statement and appeal of Principal Grant, and confidently recommend them to all interested in the welfare of the University. They are glad to hear of the substantial response already initiated. They feel greatly encouraged by the enthusiastic action taken by the citi- zens of Kingston who have resolved to raise at least $50,000 as their contribution towards the Endowment, and one of whom has also agreed to build the new Science Hall, which is required irrespective of the School of Applied Science which it is hoped will be established and endowed by the Provincial Government." (3) On April 27th, a General Conference of the Trustees, Council, Graduates and Benefactors was held in Convocation Hall, Rev. Dr. Wardrope in the chair. Judge McDonald hav- ing submitted all necessary papers. Rev. James Barclay, A.M.j Montreal,- moved, and Rev. D. J. Macdonnell, B.D., Toronto, seconded the following resolution : — '* That this Conference heartily endorses the statement, appeal and resolutions which have just been read, and resolves that the General Representa- tive Committee of the Queen's Endowment Association appoint- ed yesterday be a Committee to take immediate and energetic steps to accomplish the proposal set forth therein." The motion was supported by Judge Fralick, Rev. Dr. Campbell, Dr. Pres- ton, M.P.P., Rev. A. McGillivray and others, and unanimously agreed to. 'i^ on inted , Dr. rland [1 the iment ich it ineral rman. ollow" on the it and lem to e glad ey feel le citi- ,000 as whom squired i hoped iment." rustees, ocation Id hav- r, A.M., roronto, iference s which iresenta- appoint- jnergeiic 3 motion Dr. Pres- limously