CIHM ICI\/IH Microfiche Collection de Series microfiches (Monographs) (monographies) Canadian Instituta for Hiatorical Microraproductiona / Inatitut Canadian da microraproductions hiatoriquaa • !• Technical and Bibliographic Notes / Notes technique et bibliographiques The Institute has attempted to obtain the best original copy available for filming. Features of this copy which may be bibliographically unique, which may alter any of the images in the reproduction, or which may significantly change the usual method of filming are checked below. Coloured cavers / Couverture de couleur I I Covers damaged / — ' Couverture endommanee \ I Covers restored and/or laminated / Couverture restaurSe et/ou pelliculie I I Cover title missing / Le litre de couverture manque I 1 Coloured maps / Cartes geographiques en couleur I I Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black) / Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) I I Coloured plates and/or illustrations / ' — Planches et/ou illustratkins en couleur 1 I Bound with other material / Relie avec d'autres documents I I Only edition available / ' — I Seule edition disponlble I I Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion along interior margin / La reliure serree peut causer de I'ombre ou de la distorsion le long de la marge interieure. I I Blank leaves added during restorations may appear within the text. Whenever possible, these have been omitted from filming / II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajoutdes lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte, mais, kxsque cela 6tait possible, ces pages n'ont pas ete fHmies. L'Inslitut a microfilme le meilleur examplaire qu'il lui a ete possible de se procurer. Les details de cet exem- plaire qui sont peut-6tre uniques du point de vue bibli- ographique, qui peuvent modifier une image reproduite. ou qui peuvent exiger une mortifications dans la m6th- ode normale de filmage sont indiqu6s ci ''issous. I I Coloured pages/ Pages de couleur I I Pages damaged / Pages endommagees I ] Pages restored and/or laminated / Pages restaurees et/ou pelllculdes \z Pages discoloured, stained or foxed / Pages decolorees, tachetces '-u piquees I I Pages detached/ Pages detachees r7 Showthrough / Transparence I I Quality ol print varies / ' — ' Qualite inegale de I'impression I I Includes supplementary material / Comprend du matenel suppl^mentaire I I Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata slips, tissues, etc, have been refilmed to ensure the best possible image / Les pages totalement ou partiellement obscurcies par un feuillet d'errata, urie pelure, etc., ont ete filmees a nouveau de fa^on a obtenir la meilleure image possible. I I Opposing pages with varying colouration or discolourations are filmed twice to ensure the best possible image / l.es pages s'opposant ayant des colorations variables ou des decol- orations sont filmees deux fois afin d'obtenir la meilleur image passible. D AddWonal comments / Commentaires suppl^mentaires: This itMt is filmed at the raduclion ratio chackad balow/ Ct docufimit «t f ilme au taux dc reduction indiqui ci'dessous. lOX 14X «X SX »x »x t2X 28 X Tha copy (Umad hara ha* baan raproducad thanka to tha 9anaro(itv of: National Library of Canada L'axamplaira tilmt fut raproduit graea * la Otntrotit* da: Blbllothaqua natlonala du Canada Tha imagat appaaring hara ara tha bati quality peaaibia eonaidaring tha condition and lagibillty of tha original copy and In kaaping with tha filming contract apacificationa. Original capias in priniad papar covars ara filmad baginning with tha front covar and anding on tha last paga with a printad or illustraiad impraa- aion, or tha back covar whan appropriata. All othar original copio* ara filmad baginning on tha firit paga with a printad or illuatratad impraa- sion. and anding on tha last paga with a printad or illuatratad imprasaion. Tha last racordad frama on aach microflcha ihall contain tha symbol ^» (moaning ■CON- TINUED"), or tha symbol V (moaning "END"), whichavar appliaa. Maps, platas, charts, ate, may ba filmad at diffarant raduction ratios. Thosa loo larga to b* antiraly includad in ona axposura ara filmad baginning in tha uppar laft hand cornar, laft to right and lop to bonom. as many framas as raquirad. Tha following diagrams illustrata tha mathod: Las imagas suivantas ont tt* raproduitas avac la plus grand soin. compta tsnu da la condition at da la nattatt da I'aaamplaira film*, at an conformity avac laa conditions du contrat da filmaga. Laa axamplairaa originau* dent la couvartura »n papiar ast ImprimOa sont filmOs an commancant par la pramiar plat at an tarminani soit par la darniOra paga qui comporta una smprainta d'Imprassion ou d'illustration. soit par la sacond plat, salon la cas. Tous laa autras asamplairas originaus sont filmta an commancant oar la pramlAra paga qui comporta una amprt -« d'impraasion ou d'llluatration at an tarminant par la darnitra paga qui comporta una taila •mpraint*. Un das symbolaa suivanta apparaitra sur la darnitra imaga da chaqua mieroficha. salon la caa: la symbols —»■ signifia "A SUIVRE". la aymbola V signifia "FIN". Las cartas, planchas. tablaaux. ate. pauvant atra tilmto k das taux da rAduction diftArants. Lorsqua la documant ast trap grand pour itra raproduit an un saul cliche, il ast filma a partir da I'angla supAriaur gaucha. da gaucha i droiia. at da haut tn bas, an pranant la nombra d'imagas nAcassaira. Las diagrammas suivants llluatrant la mathoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 MKXOCOfY RISOIUTION TKT CHART (ANSI ond ISO TEST CHART No, 2) 1.0 If I I 12.0 L25 mil 1.4 mil 1.6 A APPLIED •'V3B ^JS Rocn«iter. ntw ri SiS (716) 288- S9S9 ~ I <^ <^ <^ <^ <^ <}¥ <^ T/|c fJcW Science Hall DJJIVERSIT7 OF OTTJlWJi, Inaugurated Junn 19th. 1901 t I WV \, ( \N \li\ Zbc IWcw Science Iball . 0(. Zbc TClniversit^ of ©ttavpa 3nau(iurate& June 19tbt U01. OTTAWA. i:ANAnA ; Th« Ottawa Pbiktiku Co., Limitrd, Mcwckovb Stbkist. THE NEW SCIENCE HALL OK Tin-; UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA. |H^geQ|\li hrif^ht morninjj in the early fall of 1856, a few dozen || jKa J lads f,'aihered for the first formalities o( an acaden'li: KJhQV^! _vear\ work in the new stone building- which to most of •^^^**' them, as to most ot the people of Bytown, seemed a stately college home. The new building was not indeed palatial, hut eompareil with the humble quarters provided for faculty and students in the Colley^e of Bytown, since its inception, ei^ht vearK before, the five-storied structure, 84 by 40 feet, on Wilbrod street, looked charminj^Iy iniposin^;. Hytovvn became Ottawa ; the College of Bytown became the I'niversity of Ottawa ; the new capital grew, and it"* leading educational institution more than kept pace with it. The stone building, bc.;an thirty years previously, had by 1885 been enlarged to more than seven times its original size, and in that year the theological students who could no longer find room in the main edifice, moved into a new building on the banks of the Rideau, truly splendid in dimejisions, style and surroundings. Before ten years more had rolled by, another colony, this time collegiate students attending the Apostolic School of the Oblate I-'athers, went to occupy the fine modern annex on Theodjre street, opposite to the College Block. These extensions and annexes, however, tailed to permanently supply ample room for all departments of the University, lireat inconvenience lias been occasioned, of late years, by the insulllciency of space allotted to the Laboratories and Museum, and by the fact that this space was very much needed for class rooms. There was but one remedy for the inconvenience, and the application of the remedy brought into existence the subject of the present sketch, the new Science Hall. Kvery iild student will remember the two small log houses that stood on the north side of Wilbrod street, facing the statue of Or. Tabarct in the central lawn. They had some interest in serving to recall a style of habitation tliat belongs to by-gone days, but standing in the midst of a modern residential quarter, and just in front of a remarkably fine building, they seemed, to say the least, not in harmony with their surroundings. A little over two years ago they became '.he properly of the follege Corporation, .ind their demolition speedily followed. L'he lot they so long disfigured, is occupied to-day by the latest L'niversity building, a a solid stone structure y8 by 85 feet and about 65 feet high. Its lofty stories, and many windows, high and wide, at once impress upon the visitor the fact that the Science Hall comes up to the modern educationist's standard of a plentiful supply of natural light and pure air. Pleasing architectural ellect has been equally well compassed. The monotonous, massive appearance that is often a feature of structures of this kind, is obviated, and grace of o.utline attained, by an ornamental tower with turrets, as well as by the broad bush-hammered stone lintels, sills and reveals around the various-sized openings and moulded hand courses on a level with the different floors. The architect was Mr. Z. Gauthier of Montreal, and the contractor, Mr. J. L. Kauteux of Ottawa. The materials used in the construction are all of most sub- stantial character. The building rests on a concrete I'oundation, the stone is the best that the noted Hull quarries supply, the pillars and beams are of iron, plate glass fills in the sashes. Terra cotta floors and asbestos plastering, combine with the stone and iron of the framework to make the structure fireproof. With- in, numerous ventilating flues, hot water coils and electric lamps, insure convenience and comfort at all times. .\n inspection of the interior must convince the educationist that the outside of the structure does not awaken any expectations which are not fulfilled, and that the University possesses several well-equipped departments of Science. Naturally the visitor will begin by the FIRST FLOOR. Two broad entrances on Wilbrod Street lead into vestibules, about on a level with the ground. The first floor of the building sciiiNci; ii.M.i.. is four feet lower, the second floor ei^jht feet higher than the floor of the vestibules. I-'irst floor seems :i more appropriate designa- tion than basement for a stttry that is as dry, airy and well lij,'hted as the best apartments in most buildings. Storerooms, workrooms and the furnace room, take up con siderable spa^ie on this fluor, but there remains a section So by <»■> feet which has not been assijjned to any particular purpose. The architect provides on his plan for the division of this lar^^^e area into several lightsome and accessible rooms. To select a possibil- ity of whiclf this unoccupied space may facilitate llie realization, let the discerninjj leader weig'h the respective prospects i^f, sav, an overflow from some of the departments on the hi^'her floors, luigineerin^ in one or mi^re of its branches. Technical Schiiol work or some other development in the vast field of scientific «*tlucation that public or private benefaction can speedily produce. LeaviuK" this story whose interest attaches to the future rather than to the present, the visitor finds on the floor immedi ately above it a maj^nificent store of attractii>ns, the contents ot rUF MISKIM. The southwest entrance ^ivc* direct access to this beautiful room in which an interesting; and profitable hour may be spent, for it is open to the public. The Museum with the offices and workrooms connected with it, occupies the entire second floor, The main room So by 65 feet and 20 feet high, is finished and furnished in an elaborate and tasteful style that makes it peerless am.in^' Canadian Museums. It has in common with the other rooms of the second, third and fourth stories, an ornamental metallic ceiling and a floor of clear birch 'aid in narrow strips. The wainscoting and other wooden parts of the inside finish of the entire building, except the Museum and the passages by which it is reached, are of ash. Rich quarter cut oak is the material used in the doors, arches and sashes filled in with leaded glass, tl .tt set oft" the vestibule and staircase leading to the Museum. Whatever he may have heard of it, one entering this room for the first time can scarcely realize that all the wood he sees before him in doors, column and wall decorations, and in show cases is selec/cii Spanish mahnj^am'. Kvcrythinj,' else in the inside finish nl the Museum, harninni/cs with the beautil'iilly veined wood. The cornices, mouldinj; and frieze, crowninjj the columns and walb., and the heavy panelled dado wfiich ornaments the lower part of the room, attest rare architectural taste and skill. No less creditable to the dcsijjner is the separation between Museum and witrkroom effected by a screen built up between dado and main cornice of octaj;onal pilaste.s and panels formed of sashes in which is set cream-colored leaded cathedral ^lass. The walls of the .room ati treated in a while tone and the ceilinf>. beams and cornices, in a t-ich i-ream. *'The show cases of the Museum are undouhted'y the finest on this continent, and no expense has been spared to nvk: tliL-m so." Such is the stHtement made in their notes on the Museum, by the well-known Rrchitccts, Messrs. Sproatt X- Rolph of Toronto- who elaborated the plan of the room. This statement seems con firmed by the admiration of the desij;n and finish of the cases, expressed by other experts. The variety of desij^n of the cases and their harmonious arrangement, are features that no one can fail to remark. They are finished in mahogany and the best British polished plate g-lass, and are fitted inside with American cottonwood, treated in a soft dead-white color. In all the cases the glass is in one length, so no line breaks across an exhibit. .\\\ the joints, mov- able or fixed, are made dust and moth proof by a combination nf rebates and rubber tubing. The shelving is supported on adjust- able nickel brackets. All the cases are on patented casters, so that they can be moved about. The Globe Furniture Co., of Walker- ville, Ont.. supplied the show cp es, and did the inside work of the Museum. In the superb show cases are stored a great variety ot specimens, and the visitor who has a taste for the study of either Ethnology, Zoology. Botany or Numismatics, will find in the new- Museum much to interest him. \ unifying feature of the different collections, is that they are very largely, though by no means exclusively, Canadian in composition. The old University Museum, owing to its location on the fidh floor was rather inaccessible to the public, and consequently little known. The number and variety of the specimens it contained, sur* prisfil all who visited it even in IJr. Taharct's lime. Us conlenis wore KMiluMlly ini.rcased, anil one day three years ajro, wcri; suddeniv doubled when the veteran Indian Missionary, Rev. Father Arnaud, O.M.I.,of Hetsiamis, P.y., presented to the University his splendid folScclions, the result of nearly forty yvars' labor and sacriliiv As miffht be expccte. , the Zoological Department occupies by far the most space in .he .Museum. The student ol Natural History her- recognizes specimens of a goodly number of the large mammals of Canada and of almost all the small ones of North America. There are specially fine collections of fur-bearing animals and of the heads of large game. Distant climes loo have their representatives small and large, amongst the latter being a lioness, the wild boar of !■' ranee and an enormous orangoutang. .'Xmong oceanic mammals one may remark a number of seals looking verv natural, and the skeleton of a monster whale. The collection of birds is remarkably large, and includes all the orders and almost all the families into which science divides f Vrtii Ares. Several rare aquatic birds and tropical birjs will he noticed by the ornithologist. Turning from mammals and birds to fishes and reptiles, the visitor sees before him manv excellent spe- cimens. The most striking ol these are amongst the collections of crocodiles and turtles and of snakes of the larger varieties. Not the least interesting deparlmentsot the Museum are those in which fhe taxidermist's art has no pl.ice. In one of these is a fine collection of old medals and coins, in another many n:imed specimens of woods, and a little farther on, the complete collection of Canadian minerals from the National Museum. Some rare fossils attract general attention. The Conchological Collection is perhaps more varied than any other, for the great luimber of shells exhibited represent gatherings from the deep luider many skies. In the Herbarium is a very fine named collection of Can.idian plants from the National Herbarinm, and many detached botanical specimens, some of them quite uncommon. Then if one cares tor Kthnology he may examine different skulls and many odd articles that human beings once found useful or ornamental. Relics ol the red man are most numerous. Amont,'st them .are costumes made of caribou anti walrus skins, a dog sled with sets of harness and whips, carvings, tools, weapons, pottery, b.-iskets. ^„!,.mcl!.. in a word, spocimcns of .m.»l ol llio l.aiuliw ..rk ol our Aborijfines. On the higher floors of llic huilJiii),' aro locateil Ihc Labor- atories and olhtr rooms in which facililifs arc afforded for expe'i. mental work in Sdencc. These max he xisiied outside ot vlass hours and displiv a tompleleness of modern seienlilic equipment for whieh manv. in the ah.enee of princely benefactions are wholly unprepared. The ciistern side of the third lloor is occupied by rilK IMIViUAL I.AIUIBATOKV This is a room f«> by 40 feet, fommunicatinj; with il are 11 workroom, a dark room and a room for specially work. In the location and >,'eneral arrangement ol all these rooms, the special purpose which each is to serve, has been kept closely in view, and the plans of the principal Laboratories in the country, made a sub- ject of careful study, (ias, water at hit,'h and low pressures, and the electric current, alternating- or direct, as desired, are available. The experienced eve will certainly see in the ^'eneral leatures of the Department ot Physics, possibilities for thorout;h demonstration and exhaustiv.' research. ElcBanl finish, handsome show cases, many fine insirumcnts —all shiwn to advintaije by the abundant linht which iin artistic ar. hitect has contrived to admit from all sides, nive to the Physical Laboratory a very atlr.ictivc appearance. Hirch work- t.ibles, substantial and trim in desit;n, complete the general equip- ment, and add to the pleasing ellect. A considerable quantity of apparatus from the best houses in Paris, London and Boston, has been added to the excellent collec tioo of physical instruments brought from the old Laboralorv , V\w student will find in the new Depatlment ol Physics, sufficient and more than sufficient appliances for a hij;hly satisfactory Reneral course of Physics. Provision is made for numerous experiments in every branch of this comprehensive subject. The apparatus facilitat'intr the general study of Sound and ICIectricity is parti- cularly complete. The fine astronomical telescope secured some years ai;o, is housed lor th. present in the Phys'';''' Laboratory. So too are the Solar Compass, Refractors, Sextants. Globes and other „ppar,.l.„ Ih.l ...rn, Ih. nml.us -I .. -Hc.ti.m f,.r .1,0 »ork.nK Oh.^,v.■.o,^ «lml. ii i- I"MVJ "i" - ''"> '•'' I—" " "" Jonu' lli.il on llu' ar.hilc.fs pli.n, fip- llu- Lir^.- t<.«.r ol llu- Si'tcru-e Mall. .\ >orriU„r of «hfdi llu- «i>IN '"■• •" ''"''•l> fi'"-''"' •"''• '" '' lu-iKh. -f.cvon Ic.l, ..Hi ol lK..,>> J.-ar 1,-la., on .iKh. I..! I..j;Iht ,„ ,lu. shap.lv o,v. overlying llu- an^lc of vail an.l c.-iIimk'. ,cparalc. Ihc (".y.i.al l.ahoralorv from .1,0 o.hor U,K' ' " "" Ihi- Ihiril floor, ml' III irm lull. This vapacioiii room foi public or scmi-poMic sii.nlilic locliireK aiM licmoiislralions, Mipplios a wan. lon^ I H 1'^ """'l'"',"! > a„U lovers of Scioiicf in Ot.awa. Tho i,.» Siicnco l.o.luro Hall will enahk. .1,. fnivcrsiu SdoMlilk- Socioly anJ o.h.r Soonllfu- lluhs >lsil,^■ it, lo olTcr .0 Uvlarvr and an.lionco iinus.ial advan- lak'es. The hall seals ahoiil l«o hundred and nvcnly live persons. The seats rise in tiers t,. ten feel from the floor, and are so nrranued that every one in the andienee has a elear vie« of Ihe experiments thai may he made at the la'^e vvorklahle helore the lee.nrer. ,\nv one desirous of lotting' down facts and ir,p.ess,ons durin^; a Icelnre, finds that the ri^:ht arm of his seal is ma i. lo form a eonvenieni support for ,, nole-hook. On the ,vorktahlo helore him, the lecturer or demonstrator is provided with was, Jeclricity and w.iter, and Ihe llow ofea.-l, may he reL'ulated as desired. Hehind the speaker is a smooth white wall ,„ receive views from a stereopticon. The instrument is so placed that no one is in-onvenienced, and appliances are at hand lor either ihe osvhvdro»,-;n or the eleUrl. TiKht. Tables for specimens and exhibit's 'are ^iven ample space in Iront of the tiers of .e;,ts. .•Wjoinin); the hall is a room for committees and hclurers. The 'artre clieerv room in the tower on this floor, is shortly to he fitted up as a Science Library, .\monnst other valuable collec- tions that it will contain, will be the Publications of the (.eolo^-ical Survey of Canada, presented by courtesy of tl-e Director, Or. Bell. The fourth floor of the building is intcrestinK by its excellent finish and fittin^-s a ul by the line view it affords of Oltawa and Ihc siirriMinilinj,' cmintry. A corridiii- of which the upper h:ih'o( the wall (in cilhi.T side is of i,'lass, leads from the broad staircase to the principal rotini, nil-; iilKMUAi. i.AnoKA rOKV. Easy of access from this room are a Private Laboratory, a lecture room and a storeroom for chemicals and other materials. In the new home of the Chemic.d Department the student is pro- vided with facilities for doin;; liis experimental work in a thorough matmer and under most favorable conditions. In location and finish the rooms leace nothin;; to desire ; they are heated and lighted perfectly, and the system of ventilation ert'eclivcly prevents the accumulation o\' foul odors and noxious gases. The main room has a floor space Mo by 40 feet. It contains eighteen worktables with heavy slate tops. Every table is six feet to the side, and so gives working space to four students, each of whom finds in his section, w ater, gas, a sink, a drawer, shelves for his reagents and a locker for the storage of apparatus when ni>t in use. There are two large side tables for experiments requiring complicated apparatus. Hoods are provided for the preparation of poisonous gases and tor acid evaporation. lughty students may be comfortably seated in the lecture room, wach one having a writing desk before him. .At the dispo- sition of the professor are a platform and reading desk for lectures, and a well-fitted worktahle for experiments in presence of his class. Contiguous to the lecture room is the Pri\ate Laboratory. This room, situated in the ornamented part of the tower, with its loflv ceiling and magnificent arched and foliated windows coin- maiiding a charming view, seems a fitting plate indeed for the reception and appropriate use of instruments by which her iealously >,'uarded secrets are wrested froin nature. The large supply ol apparatus in the main room lor the ordinary text-book experiments, is supplemented in the Private Laboratory by instru- ments h^r delicate work in organic and inorganic qualitative and quantitative analysis. Several of these instruments, such as a microscope of remarkable p.iwer, a delicate chemical balance and a polarizing sai charimeter, would attract attention in any labor- atory. On the I'oiirtli floor is iilso located THE MINEHAl.Or.UAI. LAllORAKOKV. In this room fifty students may find workinj; space, and each has before him apparatus, water, jjas, reagents and al else f , hi ,.unlne -nvilvsis. Kverv student also has shelves necessary for Wowpipe .iiiai} MS. i.>>- . i, ,,..^11 and a locker tor the stora.-e of articles used by h,m. Oesk «al cases, conveniently placed, contain samples ol a »;reat var.ely of minerals. These are distributed amongst students for exper. mental «o'k. The study of the mineral products of the Pomnuon, is facilitated by the large collection of Canadian mmerals m the Museum. . . , i *'! ■ „i The lecture room mentioned in connection w.th the Chem.cal Department, is of course available for lectures and demonstrat.ons in Mineralogy. Likewise the Private Laboratory affords lacdities for specialty work in this branch. Up to the present, want of room has been a senous, ihough not the only obstacle to the establishment of special courses ,n the eminently practical sciences of Chemistry and Mmeralogy Very reluctantlv have many young men in Ottawa and at a d,s ance been informed that the Laboratories had to be reserved, almost exclusivelv, for the Classical Course of the University and that conseque,;tly they could not find in the capital the facilities they sought of qualifying for a calling in which a knowledge of one or both these sciences is essential-.ha. of analyst or ass , r, for instance. With the opening of the Science Hall the aspect of affairs changes. Special students, to a considerable number, may be allowed the use ol the new Laboratories, and no great outlay would be required to ' e provide courses in Chemistry, Mineralogy and kindred . jects, and in Klectricity too, second to none in the country. , ... .. m,,, It must be confessed, however, that the I niversity ot Ottaw... entirely dependent as it is on .he lees of students cannot be reasonably expected to very soon give full effect to the possibih- ties which the practical mind will see in the existence ""d presen equipment of the new Science Mail. Vet it seems regrettable that these possibilities should not he at once turned to account in the Province of Ontario which spends ever-increasing sums in pro- viding lor inslruclion in .-Vpplied Science. Slatutos in our times commonly decree that the public cofTers shall remain closed to college corporations whose general acts are exempt from slate control, but that regulation, elsewhere, and latterly at least, in our midst, has been given no narrow interpreta- tion. Only the other day, a number of public spirited respon.sihle citizens forming a corporation ofTering satisfactory guarantees, secured from the Provincial treasury the sum of Siocooo for a School of Mines in Kingston, a much less important centre than Ottawa. All familiar with the circumstances connected with that grant, know that bv it and a similar one for the opening of special courses in the new Science Hall in Ottawa, the universities of the two cities would be effected in exactly the same way. The principle being wisely admitted that not one city alone in Ontario, is to benefit by tiovernment support towards educational work in Science, it is incredible that a responsible corporation of Ottawa citizens, would fail to obtain state aid lor the maintenance of a School of Science. The Dominion capital olTers ideal advan- tages to the young man who seeks to add to technical qualifications the development of a broad Canadian spirit. Ottawa possesses all the desirable conditions that can he claimed for the other cities in Ontario in which Schools of Science exist, including that of many well-organized University courses, open to all, from which students in technical branches may choo'se one or more subjects that will supplement their specialty work The idea that a Science School is not needed in Ottawa, or that its interests would clash with those of institutions in other parts of the Province, is not tenable. That idea will not even enter the thoughtful unbiassed mind that has noted the continued exten- . sion of courses in Applied Science and the growing need of well- tr.iined experts for the development of natural resources and the building up of industries in our fair Dominion. Definite evidence that vastiv additional facilities for practical training in Science, are needed in' this section, is supplied by the situation of Ottawa in the heart of a region exceptionally fitted for industrial progress, and by the action of a college corporation, not inclined to venturesome- ness, undertaking the erection and equipment of a large Science Hall when nothing seemed possible hut tuition fees and rather uncertain private benefaction. No pron,l,e of any assistance whatever, had been n,aJc to the College authorities when the Science Mall was he^-un, but ,t ,s ,.ratilVin« to state that within the pas, tew n,onths, two .-entlemen ot means, Mr. M. 1'. Davis of Ottawa, an old student and N r. N llanee of Toronto, have yiven very substant. 1 proof .ndeed of ,1c, interns, in the work to be carried on in the new bu.ld.nK- l-c - ,hen, has donated the handson,e sun, ol five ,l,ousand do lars toward defraying the cost ol const.ucion and .:,u,p,„e„t. These ^;entle,nen, if consuUed, would be reluctant to allow ' -'^t;;"-- ^ to be proclaimed to the world, but iust.ce den,and- that the,r «, Us be n,en.ioned in these pa,-es, and that the sincere thanks ot the institution they have aided be tendered to then,. In connection with the benefit that would accrue to educational work in Ottawa by the establishn.eu, o. a Science S:hool and by increased private benefaction, it may not be out ot plac-e to here state a lew facts not perhaps fully enoutjh understood by all who may read these lines. Leaving out of consideration its two Theological Schools, the courses in the University of Ottawa are open to all, and s.nce ,he foundation of the institution have been attended by many students of different reli^nous deno,ninations. This is as uUKht b. expected, for in ninetv-five per cent, of these courses nolhn,!,' could poss,bly be found objectionable by any one, no ,natter what Ins tenets n,ay !• n^lish is the only lan^-na^-e used in the lecture roo,ns, except as in the majority of Catholic colleges, in the l.atn, lectures ,„ Philosophy, and, as in all colleges, the lectures on the '"-•-;'-;•' modern lan^ua^es when the students attend,n« then understand these lansjuages. The institution in ,«6„ secured from the Don„,„on (.overn- ment a cha,ter empowering' it to confer decrees s.nnlar to those conferred bv other universities throuyhou, the count,y. In ,«N ,1 received from His Holiness, Leo XIN, all the pr,v,leKes ol a Catholic University. In view of these conditions, it is natural th, t Cathohcs who, desire to have their sons, or the youth of their ,ace, educated ,n English, si,ould consider the University of Ottawa as eMsfng •ipecmlly for Ihein. Catholics do so indued, and that Ihc inslitulion responds lo reasonable expectations is attested hy the success which (jraduatcs of the I'nivcrsily have, almost without exception, attained in the hijfher walks of life, throughout the len(,'th and breadth of the Dominion and in many slates of the ncij-hborini; republic. Thouyh certain that the adoption of a dilVerenl course would brin),' more students to its Classical Ueparlmcnts, the University of Ottawa has resolutely kept up a v;ry high standard of studies, in the conviction that thorou,;h work would win and maintain confidence, and tend to attract endowments. In winning and maintaining confidence the University is proved to have been successful by the number of students in attendance, and also, though this is stated with regret, by its having to close its doors to many deserving young men who, on account o( limited means, need assistance to complete the long course of studies required for a degree. Confidence is shown in another and no less convincing way, by the readiness with which the diplomas and certificate- of the University of Ottawa are accepted by all the seminaries and schools of Law, Medicine and Science throughout Canada, and in all of the very large number of similar institutions in the United States, in which they have been presented. Unfortunately the institution has not received as generous benefactions as the majority of Protestant colleges. A comparison of what members -if different denominations have done for their institutions cf higher education, certainly wi jld not give our co- religionists the place that they occupy in point of number, nor even, we believe, their present position in order of means. This fact miiy be explained, in part at least, by the larger contributions of Catholics for the erection of churches and maintenance ol primary schools. Catholics too, have rightly a firm conviction tliat the members of religious orders and many of the secular clergy, may be relied upon to give their time gratis for the cause ol higher education, and bring to their work talents, attainments i..jd energy that cannot fail to command success. When all is said, however, it must seem regrettable that wealthy Catholics should allow an institution like the University of Ottawa to remain prac- tically without endowment. lIlTL- i- aii in^titiii ion whk-li liiit rvi.'ivvJ IVom I'liiir.li itid SlHlc ihtlnllcsl liiivcrMl> li.««r. AU instiliitik>n \vh !ilu>wll It hi! 01 r a m.i»l !..ili^f.utor) tllariitlcr, I' all \W U'«l^ li> Wllilh I'dULillUMlHl 1 re'iuU'* van ho ,1, hit \iliMi i« Kll aliiHist w I'Ktslin^ holly JopcilJcat on inlcr f-h sp'-" ilenoniinalion » hiih onl*' ni It-* I'.tiiks I ot XVi ..Itli. Stholarsliip- ari' rilcil, Ji'hI'i ri'ni.iin Co ho wipol ll^'ht he -Ircn^' nL'tlicndil anJ Ihi Jcp.i hiohU Jc^iral hie lo uW II. > "IT 111- cxi»liiin dcparlincnis nninls wlilth it i> Mo.lical School, ior whivh {\w acvcssorics. ThiH Jinrcs,ion ropcclin^ Ihc .neril. and nv.d- ot llu- rniw.r»itv of Ol.awa, «ill W- pardoned h» reader- s.ho Uno>. how real both' are, and how seldom .he alKnlion of n,an> x- n,,L;hl feel interesled has been invited to lliein. o return lo the new Seienee Hall. .Ml the outside work was eompleted last fall ■, the hnildinK- was eondortahly healed dnrmj; Jhe lintcr. and the inside hnish ,radualh .rdded. .on,e n,o„ths a.M,, students bet,.an doinw experimental work ,n the new l!;,horatories; at the date of writing, the tin.shn.^ touches are bcinK K'iven to all parts of the buildmn. The formal opening ol the Seienee Hall will take pl.we on Wednesdav, June loth, at two oVloek. After the summer holidays all the regular seienee work ol the l-niversitv will be done in the new building, and i, is hoped that at an earl'v date the I'hemieal and Mineralo^eal I.ep-"-;"- «'' be open to student- who desire to take speeial eourses. 1 he least .hat'he l-niversity expeets to be able to do durn -Mhe eom.nKj vear, is to provide popular evening eourses, expernnen al ,md 'theoretieal, in Chemistry ..nd Mineralogy for youuK' ."en u, Ottawa who desire to seeure son.e km.wledKC of seienees that bear dn^eelly npon the location and extraeti f the «'oat mu.eral wealth ol ihe Liniiury. Ottiiwii, Out., June 1^1, Kjt'i- THE UNIVERSITY OTTAWA, CANADA. Theological, Philosophkd, Classical, Scientific and Commercial Courses. PRIVATE ROOMS FOR SENIOR STUDENTS. Calendar sent on application.