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ANNUAL GRADUATES' DINNER. •^» The Annual Univeraitr Dinner under the auBpioee of the McGill Co le^ Graduates, which came off in the Ladier Ordinary, at the Windsor Hotel, last evening, was at- tended with much telat. Nearly two hun- dred persons sat down to the well-laid tables, shortly after 8 o'clock, and partook of a repast furnished in the Winder's beet style. Mr. J. S. Hall, Jr., in the abiwnce of Mr. J. 8. McLennan, President of the Gra- duates' Sooietv, occupied the Chair, and was lupporteJ on his riffbt by Principal DawMn. G.M.G., Dr. R. P. Howard, Dean of the PaonltT of Medicine, Mr. John Mol- son. Dr. H. A. Howe, Mr. R. A. Rami^ay, Hon. L. B. Church, and on hii* left by Hon. Ciiancellor Heineker, of BtMliop's College, HoQ. Justice Johnson, Hun. R. Stearns, U. 8. CoDSul-Qeneral,and Rev. Dr. Stevenson. The vice chairs were occupied by Dr. W. A. Mdson, and Prof. McLeod, and among the large number present were noticed Dr. Alex. Johnoon.Rev. Dr Murray, Rev. Prof. Conseirat, Dr. llosi«. Dr. Gardner, Dr. Oird- waod. Dr. Rodser, Dr. Keil,Dr. O^ler and Dr> Wiikins, Mr. Kcnneay, Harbor Engi- neer, Dr. F. W. Kelly, Pn.f. Movue, Hugh Graham, J. N. GreenHhielJfl. C. J. Fleet, John McLean, Rev. T. Lafleur, Joseph Kidle, 8. Sheldon Siepbeno, Monies Davin, W. McLennan, Francis .McLennan, Dr. R. Maodonncll, L. N. Uenjnmiii, R. D. Mc- Oibb(Hi, P. A. PeierRun, J. E. Robidoux, N. W. Trenhoime, C. A. Oeoffrion, Louis Frechette, John J. Mscl^ren, H- J^ Kav- antgh, C. Heausoleil, ~ UiHaillon, H- Beau- grand, 0. H. Stephens. J S. ArchiUld, M. Hutehinsofl, Alex. Weir, A- W. Smith, K. MMpbersoii, N. T. Rull.-. O. H Chandler, C. Gushing, K. Htirlint;, Kmi(>riitk Hague, Harry Hstfue, C. DucU*.*, Rev. Mr. Newn- band, Eugene Latkur, W F. Ritchie, M.S. „tMan. J. L. .Muriii, 11. M- Aime, Jef- tny jC^Burland, W. McLva Walbank, W. M. Tajlor, Uoswell Fiuher, U. H. Lyman, A. C. Lyman, G. Couture, - Racine, — Greenshields, Reg. Kennedy, Dr. Shepherd, and many others. After the excellent wwnw had been par- taken of to the satisfaction of all, the bugle was sounded, and the President arose and proDOsed the first toast of the evening, " Tlie Queen," which was most loyally and enthusiastically honouied, all present joining in singing the National Anthem. The toast of " The Governor-General " was also enthusiastically honoured amid cheers Mr. K. Macpberson then gave a song in an excellent manner which was loudly eHcortid. "Ora UNIVERSITY." The Chairman, Mr. J. S. Hall, in pro- poning the toaRt of the evening, «' Our University," said :—" I regret, gentleman, on this occasion the abf>ence of our Presi- dent, who should have proposed the ne.xt toft«t. As one of the next in office the lot lia« fallen upon me, and I can assure you it is an honour of which I am proud, though I feel little able to do justice to the toast. Coming from a body of graduates there seems to be no more fitting toast than that of their Universitv, yet at the same time it rei|uiresbut little introduction. (Applause.) In looking at our programme anu seeing the name of our Principal, who is to re- spond, I feel my weakness. The able Uni- versity lecture, recently delivered by him, gives snch a full account of the University, its history with the trials and strufrgles, and the results that have tieen obtained, that little more can l)esaid. We can, how- ever, as graduates look back and he proud of our Alma Mater. (Applause.) When we consider the small nucleus she sprang fioin, surrounded with a litigation inat tlireatened her existence and yet see her emerge and grow, nurtured by fViends m S * it' f-J of which she can be proud, and with re- solute men at the helm, we may well have a feel i 112 ot satisfaction. (Applaune.) nnring all thiH period, fiituated in tiiis city. thougii the commercial metropolifl, her aimt) and teacliingR were all broad, and have never been local. As a reeuH to-day 8l)e staiidf not with a local character, not with a sectarian name, but with a broad national fame and reputation- (Apblauae) G^^ where one will, her reputation i« Known. her fulid e«lucational basin admitted, and in coinparifion with any of the Universitien on this continent, or even on the other, few will stand a better criticism than McGill of Canada. (Ckmtinued applause.) Well, gentlemen, we maat maintain this reputation, and use our best energies and exertions to always preserve it. lam not gviing to do any oegging or anything that miglit seem like begginc. The ITniversity ha^4 many friends, 'ana in looking at our li!*t of l)en*factors, we can boast of many tried and valued supporters. I queation, too, if we consider the age of our Alma Mater ami the individual wealth of our community that either of the two great American Universities of Harvard and Yale, could show better educational record. (Applause.) Yet, while we arecongratulatinjgournelves, we must not forget the advancing require- nientj< of any nystem of education, and the tneann necessary to carry them on. With- in H comparatively few years we can observe in uur University ttte addition of a Faculty of Applied Science, the increase in tlie Faculty of Meilicine, the extensions in the various musueuis and laboratories, in the observatory, and also tiie change in the curriculum of the Faculty of Arts, by which greater specialties may m olilaiiied. I must not forget to mention the question of the higher education of women, now before the Corporation, and the advisability of their admission to tiie educational advantages of the Faculty of Artx. (Applausi*.) All these matters have forced themselves on the Universit}, not particularly on this University, but upon every em within the institution than fh>iii without, and by the graduates, who have, perhaps, greater interest at heart in the University than any others. J We have also 'started a fund for a donation of aome kind to the University. To those who have passe- ingrad It- can do. I several r the a«i- y. The ood, and "ornjeil of to work e Univer- they wore ien a feel- ;raduateHi jbers of fniveroity, if keeping if interest in their lOBi. The ?eed upon, )een wtis- ocietT ha« id though mite to the > difiCU88ed m, and the Thi* haH md with a kfOBe it waH constituted ,nd without e changes, . thio come than f^om mates, who >«t at heart any others, fund for ind to the liave paswwi nd enpecially the country, ban that of a tto the lec- The \oM of I muAt add, •en borne, if oney, would, jnilding. and, in realising ergicM in the iter purponen. the graduate* ut a little for If we can't nd will l»c de- ■earching f«»r n Hnished, to oud appla""*)- rM recognised waM one who had done yeoman^s service for the University, and it was the leaat tribute and mark of gratitude we could offer him in asking that it should bear I is name. Gentlemen, before I sit down I wi^hyou all to ioin me in offering to that gentiemen our best wishes during his leave of absence. After a service of more than a quarter of a century in the in- terests of the University, in the interests of the community at a continual self-sacriflce, a year's leave of aboence is a well earned rettt, in which Uie least we can do is to offer him every happiness, every joy and a safe return. [Loud and continued applause]. The toast was honoured in a most en- thusiastic manner, those present sinsina " For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." Dr. Frechette, the Poet Laureate, was then called upon and recited, m a most eloquent manner, one of his poei.is. UK. U<(WS0N'h REri.Y. Pnncipal Dawson, on rising to respond (o the toast, was greeted with loud and long continued applause, which lasted tor some minutes, when the entiiusiasm oc- casioned by his appearance had suhHided, Principal 'Dawson returned thanks to those present for their kindness, and paid a high complintent to the poet laureate. Dr. r'rechette. He referred in humourous terms to the fact that he haen and Ailing their heads with a mass ot facts, but their aim had been to give that oroad liberal culture which would make the students mental facilities as supple and active as the trained athelete's muscles. The aim of the Uni- versity had been to train to the fullest extent the mental facilities of the students. That which they might term the scien- tific training of the mind, was now receiving greater attention, and he be- lieved that the true aim of the University should be to develop the power of mind that is in the student, and, therefore, en- able him to be the more [powerful, influen- tial an«l useful member of society. He did not speak of their moral education, tut in his opiiiiou it was impossible to give a sound scientific culture to men without givins; them a bias towards that which isgooifand true. [Applause.] The work of the University was a practical one and was l)ecoming more and more prac- tical as time went on and the country pro- gressed. The workmanship o( the Uni- versity was to be seen in its graduates. [Applause.] The work was a more diffi- cult one than mieht at first lje imagined. He hoped that the Kraduutes would do all in their power to advunce the interests of McGill. (Applause.) A»> their graduates became older, and more influential men, the University would look to them to do for her what other men, many of whom have not received a University education, had done for her in the pasl. (Loud Ap- plause.) The time would come when these men would pass away, and the positions of trust and h inonr in the community would be accepteil by the graduates of McGill, who would then have to sup(^)ort their Alma Mater. He hoped thut the ilay was not far distant when they would set» even grander ::nd better things, aiul when it could l>e said tliat thanks to thone wlio have received a higher education in the University there would be very few illiterate peojilc in the Dominion. Principal Daw>on resumed hinseat amid loud and enthusiastic applause. 1 }■ Ottawa's oftKBTiNo. | The Chainnsa then read the following j :«legmin which he had just received from j OtUwa:— i CTUitrman V^weralty Dinner, Montreal : The OraduatOK In Ottawa to their brethren In Montreal aend ffravUng. It J. WtCKSTBAO. OCR 8I8T8R DHITKRfllTIES. Mr. J. J. McLaren, Q.C, in proposing the toast of* The Sister Universities," re- , ferred to the numerous bejquests, amount- ing in all to about one-third of a million of dollars, that the University' had receiveil of late ^rears. [Applause.] They could also rejoice for the prosperitv that had been attending all the universfties of this Province and of the Dominion, Laval, Bishrtptt' College, Queens and Victoria Collegia. [Applause.] Thev had also with them a diittinguishea graduate of one of the most distinguished American Colleges, that of Princeton. [Applause.] A college that during the presidency of Principal McCosh had received benefactions to the amount of ov; r two and a half million of dollars. [Applause.] The toaH was enthusiastically honoureil, after which Mr. N. T. Rielle gave a song in excellent manner. CUAilCKI.LOR UKNXCKKR's AUURBSS. Hon. Chancellor Henneker, in respond- ing to the toast, expressed the great plea- sure he always took in meeting the gradu- ates of McOill. Though not one of the graduates, be was Iteart and soul v iih tnem in their work. (Loud applause.) That work was the great work of education. rApplause.] The University over which he was Chancellor was a very small on«', but though it was small, he believed thnt it would not be gainsaid that the work they did was done thoroughly (Loud applause). He next referred to the fact that the degree of colleges waH nut a Ruffijietit guarantee for the ^miaNion uf candidates to the ntudy of the professionN in this Province. He naid, as a member of the Council of PublioInHtruot'on that they had a superhuman work to do with very little means (Applause). ThiM tawk wuh to raise the whole tone of the public school system (Applause). They found them- selves at present with a system of high school education which was very eflicient in the city, but very deficient in the rural diKtrictM, and hence it becaine their duly to raiwa the tone of the schtH>ti> in thtwe liiH- tricts (ApplauNe). They were met in their endeavours by the nur- prejudiceM of the profei*- 8k>nal men of this Province. Be asked them if it was not time for them to join with the Council of Public Instruc- tion in providing the desired improvements. (Applause.) Tnese prejudices arose from the fact that they were incorporated bodies and desired to shut themselves off. The plan of the Council was to have an exam- ining lioard, whose duty it would be to see if those who wished to enter for the study were qualified to do so, and they would never raise the standard of their country schools until they had such an examin- ing board. The university degree, even which should stamp a man as one of culture and refinement, was not taken ao a guarantee, and these men even for prufenflional certificaten in thifi Province were obliged to undergo examination He believed that this was a disgrace end »>hould be fought until it no longer existed. (Applause) He did not see, if this con- tinued, that there watt any use of having a Faculty of Arts at all in this country. He wished them therefore all to join in naring thiH obnoxioufl nystem repealed at the next session of tlie Queliec Legislature, and the degree to serve as a sumcient guarantee for the entrance to the stud> of the pru- feHHions, without further examination. (Loud Applause) United States Consul-General Stearns, in responding to the toast expressed his pleanure. a«i a graduate of Princeton, in being calleil upon to soeak to this toast. He referred to the foundaion of the collegefl in the neighbouring republic. Within twenty years after the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth, Harvanl University was es- tablished and then followed the foundation of Yale, Pi-inceton and other colleges, and during the war of independence the«*e colleges iiad taken a leading part. Among tho<«e who signed the declaration of inde- pendence waK a graduate of hi» own col- Iw, Jam< « Maalison, afterwardM President of the United Stateit. [Applause] From these colleges the Unit««l States had receiv- ed its greaiefit (•trength and oweil to them much of its development. [Applause]. He felt that the strength and future pro- \ gross of their great republic depend- ed, to a great extent, upon the 1 men that went out from the^e ' institutions. (Ix>ud applause.) On be- half of thette colleges of hin native land, their profes«ors and alumni, he offere«i them liin mo«t hearty congratu latiumi. He concluded his eloquent remarks bv refer- ring in high terniH to Principal I>awM>n ana the valuable work he had rendered to I I his oounlrj and the world, in the science of geology, which was the Rister science of rehgion. (I^ud applause). OUR OLDK8T FAOVLTr. Bon. L. R. Church next proposed the toast of « Our Oldest Faculty," and, in doing so, referred to the early liiHtory of the Medical Faculty and the ser- vices rendered by such men as Robertson, Holmes, and others — fap- i»lause,] and later on by the late ainenled Dr. Campbell. In thoHe early days the foundation of a medical cchool waa DO trifling matter when all the ditfi- cultitfs were considered. Passing on to later days, when such men as Maodonell, Hall, and others, were connected with the Uni- versity, they came to modei n days, the days of men now, living the days of such men aA the Jowards and Scotts. [Ap- plause.] Still further changes were now about to be roa- tic of the Faculty in the paet had been earnestness, faithfulness and regularity in Uie discharge of its duty. (Applause.) Ah their present professors had, with few txceptions, been trained m thin Huhool, he was confident that their work in the future would be markeiHrr the same characteri>>- tio«. (Afl^ause.) For the future ihey had nmfbofor hope. (Applause.) They desireii to get the best and mont earnent men. The Medical Faculty ha«l been alive to the improvements that had iteen nimU* in tlie teaching of medicine, and had acted accordingly. (Applause.) In 1870 tl»e flrst great advance was made, when the •tudent was obliged to undergo a practical examination at the bedside, and in 1876 another step forward was made when the summer session was established. (Ap- plause.) In 1878 and '79 the Demonstrator of Anatomy was made an Examiner, and that subject was made a subject of examina- tion, while about the same tune a laboratory of physiology was established and a demon- otrator appointed. These were proofs of the great aidvancement that this Faculty was making (applause). And now another great step was being taken in the establiph- ment of the Campbell Endowment Fund, with a view to enlarging their sphere of usefulness and also the establishment of a new chair (applause). Although the old- est Faculty he would say that they had not yet reached the age of senility, and as a sign of strength he might say tuat most of their Professors had receivea the training in the McGill School. (Loud applause). Mr. Fleet gave a song in an admirable manner. Hon Justice Johnson', then proposed the toast uf " Canada " as follows : — Mr. President and gentlemen of the Gra- duates Society of McGill,— I beg leave to ?ropose the toast of" Canada," (Cheers), on have heard to-night a great deal alK)ut your University, perhaps not too much, but you still have a little time to think of your country. The ringing cheer that greets the word shows me itgoes^traighttoyour hearts, as itought todo. I shall make no apologetic preface. If I am not fit to speak someliow to such a toast, I ought to be ashamed of myself, for I am a Canadian to mv heart's core. The degree uf fitness is another mat- ter. As to that 1 shall make no apologies either. If I fail to say what I wish, it is '^ot for want of will to'thank the Almighty or all His mercies to myself and to this my peration that are conceivable, and that have tieen indeeti al- reiMJy conceive»i and expressed by dome mioQS that have given llie subject atten- tion. It preMUtA, ali«o, certain features of anomaly, and, perhaps, of d fliculty and danger,' which niay rcifjuireall ihesagacily and courage of the* men ol the present day to encouhter and overcome, it presents the spectacle of a numlwr of greater or ieswr, but for the most part of self-govern- ing communities, earh asserting and prac- tisms sovereign rights, not only ill its own territory, but as regards each other and as np^rdn the i arent «^ate iuelf ) for the power of taxing is of course a eovereign power in thesrnse I am speaking of, audit IS exercised, notonlv aguin-l strangers, biic against the other clHltlrrn of the tam>nalile and the honourable aim • f moft yuung nu-ii. The duty may Im> aM frreal with a natiun us with an indivsiual ; the ditHcuHies may l)0 greater, or at leaxt on a larger scale ; but one thing certain in both cai'efl i^ that life is ma4le up of what are CMlleti difficulties, and character omsists in overcoming them with dignity. A voice I shall never hear on earth again once tMiid-io me, when I was very voung, " Any fool can swim with the current; but it lalie- a man indeed to swim ngainsi it," wonis which I have nvver for- gotten, and which you mav perha(>s now take to heart iK-tler'than I have done. Dif- 11rultie« indeed ! What are our difticutties com^iareii with iho»«e of the glorious race** in our iiiotlitrland. in rearing for thi-iii- M>|vfM the political liU-rtie- which, throuirli the blootl ami the tparn, and the utitliniii- iiig courafp, and th»« anleBl nrayers, Hnd ihenillin): desth* «'f tmr fulhpr», at lii-t UX»k shape in ihe fabric of the British cuir stitution! That constitution may be said in a general wav to Iteours, though it is not tiuite ho certain that with the form we also nave the sul)stance and reality of it. We may have one as gi>o«J, and bet'er too perha|Ni with referi-nce to our diflerent con- dition. All that I will not rtop (o debate now ; but the English constitution as known to history we have not, any more than we have the English civilization of the present day ; for the ntodern outcome of tiie me- diaeval, the feudal, the ecclesiastical, tlie commercial and the military spirit which make up tiMiav the constitution and the civilixation of England, is a very rx»mplex thing indeed, and a very different one from the tmiiui and simple democracy of Cane's. I do not, as I sai«l before, venture to stop a moment to discuss which is the Itetter for us— we have no choice ; but I only note the difference, and wish to avoid the mistake of contusing in -all respects two things that are different in many, ditTerent in the stuff they are made of, ditlerent because in Eng- land there is a distinct and well markM line beiwe<-n clasnes and ranks, the result nf feudal ami other caiisen, while here, for lietter or for worw, we are all of one class, all of the people. Whether a constitution of historical growth ami adantation in an old country can lie successfully transplant- ed bv statute into a new country under very different conditions, is one of the pro- blems of the future. It reminds me coine- times of the plum-puddings of my youth, in the great Northwe«t, in the days of its complete isolation from the rest of the world. Onc« a year, at least, in Miose days, every one must nee haale on the streetfi. the pusliing nobodies with which popnIouH cilieH, of course, abonnd. .1 8uppo«e you have never lieen very sensi- tive about that i;ort of thing, and, on nty part, 1 am convinbetl that it is neither com- mon nor genuine; it is swagger, pure, sim- ple and snobbish, swagger of the same kind that used to make Buly peopje say, iand probably Wlieve, i'onie half a century ago, that one Englishman was worth three Frenchmen. Of course, to reason with such people would be abtmrd, and they ihemsf lve.«, I am sure, would be puzzled ifyouasketl them to mention the precise sort of inferiority they mean. Superiority lioth in kind and in degree there, of conr»e, is ; inferiority, undeniable and lieyond all comparison, in re.xpect, for instance, of national power, commercial wealth and, above all', in learning and culture. But England's history is ours a% well as her's, ana so are the riches of l^er example and the pride of her achievements. And when we come to inferiority of another kind — the inferiority clearlv implieil in these occa- sional and foolish insults— it is, as a little examination will show, as entirely unfound- eil and completely contrary to actual and historical truth, as the imputation itifielf is opposed to the taste and manners for which we naturally turn to imperial example, it is no pleasure to look back at the iiistancet of conflict between Great Britain and her colonies; they are assuredly no matter of exultation on either sist nothing, if you take say from the time of Bunkers Hill down to'Majuba, England ha* never been beaten at all, as far as I remember, except by her colon i«l s ! Come down to more peaceful struggles ! the cricket field and the water, who has ever l)eaien Eng- land at the bat, or with the oar, unless it lie her pwn coloni^tM ? So that, alter all, perhaps, if we had no belter ta*n,or as Americans wooM say. a race of races. We Latins want to show Uiat though we are outstripped in wealth we elafan not to be infnrior in the intelleciual realm. And McGill has rreogniied this in ooafnring tlie degree of Doctor of Laws on Mr. Frschette, our FrenebiXJanadian poet (Cheers.) Mr. CtooflHon ck«ed by a fl»w words in Bnf^h and rssumed his seat amid ap> pbrtise. M^ BoswBix Fisan also replied to the toast of Canada, and thought himself a worthy Canadian as fkr as his ai^irations for Canada were concerned. Their'swaea bic country though not widely known be- yond its borders; though a big country, it had yet to become a great country i indivi- dual and national character was wantsd. Hs urgsd them to make their country a greatsr Britain and to be themeel vee greater Britiooe [appUuse]. Bev. Dr. Stkvwsom, in propoeing the health of the Press, eaid he woUM not ven- ture upon what Carly le had called ** SaUn's InviMlileWorld Displayed," [laughter], btit would say that the Press was at least pro. lifio in news and in the creation of new alitudes of languagst where fbct ended, imaginatton b^pMi, and news, whether true or not, was always more or less striking. [Applause]. Seriously, the Preen was s great power in the dimision of fcnowledgr>, whiob was the safeguard of Uberty . The rev- erend gentleuMui resumed his scat ainidnt great ohesf^ng, and was folk>wcd by Mr. FaacsnTX, rmlying in French to the toast of ' The Presa,^ said it was the third time be had had the misfortuae, if he might call it so» to speak after the able spsaken who bad propesed this toast. The meet interesting epeeehes are the sbortsst. He then retimed to the preee as the great civi- lising agsiit of this oentniT, and ooaeidered its greatest fnnetion was tospread the 1 ght ofeeienceand save fhom the rooks that wreeke the marlnare on the coast. Dr. Kxixy having propossd "Absent Friends,** and " Thelisdlea" having been duly hcnorsd, the company disperecd after singing " Auld Lang Syne,** all pronounc- ing the dinner a moet marked suoesss» «itI1iaT««word •flfortio draw off th«thini isini' lofMeOm Ho- . BntMeOillu WeuMdtohAve Mitoonipetion»or • rMf of nam. latUioaiihweMe elfttan nolto be m1 realm. And liaoonferringtlM ooMr. FreohctU, . (Chcen*) . y a few words in ii Mat amid ap' ^Ito replied to the lOttght bimeelf a Mhie aspirations ed. Their'swasa widely known be- ll a big oonnlrv, it A country \ inditi- aoter was wanted. e their country a tbemseWes greater in proposing the ; be would not Ten- lad called **8nUn's sd,'* [laughter], but 18 was at least pro. e creation of new where fcot ended, Mws,wh*"thertrue ra or less striking. , the Press was a ision of knowledge, I of liberty. The lev- ied his seat aniidMt I followed by ing in French to the aiJitwas the third ifortuae,ifhemight » the able speaken I toast. The m^t Tt the shortest. He MS as the great oivi- tniy.nndooasidertd Mtoapreadthelgh wn the rocks that Q the coast. proposed "Absent LAdiM^ having been tpMiy dispersed sfter ^ii«V* all piwwunt ^srkedsocesea^