IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // O C'x V ^ ^ WJ- P- /hr fe -IM ilM ,, 1 12 i||||2 2 I.I 1.25 IIIIM MO 2.0 1.8 1-4 III 1.6 <^ /a ^. o e). cf; ^^ i which position his sage counsel and active aid were invaluable. Sir Adauis has placed the Law School under additional I obligation by presenting it with his Law Library, one of the largest and best private libraries in the Province. To-day we mourn the loss of another, whose sudden and unexpected departure speaks forcibly to us all. Henry Chase Dickson, an undergraduate of the third year, a good student, and a true and manly Christian man, was called suddenly away. Yesterday he was laid in the grave. We can scarcely realize that he is gone. He hts left a good record behind him in Dalhousie, and I think I can safely say that every one in the University who knew him is glad to think of him as a friend and 1 rother. Apart from these losses, the health of all during the session has been on the whole very good. One student required to go south an account of ill-health, but all the rest of us have been able to work the winter through. BOARD OF GOVERNORS. We are happy to report that the chairmanship of the Board, rendered vacant by the death of Sir Adams, has been filled by Mr. John Doull, who was always one of the very 1 I best friends of the College. Mr. Adam Burns has accepted the Vice-Chairmanship. No one not engacjed in the active work of the University can have any idea of the amount of precious time given by these genMemcn to its affairs. We have lost the services of Mr. Ncwcombc, who has been appointed Deputy Minister of Justice, but our Board has been strengthened by the appointment of Hon. Robert Boak, Hon. Provincial Secretary, Mr. Fielding, Mr. T. Ritchie, and our Treasurer, Mr. James Forrest. Last evening the Alumni Association elected Mr. John F. Stairs and Mr. A. I. Trueman who will prove valuable additions to the Board. WORK OF THE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL. In the work of the University the session just closed has been one of the most satisfactory in our history. The attend- ance has been large, and in every department the work has been carried on steadily and successfully. In the Law School we have had Gl students. Largely dependent as we always are on lecturers, whose services so generously given have helped to make the Law School a success, there has necessarily been some irregularity in the delivery of the lectures. This session this irregularity has been reduced to a minimum. The self-denying faithfulness of tlie lecturers is worthy of the high- est commendation. The Moot Court, held every Wednesday, was always crowded. I was able to be present on several occasions and can testify that the pleadings and the conduct of the case.s frequently evinced a scholarly acquaintance with the principles of law and a diligence in the citing of cases which augur well for the future of the legal profession in these provinces. The Library has received costly and very important additions. Our late Chairman, Sir Adams Archibald, generously donated his very valuable library containing amono- other volumes a large number of text books which were particularly needed. The Faculty have been able to purchase a number of complete sets of American Reports : Supreme Court of U. S. ; Court of Appeal, New York; Supreme Court of Massachusetts, together with a number of other useful works, making the Law Library one of the very best in the Maritime Provinces. The Faculty secured the services of Mr. Fraser as Librarian, and I think T express the sentiments of Professors and studc^nts alilto when I say that his paiiistalvinfj devotion to the duties of his offica have doublet] the value of the Law Library. The money expended upon the library heretofore has been almost wholly contri- buted by the Professors and Lecturers of the Law Faculty. It is an excellent working library now, containing, as it does, complete sets of all the most important roports. If a few hundred dollars additional could be placeles and tlie more important Non-j\[etalic and Metalic Elements and their Com- pounds. During the second session of the course (1891-92) the students undertook a course of systematic testing for Bases and Acids, de^^oting two hours each evening to work in the Chemical laborator3\ Towards the close a few lectures were given on Organic Chemistry with special regard to the Carbohydrates and the changes which they undergo in the germination of grain and other seeds and during the process of malting, brewing, &c. During the third session (1892-93) special laboratoiy work in testing and purification of organic compounds was undertaken, includinrr preparation of ether, choloroform, soaps^ &c. A separate elementary class for new student-: was also formed. Almost every "manufacturing industry in the city was represented in the class attendin^r these lectures. It is difficult to over-estimate the importance of such teachinjT to the industries of our city. We hope that during coming sessions a mu-;h larger number will avail themselves of the advantages thus offered. Dalhousie is thus endeavouring to make her teaching of direct practical benefit to many who are prevented from attending the ordinary classes of the University. arts' faculty. The work of the Arts' Faculty has been conducted much as usual and all of the professors report satisfactory work on the part of our students. The short courses for General Students have been carefully revised. Every effort is made to meet the wants of all classes of students. During the session Prof. MacMechan conducted a special class in English Literature which was attended by 85 special students? A large number of the teachers of the city and other advanced students availed themselves of this class and are prepared to testify to the benefits received. Dalhousie wishes to come into close and intimate relationship with the community in which it is placed and every one of its professors is willing to do what he can to extend its influence. We hope that next winter special classes will be started in any department that the wants of the community may seem to indicate. LIBRARY. The Arts' Library has received a number of additions. It is not large containing only 4,500 volumes. Our aim has been to render it as useful as possible by selecting books which bear more or less directly on the work done in the difterent classes. Last year Prof. Seth, whose departure we all regretted, very generously presented the Library with S250, the proceeds of a course of lectures on Psychology to the teachers of the city. This sum is being expended on books for the Philosophical department. r 8 This year another of our professors has placed in the Library a memorial of the late Professor DeMille who from 1866-80 filled the chair of Rhetoric and History. Dr. MacMechan has presented the Library with a valuable collection of the works of English authors and a portrait of Prof. DeMille. The portrait and the books to the number of 204 volumes have been placed in the DeMille Press in the Library. This valuable gift has been purchased from the proceeds of the special course of lectures already referred to. ^ Conspicuous among the generous friends of the Library stands Dr. Furnival of London who presented us with 41 volumes of the publications of the new Shakespeare Society and 23 volumes of the transactions of the Philological Society. Our students have also done good work presenting us with about 50 volumes. Tl Philomathic Society has begun a very interesting collection of Canadian works for the Canadian corner. The Y. M. C. A., of the College haf placed on our shelves a valuable collection of works on missions. Other friends have given books, all of which will be acknowledged in the calendar. Two of our governors, Mi-. Doull and Mr. Burns have supplied the Library with valuable periodicals. THE MUSEUM. An arrangement has been entered into with Mr. Egan by which 30 cases of birds have been placed in the Museum making it one of the very best collections of native birds in the Maritime Provinces. Considerable additions have been made to the McCulloch collection and numerous objects of interest have been added to the Museum. BURSARIES. The number of bursaries at our disposal has been increased by the generosity of our Alumni in New Brunswick who offer a prize of SoO, to be competed for at the opening of next session. A good friend of the University has given a prize of $25 in books to encourage the study of English. 9 I think that any one who examines our cah'nihir or visit-^ the University, will see that we are (h)int,' tlie best we can with the means at oar disposal to meet the wants of the whole community. We are, liowever, very much hampers I for want of funds. FINANCIAL POSITION. The financial history of the University may lie p;ivt'n in a few words. Wlien Dalhousie was reviveu in lH{]'.]' its funds amounteil to a mere triHe. Apart from thi; government grant and the aid given by tlie Presbyterian Ciiurch, the whole assets of the college consisted of between forty and fifty thousand (h)llars and tlie old building. Wlu-n the grant was withdrawn and the Presb3'terian Church removi'd two of its professors, there was very little left. Tlie generous aid of Mr. Munro, foUoweil by ^^^e benefactions of Mr. McLeod, Sir William Young and Mr. Mott, saved the College from extinction. The Munio funds are largely paid in and the l)alanee is being handed to the governors as rapidly as suitable investments can be secured. The central fund of the College, the fund available for ordinary expenses, has been very little mcreased, most of the money received been contributed for special professorships, while the decrease in the rate of interest and of rents and the increased expenditure have brought us to face an annual deficit of S4,0()(). A large part of this deficit is ovving to the depreciation in the value of Granville Street property. A few years ago this property was considered the very best investment in the city. We owned six large business places in this street. Three of them were part of the McLeod estate. The sudden change which has taken place in the removal of business to Barrington Street has greatly hampered us. At present we need S-i,000 per annum, additional or an increased en