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Tous las autras axamplairas originaux sont filmto nn commandant par la pramiAra paga qui comporta una amprainta d'impraasion ou d'illustration at 9n tarminant par la darniAra paga qui comporta una talla amprainta. Un das symbolas suivants apparaitra sur la darnlAra imaga da chaqua microficha, salon la cas: la symbols -^ signifia "A SUIVRE", la symbols V signifia "FIN ". Las cartas, pianchas, tablaaux. ate. pauvant Atra filmte A das taux da reduction diffirents. Lorsqua la documant ast trop grand pour Atra raproduit Bn un saul clichA. il ast film6 A partir da I'angla supAriaur gaucha. da gaucha it droita. at da haut an bas. an pranant la nombra d'imagas nteassaira. Las diagrammas suivants illustrant la mAthoda. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA GENERAL SYNOD ARCHIVES Church House Toronto I fi^,jmmmmmmm0m HISTORICAL SKETCH or THl UNIVERSITY OF BISHOP'S COLLEGE, ' ESTABLISHED AT LENNOXVILLE, C. E., 8HBWIN0 |ls ©rigin, |r0grm mh |ment Conbitiim, VITBA LIST OF OFFICERS, COURSE OF READING, TERMS, » iwu > v t uB" '.^ " ^' 3*% H»A'^' /'4.,y^3 frr t ,' > ■ ^^ V^fMnr ?■,,«" 1 >Jfti^d m\'f-^ »<(> ' 1 «... %K' -^Jy «''\ 'hv %5a**''^^^^ HISTORICAL SKETCH US2 5 n OF THB UNIVSRSITY OF BISHOP'S COLLEGE, ESTABLISHED AT LENNOXVILLE, C. E., SHEWING ^ . |ts ©rigin, ^rojrtss anb ^itstnt Conbitian, WITH / LIST OF OFFICERS, COURSE OF READING, TERMS, Ac ilHontreal : PRINTED BY JOHN LOVELL, AT THE CANADA DIRECTORY OFFICE. BT. NICHOLAS STREET. 1857. . "^^■^'mih^'l^i'mff^m Vv CONTENTS. ■^i&i T TT Paoe Historical Sketch, 5 Proposed Junior Department, nnd Grammar Scliool, 11 Officers nnd Members of tlie College and University, 12 Government of the College, 14 List of Students, 15 Course of Study, 16 Standards of Examinations, 17 Daily Routine, 19 Expenses and Payments, 20 Terms, 20 Chapel 20 Library, 21 Philosophical Apparatus, 21 Museum, 22 Annual Income and Expenditure, 22 Wants 23 Appendix. Judge ITaliburton's Opinion 25 Glasgow Popular Encyclopedia 26 Hkl^B— - HISTORICAL SKETCH. Bishop's College was incorporated by nn Act of the Provin- cial Loglslature, bearing date tbe 9th of December, 1843, and was by a Royal Charter, dated January 28, 1853, erected into a University. The design of its establisliment was twofold : first, to provide the Church of England in Lower Canada, with a suitable place for educating her ministry ; and, secondly, to offer to the coun- try nt large the blessing of a sound and liberal education upon reasonable terms. The accomplishment of the first of these two objects involved the provision of such machinery, that, when that was adequately attained, a trifling addition only seemed requisite in order to secure the second. The necessity for such a place of education to supply the wants of the Church was so evident, that propositions were made to the Bishop of Quebec for the attainment of this object by two Clergy- men of the Church of England, (singularly enough on the very same day, and containing the Siime general outline of plan,) who, it is believed, were unknown to each other further than by name, and, at any rate, acted entirely without concert or even know- ledge of each other's movements. Some steps had already been taken in this direction, before the foundations even of the College were laid, and several theological pupils placed under the care of the Rev. S. S. Wood, M. A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, at Three Rivers, who afterwards formed the nucleus of the College. In a general point of view, the importance of such an Insti- tution was evident to all persons who reflected seriously upon the educational state and prospects of the community, with the belief — a belief which appeals to liistory for confirmation — that educa- tion like other movements ist commence at, and spread from centres. Efficient Educational Institutions of the most ordinary character imply efficient Superior Institutions. ,, -^^^ Tlio reasons for placinjj tlio CollcjEffl tit Lonnoxvillo woro, intor alia, its cciitral itositioii in tliu tuidst of tlio Ktiijlisli spcakiny; )>oiti(iii (if liowcr (Jaiuula, tlu! |)n)s|u;ct it alforclcd of jjfroat inoiliir- atioii in tlio hcuIo of l•xpoIlS(>^, ami tlio opiiortiiiiity it would otfor to many youths, of obtaiiiiiiu: Univorsity education at homo, who would otherwise seek it abroad. There was also a consideraMo amount piomisitd in that nciii^libonrhood for the erection of hiiild- inj^s, a rtito olfcroil, and other advantages held out, eiiuivalout altogether to about ,€;tUO0. The Provincial Act of Incorporation having been obtaitieil, tho buildings were begun without loss of time, and completed and made ready for occupation in the course of the summer of 1840. Meanwhile the services of two gentlemen had been secured for tho work. II. II. Miles, Ks<|., M. A., of King's College, Aberdeen, was appointed I'rofessor of Mathematics and l^hysical Science, with charge also for a while of the (iraminar School ; on which latter duty he entered in the spiiiig of 1845. The Rev. J. II. Nicolls, M. A., Michel Fellow of Queen's College', Oxford, was ap|)ointed in the same year Principal and Professor of Divinity, and entered upon tho duties of these offices in tho following August. The lleveiend L. Doolittle, M. A., of the University of Vermont, to whoso untiring exertions and perseverance in tho midst of diflicullies of every kind the College is mainly indebted for its very existence, undertook at the same time, without charge to the College, the then arduous and troublesome office of Bur- sar. The Corporation of the College having been duly organized by the api)oiiitment, by the Lord Bishop of Montreal,* (now Que- bec,) of the Hon. E. Hale, M.P.P., Hon. A. W. Cochr.in, Lt. Col. Morris, Revds. C. Jackson, C. l^ Keid, (i. Slack, and llollia Smith, E. Elliot, Esqrs., as Trustees, and the Uevds. J. 11. Nicolls, L. IJoolittle, and Henry H. Miles, Esq., as members of the College Council, met for the first time at Leiinoxville, on tho 2flth of September, 1845, and adopted a system of Rules, Orders and Regulations for the College, and such other measures as were necessary for its complete organization. * According to the terms of the Provincial Act, which gives to the IJishops of the Church of England in Lower Canada, acting con- jointly, the right of appointing all Trustees and members of the Coun- cil. There was at that time only one such Bishop. ■qpiMiHfiijpM I *, oxvillo wore, inter Kiit^Iisli fipcakintj of j^ioat inodor- iiity it would offer tion at homo, wlio so H coiiHidoralilo tiroction of btiild- d out, ctiuivalout >eon obtained, tbo I coiii|)lol('d and ! fiuninier of 1840. I boon secured for Jolloge, Aberdeen, ]^ii}'si(;al Science, School ; on which The Rev. J. II. egc, Oxford, was fcssor of Divinity in the foliowinif ' the University of jrseveranco in the is mainly indebted le, witliout charge ine office of Jiur- duly organized by treal,* (now Que- W. Cochr.nn, Lt. Slack, and Ilollis vds. J. II. Nicoiib, jersof the College }, on the 29th of ,ules, Orders and measures as were vliich gives to the imdii, acting con- mbers of the Coun- Tlio CoUcge was opened in September, 1845, in temporary :tpartnients, the least unsuitable that could be ol)lained in tho vill.ige ; and so continued for a your. The number of Students who were admitted at the opening was oidy 0.* In the course of throe months four more were added. There were no Students, liowever, admitted except Theological until the second year of thin histitutioii, when the establishment was removed to tlie newly <'omplete(l buildings. The College can scarcely until this time, be ])roperly said to have had existence. The libemlity of friends of tho Institution at QueV)ec, who pi .iced at the command of the Ck)! lege from £100 to £120 per amium for 5 years, and careful management of their otlier funds, enabled the Corporation to engngo the services of two other Pro- fessors, although at salaries which were at Hist seai'cily more than nominal, viz: Edward Chapman, Esq., li. A., of Cains College, Cambridge, Professor of Classics, and tlie Rev. I. Ilellmutli, (for a short period previously an alumnus of tlie Institution) Professor of Hebrew ;ind Rabbinical Literature. The latter gentleman wtis soon after, on the retirement of the former Incumbent, appointed to the charge also of tlie neiglibouring parish of Slierbrooke. In Kebrujiry, 1847, tho Principal was de])uted to England on belialf of the College, the Rev. I. Ilellnuith taking the duties of the chair of Divinity during his absence, with two special objects in view^ (1) That of obtaining a supplementary cliarter for con- ferring degrees, and (2) tlie raising of adilitional funds. The former of tliese objects failed for the time being ; the Home Go- vernment would, in such oiuses, do nothing, and grant nothing, wiiich was not recommended by the Provincial authorities. The other proved more successful. I3y this effort more than j£2000 sterling were raised; £1000 of which was a donation from the Society for promoting Christian knowledge; this Society and also that for Propiigating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, liaving previ- ously given £1000 each towards the eiuhnvment. These contri- Imtions together with £0000 sterling, given to the Bishop of the Diocese, by a munificent fiiend of the Church in England, Thomas Churcliman Ilarrold, Esq., of Little llorkcsley Park, Essex, and augmented by a donation of £200 sterling, from Miss Lends, of Ipswich, Suffolk, amounted to a sum which at once sufficed to give assurance of permanency. At a subsequent period, (in the •See Appendix A. 8 year 1848,) £-300 currcnc}', per "inuin, was assigned to the College by the S. P. G., out of tlic Clergy Reserve Fund. Tliis, which was afterwards commuted for £4200, together with the sums above mentioned, and above £1000 afterwards collected in Englani], in 1849, by Professor Ilellmutli, in continuation of this appeal, form the invested capital of the College. About this time a grant amounting to £250 per annura, was made to the College from the public funds of the Province. This sum was voted on the recommendation of Mr. now the Hon. Mr. Justice Ayhvin ; it was a great boon, and not the less acceptable from the circumstance of its being entirely unsought and unex- pected. The fact first became known to the authorities of the College by its appearance in the public Journals. The sum originally placed in tlie estimates on Mr. ^n.ylwin's recommend- ation was £500, the amount which was then usually granted to other institutions of the like character and pretensions in Upper Canada. It was reduced to £250, merely because the House having been taken by surprise, and the merits of the case being unknown, a trifling opposition laid against the principle of the vote, not against the Institution, was allowed to decide it. By the College itself, however^ while this accession to its means of usefulness was hailed with much gratitude, a feeling of some- thing like unfair treatment was not unnaturally entertained, and from time to time petitions were sent in for increase of aid to the extent originally intended, and actually enjoyed by other similar Institutions. Accoidingly, in the year 1850, the grant was increased to £.300, and subsequently in 1855, to £460. At the present moment the University is receiving by the more liberal judgment of its case made and recommended to the Go- vernment by the present Superintendent of Schools, £500 per annum : but even so, it is not now receiving as nmch by one half as other similar Institutions in Upper Canada, the annual allow- ance nuide to them having been increased to £750. In the summer of the year 1849, the Institution received a valuable temporary accession to its strength by the voluntary services of S. C. Sewell, Esq., M. D., as I'rofessor of Chemistry. A set of chemical and philosophical apparatus was provided, and a chemical class opened. Dr. Sewell's services, however, having been given gratuitously, the office ot Professor of Chemistry has remained a merely nominal one since his return to an enlarged **-*in^iP"'WB™ IS assigned to the serve Fund. Thi's^ togetlier with the rwards collected in ontinuation of this fe. 50 per anmira, was the Province. This , now the Hon. Mr. the less aeccptablo msought and unex- e authorities of tho ournals. The sum hvin's recomniend- usuallv crantod to 'etensions in Upper lecause the House :s of the case being he principle of tlic 1 to decide it. By ission to its means , a feeling of soine- iturally entertained, 1 for increase of aid [y enjoyed by other ear 1850, the grant 1855, to £450. At iving by the more mended to the Go- Schools, £500 per IS nuich by one half I, the annual allow- £V50. stitution received a h by the voluntary 'essor of Chemistry. IS was provided, and es, however, having ior of Chemistry has turn to an enlarged 9 sphere of medical practice. An attempt was made to revive it in the autumn of 1855,* but before the ncgociations then entered into were concluded, it became known that a revision of the ctlu- cational giant was proposed, and a degree of uncertainty was thrown over the whole subject, which rendered it prudent to sus- pend those ncgociations sine die. About this time also the Rev. G. Mackie, D. D., Official of the Diocese of Quebec, founded Annual Prizes for two essays, one English and one Latin. It was not lonsj now ere the Collejre received a shock which threatened to inflict upon it serious injury. Owing to the com- mercial depression of the year 1848, the payment of interest on investments in Montieal, amounting to about £.300 per annum, was suspended. The revenues of the Institution thus weakened, were not sufficient to enable it to carry on its work with efficiency without further aid. Tlie Corporation of the College was called together to consider what was best to be done. At that meet- ing the Professors of the College volunteered to forego such por- tion of their sahirics as the circum-tances of the case should ren- der necessary. Their ofl'er, Avithout which, as it thin appeared, the College must have reduced its st;iff, was thankfully accepted, but in the event was not needed. The Principal was deputed at the close of the year 1849, to visit the cities of Quebec and Mon- treal, and explain the position of the College. Quebec came promptly to the rescue, and contributed £.300 per annum, for three years. In this way the crisis was jiassed, and the threaten- ed danger averted. In the year 1850, the vast Diocese hitherto presided over by the present Bishop of Quebec, was divided, and another Bishop placed over the newly formed Diocese of Montreal. As soon as practicable, an Act, (dated 10th November, 1852,) was obtfiined, giving to the Bishop of Montnal, and to the Bishops of any other Sees which may hereafter be erected in Lower Canada, equal and co-ordinate powers with the Bishop cf Quebec. It is scarcely necessary to observe that this new appointment brought a con- siderable accession of strength to the College. • Yet only on such terms as could scarcely be said to have implied its permanency. Until the revenues of the College are considerably in- creased, this important chair cannot be properly maintained, nor the teaching of some other subjects such as Moral Philosophy and History^ adequately provided for. 10 In the antiimn of tlic year 1852, application was mnde to the Provincial Government to recommend to Her Majesty the grant- ing to the College a charter for conferring degrees in the Arts and Faculties, and, as was mentioned before, with success. The Convocation * of the Univeisity of Bishop's College, was organ- ized by the appointment of the Hon. W. Walker, of Quebec, one of the members of the Legislative Council, and of the lion. Mr. Justice McCord, of Montreal, to the offices of Chancellor and Vice Chancellor respectively. Under the presidency of the latter, the Convocation first met on the 7th of October, 1854, and for the public conferiing of degrees, ut the commencement of the midsummer vacation, 1855, On the latter occasion there Avere present a considerable number of mem- bers; graduates of other Universities resident in Lower Canada, having leen invited to receive degrees '■'■ ad eundeiii''' in order that the body from which degrees emanated here should include as far as possible the nanvs, and profit by tlie experience of, those gentlemen, who had gained in other Universities such distinctive marks of learning. The honorary degree of M. A., was a'so con- ferred on the Trustees of the College, and a few other gentlemen, distinguished by their higii standing in the Province, or for the interest they had taken in the cause of education. At the close of the year 1853, the Rev. Dr. Ilellmuth retired from the Professorship of Hebrew. At Midsummer 1854, Pro- fessor Chapman also retired from public duties. On his retire- ment it was thought advisable to separate the offices of Principal and Professor of Divinity, the duties of the latter being arduous and res{)onsible, and seeming to lecjuire the undivided energies of any one man. Accordingly the I'rineipal's services were transfeired to the vacant Professorship of Cias--ics, and the Rev. J. H. Thompson, M. A., of Queen's College, Cambridge, and afterwards Incumbent of Middleton, Yorkshire, succeeded to the Ilarrold Professorship of Divinity and Hebrew, and entered upon his office in February 1855. • The convocation consists of the Principal and Professors of the Col- lege, and all Masters of Arts and Graduates of higher rank, who pay annually to the College for its support 203. cy. It is presided over by a Chancellor and Vice Chancellor. Its functions are the conferring of degrees, graces, and dispensations, the prescribing of subjects and standards of examinations, the appointment of examiners, &c. The Faculties uf Law and Medicine have not yet been organized. ■MJMHl 11 I was made to the Miijesty the grant- grccs in the Arts ith siKxess. The oUege, was oigan- r, ot Quebec, one 1 of the lion. Mr. f Chancellor and mention first met on fen ing of degrees, ion, 1855, On the le number of mem- in Lower Canada, utciii''' in order that should include as 'xpericnce of, those es such distinctive I. A,, was a'so con- w other gentlemen, rovince, or for the ion. •. Ilellinuth retired immer 1854, Pro- 3S. On his retire- offices of Principal itter being arduous uudividi'd energies )iil's services were Clas--ics, and the ollege, Cambridge, shire, s\icceeded to ^brew, and entered 'rofessors of the Col- glier rank, who pay t is presided over by are the conferring of ing of subjects and niners, &c. : been organized. ihe mectinff of the Convocation which should have been held at Midsummer 1850, was from necessity, deferred till September. The lion. W. Walker, having retired from the Chaui ellurship* the Hon, Chief Ju>tice Bowen was elected in his stead. At the same time the Honorary Degree of M. A. was conferred upon a large number of Clirgymen who had been Students of the Col- lege before the Royal Charter was obtained, and the College now become an University, was enabled to resumii a connection with her Alumni, whiidi otherwise would have been totally severed. It lias been already mentioned that a Preparatory School was commenceil simultaneously with the College. But no sufficient provision was made for its permanency. When therefore, in 1853, it appeared that it was necessary either to place the Grammar School on adiflerent footing or to discontinue it, the latter course was adopted, under the impression that it would be more to the interest of the College to affiliate and encourage Grammar Schools in other parts of the country. The following Rule was adoptcd- by the Corporat on under this impression : " In order to encourage education generally in the Dioceses of " Quebec and Montreal, the Corporation shall, as their means admit, *' assist in the establishment of Grannnar and Conmn rcial Schools, ' and also receive any existing schools into connection with the " College upon such terms and for such purposes, as the Corpora- " tion shall from time to time determine. " And witii this view one or more exhibitions at the College shall " annually be given (open to all the scholars of such schools) by " examination — it being ])rovided that at such examinations per- " sons appointed by the College Council shall be allowed to be pre "sent and take part in the same, and report to the Cdllege upon " the oeneral state of such schools, and the nature of the instruc- " tion given therein." The rule still remains in force,* and it is thought that the prin- ciple of it is a sound and practical one, but it has been found impossible hitherto to establish any such connection with existing schools As, however, it ai)pears to be necessary that the Col- lege should bring its influence to bear upon, and do its best to promote the work of preparatory education, the determination has been adopted, (supported from without by friends of the Institution) to open a Junior Department and Grammar School, * * See Appendix B. >;»-il ;'i I !•;![■ 12 and arrangements are in advanced progress for securing tlic services of an experienced and competent teacher from the old country. As soon as these are concUuled the Junior De- partment and School will be opened at Lennoxville in tempo- rary buildings until suitable ac(;ommodation can be had. The charge of establishing it and its general government and super- vision is now entrusted to the Council of the College, by which arrangement it is confidently hoptd both that the respect and sup- port of the public and its tfflcicncy will be secured. Wiiile the immediate charge of the whole will be placed in the hands of the Rector, it is intended that some part shall be taken in the tuition of the pupils in the Preparatory Dcpartinetit by the Professors of the College. The French language will be taught as a roguhir branch of instruction. The fees will not exceed £9 per annum. A boarding establishment for a limited number of resident pupils will be attached to the School, under such regulations as will conduce to good order and respectability combined with economy. Non-resident pupils will be allowed to live with families in the vicinity on certain specified conditions intended to secure regular- ity of conduct. As it is impossible that such an undertaking can be fully ma- tured without considerable delay, it appears to bo the most suit- able course to enter upon it under such temporary arrangements as are available, during the present year, and in the meantime to seek among the friends of the Institution and of sound education in the Province generally, such aid as may bo necesssaiy in pro- viding proper buildings, grounds, and other requisites to its per- manent operation. There are other points upon which it is supposed that informa- tion given somewhat in detail will not be unacceptable to the j)nblic, such as is contained in the following summaries : 1. Officers and Memhers of the College and University. CORPORATION OF BISHOP'S COLLEGE. Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Quebec, President. Right Rev. the Loud Bishop op Montreal, Vice-President. 18 for securing the teacher from the led the Junior De- nnoxville in tempo- can be had. The ernment and snper- I College, by which the rt'spoet and sup- secured. Wliile the in the hands of the taken in the tuition by tlie Professors of taught as a regular ceed £0 per annum, ler of resident pupils regulations as will ibined with economy, with families in the ed to secure regular- ng can be fully ma- to be the most suit- porary arrangements i in the meantime to \ of sound education be necesssary in pio- • requisites to its per- ipposed that informa- unacceptable to the summaries: SGE AND UxiVEKSITy. COLLEGE. , President, !AL, Vice-President. 18 TRUSTEES. Hon E. Hale, Chairman, Rev. W. Bond, K Hollis Smith, " R. Lindsay, U J. S. McCord, 6. F. Bowen, Esq., II George Moft'att, B. T. Morris, " Rev. L. Doolittle, W. Baker, « II C. P. Reid, Rev. J. H. Nicolls, " J. H. Thompson, COLLEGE COUNCIL. I H. H. Miles, Esq., I E. Chapman, Esq. UNIVERSITY OFFICERS. Utsitors. Right Rev. G. J. Mountain, D.D., D.C.L., Lord Bishop of Quebec. Right Rev. Francis Fulford, D.D., Lord Bishop of Montreal. €;f)anccIlor. Hon. Edward Bowen, D.O.L., Chief Justice of the Superior Court for Lower Canada. Yict'dtljmtdlav. Hon. John S. McCord, D.C.L., one of the Judges of the Circuit Court. Iclcflistrar. E. Chapman, M.A. * GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY. D. D. •The Lord Bishop of Quebec, •The Lord Bishop of Montreal, •Bethune, J., the Very Rev. Dean of Montreal, •Falloon, D., Rev.. •Hcllmuth, I., " •Mackie, G., " Official of the Diocese of Quebec, tReid, J., " D. C. L. •Adamson, W. A., Rev., fAylwin, Hon. Mr. Justice, •Black " W. jBowen, " Chief Justice, •Badgley, " Mr. Justice fLogan, Sir W. E., {Meredith, Hon. Mr. Justice, JMcCord, " " fShort, " " fSmith, « " B. D. Carry. Rev. J. Kemp, " J. M.A. tAndrews, A., M.D., Baker, J. C, tBaker, W., •Bancroft, Rev. C, •Binet, Rev. W. tBond, Rev. W., tBowen, G. F., tBoyle, Rev. P. •Braithwaite, Rev. J., •Brethour, Rev. W., •Brooks, E., •Brooks, S. P., M.D., jBurrage, Rev. H. G. fBurrage, Rev. R. R. •Butler, Rev. J., •Campbell, Rev. D., fCfiamberlin, B., •Chapman, E., fChapman Rev. T. S. fConstantine, Rev. L JDarey, P. T. JDavidson, Rev. J. JDe La Mare, Rev. T. •Doolittle, Rev. L., •Douglas, G., M.D., •Duvernet, Rev. E., Degrees ad eundem. t Honorary. i s 14 GRJDUJTES OF THE UNIVERSITY. M. A. *Ellegood, Rev. J., tFelton, W.L., JForest, Rev. C. fFi-eer, C, •Fulton, Rev. J., fGnlt, A. T., *Gilson, Ven. Arcbdcacon, tITale, Hon. E., flrvine, G., 'Johnstone, J. B., M.D., •Judd, Rev. F. E. •Kingston, G. T., fLewis, Rev. R., JLindsny, Rev. D., fljindsay, Rev. R., tLloyd, Rev. W. V., •Lower, Ven. Archdeacon, jMcLcod, Rev. J. A., •Meredith, E. A., •Merriclc, Rev. W. C, •Milne, Rev. G., fMontizanibert, E. L., tMorris, R. T., fMorris Rev. J. A., •Mountain, Rev. A. W., •Mountiiin. Rev. J. J. S., tO'Grady, Rev. J. De C., •Pennefather, Rev. T., fRamsay, B., fRamsay, T., tRcid, Rev. C. P., •Ritchie, T., •Roberts, G. G., •Robertson, G., •Robertson, W. W., fRobinson, Rev. F., fRose, J., JRoss, Rev. W., •Kanborn, J. S., •Scott, Kev. J., •Sewellf S. C, M.D. fStephenson, Rev. R. L., •Townsend, Rev. M. •Whitwell, Rev. R., fWilson, Rev. F., tWorthington, E. D., M.D., •Young, Rev. T. A., B. A. Allen, Rev. A. A., Baker, G. B., Borlasc, G., Cochran, G. R., Gainsby, C. II., Jenkins, Rev. J. H., Jones, Rev. S., Magill, G. J., Mussen, Rev. T., Roe, Rev. H., AVethcrall, Rev. C. Whitwell, C. P. 0., A., Gribble, Rev. J., LICENTIATES IN THEOLOGY. I Scarth, Rev. A. S., COLLEGIATE OFFICERS. |3rmcipal. Rev. Jasper H. Nicolls, D.D., Michel Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford. Uicc=^pvinci})al. Henry H. Miles, M.A., King's College, Aberdeen. |3roffssors. Rev. J. H. Nicolls, D.D., Professor of C lassies, Henry II. Miles, M.A., Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Rev. Joseph Henry Thompson, M.A., Queen's Coll., Cambridge, Harrold Professor of Divinity, and of Hebrew. Bursar. 1845. Rev, L. Doolittle, M.A. ILifarariatt. Rev. J. H. Thompson, M.A. II. Government of the College. The immediate internal government of the Co)lo.U»|l| I U|l l| tn all examinations, the cimdidate ih required to answei* at least one-third of the ijuestions proposed. The examinations are conducted both on puper iind vivd voce. The Examiners are appointed from year to year by the Convo- cation of the University. They arc for the current year the Pro- fessors of the University and the Kev. Canon Gilson, M. A. VI. DaH.V llotTINE. The work of the day always commences and ends with i)rayer.'''"' The Students take all their meals together in the Colleye Jlall^ to which they are allowed to introduce friends if they desire. Tlie morning is devoted to Lectures, the Professors meeting their classes in rotation between the hours of nine and one. "J'hc lectures are so ordered that all the Professjrs are engaged at the same time with their various classes. The lectures are arranged at the beginning of each Term by the Profe-^sors, and their ar- raiigi'ment submitted for approval to the College Council, and published by its authority. It may be well to state in explanation of the term " Lecture," that the nature of the instruciion given is rather Tutorial than Professorial : that is, it is accompanied with con-tant questioning and followed by periodical examinations. It is found by expe- rience that this plan is far more efficacious than the other well known "Lecture" system which prevails in many of the Univer- sities of Continental Europe, and in some of those in America. While a few advanced and aspiring pupils may profit by a mere " Lecture," it may well be doubted whether the generality can obtain by it any thorough and lasting knowledge of the subjects thus treated. The afternoon and evening are left, to the Students to apply, at their discretion, to the preparation of their work for the following day, and for necessary exercise and recreation. * Objection having been sometimes made against this College that it is exclusive and " denominational," it may not be out of place to say a few words here on this subject. The best answer perhaps to make to the objection is to point to the experience of our neighbours in the South. The experiment has frequently been made among them of Institutions of various kinds established on " union " principles ; but, as a rule, they are never found to answer. The subject of Religion cannot be violently divorced from,Educfitipn ; and! no one Institution can sncceBBfUlly teach .11 w t'i li I' 1 1 i P 90 Vlf, Kxj'KMtlES AND PaYMRNTH. ' Tho clinrgo to oach StiiiUmt for board is 12s. 6(1. per week ; or for the Adii'lomic y^'txr, coiiHistiii!^ of forty wofks, £25. Fuel, lights, niul wnshinjr are provided und charged for nit needed. The chiirijo lor Tuiiioii, Room-ront, and use of the Library is XI) por aiuuiii'i. Thu whole tixpoiise viirie:» according to the habitn of the student fi'otu JJiO to jL*45 jior annum. Evoiy Student is required to pay a deposit of £7 lOs. at the bo^^inning of each term, and to settle the balance of his account at the I'ud of thu t'Tiii. lie provides his own bedding, and must farnish himself witli a cap and gown of a prescribed fafliion, which cost together from £3 to £3 15s. On entering the Univer- sity, a payment of j6l 5p. is required, which exempts from all fur- ther charge Ibr Degrees, except Ss. for each Diploma. Vlli. Tkums. The Terms which constitute the Academic year are — J»t Micha:lmas. — From the first Saturday in September lo the twonty-lirMt of December. 2nd. Lknt. — From the third Saturday in January to the first Saturday in April. 8rd. Trinitv. — From the first Saturday in April to the last Wed- nesday in Juno. IX. SvnsiDiARY Appliances. 1. The CnAPi.1.: A neat Gothic budding, erected, with some alterations, after the plan of an English architect, and almost wholly from funds raised in England for this object at various times. It is just completed, but not yet consecrated. At present, Divine service is celebrated in one of the Lecture rooms temporarily fitted up for the purpose or recognize more than one form of religious faith. Bishop's College stands in this respect on a footing every whit as liberal as any other col- lege in North America. No one is excluded from participation in the benefits it offers who chooses to seek them ; nor is any compliance required which is at all likely to hurt the conscience of any sober-minded and religious student or parent. Compare with the statement to which this note is appended the subject Divinity in the College Gouiie. IKNT8. 2s. fl(|. por week ; or r wncks, £25. Fuel, !ii Jor ns iieeduil. Jso of tlio Library is habitn of the student t of £7 108. at tlio lanco of ilia account n bedding, and must I prescribed faHldon, I entering the Univer- exenij)t8 from all fur- l^iploma. year are — n September to the January to the first )ril to the last Wed- le alterations, after wholly from funds times. It is just lent, Divine service mporarily fitted up b. Bishop's College ;ral as any other col- participation in the ' compliance required y sober-minded and tement to which thii Course. ,»L. 2. Thk Lidhaby: Hitherto the only funds available towards the fonnntion orf ■ Library have boon certain fees appropriated tht'ieto. The Corpo- ration have now jdacod at the disposal of the College Council an annual sum of £50 for the purchase of books ; but this amount in evidently quite insuflluient. Through the liberality of individual benefactors, of the English (Jniversities, (especially Oxford, to which the College is indebted for a grant of books to the value of £160 sterling,) of Dr. Bimv'h Associates, and of the S. P. C. IC, the nucleus of a valuable col- lection has been formed. The number of volumes at present upon the shelves is about 2600, of which rather more than half are works on Theology and Sacred Literature, and the rest is al- most equally divided between Classics, and general Literature and Science. " ' ""' ' ' '*"' ' It will be seen that in the last-mentioned and most extensive department the Library is particularly weak. Steps, however, are being taken to draw the attention of the friends of the Institution to the deficiences of thu Library generally ; and it is to be hoped that ere long the University will be in possession of increased stores of learning and opportuniti«s of reference which befit ita character and aims.* 8. Philosophical Apparatus: The College possesses a few incomplete sets of Chemical, Me- chanical, Pneumatic, and Electrical apparatus and appliances, and one or two Surveying Instruments — the value of which may be estimated at £250. A refracting telescope was added by pur- chase in 1852 ; focal length about 6 feet ; object glass 4^ inches ; made ii. London, and mounted on an equatoreal stand. It is an excellent instrument of its kind, but has no accompanying means of eftecting measurements. The College possesses no instruments for meteorological obser- vations. . .t hi i-**^. ^,i*^j|i a'"t. * Donations of Books or Subscriptions to the Library will be received in England by the Agents of the College in this department, Messrs. Williams & Norgate, 14 Henrietta-street, Covent Garden ; in Quebec by the Rev. A. W. Mountain ; in Montreal by the Rev. Canon Gilson ; or, they may be sent direct to the College, addressed to the Librarian, the Rev. Professor Thompson. .» ■i- 4. Museum : A commencement has but just been made towards the forma- tion of a Museum. A few local specimens have been received from individuals. Sir William Logan, D. C. L. of the Univer- sity, purchased, during his visit to Europe at the time of the Paris Exhibition, and presented to the College, a valuable set of European minerals, including specimens of rock and characteristic fossils. An interesting collection of Indian curiosities, brought by the Bishop of Quebec from the Red River, in 1844, will be given to the Museum whenever a suitable place can be provided for its reception. A collection of silver and copper coins has been presented by General Nicolls, R. E. Some few further contribu- tions have been promised. The assistance of friends who have it in their power to further this object by donations will be thank- fully acknowledged. X. Annual Income and Expenditcrb of thk College. Interest on Investments and other Property, (a little over). . . JEIOOO Annual Government Grant, 500 Fees,* &c., (about) 100 Total Annual Income,t X1600 Salaries of Professors, Bursar, and Registrar, 1150 Annual Grant to Library, 50 Other fixed Expenses, 86 10 Rector of Grammar School, 250 For Contingent Expenses,! 63 10 1600 The College has also two Jubilee Scholarships,§ value £35 per annum each ; and a grant of £300, Sterling, for Exhibitions • The College Buildings were erected by " shares," exempting the holders trora payment of fees. These are not yet worked off; the revenue arising from this source is thereby diminished. t The College has some lands — the donations of various friends and supporters ; but in their present condition, they yield no revenue worth epeoifying under a separate head. tin a young Institution, it should be remembered, the Contingent £x> p«nses are sometimes very heavy. § The Diocese of Quebec sent home £500, Sterling, to the Jubilee Fund of the S. P. G. The donation was returned by the Society dou- bled, And was invested for these Scholarships. „ ^ „ , . . , , ^ H).i:»'^V,.i>*h!lCi:i!i:$!«a:'i" vaids the Ibrma- j l)«eu received of the Univer- the time of the a valuable set of ind cliaiacteristic iosities, brought n 1844, will be :;aii bo i)rovided ar coins has been urther contribu- snds who have it will be thank- 1600 p8,§ value £35 for Exhibitiona " exempting the off; the revenue iou3 friends and revenue worth Contingent £x> , to the Jubilee he Society dou- for Divinity Students from the S. iP. G. Thia allot^ratoce is about to be speedily reduced, and eventually discontinued, on account of the pressing demands made upon the Society to carry on its work of propngating the Gospel in new and poorer countries. It may be mentioned, that a legacy of £300 per annum has been promised to the College for Divinity Exhibitions and other purposes, by a munificent individual ; atid another of £500 for a Scholarship by another friend in the Diocese of Montreal. XI. Wants. ■••. .•,-,-:, ■.•^:,r . ■;.,.', 1. For the establishment and endowment of the Grammar School. 2. For site of Grammar School, and erection and fitting up of ' buildings, £5000 i .3. For the erection of buildings for Convocation Hall, Museum, and Library, 2000 4. For the endowment of 3 Scholarships, £30 each for 3 years,. . 1500 5. For the foundation of a Professorship of Chemistry, &c 3500 6. For the Library — additional — per annum, 200 7. For expenses attending Professorship of Chemisti y,j>cr atiJium, 25 From the foregoing statement — prepared by desire of the Cor- poration of the College, for the use and information of members and friends of the Institution, — it will be evident that a consider- able effort has been made on the part of the Church of England, (and that under circumstances of discouragement and difficulty, calling forth no small amount of faith as well as energy and per- severance,) to benefit the country generally, at the same time that she supplied her own immediate wants. Foundations have been well and surely laid, and the superstructure is steadily, and almost without observation, advancing. The liberality of friends — and more especially, though by no means exclusively, friends in Eng- land — has enabled the originators of it to carry out the main fea- tures of their design. Yet there remains still much to be done to raise the University to its full efficiency ; to enable it to send out Professional men of all stamps — Merchants and Statesmen, as well as Clergymen, Lawyers or Doctors — fitted to take their place in society as scholars, and to fill their several stations with a cre- dit at all proportioned to the material prosperity of their country, or the anticipations, rising daily even in European estimation, formed in the political world of the future destiny of Canada. ^^^•ttR .1 Attempts are making continually to lower the standarrls of education ; and it has not been the least important or difficult task of this Institution to hold her ground against thera, while to the deficiency of adequate preparatory education which has hitherto 80 largely prevailed, there is added an impatience to submit to the toil and drudgery necessary to the attainment of what the judgment of ages has determined to be requisite for a full liberal education. There remains more to be done ; more to be patiently borne ; more, it may even be, to be withstood. The College and Univer- sity will, with God's help, do their parts ; and they feel confident that in doing it, they will meet with that encouragement and sup- port which is absolutely necessary to enable them to accomplish what may be reasonably called their lawful work. J; -' ti^ yiJi-iail- •♦■i,; '• •>) it,' U liliViliii:' iiStWtiii SiSiSgA:! the standanls of rtant or difficult J8t them, while to ?hich has hitherto ice to submit to ent of what the for a full liberal patiently borne ; lege and Univer- ley feel confident geraent and siip- 1 to accomplish TTT' APPENDIX. V.-v.-VS.-V^-..- APPENDIX A. The number of Students admitted to Bishop's College averages Gj per jiniium, — the smallest number of admissions in any year being 2. This irf quite equal to the average of admissions in most of the now tiourishing lastitutions of the United States, at a similar period of their existcuce, viz., the eleventh year. Harvard College, great and flourishing as it now is, with its twenty-nine Professors, besides tutors and preceptors, iiaj, in its first eleven years, two in which it did not admit a single stu- lic'ut, and one in which it admitted only one ; and again, its 30th, 40th, ;uul tGth years do not record a single addition to its members. Its iiverage of admissions is found to be for those first eleven years 5^\ ; or excluding the names of graduates of othes Universities admitted into Harvard, only 4,^ . For the first fifty years, the admissions only averag- ed Gj. The University of Burlington, Vermont, shows an average of grad- uation in tbo first eleven years of *l\j — for the next twenty-two, 6y. Tlie University of King's College, Windsor, averages 5^J in 52 years. Those figures are taken from the published catalogues of those several Institutions. In all probability, the statistics of others, were they at iiaud, would show tlie lilce results. The far-famed University of Trinity (College, Dublin, was established so late as the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and under circumstances of great advantage. An account of its 23rd Commencement is given in the Life of Archbishop Usher, (Vol. I., app. 2.) by which it appears that in these first twenty-three years, 112 degrees wore conferred — including Doctors in Divinity, Law, and Medicine, Bachelors in Theology and Music, as well as Degrees in Arts. The B.A. degrees were 53. In other words, in twenty-three years, 53 students, or about 2J per annum went through the course of instruction. It should be borne in mind that, as a general principle, it is only by lowering their standards that Institutions professing to give education of a high stamp, can speedily obtain large numbers of pupils ; and with regard to Lower Canada in particular, that the population is nowhere dcu^e, and that more than three-fourths of its inhabitants belong to a c» # T .'>■« Il from the pen of ' Boston been icli they aftcr- u of that name, town of New- idge, the name le Colony.) lu world and of present British then educated es, which were ied professional the State. In iitutions, which leavour to fos- 3 rich, who arc lOut assistance red is so much en of the poor. be added from edia. (Vol.2; ely from Gom- can hardly be ke them truly and erudition, donation until r 1 *^ m