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Le diagramme suivant illustre la mdthode : 1 2 3 4 5 6 •X < A HISTORY OF Upper Canada College, 1329 1892. WITH ro\TR[m;TiOi\s nv ©lb 'Ulppcr Canaba Collcoc Boy^s, LISTS OF IIKAD-JJOYS, I'.XFrilUTIONERS, UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS AND MEDALLISTS, AND A ROLL OI^' TH1<: SCHOOL. L^ ^ I COMI'ir.KT) AM) iniTF.l) HY GEORGE DICKSON, M.A., Ay G. MERCER ADAAT. TORONTO ; ROWSKM, iV HUTCHISON. . 1 u r 20222:; ^^~V Knti; i:kI) aeconling to tlie Act of Parliament of Canada, in the yeai- of our Lonl one thousand eic;lit Iiundred anil niiRty-tiiroe, hy Mu. ( ii;oi!r,io Dickson, in the Ollico of the Minister of A^rieulturc. .i- KOWSKLI, ANn HUTCHISON, I'lUNTKRS, TORONTO. PREFACJi. 1- MISTORY of Upper Canada College needs no introduction to the class to whom this book especially appeals, except for the opportunity it offers of thanking many of them for the kind assistance the editors have received in its preparation. The object has been to produce a history of the College, written for the most part by Old College lioys themselves. Among those, besides tlie Editors, who have contributed to the volume or furnished materials for it, are : 'I'lie Rkv. Hknkv Scaddinc, D.I)., wlio uitercd the College in 1829; Hon. John IJkvkri.kv Rohinson, 1830; William Walldridiw:, .Sr., 1833: William Weui), M.A., 1837: W. Thomson, Esc.., 1837; C. J. Rvkkrt, (J.C, 1846; N. O. Wai.rkr, M.A., M.])., 1847; .!• l^oss Rohkrtson, l-sc.., 1850; Rillrt K. KiNGSFORD, M.A., I,I,.l?., ,859: Rkv. T. F. Fothkringham, M.A., 1863; I). R. Keys, M.A., 1868: W. N. Ronton, M.A., 1870: (1. C. S. I.ini.skv, M.A., 1871 ; Rkv. J. Strkkt Macki.km, .M.A., 1874; A. H. Vounc;, A[.A., 1878; A. A. Macdonali), M.A., 1879; «■ B. Lkacock, H.A., 1881; J. K. Hall, Secretary of the Canadian Cricket Association. The chapters are classified, and the story told under the regimes of the Head Masters, beginning with that of the Rev. Joseph Harris, U.D., the first to hold the position. It is impossible within reasonable limits to be at the same time comprehensive and exhaustive. It has not been the aim to make the work biographical. The lives of Old College Boys, however prominent, have not been dwelt on save in so far as was necessary to illustrate their connection with the College. Lists of Head-Boys, Exhibitioners, University Scholars and Medallists, together with the Roll of the School from 1829 to 1892, and the Cricket teams during the same period are appended. The histories of the College 4 l'kKKA( I'.. organizations, such as the Cricket L hih, Rillc Company, etc., are written by those who h.ul taken an active part as members of these school institutions. Keininiscenl ciiaplers also deal with life at the Boarding House, and the several Janitors of the College, with an account of College Journalism, and other e.irh' and late features of school life, anil its scholastic and recreative annals. A list witli its columns of even bare names is full of pleasant memories. Conning such, one may recall a more or less distinct vision of every one in his own pa't of the school, his aijpcarance, character, and nick-name. But the chief interest, tperhaps, is to be found in the fact that the names that occiu', more especialK' in the earl\- part of the roll, ma\' be rccogni/.cd as those belonging to the families who have taken an active part in the public alTairs of the I'rovince and the Dominion. " How peculiarh- Upper Canada College," aiitly observes one of its masters, " has fulfdled tliis function of the training of leaders for public life may be realized b\- a glance at a few of the names of her alumni. They abound in ever}- sphere cjf life. In the ami}- we have the names of General Charles Robinson, commander of the forces in the Mauritius ; General Samuel Jarvis; General Sir Francis Colborne ; General Ingall, of Chester ; Colonels Dunn and Wells, who charged with the Six Hundred at Bala- clava ; Lieut. Maule, who also distinguished himself in the Crimea, and was killed there ; Col. McLeod ; Lieut. -Col. Williams ; Messrs. Mewburn, Tempest, and many others who fouglit for Canada within her own borders ; Col. Fred. C. Denison, C.M.G., M.P., who commanded the Canadian con- tingent in Africa ; Col. G. T. Denison, who won, against the military experts of the world, the Czar's great prize for the best history of Cavalry Tactics ; and many others. Prominent among those who have entered the world of politics is the Hon. Edward Blake, member of the Imperial Parliament ; and in the present Dominion House of Commons there are seven old college boys ; in the Senate there are three, while in the Provincial Legislatures the school is proportionately represented. In the legal pro- fession the college claims six chief justices and fourteen other judges, over fifty Q. C.'s, and more than one hundred barristers and attorneys now in practice. In the academic world it can point to over thirty former pupils holding professorial chairs and lectureships, while the President of Toronto PKKKACE. 5 University is a former head-boy. The rrcsidenl aiui iwu ex-Presidents of the Ontario Medical Council, the Surgeon-General of the Militia of Canada, Dr. Bergen, the Secretary of the Provincial Board of Health, and others, all received their education at the col lege, and show by their standing that, in this sphere, too, the old college boy holds his own. With such a record to look back upon, Upper Canada College can surely claim, with justice, to be an institution for the traininj; of leaders." The memory oi' the early pioneers of the higher education amongst us is in danger of being wholly lost, and it is most desirable that the mass of interesting information to be obtained from the lips of living witnesses should be preserved. Impressed by this idea, the Editors have striven to glean what they could for the literary enrichment of the volume. P^or its pictorial enrichment, they are indebted to the skill and taste of Mr. W. J. Thomson, late of T/ie Globe art staff, artist and engraver, who has been happy in reproducing and preserving many of the familiar faces and haunts of the College. The assistance received from Old College Boys in the preparation of this— the first History of the College— has been most helpful, and without which many errors and omissions would have to be recorded. Notwithstanding this aid, it is feared, however, that not a few such will still be found in the following pa"-es. •;5 THK I'KINCIl'AI.S l.IIIRAKV, NICW ((II.I.I'.i ;i., TAIU.E OF CONTENTS. I. INTROT.VTOHV Th, Mitors 9 II. TmK CoU.K.iK AN.. TMK EUA OK I H:1( Th, EditOTS 12 III. Tmk Fikst Mastkks /.,,. /,,,„,^ ,9,.«,/,/;„^, A/). 23 IV. TiiK C.M,.;,;,; am, ns Mnlowmknt A'. /^ /^;,,,/./;,,v/, M.A., LL.B. 44 V. T..K Kkmmk ,„• l!,,v. .losKPM II. llvuMs, I). I)., 1S:2!)-:JS The Editom ;50 VI. Thk Co,,,.,:.;,, an,, t„k I!k,.,,,,,,„n .„.■ |s:!7 „-. y^,,„,,,, gg VII. T„K i;.r:,;,M,, o,' l!,,v. .I„„N M.Ca,-,,, LLI)., |,S:{0-4;! WllHun, Wuld, M.A. 76 VIII. T,„, I!k,;,mi; oi- F. W. |:A,:,ioN, M.A., l,S4;i-,-.(i ...X O. Wnib >; M.A., M.D. 8? IX. T,,,; KK,;,M,:n,- i;„v. \Va,.t,:,; St,:nnk,t, M.A., ls;;7.,;i ^^ Hmd-Boy" 97 X. T„„ Co,,,,,.,;,; |;,,,,K <'oM,ANV /,-,,. y, /,■. /.V//,/v>/«aw, il/.yl. 103 • XI. T„K i;.;,;,MK ,„• (1. I!. I!. Co.K,uKN, M.A„ ISdl.Sl IK /.. K,y,,M.A. 113 XII. "T„,.„-.;„ U,.,.,:,. Cana,.aCo,,,.,,,;,,-' ((;««M^«toO 12? XIII. Rj;,;,M,.-. o,-,lo„N Mh.nh P.,v„an, .M.A., ISSI-S.", .1. /^. Yomr,, M.A. 136 XIV. A 'r,t\NS,',',oN l',;,;,o,, /< ir ,, , . .„ ''. JAerccr /Irfam 156 X\'\ Tii,; 0,,i) J!,, IK S(i,oo, , ,. ,„ r> , , ,_„ XVI, TlIK .f\N,ToIiS OK ■i,,K Coi.I,,-(iK r /> /> i . «-.„ A Ao.w Robertson 200 XVII. L.,.K.VT TMK l!oA,:„,N,: llo.WK ^ //o.. /^oiert.o« 218 " XVIII. C..r,r,K,.,K Jo,„NA,,,.s.M ^,,, ^/,^ ^^;^^^^. j^^y „ 232 XIX. Cor,u.,K C,uc, 279 290 295 .326 ILLUSTIIAT10i\8. 1 2 3 4 5. 0, 7. 8, 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. If). U). 17. 18. lit. 20. 21. 22 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. The New Collego. Doer Park Fronti.Jfeco The rrincipal'-s Library, New ( 'ollego a FicM-Mar.slial, Lord Seatoii (Sir Jolin ('ollidriic) 9 The Tliroc Kras of the (Jollugo 1., Five Mcinlu'rs of tin; College iJoanl at dilh rent periods 17 The Seven I'riiieipais „, Six of tiie ( 'oliege .Masters o., rpper ("anachiCollegu in 182!), from a sketeh hy .1. (J. Ilowuril 40 The ('onMtes.s of Kjgin and La.ly l.anditon reeeiving lloii,|nets and the Crest of the College, October 2(tth, I8I7, copied from lui ol 1 engraving r,; Dinner at the College on the occasion of Laying the Cornerstone of Old King's College, Queen's Park ° " ' »., ( •< Cpper Canada College, 1877- KS!) I j^y The Public Hall, 187718!)1 ^, The Old Prayer Hall, I.S2lt-KS77 ^^.^ Upper Canada College -\kw from Adelaide Street x-y^ The Thiee danitors the two Aldcnliees and Krost 144 Monuments erected to the memory of the late Principal Hucium and to the Alder.lices 1(J0 The Old IJluu Scho.il, and the College Clock (the time-keeper for over sixty years) .... 177 The New Public Hall, taken May, 18!)1 iqo Principal's House, Jaintor'.s Cottage, and old Draw Well oq;) The Quadrangle, Old IJelfry, and P.elfry Lad.ler 025 Upper IFall-way, the Long Study, etc 049 The Cynmasium, as renovated in 1888, and the I'lay Cround, viewed from the fence on .lohn Street „-„ 206 The Princi))ars Privatt^ lioom. Old College o-'o The School Study and Old Dining Hall o^^ Views of the Old ( ollege from the (.)nadraiigle and from " No. 2 " 304 Entrance Hall, Principal'.s H(mse, ami Principal's Carden ... 300 View of the 0],1 C.llege from Oovernment Hou.se, King Street, ami the Old College Ikll 324 i 9 r_' 17 '24 .•{■2 K) ">7 . ::{ . H!) it: . I'JS . 144 icos HiO .. 177 .. 192 .. 209 225 .. 240 (J on . 2riG 273 . 288 ,. 304 ,. 320 I'.ell 324 I III li-M AKAMAI,, l.iiKli S|:\rii\ (sii; |n||N ( ( i|,l;i M; M ,), J ■if Xrippcr (Iana&a CoKajc ni^cniovial Dohnnc. NTItODI rTORY. (T\ IM'I^R (:.\\.\I>A C()\AA:C,K, H uill ,c.„lily be .ulniitlL-.l, ocnipics 1> 8 a iini(|ii(r place aiiinn;^ the educational institutions of ()ntario. V.%- Within it. ualls iiave i)eeii educated the n.nver of Canach'an youtli, and for the Ion- nerio,! of sixt\- years it has been associal.'d with all tha* is Ix'st in the professional, industrial, and social life of the i'rovincc. I'roni Upper Canada Colle;,,.. has ooiu- forth the y<;uii- lif.-of tlu; annitr)- that has fcmnd occupation either in lli<- ranks <,f those' ^vho have been en-a'^ed in the task- of iniildin- up our yonn;; Canadian nation, or have been privil<-ed to take part in the illu^trious service of the ^b.therland, in the uidc'r an.l grander interests <;f the l^nipire. To both thes<' classes the Jiistorv and tra.htion.s ol Upper Canada Collc-e are presumably dear. JJear also' it is thouj^ht. to the sani<> minds nnisi be the recor.Is <,f the Institution, with its im.ud tale of acadenu-c spccesses, and all the fortune, with not a litth- of vicissitude, that have followed i' ,ince its foundation by the -allant soldier- C.overnor in what may 1„- lemud the medieval era <.f the Province \ot without interest, either, must be the mere annals of a.hninistration and the personal mch'nts in the lives of those who, either as Head Masters or Ass.stant Masters, have successively tauijht in the Institution, and have been more or less instrumental in fashioning the youn- life that has passed from It into the world. With the.sc an, I other matters of general an.l special interest con- nected w.th Upper Canada Colle:.e,in the .sixty years of its work, duriuK^ the formative period of the country's history, it is proposed in the '"ll^nv"'.^- pa^es to deal In .settin- out on their task, the I'alitors are cncourao-ed m the beli.f that no mea.^M■e amount of intc-rcst n.ust centre II) the records of an c-dncational institution which can claim, compara- tively speaking, .so ancient and honourable a descent as can Upper lO ri'I'KR CANADA COI.LKC.K MEMORIAL VOLUMK. Canada CoUcLje, and whose history is closely identified with tlie early manhood of many of tlic best and most distinguished of Canadians. It is true that tlic College, in an Old World sense, can boast of no great anticiuity. Compared with the great Public Schools of I'.nglanJ, many of whose endowments date back to the reigns of lulward VI. and I'-lizabeth, Upper Canada College is but an infant of days. Yet, as age goes iti the New World, it has a venerable, we might almost say, a hoary, past; and were wc to boast of its ancient flogging regi)ne~{o\- flogging as an educational corrective of youthful idleness or indiscretion was still in its undimmed glory when the College was founded — it is old enough to say that but few of its early pupils are now alive who within its walls first felt the smart of the rod. But this, doubtless, is a painful .subject to raise in the memory of old College boys, and with due apologies to old as well as modern sensitive- ness, we shall make haste to leave it. All we meant by the reference was to illustrate, in some faint but graphic manner, the comparative antiquity of Upper Canada College ; and the flogging reminds one that, not only has this so-called device of incompetent rulers now largely passed away, but that the beginnings of the College are antecedent to the beginnings of some notable schools in England which have come into existence in the post-flogging era. Upper Canada College, for instance, is older than Marlborough College, in England, of whose pupils it is said, that it is as difficult to meet with a flogged Marlburian as, according to tradition, it is difficult to find an unflogged l-ltonian. The rarity of the latter may well be proverbial, for history narrates that during a mutinous period in the annals of Eton, a headmaster, single-handed, flogged eighty boys in one night ! It is proper to say to the readers of this volume that its Editors have no such delirious incident here to recount. Still less is it theirs to boast, that of the seven thousand pupils who in the sixty j-ears of its existence have passed from the Institution, a larger proportion than the average has had an exceptionally brilliant career. In the case of Upper Canada College, the average, however, has been high. We may not be able, for example, with veracious chroniclers of Westminster School, to boast, that a headmaster could once number among his pupils sixteen bishops on the bench, or that out of eight field-marshals in the British army, five had been educated during his regime at school. This is a record that, admittedly, it would be ■difficult to beat. But if its Canadian counterpart cannot approach this position of full-orbed glory, it may shine with a lustre of its own, — with the reflected light of Old World scliolarship, and the aid of such local suns a.s have given it vitality, and gilded it with the glow of the west. Upper Canada College can at least assert for itself this position — that it has been the fruitful mother of such talent as a great lusty Province can claim as m INTKODUCT(H tiik i:r ^ ^» 1830. 15 tioti j,M'vcn to tlic chilthvii under the name 01 ohitiuion has no influence over their morals— does notliin;4 to oi)cn or expand their intellectual faculties, much less to direct them in their conduct throu^di life. luvL^lish riadini;-, imperfectly ta'i^dit ; something of writin;^, and the first five rules of .irithmctic, which the teachers we employ arc seldom able to explain, make up the meai^resum total of what the rising ^rcncration learn at our Common Schools." This picture, coming as it iloes from a minorit}' in the House of AssembI)', may be, and possibl)- was, exaggerated and overdrawn. Hut make what allowance we may on this score, there is little '-eason to doubt that elementary education in Upper Canada, about the \'ear 1.S30, was not, \vhate\er it afterwards became, a subject to boast of At the time, the lower classes, it is t(^ be feared, were greatly ncglcctetl, for education then was a mark of caste, and the fast-consolidating " I'amily Compact " were not anxious to see the rise of an educated and influential micKile class. Wc may say this to-cla\- without derogating from the honour due to its members, or being accused of holding revolutionary opinions. Just then came upon the scene a new Lieutenant-Governor. In 1829, Sir John Colbornc was appointed by the Home Government to administer the affairs of the Province. The rnling part)- in the country was still full of the idea of a Universit}', and the s)'m[)athies of the Lientenant-Governor himself was with higher education. One of the most strenuous and persis- tent advocates of an institution of superior learning was the Rev. Dr. John Strachan, — the first bishop to be appointed by the Crown in Upper Canada. Dr. Strachan had originally come to the colony under the- promise of the Principalship of a Government College. With no doubt the best motives, he made repeated appeals on behalf of a Provincial Universit)', and had already spent a number of )-ears in the country in educating the sons of the governing families. His ambition was the training of opulence for the administrative offices and positions of public trust. As a member of the Executive Council, we naturally find him urging the claims of a seminary of higher learning. But the peoi)le and a large number of their representa- tives in the Legislature were unwilling to hasten the founding of a University. It was as yet, they thought, premature, and in advance of the wants of the country. If more was required in the way of higher education than the District Grammar Schools furnished, they were willing to sanction in Toronto a "minor" College. Sir John Colbornc himself saw that this was all that at present was needed. The time would come, he assured himself, that King's College — as the proposed University had come to be called — would be required ; but the immediate want was for an institution that would be a stepping-stone and ultimate feeder to the University. ir, I'i'l'l'.K CANADA (Ol.I.I.C.i: MI'MoklAI, Vdl.l'MK. Sir John ("olb Hiic, ihoiii^h ;i iiiilit,ir\- man, w.h imt imfiltt-d for initia- tin;^ and carryini; out the scheme which lie had (K'terniined upon, iianu-Iy, the fouiuhn;^ and I'lidow ini;' of a Colle;^e in l\\c Trovineial ('a])ital on tlie lines of the threat Public Schools in l'ai;^la')d. I lis imniedi.ite model seems to have b^v^^ l'"li/a!)eth College, (inernsew He had come to Canada directly from tlie field of his administration in the Channel Islands, and fresh from the task of re-fonndinLj and modernizinj;- an old l'"Jizal)ethan CollcLje in (iuernsc)-, which had fallen into (Kca)-. As an old and L,'allant soldier, he was a man of action and full of resource. I lis experience in the Peninsular War, where he had his shoulder half shot awa\', and his right arm parti}- tlisahleil at the storming of C"iudad Rodrigo, lent a fearlessness to his ch.aracter, and taught him to brook no opposition, liut though a m.m of much force of character, he was eminentl\- just ; and he had the speci.il merit of being at once stern and conciliatory. No sooner had he arrived at his new post in Canada than a serious tax was placed up )n his good nature. l'"rom the moment of his arrival at \'ork (Toronto), he was beset with political grievances, and hail dinned into his ears the story of the struggle for popular rights. Among the dissensi('ns of the time was the educational imbroglio and the clamour for and against a native Cnivt.'rsit)-. In his accession to office Sir John Colborne was in no hurry to commit himself prematurelx' to action, lie took time ti-) review tlic situation and carefulix- to stud\' the wants of the _\-oung country. J lis decisii)n was not to push too hastil)' the organization of King's College. It was a preparator}- institution he saw that was wanted. Arriving at this conclusion, he placed himself in conuiumication with the Home tiovern- meiit, and obtained permission to call into existence what has since been known as Upper Canada College. In 1829, tenders for the erecti(jn of Ijuildings for this now historic insti- tution were called for, and the enterprise was immeiliately put under way. Almost concurreiitl}- two other notable buildings were proceeded with in ^'ork, viz., the Parliament lUiildings, which, like those of the College, are now about to come into disuse; and the buildings Ujiig known as Lawyers' (now Osgoode) 1 lall, the home of the lately incorporated Law Society of Upper Canada. Pending the completion of the new buildings, in what was at the time known as Russell Scpiarc, the College opened the first jiage of its historx' in the Home District .School, one of the original Royal (irammar Schools which was now, for a time at least, merged into Ui)per Canada College. These Grammar Schools, which had increased to eleven in 1830, were maintained by (jOV(;rnment, aided b}- local fees. At this period their combined cost to the Province for maintenance was some $17,000 a year. ^; animar ( aiiada n 1830, pel their a year. « ■1 i No l,y iilti Go C(.: cliff pro iiai am l).'is Col sill) thai "^ ("ol the hciK a-ai lUcll Tor, assc Can preji be r the ] stai;( the c M.A coml a gn rend cessi vind whic of th Thc> Colic the s Tin; ( OM-KCK ANM> TUK I.KA OK 1S30. '7 Not until iS,v^> w.is the priiiciiile acted upon of Jiiding the sccoiulaiy schools by a municipal ^lant. in Jiuuiai}-, iS^i, thr staff anil pupils of Upper Canaiia Colkj^c niovecl into the new buildings. In Dccimber of the same year, the Lieutenant- (lovcrniir, aclin.i;- on the authority receivcil from I'jv^land, endowed the Colies^e uilii a land L;rant of 66,000 acres. The Lej;islalure made some difficulty al)oul this appropriation, evidently deeming; it within its exclusive pr(i\inci' to m;d' concurred in the land appropriation, and ratified the College's incorporation and endowment. Quite disturbing' controversies have at various times arisen on the subject of L'pper Canada College endowment, liy some it was alleged that lilock I)., in the city of Toronto, in the school buildings on which the College first began its operations, was not part of the pioperty conveyed to the College, but was despoiled from the District Grammar School, and hence p.irl of the General lulucation l'"und of the new Province, Others, again, put forward the more serious statenu'iit that the College endow- ment was tlivcrtcd unfairly from the lands appropriated r)r the founding of Toronto Univcrsit}'. So much credence had been given to this latter assertion that, at a recent scssicju of the Ontario Legislature, the Upper Canada College endowment was confiscateil, and, at the bidding of .sectional prejudice, the Institution was deprived of its historic site, and is about to be removed out of the cit)-, and put on a new financial basis. This is not the place hereto discuss this act of spoliation (it will be dealt with at a later stage) ; but the lulitors ma\' be permitted to call the reader's attention to the chapter on tiic College lindowment, contributed by Mr. R.K. Kingsford, M.A.,in which erroneous views of the endowment are clearly and effectively combated, and the rights of the College to its lands are maintained. Hardly a greater service could be done by an aluDums of the College than has been rendercti by Mr. Kingsford, in setting forth, in clear legal fashion, the suc- cessive incidents in the founding and endowing of his traduced but now vindicated Alma Mater. Jk'fore leaving this subject for the present, there arc one or two points which Mr. Kingsford's carefully-prepared paper brings out, in valid defence of the position all along assumed by well-informed friends of the College. They are these. That Sir John Colbornc, in founding Upper Canada College, was not carrying out despotically a mere fad of his own. He took the step in concert with his constitutional advisers, the ICx:cutive Council 3 w «8 rrcr.R Canada coi.i.f.ck ^tI•M()RIAI. voi.i'mk. of the Province ; after consultation ami in harmony with tlie views of the Iloine Government ; anil at the express insti,L;ation, ami with tlie approval and inciorsemcnt, of the Legislative Assembly. lM|uall\- emphatic must be our jud^^mcnt, and that of the reader, on the iiuestioii of land usur[)ation. The Colle;_;e was founded and endowetl on its own lands, and on its own l.uids, until recentlv despoiled of them, has it subsisted and been maintai!ied. It robbed the University of no lands, and trenched in no way on those set apart for the Provincial Gramm.ir Schools. Onl\- malice or reckless misrepresentation could cloud or distort these facts. The facts were brought forward, in 1S69, by Princii)al C'ockburn in his " .Statement" on the affairs of the College to a Committee of the Legislature on Lducation. They were advanced during the diseussit)n in tlie Ontario Legislatuic, when the fate of the College hung in the balance, and the lCxecuti\e and tlie House committed themselves to the new order of things. The\- are now repeated ami embodietl in this volume, as matters of history, and in justification of the views held and acted upon by man\' friends and well- wishers of the College. In a memorable message of Sir John Colbornc to the I louse of Assembly, in 1S30, he made use of these words: " Ikforc I lea\e the Pro\ince, I shall emleavour to procure for the institution (Upper Canada ColleL;e) such protection as may enable it to counteract the influence of local jealousies, or of the ignorance, or vice, to which in a new countr)' it may sometimes be naturally e.\[)osed." The Lieutenant- (iovernor's designs weie lionourable and were carried out in gootl faith. Unfortunatel}-, he ditl not foresee a time, " sixt}' \-ears' afterwards," when the sinister inlluences he speaks of, instead of vanishing in the clear sun- .-ihine of a better da\', were still active enough to set hi.storic association, patriotism, and even material interest aside, and allow a blow to be dealt at lulucation and the College! But let us, for a while, turn to pleasanter things. We shall in time arrive at the later stages of the College's career : at [)resent, we are but at the birth of its academic life. We have seen that it owes its parentage to Sir John Colborne. We have not \'et .seen who were its foster fathers — those whom the Lieutenant-(iovernor had brought out and was to leave behind him, to nurture its youth, and in the training process to develop both wind and limb. These the next chapter will bring before the reader. Ilapp}^ are the lulitojs that they can introduce these first mas- ters through one who knew them in the flesh, and who was hunself distin- guished as the first head-boy in the College. Dr. Scadding's contribution will be eagerly read by pupils of the Institution, both j'oung and old. J^\- "Old Boys" it will be read for the associations that increase in charnj and jn'"erest as Time lays its mellowing touch on the fading memories of the TIIF. COLLKGK AND Till: V.RX OV 1S3O. 19 ,ic\vs of itli the inphatic o( land ids, and nd been no \va\' lalice or he facts ncnt" on lucation. re, wlien and the are now antl in nd well- bo in c to Hcforc I 1 (Upper ract the ich in a iitenant- pd faith, s," when ear sun- oci'ation. be dealt in time c but at arenta_i;e r fathers was to ocess to ^ before irst nKis- f distin- tribution Old. J^- arm and s of the past. By tlie later pupils it will be read with that pardonable pride u iUi which or.e scans the family i)edi^ree and traces the line of honoural)le descent from some d(nit;hty ancestor. If pride of birth has an)' justific.ition it lies ill this, that one may have the i;race to emulate the virtues, re-enact the L;ood deetls, and hand down with increased honour the memory, of an unsLillieil name. \or will either class of reailcrs fory;et, that not t)nly was the writer of the chapter the first head-bo)-, but that for the lon^t;; period of five-aiid-twenty years he was a master in the College. \'ery charming is the [)ictuie he has ,;iven us of those who weie his professional colleagues, and, in the early )-ears of the Institution, his own fn^t masters. l'"lsewhcre we learn of a curious conlemporar)' criticism passed on these early imported masters of the Collei^e. A certain Dr. Dunlop, a well-known, earl}- Canailiaii lilt('ra:cu)\ of pronounced T(,)r\' views, found fault with them because the)- were all (_ aiitabs. " it would have been more advisable," saiil lie, " iiad they been selected from the more orlhoilo.x and L;entlemanly Universit}-." In the remark, observes Dr. .Scaddiiii^', our authority for the story, "we have the record of a foolisii prejudice on the part of Dr. Dunlop, derived, possibly, from his Ioiil; association with writers in Blacki^'ooii and Frascr, anioni;- whom the fixed notion prevailed that Cambridi^e was innately Whiggish, and therefore, not L;entlenianl\-." JUit, W'hii; or Tor\-. it cannot be said that the}- were wantini; in the ([ualities of a t^entleman ; still less, that the^' were indifferent teachers, or deficient in learning or .scholar- ship. The pupils the}- turned out and the high re[)Ute of the Institution testify to the contrary. We shall sec nujre of them later on, as well as of newer masters and pupils, who were .soon to add to the increasing honour and fame of the College. We have referred to some contemporary criticism of the first masters ; let us make a brief allusion to what was .saitl at the i^eriod about the design and methods of the College. From the r)Unding of the rrovincc, Upper Canada had been almost eiitirel}- ruled b}- an oligarchy, composed of men of education and good positions in life. Incidentally these men, as .self-interest drew them together in close alliance, came to have matters ijretty much their own way. They not only monopolized the public offices, but shaped the administration of the Province in accord- ance with their own wishes and in the class interest of their Order. This was particularly shown in the matter of education. In th.e Old World the age was still largely tinctured with classical ideas ; the era of popular science and common schools was yet in the womb of time. In Upper Canada, what educational facilities exi.sted were in the main for the sons of the rich. Imoiii the earliest period, we have seen, that even the iirivatc schools were seminaries of the higher ler arning. The first Govern m 20 UPrt'IR CANADA COLLKCF MFs.MORIAL VOI.UMK. scliools, opened in 180^), were Gram mar or Classical Schools ; and not till ten j-ears later was an}- ])r(nision made for elementary instruction, liven in Simcoe's day the main purpose of the appropriation of Crown lands was to found a Universit}'. The whole pother in Sir Peregrine iMaitland's n^giiiie was as to whether or not they should call Kintj's College into exis'ence. I'Lven at that time the cost of civil government ate largely into the substance of the jicople. There was plenty of money to be had for the purposes of legislaticjn, but vcr\- little for the purposes of education. This is seen from a report of the ICtlucation Committee presented in the Session of 1S32 to the House of Assembly. Sa)\s the report : "Your Committee mos'. earnestly draw the attention of your honourable IIou.sc to the astounding fact that less is granted by the Provincial Legislature for educating the youth of 300,000 people than is rccjuired \o defray the iv>/////gt'/// cx[-)c\\sc<, of one Session of Parliament!" Much, we know, has been unfairl}- lad at the door of the P'amil)' Compact ; but it is a Tory educational autiorit}' who tells us that the chief obstructive in school matters, in pre-Rebcllion times, was the Legislative Council. It was almost impossible, we are told, to get that body to vjncur in the legislation of the Lower House when it propos<;tl lev\ ing rates for the support of Common Schools In the minds of all l)Ut the governing families it ma}' be doubted whether, at that era, this was deeiued to be the best of all i)ossible worlds. Under the social conditions of the time, with the prevailing disregard of the weal of the people, we can (|uite understand the opposition to Govern- ment e:cpenditure on seminaries of higher leandng. The people had not their rights. A better day was to come with Responsible Government and its enlightened measures of popular education ; but that day had not yet dawned on the j'oung colony. Not unreasonable, therefore, was the cry ag;vinst the premature Anuiding of the L'niversity. Hardly less unreasonable was public imi)atience with the design that Sir John Colbornc's scheme of a College should be incorporated with the University and its management placed under its control. ILippily part of the difficulty was got over by importing its first masters from iMigland, and the opposition for the time disajipcared in the pride felt at the success of the Institution. Of course, then, as now, the impossible thing was to please all. Now and then rumblings of discontent were heard as to the disproportionate sums spent on primary and higher education. Without impugning the motives of those who administered the affairs of the Province, it may be questioned whether, considering the youth of the country, a more generous expenditure on schools for the people would not have been wisdom. It may also be questioned whether Dr. Strachan was cither wise or politic in THE COLLEGE AND THE ERA OF 183O. 21 not till Kvcu .nds was aitland's >Lrc into i[cly into 1 for the n. This Session )mmittcc to the iture for ,'fray the :no\v, has i a Tory n school as almost )n of tlie Common ; doubted worlds. disregard ) Govcrn- had nol nt and its t dawned inst the able was mc of a agcmcnl over by the time ill. Now )()rtionatc ;nui' distinguished at the University of Cambridge, where he had been a I'Y'llow of Clare Hall. Dr. Phillips, the \'ice-I'rincipal, was also a Cambridge man, long since graduated at Queen's College. He was already in the country, at the head of the District or Royal Grammar School at York. Mr. Dade, the mathematical master, was, at the time of his appointment, a I'ellow of Caius College, and continued for a number of years still to retain that honourable distinction. IMr. Mathews, the first classical master, was a graduate of Pembroke College, a brilliant classical scholar, and a proficient in Hebrew, having won the Tj-rwhitt Hebrew .Scholarshii) of the I'niversit}' ; and Mr. l>oulton, the second cla.ssical nuister. a son of Mr. Justice Houlton, of York, was a graduate of Queen's College, Oxford, and for some time engaged in tuition in the old end' -"cd lilundell's School, at Tiverton, Devon. Each of these gentlemen was an acquisition to the community at York. They were all of them instrumental in inaugurating and fostering in Upper Canada a sterling scholarship peculiarly English. " The jar long retains the odour of the wine with which, when new, it was first filled." In minds here and there in Upper and Low or Canada and elsewhere there lingers yet the aroma of Horatian, Virgilian, and other classic tinctures, dropped into them j-ears ago by Harris and his worthy colleagues. i Another gentleman attached to Upper Canada College by Sir John Colborne was Mr. Drewry. an artist of no ordinary skill, whose paintings in oil of sceiicry about the Falls of Niagara and in the White Mountains were held by judges to be rcmiarkablc for their great excellence. IMr. Drewry did a good deal in the way of cultivating art and artistic matters at York. The same may be said of Mr. J. G. Howard, afterwards the eminent architect at York, who, although not brought out expressly to undertake duties in Upper Canada College, was attached to that institution very soon by Sir John Colborne. The French master was Mr. J. P. de la Haye, of St. Malo, who had had iruich experience in schools in iMigland. The plot of ground on which the College buildings were erected had. previously been known as Russell Square. While these were being 26 rri'KK CANADA ('<)I,I.K(;K MKMOKIAL VoLl'Mr:, prepared, the work of the Collcj^fc bc^^'l^ in tlic old District or Ko) al Graininar Scliool, situate, at tlu' time, at the southern corner of March and Nelson Streets (now known as Lombard and Jarvis Streets), but ])reviously placed in the middle of the school block defined by Chnrcli, Adelaide, Jarvis, and Riehniund Streets, a buildinj^f itself already memorable to many in Upper Canada as the scene of their bo}'ish training; in the litene humauiorcs. Vox the purposes of the new CoUej^e, the interior of the old school was dividetl into rooms by panelled partitions, which reached not longer be denied, but by pro\iding opportunities in advance, which may elicit latent genius, and lead the way to the loftier paths of knowledge. 'I'odclay, therefore, the commencement of the Univer- sit)- till a much larger number of students actually present themselves to enter its walls, would be to postpone the cultivation of a fiekl till a few- spontaneous ears had multiplied themselves to a full crop ; forgetting the danger that the seeds thus left to themselves inay perish, whereas, if care- fully collecteil and cultivated, the\ would probably in a few seasons produce an abundant increase. " The above dcsultor)- remarks ma\' perhaps suffice to show that education of a super'or kind, is, to a certain extent, necessarih' an e.xpcnsive commodit)-. 1 pi-oceed to the question whether it is w-orth the cost to the purchase!', i.e., to the Province ; or, in other words to reply to the opinions that " the I'rovincc generally derives very little advantage from the College, and that it might be dispensed with." I infer from the expression "the Province generally" that it is implied that the advantages of the College are ehietl}' confined to the immediate vicinity of Toronto ; and it is certain!)' the rase that the greater part of the pupils has always been from this cii)- and neighbourhood. The number of boys from the country (and I ar TUi: c(JM.i;(ir., its in( im'Tion, and itkst mami ks. 29 soino from very ilistant parts), lias ^fciUMMll)- hi-cii latlu'r nioc than a lIiirLl of the entire miniber ; and when it is considered how many circumstanees, besides tlie expense, nia>' eoiicnr to make it convenient to parents to send tlieirsi-ns fai- I'ldm huiiu'. this is perhaps ncailv- as larj^i' a propoi lion as could he expected. Hiil \hv i)cnefits to the l'r«)vince at lar^a- are not to he S(>U'Iy estimated b\' tlie comparative number of pupils wlio are sent to the t'ollei^e from districts nioix- or less nmot*.' from its vicinit)'. 'I"he benel'icial effects of talents which arc ilraw n forth and cultivated In- a systematic course of eihication are not confined to the locality, eitlur of the school or of the home, of the talented indi\i(hrd ; the talents thus matured ar,- tin; i)roperty aiul advaiitat^e, no le.s> than the oinament of the countr)' .it lan^fc. " No one thinks of iiKpiirin;^' whether a Hacon or a Xewton. a Johnson or an Addison, reci'ived his education in his native town or at a ilistant school ; the whole nation enjoys the fruits of their talents, and L,dories in their fame wheri'ver they were educated. " it ma\-, indeed, be a source of honest [)ride t') particular school, to have educated such luminaries, as it may be to their native places to have produceil them, but the distinction thus enio)'eil by the one or the other, does no', in the least tlinn'nish the public advanlaijo and the public honours ilerived from their abilities. Hut to meet more directK' the (picstion of ailvanta;4es derived by the Pnwincc ijcnerally from the foundint.j of Upper Canada Ccjllege we must remember that it is too soon to juds^^e of the fruit of a tree Ijcfore die period of its maturity is arrived ; and tli;'t it is eiiuall}- unreasonable to expect that a place of education for youth should have produced an)' demonstrable i^resent influence on the cf)mmunity, in the course of sl.x \'ears from its foundation." To the Rev. f)r. Harris is due the now well-known selection from Horace (Carin. iv. 4, U. 33-36), which is appended to the labels inserted in the prize books annually i,flveii at Upper Canatla College : w that )ensive to the [)inions "ollege, n "the College d it is Lii from r)' (and '• Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam, Rectiquc cultus pcctora roborant ; Utcumque defeccrc mores, Uedecorant bene nata culpae." "Yet training tpiickens power inborn, And culture nerves the soul for fame, But he must live a life of scorn Who bears a noble name. Yet blurs it with the soil of infamy and shame. i 30 UI'I'KK CAXAr)A COLLEC.K MKMOklAI. Vdl.lMK. "Still tiaininj^ speeds the inl;()ni vi;4i>ur's j^rowtli, Sdund culture is the armour of the breast, Where fails the moral lore, Vice diseniioblcs even the noblest bt)rii. " Lord Lj't/cjfs ri\iii.datio)i. ADDITIONAL XOTl', OX Till; RKV. DK. I'l 1 1 I.I.I PS. The \k(i\. Dr. rhillii)s rcsij^ncd the X^ice-Principalshii) in DS34. The title was not continued. The Master next in rank after the l'rincii)al was now st\-led ]"'irst Classical Master. Dr. I'hillips became Rector of W eston on the Humber, al)out ten miles from Toronto. 1 remember seein^i; the inscription Dais nobis Jiacc otia fecit over a rustic seat m the strove o\er- lookini; the ri\er iu)t far from the Church, placetl tliere by the Doctor. I le died in the \-car 1840, ai^etl 6S. The te.\t-b(X)ks, ;^nanimars, and so on used in the old District or Ro\-al Grammar .School, presidetl o\er In- Dr. Phillips- prior to the establishment of Upper Canada College, were those of Eton, includinj,^ e\en the old untranslated Greek Grammai', .\t noon every da>-. it was the duty of the censor, or head-boy of the hii^lust class to proclaim the hour lhiodccii)ia Jiora est, to wh.ich was added Pitrri, aruioruDi scJioliXsti- coriiiii ytiiiiiii.uiti/iiii : imphins^- that the lads were to carefully leather up their books, papers, antl so on, and deposit them in their i)roper [)laces. Anyone who ma\- happen to recall a portrait of Dr. llawtrey, formerly I [cad Master of I-lton, which apjicared a few years since in the London Illustrated ])apers, will have before his mind's eye a rather faithful "counterfeit presentment" of Dr. l*hillii)"s contour of head and expression of countenance. Dr. riiillips did what he couKl to '^-epare the minds of his youn^i;' friends for the new era about to ilawn upon them. The subject proposed by Dr. Phillips for a short poem in 1829. was: Viris doctissiiiiis varia facitltatc doccitdi iiistitiitis Rcgiac Scholac Grainmaticac Rtoracoisi lacta dit's ddcril, i.e.: "Happy will be the daj- for the Royal Grammar School at York when well-learned men shall be appointed for it in the several departments of instruction." As a literar\' memorial of Dr. Phillips I f.jive some lines written by him and recited by one of his pu[)ils on the last prize daj- [of the old school. It is a review in verse of the iips and downs of the Institution with a hopeful onward t^lanee at its future : " As when the vessel laden with her store, Quits distant climes, and seeks the \mvj, left shore ; Now cuts the foaming wave of boist'rous seas, And crowds her swelling canvas for the breeze ; ■■■J ,5^ yiH '■■■-I « THE COLLKGi:, I IS IXCKI'TIOX, ANlJ FIRST MASTERS. *' But while ft)r home eacli sailor's bosom burns, And hope and fear, perplexing, reign by turns ; The kindly blowing gales at once subside, And leave the ship on sullen deeps to ride. " Behold the burden on the ocean stands, Longing in vain to reach far distant lands ; A dead!)- quiet overspreads the main, Nor vivid lightnings Hash, nor falls the rain ; " Yet courage animates the sailor's heart, And undismayed he nobly plays his part ; For tho' a transient calm his voj-agc sta}-, Still to his native land his wishes stray. " Again the wind their spreading canvas swells, And the swift vessel on its course impels ; Till ev'r>' danger, ev'ry terror past. The wished for haven they regain at last. " So man, as thro' life's .short'm'ng track he goes, Feels ev'ry varying gale that round him blows ; One while, his sails propitious zephyrs fill, Another, on the deep his barque stands still ; " So, we too, once a well-matched crew came here. And in ourselves a host, had naught to fear ; We cut the ocean with undaunted force, And brisker gales propell'd us on our course. " But thcV our canvas feel a gentler breeze. We still with patience plough pacific seas ; And tho' with lesscn'd force we now turn out, Again anticipate enliv'ning shout ; " Por say, why should we from these Boards withdraw, And cease our humble efiforts here to shew? Who give up tamely in the fight for fame, Nor make one effort to support our name ? " No ! let us rather all our efforts raise, And put forth all our powers to gain your praise, Cling to the vessel while a plank remains, Nor quit our anchor, Hope ! for all our pains. 31 ■^ 32 rri'F.k canada coli.kck mi.mokiai. volumi:. " This happy day, our hearts with pleasure hail, '1 his da\', thro' ev'ry bosom joys pre\ail ; l^ach toil, each labour, in the da\- is ciownM Our pride content, our hi_i,diest wishes bound. "Our dearest friends around us here to meet, Our Ioul;- known, loni,^ tried friends a_L;ain to L;reet, I'or this, O welcome, all the School boy's care ! O welcome, e'en for this, the School bo)-'s fear! " I'or competition is a noble thini;, It gives our naj^i^iiic,^ trcMiius a wing ; Puts ev'ry latent power of mind to test. And makes us labour to perform our best. "Then listen with good-will ; our cause befriend ; Withhold jour judgment till you see the end ; Take al' '.. ..11, our greatest faults pass b\', And view e.ich error with benignant eye. "Well pleased, if from this Royal School you go, Wliat happiness within our breast will flow ! l"'or, be assured, we all have this at heart ; To strive with zeal, who best can act his ])art." These lines arc preceded in the copy which I possess of them by the following quotation from Horace : — Lib. I. Ode xx.xiv. II. 12-16. Valet ima summis Mutare et insigncm attenuat Deus, Obscura promens. Ilinc apiccm rapax Fortuna cum stridore acuto .Sustulit, hie posuissc gaudct." Lord Lytto)is Tnvis/a/ioii, page 112. A God reigns, Totent the high with low to interchange, Bid bright orbs wane, and those obscure cf»me forth; Slirill .sounding, T'ortune swoops — Here snatches, then exultant drops, a crown." by the M«rw>**«iw^ iiv7 hen, the 1 maples d of the ;ir tabled " we are Canadian a-as here barbaro or prints , the line nslator of may be regard to uthor,"— but if it with or erance in m also, I eave him Intimate relations seem to have subsisted between the family of Mr. Mathews and that of Lord Hyroii ; he possessed a magnificent copy of the complete works of the poet presented to him by Lad>- Augusta Leigh, Lord Byron's sister. (The name Hyron, it may be noticed, was always pronounced ' Hirron ' by Mr. Mathews, a peculiarity at one time affected, I believe, b)- Hjron himself.) Mr. Mathews was vtno. of those wb.o had the power of inspiring in pupils a strong love of study and a true taste in regard to nice points in the Greek", Latin, and Knglisli Classics. He was a m i of i[uick humour and wit ; he w.is never at a loss for a merry rejoin ;r. I have often found useful a little precept of his. formulated on the spur of the moment and delivered with a laugh, to the effect that peojjle should map their minds as well as mind their maps. This was said in connection with .some attempt to realize the circumstances of some ancient battle involving the necessity of a clear recollection of the relative positions of hill and plain, of river and morass. l"'inely cut Graecian features, dark sallow complexion, and an abundance of raven black hair were faithful indications of mind and temperament in the case of the acc(Mnplished scholar whose memor\' wc have endeavoured to recall. After his retirement from Upper Canada C'oUege, in 1843, Mr. Mathews resided in tiie Island of Guernsey, where he died in 1S77. Mr. Mathews had accidentally found in Ausonius a passage much resembling Wordsworth's " And 'tis my faith that every flower enjoys the air it breathes," [Note. — " Lines Written in Early Spring," Wordsworth, p. 341, edition, Bo.ston, 1839,] and had communicated the circumstance to the poet. The result was the following characteristic note, which was given to me by Mr. Mathews, and preserved as an interesting autographic memorial in my collection of such things : THE I'OET WOI^DSWORTII's letter to Till". REV. (,IIARLi;S MATHEWS. Dear Sir, — I was luit acriuaitittil witli tlii^ |):l^ssllgo of Ausoiiiu.s to \vlii<.;li jou alliulcd, nor witli any part of his writiny at tho tiino, nearly lifty years since, when I eonijxi.sed the lines which you (juote. I perfectly remember the very moment when the I'oein in which they occur fell from my lips. 1 do not say my pen, for I had none with me. The passaj^o in Ausonius docs not put the case so strongly as mine, as the mere word "gaudere," is not perhaps much more than a strong expression for " thrive." Tlie interest you take in this little matter iH gratifying to me as a proof of sympatiiy l>etween ua, and emboldens niu to subscril)e myself ■^ ' Sincerely, your much obliged „ ^^'M. Wordsworth. Rydal Mount, December 29, 1836. m 35? UIM'EK CANADA COI.I.KCK MK.MOKIAK VOI.UMK. KKOM AUSONIl'S AW. ./. ,SV«f /•, /,'iSS. ArsoMi KiisAK. Invi.i. \i\. " Vcrciiit ; t'f liliuulo moiilciitiii fiij^oiii hciisii S|iiiiil)at (•r-lc)-'s '(irapliic and Historical illustrator," published in 1S34, an account of the Institution in Guernsey, referred to. W'e there learn that it was founded in Oueen l-Ji/abeth's reign, 1563, for the benefit of the youth of the Island. It was divided ii*'* six cla.sses ; books and exerci.ses were appointed respectively for eacii, the sclujjars to be admitted being re([uired "to read |)crfcctly, anil to recite an approved Catechisir. of the Christian Religion by heart." In all the six classes the Latin and Greek languages were the primary objects of instruction ; but the statutes permitted the Master at his discretion " to aild something of his own," ami even to concede something for writing, singing, arithmetic, and a " little plaj-." The school had fallen grcatl)- into ilecay, when in 1 823, Sir J(jhn Colborne, governor of the Island, determined to re-establish it; and in 1829, he had the satisfactioti of seeing the Inslituti(,Mi once more in complete operation in a handsome buikling, with an attendance of one hundred and twenty pupils. Its staff (jf instructors consisted of a Principal, Vicc-1'rincipal, a l^'irst and Second Classical Master, a Mathematical Master, a I\I aster and Assistant of the Lower School, a Commercial Master, and two French Masters and an Assistant, a Master of Drawing and Surveying, beside:: extra Masters for the German, Italian, and Spanish languages, and for Music, Drawing, and Fencing. The course included instruction in "Divinity, History, Geography, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, luiglish. Mathematics, Arithmetic, and Writing." It is evident that, in the main, Upi)cr Canada College was modelled after the pattern of I'llizabeth College, Guernsey, its curriculum of studies, however, being somewhat less comprehensive, and its staff of instructors not so numerous. The Upper Canada College building of 1830, was a plain, substantial, roomy edifice of red brick without any architectural pretentions. The internal fittings and finish were of the most solid and unadorned character The benches for the classes were placed round the rooms against the wall ; they were movable, narrow, and constructed of thick planks in a very primitive fashion, as also were certain narrow tables. I'^ach room was provided with a very large wood box set near the capacious fireplace, to hold the huge masses of hard maple, beech, and hickory used for fuel ; there was also a plain, strong, movable lock-up closet for the reception of ^ja**' 40 Ul'li-K CANADA COl.I.r.Ui; MKMDKIAI. VOF.UMK. loose books, ir.aps, aiul i aptis. The masters' desks were of heavy bla; k wahiiit, the le^s of each fastened by ckunps to a .small platform of its own which mij;IU be sjiiftcd about with ease on the floor. The waiiistoltiii^ throu_L;hoiit the biiildiiif; was composed of stout beards of irregular width haiul-plaiied, and nailed on longitudinally, all painted of a uniform drab colour. RouLjh usaj;e was everywhere challen^a'd, and rou^h usaj^e speedily came. Henclus, tables, and desks soon beyan to wear a V(M)' battered appearance. The wainscottinj; of the pa.ssagcs and other portivJiis of the buildinj^r was soon disfi^mred b}' initials, and sometimes names, carved at full length in accordance with a rude custom prevailini; aforetime in iCnj^lish public schools, — a custom more honoured in the breach than in the observ- ance. It is safe to say that no pupil pursuing his studies in the renovated anil enlarged Upper Canada College of the present day would feel any pleasure in seeing the walls around him decorated in this peculiar manner. A .similar chanL;e for the belter has come over the feeliii<^s and tastes of the scholars freciuentiiiLj all our public schools and other places of education. It camiot be doubted that next to the companionship of refined teachers a refined environment has the most happy effect on the young. Eiiiol/it mores iiic siiiit tssi' ft/vs. The e.xperimcnt has now been in progress amongst us for some time with satisfactory results. The establishment of beautiful boulevards in our streets and the more or less complete throwing open of parks ami other ornamental grounds, have produced a like effect on the general population of our cities and towns. With a j-outh trained to admire and prefer neat surroundings in their places of education, and an adult population habituated to respect and enjoy the beautiful adornment of places of public resort, the present generation may well congratulate itself on the point of civilization to which it has attained in this respect. Let this condition of things be maintained through a series of years ; ,'ace with our neighbours continue, and love and good fellowship ail among ourselves ; let plentiful appliances for a real education iitill -c rendered easily accessible to all, and made use of by all ; whilst, simul- taneously, innumerable influences for good are kept steadily in operation through the usual beneficent agencies. What is there to prevent very many of the high hopes entertained by the optimist in regard to the human race from being, in due time, realized in the people of the Canadian Dominion ? H. S. ...10^ I I I (I J('((: In; [.*i-im\ hA, "«»*, W//1, N CO ^ o ^ "^ < -elf, but simply as an inscription stami)ed upon its prize books, indicative of tin- impartiality with which the Institution dispensed its rewards and honours. The words having thus become so much associated with the College, it \\a-> a matter of some interest to discover its source. It was early observed that the\- formed the motto appended to tin- arms of Lord Nelson ; but this, of course, did not determine the writer from whom they were (piotctl. lla\ ing addressed an iiujuiry on this subject to the well-known London Notes aud Queries, I was inf )rmed that the wt.)rd-> in (|uestion occurred in a Latin poem, bj- Dr. J. Jorlin. The poem itself was not given, but 1 was told it nn'ght be foiuul in .i volume of Jortin's, entitled " Lusus J\>etiei." A frieiul in London kindly undertook to search out this work of Jortin's in the British Museum, and I h ive received from him a fair transcript of the Latin poem containing the words referred to. [ / 'it/e " Tracts, Philological, Critical, and Mi.scellaneous. " U>- the late Rev. John Jortin, D.I)., in two volumes. Nvo. London, 1790, V(»l. i., p. 17.] It is an Ode to the Winds, and reads as fc^llows : (i 42 IJl'I'KK ( ANADA COLLKCK MI.MOKIAI, XOT.IMK Ai) VKNTOS. ANIK A. I). , MIK'CXW II. \'ati.s 'riuciiii iiuik' citliiiriiiii \ tlini \'(K'isi|U(' illi'uflinis hliiiulii fiiicntilms I)aiitis jura |)i'(iiH'llis ; MiiKcutis ))flaf,'i iiiinas. W'liti, tain lapidd tnrliino (joiiciti, (,)ua \()s t'UiKjiH' vayii« iletiiU'rit furor, Classis vela IJritaima- 'I'raiisitf iuiKxtui, jji't'cor. I'ltorus .sit'lfiiiui classis lialii't iKus, Ht i)ul)L'in liauil tiniidaiii \ni> patria UKui. Mil ut iiutoa circuin. \irtus f-Ntuliias a^'it. I'^t nobis faciles iiari'itu i^t iiostilius. ('(Hicurraiit ])ariter cum ratilius rates ; Siitcteiit Numiiia imliti, et I'alniani (jiii iiuruit, firat. -^ TO Till'. WINDS. Would iKMV that I had the lyre of the Thracian br.rd [Orpheu.s] and the l)landi.shmciits of his \o'\cc, .^ivinj;- i,u:ntle hiws to the raging storni.s, soothing the threats of the deep. O \-e winds, wiien stirred up by ever so furious a hurricane, whitherso- ever its errant rage .shall bear you, pass harmless, I pray, over the sails of the British tleet. That fleet hath in it divinities, avengers of evil deeds, and young crews not afraitl t:) die for their country. See how around the canvas-crowded masts \'alour keeps ceaseless watch. Lenient to us and to our foes spare both. In battle fair let our ships engage. Let the Powers that rule the deep look on ; and whoever in their eyes hath deserved it let him bear off the palm. Judging from the memorandum | .Ante A.D. MDC'C'XXVII.] prefi.xe.l to jortin's Ode, it would seem that the reference is either to the fleet under Sir John Jennings, despatched to the Baltic in 1726, or to that under Sir John Jennings, despatched to the coast of Spain in the same year, botli intended to check sinister machinations against Lngland, on the part of Catharine, of Russia, and the Spanish (^ourt, in favour of the Old Pretender. Tii • true inwardness of the sentiment possibly is- If the Stuart cause be plcasin .; to Heaven let it win ; if the I lanoverian, let the victory be given to it ! Tin: COLLKGH, ITS INCKITION, AND FIRST MASTI.KS. 4? ithcrs*)- sails of iidcr Sir ^ir Joliii nteiulcd ithariiif", :r. Th' )lcasiti; it! As to the metre of Jortiii's stanzas, it is precisely that ol the famous ode of Horace, addressed '' Ad Riiiipnblicam^' and bcyinnin^^ O Navis [bk. 1, xiv. J, whence probably has come the iMiglish expression. " Shii) of State." meaniiiL( the nation with its Ministry or Government. I'itt, " the pilot who weathered the storm," as he was popularly styled, would naturally admire this ode of Horace. Jortin's stanzas accordinijly plainly inspired, as I think, by the same ode, in subject as well as metre, would also be to his taste, and when a motto was wanted for the shield (jf the naval hero. Nelson, he, with much felicit}', selected for that purpose their closini;- words, " Paliiimii qui iiurnit fcraty 'I'iie phrase tluis actjuired a world-wide celebiity. To find that it does not date back to the a<^e of Auj^ustus continues to be a matter of surprise with many. It must be remembered, however, that Jortin flourished in the era of Vincent Bourne, who in I'LiiLjland^ about t'lC year 174;,, wrote Latin verse held 1»\' tiie [joet C'owper almost to rival that of Tibullus and Ovid. In thj elabcjrate armorial bcarini^s j^ranted to Nelson the palm appears repeatedly. In the chief (jf the shield a palm tree rises out of waves. The dexter supporter, a sailor, bcar^s a palm branch in his left hand, and the sinister supporter, a lion rampant, has a palm branch in his rii^ht paw. The palm tree risin^^ from waves recalls the f.nnous anagram Honor est n Nlio, formeil from the words Horatio Xels(jn. The two palm branches encircling the name of the College and fastened togetlicr by a ribanil bearing the College motto first appearetl 5 THK COLLEGK AND [TS ENDOWMIiNT. BY RUI'KRT K. KINGSFORD, M.A., LL.H. ^^7T has been tlccmcd .'iclvisahic in this paper to present an account. ■^ in chronoloi^ical order, of tlie steps taken to found tlie ColIeL,fc. -^^ References arc made to tlic orii^inal sources of information, so tliat verification, if desired, will be simi)Ic. In Sessional I'apers, old I'rovinceof Upper Canada, iH^i.at p. 105, will be found a despatch from the Duke of I'ortland to Mr. President Russell, tlated 4th November, 1797. This despatch recites ;iii address frt)m the Legis- lative Council and LeL;islati\e Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada j[ira)ing that ' His Majesty be t;raciousl)- pleased t(j direct his (Government to appropriate a certain jiortion of the waste lands of the Crown as a fund for the establishment and support of a resi^ectable Grammar School in each district, and also of a College or University for the instruction of youth in the different branches of liberal knowledge." The despatch then states that the King has granted the pra)'ei of the petition, fnstl)-, the establishment of Free Grammar Schools in those tlistricts in which the>- are called for ; and in due process of time, b)' establishing otlicr seminaries of a larger and more comprehensive nature for the i)romotion of religious and moral learning, and the study of the arts and sciences. On the G{\\ .November, 1/9^!, Honourable President Russell com- numiciteil with Chief Justice J^liuslej-, and asked that the Council recomiuend how the objects contemplated in the despatch should be carried out. On the i st December, 1798, the recommendations were made (1 that 500,000 acres should be set apart for the establishment and maintenance on the royal foundation of four Grammar Schools and a Universit)- in the Province of Upper Canada. (2) That the provision for the establishment and maintenance of the University be at least equal to the endowment of the four schools taken together. M. 4 .ij« TIIK COI.I.KCK AM) ITS l.N D( )\VM KNT. 45 r. account. ColIct:jc. , so that 105, will Russell, ic Lcc,ns- • Canada ['cnimcnt s a fund chool in iction ol raycr of in thosr time, by c nature y of the ell com- Council lould be )ns were jlishiuent lools and vision for equal ti) The above letter antl the recointnendatitms u ill be found in Sessional Tapers, 1831, pp. 106-107. '"■^ It is Stated, Sessional Papers, 1S31, p, loS. ami it is probably the fact, that no answer w as made to these recommendations, nor was there an>' further confirmation of them. They have been accepted as the basis on which all subsetpient i^rants were made. District (Grammar Schools were founded, but were not endowed with land, thouc;h the masters were paid in accordance with another recommcn- il.ition. •k On 7th January, 18 19, the I utivc Council communicated with .Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieut.-Govcrnor of the Province, on the subject. They requested (Sessional Papers, l83i,p. 109) formal sanction to sell, lease, ;^'rant and dis[)ose of 500,000 acres above referred to for the purpose of establish- iiii^ a University. They stated that the District .Schools were not recjuired, and asked for a Commission to manaL,^e the lands and for a Royal Charter for the Universit}'. Communications then took place between Sir PereL,n-inc and the Home (iovernment, and in a despatch written in 1822 (Sessional Papers, i8-ji,p. 108) Sir P. Maitland suytjjests that ; 'Much jjood mis^ht be effected by the orq^anization of a general system of education ; an object to which might be applied the proceeds of the sale of some portion of the lands set aside under the title of "School Reserves," consisting of twelve townships, or 740,000 acres, still h(iwever reserving a certain portion for the future endowment of a University, should such aii establishment not be considered advisable at present." On the I 2th October, 1823, Lord Hathurst wrote as follows (Sessional I'apcrs, 1831, p. 106): " 1 am happy to have it in my power to convey to you His Majesty's consent that you appropriate a portion of the Reserves set aside for the establishment of a University for the support of scliools on the national plan of education. In 1823, the General Hoard of Education was established (Sessional Papers, 1831, p. 106). On the 19th December, 1825, Sir Peregrine Maitland wrote again to Lord Bathurst recommending the establishment of the University, and stated that 450,000 acres of land reserved for education and set apart were not very available, and asked that an equal quantity of these lands be exchanged for that portion of Crown Reserves still belonging to the Government. (Sessional Papers, 1851, Appendix E. E. E.) On the loth March, 1826, the Legislative Council reported as follows : " In 1798, 549,000 acres were set apart for purposes of education and endow- ment of schools. Of these, 190,573 acres were assigned to the General 4f. I I'I'IU ( ANAhA C(tl.l,i:(;i'. Mi:.\I()klAL voLUMi;. Hoard of l''.(Iiicati()n, Icaviiic: for the endowment of a University, 358,427 acres, or al)out seven townships. It is proposed to exchaiv^e fonr of these t >wnships for Crown Reserves. The ad\antaye would be reci[)rocal, as the (iovernnieut would have a tract of 248,000 acres at its disposal in eligible situations which might be assigned to an>- object for w hich the Reserves might have been consideretl ap[)licable, and the University would be enabled t(» go much sooner into operation. (Sessional Papers, 1851, Appendi.\ K. E. K.) In 1S27, Lcuil Hathurst authorized this exchange. (Ur. McCaul's Evidence, Sessional I'apers, 1S51, Ai)pendi.\- V.. E. E.) On the l6tii May, l.Sjj. the Charter of the Cniversit>- of King's College was issued, and on the 29th l<'ebruary, 1828, the endowment was grantcil to it of 225,944 acres. (Sessional Papers, 1828, p. 78). Sir John Colborne became Lieutenant-Governor in November, 1828. Trouble immediately arose about the illiberal nature of the Charter, and on 28th December, 1828, it was suspended. On 19th January, 1829, in replj- to an address complaining of the character of the Charter, Sir John Colborne suggested that the first change in the Charter which should be rccommcntled, and which would conduce more than an>- other to its becoming eniinentl}' useful to the Province, was to connect the Royal Grammar School with King's College in such a manner that its exhibitions, scholarships, and chief support might dejjcnd on the funds of that endowment. (Sessional Papers, 1829, p. 14). On the 19th March, 1829, in reply to the Lieutenant-Governor's message of the 19th January, the House replied: — "We are not pre[)ared to express a wish to incorporate the proposed institution with the Univer- sity, or to confide the foriner to the care of persons superintending the latter, and we therefore wholly repose in your P'xcellency to designate, organize, and foster a Rojal (irammar School, which we wish to be called "Colborne College," upon the most liberal principles, under the most able masters, and deriving funds from the source alread\- mentioned by jour Ivxcellency.' Again (Sessional Papers, 1829, p. y^), the House addressed Sir John Colborne as follows : — '• The House trusts that no hoped for modification of the present charter will suspend the exertions of His P'xcellency to put into operation Colborne College, and by the observance of those liberal principles which His Excellency lias already been pleased to patronize and recommend to open with as little delay as possible opportunities of educa- tion in no way inferior to those contemplated hy the proposed University." ^^^F 1111, coi.i.iaii; AM) IIS i;m)()\\ MKN r. 47 ', 358.4-V of these al, as the 11 elicd further allege, and ed on any >ity. Tiic ;^ )r one-half tl " Set- Appemlix, for list of tlie lands giantf.l to the College Ijy the Crown. ■v:S m '^-on Mackenzie had been repeatedly e.xpellcd from the House of Assembly, aiul the political struggle in the halls of the Legislature extended far outside. The effect of this period of strained political relations and unwholesome excitement can be traced throughout the social life of the time : even Education bore the marks of the upheaval, in the autocratic and non-conciliator\- attitude of the ruling Oligarchy. Fortunatel)- there was a firm independent hand at the helm during Sir John Colborne's t(^i^i}Ht\ and His K.xcellency, having shaped his course in his relations to L'pper Canada College, and made up his mind as to the sort of institution he designed it to be, did not suffer himself to be turned aside in the pursuance of his object by cither executive weakness or popular caprice We shall somewhat anticipate events if we here make a t|uotation from a Toronto journal — I'/ic Courier— \\x'\\.\.cn at the close of Sir John Colborne's administration ; but the extract so well illustrates His Excellency's interest in the College he was about to found, that we may be pardoned for here embodying it. The reference to the University, still in posse, bears out, though with another explanation, what we have previously said about the KKCiiMi: <)!■ Till-. ui;v. i)i;. kauris, 1S30-3S. chaiactci c. When seemed to II mcasuro n its new ;cs were in omiminity ihc watch- ad then til ri<;hts ami t out, was rebellion, from the es^islaturc political the social al, ill the )rtunatel)- olborne's at ions ti> iistitution e in the r caprice- 111 from a !c)lborne'^ s interest i for hero acars out, ibout th ■ Lieutenant-Governor beiii}j in no hurry to push forward the more ambitious scheme. The " fliii^'" at the illiteracy of the popidar Chamber will be understood by recallinj,' tiie fact that The Courier was a fine oki. and well- flavoineil, Tarl or (itlitT of till' cKuiiti.v. Kdiicatioii, no Icn.s tliaii iiitiriial iiiiiinivi,' iiiiiiit ami cinigratioii. oLTU|iii'cl liis early ani'iiatf imildin),'M, aro.sc, and a swampy common was coiiMTtod into ii scat of learning. 'I'liis institution lias ccrtaiiily liccii his favourite olijcct. He has annnally given a I>i i/c of tiic value of ten miiiicas to tin- host I-atpi seliojar under a I'citain age : h«' has taken a personal and nevt l-failin;,' interest in its iniimtest details ; and encouraged the manly KiigllHli gaiiiu of Cricket among tiie hoys. Kitt|Uently, when jiashing the College jilay ground on a liright summer's afternoon, he would stop, we are told, and look with satisfaction on tiie lively and •inimated scene. And well indeed might he ga/.e with unalloyed and virtuous jilcasure on this, a spectacle of his own creation I A father, and a kind one too, himself, he nnist have reflected with delight on his having sucireeded in hestow ing upon the rising generation ad\an tnges eijual to those which he himself enjoyed at Winchester College; and he must have recalled •with mingled emotions those days when 'glowing hit,' he played the very game which was then hcing contested before him. Had it liecn in his power, a I'niversity would have followed the estahlishinent of a College ; liut as long as a majority of our Legislators can neither read nor write, nor speak Knglish, we must place the reali/atioii of this golden dream among the haseless visions of Cto()ia. ' Let us return, however, to the be^iiniini^s of the Institution. In the minutes of the Hoard for tiie (ieneral .Superintendence of Education, under date April 4tli, 1 829, we fmd a letter from Sir John Colbornc to Dr. Jones, Vice-Chancellor of U.xford Univcrsit\', imposin^r upon that tj[cntlcman the duty of selecting;' a principal for the new College, .liso two Classical Masters, and a Mathematical Master — all of whom are to be sent to the scene of their future labours in Upper Canada b)' November of the same year. With the Vicc-Chanccllor of O.xford were associated, in this dut\- of .selecting the masters, the Rev. (/. Stocker, late Principal of h'dizabeth College, Guernsc}-, and the Rev. Cha.s. Yonge, of Lton College The choice these gentlemen made the reader will have learned from the preceding con'.ribution of the Rev. Or. .Scadding. The masters arrivetl in Toronto late in the I-'all of 1829, and at the opening of the new \ear, as we have already seen, the College began operations, pending the erection of its own buildings, in the Home District Grammar .School. The staff consisted of the Principal, the Rev. Dr. Joseph II. Harris ; the Vice-Principal (then in the country, and taken over from the hcadmastership of the District Grammar School,) the Rev. Dr. Phillips; First Classical Master: the Rev. Chas. Mathews ; Second Clas.sical Master : the Rev. Wm. I^oulton ; Mathematical Master: the Rev. Charles Dade; Drawing Master: Mr. Drevry; French 5-^ UI'1'i:k CANADA ( ( >i.i,i:( ;ii .mi;mouiai, \ULU.M1:;. Master: Mr. J. 1'. dc la Ilayi •; Writiii^^ Master: Mr. (i. A. Harlxr ; Assi.staiil WritiiijT Master ami teachcrof I'lii^'lisli : Mr. Padlli'Iil ; Janitor: S. Alderdi* c. The staff was iinnK'diatily afterwards suppli'iiu'iited 1)\- the app(iintineiit (>f Mr, John Kent as hi'ail of a I'reparator}' Sehool or eleiiieiilary form in the Collejfe. The boarding school was not orj^'ain'/ed nntil sonic years later, with .Mrs. I'enwick as Matron. Lieutenant-Colonel Wells, who was on the Council of Kinj;'s College, actecl for a time as Treasurer of the Hoartl, anil Mr. (j. A. Harbcr as l<'ces Collector. The affairs of the College were administered by King's College Council, the chief members of whicli wdc the lion. John Strachan, \).l)., .Archde.icon of York, the lion. Chief Justice Sir J. H. Robinson, the 1 lonourables W'm. Allan, (jcorge VV. Marklaml, Duncan Cameron, I'etcr Robinson, J. II. Dunn. Lieutenant-Colonel Wells. Grant Towell, James l''it/gibbon, C. Widmer, C. C. Small, and Lieutenant- Colonel O'llara. In the labours of this body. His Lxcellency the Lieutenant-Governor took a hearty interest. With the im[)orleJ and improvised staff we have enumerated, and the organization of a Council of learned and intluential gentlemen to wattit over its affairs, Upper Canada College set out on its historic educational career, though handicapped by the ail verse circumstances of the trouble 1 time, to which we have previously referred. The financial basis of the Institutit)!!, as we have already seen, was a land grant of 66,ooo acres. Thi-> Crown appropriation yielded as yet no income, though presently the Cominissioner of Crown Lands was instructed to put the lands on the market, and to pay cjver the proceeds of sales to the trust funil of King's College, whose Council were to control the affairs of Upper Canada College and advance it money for its immediate maintenance. In addition to the land grant, Government made the College an annual allowance first til ^■"250, which was shortlj- afterwards increased to /"500, and then to a £1000 a year. Its other sources of maintenance were the College fees, from an attendance numbering about a hundred pupils — the fees being two pounds a cjuarter in the College proper, anil one pound five shillings a quarter in the Preparatory School. I'^ive shillings extra, per (|UHrter, were charg "d both classes of pupils, for (}uill-pens, ink, fuel ami lighting. Though furnished with these various sources of income, the Institution was in no position for a loni; while to pay its way. New buildings had to be erected for the College: and there was at the outset considerable expense incurred in making the old Grammar School temporarily suitable. Dwelling-houses for the resident masters had also to be built, and these were necessarily of a size to accommo- date boarders until a building, specially suited to the purpose, w^as provided. The staff, moreover, was large and expensive, the salaries ranging from a /'iooto;^6oo a year. The annual cost of inaintenance, estimated at the UK. iMi: (ti TiiK i ula ("olleL,'c tion to tin- ce first ol to a ^1000 s, from ail wo pounds (juartcr in arj^ id both nished with n for a loni; c Collcf^c; making tlu- lie resident > accommo- s provided, ng from ii atcd at tlu; inception of the L'ollt^i', was under /'4000. The actual cost, as wc learn sonii' nine years afteru arils, was between /,V)OOo and /."ooo a year. In lS39, on a ie\iew of the fniancial affairs of the C'ollej;e, it seems tl'.at the Institution had fdleii behind in its accounts over ;C^30,0OO, most of which vas euirenllv nut b)' ad\ances from King's College. However disappointing, at a fnst glanci-, was this showing of the financial affairs of the new institution, it did not b)' anj- means entail so great a loss to Kind's College. Nor was the experiment itself fairly char^ie- al)le with the discredit of occasioning such a loss 'I'he i)resent-da>' writer can afford to be bank in dealing with the subject, and tin- I'.ditors of this volume are not called upuw to gloss over any facts. The truth is, the financial management bj- the L'niversit)- authorities was at first careless and bad. There is nothing to be gained in going now into details, or in e.\humi.ig the corpse of a longd)uried contro\ersy. Hut the historian of the pi riod can hariU)' pass over the fact that, with regard both to the land accounts and to the ('ollet,fe dues, there was great administrative laxity, and, in some subor- dinate (,uarters, dishonesty. College dues were unpaid and misappiopri.ited, and large arreara<;es were suffered to .'iccumulate on hinds sold belonging to the Institution. In iS^^. when its financial affairs wimt ovi rhaiiled and put on a more businessdike and methodical footing, over /. ijckjo were due to the College, some considerable portion of which was never reco\i red. Where responsibility for this state of things ought detinitel\- to re^t, it is difficult, after the long interval, now to sa\'. The countr\- was new, and the management of institutions, either endowed or incor[)oratctl, was not then liyidly scientific. The Trovince, moreover, was in a vet\' anardiie and distm-bed condition, and the field for the exercise of gooti faith and loyalt>- to pul)lic trust was ,'.pt to be invaded by the baser virtues. Xor hatl public opinion, at the period, free s':ope fov the healthy play of censure or of criticism, which the state of aff.urs demanded, and which would ha\e proved helpful to morality. The country, in truth, was trying a t;reat educational experiment under very exceptional anil adverse circumstaiicis. When political institutions arc on their trial, and when public life and ll;e reputa- tions of public men become the sport of lawlessness and are enmeshed in the intrigues of faction, we need hardly look fi)r people to be o\er-serupulous or honest. The conflict of the pmiod has long since hapjiily died, and it would be poor work for any one now to rake over the deatl ashes- bar more profitable will it be to turn to the internal administration of the College. Before doing so, however, let us here take the opiiur; unity of saying, that to make good the advances of King's College, Sir Join Colborne caused a deed to be drawn, conveying to King's College Council i •^ 54 CI'I'KK ( ANAliA COI.I.KCK Ml.MOKI \I. NOI-l'Mi:. liS,030 of the 66,000 acres of the laiul eiulowinent of Upper Canada C'olle^e, aiul hei^t^ed tliat l)oily to take charge of the reinaiiuier of the hiiuls and to direct the Hursar to sell tliem for the benefit of Upper Canada Collcj^e. This arraiii^i-nieiit, which was made in Marcii, 1833, the minutes of tht Council of I'.ducation show, was ai,neeil to ami dnl\' carried into effect. There is another matter that here calls for C(jmment, in consideriiij^j tin relations of Upper Canaila College with KiiiL^'s ColleL',e, viz., the fact tha; while the latter institution was as yet not in existence, Upper C!anad,i (."oUe^^e was at the time doinij University work in the Province, and thai Kind's College, untler the circumstances, need not ha\e been careful to exaLt the uttermost farthing from the indebted minor Institution I-'ortunately it was able, by the arrangement we have just related, to refund to the Universit\' the sums advanced it, and, later on. the Legislature gave Upper C'anatla College an acquittance of the debt. Hut, had this been otherwise, Upper Canada College might with confidence have claimed a good set-off for the work it was doing for higher education. Its " seventh " fiirin work, — not onl}' in Classics aiul in the higher Mathematics, but in I'liilnsophy, and in Divinity subjects, such as Ilebr :w and \ew Testament (irec-k, as well as in Survej'ing and other practical departments, — was the work usually done in a University course. This is a circumstance that was too often lost sight of, in later-day di.scussions of the early relations of Upper Canada College with the institution afterwards known as Toronto University. Let us now turn to a more pleasing and less pok-niical subject — the contemporary recortl of the eilucational achievements of the College. A formal report by the Principal, at the expiry of the first yrar's operation.^ enables the Lilitors to show what was accomplished so earl\- in its career. The Report is introduced by a few prefatory remarks any in the .Mother Countrv. The result of the ex.imin.itiou was m<»^t satisfactory, ami when tin- Hoard declared, through its Presi.lent, in.it tl. • progress of the youth, in their various studies had ftillv answered ivcry reasonable expectation and left a deep impression on the minds of all th ■ members, of the zeal, skill, and ability manifested by I'.ie gentL-inea to wlioni their education his been committed, thj djclar.ition wis fullv accorded in by everyone present," Frc^ni the Report of Pr'iicii)il Harris, uc thci foi I Ki:(;iMK Ol IIIK Kl.\. DK. IIAKRIS, 183O-38. 55 I (.lollc};c. Is and to :s of tin ito effect . Ic'lillL,' tllr fact tha: ■ Canad.i , and thai 1 to exact uiiately ii 'niversity r C'atiad.i se, Ui)pei )ff for the ■ork, — not ly, and in well as ill ly done in l()-.t si^lit la Collej^c jecl— llu ie.;e. A )cralion> ;s career, chlcacon 's work. IS before ilion took I'lMvince ( (|aal, it iictinn t'l ,is ino^t lli.it tl.c ed iVCr>' of all th- l.;niL-a t) w.is full}' hiriis w^' make the folIowiiiL; extract, to<;cther with a synopsis, in which the old CollcLje boy (>( the ])eriod will doubtless be interested, of the w^ork of the year in the respective forms. Says the Principal, writing to the Trustees : — "Tin- Hr. invari.ilily lost in hringiiig a number of boys wlio have been liitherto instructed, some on one system, ami some on another, to the same niiifline and education. •• According to the plan on which I proposed to conilnct the instruction of the scliolars, the ('olle!,'e, iiiilependentiy of tlie pr'eparatory school, is divided into si.x forms or classes: during the p.ist year the iiuml)er of fiirm>< actually in o|)i'i itioii was only hve ; as it did not appear that there were; any scholars « ho could advantageously be put upon the course designed for the sixth foriii. though I trust that as we proceed there will be no lack of candidates for the highest degree of instnictinu which mc can impart. "A detail of the occwiiatiou of tlie sever. d f(unis will j)erliaps be the ninii.iy morning niemoriter recitation from the New Testament ; Writing and Arithmetii-. This Form attends the Classical Masti'i's I!) hotirs ; the Wiiting and English Mastir 9 hours, e.ich week. Sinmil Fiiriii. Latin (iramiiiar eontiniieil, including the entire Syntax, "Propria LitheniaticM. 56 UI'l'KU CAXAOA ( OI.M'.CI. MKMoKIAI. VOUMK. Fri'iu'li and (ii'ii^jniphy. TliiM Form jitti'iids tlio Cl.issiciil Masters Hi', Iwniis, tlic M.iflifiiiatii J Master .'i hours, mid tlio Kriiicli Miisti r li', hours, cicli week. Si.iili /■'"nil. (irci'k aiiil iMtiii ( irainuiar cutirc : LnnstriiiMj^ lirci'lv ti .\t, I 'alzd's ( 'oIlL'utaiii ,i < iriMiiMajiira ; llorai'', < 'iccro. \'irj,'il. Kxi'rcises : N'alpv's Vcilsou's (Jrci-k, Val|iy's l'"U'gaii tia- Latiiia', ntranslatioii, and iin'iiioritci' I'l'citatioiis of (Ircrk and I,atiu antliors, I.atiii X'cim, Latin and Knulish Thi'iufs ; Matlicinatics, and l''ri'ni:li. 'I'liis Korni attends thrClassiiMl Masti rs IT hours, the Matiicinatical Master S liours, and tlic French Master .'{ hours, cai'li week. " It i.s proper to ohserve," riniarks Principal Harris, " tliat it is not eontenii>lateil alu'a\> to eontine tiie i'lassiiM) readinj,' of the sixtli f examination in a new Institution, and also consideiiiij,' that our oliject has Keen ratiici' to lav i sound found.ition than to make a display of rapid and apparently extensive .•uMpiirements, tin examination was passed ceiierally in such a ni.inner as to cncnui'aL'c favour.ilile .inticipations d tiie future, liolli as rci^ards th<' Colleee and the sciiolars. .And whilst recording,' this opinion. 1 Iml; (o lie allowed to exipriss my sense of the ahle and unremitting' < peiation of my eollea;;iii- and tiie masters of the estahlisliment in ^'cneral. hy which so satisfactory a icsiilt of onr lii-I ,Vear's l.ahours has heen efTected. *' 'I'll the aliove report. <;entlenien, which I have the honour to snhniit to you, I have oiil> to adii niy sincere desire, and I trust not unfonnded hope, tli.it the success of so nolily desij^'iicil an Institution .is I'pper Canada College may lie correspondent to the liherality with which vm; have ]iroviiled for its estahlisliment, and that its luneliiial ell'ects may eipial the wishes of ih' exalted individual whose enlightened rej;ard for tin; piihlic yood jirojected and completed it.' (Signed) .lusi.i'H II. II Mihis, I'riiirii.iil <>/ /III Cii/f'ii' ■■i' ; ■■ \\\- have taken iip considerable space with tliis first Report of TriiKii a Harris, but tlu> reader will doubtless say we have done wisely, as the Kepm. not only attests the -i aiiii'iit. clr M tic ip|il\ itiiill t'dlllil l>i cxaiiiiiiatioii.. jfits, such as lot iiitroiUui'il with iiiiifoiiii ■ I'xaiiiiiiatinii. r tiist pulih tlitr to la\ .1 ii'intiits, tin ti(i|intioii.^ 1 ! lis opinion. 1 iiy (■olliiii'iu> t of oiif lii>l I havi' oiil\ iMy ih^sijiiifii th wliicii \ni: WIslu'S of til' phlfcl it.' IS, r I'liiici) a'. lite Kcpiir'. illrt;c, Ini: liiiiuls, aiii \r CDlUlU) I11L-Ilt, l>.tl- MMMk o rl o S ^ 2 ■< = i ^ y- .. >: y- s :? u w y. p ^ o •». u •S ™ <. KI'XJIMH OK TUi: RKV. DR. HARRIS, 1830-3S. 57 ticiilarl)' in tlic passa|;cs icfcrring to the avoiciancc of displaj- iti the cuucatioii of the pupils, aiul in tl)e consideration paid to tliose of tlic Roman Catholic comnuinioii in tlic readitiL;- of Scripture. Doubtless, rrinci|)al Harris's tolerance reflected the spirit prevailinrti'< iiittil Sir ./ohii Collionn , Kiil'jiif ('oniinamli-r uf th< Monl. lliiiviitrdhli' Milildrif Oiih r uf titi /lii/h, eration. In giving us the means so eminently calculated to raise the standard of classical literature in this Province, we ."re happy to observe that the more generally useful though less ornaniental branches of education were not sierificcd to those suited to a morj polislied and loliiie 1 .state of society. ^ 6o ITl'KU CANADA ( OLLi;* iK MKMOKIAI- VOLUMK, \ouv Kxccllciicy, liy |ii'c,sf tiu' \visi I'lhi . Wki.i.s, S'irnhiri/. His KxcKr.M'NCV WAS IM.KASIIl MAKF. inr. I'Oii.ow iMi liKi'i.v :^ < !i;n ll.l Ml'.N : - '■ An address Iriiiii those who arc now cxpcriiiicinL; tlic l(lcssin;j;s of tiio extensive and liheral cihicatioii wliidi tiicy iiave icceivcd at l'i)per Canada ( ollc^c cannot l>ut lie reieivcil iiy iiu' MJth tlie lircatcst pleasure and satisfaction, ^'ou arc amony tiic lirst wlio ha\c demonstrated the essential licndits to society which arc derived from the estalilishment nf tins Royal Inslitution. May you also ever take tiic lead in this I'rovince as Christians, as citi/ciis, as palriiits, as UKMidicrs of a I'ommunity, " '/'o' fnii'nil/'i /nitniiii. i/iii /fi/i m Jnrii'i:!' •irrriiii/." 1 thaidi ynu I'oi- tiic lt your i^nnd wishes lor mysi'h' and fandly ; and lie assured lliat 1 shall always walcji with cnat intilcst the |)roL;ress and welfare nf those \\hi> liave hecn stmlents at I'piier ( 'anada ( 'ollei^c." The following names wcie aiipcnded t" tin' iddress : — .1. StiMchan, Jr. , A. W. Strachan, S. A. Ridont, 1!. 15. Sullivan, . I. ( ». lleward, \V. 11. lionlton, ( i. 'I'. Denisou, l!ni.'can, (i. \V. .Ulan, S. I'.. .Snntli, I.. Ridont, .1. II. Cameron, (1. (iivins, W. Rnttan, (i. R. liiilings, 15. Dixie, R. Cameron, Win. IJcllinyh.im, W. D. Powell, J. Moore, I,, lioliinson, .1. ( '. .Morrison, W. ,S, [''it/gcrald, 'I'lios. Latham, 11. Latham, .1. Rillings. M. Dyctt, A. McDonell, \V. Dixie, Thomas .Moore, (1. D. Wells, and .John Latham. Tlio .AcUlrcs.s, which i.s both well conceived and well expfcssed, must have been veiy L^ratifyiii^^' to Sir John Colbonie. it is an inteiestin;^ reminiscence of the eaily \-cais of the ("ollcije, of its fifst foiiinler's connection with it, and of the men w ln) were afterwards '.o finure, more or les.s promineiitl)-, in Canadian public life. Some of the name.=; appended, it is difficult, after the lapse of time, now to identify ; but it is easy to rccot;iii/e amouL;- the .signatories the 1 Ion. George W. Allan, Sir J. Lukin Robinson, lion. K. ]i. Sullivan, Mayor l^oultoii, Col. Wells, Judi^e Powell. Judt;c IVIorrison, J. (). and \\". H. I leward, 1 Ion, John llilly.ird Cameron, and Colonels (i. T. and Robert L. Denison. In the College lists of the period, other well-known naincs occur of men who afterwards took an active part in the native history, political or social, or were prominent in one or other of the professions. Among these old College boys we find Chief Justice VVallbridge, his brother. W. II. Wallbridge, the Hon. John Beverley i^ Ki.iiiMi: (»i Tin: kkv. i»k. Harris, 1S30-31. Oi , ins. C on, ( >. ■owoll, aiii, .1. Iiaiii. must kobiiisoii. ('liristi)plKr Robinson, Q.C., Lanatt W. .Smith. !).( .1,., the Rev. II. .Scatlcli^^^ 1 ).!)., the Rev. Walter Stcmiett, M..\., the Hon. Adam C'ronks, LL.D., JiHlL,fe .Stevenson, the Rev. J. (i. 1). Mackenzie, M.A., .Sheiiff Jarvis, Win. W'edii, .MA., Dr. J. T. .Small, .ICmilius Irvin^s Q.C, I h. \V. C. ("heuett, Jiul.L;e \V. G. Draper, Jiul_L;e Kiiii^smill, .Samuel anil 1 ( . Keefer, C.l-:., lion. James Patton, LL.D., D. H. Read, O.C, T. R. and W. Ilamilton .Merrilt, h'rancis and John (). I lev.ard, Jonas Ap. Jones, James Cioulher, O.C. Henry llarlney, W. IL W'eller, W. O. Buchanan, .\:c., .S:c. Not less entitled to honourable place in this Memorial Voluinc of the College are those who won distinction in the Class Lists of the year and who ri;4ure among the Amuial I'rize winners, ihirini; the rrgiwr o( Dr. JIarris. .Space will not permit us to tjive an\' detailed lists of those eaijer )'ijuths, who, judgeil by their achievements, seem to have been hunj;ry for intellectual food, and were laudably ambitious of showin;^ how well it agreed with them. 'Iheir number is a <^oodly company, and the honours that fell to thi'm make a good showing. Room, however, must be made, for the list of head-boys of the period. It is as follows : 1832, Henry Scadding ; 1833, \V. J. P'itzgerald ; 1834, W'm. Ruttan ; 1S35, \Vm. I'"it/.gerald ; 1836, Thos. Ewart ; 1837, lulward Ilurd ; 1838, John luvart. Oi these, the first seven head-boys, whose names arc to be found in the roll of honour in the l'ra)"er Hall of the College, but one or two survive to testify to the able and assiduous labours of the I'rincipal and Masters of the Institution in which they won distinction. Most of them have fallen a-lcep : not a few of the number, indeed, passed the portals of the other world at an early age. One of these, poor Ruttan, of Cobourg — a youth of great promise and much beloved while at College — returned from his travels in Iuiroj)e, three years after carrying all before him in the class- room, to fill a consumptive's grave. Great was his love for his (i/f//a mater: in a letter to a schoolmate, written abroad, he writes " God bless every brick of it !" A most interesting memoir of the youth, prefaced by a funeral sermon preached by the late Bishop liethune, then Rector of Cobourg, was published at the time, and contains loving tributes by several of his Masters and a few of his cherished schoolmates. One of the bright band — a now venerable and most interesting historical figure — happily yet lives, to treasure the memory of his triumphs, and .still loyally to honour the old College in which for nearly a quarter of a century he was himself a Master. The contribution of the first head-boy to these pages, is not by any means the sole .service Dr. Scadding has rendered either to the educational literature of his country, or to the historic annals of the institutions of the city which has the honour to own him as a son. Hi.s ygl ^^. (>2 I rr'IK < ANADA ((tl.I.I (,!•: MKMOUIAI, VoU'MK. has been a lon^f. honourable and useful life — a life devoted to nood woiks .111(1 tin- sri\ ice of his fcllowineii. In him education, iiteinture, and local antii|uities Ikim- liad a lovinj;. enthusiastic, and lifolon^ friend. If, in a practical \va\', he may not be called one of the makers of the cit)', amonj^ aiiti(iuariin) and litId." its learned ami k)vin^f aimalist. In Septiniber, ik. HARRIS, 1830-38. ^».^ f Mr. ymed iicd in other ' The lid is \c in etic.'il verse, areer )icH;ts lit of 1 the scries different headmasters at Upper Canada (Dllej^e, were chis-^niates in tl e early \x'ars of Kind's C'ojle^fr. Later on, both will come before tlu- reader of these pa^es, one in connection with the history of his rt'i^iiiii', ami the other as the v.diied contributor of the chapter on the administration of the Kcv. Dr. McCaul. An interesting^ aiul deli<,ditfull\' reminiscent paper will, in point of time, naturally precede what is written by the one and what is written abont the other, in the case of these two gentlemen. We allude to Mr. Win. Ihomson's ;^ossip\- '" Retrospect ' of tlu' ("oIle;_;e at the era of the Rebellion, in the perusal of this p.iper by a pupil contemporary with the events which he so charmin<;ly describes, old College boys will have their heart.i uarineil by the patriotic enthusiasm of the writer, ami 1)> his unaffected loj-altx' to, and long-surviviiiLj interest in, the Institution uliich he proudi)' owns as a Mother. Appropriate to the subject of Mr. Tliomson's paper is the followinroper order and discipline the Seminary which he has superintended wi.i. so much distinction, and the success by which his exertions have been attended, and in assuring him that he carries to his retirement in l^ngland, their best wishes and earnest hope that he will soon be placed in a station where his talents and eminent accpiirements may be a .s(jurce of comfort to himself and of benefit to that country as they have been to this I'rovince. That while they congratulate Dr. Harris on the more immediate cause of his retirement, they camiot but deeply deplore the loss which Upper Canada College sustains in his resignation, and the more especially because they judge it scarcely possible in many respects to supply his place." This Resolution of "the Chancellor, President, and Council of the rniversit}' oi King's College," in taking leave of the Rev. Dr. Harris, iiardly does justice, we incline to think, to the occasion . Tlie retiring I'rincipal manifestly deserved a more flattering testimonial. Tiie College Council, in any case, owed it to themselves to put what little they had to say in better literary form. But these are matters — perhaps trifling matters — of individual taste and judgment. The important thing before us is the loss the College was now to suffer in the withdrawal of its first Principal. Had the College been a proprietar}- institution, it would be no marvel to find its shares suffer a decline on the retirement of Dr. Harris. As little of a marvel, however, would it be to see them recover their value UEGIMK OF TIIK KEV. Dk. IIAKKIS, 1830-3.S. 65 nil Dr. McCauls succession. It was no li^rlit task Dr. Harris had undertaken, in laying' the foundations of the Institution over which he h.id been called to preside. Considering' the difficulties of both time and place, the suc- cess that waited upon his ei^ht years of arduous labour was mo.st creditable tu him. Not only did he briii},' the Colle<;e into existence, and leave it a fully- (i|iiil)ped and efficiently working' educational institution ; but he stamped it with the impress of his own hi^di professional attainments, and .set upon it the .seal of putc and honour which it was afterwards to bear. " It is not a small thinJ,^" writes a ])roud chronicler of Eton, "to form the characters of men who may one day j,mide the action of ICn^'land, or inHuence the th(.ii«,dit of the world." Is not the remark, with .some little (pialification, in pl.ice, in reviewin<( the work of Upper Canada College under the mastership of I'rincipal Harris ? .J. THI'] (J(IMJ';<;K and TIIK ItKISEMJON : A ItllTltOSPECT. Ill in St tl HI i;V \V. I llo.MsnN. Pk/^II in the Harris Ri'oiiiii-. Try 4 ^ I Aki.ll.si Ul ( dl.l.l ( TKiNS of Upper ( aiiiula CoIIc^i' date back 1 T I **' ''*^.K'- wIkii I was oiil\- six years of a<,fc. Mj- father, the \;'^c ^ %^^ C"ol. v.. W. Thomson, who at that time had a lai<^e contract - Little \'ork," and we lived on N'on^e Street, about lialfa mile north of Lot — now Oueeii — Street, liie house \s i- occupied was known as " I'.lm Cotlai;e,'' and was quite in the country ; a Vnv^ stretch of open fields la>- between us and the town proper. To tliese fiiltls we were often obliged to betake ourselves, when i;<)in<4 to and fio in the land, as Yonj^e Street was then a mere causeway of clay — an^l such clay ! In the Spiinj; and I'all, and indeed at an>' time after much rain, it was almost impass.ible. Scores of times 1 have seen bdtli horses ami ox teams hopelessly mireil, even with empty vehicles — but that was not at all a rare sijjht on Kiiif; Street itself in those tiays. Surely a name and |)lace never fitted each other more pefectly than did " muddy Little \'ork," the embrj-o Toronto. The mud thereof w.is of a most adhesive ami all-embracing" nature, and was wont to stick tar "closer tlian a brother," —indeed it could not by an\- means be " shaken off." I then little thought that 1 should live to see a ijrcat city, such as the present capital of Ontario, cover the remote places, woods ami fields over which till- youth of York then disported themselves, or, that in this year of jjrace 1.SS9, grandson and <^rand mphews of my own would be attending the Old Sehool. As an illustration of the comparative wildness of the place in tho.sc early days I ma\' sa\-, tliat one da\- when I was at play in my father's yard, a dcer.'chascd by houmls. ncarh' ran over me ; and the same yeiM- 1 saw a large black bear killed not three hundred yards from our front door ! Tlir, {.OMJ'.CK AM» TIIK RI'.liKLI.ION. 67 I'ppcr Canada Collcj^c was, at this period, located it) a lar^c, plain, franic Idiildin^ at the foot of what was then known as March Street, and a most unsavory reputation this street had. Whether it has improved, under its iTiorc aristocratic title of Stanley Street, or, as it is now designated, Lombard Street, I do not know. Of course I was at this time too youn^ to attend the Ci)1I(\l;c, but my eldest brother diil so, and subseciuent events, not imnii.xi-d with the history of Canada, have fixed u|)()n m>' memory the names of man)- of his schoolmates. .^\mon^ these, if 1 mistake not, were John and Alexander Strachan, (ieorj^je W. Allan, I'crcival and Lionel Kidout, Lukin* and J. H. Robinson, I*'. \V. Jarvis, W. IL lioullon, K. L. and (i. T. Denison, lulwin I'"isl)er, John Tur(Hiand, (ieor-^e 1). \\'ell>, Henry Scaddinji, l-"ord Jones, l . A. McLean, K. lMa\ter, lulward Scarlett, &c., lic. 1 he.se were, I presume, the elder sons of their rispective fainilies, as the )<)Uii,Ljer sons of the same houses were afterwards mj- own ftllow |)Ui)ils. As I look hack upon this far away time it always seems to me that the students who attended the (,!olle()un^ men ; and a most dashiiv^, strapping, vi_t;oroirs lot of felK)ws they were. I e.m well remember with u hat awe and :uhniration I used to look upon them as I trudged back and forth to my own school, which was situated on some open ground jest west of \'on^e .Street, and between Kin^ .Street and the bay. It was conducted bj* a teacher named Thomas Thompson. Time, however, alwaj's brinies its compensations, and before many years L too, was an Upper Canada College bo\-, and then these hitlierto envied mortals diiil not l(H)k half so bit;; and .i,nand to me as in the days when "distance lent enchantinent to the view." In the s[)rinLj of lS-,2, my father, who had then sold out his Rideau Canal contract to Mr. Crawfonl, removctl from York to a beautiful four lunulred ,icre farm in the Township of Toronto, sixteen miles from the cit)'. This lantl was a Crown yrant to mj- father ind mother who were both children of V. K. Lo\alists, and we had resided upon it before ^oint,' I. i.i- *()ii tin; (Kiiitli of tiiat iiotuiilu lij.;\iro in ('aiiiuliiiii liistory, tliief Jiisticu Mr.loliii Hevcilty ito1)iii8uii, liis Hon Lukin siiL'ci!t'(K!il tn tlu; Marouetoy, wliile .loliii licverk-y, Jr., iiftcr an Iidhoui- alilc parliamentary career. Iieeanie one (if the lieMt ami most popular of Ontario'.^ I.ienteiiant • iovernors. While holding' tliiH ini|M)rtant odiee, lii« {lopnlurity, as is indeed the chhv, to-d;iy, was only e quailed l>y that of \\in lixcellont and uceoinplished wife, a duu^^htur of the late tlustice llagern.in. In his younj;erdays this gentleman was a j;reat athlete, or lather a great proficient in all exert'ti^s re(|uiring agility, in proof of which I may state that 1 once Haw him at the "Olympic (Jumos" in Toronto, stand upright under a liar, and then, with a short run, clear it at u bound I 68 urrr.u caxada (()Lli:(;k mlmoriai, voi.umk. Ridcau Canal. Fiulcctl, your luiinblc contributor was born there. April 27th, 1S24, in tlie first two-storey hewed lo^ house ever erected in that township. I'roin 1S52 to 1S30, I was " i;rowin;4 up with the countrj-" in the old home- stead ; and then came the memorable elections of this latter year, when my father ilcfeatcd the famous William Lyon Mackenzie for the Second Ridinj^ of the Count}' of York. Here, I may remark, <•;/ passnufy that out of his twenty contests this was, 1 believe, the only occasion upon which thcstunh' little rebel (or iihall wc now saj- Patriot ?) was defeated. The result of this election had not only an immediate influence ujion Canadian history, but u[Jon my own humble fortunes as well ; for at the be^innin^ of the succeeding winter, in order that my father mii^ht attend Parliament, wc removed to, what had meantime become, the city of Toronto, and my second eldest brother — the late Hugh C. Thomson — and myself were duly entered at Upper Canada College. I can never forget how nervous I felt when ushered into the presence of Dr. Harris, the then Principal, for preliminary examination. I was a raw country boy onlj- twelve years of .age, and although I had been taught the A, H, C, of Latin b)- a brother-in-law, the late Rev. Andrew Hell, yet I had never seen any of the text-books then in use at the College ; and hence was assigned to the Preparatory School. However, I remained there only three weeks, and when I reached the College proper, I was otd)' three months in the " First P'orm." My brother, being three years older, aiul further advanced than I, went at once into the "Third l''orni." I do not knww how it is now, but in those days the College was graded from " Preparatorj- School" to " Seventh I'orm ;" and there was also a Com- mercial, or as we calleil it then, a " Partial" l^'orm, for those pupils who did not wish to study Latin or Greek. Excellent school as it was. Upper Canada College was then literally ruled by the rod. The discipline exceeded justice. It was harsh, and I tliiidv cruel. Pettj' faults, devoid of malice or moral turpitude, such as talking or laughing in class, were punished by from two to si.x strokes of the barbarous bamboo cane across the bare hanil, causing very severe pain and leaving clearly-defined blood blisters wherever it touched. No wonder tli.it high-spirited boys should resent such treatment, or that they should in many cases become so hardened, that, with a fine irony, they would call their blisters "merit marks"! I am now an old man of sixty-five, and have no interest to serve, except that of truth; and yet, with all my love for my n/iiia mater, I venture to assert that this system was a mistaken one, — Solomon's proverb to the contrary notwithstanding. On the other hand, had any one of my teachers of those days condescended to speak kindly TIIK COI.I.KCK AM) TIIK UKI'.KI.MoN. 69 to luc ; atul for tlic iinimrnt niadc .1 bdv of himself for in\' sake ; if he liatl ■ilipcalcd til m>' ^eiiciDsil)' and chivahy, and to in\' better nature, he would have had a h)vin!,;, obedient and tractable scholar. He would liave "spared the roil " and /w/^;^><7// "the child." Of course, also, what was true of me was true of the t;ener.ility of pupils. We were all very human boys. 1 would not have- my reatlers supposi- that corporal punishment was carried to an extreme b)' the authorities of the College. No ; the masters ucre honourable, upriijht ,t;entl<.'men, who performed their several duties conscientiously, accordinj^ to the best li.^^ht tluy had in those tla\'s. I remember iiu)st of them onlj' with feelini;s of affection and respect, antl coukl fill a small volume with kindly recollections of them and their waj-s ; but this will doubtless be clone by an abler pen than mine. .And now to return to my sim])lc narrative. W'lu-n I first entered the Collect.', beiiiL,^ \er\- N'ouni", aiul a straiiijer in the ciU', I had no frieiuls or aciiuaintances anion^ the boys, and for a time I felt ([uite lost in the crowd. lUit this soon wore off as I bej^an to know ami ai)preciatc my companions. At this liistance of time I can recollect only the names of those with whom I came most often in contact, «)r wIkmh after events caused me to particularl\- remember. Amon^" them were .Sleiiheii Jarvis, Janu'S Ilaj^erman, Chris, Kobinson, 1.. W. .Smith, D'Arc}- Houlton, Win. \'idal, Wa>'w.mosh ami Johns — Indian chiefs — R. 1?. Denison, W. II and Thomas 1\. Merritt. Joseph Woodruff, Geori^e McMickini;, John Kirkpatiick, l""rank J)ee, Henry .Skinner, Richard Di.xie, "Charlie" Sadlier, (a woiuK-rful swimmer), two McDonnells, 1^. Tur(|uaiHl, I'lvd. and Arthur Wells, Ale.v. Dunn, R. Demjiscy, Will .\ndrews, Wm, Wedd. .Alfred and Walter Stcmiett. Wm. Dixon, .Stephen and " Cms." Heward,John I'^vart, 1 homas Mewburn, W, R. Harris, George Dui^jj[an, Jr., " .Sted " Campbell, John, George and Daniel Mrooke, George and Harry Draper, John Auldjo, (ieorge antl "Jack" Munroe, W. H. Weller, Sydney Cousins, two O'llaras, two McLeans, lulward and J(jnas Jones, Will Ljons, James Henderson, two Harbers (sons of George A. HarbiT, one of our teachers atul, as well as Mr. Barron, a great cricketer) Hugh C. and A. Thomson, one or two ("Commissariat") 'I'hompsons. M. C. Cameron, James Patton, James .Austin, John McKenzie, two Scarletts, two I'agcts, J. M. Home, Walter Mojci. These arc all that I can call to mind just now, but among them are the names of many who have since achieved distinction in various walks of life. Upper Canada College boj-s cf that, as well as of a later era, have made their mark in law, politics, ;ind meuicine ; have adorned the pulp.t, the bench, and the bar ; and have beei^ gallant soldiers in the armies of their own and foreign countries ; have shone as successful explorers, geologists, and engineers ; have upheld the honour of their country in civil governmei't, tlii)lomacy, and statecraft ; have I ro I ri'KK ( ANADA COLLKOK MKMOKIAL VOLUMK. distiivjiiishcd themselves n art, literature, and poetry; have become mercliaiit princes and ijreat ship anrl mill owiu-rs ; have held lii^di com- mands in Mritish and ("anaiiian armies; have repelled invasion and subdued forcij^n and domestic foes : and in numberless ways reflected honour ui)on the race from which they sprant,^ and ap[)rovcd themselves good men and true. In the Crimean War were two Upper Canada College bo}'s, I-'red. Wells and .Alex. Dunn, contemporaries of my own. The latter Wt'is anions; the " Six Hundred' of deathless fame, who charged at liaiaclava, and who hail the honour to win the Victoria Cross. The name of the former — the gallant son of a gallant sire — reminds me at how early an age a lad may shew an aptitude for military life. After the Canadian Rebelli )n bioke out, in 1S37, a mmiber of us young C(jllege boys furmeil ourselves into a comp.my fur the purposes of drill. We used to meet on the premises of Mercei- Jones, at the foot of York Street, and I*'rcd. Wells was our captain. We were armed with wooden muskets and swords, atul worked off our supeitUious energies and patriotism at a great rate. Hut I am getting rather ahead of my story, and must go back to that eventful morning, early in December, 1.S37, when wc boys, ignorant, in common with nearly all the iidiabitants of the city, of the events of the preceding night, went as usual to Co[)iil;irity were far other than these. In the first place, he was a superb horseman, and scarcely a day passed that he did not ride several times past the College play-ground, mounted on one or other of his fine luuiters ; then he used freijuently to come in to witness our cricket-matches, and once when we had a grand silk flag presented to us (I forget by whom) lie " maimed the halyards," and hoisted it with his own hantls to the top of the lofty staff erected specially for the occasion, liesides, he was the representative of our young (Jueen, who had then but latel}' ascended the throne, and who was fairl)- itlolized by the boys — and by their fathers, too, for that matter. Hut, pcrhap-;, the most potent of all the causes, which led us to look upon Sir I'rancis as our fast friend and all}', was the fact that when, for some reason or other, weighty in our eyes, we wanted a holida)-, he woulil send a note to the Principal, and obtain it for us. All the survivors of the classes of 1837 will remember the day, shortly after the outbreak of the Rebellion, when a whole crowd of us marched over to the Government House, and gravely offered our services to hel]) to fight the rebels. Sir b'rancis received us very kindly, and made us a nice little speech, but said — what was certainly true — that adult volunteers were pouring in at such a rate that he felt justifieil in declining our offer for the present, and that, on the whole, he thought we could best serve our countr)- by remaining at home, and attending to our studies, &c., &c. This Lad>- lleail approved, and, as a solace for our disappointment, invited us into the dining-room, where she regaled us with cake and wine. The prescrip- tion answered admirably; and wc gracefully retired with three cheers for the Oiieen, and three times three for Sir I'Vancis and Lady Head ; satisfied that if we could not die for country we would at least have all the fun we could while living for it. And fun galore we certainly did have that uinti-r ! As clearly as if the event had occurred only yesterday, I recollect that morning when the two or three thousand loyal, but exceedingly raw, militiamen m.irched up to Montgomery's Favcrn to engage the, supposedly bloodthirsty, rebels, who, however, all di.spersed like morning mist before Ll'I'l'.k CANADA ((iLI-lCii; M l.M( )UIAI. VOl.UMK. the old-fashioned flint-lock muskets cairicd by our men could get a chance ti) work havoc in their ranks. Hut few of Mackenzie's men were killed : one, 1 remember, was shot throut^h tiie Iiead by a stray bullet of the many that were wildly and aindessly thrown awa\' on that occasion. So very excitable were our militiamen tha*^ I remember my fatiier, who was in command of one lar_L;e detachment, saj'ini^ on his return that evciiin<; that he felt more dani;er from the reckless firin^r of his own men than he ever did from the bullets of the enemy in any of the battles of 1S12 in which he took j\'irt. If 1 ri,i,htl\- ri member. Chief Justice Robinson, Attorne\--(]eneral Has^crman, JuilL;e McLean. Mr. Draper faftcrwards Chict Ju>tice), aiu! all the notabilities t>f that time took part in this fcjra)- ; and 1 think that near!)', or tjuite, all of the Upper Canada CoUcyc boys named in the first part of this paper were there too. I ktiow that m\' own two ekUr bnjthers marched in m\' father's corps, aiul that I, beiiiL;; then onl)- thirteen years old, fairly cried with vexation because I was not allowetl toaccompan\- them. After thini^s bet^an to stead}- down a little, two rec^ular rcLjiment^ were formcti out of the tens of thousands of volunteers offerinjj^. One of these was " The ()uecn's Kai.ijcrs," ant! the ollur "The (!)ucen's Liyht Jnfmtrx'." 'I'his last natucd ret;imcnt was stationed in O.syoode Hall, and was conimaniled by Lieutenant-Colonel Hill (a Waterloo man) and Major> Nash and Ihonison (my father). Several old Colle<;c boys bore commissions in these reL;iments, but I can recollect with certainty only the name of one, that of (ieorge Wells, who was Adjutant in the Oueen's Ran[,^ers. I do not reuRinber whether John Heverle)' Robinson, Jr., served in one of tho.se corps or not, (I think, however, he was Lieutenant in the Oueen's Lii;ht Iidantr\-.; but I know he was about that time apptjinted an extra oidi-dc-canip to the Lieutenant-Governor, to the luii;e delight of his old -schcol-fellows. Then, too, was re-or^anized and rejuvenated INLijor Geori;c Detiison's famous troop of Cavalrx' officered b\- three ex-Colle^c bo\s, viz., I aplain R. L. Dem'son, Lieutenant Gcor<^e T. Denison, and Cornel Kdwin I'isher, while several other old Upper Canada Collei:[e boys served as tioopers. This Cavair)' tioop, of late years known as "The Governor- General's 15od)- Gucinl," has now been in existence for, I believe, seventy years, and has, if I mistake not, alwa\'s been commanded by a Denison be^inninL,^ with that stout old if Russian prize in face of the world's competition. A sit;nal distinction indeed, and won by an Upper Canada College boj' ! JS' f I I '>^i's**^ / ■X 1 y. •r. X td •J o Till-: COI.I.I.CK ANI> TIIK RKHKLLIOX. 71 Hut, a slioi I space back, I referred to the fun \vc boys used to have in the winter of '"^y and ' yS, and truly the sources of amusement were numberless. Upiu-r Canada College was in a manner a privilej^ed school, and its pupils had the ciitn'c to lots of public places and ceremonies not free to the bo)s of other schools. For instance, at the openinj,' and closin' did. There were numbers of us whose fathers were members of Parliament, and on our Wednesday and Saturtlay half-holiday we used to i;() down to "The Hou-e" to listen to the debates, and gaze at the " assenibled wisdom." Of course, each boy thought his own father was the greatest man of the crowd, and he would wait patiently to see him get up ami air his views, and then go hoine (.)uite satisfied. In connection with the " Assembl}'' Room there is one little historical fact which I remember very well. It occurred during the first hubbub of the Rebtllion, at a time when I'arli.iment was not in session or had temporarily adjourned. The basmunt of the buildir.g, immediately under the A.ssembly Room was then, for a time, occupied by volunteers. One of these while carelessly handling his musket haitpened to discharge it, and the bullet passed through the lloor overhead, and also through ihe seat of the chair aluaj-s occupied by \)\\ Rolph win II in his jilace in "The House," This event greati)' iinpiessed the boj-s, but diti not hurt the worthy Doctor much, as he was tluri .>^afe in the domain of Uncle Sam, whither he had betaken himself in conscciuence ol the high value (;^5co,) placed by the Canadian Government upon his head, I'arty feeling ran to extremes In th<'se old days, and I am afraid that the few boj's among us, whose fathers were '■ Liberals," (Radicals or Rebels wc then called them) had a rather hard time < fit. But, once again, time has righted this wrong also. A great many of those same boys lived to .see their fathers occup)- positions of honour in the councils of their country, and to hear tlum called by the honourable name of " Reformers." The now free and enlightened people of Canada have long ago ceased to draw invidious di.->tinctions because of party proclivities. As usually hajipcns in any city where considerable bodies of troops are stationed, Toronto was very gay throughout the winters of '37 and 'jS, and wc youngsters got our full share of the good things going. There were a great many "ch.ldien's parties" given, particularly by the old Loyalist families ; and in g(Mng to and from these wc used to have lots of fun. At numerous points in the ci'y, especially in front of public l-uih'ii.LS and prominent Louses, sentries were stationed, who invariably demanocil the 10 ri'i'i:k CANADA ( ()i.i.i.(;r. mi.mokiai, xoi.l'.mk. pass w(n\\ or C()Uiitcrsi;j;n \: >m all ni^ht pedestrians. It was very often my pleasiiiLj duty to escort my > tniUy siMli.is and other little j;irls to one or other of those parties; and before I left home my f.ither would ^ivc mc the CDuntersi;^!! for the nij^ht, with full instructions that when challenj^ed by a sentry with the customary "who j^oes there?" I was cpiietl)- to answer " friends." Then when the sentr)- should say " ailvancc friends and ^dve the countersii^n," I was to step forward and whisper the word — \\'ellinL;ton, W'.iterloo, or whatever it mi;^ht be. This all looked quite simple, but, for the first dozen or so of our e.xpeditions. the upshot always was that when suddenly challenged, while ^N)in^ round a corner perhaps, the whole crowd would yell out, as with one voice, •' //'s iiic ! "—-thrtnvin^ at once i,Mammar and instructions to the wind. Then, on the order to " atlvanee )iic and ' their combinetl influence, prestij,'e, and power, while the lustre of their achievements will reflect back upon Old ICnghnul, the birthplace of freedom and the cradle of hbei'ty ! NoTF. : — Tin; Militiirs desire to cxjircHS tlnir ackiiKwlcilj^i-nionts tn tlic fricml of tlic Collcj^i! «li(p was iiistniinitilal in |irm>miiiL,' fnnii Mr. Tlmuiaoii thin cluitty iiiipcr on tin' lU'liullion, witli till' aiitlior's rciiiiiiisuciicfs of liis uwn C'olk'^'i- ilays, From thi'ir corrcspDinlriit tlu' Ivlitors n'l'civi'il tilt! lollowinK iioto oil Mr. 'I'honisoii's ]>ro\vesAS iis a iiiarksiiiiin, wlni:ii tlioii;;h iiii<;on- nritcd litlicr with tlio ColK'gu or with educiitioii, they ni)i)eiiil iw a liiographicul epilogue, not witliniit interest, tliey coneeive, to many re.nler.s of the present volume ; — " Mr. W'hi. Tliiiiiisdn, tlie antlinr of these Rebellion remiiUHCenees, has been well-known for years as a writer on fore-t ami ^trt.im sports, anil more jiartii'iilarly as a eontiilnitor of niany skitilii'S, stories, anil verses to tlio Aiiliricun ..l/i;//' /•, of New N'ork. Always an expert witii rnil aiiil fowling pieee, be was, as the writer has often heanl from tiie late Col. It. 1^. Denison, iiMil the l.iti,' i;. ('. l-'islier, of ICtobieoke, a really wonilerful performer with the olilfashion(!iI, .'.mail bore, short-range rille. Tliesi' two gentlemen often testilieil th.it tiny hail seen .Mr. Tlionison, in the year 1S4'.(, lire a bullet in a tree at lifty yanls ilistanee, ami then, at the same raiiLje, shoot six bullets n|M(n tiie first so that the seven were ent out in one biiiip. ( >n the same ilay, same witnesses, Mr. Thomson, tiring on ii ehallenge to hit ten w ihl binls on the heail s' riiiliiii, shot oil' the heails of nine wilil pigeons eonsecutively, ami linisheil by shooting a blue er.ine througl the he.ul at a measureil ilistanee of l;{."> yanls. In KS.")|,at |)iinn\ille, Mr. Tiioiusdn [int twelve sueeessive bullets into ;i fourineh circle at 'i'iO yanls ilistanee, ainl strmk a miiiilii r ten gunwail sixteen times nut of twenty at 7"» yanls, both of whieh feats are attesteil liy several living witnesses. In ISti.'i, the present writer saw Mr. Thomson bring ilown a holering kiug-tislnr with a single bullet from a Smith ami Wesson rille, ealibre iwenty-two, ami on the saiiK^ afternoon he saw him kill, w ith the .same weapon, a erow jienhuil on the top of i lofty ileail pine sitiiateil on the other siile of the ("hip[>ewa River, from the shooter, a ilistanee of probably not less than I. "iO yanls. In these ilays, when long-range ritles an- the vogue, ami aeeiiiati! shooting at short-ranges little cultivateil, one iiiiis some risk of being doubteil in reeonling siii'li feats ; but the " oliltimers " who reinemlier the practice made with the long, heavy, sniall- linies of tluir youth will testify that Mr. Tlioinson's lemarkible shooting was not wholly iiiiexaiiipled. lie says himself that his proudest recollection is that he I'aised a Ititle Company ill three days in ISOl, at the time of the Trent alFair, and drilled it for three months at his own expense.'' A. J. KH.NSIIAW. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 7 /. %'. A' 1.0 I.I 1.25 I4£ XL. z m wm 32 1^ '""^ I JO IM M 2.0 lllitt iA 11 1.6 ,\ ^ ^^ l\ \ ^\^ 4> "' f" ^v ^ » 6^ .**i ^■^ ^:^>> % ^^ 9) 1? % &?- THE REV. JOHN McCALL. LL.D., SECOND PPJNCIPAL, 1839-1S43. r.V WILLIAM WEDD, M.A. y^T HAS BEEN already Stated that when the Chancellor, President, and -^ Council of the University of King's College, passed a complimentary '■^k^ resolution in lefertnce to Dr. Harris, on the occasion of his retire- ment from the PrincipaMiip of Upper Canada College, they concluded by remarking that they judged it scarcely possible in many respects to supply his place. And it was evidently owing to the prevalence of this feeling that so many efforts were made, and so much hesitation shown, in the endeavour to fill the vacancy. On referring to the minutes of the Council, we find that, towards the end of Jul}-, 1837, Dr. Harris gave notice of his intention to resign, such resignation to take effect on April i, 1838. About the middle of March, in this latttr year, we see allusions made to unsuccessful efforts, and a statement that no selection had yet been made. At length, under date of May 9. 1S38, wc have a record of a meeting at which His Excellency the Chancellor (i.e., the Lieutenant-Governor) presided in person — an unusual e\ent, indicating the great importance attached to the object of the meeting. The minutes state that "The Council feeling a strong desire to avoid further loss of time in supplying the vacancy occasioned by the retirement of the Rev. Dr. Harris from his situation of Principal of Upper Canada College, it was proposed and resolved : — "That Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies be prayed to procure the necessary appointment to be made by Her Majesty, and it is rcommended that His Excellency, the Lieutenant-Governor, in consideration of the great importance of having a suitable person to preside over the Collcg.-, do suggest to Her Majesty's Secretary of State, that His Grrce tl e Archbishop of Canterbury be requested to afford his assistance and advice in making the selection, in order that the Province REGIME OF THE REV. DR. M'CAUL, I 839-43. 77 may have the advantage of His Grace's intimate acquaintance with tlie Universities and his pjrfect knowledge of the quaUfications required for the duty." It was not until January 27, 1S39, that the President was enabled to lay before the Council a communication from His Excellency, dated the ])revious day, and announcing for its information that the Rev. John McCaul, LL.D,, who had arrived in the city the preceding evening (Januar}' 25), had been appointed Principal of Upper Canada College. It is interesting to observe that Dr. McCaul immediately thereupon signed the prescribed declaration, and took his scat as a member of the Council, thenceforward to attend it with his well-known regularity, until ultimately it ceased to exist, at least under that name. At a meeting held on February 2, 1839, certificates in recommendation of Dr. AlcCaul, transmitted by Llis ICxcellency, were read, and the following minute in reference to them was directed to be entered : " The documents referred to gave the Council much satisfaction, as they proved beyond dispute that Dr. AlcCaul is a gentleman in every respect highly qualified to discharge with distinguished ability and efficiency the duties of the important situation to which he has been appointed." To this the following addition was made : " In perusing the Rev. Dr. McCaul's testimonials, the Council are very forcibly struck with the ready condescension and unwearied pains taken by Mis Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury to secure, at His Excellency's request, for Upper Canada College a gentleman more than usually qualified to become its Principal. So feeling, the Council most respectfully solicit His Excellency, the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir George Arthur, to convey to the Archbishop, in the most acceptable manner, their most grateful acknow- ledgments for so signal a proof of his paternal affection, and for the deep interest which His Grace has uniformly taken in the spiritual and intel- lectual welfare of this Colony." The members present on this occasion were : The Hon. and Ven. the President, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, the Hon. R. B. Sullivan, the Hon. William Allan, and John S. Macaulay, Esquire. Dr. McCaul, in view of the objects of the meeting, was of course absent. Here would appear to be the proper place to take a slight retrospect, and to state briefly the antecedent training and academic status of the \\^\^ Principal. Very considerable, it will be seen, are his achievements up to 78 Uri'KR CANADA COI.LKC IK MEMORIAL VULUMK this point. Born, then, at Dublin, on March 7, 1S07, he first attended, while very young, a celebrated private establishment in that cit}', known as " White's School ; " subsequently he became a pupil of the " Mara\ian School,"' in Antrim, but the }-ear immediately preceding his entrance at the University was spent at the former school. In 1820, when only in his fourteenth year, he matriculated at the University of Trinity College, Dublin. Mathematics particularly engaged his attention for the first three years of his undergraduate course, and it was in that subject that his first ccjllege prize was gained. Dr. Sandes, who, in later years was Bishop of Cashel, being his mathematical tutor. Classics claimed his especial devotion during his fourth }'car, and at this period of his course he obtained several important prizes and a scholarship, tenable for five years, of the aimual value of ^,'20. The scholarship also carried with it free rooms and furnished meals in residence. He graduated with the highest honours, having won the gold medal for classics and the l^erkeley (jreek medal. .Among his competitors for these distinctions, it is stated, were the late Dr. Grcig, Ihshop of Cork, and the late Dr. Hamilton \'ersclio}'les, ]5ishop o( Killaloe, both of whom are mentioned as being then, and afterwards continuing to be, his warm and life-long personal friends. 15etween the degree of B. A. and that of M. A. (in 1828), he spent a considerable portion of his time in prci)aring pu[)ils for University examiuatioiis, and with such remarkable results, that, when he took the latter degree, he was appointed Universit}' Examiner in Classics. The authorit}' followed in the above statements proceeds as follows : " Contiiun'ng to live in residence, and devoting his whole time to the stud\' of classics and classical literature, Dr. ]\IeCaul supplied a lonij-felt want by writing and publishing a scries of works on the metres of Horace, Terence, and the Greek tragedians. These were,' fi)r man\' \-ears, the only text-books on their respective subjects used at Trinity College, Dublin, and are still acknowledged as valuable authorities amongst classical .scholars. He subseciuenti)- publishetl his editions of Longinus, Thuc}'dides, and the Satires and Epistles of Horace, the edition last named being at once adopted as the standard text-book b}- the Grammar Schools of Ireland. In 1S35, the degrees of LL.B. and LL.D. were conferred upon liim by the University, upon his undergoing the prescribed tests, which were, as they .should be everywhere, real tests of merit, while the special and very rare compliment was paid him of remitting the fees exacted for those degrees. He had previously been admitted to holy orders — to the Diaconate in 1831, and the Priesthood in 1833, and ^^''^^ frequently called upon to officiate in chapel and elsewhere." (Sec two exceedingly well KEGI.MI': OF TlIF, RKV. DR. M'CAUL, 1839-43. 79 written and appreciative articles on Dr. McCaul, b}- J. Kin;^-, M.A., in The 'Varsity, Oct. l6th and 23rd. 1880.) In addition to the above works mentioned by I\Ir. King, I have some recollection as to certain minor writings of Dr. IMcCaul's during this period : tiiese, unfortunateh-, were never in my possession, but consisted, if niy T'lcmory be not at fault, of lectures on Homer, Virgil, and the Dubli'.i University classical course. I mention this from the C()n\'iction that even the fugitive products of the learned Doctor's pen shouUl, where ]iossible, be preserved as an ap[)endage to his more prominent volumes ; since, whether he was writing an extended and elaborate work, or condensing his genius into some brief inscription, or even merel\- selecting an appropriate motto, the old sa\'ing was still ever true (jf him— .W/'// (jiiod tctigit lion oruavit. There was, moreover, in everything he either said or wrote that ciiriosa fclicitas, that painstaking hapiiiness of expression, which, even when it seems to be entirely spontaneous, is in realit}' oftencr the natural fruit of protracted culture bestowed upon mental qualities in themselves originally refined. For these reasons I would like to see carried out Mr, King's suggestion that Dr. McCaul's literary contributidiis in the shape of pamphlets, reviews, magazine articles, etc., should be carefully collected and preserved in a more permanent form. The above condensed retrospect Ins again brought us down to the time of Dr. McCaul's appointment to the tlirection and oversight of L'pper Canada College. Fresh, then, from the halls of his renowned L'niversit\', in all the vigour of youth, and with a rei)Utation for brilliant scholarship already well-established, he entered upon liie duties of Principal, as it stands recorded in his o\\\^ handwriting in one of the registers, on Tuesda\-, January 29, 1839. He found an institution working, as far as possible in a new land, after the great models of the Mother Countrj-, and officered mainly by masters who had been traineil in those schools, licing himself of tried learning and a perfect gentleman, he would naturall}' be led to a[)preciate, with a delicate sense of honour, all that was scholarl\- and worth}- of commendation in the efforts (jf the former Principal and his able assistants; and he consequently seems from the first to have been careful to follow, for the most part, the lines already so well laid down b\- his ]M-edeccssor, and to have been anxious rather to expand and supplement what had been wisely inaugurated and so far successfully carried forward, than to make changes to gratify personal predilections, or merel)' for the sake of change. Yet it is admitted on all sides that there was something .so marked in the character and bearing of the man — such an indomitable energy and perseverance in all he conceived and did — that he gave a fresh start, as it were, and an abiding impulse to the career of the College. 8o UPrKR CANADA COLLEGK MEMORIAL VOLUME, Dr. McCiiul seems at once and pennaiiently to have identified himself witli his adopted city and country. This may appear somewhat strange in one of his well-known stron^^ love for his native land — a love so characteristic of all of his nationality. But wc must remember that he found the work in which he was cngacj^ed a cont^enial one as far as teaching, at any rate, was concerned. It was, moreover, a fitting iiitrotiuction to the higher phase of it to which, when we consider how far-si<;hted he was, it is reasonable for us to imagine he must have looked forward, even if it had not been, as it probably was, held out as an inducement to his cominsj here. Again, even supposing it to be true that he m;;y have at times looked back to the old land, and the old associations so dear to one of his temperament, with an intense home-sickness and longing to return, yet we know he made, immediatch' on his arrival here, very many warm friends. Among these there was one who took a manifest fancy to the j'oung Principal. We refer to the Honourable Mr. Justice Jones, who was a distinguished member of onc^ of Canada's oldest and most influential families, and who then occupied a spacious residence amid beautiful grounds quite close to those of the College. Of course the Doctor was often invited there, as he was to other places ; but besides his friendly relations with Judge Jones, there must soon have been an additional attraction calculated most effectually to reconcile the Doctor to his expatriation, for we find that, so early as the October of the very year in the January of which he arrived at Toronto, he married Emily, the second daughter of the learned Judge. I remember distinctly that, when we boys first inspected our youthful but dignified Principal and his girl-bride (she was then not yet nineteen), we came to the unanimous conclusion that the union was in all respects suitable, satisfactory, and much to be commended. Nor was this conclusion of ours at all influenced by either bribery or corruption ; for although it is true that we all were shortly afterwards regaled with a bountiful supply of wedding cake, yet our opinion had been formed antecedently to that occurrence, even, in fact, before we had the remotest idea that such a luxury was in store for us. Now those of us old boys of that period, who still survive and have continued to have opportunities of observing and knowing, are rejoiced to have found that the course of events has fully justified the opinion then formed. Some people may say that the Doctor acted in this matter with his usual wisdom ; but then the wisest of men have not always proved wise on these occasions. Others may think that it was in RECIME OF THE REV. DR. M'CAUr,, 1 839-43. 81 accordance with the Doctor's wonted good fortune ; but that surely is a lieathenish notion, however classical it may be. No ; let us rather look with reverent thankfuhiess to that Divine Source, whence we arc assured by infallible authority that a good wife comes — a true woman, loyal and loving to the end. The additions anil improvements made by Dr. McCaul in regard to Upper Canada College were neither few nor unimportant. Many of them were doubtless but the continuation of what Dr. Harris had pictured to himself in his first report (given in the preceding pages), and had been diligently pursuing all along. Tiiis will probably be best understood by a general statement of Dr. McCaul's method, supplemented b\' some specified particulars. While Dr. IMcCaul devoted himself most sedulously to every detail in the whole course throughout all the Forms, the seventh, his peculiar charge, received special attention at his hands. During the abeyance of the University, the idea seems to have largely prevailed that tlie highest T'orni of what was then the first educational institution in the J'rovince ought, in a measure, to supply a want which was now becoming more and more felt. It was, therefore, Dr. McCaul's great endeavour to make the instruction imparted in that Form as much as ])ossible of a University character. Thus, in " Subjects of h>.\amination — 1841," which I happen to have at hand, we find, in addition to ordinary classical work of institutions of the kind, Sophocles, CEdipus Re.x ; Horace, Ars Poetica, with other Epistles, etc.; and portions of Plato and Longinus. In Mathematics, besides tiie usual school work, we see Plane Trigonometry, Logarithms, Elementary Conic Sections, Mechanics, and Natural Philosophy (Astronomy and Optics, P^Icmentary). Also Logic. Dr. McCaul's mode of teaching, too, was after an advanced style. In the reading of a Greek play, for instance, he paid great attention to making the pupils thoroughly conversant with everything relating to the theatre of the Greeks, even going so far as to instruct them in Aristotle's definitions and critical rules in reference to the drama. Those who bear in mind that Dr. McCaul had before this time given to the world valuable treatises on Horatian and Greek metres, need hardl\' be told that all questions in regard to prosody and scansion were minutely and exhaustively dwelt upon. Greek, Latin, and P^nglish Composition, in prose and verse, and Composition in P'rench prose, also received due attention from him and his staff of masters. Logic was a favourite subject with Dr. McCaul, and was very successfully taught by him. In his capacity of Principal he held fortnightly examinations in the various subjects, for the best annual result 11 82 UI'l'Kk CAXADA COLLEGE MEMORLM. V(M.UMK. of which he instituted and L;avc the Head Monitor's I'ri/.e. In his time, also, llebicnv and (jerman were introduced as optional branches. ConipariiiL;" now the prize lists under this administration with those of the foiiiicr, we lind the follouin;^^ chanf^es and additions, some of them L,n'aduall\-, some of them at once, made: — llis IC.xcellency the (lovernor's prize henceforth comes first on the list, the subjects presumably havin<^ been chani^jcd for wliich it was yiven. It was now awardetl for proficiency at a special examination in Classics and Alathematics. The next prize was the Classical, similarU' decided, the subjects beini;- the same as to Classics as for the Governor's prize, l)ut with f)ther classical subjects adtled. The next the Mathematical, on a like plan ; then, subseciuentl}-, the J'rench, the I'ji^lish, and in 1S42 the Hebrew and the (icrman. The Good Conduct and Scripture prizes, the latter for a knowledi^e of the Kn<;lish and the (ircek Text, and for j^eneral and critical information thereon, were cjiven a position of i^reater prominence. In addition to the )'ear prizes for each I'orm, examination piizes for each were at once added, the intention evidently bein;^' to briiif; out varieties of talent, h'irst and .-econd class Certificates of Honour were also introducetl, and of l-'irst I'laces in each subject. Upper Canatla CoUet^e registers were published with prize lists and ex.miination papers appended. Duriiii;" l)i\ McCaul's ;v''^'7///(' sundry improvements were made in the grounds in front of the buildini;s. These t;rounds were often much admired. Tiie porch and exterior of the central building were also impro\ed and adorned, and subseciuentK' new gate-posts and gasdamps crecteil. The boarding house was im^jroved b)- buihling a new porch and by other changes. Dr. McCaul was also mainly instiuniental in the foundation by the Council of King's College (in 1841) of twelve exhibitions, open to all Canada, to be competed for by candid.ites of the final standing of the I'\)urth I'orm. These were tetiable for three years, the regular number of vacancies in each \-ear being consetpieiitly four. Mention has been made as to the mode in which Hr. McCaul gave instruction in regard to sul)jects ; let me now saj- a few words as to the way in which he dealt collective!)' and individuall}' with the pupils. When it is considered that he had previously had no practical experience in the management of boj-s, it is wonderful how successfully he ruled those of a large institution like the College. I am indebted to Mrs. McCaul for the substance of the above remark. It is a shrewd and valuable observation — once stated, occurred to accordance with I precisely the expression of one of those thoughts, which, whc are so evidently true as to make one surprised that they nev< one's self. The circumstance, though wonderful, is strictl}' in REGIMH OF Till'; RKV. DR. M'CAUL, 1 839-43. 83 tlic extraordinary tact wliicli tlic Doctor always displayed in cvcrj-thinL;- lie undertook. In addition to this, he had such a wiiun'n^ way with liini, and his enthusiasm so infused itself into those whom he taUL;ht, as to render pleasurable e\'en arduous and intricate studies. He was extremely affable, but withal so dignified that no pupil ever presumed on his _L;o()d-nature. As to our trainiiv^ in faith and morals, it appears to me now lookin_L( calml}' back after all these )'ears, that he influenced us not by pcrijetually harping upon those topics, but rathci; by an occasional word in season, ami by the more forceful, thoui^h silent, tcachint,^ which his o\.-n life autl practice invariably afforded. Thus, I think, we were insensibly led on to revere all that is holy, to be obedient to duly constituted authority, to be ourselves actuated by manly and honourable sentiments, antl alwa\-s to show con- sideration for the feeliuf^s of others. In this connexion I will now narrate a little incident of the class- room which will probably not be without interest to those readers f^r whom this work is chiefly dcsit^ncd. Characteristic traits pervading;' \)r. McCaul's whole life were his unvai\in_<4' kindness of heart and his courtly demeanour towards all — the former constitutins^ a \:\V'^c part of the greatest and the best, the very flower and crown, of the Christian s^races ; which abides with the <;ood here, qocs with them into the hereafter, and " ne\er faileth ;" and the latter flowini;- naturally from the former. Many are aljle to recount instances, either personally experienced, or as having" come to their kno^', ''jdge, oi great acts of benevolence performed b\' him in a ciuiet and unostentatious manner. Yet it is quite questionable w hether the //>//<• every-day occurrences in a man's life may not be, after all, a truer test of his real self Old boys who were undej- Dr. McCaul will readily remember what genuine kindness and encouragement there used to be in his hearty "Good, sir," or '' Kig/it, sir," whenever they gave a particuliuly hapi)y rendering of some passage, or a correct reply to some difficult ciuestion. And, on the other hand, I can tell of a i)upil — reading the poet it is true for the first time — who one day, in Horace, and that too in one of the rhythms of most frequent recurrence, said — Ai vulgiis iiifldiiin — O dreadful atrocity ! What must have been the absolute horror of the author of the able treatise on The Metres of Horace! — yet, when he saw that his sudden start, and reproachful look, had moved the wretched delinquent even unto tears of vexation, then his ever-gentle soul at once relented, and he said in soothing terms, " You need not take it so much to heart ; you see, , you were thinking of perfuius." More likely the boy was thinking of the English infidel, and the Doctor probably knew that well enough ; but the point I want to make is this — how delicate must have been the working of that compassionate Charity, which, not content 84 Ul'I'KR CANADA LOLI.KGK MEMORIAL VOLUMF,. ( 1 with merely pardoning the offence, could jveii devise an ingenious excuse for its commission. Oh, when we call lo mind the loved ones, who, as he, have "j^one before," and when we softly breathe a Ki'qiiicsait for each one, do we not feel our breasts aglow with gratitude while recollecting just such little incidents as these? It was, however, on the day of tiie annual distribution of prizes in the old College Hall, that the Doctor, so far as the general public was concerned, appeared to the greatest advantage. Those who never attended Upper Canada College, but in later years were present at University Convocations, will thoroughly understand what is meant to be conveyed. During all the proceedings there was one to whose distinguished and commanJing form all eyes were ever and anon turned, as they listened to his still var\'ing but always appropriate eloquence, or were entranced by the occasional outbursts of his now flashing, now glowing, inborn oratorical genius, — whilst he was giving utterance to his friendly remarks, so suitable to each individual case, his witty points, his sound advice, his earnest exhortations, his godly admonitions, his prayerful wishes for future welfare. One great feature of Prize Daj' in those times was the accompanying Recitations in all the languages taught. They were cither monologues or dialogues, and were taken from standard authors. The}' were highly instructive, interesting, and some of them mirth-exciting ; and for weeks before had given the Principal and Masters no end of trouble in their selection and preparation. V>ui then the way in which they invariably " brought down the house " was compensation ample enough. At times there were other state occasions, on which the Doctor's perfect familiarity with academic precedent was an additional reason for his having the full arrangement of the whole ; for instance, when on April 23rd (St. George's Day), 1842, the corner-stone of the University of King's College was laid b}' its Chancellor — Governor-General Sir Charles Bagot. The procession was formed in the grounds of Upper Canada College, and, arrayed in full canonical and academic costume, our beloved Principal, as he received the Chancellor, seemed to my boyish mind very nearly, if not quite on a par with His Excellency himself. It was a grand academic, civil, and military display. The procession, starting from Upper Canada College, proceeded up the Queen Street College Avenue through lines of soldiers of the regular army stationed at equal distances all the way to the site. After the corner-stone was laid, and the procession had returned, there was a sumptuous banquet in the College Hall, the Principal and Masters entertaining His Excellency and suite on the dais, and the boys being at the same time entertained, at the expense of the College Council, in the main portion of the Hall. REGIME OF THE REV. DR. M'CAUL, 1839-43. 85 A deep impression was made on my mind by tlic fact, that, at this banquet, \vc boys had our wants well looked after and were actually waited upon by grown-up ex-pupils of the College. It sliowcd a fine spirit in every way, and, whenever I think of it, much moves mc even now. It, however, is only one out of the countless instances, which I have known in the course of a long life, of old aiul present pupils being ever ready to perform kind offices for members of the same dear old school. Such has been true of the past, and there is every reason to suppose that such will be true of the future. It was on this occasion, also, that there were addressed to the Chancellor a Greek Ode by Norman Bethunc (now the eminent physician) and a Latin Ode by VV. G. Draper (the late Judge Draper, of Kingston). His K.xcellency subsequently sent each of these t\\o Seventh Form boys of the period a suitable acknowledgment in the shape of costly books. And now there came the day when the sad word h'arewell had to be spoken to him who had been so long our e.xample, instructor, and guide. It was on the 20th of March, 1843, that Dr. McCaul, in consequence of his having been appointed Vicc-l'resiJent of the University and Professor therein of Classical Literature, Logic, Rhetoric, and Belles Lettres, retired from the Institution. The event was marked by the reading in the Public Hall of addresses from the Masters and pupils and ex-pupils — the Masters stating their intention of placing a portrait of the Doctor in the Mall, and the pupils presenting a large, beautiful, and costly solid silver vase, appropriately ornamented and inscribed. On the ample sides of the base there are engraved the names of the pupils. The addresses were in every way worthy of the College and of the occasion, and it need scarcely be said that the Doctor replied to them in fitting, eloquent, and most touching terms. On leaving the centre building the pupils formed a long double line reaching to the Principal's residence. As the Doctor passed througli every head was bared in silent and sorrowful respect — the senior pupils feeling as though they were parting with a kind elder-brother, and the junior with an indulgent father. A short time afterwards a separate address was presented by the pupils and cx-pupils of the Seventh Form. It was written in Greek, and the Doctor replied in the same language. The reason why this Form, besides taking their part in the former address and presentation, felt it appropriate in them to pay this additional mark of regard would seem to be shadowed forth in the following expression occurring in the Greek document : — 'lifiii^ yap e.^r)v ra aa iauiTepiKa c.Koveiv. This address was so UlTER CANADA COLLEGE MEMORL\L VOLUME. accompanied by a massive smiff-box of silver jiilt, which they bejjf^cd the Doctor to accept as a slit^^lit token of their respect, j^M-atitude, and affection. It is to be rei,M-etted that want of space prevents the insertion lierc of this and the two other addresses. They all, however, bein^^ cnj,M-ossed on parchment and placed in metallic cases, have been perfectly preserved, and will doubtless be accessible to some future biogra})her. Very pleasant would it be to the writer of this article to continue to chronicle Dr. McCaul's course — to describe, however feebly, the energetic and able manner in which he discliarged his duties, first as Vice-President, then President, and also as Professor in the University — to tell of the publication of his two great works, so soon and so widely celebrated, especially among archaeological and theological scholars ; that on Bri- tanno-Roman Inscriptions, and that on Christian Epitaphs of the first six centuries — to bring his. academic record even up to the time when failing health at length came upon him, and at the last we, after passing through another double line, of older pupils now, laid his body down with saddened hearts eV tm Koi/xrjTrjplm, in the Ccmetcr)', — thai, jcaceful Sleeping-place where it awaits the hour, in which the dead shall be raised incorruptible — but my limit is well-nigh reached, and I must forbear. Let mc conclude b)' stating, that, in going over the records covering this Principal's administration, and comparing them with my own personal knowledge, I became convinced that there were just two born leaders of men, to whom, more than to any others, the distinguished success of the Institution was at this period due. They were persons of widely different type, temperament, training, age ; and yet it was remarkable how soon, to employ a word wdiich I have been told was used by the elder of them in this very connexion, they a ssii/oiat They continued fast friends, and doubtless a mutual aid and support, as long as the elder lived. They were both preeminently great, but each in his own way ; and there are numbers, the writer included, who have particular reasons for reverencing the memory of each in his especial line. Their names are now, and will ever continue to be, historical — the Right Reverend Doctor John Strachan, first Lord Bishop of Toronto, and the Reverend Doctor JoilN McCaul, second Principal of Upper Canada College. ItKClMi: OF PI!IX('ir.\L DAUIiON, M.A., 1843-o(;. l;V NATIIANIKL O. WALKKR, M.A., M.D., PORT DOVER. ■^Y ^ R. 1". \V. liARRON entered upon the duties appcttaininjj to the ^4'! Principalsliip of UpiJer Canada ( 'olle^c in the year 1S43, tiiirtecn ^ \'^ years after the first opcnii^L^ of its lialls under Royal Charter. lie directed its internal discii)line and teaching'', with supervision of the Boarding Mouse, until the year 1856, a period of time e(|ual to that of his two predecessors combined. The external affairs of the College from its foiuulation were placed, first, under a Board of Directors and Trustees, until March, 1833, when control was transferred to the Council of King's College. In 1837, by Act of the Parliament of Upper Canada, the College was .'ncorporated with the University of King's College, and became subject to its juii ^diction ; and thus it remained until January, 1850, when the University Act came into force. This latter Act, while declaring that the College was still an appendage of the University, transferred the management of its affairs to a Council and Endowment Board of its own. The President of the Univer- sity retained, however, the power of disallowance of the Statutes and Regulations. The Hon. Francis Hincks was at the same time appointed " Crown member of the Endowment Jioard of the University of Toronto, and Upper Canada College and Royal Granuiiar School," as the Governor- General's official appointment reads. This appointment was regarded at the time in the light of " a sop to Cerberus," in order that these institutions might pass safely by the dogs of rapine who sought then, as later on, to mangle the Royal Endowments made for their support. Again, in 1853, the College, passing through another Parliamentary ordeal, was placed by statutory enactment under the control and manage- ment of the Senate of the University of Toronto. This body had power to make Statutes and Regulations for the discipline of " The College and Royal Grammar School ; " to exercise supervision over the Principal and Masters ; and had charge of the appropriation of the fees and endowment. 88 UPPER CANADA COLLEGE MEMORIAL VOLUME. This authority was vested by the Senate in a coinmittee of five, constituting "The B )ari,l of Management," which, by an Order in Council, was entrusted with the administration of the financial affairs of the College, in regard to the disposition of its income and fees, but subject to the Lieutenant- Governor and Council in regard to its capital and endowment. These several changes took pL.ce chiefly under the regime of Mr, Barron, and doubtless were sources of cihbarrassment and perplexity to both Principal and M.r. ters. The internal inanagement, modelled from the outset after the great Public Schools of h'ngland, continued unchanged as regards both the subjects taught and the discipline enforced in the various forms. The changes made after Mr. Barron's time, and the dropping of the Seventh Form which did University work, do not appear to be mentioned in the history of the College under his successors.* The prominence that classics and mathematics had in the curriculum of studies was more marked then than now, for instruction in those subjects was at the tiiue the chief work of the school. The excited political condition of the Province, incident to the development of self-government, and the hostility of opposing political parties, were doubtless the moving causes of the changes brought about in the external administration of the College. Its internal administration however, moved on quietly, and, despi'.e the turmoil in politics, education made substantial and gratifying progress in the capital and throughout the Province. Much of the credit for this is due to the Rev. I'2gerton Ryerson, D.D., who in 1850 was appointed Chief Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada. Under his fostering care, and with the aid of Government, the machinery of Common and Grammar Schools was reorganized and largely developed. The secularization of the Clergy Reserves in Upper Canada and the abolition of Seignorial Tenure in the Lower Province, following the disturbances of 1836-37, had unleashed the dogs of confiscation and plunder, and no endowment was deemed too sacred for the iconoclastic or reforming hand. The preservation of the endowments of King's College and Upper Canada College from perversion and spoliation can now be regarded as almost miraculous. France was hardly yet sober after the intoxicating draughts of " Universal and Individual Liberty," which elevated the Goddess of Wisdom to the throne of the Almighty. The United States after the Revolution were not yet agreed as to " Sovereign State Rights ; " a liberty bordering on licence made each individual a *The last appearance of a Seventh Form in the College Register is at the end of the Summer Term, 1860. — The Editors. r REdlME OF PRINCIl'AL BARRON, I843-56. 89 i3 piosclytizinjr political Agnostic. Tom Painc's writings were, in many quarters, more eagerly read than the Bible, and his political doctrines were freely avowed and quoted by the hoi polloi. hLach of these sinister forces had emissaries and advocates in the Canadian body politic. Credit is therefore due to those men in whose hands were the destinies of our country and who successfully piloted it through the perilous times. Upper Canada College emerged from her several ordeals intcgra et recta, and preserved all her proper functions for the education and due correction of the youth entrusted to her care. Among those who stood firm between the fierce opposing factions of the time and the Royal Endowment of the College, the names of our present Premier, Sir John Macdonald, and the Ilon'bles. Robert Baldwin and George Brown, mu:-;t be cited and their memories revered. Alany others deserve honourable mention for their unswerving fidelity to this seat of learning. Those mentioned above, however, formed a barrier between their followers and their opponents in our legislative halls, and to their efforts we owe, at a critical juncture, the preservation of the College. While the angry sea of politics raged without, little was known of it within the College walls. Rarely was political controversy indulged in by the studious inmates, the esprit evoked was dominant in influence and led sons of fathers of opposite political camps to fraternize and form but one fold under the agis of Alma Mater. The amnesty extended to Mackenzie, his return from banishment, the passage of the Rebellion Losses Bill, the burning of the Parliament buildings at Montreal, the outrage perpetrated on Lord IClgin, the Governor-General and Visitor of the College, and other political events of the period, excited only an ephemeral commotion among the pupils. The only occasion on which the calm, inland waters of education within the College were ruffled was when William Lyon Mackenzie returned to Toronto from his outlawry, and was ejected from the corridors of the Parliament buildings by Sir Allan McNab. This scene and its occasion were hotly discussed for a few days, and some disagree- ments among the boys were quietly settled in a corner of the playground, according to the Oueensbury rules ; the gallant knight meanwhile being foremost in the hearts of the boys. Mr. Barron's personal appearance is easily recalled. He was of medium height, broad-shouldered and full-chested. He had a splendid muscular development, slightly inclined to corpulency, with a fair, round, genial face and bald head. He was upright in carriage and quick in his movements. He wore double glasses on account of nearsightedness. Succeeding to the Principalship just vacated by so popular a man and so 12 90 UPPER CANADA t'OI.MXlE MKMUKIAL VOLUME. efficient a scholar as Dr. McCaul, his rt'giein was at first subjected to criticism. ]\Ir. Barron's urbane manner and genial bearing towards both teachers and jnipils, the ripeness of his scholarship, and the strictness though thorough impartiality of his discipline, soon however won the hearts and loving confidence of the various forms, and all invidious comparisons made at the outset of his career vanished from the halls of the College. He endeavoiu-ed to instil principles of uprightness, truthfulness and self- respect in the minds of all. The higher manly ciualities dormant in youth, he sedulously sjught to ev'oke, and. while always preserving and exacting due respect, he yet observed a prudent familiarity, especially with the pupils of his own form. By example, he encouraged ail to engage in outdoor sports ; cricket, rounders, hockey, running, leaping and jumping were with other sports and games introduced into the playground, there being as yet no gymnasium. Quarrels were frequently settled in the " ring," the monitors and seniors securing fairplay between the contestants. For giving a foul blow or taking a treacherous advantage, boys were incontinently " sent to Coventry " for a week or more. These contests were never too closely inquired into either by Principal or by Masters. Being thoroughly F.nglish, Mr. Barron endeavoured to make the boys chivalrous, as well as respectful and considerate, and to sustain the ideal character at all times of an Upper Canada College boy, as being upright, lionourable and gentlemanl)'. The Seventh Form was considered par excellence h\s{onn; though others, from the First upwards, were occasionally rehearsed by him. The Seventh, however, engaged most of his time, and as its work was mainly University work he took upon himself its chief supervision. The thoroughness of his teaching and superior manner of instruction are borne out by the honours, scholarships and medals which the boys of his regime carried off at the matriculation examinations of Toronto, Trinit}' and other Universities, having earned them in competition with scholars from all parts of the Province and elsewhere. As Mr. Barron was frequently called to attend meetings of the Board of Management and other councils on educational matters, the Seventh Form was often without supervision. On these occasions advantage was taken to inaugurate a series of so called "tournaments." These consisted of contests in the prayer-hall under the rules and regulations made, as we ambitiously phrased it, at the " Field of the Cloth of Gold." The tournaments, though they lacked the pageantry and splendour of the historic jousts of Henry VHI. and Francis I., at Guisnes, were greatly enjoyed as a spectacle and became the occasions of much fun. They were thus celebrated, and I recall them with still undiminished interest : Janitor Alderdicc, junior, with keys of College in hand as sceptre, was installed in the Principal's chair at RKdIME OF PRINCIPAL IJARRON, 1 843-56, 91 '. the head of the room as Master of Ceremonies and " arbiter of the jousts." Challenges were made b)' a herald, which, when accepted, the gage of battle was thrown down, and when taken up, the herald would then declare " prepare for jousts." The contestants in pairs, two by two, would take their places at opposite ends of the room ; a line drawn across the middle of the prayer-hall was the barrier, or division of the lists. The " constable of the lists" (a boy stationed at the bottom of the stairs at the front entrance of the main corridor) would then declare " lists arc open " (/.<•., the Principal not in sight). Then caine the summons " prepare the knight-contestants." The squires would at this call assist one boy on the shoulders of another : head, body, and arms free above, but legs underneath armpits formed part of the horse. Thus prepared at op[)osite ends of the room, the coui)lcs back to back, the herald would shout ; " Read}' ; charge, knights, and let the guerdon be to the most valiant ! " At this the pairs would turn and in full career charge upon each other, making as much speed as possible to get beyond the " barrier " with a good momentum. Great was the shock when horse and rider came together, and at times both would " bite the dust." In that case, the rider in whose list the fall occurred was loser. At other times, only one horse and ritler would fall and be declared vanquished. Again, it maybe, neither would fall at the first encounter, and then would follow a variety of hostile manceuvering, ending with a general scrimmage. The horses would perform a volt or demi-volt, careering backwards and forwards, right or left, as the exigencies of the battle retiuired, taking good care of his own and his rider's legs, and bracing in various ways to sustain the impelling motions of the rider. Aniiis iiatitralibus the riders would crgage each other, pushing by shoulder, pulling b}' collar, and bj- every other device .seek to unhorse his opponent. Frequently the horses would from sheer exhaustion drop on their knees ; but the contest would go on until one or the other engaged in the mt'Iec was declared victor. Puerile as the above may seem in writing, the tournament was a source of great amusement and was entered into with much zest and spirit. The shock in mid-career, when both couples would fall, made the windows of the whole building rattle. The combat on the part of the horse, brought every muscle into play and tested to the full the power of endurance; but on the other hand he was not exposed to so much serious bruisings in the fall. In these contests, I do not remember that any very alarming personal injuries were received : many slight and a few severe bruises and strainings of muscles would sum up the casualties of all placed hors de combat. Ikit we made no end of a din. The masters in the other rooms would frequently send to inquire the cause of the concussions heard and felt tiiroughout the building. The answer carried back, " the Seventh Form in the pra>'er-hall '' 92 UrPEK CANADA COLLKOE MEMORIAL VOLUME. was deemed an all-sufficiciit excuse. Nor was there ever a report, so far as I remember, known to have been made to the absent Principal, though on one occasion we were surprised in the height of our revels. The combat, on this occasion, had been so long ;.nd stoutly indulged in, that the constable of the lists had abandoned his out-post to witness the fight. Shortly after this desertion of duty, Mr. Barron stood at the open door a spectator of the scene before the joust was concluded. It was some time before he was observed, but when the Master of Ceremou'es noticed the wcl'-known figure, he (juickly vacated his high seat of honour and command and was Janitor Alderdice once more, Simultaneously, there was a general shuffling back to the seats, and no herald's trumpet was needed to declare the combat off and the jousts suspended. The sequel may be told in a few words. " lioys ! boys ! is this dcsipcn in loco ? Come to my room. ! " And in obedience to the command, there entered as crestfallen, tired, buffeted and wind-blown a set of boys as ever entered a class-room. The misery on their countenance, and their wearied and bedraggled a[)pearance seemed, however, to touch the good Principal's heart and condone their offence ; and the rehearsal of lessons was procc'.'ded with, though with much more effort on Mr. l^arron's part to increase the difficulties of the subject e.xamined upon, and to show how little the pupi!s had studied it. I can well recall the College staff in my day. Of them all, there remain now alive, I believe, but two — Mr. W'edd and .Dr. Scadding. Mr. J. G. Howard has just passed over to the majority at an advanced age. The other masters, widi many of their pupils, have also gone hence. If my memory serves mc, there were but few changes in the staff during Mr. Barron's term of office. The first that occurred was the installation of Mr. Thompson as writing master, in place of Mr. Gowinlock, who retired. The next was the removal by death of the Rev. Mr. Ripley, second classical master, and the advancement of the Rev. Mr. Stennett to the post. Mr. VVcdd at the .same time, I think, became third cla.ssical master. Although Mr. Ripley was but a short time a master, he was endeared to the pupils by his benignant though firm sway and patient and forbearing manner. Messrs. Stennett and Wedd, being old College boys, their appointment was hailed with delight, each pnipil feeling a personal pride in seeing them occupy their several positions. The one was quite a contrast, however, to the other : Mr. Wedd was mild, placable and for those days lenient in the management of his classes ; Mr. Stennett was rigorous, exacting, a hard task-master, and mightily in earnest. He was the bete noire of all idle and insubordinate boys, for every ill-prepared lesson and every REGIME OK PRINCII'AL liAKRON, 1S43-56. 93 trans>frcssion gcncrall}' entailed a free application of the cane. The use of this instrument was much more common in my day than I believe it is now, and a wholesome corrective I must admit that it was. As a deterrent, at least, we made the most of it in the case of the newcomer. I'lach new boy, upon his advent (if he belonged to Air. Stcnnctt's form), would be cheered by his form-mates after the following fashion : " I tcl! you, if you don't know every letter of \ our lessons, he will skin you , he will bark you ; you won't have a spot o'* whole .skin on you I " With these and such like disconcerting words, the reade'- may imagine with what sinking-of-heart the new boy would enter upon his first recitation. For some years, Mr. Stennctt's severity in the class was proverbial. There came a time, however — one year, just before the midsummer holidays — when a change appeared to come over him, and he was observed planting flowers in front of his residence and tending them with assiduous care. It was speedily rumoured that he was to be married during vacation, and such turned out to be true, for with a }'oung b' ide the master returned and took up his old quarters; but where was the anti-holiday Mr. Stennett.^ In class, suavity, forbearance and even leniency towards the pupils, marked a diiferent man, and great was the praise awarded to the young wife for bringing about the change. But Mr. Stennctt's strictness was far more a virtue than a vice, and this was shown in the careful training of the boys under him, and in his rigorously insisting that lessons must be well prepared. In 1856 he was deservedly advanced to the position of Principal of the College. The cane, though hitherto only casually mentioned, formed no incon- siderable part of the furniture cf the College. Each master had a bamboo upon or in his desk ; the instrument was generally about three or three and a-half feet long, turned up at one end like a shepherd's crook, and of the thickness of a man's little or ring finger. The usual mode of punishment was by application on the palm of the hand, and nearly all transgressions were atoned for in this way. Flogging was reserved for the Principal, and though the traditions of the College tell of cases having occurred, flogging was but seldom resorted to. Each master had power to administer the cane, and he apportioned the dose to the degree of the offence. From two to a dozen cuts upon the palm were frequent. Some boys were daily punished once or twice, and became adepts in receiving the strokes. The trick of resining the hand well, and of turning the palm from a horizontal to a perpendicular position at the supreme moment, was soon learned, and the trick saved the hand generally at the expen.se of the cane. In these modern humanitarian days, corporal punishment in our schools is 94 UITF.R CANADA COLLEGH .MK.\K)UIAL VOLU.MK nearly or quite abolished. In Upper Canada College, in those days, the rod was not spared; and the pain of the rattan-cuts on the hand, wiping out as it did the fault and absolving the offender, was preferred by the boys to "a hundred lines of Homer or Virgil," or to the silent record of a black mark held over in meirice, to be at some future t.'me enforced when the l)upil again lapsed from grace. The cane was an immediate and full expiation, and when administered che culprit was at once shrived and restored to freedom and integrit)' of spirit. Monsieur De la I laye, the French Master, was the grim custodian of the stock of canes. ICvery midsummer, a cart-load was reported to be brought in, to rci)lenish the exhausted arsenal. These were placed in a cupboard in Monsieur's class-room, and tluMicc doled out by him. one or two at a time, to masters, as per requisition when occasion required. At odd times. Monsieur, the custodian, on leaving his room would forget to lock his cupboard or negligently leave the key in the door. Such lapsus cunv fidclis always provokctl a raid ; and it was wonderful how tjuickly each bo\- would purloin a bamboo and conceal it on his person. At the end of the division- hour there would careful!)' file out from the room a curiously straight-backed and stiff-legged set of boys. Poor Monsieur De la Maye had frequentl\- to bewail his losses, which though recoverable were never recovered. This was a point of honour with the boys. His own cane, I well remember, wa.s the cynosure of canes. It was always the [)ick of the lot, and when oiled, rubbed, and smoked, as he was reported to prepare it, and duly displayed on the desk, or, as was more commonly the case, held and sometimes flourished in the hand, it challenged the respect and attention of the class. Monsieur De la Haye was appointed h^-ench Master when the College was first opened and continued in that post throughout the whole of Mr. Barron's irgiiiic. With the exception of English, French was the principal modern language taught in the College. It was commenced in the First Form and carried on to the Seventh. I'lfficient as a teacher as was M, De la Haye, his usefulness was somewhat qualified by the fact that any industrious lad who diligently applied himself to the study of the master's native tongue would, by his fellow-students, be dubbed " a French fag." The epithet was considered to carry so much opprobrium tliat the linguistically-inclined pupil was deterred from perse- vering in the course. Neither Principal nor Masters may have known of this, but it was known to, and especially applied by, the boys themselves. Monsieur was intensely French, a great lover of Napoleon, and proud of his exploits. Some few forms, perhaps, would have a pupil who could REGIME OK I'UINCIPAL HAKRON, 1843-56. 95 i converse easily in I'lench. Happy the form, and lore happy the boy 1 for the latter was often ej^jfcd on, in the interest 01 the class, to start a conversation with the master — and it took little to do this if the theme were Napoleon— and so beguile the hour with an animated recital instead of the lesson. A favourite topic, which then engrossed Monsieur's mind, was the erection of the Parisian tomb for the great Corsican, at the Hotel dcs Invalides. Sometimes the boys would attempt to play pranks on the Master. One or two of these took the form of gulling a beginner in I'rench, by introducing some words disparaging to the master's nationality in the exercise he would have to hand in, and of which tiic young " freshman " would be ignorant. Once, I remember, the following was interpolated in this way and handed up to M. De la Haye b}' the innocent writer of the h'rench exercise : " La iniisiqitc dcs cnxpcaiix ct dcs grciioniellcs sent aux orciiles dcs Jiovimts Fratn^uis trls plaisaut." Another theme was headed, " Tii as Frau^uns greiioiii/le." The black thunder cloud that passed over the Master's face when these insulting phrases were observed was disconcerting to the innocent youth who had handed in the Theme, though the subsequent " licking " did not elicit the name of the young rogue who had practised the imposition. All that the cane effected was to vary the statement, (in reply to the interrogation of " Who helped you with the exercise ? " from " Please, sir, I did it all," to " C helloed me down along there " [where the interpolation occurred]. Another episode, I recall, which perhaps may be deemed worthy of mention. An old French soldier who had served under Napoleon, was once introduced to Mr. Barron by M. De la Haye, and permission was granted him to instruct any boys who wished to take lessons in '' single- .stick," " broadsword," or " foils." A few seniors engaged him, and lessons were given in the assembly-room after the regulation hours. A few terms passed and some of the pupils became accustomed to the mien, and the bold " en garde,'' " carte," " liecre," "/o/id," and other professional phrases of MoMsieur, le Soldat. One day, a senior boy told his comrades that he intended pressing the master with the foils in a bout he was going to have with him. The contest was entered upon, and soon it was seen that the daring youth was pressing hard upon the Frenchman's foil, and made him aware that an earnest contest was intended. Parries, thrusts and returns were quickly made, and the stentorian " carte" etc , of the master ceased, and the youth got in a full, strong "fond" on the Frenchman's breast. He fell prostrate, legs in air, mask fallen off, gasping "Man Dieu ! Men Dicu ! 7e suis ttie !" The student examined his foil, and, finding the button on, knew that he had not committed a murder. Helping the old soldier on his legs again, he was not long in discovering that he had lost 96 Uri'KU CANADA COI.LECK MLMOUIAI- Vol.UMK. the T'txncliinan's friciulship. No more lessons would lie i^ivc to this student, and at the end of the term his lessons were iliscontinueil alloL;ether. A com- plaint was made to the I'rincipal ; but a bright, amused smile lit up Mr. iJarron's features, indicating' thereby that no reprimand or pimishment would be yiven. These incidents will serve to show how kind anil reverent was the feeling, amountinj^ almost to a passion, which bound the students to their Principal. In the class-room, and in exactin^Lj strict obedience to Masters in all the I'orms, he was rigorous, and applied the " rattan " to transgressors and itUe, refractory boys with stern vim, his conduct was at the same time unimpeachable and his administration just. Towards him, the pupils preserve in their minds and hearts a loving regard. Often have we heard old College boys testify to their admiration of Mr. Barron. Communicating lately with an old fellow pupil on the Principal's love of out-door sports and recreations, the following letter was elicited, from which the present writer ventures to make a few extracts. The writer is Mr. A. R. Poswell, e.\-mayor of Toronto. " I am not able," says my correspondent, " to say very much of the late Mr. Barron's jachting career, save that he was an enthusiastic yachtsman and until the day of his death he owned a sailboat of some kind. Of late years he lived, as you doubtless know, at Gore's Landing, Rice Bay, one of the loveliest of Canatlian lakes, and there he had his little >'acht Dottua del Lagos, and enjoyed sailing her immensely. For many years he was a member of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. He was an advocate and an enthusiastic lover of all outdoor and athletic sports. Crickc the loved heartily, and lie was himself no indifferent cricketer, although short-sighted and compelled to wear glasses. I never heard that he took any interest in horse-racing ; but in yachting, rowing, cricket, and skating he indulged in the season for these recreations and was an adept in all of them. In my younger days, I remember being a great admirer of his skating, and he was considered the best and most graceful skater on the Bay of Toronto. There were no rinks in those days. I\Ir. Barron was also a good fencer. There was no one he was afraid to tackle with the foils. He was also ready to put on the boxing gloves with any one who might care to meet him. The Principal was one of those men who excelled in almost everything in which he took an interest ; and though one could not help admiring him for the manly support he gave to all healthful exercise, his greatest charm for aie was his cheerful disposition, his interesting conversation, his love of a joke, and his thorough kindness of heart." Mr. Boswell's letter sums up Principal liarron's personal qualities so well, that I am sure he will pardon me for inserting his communication here. The tribute will doubtless be appreciated by all "old boys" of Mr. Barron's regime, and especially by those of the manly world with whom he once associated. Peace to his ashes ! CO X » S an I'l di uv pa ha aiii hei Ca of Cai thr int( ma ma cou the you ItECI.MK or riiii iti:v. WAi;n;it s'rKNNm\ m.a., FOLUTII IIIIMIPAL. IS-VrOl. CONTRinU TED. i^ KT\Vli;i'!!N Principal Barron's retirement at the end of September, 1S56, and Mr. Stcnnett's appointment to the I'rincipalship at the l)eL;innin;^f of April, 1^5/, the intcrrej^num of six months was duly and faithfull)' filled l)y the first classical master, Dr. Scadding, as actinjif I'rincipal, who was a^^ain employed in the same capacity for a short period during the illness of l'rinci[)al Stennett, immediately preceding the appoint- ment of Mr. Cockburn. Dr. Scadding was often urged by his friends to apply for the Princi- palship when vacancies occurred, but could never be induceil to do so. Indeed, it became well umlerstood that the wear and tear of his long service had caused him to mistrust his physical strength for the additional st .un, and had rendered him decidedl}' averse to attempting it. Old pupils and friends will doubtless be pleased b)- our introducing here a more extended notice of the Rev. Doctor in connection with Upper Canada College, and we feel that we camiot do better that avail ourselves of the appreciative words of Dr. N. (). Walker: — "The Rev. Dr. Scadding may fitly be styled the Nestor of Upper Canada College. For as the Pylian Nestor is reputed to have lived among three generations of men, and by his silver-tongued ehxiucnce persuaded them into the ways of wisdom and culture, so Dr. Scadding, as first classical master, presided during the regimes of three Principals, and by his gracious manner and amiability persuaded the youths under his charge into the courses of learning and understanding. " Dr. Scadding, having received his primary education in the schools of the Province, was able to place himself^;/ rapport \si\h the spirit of Canadian youth more readily than tho.se masters whose education had been wholly 13 98 UPPER CANADA COLLKdE MEMORIAL VOLUME. obtained in luiropcan schools. Before entering Upper Canada Collet^c he hatl been a juipil of the (h'strict scliool of the count}', under the Rev. Dr. Strachan and the Rev. Dr. I'hilhps. LeaviiiL]^ Upper Canada College as head-boy, he went to the University of Cambridge, matriculating at St. John's College in 1833, taking his degree in honours in 1S37. lie proceeded to the degree of M.A. in 1840, and D.D. in 1852. lie was early appointed a classical master, and continued as such under Rev. Dr. McCaul, .Mr. Harron, the Rev. ]\Ir. Stennett, and Mr. Cockburn. " It was about the time of Dr. Scadding's first occupj'ing the position of acting Principal that another attack upon Upper Canada College was made, I'ublic notice in the daily papers announced a general meeting of e.K-pupils, to take into consideration the affairs of the College ; no accusa- tions or open com )Iaints were made, but some slight relleetions were cast in the announcement. The writer of this sketch hatl just returned frcjm I'-ng- land, and, by chance, saw the announcement (it was in l-Y-bruary, 1857), and attended the meeting in one of the public iialls of the ciiy. There was not a large gathering. The writer challenged the meeting for specific accusa- tions. This challenge was endorsed by M. C. Cameron, a rising barrister, who aflerw.irds became eminent as a jurist and was apiiointeil Chief Justice of one of oiu" Courts. I \c. in elotjuent terms and in fierce invective, demanded to know who were the authors of the public notice, and denounced the unmanly manner in which it was framed as " hitting below the belt," and unworthy of an ex-i)upil. Not a single accusation was formulated, nor was there one to stand up to father the notice. The movement collapsed completely. It has always been a nu'stery whence the inspiration came, but it was shrewdly suspected that some rival educational inteiests were the " fons et origo " of the attempt. " Dr. Scadding was beloved b\- all his forms. He was a conscientious expounder of his own deep classical lore, a lovable man and a sympathetic teacher. The Third, I'ouith, h'ifth, and Sixth forms were tho.sc .-'ttcndant upon his n- 'listrations. There was but one division in each of his forms, and all were rehearsed in one class, and yet he knew how to address the natural ciualitics of each. To those at the head of the class the reheansal was thorough, sharp, and critical ; to those midway in the class more leniency and consideration were shown, while to those at the foot he c.xtcndLd careful but long and patient endurance. In teaching the forms, as a whole, at one time and in one division, he was led into dilemmas ; while the top were wrestling with his profound, far-reaching and critical questions, the middle boys were little interested and the foot not at all, but occasionally inc'ulgcd in mischievous tricks. REGIME OF PRINCIPAL STENNETT, 1857-61. 99 " On one occasion, while Dr. Scadding was absent from the class in attendance on the Principal, tlie whole form broke out in one bedlamic saturnalia. The head-boys were piling one another in the wood-box ; the middle and foot were buffetting each other with brooms, shovel, tongs (open firc-i)laces and wood were used in those days), and whatever could be got, and in the mek'e one of Dr. Scadding's rubbers was shied, and, missing its mark, went fairly behind the blazing wood and was burnt. This disaster cjuietcd the turmoil, and Alderdicc, the janitor, was at once found and despatched in liaste to the city for a new pair, taking the remaining one for a i)attern and size. These were substituted, and Dr. Scadding was unconscious of the fact that his form had presented him v,ith a new i)air of shoes I " It must be remarked that Dr. Scadding, even in these days, suffered from ./eak eyes and indistinct vision, ami now, in his later years, sad to relate, the malad\- has so increased that this eminent anticjuarian and scholar is obliged to consult his bo(jks he loved so well b\' the light of others' eyes — a sad deprivation to one wh(jse other p]i\sical and mental qualities are still intact. Dear master! all your old piii)ils condole with }-ou in your bereavement and deplore ) our loss!" As a supplement to this sketch by Dr. Walker we append the following: — In i86j the veteran first classical master resigned his post in the College. The usual trials of a tci'.cher's life had begun to tell seriousl}' on his nervous system, but more especially his eyesight suffered. On his retirement, he was prcscntetl b}' his classes with a claret jug of solid silver on a salver bearing the following inscription : " Hon ico Scadding . . . . S. T. P. Cantab Collegia Canadic Ultcrioi is . . . iiUDiHscnluin . . .Almniti. . . .Ri'^'ririiics grate ainaiiti's . a.d. xvi. Kal. Maias . . . . MDCCCLXIL" Dcccdenti .... Hoc .DcdicavciiDit . . . . The words, " Reverentes grate amantes," well express the genuine feelings of the donors and former pupils generally towards their old instructor. The wish expressed in the concluding paragraph of the beauti- fully illuminated address, which accompanied the gift, has been happily fulfilled ; " We pray that under the good providence of God your health may soon be reestablished, that you may long be spared to fill up the measure of your usefulness, and that finally you may be of the number of those who ' crown a youth of labour with an age of case.' " Several former pupils of Upper Canada College have been masters in the institution, but tlie Rev. Walter Stennett, M. A., is the only alumnus who as yet has had the honour of being appointed Principal. He passed lOO Ul'l'KR CANADA COLLKGK MKMOKIAL VOLUMK. through a higlily distinguished course at Upper Canada College during the Principalship of Dr. Harris ; and when some j-ears afterwards the Univer- sity of King's College, Toronto, \va> incorporated, he matriculated therein, and took part with great success in a competition, in which head-boj-s of Upper Canada College of several preceding years, and other formidable opponents, were keen!)- engaged. He graduated B.A. in 1845, being the metlallist in metaph)'sics and ethics, the medallist in Kvidences and Biblical literature, and Jameson gold medallist in histor}- and l'!lnglish comi)(Jsition. liesides these high honours he also obtained valuable prizes in metaphysics and ethics, in Evidences and J^iblical literature, Latin verse prize four times, English prose prize thrice. In the h'acult}- of JJivinity he won the divinity prize of both years, and a special Bishop Strachan divinity prize offered in the first year. Mr. Stennett pnKeeded to his M.A. in 184.S, but ^lever took his degrees in divinity, although he might either have sought them from the University of Toronto, (since, if we mistake not, the very Act abolishing the Faculty was careful to reserve all existing rights), or have obtained them from Trinit)' by first taking an ad ciDideui statniii. On referring to the Upper Canada College records .> e find that Mr. Steiuiett was i.opointed third classical master and resident master in the boarding-house in May, 1846, second classical master in 1849, '^•^'^ Principal in April, 1857. Dr. Walker has already given Mr. Stennett well-deserved commenda- tion as a master. In regard to the Doctor's playful allusions to boys' stories as to severity, etc, we bear well in mind that considerable allowance must be made for the exaggerations which arc the result of the force of the imaginative faculty at that early age. Not that we would imply that these are wilful misstatements on the part of youth — indeed we are of oi)inion that stories of the kind have nearly always some foundation in fact — but we have learnt that such accounts of severity or its reverse must alwa}-s be received with ample abatement. The desire to augment energy of descrip- tion by forcing contrasts, a mode of procedure which we occasionally notice even in grave historians of mature growth, does not seem to be altogether absent from the young. Such contrasts we think are sure to be unfair to both parties compared. It appears to us that a juster estimate of Mr. Stennett in this particular can be formed by citing his own words in reference to discipline during his Principalship, He says, '• those were days in which discipline was really maintained, with no unkindly but with a firm hand. The cases of corporal punishment during my tcrin of the office of Principal were notoriously few — chiefly, in my opinion, owing to the certainty of punishment for proven dereliction of duty. The boys understood the ' •■' ^^ ■<.•■ RECIME OF I'RINCII'AL STKNNK IT, 1857-61. lOI system, and the system worked generally well." Jie this as it may, the uiKloubtcd fact remains that Mr. Stennett proved himself a most efficient master both iti teaching and in discipline, and this probabh- had a great deal to do with his subsequent appointment as Principal. ])i-. Walker has also alluded to Mr. Stennett's marriage while a ma.stcr. The lady in question was Veronica Frances, the only .surviving daughter of the late venerated Bishop Bethune — an ancient name of high renown which twice graces the Upper Canada College roll of head-boys. The fair and gentle daughter of the good Jiishop won for herself, both as a master's wife and as I'rincipal's wife, the esteem and affection of all who were brought in contact with her. She was, indeed, one of those bright and s}-mpathetic natures over which the memory loves to linger, and main- an old boy of the time, and such of the then masters and members of their families who yet li\e. often look back with grateful recollections on those bygone da\-s. The two head-boys bearing her maiden name are Dr. Norman Bethune, the nephew, and the Rev. Dr. C. J. S. l^ethune, the son of the liishop. 'i'ili^ lattc-r head-bo\- has been for man\' years Mead Master of Trinity College School, Port I lope, a circumstance which suggests to us the thought that Upper Canada College has never been actuated by mean and petty jealousies in regard to kindred institutions. There was a period when the old College undoubtedh' took the lead ever}- time, and carric ! all before it. Since then numerous very excellent schools have arisen, many of them, as the one just si)ecified, under the instruction and rule of her own sons. It is little wonder then, if in the natural course of events she has had to divide the honours, antl she feels naught but a generous and friendly rivalry when competing with other schools, either on the literary arena or on the cricket and other kindred fields. She rejoices under all circumstances to see the general cause of mental and plu'sical education prosper. Mr. Stennett was peculiarly iitted to succeetl to the I'rincipalship from the fact that his early training was under the direct su[)erintendetice of Dr. Harris, the first I'rincipal : that his Universit\' course was under Dr. McCaul, the second Principal ; and that he had served as a master under Mr. Barron, the third Principal. We shouUI therefore not be surprised to find in him a combination of the excellencies of them all : and those who are well capable of judging consider such to have been the case. We have heard the remark maile by old pupils that during Mr. Stennett's administration there was no particularly marked feature, but that evcrj'thing seemed to go on just as usual. PreciseK' so : that is the very point. What higher commcmiijiign could any Principal possibly desire, than that, succeeding siy^i^mtfeCii^rf^rij^, McCaul, and Barron, he I02 UPPER CANADA COLLECK MEMORIAL VOLUME. should maintain without deterioration the exalted character of the College, and hand it on, in untarnished splendour, to the fostering care of his successor ? But even with all Mr. Stennett's high scholastic and other attainments, this could never have been brought about wi lOut infinite pains on his part. It is the universal testimonj' tiiat he was .i most c(jnscientious and persevering Principal — always most anxious to discharge his every dut}', always ener- getic, and ever at his post. He had, however, his reward: for the success of the pupils of his time was most marked, as the various University and other records abundantly demonstrate. Unfortunately after a few years of faithful discharge of the duties of the office to which he had been promoted, this tpiict, unassuming, but thoroughly efficient Principal found liis health gradually becoming impaired. This ma)- have been caused, partly at least, not onl)- b}- the man)- cares Icgiti- matcl)- pertaining to his important position, but also by additional anxieties arising from persistent unfair and uiu'casoning attacks on the College.-, — of which, b)' the wa)-, Dr. Walker has given us a very fair specimen. Mr. Stennett, therefore, came to the conclusion that for the remaining portion of his life the continuous peaceful exercise of his functions as a Christian minister would be in every way more desirable for him. Indeed both Dr. Scadding and Mr. Stennett never forgot their sacred obligations as clergy- men. As an instance of this wc may mention that the former contracted, while assiduously visiting sick immigrants in pestilential sheds, a fever which nearl)- cost him the loss of one of his eyes ; and that the latter was only constrained to discontinue similar visits b)- the peremptor\- command of Bishop Strachan upon the instigation of Principal Barron, who naturally was apprehensive of the danger of contagion among the pupils, although these masters were careful to take all the usual precautions. Here was a clear case of a conflict of duties. The matter had to be arranged somehow, and the good Bishop, if w-e were correctly informed, would appear to have assumed the responsibility. Upon retiring from the College IVIr. Stennett took country ecclesiastical duty for a time, became examining chaplain to his Bishop, and was finally advanced to a canonry and the important rectory of Cobourg, which preferment he held at the time of his death. After Mr. Stennett left the College the customary compliment was paid him by Principal Cockburn and the masters of placing his portrait in the College hall. Like that of Principal Barron it is by Berthon, and is an equally life-like and speaking picture. When the secretary, as directed, wrote to Mr. Stennett requesting him to sit for this portrait his reply con- RKC.IME OF PRINCIPAL STF.XNIiTT, 1857-61. 103 tained the following words : " Please express to the Principal and Masters my very high sense of the honour they do me, and my cordial acceptance of it. I cannot but accede to a request so flattering to myself and so much ill accordance with my own wishes. I feel that it is one which will give me in time to come a visible connexion with that noble Institution in which so many Canadians have received their education, a:id within whose bounds so many years of my own life were spent." On the occasion of the death of Canon Stcnnctt, in 1889, Principal Dickson called a special masters' meeting for the purpose of paying due respect to his memor)-. We extract the following from the minutes : — "It was proposed by Mr. Wcdd, First Classical Master, seconded by Mr. Sparling, I'irst Mathematical Master, and unanimously resolved : " That the Principal and Masters, having heard with deep regret of the death of the Rev. Canon Stcnnctt, M.A., fcr many years a classical master and for some years Principal of Upper Canada College, desire to record o.n their minutes their esteem for the deceased. •'Mr. Stennett was himself an okl Upper Canada College boy ; and his distinguished career within these walls was followed by one still more distinguished at the University. " Both as a master and as Principal Mr. Stennett's regime was characterized bj- a strict but judicious discipline, combined with kindli- ness of heart and gentleness of manner ; and old pupils, who were under him, will constantly tell how much they appreciated these high qualities, and the accuracj- and elegance of his varied and extensive scholarship. "Those who knew him best can testify how loy^d and how grateful he was to the Institution, whu h had so well instructed his earlier years. And, indeed, the Rev. Walter Stennett was in himself a proof of the wisdom of the fou!iders of this College in providing, from the first, for a duly porportioned admixture of literary and scientific studies : for while his logical and closely- reasoned arguments showed the mathematical /cnt of his mind, the melodious flow of his pure and refined English never failed to excite the admiration of all who had the privilege of listening to him as a lecturer. "But he now rests from his labours: and it only remains for the Principal and Masters to conclude by offering to his widow and family heartfelt condolence under their sad bereavement." At a subsequent meeting the following letter from Mrs. Stennett was read by the Secretary, who was directed to enter it on the minutes : — 104 ITPER CANADA COLLKCE M KMc )K1 AL VOLUME. '1"mk RKt'i'dKV, ( 'diiofiiii, Ai'Kii. 2ni>. Mv 1)i:ai: Mu. Wkhf) : \iiur kind Ifttor, ciiclosiiij; " Kxtract from tlic iiiitnites of a special mcctiiii,' of tlie l'iiiKi])al and M.istiiis of UppiT Canada Collogt;,"' n-aclipcl nic yesterday. The children join with me in thanking you as mover, and Mr. S|iarliny as .Hcconder of the resolution, anil all who were present at the meetin;,', for tlieir Ivind a|i]ireiiat ion of my d<'ar inisl)and's aliilities, and their rceojinition of his ellorts as master and rriiui|iid. We also tliank yon for your .sympathy witli us, who mourn. IJeliex < nic, yoni- let Icr and i-nclosiire have done iiinch to eomfort, ami I pray that the memory how ^'leat an invalid he had Keen for some time. We were looking and asking for rest foi- him : his Heavenly I'ather Ins given him " lii'st eternal." Again thanking ymi all for y >ur kimine: I'.eli .iiid symp ithy ours \ ery sincerely (Sign. JULIA V. ST KN MITT, Wc have ventured to publish Mfs. Steimctt'.s fcply for two reasons : I'"ii-st, because it shows, with numerous other itistanoes which )ni_q;ht be produced, the spirit in which tlie.sc kind attenti(.Mis on the [)art of I'riiiciijal.s and masters have ever been received ; and secondly, because her statement that Mr. .Stciuiett loved the institution so well is a proof that his affection t(M' it endured t<-i th e ei id. 1 n order to understand the full force of thi.'! testimon\', it is nccessar\- to call attention to the f.ict that this is not the Mrs. Stennett of whom mention has already been niatle ; and, in regard to the Canon himself, that, havint;' been for man)- years severcil from the school, ;ind other ties and other associations, both ecclesiastical and educational, having in the meantime been formed, he might quite reasonably have been supposed to have somewhat weakened in his attachment to it. Most pleasing must it he to all true friends of the College to learn, that such was far from being the case, and to find this succeeding sharer of his heart and home so feelingly alluding to her husband's unabatetl love for the time-honoured place, and responding, in such beautiful terms, to those its officers who had been anxious to pa) him that tribute of their esteem which he had so well deserved, and to offer to herself and family that sympathy which she and they have so full)- appreciated. THE ('OLI.KGK ItlFLE COMPANY. VA Tin: Kl'.V. r. I\ FOTIlIlklNOIlAM, M.A., ST. JOHNS, N.U. I S I AK I'.ACK as 1S63, when T entered Upper Canada CoUei^c. aiul I do iH't know how loni;' before, the older boys were assembleil \\eekl\' for drill under the instruction of Major (loodwin. Ihey were supplietl with rilles and ba\-oncts, waist belts and pouches. The room next the lavatorj' was set apart as an armour)-. Out of this drill class the Rifle Company was evolved under the influence of vitalit\- and environment. I'he presidin;^ Ljcnius under whose auspices this took place was the gallant old soldier in command. What bo\- of that day df)es not remember him with affection ? A strict tlisciplinarian, \-et liking' better to silence a frolicsome private with a harndess witticism that held him up to ridicule, than to bid him " fall out." This was the severest penalt}' he ever inflicted, and it was much more kcenh- felt as a disy;race than the hundretl lines of Virt;il which the Principal immeeliately imposed b)' way of ratifyini;' the sentence. The kindhearteil old Major always seemed sorr\- the monieiit .d'ter, for in the ne.\t breath he would temiier his rebuke with a cheery word and Lj'ood-natured apology for the offender. 1 le was bluff and boyish, althouj^h his shoulders stooped and his head was grc\-. He loved the bovs with all his heart, and the\- fulh' returned his affection. I [is quarters in the old l^athurst Street barracks were always free to them, antl his happiest moments seemed to be w hen reciting his favourite " Tam o' Shanter " to an admiring crowd, who never wearied of applauchng the really splendid elocution. The activity of the Fenian brotherliood in 1865 awakened much uneasiness in Canada. Large luunbers of volunteers were enrolled, and the Military Schools were crowded with cadets. As in 1837, College boys were not behind in offering their .services. Three of us, Fuller, Wilson, and mjsclf, had obtained second-class certificates, and the idea was mooted of transforming our drill association into a company of the " Queen's Own." The consent of the Principal having been obtained, Major Goodwin entered heartily into our plans. The boys met in the Prayer room one afternoon in December, 1865, and amid great enthusiasm elected Frank C. 14 loG L'l'l'l-.K CANADA COLI.KCK MKMORIAI, \ OI.T M K. Draper, an old C'ollojjc bo\' aiul cx-officcr of the " Queen's Own,' as Captain, Valance}- 1'^. I''uller, Lieutenant, aiui IM. Wilson. I'lnsij^ni. William M, Richards, Watson, and nij'self, were chosen SerLjeants. I do not remember the names of tlu other non-conmiissioned officers, if there were any. J'",nrolment wi-nt briskU' on. The cubits of our stature were measured against the wall of the I'rincijial's room. What heroes we were in the e}-es of those whose heads could not touch the luler held at the standard height ! The compan\- was duly t^azetted in deneral Orders of the 1 2tli January, 1866, and attached to the 2nd Hattalion, "(Jueen's Own Rifles. " On March the Sth, some xolunteers were called out, and. amoni^st others, the " Oueen's Own." The College Compan>' was not mentioned in the General Order, but the boys would not be suppressed. With the consent of Major (now Lieut. -Col.) Gillmor, then in command, the boyr. appeared at everj- parade and niarch-out, — drilling as faithfully as others. but without any pay. This latter was a consideration to which our knightly souls were utterly oblivious. Class work was sadlj- interrupted. JCvery week there were evening drills and a Saturday afternoon march-out. Not one of the company was twent\- \-ears old, yet all tramped through the mud with the endurance and light-hcartcdness of veterans. W^oc to the boy who stepped around a puddle instead of marching through it, or grumbled when an unluck)- step filled his boot with ice-water. He was the butt of ironical sympatln' for days afterwards. Our j'outhful appearance won us a somewhat j)atronizing regard from the rest of the battalit)n, and, in their paternal affection, they nicknamed us " the babies." So far from being offended, the boys shewed the genuine stuff they were made of by accepting the soubriquet, and tr\-ing to make the name an honc.ced one. When, at the close of that period of active service, ALijor (nllmor complimented the company in his address at the final parade, and three cheers were generously given for " the babies," wc felt that the respect of the other corps had been completel\- won. At that time many companies had their own marching songs. The College boys, in view of the juvenile position assigned to them, adopted as theirs the nursery hymn " Joyful," fitting to its tune nonsensical words such as — " He tliat liiitli jdouty of spniuhilii-s And givL'tli his neiglibour iioiit', He aha'u't have any of my spoudulics When his spondulics are done. Choriix : O, that will be joyful, Joyful, joyful, O that will be joyful, when his Spondulics are done." Tin; COLLKGK RIILF. rOMI'ANY. 107 Othcr verses followed ad lib. " lie tiiat hath plenty of sauerkraut, peanuts," 6y:c., &c., until invention was exhausted. The ethics of tiie song were unimpeachable, and there was not the slightest thought of irreverence towards sacred associations. Anything of that kind would have been treated with scorn as utterly "low." It was simply a boyish response to good-natured chaffing. I''cw nieinbers of the corps will forget the e.xcitement of St. Patrick's Day, .March 17th, i(S66. Some days previous a rumour sprcatl to the effect that bodies of men, marching in military order and armed with pikes, hae and considerate one, but the boys felt that it carried the reproach of '• babyhooil " a little too far. Tiicw- resenteil such an implication of juwnilit}'. ( )ne a(hnircs tlicir spirit and is not surpriseil that they failed to appreciate the responsibilit)' reslint; upon their elders. It was quite true that the\- were too \-ouni;' for the hardships of service in the field ; most of them had been sent to school to stud)- ■ind riot to play the amateur soldier, and their parents would lia\e justlx' blamed the Principal for liavin;^ permitted the formation of the corps ; besides this the duty huM u[)on ihcm was a nccessarx' and honourable one, and fell most fittiny;ly upiiu the junior company of the battalion. l-\)r two dax's the I'ollege Rifies were the only troops in the cit\', and furnished the L;;uard on the h^'iday and Satunlay niLjhts succeedins^ the departure of the \olunteers. 1 need not describ:: the excitement of those days. Collci^e boys helped to swell the crowds around the bulletin boards and added their voices to the cheers that ran*;' out to the accompaniment of the Cathedral chimes when news of the rout of the invaders arrived. About three o'clock on .Sunday mornint; the volunteers from the country began to arrive. They were marched up from tlie railway station in companies and dismissed to billets for breakfast. To me, the arrival of these raw troops was a deei)ly intcrestin<^ slight. They came evidently from the farm and the workshop. It mJi^ht be that the first gun of a great war had been fired at Ridgcway, — we did not know. If it was so, every one of these men was ready. There was no noisy frolic or loud laughter among them. Every word of command was heard with painful distinctness THK COI.LEGK RMI.l': (OMI'AW 109 ill tlic (luict of that Sabbath moriiiii^. When ch'sinisscd, oik- j^roup after another struck up old-fasliioned I'sahn tunes, aiul set off siu^nni^' them to their new ([uarters. OnewouUl have thi)U,L;ht that Cronnvell's army or a re^fiment of Covenanters had reappeared amonj^ us. With such defenders, we did not fear should Limdys I.ane or (jueenston IIei<;hts come to be fou^lit over again. I'^ew Churches held service that evening, for nearly every person crowiled towards the Vonge .Street Wharf to meet the " City of Toronto" with its precious freight of dead and wounded. Willi another member of tiie company, like myself just off guard dut)*, 1 joined tiic crowd and was near tlv wharf when the steamer came in. Tcj my surprise I heard the familiar voice of Lieut. i'"uller in command of an escort composed of the College Company. It accompanied the five hearses to their destinaticjiis through thronged streets, amid a silence only broken by exclamations of sjmpathy and sorrow. I'.very head was uncovered as the dead heroes passed by. On the Tucsda)' following a public funeral w as held, and the bodies of lilnsign Mcl*lacliern and Privates Defries, Smith, Alderson, and Tempest lay in state in the drill shed. The gallery erected for the concert so recently held afforded a suitable elevation for the caskets. Kanged around these, the boys of our corps stood as a guard of honour, resting on their arms reversed, from eleven a.m. to one p.m. The company took part in all the militarj' funerals of that sad time, and on one occasion, I think the one just referred to, furnished the tiring party. During the fortnight following the raid Toronto swarmed with volunteers, most of whom remained onl)- a few da}s until formetl into provisional battalions. Whilst these were in town, the College Company w as released from the duty of furnishing guards. But there was the possibility that a sudden order from Ottawa might remove the guard on duty, and it was accordingly agreed that should the College bell ring at any time out of class hours, the members of the company would understand it as a signal to assemble at the armoury. One night as I was just about to retire I heard the well-known sound. It took very few seconds to resume my uniform, but, before I reached the street, every bell in the city was ringing tlie "general alarm." The din was enough to warrant the conclusion that the Gael was indeed at our gates. I lived about a mile from the College, and only arrived in time to take my place at the head of the company as coverer and lead the way to the drill shed, then situate between Front and Wellington Streets, at the east end of the Parliament Buildings. A dense crowd was already assembled at the corner of Simcoe and Wellington Streets, and, as we drew near, I heard some one call out : 1 lO UI'l'KR CANADA COLLKC.E MEMORIAL VOLUME. " It's tlic Collc^jc boys, let's f^ivc thcni three cheers!" This tiiey did with .1 heartiness that made us feel modestly embarrasseil. Acknowledi^iii;^ the honour in miUtary fasliion, we en':eieil the (h'ill shed, discovering' then the cause of the ovation with which ue h.id just been honouretl. We were the first compan)' to report itself in obedience to the sunnnons. It was found shortly afterwards that we were not needed. A few companies had been ordered to I'rescott, but enou^di remained for ^uaril duty. In about an hoiu' we were dismissed with not undeserved compliments. On the return of the "' Oueen's Own" from .Stratford, after the en^'a^ement at Rid;^e\\ a)-, the College Rifles met the battalion at the railway station and accompanied it in its march throu;.',h the streets. Alth(Hic,di they did not hear bullets whistle, the College bo)'s fell that they had won some slight share in the magnificent welcome the regiment received. DurinL^ the summer following the h'enian raid a militar\' camp was formed at Thorold, aiul the Upper Canada College Rilles united with the University Compaii)' to form one corps. The battalion was landed at Port Dalhousie, and marched through St Catharines to the breez)' field on the top iif the mountain where the Tenth Royals and the Thirteenth from Hamilton were already pitching their tents. Here the bo)-s again distinguished themselves b\- their light-hearted endurance of discomforts that would have well-nigh causinl a mntin\- amongst regulars. The ground was rt)Ugh antl hard — cattle had evitlently roamed freely over it when the soil was moist. One had U) select carefully for his couch the precise spot whose plu'sical geography was most nearly complementary to the angularities of the human anatomy. The last duty every evening was a field study of the relations between geology antl osteologj'. When it rained, the clay betra)'e(l a most tenacious att.ichment to boots often ill- suited to such rough usage. The camp arrangements were of the most imperfect character. Plain rations, however, were abundant. One (jf our number betrayed extraordinary talents in the culinary line, and no " Irish" or "Boston" stew can ever obliterate the memory of his achievements. No coffee and butterless bread ever tasted sweeter than that partaken around our tent pole every morning. The air was pure and bracing, and the drill just enough to make us forge*" all our discomforts in dreamless sleep. Every one heard with regret the orders to break up camp. To this day pleasant memories linger around the old camp ground. As illustrating the spirit of the boys, I may mention that it leaked out one evening that a general alarm was to be sounded during the night in order to test the promptitude with which the volunteers could respond. We determined that, for the honour of our corps, we should be the first on parade. Not Till; lOLM'.CK KIM.i; tOMIWNV. Ill one removed his uniform that ni^ht wlieii he lay down. TIic covering scrj^eant slept in his boots and eross-belt, w itli his rifle by his side. To our <^reat astonishment and chagrin the sun was shiniiiL; hrii^dilly wlu-n the bugles auoke us at n'veille. The home march was not uneventful. As we left the camp, and when we marched through the streets of St. Catharines, fair faces smiled from sidewalk and windows, ami the battalion sang popular songs, accompanied by the band. Wc had scarcel)- left the town behind us when a thunder- storm came on. '1 he " (Juct-n's Own" had proved its ability to "stand fire," but water was another affair and retreat was no cowardice. VVc c|uickly found refuge uniler the grand sla.id of the race course. On a break occurring in the storm we set out again aiul airived betimes at Port Daiiiousic, where the " City " awaiteil us, but alas (juaiititiu iiiiifd/i ah Hits who (jiie short hour before spread their plumes and tuned their manly throats before the admiring civili.ms of the "City of tlie .Saints!" .Scarcely had we lelt the friendly shelter of the race course when the stoi-in burst (Hit afresh. Tlu; mire ot the road was ankle dee[) and thi.' ditches were brimful of water. .Some took to the ilelils and others picked a careful but tedious path along the fences, while the bolder tramped along as much indifferent to pouring rain and adhesive mud as plucky College 1)0) s ought to be. No company in the battalion straggled less than the bcartUess youths in No. lo. When we arri\-ed at Toronto, our sergeant was the first to spring ashore in response to the buL;le call for " coverers," autl none marched up '^'onge Street with jauntier step than the rain-soaked ;uul nnul-bespattered veterans of the rear company. On the 26th June, 18C8, Lieut. George IJ. Dawson, late of H. M. 47th Regiment, and now Col. JJawson, of the "Grenadiers," was gazetted Captain, vice V. C. Draper, who retired with the rank of Brevet Major. The Compaii)' re-enlisted under the Militia Act of 1868, but its name does not ap[)car in the (kneral Order of 6th P'ebruary, 1869, in which the corps who constitute the active militia arc named. It seems to have been silently dropped, along with others, which it was not jutlged advisable to continue in existence. The College Rides never formed an integral part of the " Queen's Own," but was merely attached to the battalion for administrative purposes. During its brief existence it left a record of which it need not be ashamed, one worthy of an institution which has supplied so many able officers to the various branches of the Imperial service. General Napier did not forget to give us honourable mention in his report. 112 Ul'l'KR CANAOA COLLKGE M KMOKIAL \OMMK. Wc old boys ciniiot contemplate without a fccliiit^- of sadness the retreat of our alma mad-r before the resistless tide of commerce. Some ghosts of the olden time will for us ever hover around the spot where we drank the mother's milk of character, and learned to love the noble and the true in ancient soul;- and stor\-. INIay her new home be consecrated to comiiiL;- generations with memories as sweet and hallowed as the genius of reverie assembles around the tlear old walls. In Reverence, Honour, and Lo\-alt\-, ma)- each College boy to the latest generation prove himself a knight sans pc/tr <7 sai/s rcproclw ! / O tl tl k t! \< \v P' ni E C of in dc W( re C( ac of Di ha Gc thi i8 qu RKGIMK OF G. R. R. COCKBURN, M.A., FIFTH PRINCIPAL, 18CI-1881. iiV I). R. KKVS, M.A. l!!j?N Tin; vi:Ak 1861, Upper Caiuula Collct^c was without a supreme ^ heail. The duties of this office were for the time being vested in a ''^Ly commission consisting of Messrs. Scadding, Wedd, and Brown — three of the oldest masters of the College. Under such an administration the school hatl for a year or two been less successful in the race for matricu lation scholarships. It had also suffered by the presence of an active rival, the Model Grammar School, which had been established in 1858, by the Rev. Dr. R\-erson, then Chief Superintendent of Education This school was situated in St. James' Square, but must not be confounded with the present Model School in the same place, nor with the old Toronto (iram- mar School now presided over by Rector McMurchy. The Department of lulucation, it will be remembered, had then no control of Upper Canada College, which was under the general supervision of the University Senate, of which the Principal was an i:v-offuio member, but the appointments were made by the Govcrimient. That the Minister should consult with the department in reference to the appointment of a principal was not to be wondered at. nor was it altogether surprising that Dr. Ryerson should have recommended the rector of the new Model Grammar School, Mr. George K. R. Cockburn. That gentleman had been selected as head of the new school on account of his high testimonials and his knowledge not only of Scotch, but of German, educational methods. After winning the highest praise from Dr. Leonard Schmitz, rector of the I ligh School of Edinburgh, Mr. Cockburn had distinguished himself at Edinburgh University and had taken a post- graduate course at the University of Berlin, where he entered full)- into German student life and gained that familiarity with the spoken language that yavc such interest to College " revisals " in German. His success since 1858 in the Grammar School had justified the Doctor's choice, as his sub.se- quent success in Upper Canada College justified that of the Minister. 15 114 UPPER CANADA COLLEC.E MEMORIAL VOLUME. Yet the experiment was a bold one, — to place at the head of an institution, already a generation old, the head of a rival school that was but a niushrooni <:[ro\vth in comparison with Upper Canada College, to .fdvancc over masters who had themselves been head-boys in the school and had taught in it for a long period a young man who had been only three years in Canada. To do this was a line of conduct that could only be justified by the very success which it seemed calculated to imperil. lUit in this case the entl justified the means in more ways than one, and it certainly tried the man. Nor were these the only disadvantages the young Principal hfid to contend against, leaving what might be called personal equation wholly out of account. The condition of the College had been seriously injured by the action of the Legislature in cutting down the staff and reducing the salaries of the masters who were retained and in withdrawing the annual grant of over $4,400. Still further to cripple the finances, tlie expense of maintaining the Bursar's office, previously assumed by the Government, had been made a charge upon the College revenues, as well as pensions to the amount of $1,900 per annum. To crown all, the College was in debt to the extent of $20,000. Under such financial difficulties Mr. Cockburn assumed tlic principalship. As the outlook was most gloonij' in the department of ways and means, so the result in that department was most brilliant. There is a saying in Edinburgh that no Scotchman is allowed to enter the service of the l^ank of iMigland, even as porter, lest he win his wa" *o the presidency. To this national predisposition to finance Mr. Cockburn added a natural bent of his own. lie was aided moreover b\- the long experience of tlie bursar, the late Mr. Huchan, no less than by the cordial cooperation of the masters who in this respect, as in all others, shewed their loyalty to their alma mater by doing their utmost to assist the new principal. It is neither fitting nor necessary to describe here the means that were adopted to increa.se the College income ; let it suffice to make known the results. The bursar'.s office was made to pay its own way. The deficiency in the masters' salaries was made up, including the arrears. Not only was the entire debt, due mainly to the building account, paid off, but new buildings were put up and paid fo'- in place of the old ones. In short, an era of business prosperity took the place of the period of depression. Of course, the historical side of all this must not be forgotten : 1857 was the darkest year in the business history of the Province; in 1861 the American civil war began, a war which brought much prosperity to Canada, and affected Mr. Cockburn's private as well as his public life. Such financial success was obviously dependent also, in part at least, on the success of the school in other vvay.s. Statistics will be found else- RI^GIME OF PRINCIPAL COCKBURN, 1861-81. 115 where, showing the increase in the attendance both of boarders and day boys. The number of masters had also been increased, as well as the accommodation in the boarding-house. The character of the institution had improved, if the standing of the College boys in the University exami- nations be made the criterion. The most striking evidence of growth in the internal economy of the College was to be seen in the subdivision that took place in the different forms. The form names I. A., I. B. are familiar only to boys who have been at College since 1862. In 1S68-9 this division held in the first two forms only. The following year there was a I II. B., which afterwards became the Third Comiricrcial, and, later on when the h'ourth came to be subdivided, the commercial boys formed the Upper Modern and the third commercial was called the Lower Modern. These divisions were for a time obsolete, under the changed conditions of the College, and the altered requirements for University matriculation. Indeed the system of education has been almost wholly changed. In the "sixties" and "seventies" specialization had not enslaved the teachers of Canada as it has to-day. Perhaps the most telling way of showing the contrast is to compare the present with the old way of awarding exhibitions. Now they are granted as special scholarships, then they were all for general proficiency, the list of subjects in the h'ifth form including classics, mathe- matics, iMiglish, French, German, chemistry, and ph}'siology. Not seldom it happened that a boy would gain an exhibition notwithstanding his weakness in one subject, as e.g., mathematics. In one case a boy took only forty marks out of a possible 450 in algebra and very nearly carried off the first exhibition. But in that year Professor Goldwin Smith examined in classics and the late Professor Young in mathematics, and the returns in both subjects were more surprising than the denouement of one of Gaboriau's romances. So strict indeed was the application of the rule "all subjects must be taken " that a boy who intended going to Germany after leaving College was not allowed to substitute German for Latin verses in the Sixth form. Nor hao the era of modern text-books yet dawned. The only Canadian book the writer remembers having studied while at College is " Campbell's Geography," but there m.iy have been others in use in the lower forms. In this respect, therefore, the boys of to-day have an advantage, and it is possible that some of the subjects may be better taught now than then. Yet as one recalls the days of yore it is hard to single out a master who in his own style could be much i.nproved upon. Each no doubt had his particular faults, but let not "the dram of ill" make "all the noble substance of a doubt." The present writer feels only the great debt he owes to every one of the masters, who, like the Muses, nine in number, had each a special ii6 UPrER CANADA COLLEGE .MEMOKL\L VOLUME, formative influence or inspiration of his own. VV^hat wonder if memory brint^s kindly tiiouj^hts of them all? Is not memory the parent of the Muses? lUjt two of the nine remain in the College — Mr. Wedd and Mr. Martland. Of these two y,entlemen, who, for at least thirt)' years, have trainetl the College youths in the humanities, it would scarcely be fitting to speak at length. lioth of them in .sympathy with boys, both good classical scholars, and both skilled in imparting knowledge to their pupils, they were at the same time very different in their methods. Mr. Wedd represented the per- fervid classical spirit of that fine old Irish scholar, Ur. John McCaul, whose impress upon the learned professions in Canada has been often remarked. Mr. Martland was of the I'jiglish Public School and O.vford type, accurate to tile last degree, and the friend of accuracy above all things, having at the same time an air of the man of the world that the scholar very rarelx- has and that greatl)' impressed the \-outhful mind. His position at the head of the College boarding-house brought him into very intimate relations with the boys, and it would be hard to name an\-one in Canada whose intluence on the \-outh of the last generation has been greater or on the whole more beneficial. The second English master, Mr. C. J. Thompson, was the terror of the First form boys. Perhaps the fact that his room, known also as the writing- room, was the scene of afternoon detention, to which that form was very liable, lent a character of sternness to its principal occupant that he hardly deserved. Tiie im[)artiality of his .severity was admitted by all, and as the boys grew older they found how mistaken was their first estimate of the second English master. After the P'ourth form writing was not taught nor was bookkeeping, so that during the last two years we liad already graduated from Mr. Thomi)son's room. .Still it was by no means im{)ossiblc for a Fifth or even a Si.\th form boy to be "kep.': in," and in that case he had a chance to renew his acquaintance with the ink-stained and jack-knife- whittled desks and benches of the old north-west room. The master in charge might happen to be Mr. Thompson himself, when, if it was one of the old boys, he would have a talk about the good old times in 1. A. The writing master had a great friend in his opposite neighbour, the late Mr. Schliiter, with whom he used to walk up and down in the hall and around the ground.s. Although the head of the commercial department, there was nothing Mr. Thorn [)son detested so much as the rapid off-hand business style of writing. A Belleville boy who came up to Up[)er Canada College after a term at a business college was sent foot or thereabouts for his " outward flourishes " and only succeeded in getting up near the top by discarding them. Mr. Thompson retired from the College in 1883, and lived several months after, dying in 1884. He had been for fifteen years a KKCI.ME OK I'RINCIl'AL COCKIIURN, 1861-81. 117 master in the old school, and when lie left it one of the most characteristic fiffures had departed. The position of ICnt^iish classical master was held by the late Charles Connon, LL.D., a gentleman of very striking personality. Already advanced in years when he came to the College, he was perhaps less fitted to make a favourable impression on the youthful minds of his pupils. Hut the elder ones certainly ap])reciated his extensivi; knowledge of our litera- ture and his love of pliilological research. An annotated edition of the first four books o^ PanK/isc Lost and an English (irammar, written in the old classical style, were proof of the varict\' of his reading and the vigour of his pen. lu|ually vigorous was his use of the cane, for in this respect, too, the doctor was of the old school, and would have scouted the idea of ruling b)' moral suasion. As an ardent patriot it vexed him continually to have to accept Webster's authority in disputes on spelling. A stripling Yankee roused his ire one day by naming New York as the largest city in the world. " If )ou put a dozen of \-our biggest cities together, it wouldn't be ecjual to London,' was the reply with which he silenced the pert youngster. The twenty years that are past since then have seen as great an advance in the subject of I'jiglish as in the population of the American cities, but with all the new methods no master could be found who would give his pui)ils a keener relish for the great English writers than Dr. Connon. Dr. Michael liarrett, M.A., was first English master and lecturer on chemistry. Dr. I^arrett had received a part of his own early training in France, and this seemed to be reflected in a certain jauntiness and nattincss that characterized his personal appearance. It also gave a local colour to his treatment of the geography of Quebec and I-'Vance that might have made a native homesick, had we had any such in the class. Geography was his specialty and was taught with an utter disregard of text-books that made it impossible for the pupil to cram for his lessons. I lis knowledge of maps was amazing and, after the six years training, which in those days was not thought too much for this important subject, the best pupils still stood a chance of being pu/./.Icd by a question on the capital of some Persian province or the position of the rivers in Vcnetia. With his hands behind his back, and his head bent slightly forv/ard, he u?ed to walk up and down the room with short decisiv-e steps, putting question after question, first on the subject of the lesson, then on all the past lessons, for, with his energetic manner he quickly discovered how much was known or unknown about the lesson for the day. In Dr. Barrett's room, as in Mr. Wedd's, the custom of giving " rounds " prevailed. This curious outgrowth of the marking system Ii8 UI'I'ER CANADA COLLECE MEMORIAL VOLUME. clcseives a word or two, as it is now, I believe, nearly extinct. The number of questions " passed " from the ii,Mi(jramuses at the foot of the form to the head-boy gave him more than his due share of work; and, to obviate this, he was allowed on answering a given question to take his place above the boy who had first missed it. To prevent any disputing, a slip of paper with the master's initials upon it was given him and this was the "round." It may give some idea of the doctor's energetic administration of the Socratic method to state that a boy has been known to make a double round of a class of ncarh' fort)-, in other words, "to get up" eighty i)laces in half an hour. The doctor's favourite subject has been discarded from the matricula- tion e.xamination, and will probably be taught in but few of our higher schools, a change, the wisdom of which is questionable, and the making of which he certainly would have vigorously opposed. Geography, however, was but one of the subjects which Dr. Barrett taught with remarkable success. His power as a reader impressed the younger boys, and gave them an e.xcellent model, just such an one as Scott has described in Guy Mamicrhig. In his teaching of chemistry, physiology and anatomy, the same mastery of details was ap[)arent as in the geography classes. It was a rare privilege to have a professor in the medical college as our lecturer in anatomj-. It is said one must learn anatomy and forget it again seven times before knowing it thoroughl)', but the doctor must have been an exception to the rule for his memory could not have failed him .so often, and he certainly knew his subject thoroughly. Several of his old pupils are now ornaments to our medical colleges. The skeleton which served for demonstrations in anatomy used to hang in a glass closet, and the doctor sometimes had a little ([uiet sport by sending the head-bo)- to fetch this skeleton from its case and hang it up on the gibbet before the class. Apart from the gruesomeness of it, a skeleton is a most awkward thing to handle, and for a tall boy to carry one across a long room in the presence of a score of his classmates, with the skull bobbing up and down, the arms wobbling around his shoulder and the legs getting tangled in his own is a sight to move gods and men to laughter, much more boys. The doctor's humorous smile and rigid justice endeared him to all. He rarely gave, and was never known to take off, a demerit mark. In 1884 Dr. Barrett retired from the College owing to ill-health, but was fortunately restored to vigour and lived to become the founder and first president of the Woman's Medical College, which will be a monument of his energy to future generations. So long as this generation endures his name will call up pleasant memories in the minds of old College boys. The Rev. E. Schluter, Ph.D., of Halle, was for seventeen years French and German master in the College. Like most foreigners he had certain little Rl^GIME OF I'KINCII'AL COCKHUKN, 1861-81. 119 peculiarities that afforded constant amusement to the boys. His command of tlie ICnj^lish Ian^iia[,fe was remarkable in one wlio had not eniit^rated until past middle life, and he was never so happy as when displaying; his mastery over the various nieam'n;^s of the words by some far-fetched pun. Should a boy's name afford any chance for sucii word-play, it was always sure to be taken advantallcr returns." lie leaves a kindly memory in the mind of many an old boy. The first matliematical master durin^f Mr. Cockburn's r('emcd nearer to tlie boys of our form, because two of his nephews, James Huchan and Andrew I""reeland were members of it. The latter, lunv dead, was head-l)o\- of 1. A.; the former has ^one to the antipodes to spread there the fame of the old school. The bursar was without any sympathy for one class of boys, those who came late with their fees. A la.vit>' had thrown up in the matter of payin^j fees, which it was one of Mr. Cockburn's first tasks to remeily. lUit l)o"s are naturally for^'etful and up to 1869 there wc a few who kei)t forj^ettin^^ till their names were reail out in the prayer-room, a measure that never had to be resorted to more than once for each offence. In commemoratinj^r the officers of the College, wc must not ftjrj^et one who lived as it were in tlic midst of the boys themselves, the janitor. James Marshall held this position after the Alderdyces, and was succeeded by George I""rost at Christmas, 1870. Coming at such a time it would have been extraordinary indeed had he not been rechristcned Jack h'rost. By that name he still rules the bell rope, and his cheerful face beams a welcome on the old bcn's who visit the school. With such a staff, and with his own uncommon admim'strative ability, it is not surprising that Mr. Cockburn had great success^ The financial improvement in the affairs of the College we have already seen; the increase in the luunber of scholars was due in part to the excellent management of the College boarding-house under Mr. Martland ; but the stand taken by the College boys in the University examinations was the result of the combined exertions of all the masters. The various sources of the antagonism excited b)- this University success are so obvious that wc may be spared the disagreeable task of enumerating them ; nor is it necessary in such a work as the present to stir up strife by lengthy reference to these "old unhappy far-off ihings." The controversy was embittered by the introduction of personal animosities, and by its extension to the public press. The whole (juestion as to the management of the College was finally referred to a Parliamentary Commission, which did not materially alter the system. This was in the year 1868. Despite this attack, in 1870 it was found necessary to build a large addition to the boarding- house, and a few years later it became necessary to follow the l^nglish plan, and open some of the residences of the College masters, in order to accommodfite the increased numbers of boarders. Nor did the attack affect the success of the College boys at the University. On the contrary, that success increased steadily until, in 1874, 16 I 22 UPPKR CANADA COLLKdK MKMOUIAI, VOI.UMK. the six C'ollc"s in the art of public speaking. Once a year it was the scene of the distribution of prizes and .some distinguished orators were heard within its walls ; the stately eloquence of Dr. McCaul gave the boys a foretaste of what they might expect at the University, and the classic English of Professor Gokhvin Smith, was heard recalling the memories of his own boyhood at Eton. How it all comes back as we write! The hot close air of the hall, packed far beyond its capacity with the parents and friends of the boys, the brilliant colouring as of some Old World festival lent to the assembly by the resplendent gowns and variegated silken hoods of the masters, more espe- cially that of Dr. Connon ; the subdued yet intense :.'xcitement of the masters themselves, particularly of Mr. Martland, on whom devolved the duty of marshalling the prize boys, and of Mr. Cockburn, who in the presence of such eloquent speakers as have been mentioned may be pardoned some trepidation; most characteristic of all — the rich heavy odour of the bindings of the prize books, a fragrance that hangs round them still and always brings back the scene of these boyish triumphs. 124 L'I'I'KR CANADA COLLKGE MEMORIAL VOLUME. At rarer intervals the hall was used for more iiristocratic functions. When, in 1S69, Ro)-alty visited the Collej^rc in the person of H. R. H. Prince Arthur and, in i872,eloiiuence and beauty came in the persons of the then Earl and Countess of Dufforin, it was in the praycr-rooin that tiic boys assembled to do honour to these noble s^uests. The young gcntlen;en of the Sixth form and the exhibitioners of the Fifth were intnxluccd to their Excellencies, and the whole school was given a holidaj' to mark the occa- sion. To the school boys of those tla\-s who arc old boys now, the College ceased to be the same when the old prayer-room was gone. To a later generation of boys the new i)ubUc hall, so soon to be left in its turn, will have its < lun store of memories. Here it was that Mr. Cockburn took iiis leave of t College on the 30th of September, 18S1, — for the anxieties of the recent controversy had been added to the attacks of a painful constitutional malad\- and he found it necessary to resign his position in order to seek abroad that relaxation and surgical aid which it was impossible to obtain al home, and b\' which alone lie could hope for a restoration to health. Yet to look at the I'rincipal as he rose before the brilliatit asscmbh" to give his farcw ell address and deliver a last review of his work in the ( 'ollege, the spectatcM- would hardly have suspected the cause of his retirement. His tall figure, well over six feet in height, with massive proportions rendered still more striking by the folds of the academic toga, his head thrown back with the air of a Roman gladiator, the imperious action as of one accustomed to command, made him seem the very ideal type of a man in the prime of life. Xor was this impression lessened when the Principal began to speak. A voice naturally strong and high but not strident, had been cultivated and developed by his years of reading, declaim- ing, and speaking before his classes, so that it gave an effective expression to the speaker's eloquent defence of his work. The nature of the occasion assured him of his hearers' sympath}- and attention, at the same time that it inspired his own highest efforts, and the result of such recii)rocity on the part of speaker and audience was natural. Let us cpiote the words of an "Upper Canada" boy who was present on that occasion: "Able at all times to give clear and forcible expression to his thoughts and not without a certain elotiuencc, he on this occasion far surpassed all his former efforts. Smarting under a sense of injustice and injury, and foreseeing, probably, the outcome of the changes which were even then taking place, he reviewed and defended, in sentences that time and again called forth applause from his hearers, the twenty years of his administration of the affairs of the College." A verbatim report of the address will be found in the Toronto Mai7 of October 1st, 1881. After stating that he as.sumed the duties of Principal in Rfo]IME OF PRINCIPAL COCKBURN, 1S61-81. 125 June, 1 86 1, Mr. Cockburn proceeded to describe the financial condition of the College at that time and the serious disabilities under which it lay. He went on to sketch the progress which had been made by the institution, in the improvement of its financial condition, the increase of attendance, and the enlargement of its accommodations for boarders and dayboys. Turning then to the ([uestion of educational results, the I'rincipai referred to the returns of the last University examinations as a complete vindication of the College from the charge that its pupils were deteriorating in scholarship. A list prepared by Mr. Wedd, who for years has been in charge of the College honour roll, furnished the most indubitable evidence on this question. Of eight medals conferred by the Senate four were carried off by undergraduates owing their previous training to Ujjper Canada College ; the gold medal in classics, Milner, W. S. ; the silver medal in classics, Armour, U. ; while Gwynne, another old College boy, came next ; the gold medal in metaphysics McAndrew, J. A. ; the Lornc gold medal, Davis, E. P. " None of these medallist at any time lived in Toronto, but they are fair representatives of the provincial )-ouths availing themselves of the training offered by Upper Canada College. In addition to these medals there were carried off by ex-pupils four scholarships, thirty-eight first-class honours, fifty-seven second-class honours, besides ten degrees in arts, three in law, and four in medicine." Such was the latest College record to which the Principal pointed with exultation. After some further general state- ments in connection with the past history of the College, Mr. Cockburn concluded in the following words : " I have devoted the best twenty years of ni)- life to the old College, which must always be very, very dear to me. 1\I}- life has been a most happy one, spent as it has been, among the boys, who, I think, have regarded me as their friend, and determined to mete out equal justice to all — though perhaps unknowingly the justice may have occasionally appeared to be tempered with severitj'. 1 have enjoyed your respect and affection, and these have been great and sustaining comforts to me in the thousand and one trials incidental to my position. No one can be human and break asunder the ties of two score years' active life without feeling sad at parting. I hope however to return with renewed health to Toronto in a few months, and to renew my ac(iuaintance socially with botl^ my colleagues and yourselves. •' If ni\' bodily healtli is not what I could desire, it is a pleasure to me to be able to hand over to my successor the College in full and vigorous life, and to assure him that he bears with him in the discharge of his new duties the warmest wishes of both my colleagues and myself" Presentations from the boys and laudatory speeches from several gentlemen followed, the ceremonies concluding with cheers for Mr. and Mrs. Cockburn. 126 UPPER CANADA COLLEGE MEMORIAL VOLUME. The era of College history thus terminated has certainly been the most important in its annals. The length of his service, nearly a quarter of a cen- tury, his strongly marked personality, both as teacher and as administrator, the number of boys that came under his influence, the prosperity arrived at by the College under his rule, lastly, the peculiar character of the institution as compared with the other secondary schools of the Province, all these vari- ous causes make Mr. Cockburn's principalship remarkable. Particularly, in the last respect, his resignation terminated an epoch. In its distinctive char- acter as a great public school established on the model of Eton, Rugby, and Harrow, giving a broad, general education of the old-fashioned liberal type, its career was at an end. It must, however be admitted that only by contracting it to the Procrustean standard could tlie life of the institution have been saved. And we must further admit that the change is after all one of the signs of the times, another of the many proofs that the old ideas are giving place to the new in this part of the American continent, and that the levelling influence of democracy prevails more and more. As we write these lines the local newspapers are calling for tenders for the sale of Russell Square and before this volume leaves the press the old bell to whose pealing we have listened for so many years will be heard on Simcoc Street no more. The old order gives place to the new, and as an old boy of twenty years ago the present writer wishes the College, her Principal, masters, and boys such success in their new home on the hill as shall ensure the continued life and progress of the most notable school that our Province has produced. ■r-rir^ THROUGH UPPER CANADA COLLEGE. CONSULE GEORGIO. CONTklliUTEI). '"% H Y don't you send liini to Upper Canada College ? " This was the first time I ever heard of the Collet^e. VV^c had come from the Southern States, wlierc the war had destroyed whatever educational facilities had previous!)- been found there, to Toronto which even then, over twenty years ago, had a reputation as the city of colleges. So when the above advice was given to my mother by a cousin who had lived all her life in Toronto, we resolved to go down and see Mr. Cockburn. That visit remains stamped on the memory as one of life's turning- points. The afternoon prayers were just over and the boj-s were swarming out of the building as we went up the steps of the Trincipal's dwelling. Shouts of " New boy, new bo\- ! ' filled the air, and insi)ired dismal forebodings in the heart of one who had never before been at a public school of any kind. But the manner and presence of the Principal, though to us awe-inspiring, were at the same time re-assuring. His most striking statement was that the College was the Canadian l^ton, and this came with special force to one who had just been reading Disraeli's Couiugshy. So it was decided that I should be placed in the lowest form, and on the 28th of October, 1868, I was entered as registered number 232, that being the number of boys at the College in the first quarter of 1868-9. That was a very new and interesting life to registered number 232. There was the morning roll-call in the " prayer-room,'' at which the head-boy of the College or his substitute — some stentor of the sixth form — called out the 232 names, and each boy answered from his place. Occa- sionally a boy caused a laugh by entering just as his name was called, and answering it in the doorway. Under this system the boys knew each other better than they did in after years, when each form had roll-call with the form master. 128 UPPER CANADA COLLK(iE MEMORIAL VOLUME. Very awful to the mind of the " new-boy " were the masters seated en banc in stalls on each side of the Principal. At the other end of the hall sat one of the junior masters, whose attention was severel)' taxed to keep order anil prevent personation during roll-call. Another master remained in the outer hall to take the names of those who were late, and maintain silence among these unfortunates during prayers. At afternoon prayers the roll-call was a different one, consisting of the names of those boys who had received demerit-marks during the day, and those who were to be detained, or in boys' parlance " kept in." The small boys of I. A. were never in the " prayer-room " at any other time, except when undergoing the weekly e.xamination or " rcvisal " by the Principal. This was looked forward to with something of the feeling that high school boys have when anticipating the visit of the Inspector. There being fewer masters in those days, the boys in the lower forms were brought under the senior masters to some extent even in I. A., which gave them a better training in many ways. During my first year at College, a very striking incident happened at afternoon prayers, which will be remembered by many old College boys. That day it was the turn of the French and German master to occupy the seat at the lower or south end of the hall. Before his entrance one of the Third form bo}'s gave to a I. A. bo}', seated in front of him, one of those curiously twisted instruments of torture that schoolboys will probably continue to contrive till the millenium. The pin was put upon the master's chair, but the act was detected and the Principal sent the head-boj- to fetch him the suspected article. Ever)- eye was fixed on the lower end of the hall, not a boy dared to remove the biangular dart, and terrible must have been the feelings of that poor little I. A. boy as the proof of his guilt was relentlessly removed and brought to the Principal. But worse torture was in store. " Let the boy who put this pin on that seat stand up ; " came in dread tones from the dais. l'"or some seconds there was a pause, then with tiuivering knees the culprit stood up. " Now go into my room and after prayers I'll give you the soundest flogging you ever got in j-our life ! " The command was obejed and while the wretched victim waited his prayers were far more fervent than ever they had been in the hall. Nor were they unanswered. P'or when the awful interview came courage was given him to refuse to disclose the name of his tempter. The first effect on the Principal's mind was very bitter to the young culprit. *' Oh ! you're more afraid of him than you are of me, arc you ? " but the answer, " I don't think it would be honourable, .sir," was given in a way that bore conviction with it. The inciter very soon gave himself up, whether urged by his own better feelings- TIIKOlCill LTI'l.R CANADA iOlAA-AjK \2)- that of his classmates I know not. Certain it is that the caniny the Principal or by the head master of the boarding-house. With the latter it was a specific for l\"ing, and often in I. A. have I seen boys weep at the invitation " Come to me after three o'clock ! " During the later \-ears of my course the discipline while quite as thorough was less rigorous, the callings becoming, in one sense at least, like angel's visits. In other respects, too, there was a very marked change in the College spirit. Those were stirring times in the world's history. The great War of Secession had just ended. The two misjiitv eonllicts bv whicii Tiussia fought her way to the possession of the ICuropean championship took place just before and just after my entering the College. The revival t)f public interest in pugilism is of much later date, but at Upper Canada College the interest in the prize ring was cjuite active in those earl\- tla\s. I had not been long at College when I learned that another southern boy had ly.HMi worsted in the ring. His name, Dan Lick, was against him. 'I'his fight I did not see, as we small boys were kejjt outside the gNinnasium, where all the fights came off, while such important contests were taking place. It useil to give great amusement to the boys Inside to throw sawdust in the eyes of such I. A. boys as tried to peep through at the "mills." However, the I. A. boys had their own innings and had some very crcilitable " bantam '' performances. One in particular comes vi\itll)' to my recollection. The two boys were both of Celtic descent, (Jiu: fmni Cornwall, the other from the neighbouihood of Dublin. The foiiner had shown me kindness when I was a new boj-, the other h.td charmed me by boyish beauty of face and fr.mkness of manner. It was with mi>ced feelings then fore that I saw my benefactor knocked out after a (piarter of in hour's hanl fighting. Hut the greati'st match (jf this kind that we had in nn- day was a pitclKnl battle between the champion of I. P>. and the two best fighters in I. A. This took place some time in the spring of i(S69, and excited great interest. Having been present when the challenge was accepted I can stat(" positivel)- that there were no written articles. There was a verbal agrec-ment between the three contestants that they should fight rougii and tuiDble, but without kicking, for the I. B. hero, a well-grown boy about sixteen or seventeen, wore moccasins and the other bo}''s boots. On this occasion the I. A. bo}'s were of course admitted to view the fight, which took 17 1 >o L'l'l'KU CANADA ( t )I.I.r.C.i: MI'.MoRIAI, VoU'MK. place after sclutol lumrs. (loliath stood in the miilclle of a twenty-foot n'lii;, and iJavid and Jonathan — boys about twelve or thirteen — took up positions one in front of the other, beliinii (joliath. Tiiis added to the novelty an-mnasium." The Principal looked se\erel\- at the vari-coloured orb, and wrote down (without listening to the explanation) " loses six places,'" instead of the faniiliar, " resume ])lace."' One of the masters earned that boy's eternal gratitude, by refusing to follow this (.liicction, and restoring the l)o}- to his place. .\s time went on this severit}' provt'd more effective th.in in the case of tl~ic (ierman duellists, lor fighting wt-nt out of fashi m, aiul i)itched battles wore heard of no more ()ccasional challenges wen," given by hot-temperetl boys, but so strong was the iniluence of the Principal that once a sixth form boy refused to fight because he feared the ridicule of which Mr. C'ockburn was such a master. At the same time he expressed his willing- ness to defend himself if attacked, but this was beneath the dignity of his adversarx', as pri/c-fighting in the gymnasium was beneath his own. A curious thing, that dignity ! At the present time. I believe, fighting is almost a lost art among (he boys and the only regular "mill" that has taken place in the gymnasium of late years was between c.x-pupils. TIIKorCH ri'l'KK CANADA ( OI.LKCJK. 131 With the ilccii)' of fiLjhtiiiif there _L,Me\v up another way of showiiiLi enmity which is more cliaracteristic of httle yirls than of boys — not spcak- iuLj. Tiiere were boys who did not speal-; to cacli other from year's end to }'ear's entl. There was also a certain lowering of tone among the boys. In those times, tuent)' years ago, it was an insult to call a bo\' "a cheat." 1 remember a fight between two boys on this ground that caused consitlerablc bloodshed. One of them is now a clerg)-inan, and the other a college professor. Hut as the ye.irs passed bj' greater laxity prevailed until fmally the shecj) and the g')ats were about equal in numbers. 1 ha\e been told that later on the boys who would refuse to be prompted or assisted in their examinations by other boys were the exception rather than the rule. Tliose examinations were ordeals that grew more .md more trying as tlie years rcjlled b}-. l'erha])s the most e.xciting of all was the earliest — the )ral "exam. in 1. .\. The element of luck was nuich larsjer in these than in the later " written exam.- w liich beuan in the .Second form. At the same time it was much harder to get a high percentage, and whci a I. A. boy inatle fort\-seven out of a possible fifty in h-iiglish grammar, and over ninety per cent, in his Latin grammar oral examination with Mr. Martland, he had a right to be proud of the special prize he obtained. The inspiration of thr.t examination carried registered number 232 through the next two forms ahead of all his I. A. classmates. Hut in the l-'ourth form the "new boy ' infusion is usuall}' of a good (|ualit)-. Alanj' clever boys were in those daj's sent up from the Grammar .Schools to the ( "ollege, to the great advantage of the latter. Moreover the I'ourth form was made a halting-place b\- boys who had entered the C(;llege at an early age, and by their (|uickncss had kept up w ith their fornix; so far, but on account of their \-outli were held bacls- at this stage. Then in this form there was a great advance in the work done. The reading of (ireek, Xenophon and Ilonur, was begun, and the more difficult Latin authors, such as Liv}' and Horace, taxed the ingenuity of the bo\'s. .At the vm\ of this form came the l'"xhibition ex^ imn latieais ; and here aijain there was a renewed inspiration for registered number se\enty, as he h.id now become. Ill that year, 1872, the boys who went up for exhibitions had the rare honour of being examined in Classics b\- Professor (ioldwin .Smith, and in Mathematics b}' the late Professor A'oung. It is not to be wondered at that the Oxford professor, whose Tacitean Latin is at once the pride and despair of his a///ia mater, should have given the head-boy of our form about twenty-five per cent, for his Latin prose. Hut that two bo\'s who had been fourth and fifth for the year should come out head in classics was an unheard-of thing, and only to be accounted for by the excellence of the «3 IM'I'KK CANADA COM.KCK MKMOUIAI, NOI.lMi: Knj^lish translation that the boys had learned by heart. It was a matter ol no sn\all priile to one of the competitors that he afterwards came out lieatl in Mr. C'ocUburn's test examination on Livy at sii^ht.aiul so juslil'ied I'rcjfessor Smith's return. So utterly were the masters' calculations upsut b)- the results, that a rc-readinj;" of the papers was sugijcsted. Hut the idea of an Oxford exaiiiiiicr rc-readint^ his pajjcrs ! A noteworthy feature of these examinations was the general character o.f the work. In this, L'[)per Canada Collej^e presented a contrast to the ilii;h ScIkhiIs. The I ligh School master;; at one time made it a charj^c ayainst the College, that this institution was more intimately connected with the University, and therefore its pupils had a better chance in the Universitj- examinations. Whatever may have been the case in earlier tlays it is certain that durin;4 the last si.x \'ears of Mr. Cockburn's principalsliip, the tendency, ouin^ to a particular cause, was all the other wa}'. 'I'his part'cular cause was the advance of specialism. That s)-.item, which lias found such favour with our practical a}i;e, owes its orit^dn partly to the intluence of political economy, showiiif^ the advantage of a division of labour, partly to the example of the German Universities, u hich in these latter da)s are supplyint; tcacheis to even conservative Oxford ; but chietl)' to that enormous widening; of the bounds of knowledge that has made universal scholarship one of the lost arts. In 1tr_\- and physiology. To l)e narrow was imi)ossible. With such a course, cou[)led u ith tlu,' char.icter of the teachers, was a guarantee against "cram." Of the masters who taugiit between 1868 and 1874 but two, Mr. Wedd and Mr. Martland,* remain in the school. For more than twent\- \-ears these gentlemen have imparted the luimanities to generation after generation t)f College bo}"s, Hoth of them in hearty sympathy with the boys, both gocxl classical scholars, both skilled in iini);irting knowletlge to their pupils, they were at the same time poles apart in their methods. It was one of the greatest advantages of the school that the teaching was of this varied * Uotli tliL'su iiiastc'is liiive now (Oct., 181(1) l)eou retired. — l-Atiloi'i. TIIKOUCII ri'I'l.U (ANADA COI.I.KCK. m character. In Mr. ("ockbiirn the pupils liad a teacher wliose vi-fjoious, shrcwtl.aiid i)ractical iniiid had enjoyed the combiiieil advantaj^'cs of Scotcli and German trainiiifj. Mr. VVedd, like the late Chief Justice Moss (one <»f the staunchest friends the Collcf^fe ever had) ami other uf Ontario's (lc[)arted worthies, was a re])rcsentative jiupil of tiiat fine scholar and courteous ;j[cntleinan. Dr. McCauI, whose far-reaching influence on the mental life of Canada, it would he difficult to over-estimate. Mr. Martland, in tui n, was enn'nently fitted to- brin^^f the infiuence of an l'".n.i,'Iish public school and university training,' to bear upon the CoUej^c boys, and more especially the boarders. It was customary to read most of the classical authors on the course with each of these masters in tmii ; was it any wonder that at the university tlie classical .scholarships and medals were nearly always taken b\- tiieir pupils ? This breadth was indeeil a noticeal)le (piality of the instruction e\en in the lower forms. Here it was carried into effect b\- me.-.!ts of the weekly revisals that have been already mentioned. ICvcry o!d_ Colle^a- boy will rememl)er the "vim" which the Principal used to put into ihcsf oral exami- nations on the work done. l''nterin^ the pra}'er-room, witli the stride of an Arab sheik, sometimes a little late, owin;.'; to the claims of visitors, (once, I remember, just in time to catch a couple of bo)-s in a fitjht, and senil them out to wash their faces) he would take the head-boy's book and then the rush of (juestions that bc;4an to be scattered here, there, and everywhere, till the class was thorouj^hly sifted and the drei^s left at the botlom. Then as the index finder swept inore aiul more swiftly past the fotjt boj's, their names would ,l;o down to swell that day's "detention list " and tlic positi turn as heail- boy of the (,'olleL;e to fear the rise of an and)itious new bo)', he was often aidc-d by his old chum of the writinL^-room, who to this da)' remcmber> Li;ratefull\- the ma^manimit>- of W. H. N. Marlier in the hour durinj;- that revisal a (luestion on the I)ecem\irate had !4iven a risi- of tvvent\' places to a boy whose beautiful, classicall\- cut features were in kecpin.c;" with his knowledj^e of Roman history. This bo}-. who had been at ilarrow, was the only one that thoUL;ht \ [)'s kindness should have been refused. " Vou should'nt have let him ilo it," he saiii. Years after, when the same lK)y had completed his professional course as a physician, and was still in the tirst flush of youthful manhood, lie was u ri'cked off the coast of N'ewfoumlland. Swimmin^L;' up to a boat with another chow nini^- man he Uarned that they had nxim for onl)- one more : "Take him, then," he said, and swam away to die the tleath of a hero I " 'I'll fiiili Ills .siitroriiig!< : all ixiv iiicii ( 'ifiuk'iniu'il allki! tii j,'r(»an : 'I'lif teiidri' f(»r iiiiothur'.s pain Til' iiiilV'fliiii,' for \n>i own. ^'t't, all ! « liy slioiiM tlicy know tlicir f itr. SiiR'i' .suirow nt'v t'l' cdiiios too lalu, And liai>|iinestit()() .swiftly Hies.'" Not the least transient of the joys of Collcfje life were the friendships then f(jrnicd. As the writer recalls the boyish ficcs of his friends, and rcmcm- bci's how the)' arc scattered : one in St. Louis, another in W'innipci:^, a third in the North-West, a fourth, the dearest of all, lost in the Far West and unheard-of for years, he is constrained to cry out ai^jainst the restless spirit of the times. Many a loyal supporter has it given the old school, whose sons arc to be found in every ciuartcr of the <;lobe. In the upper half of the school the day boys had a better opportunity of knowinjf each other through the influence of the College Debating Society. It was customary to select a few of the Fourth form boys as members of the society, so as to prepare them for future usefulness, and TIIU(>l'(;il I'l'PIl; ( ANAHA ( OM.r.CK 135 ill one year the wisdom of this plan was shown, llic first inectiiif^ after wc ciUcrt'il the I-'ifth form was a stormy ami cvL-iitful one. The lower half of our form was more muscular than litcrar)', and toolc more pleasure in slammin;^f the benches to;^rLthcr than in listenin;j[ to the debaters. The din had become cpiite deafening when f)rili'r was suddeidv restored in a ver)- remarkable way. The .Sixth form was uiuisually staid and di^niifieil — more than half of its eleven members afterwards went into theolo^)' or law. Tiieir he.id-boy, I'resiilcnt rx off'hio, \\;\A in vain calletl for order ; they had consulted to_i;ether and now they formall\- made known the result of their deliberations : they u itlulrew from the society. This decision haviiipla)-, and valuiiii; more than prizes and medals that for which they arc _L;iven. he dexoted himself to the pursuit of leariiin,4 for its own sake, and in due time left the L'niversit)' witii a good foundation laid for i'nture cultnre. The curious may see for themselves in the Universit)' class lists huu well he stood and what honours antl medals he won. A short time after graduation he returned to Hamilton to become head- master of the recentl)- reorganized Higli School. His work in that position was so well done that, in 1H73, when a new I ligh School Inspector was to be appointed to represent modern languages, the Chief Superintendent of ICducation offered him the appointment. I""or eight \-ears he continueii, with Dr. .McLellan and the late Mr. Marling, the one an old College boy anil the other a former master, to supervise the secondary education of the province, sinving the seed which is now bearing such good fruit. Then, happil}- he once more returned to teaching when the princijialship of Upper (."aiKida College became vacant in l88i,and the Government of the da}-, desirous of conciliating the High School Masters, offered it to him. That their choice was a good one has never been tjuestioned. Certainly most boys who attended the College in Mr. Huchan's day will appreciate the •estimate of him given b\' one of his Hamilton pupils at the time that death cut him off. " Mr. Ikichan was no ordinary tutor or educationist. With a fine education, with the application and enthusiasm in the pursuit of Rl^XIIME OF PKINCIPAI, MUCIIAN, 1S81-85. 137 knowlodijc which inukcs th'; ciillurcd man, Mr. lUichan united a humanity whicli it is t;ivcn few mortals to experience. Hundreds of youn^ men in Canada liavc lovingly sat at his feet, and learned from him not merely the knouledj^e which books impart, but the his/her and better instruction of brotherly kindness, of manliness, and of nobleness of character. As a teacher Mr. Muchan had probably no {)ecr in Canada, posscssin;^ in a remarkable degree the faculty of imparting the learning he had himself acquired. * * * ^^\^^, personal affection towanls him of liis pupils was something extraordinary ; he won the confidence of his scholars almost at sight, and so heartilj^ so genuinely did he syinpatiii/e with them in all their joys and sorrows, their sports and studies, that almost a brotherly love sprang up between master and i)u[)il." (jrcat had been the amusement among us boys over the various lists that, from time to time, had been called for by order of the Legislature when the fate of the College was being decided. Had not one lad from a rural district wished to have his father styled agriculturist .' And, when asked if that was not the same thing as farmer, had he not scouted the very thought and insisted on agriculturist, when, after all, the man was no farmer but an honest country doctor .' And had we not, boy like, got it into our heads that all this row was being raised by the High School masters, and wrongly, as we afterwarils found out through Mr. Buchan, concluded that these men were worthy of no consideration at all ? Then, we had gone down to the opening of the House and gazed in admiration at our Principal as he stootl, a striking figure in his academicals, among the ga}' throng upon the floor. So, with all our watching and all our listening we were not surprised after the summer holida)'s of 18S1 at the announce- ment made by the boarders that Mr. Cockburn was going to leave on pri/.e- <^la\' ; boarders have always been able, for reasons well known to all who h.ive attended the College within the last thirt\' years, to give early ami triistworth}' information concerning matters of general interest. At length pri/e-d;;y — the day that was to witness the end of a twenty- years' principalship and the coming of i new man — arrived. The last J<"riday in September was the all-important date. A beautiful autumn day it was, and everything looked its best. The western sun shone brightly in through the great windows of the prayer-hall, one of the monuments of the retiring princi[)al. His predecessors in their frames, and the noble founder of the school, all the better for the recent attentions of the varnisher and gilder, looked wn with a frown, a jolly, mirthful smile, or a certain imperious dignity upon the scene about to be enacted. The very curtains, divested for the nonce of their every-day hoUand dress, did honour to the 18 •3ii ( I'I'Kk ( ANAOA ( ()I,I-I:(;K MllMoklAl, XDl.UMl';. (lay in all the L;loiy of their crimson and the L;okl embroidered crest above them. The uncomfortable, someuiiat monk-like, (jld walnut seats, relics of the older hall, whereon in awful di<;nit\- had sat generations of masters, to listen, in appearance at least, to the morninjj; and evening reading of the Scriptures, or to mark out for correction the irreverent and the misbehaving — these seats even, des{)itc their faded damask cushions and valances, looked a trifle brighter while waiting to witness another change in the life of the College, and to receive the throng of tiistinguished men who had that da)- come to do honour either to the old, or to the new, Principal. The gilded honour rolls, not the least beneficial stimuli affordi'd b)- the associations of the place, were pro.xies for those whose names the)- bore, and in all their pride awaited the coming of the procession from llie I'rincipal'.s room. Soon it came, heralded b\' cheers for the (lovernor from i)ri/.e-bo3-s drawn up at the head of the stairs, and crossed the hall amiil the lust\- shouts of a couple of huiulred boys massed at either end of the ro(Mii about the places usuall\- sacreil U) masters. Ouickly the onliiiar)- business of the day was done ; pri/.e-boj-s, marshalled from Mr. Hrown's classroom by Mr. Martland came in, form after form, in quick succession and tlieii made way for others ; exhibitioners rejoicing in their prospective wealth, whether coming from the College treasury- or their fathers' p(jckets, ncr\-ousl\- signed the hook ; the head-boy, now a gay and festive freshman, carried off his load of books and his meed of ap[)Iause, and the speeches began. To recount all that was said of the College and the two Principals, in praise of the closing administration or in anticipation of the one just begin- ning, were here out of place. The interest to-da}', of the bo\s at least, centred not in these, nor wholly in the presentation of an address anil memento to Mr. Cockburn. The great pleasure in the latter had lieen in buying the one and writi. ^ the other, connected as they had been with invitations to a farewell dinner part}- at the Principal's, which had caused not a little trepidation to the bo}s of the .Sixth and the exhibitioners of the !''ifth. Never had any of us been at a formal dinner before, so we had to decide in solemn conclave, perched upon the desk in the Principal's classroom, the all-important question of wearing coats or jackets, white ties or black, gloves or no gloves. But to-day the main thing was to see the new man and read his character as far as possible. Soon, by ways known onljto boys, it was found that the tall, thin man, on Principal Cockburn's left, was Mr. Buchan. Dark-eyed and dark- haired he was, rather sombre and mournful-looking, and still only in the thirties, tlujugh thought and study gave him the appearance of being older. But he could smile, and what a smile! It made him lock many years RKdIMK OK I'RINCll'AI. Illc IfAN, 1881-85. 139 youiij^cr, and at once gave confidLMicc to those lookiii.Lj at him. 1""\ idcntly a kindly man, yet one not to be imposed upon. Thouj^h asked to .speak, he i)refcned tv'> let the old Principal be Principal till the clo.se of tiie daj- and to wait till Monday to introduce himself to his pupils when removed from the embarrassing tjaze of curious strauirers who had come to criticize. On Monday morninl for l>o).^) was treasurer, and 142 ri'I'l.R (AN ADA < (H.l.KdK MKMORIAI- VOLUMK. Allan Scatchciil, of Strathroy, was secretary. Tlie committee came mainly fiDiu the noble or gallant l*"ifth, it iiavin^f been stipulated that, for this year at least, no boys who were reading for matriculation in honours at Toronto should have to ilo with the management. In passing, it ma)' be remarked that the epithets " gallant " and " noble," alwaj's applied to the I''ifth in those days, were Homeric in their character, and liad no specific meaning unless it were a certain tendency on the part of the boys in (juestion to hasten to the John Street fence when a procession of girls from one of the neighbouring ladies' schools passed b\-, and to most religiously attend evening service at the (lunch of the Holy Trinity for a somewhat similar reason. In tinning over the dust\' pages of the Times for that )-ear, one has his memory refreshetl concerning little things that had dropped into the background. Now it is little turns of expression peculiar to the masters, but to the I'rincipal in particular ; now a chronicle of the games, of prixe-day, or the doings of the Literary Society, or some boj'ish joke at another's expense. .\ series of sketches of oKl boys--among them the I Ion. I'.iluard Blake, the lion. Adam (rooks, and Mr. .S. Arthur Marling — was one noticeable feature of the paper ; while original sketches on a variety of subjects, attempts at poetr\- .uid theatrical criticisms were well done— for boys. That almost sounds as though one might be praising himself. If anybody thinks so, he must be content with the excuse which often used to be given by a genial oUl master who, for some forty years of his pilgrimage through the wilderness of .school life, has rejoiced in the name of'' llillv" or " Hilly (loat." When we nudged each other, with many an accom 'anying wink, at the aniiounccmenl tiiat a i)iecc of verse, (lUottHl t(i illustrate a p(jint in the lesson, was his own. " l?ill\-'' would say '" Oh well ! Hoys! Th.it was (\ouc so man\- \'ears ago that I can judge the verse ([uite disj>assionately — almost as though it was the work of another man, \'ou know." Of course we hatl to know, but there was a chorus of " (Jh ' ! ! I The same old master frecpientlj- said in an argument with the boys over the marks on a paper, for instance : " \\ e!l, l)i)_\'sl 1 am open to conviction.' .\s surely as he said il)at, though, we soon learned that no length of argument could bring conviction. It might bring demerits, but they were almost certain to be taken off again if \ that it hv resuscitated only 011 condition that tlic Principal should act as censor. Accordinj^iy, all copy was submitted, but no practical difficulty was encountered. Little that was objectionable was sent in, for there was no use in that. It was certain to be thrown out ; and woe betide the boy wh'er-hall. The desk at which " Authority" sat during the day was taken from the platform and set at the end of the room. 'I'lie benches, which, as we had man\' a time heard in that same room when lessons had been jxiorly said, did not communicate lc\irning through the mere contact of our bodies with them as we sat upon them, were ranged facing the chair, and proceedings began. Minutes weie not always appro\ed in the formal fashion one generally sees in oliler assemblies, but were often discusseil and had to be amended. .After the reading of miinites the presidt'iU \acated the chair to let some other meniiier of committee sum u]) the debate and give his decision, while he himself bicame a private member for the time being and listened to some, on the princi|)le of criticism already laid down, not b.ul s[)eeches on such old-time subjects as " Is a lie ever justifiable .' '" '' .\re earl\' mariiages conducive to the welfare of societx ? " etc., etc. l".arl\- in the society's histor_\-, howewr, that article of its constitution, which it IkuI copied from that of the societ)' at Uni\-eisit)'('ollege, prohibiting the discussion of part)- politics was repealed. Coiiseijuentl)- the meetings became even more livel)-, all the more so that the elections of i8Sj were drawing near. " It is preferable for a college to be located in tlie countr)' rather than in the city" drew a large crowd to listen to ;irguments founded perhaps, in the speakers' experience, as to the b.id effects of parading King Sti_et, etc. None <;f us for a moment thought that there 144 L'i'i'i.k .\ coi.i.Kci': .mi;mou[.\i, xolumk. was .itiy scricnis prosin-ct of our CoUci^c lieiii<; located in the couiitn*, thou<4h even then, one of mu" miinl)cr whose f.itlicr was, aiul is still, in politics told lis as a great secret how the College was to be moved, perhaps, to Scarboro,' a new building erected (Hit oftlie proceeds of the sale of the old ^ite, the residue t(» be a new I'lulounient, while the old oni; was to go to swell the revenues of the Universit)'. The actual state of things is worth)- of com- parison with the older scheme. The most enjoyable of all the nieetings of our I,itcrar\' Societ\-, probabU', was the last one. Siunmer had come, exams, were drawing near, a surplus was in hand (tlv- expenses had not been heavy, so too much credit c.umot be given the executive for its thrift), the societ)- might not txist another )-ear, and, if it did, \\h\' should our surplus be carried over? The most natural solution of the diliiculty, to a Ijo}-'s mind, was '" a feed." h'rom the fact that a sub-cnmnn'ttec visited Coleman"s (the "Taffy" woidtl notsuffue this time), and that the Times hail the following chronicled in its next i business, insisted that the iuend) 'rshii) tee should in ever)- case be paid before the interesting "debate" began. 'IMiough the society was " dissolved," the presidi-nt liad to app ar before the I'rinci[),d on the following morning and explain how his n.nn ■ h ui been cut on a bench and how the legend " Hill)- (joat ' came to be on another. The meeting had had to be held U[)stairs, for the piano could not well be brought d(jwn from the librar)', so Mr. Wedd had kindly let us have his classroom, now Mr. Brock's, and, in earlier days, the northern half of the pra)cr-h,dl. The return we made him is rel.itcd above. Of course, h ))-like, iie president knew nothing about the matter, he having been in the chair. v> ill Cll cr. ic lis ic <'\ ur. UKI.IMK ()!■ I'KINCll'Al, l!U IIAN, 1X81-^^ '45 I'^or once, tlieixToiv, P'rost was dhli^fi-d to ilo the necessary lepairin!^ without the lev)'iii^ of ("mes and witlnmt <>tht r rccoiniicn^e, fur the .society's money had all i)een spent the day befoie. It has l)een already said that llu' l)oys came into contact with Mr. Huchan, and learned to know him in consulting; him about the •^aiues. In this matter, however, it w.is only in the more general arran^a-ments, such as tlu; da\' i^ames were to he held on and matches pla)'ed, that the I'lincipal was spoken to. In the iletails the master who was alwa)'s looked to was .Mr. Martland.and natur.ill)- so : firstly, bjcause he took a real interest in i;ames themselves and in boys, and would walk any distance to see them play a football or a cricket match. Then, he was house master, and, .is such, had fur years helped the bo}s to make all their arrani^emeiits, ami had managed all their affairs in such a way as to make them hap[))' and contented ; and l;istly, the i^ames were very lari^ely a boardin^fdiouse aff.iir, because the (lay-bo\'s played on the "grounds at recess and noon only, and were expecteil to take themselves oil" home as soon as school and detention were o\er. The boarders, on the con rar)-, were on the grounds .dl tlu; time, in early mormiii;, at recess, at noon, and in the afternoon and cvenini;-. .Such bein;;" the case, it was but natural that the)' should take the lend in sjiorts, and, each year, elect as their president and consult .d ever)- turn tluir old f.ivourite. But it was soon noticed that on practice days, as wtll as match days, Mr. Huchan turned out to see how the bo\s were j^ettinj.; on, and stood watchini; their pl.iy by the halfdujur. The bo)s' hearts warmed tow.ird him accordinL^ly. In makin;4 arranijeinents for the fu'st Ljaines alter his coming to the C!olIc:4C, the writer well remembers in wh it a difficult position Mr. Huchan was placed. It will be remembered that in the oKl diys there was a <^radcd rate of subscription to the lj imes' fmid. The Thiril paid seventy-five cents a head, but III. A., beiuLj ma le U[) tor the most part of small boys, had no vote and could not be represented on the committee. III. B. was more fortunate, for, bein<; larLjcr boys, they had both these privile<;es. Here was an injustice, and all wrongs must be ri-htetl. So the reformers laitl their plans, but, stran<;c to say, tlie m.ijorit)- of these reformers were candidates who would carry the election if III. A. could j;et a vote, but would lose it otherwise. The conservatives insisteil on adhering to old established ci.stom. The very Collej^c would be wrecked if an\' of these old customs should be chan<;ed. I'arty spirit ran hij^h. C halk advertisements on fellows' coats and elsewhere solicited the vote and influence of the electorate for one party or the other, and election d.iy was drawing on. 19 146 I ri'KK lANADA C( iM-lJ .1. MIMiiKlAl. VDl.U.MI.. Ill order to exercise the ancient ri^^ht of his position, the he.ul-hoy h;ul hiiiise.r excused from Mr I'urrcr's (I niian i hiss, and went to afternoon ])ra\('rs to ask tlie Principal to siinunon to tiu- iiici tin^f tin- forms from 1 1 Mi. lip. Hut a reformer liad foi'i-staUed liim, ashiii;; to iiave III. A. iiichided. lieinj^ assnicd that this was an iiniii\ atiMii, the Principal called the meeting in tiu- old w,i\-. .After |)ra\i'rs ill. A. laid ihiir j^i'ievance before the Principal, and the head-l)o\' w.is sent for from the mcetiiii; which liad already bemm in Mi'. Martlaml's dassiMoin. ( )nce more the (piestion was dicided aj^ainst ill. .\., but the reform U-aders stiU persisted, ami came with the Principal to the nuetiiiL;. where nomin.ilions were alri'ady beinjj received. A consultation was luld with the wlioh; .Sixth form, and, they a^'reein^ with the head i)oy, tiu' Principal fmally w ithdrew, sayinj; he could not interfere. Thus he was alua) s careful to cIianL;e as little as possible the old nsa;^es of the ("olle<^e. Needless to say the meetinj^f was none the ciuicter for the dispute, and the reformers were beaten. P)\' way of retaliation the III. A. vowed they would not pay their suhseriptions, but a threat to exclude tluin from com- pi:tition in the i^ames and to ; \o them no invitation tartls broke down their opposition. The j^famcs went on, and hail the success that usually attends them. To Mr. lUichan's Hrst y . belongs one inno\ation which deserves men- tion. P'or j'cars the boarders had had their minstrel show at Christmas, but no day ben' had ever been present at it — unless he had stolen in. This year, however, an invitation to the supper and show was i,nven by the eoiinnittee to all the exhibitioners and, if the writer is not mistakt'ii, to all the boys of the .Sixth who were da)'d)o)-s. I^arly, for promptness has always been a virtue of the house, llie daydioj-s presented themselves and were received by the head-boy of the boarding-house in Mr. Martland's drawing-room. Thence, after a short dclaj', they were marshalled in state to the dining- room. (There was oidy one in those days, though now the .seniors have betaken themselves to what was the senior study to eat.) Here memory fails to recall tin; enormous quantity of o)'stcrs snid by the boarders to have been bought for the feast. All sorts of Christmas good-things were heaped on a diimer plate at each boy's place, beside which also was a box of candies. On the box, in many a case kept to recall the jolly night, was Ui'i'ER Canada College lioAUDiNci-Hou.SE. A Mekkv Christmas and a Hai'I'y New Year. Safe Home and Safe Back Again! KI^.CIMK (IF I'UINCII'Ar, IH'CIIAN, 1881-85. I47 Supper over, the diiiinj^-rooin was clcarLul, and svc all wxMit upstairs. There we ate our ^tioil things, scatterinjf luitshells from one end of the house to the other, rej^ardless of the housemaids' extra flourislies of the broom, anil etjuall)' lu-cdless of the feelin.i^s of our schoolinates when they should ^et into lu'd. As we were goin^; up-stairs several fellows whipped out pillow-cases and made it known that they were ready lo receive contributions of cake, apples — anythin'4 eatable. One l.id who was particularl)' fond of eatini;, reci'iveil in I slip a ;^lass of lemonade to wash down the more solid pro- visions, lie did not ajipear, however, to approve of that way of takiny; lemonade. On Jioin^ back to the dininL^-njoni at the- riiii^iuL; of the bill, we fnuiul it had become a theatre-, with sta^e, curtains and scenery. Mr. Marlland's piano, with tambourines, banjos, guitars and mouth organs, made up an orchestra to acccjmpany the ch(jrus. The interlocutor's cpiestions, the endmen's jokes, the speech, the witticisms at the expense of principal, masters, stewanl and servants have nearly all faded b'oni our memor)-. but, in thinking it (jver, the same feelings of delight are almost fell again ; with them comes regret that there was another side which fmalK' led to the suppression of this entertainment. It always tlid not a litlU: to make a Christmas feeling in the house, and was one of those pleasant things which used to make boys glad to have been at Upper Canada College. III. Genial as the glimpses we obtained showed him to be in private life, kindly and judicious as he was in all his dealings with us, it was in his teaching that Mr. Jkichan shone most of all. To give an adeipiate idea of it were impossible, and yet, on the other hand, one's appreciation of it might lead to exaggeration, h'or the first week or so the old time-tabU' was in force ; following it, the Principal took Horace. Though he appreci.itetl the beauties of that author, his sympathies did lot go out to classical studies as they did to certain others; hence thcteac'^ ^g was not at all inspiring. liut what a change when the new time-table came into force and he tcok his favourite subjects — History and luiglish ! He no longer sicmcd the same man ; he was enthusiastic. The afternoon hours, often the dullest and most uninteresting since they came just after dini.er, were mnv looked forward to more than any other. Not lecturing but simply talkmg, asking a question here and there to make us think, to have us give him ground to work upon, and to find out whether we had read the lesson or not, he in a certain .4.S ri'i'lK ( AN AhA I ()I.I,l.<;i'; MliMOUIAl, NOI.UMi;. in<,'asiin' made lis ri;ili/c th.i.t the (irct.-ks aixl Koinaiis and the nun llicy loiij^lit u ilh, tlicir uritt rs and their statesmen were men of the s.tme flesh and 1)1( '>d, and of like passions with ourselves ; that tile social and political problems presented to them were, after ali.nuieh the same as those ue havt: to solve in our day; and thai iiislor)', the- niifoldin;4 to ns of cause and effect, was not merely a colli'clin;.; and niemori/in;^ of cert.iin facts, but a most instructive study to warn us from the rocks on which so man)- men and so many nations had struck and sunk in daj's of old ; a beacon to i;iiide us as citi/cMis in doin_!^ (hu* duty to our coiuUr\ . In the art of (jne-^tionin;^ he was a master, and man)- a time did the simple wui'd " wh) ' disclose- to us the fact that, underneath man)- a point we tlion;^ht <|uite clear, there were depths still to be exphjred and explained. Win n our embarrassuunt at not bein;^ abli- to su.i;|4est a reason, or at sii^fjestiiiL;- a w rf)nLj one, showed it^ell' in our faces, the amused smile, s(> often noticeable, came into his e)es and he would proceed to t' II us all about it till no obscurit) remained, i)ut delii;htful as these less((iis in History were, those in i'',nc;lish were still more s(». Wh)- the)- should ha\c been will be bi st understood from what t\i- himself said at various times and in v.uious i)laces. "The study of l'"n!^lisli Literature is belter < alculatt:d to cultivate the intellect and the lu'art than that of an)- oilier subject.' A'.,ain. "He who .u(|uires such a taste (that of the stud)- ol lileratuni not onl)' placi-^ within himself .i iouii tain of perennial ph.-asin-e, but einiobles his nature, and makes himself capal)le of rising at will above the trivialities of e\eryda)' life to contemplate themes worth)- of the iiitell. dual beinL;." .-Xnd once nuM'e, " 'I'lv savai^e, as he I. ices the !n\->ter)- of lile, finds no footprint on the sands of lim ■ to j^uide him ; the ( i\ili/.ed man, on the conlrai)-, sees before; him the traces ol ihe .^reat and the ;_; )od of prec-cdiiiL; ;.;eiier.ilions who. though "lead, )-et spe.tk to him in uk lodious verse or elo(|iienl prose.' I'rom his introdiictoi)- |c( lui-c, in 1X76,10 the Ladies' Ldiicatioiial Society, formed under the presidency of Mrs. J'^wart, the widow of an o'd head-boy, wivii ;is )-et women had not been admitt(-'d to University lectures, from his introductor\' lecture in literature to this .societ)', which had his fullest sympath)- as well as that of the late I'rof N'oim^f and of others equally prominent, we ma)' leather somethini; of what were his vi(;ws of teaching I'jii;Iish. Nor, from what has been ahead)' ([iioted, shall we be surprised. " I do not rej^ard m)self asa pump and each one of you as a bucket into which, tlir()U;.;li tny aj^enc)-, are to be conducted so man)' !4allons from the I'ierian Sprini;-. No, my conception of the duty 1 owe to you is far dilferent. I do, it i.s true, intend to [)ump a certain quantity of facts into the reservoirs of kWilMK OK I'KliNCII'AI. IIUCIIAN, 18S1-85. 149 your memories, hut I intciul to do more. I sh.ill attempt to show that these facts have a iiieaiiiii^' frau^lit with interest for ourselves if we can only ,L;(:t at It. In another place, when deaiiiiL;' with methods of teacliin;^ l",ii;^lish, wliiih until recent years was, by reason of the methods pursued in most schools, made as we.irisome and nninterestinij a subject as any on the pn>^ramnie of stU(h'es, he writes " Parsing, the analysis of siMitences, the derivation of woids, tin; explanation of allusions, scansion in the case of verse, the point- in.; out of fiLjures of spei'ch, and the hundred and one minor matters on whicii the teacher may easily dissii)ate the attention of his pupils shoidd be .strictly subordinated to this j^reat aim. The masterpieces of our literature were written not in sei\i' as te.sts whereon e.vercises of various Kinds mij^ht be ba^ed, bul to convey to others in the most attractive form the thoiiLjhts and feeliuf^s which |)er\aded the minds of their authors, ;ind the cliief Ixiiefit which any i\:ader can obtain from tlu.Mii is to imbibe thosi' thou_^hts and teelin;^s and to inhale lor a time the atmosphere by which they are surrounded. The essc-ntial tliiu!^ is, that the mind of tiie readi-r should be (7/ riipf^oi t with the mind of the writer. Tlu i\' is something in the inllue-nce oi a i; real .soul upon another ^oul which defies .analysis. \o analysis ot a p K-ni, howcMM" subtle, can pioduce the s.inK; effect on the mind and heart a-i to re.id the poem itself.' Jhi'se wen- his views when, about iSj^), he and his l\lIow inspectors wcic able throu;.4h their re|iresentations to have an Mniilish ie.\t put on for the lunior .Matriculation into the University of Toronto ; when, later on, he became an examiner in the I'nixcrsity ; and lastly when by \irtue of his beiiiL; rrincijial of the College he took his seat in the Univefsity .St'iiatc. Hut, best of all, the)' were the views he put into daily practice in his class- room, where, w ith benches drawn up close to his desk, we listened to him .is h.e talked of the Lflorious I'di/.ibethan ai;e and siKJwcd us how .Shakespeare fitted into it, or of the artifici.il I'"renchy a<.(c of Drydcn and I'ope, ;md f)f the revolu- tion brought .about by Cowper and (ioldsmith. Kichard II. 's w ues were more nitiful. the public and the private character of the man were made clear to us ; the " Deserted Villatre," always V. 'autiful, ^rew upon us ; and even " The (iarden" with its cucumbers, sewers and stercoraceous <;^.has seemed fit subject'^' for poetic composition. JJay by day we ^ave him our uiulerstandin;^ of passai^es or he ,i;ave his to us, or, listeuinj; to his readiii}^ of the poems in his deep, rich voice, we were thrilled through aiul throut;h, and day by day imbibed more of his sjjirit and had our tastes formed by his. Whatever love and api)reciation of the beauties j^y with its kindreil subjects was another study to which, with its many problems, he turned in even hih busiest days with unchanLiin;^- deliyhtto keei) his mind from deteriorating^ b)- contt'ict with immature minds. Freshened by contact with master minds, he was alwa)s ready for his work, and always had an elevating influence upon his pupils, while his attainments in science and Jiterature were rewarded by his election and re-election to the prosidenc)- of the Canailian Institute. IV. Despite his comuxtion with the Canadian Institute- and the University Senate, not to speak of other public duties, Mr. Buchan never allowed his work as Principal to be neglected. Throughout iiis n'gime the school prospered, so far, at any rate, as can be judged from increase of numbers and from the standing of pupils in the matriculation lists —neither of which, however, is in itself ever a sufTicient standard by which to judge a school. As to the former, the causes of increase arc (|uite evitlcnt. The first undoubtedly was the ([uiet his appointment had brought to the school ; no school, especially a boarding-school, could do its best work amid such RI^CIMK OF I'RIXCII'AL lUJCIIAN, 1881-85. 151 turmoil and uncertainty as liis predecessor had had to contend with dijrin^ the hitter part of liis principalsliip. I''ull allowance beinii made for the effects of this ([uict, as well as those that a chani^e of itself brings, everyone will ai^rec' that the inaidy, straiL;htftir\vard character of the new principal did not a Utile to influence parents in the choice of Upper C'anad.i Collei^e as the place to send their bo)s. His answer to a lady who asked him to talarativcIy younjj man coniini^ to be i)rincipal over men older than himself in years as well as in experience, one of whom at least would have been offered the jiosition, had it not been for the ])cculiar circumstances in which the Collcjjc was at that time placed. Ha])pily the staff received Mr. Huchan with the greatest cordialit}'. and everythin.hing given in tiic boarding-house, and at the same time pursue a course in Modern Languages, mathematics, chemistr\' and bookkeeping, and were thus in some measure fitted for their work after leaving school. Besides these changes in the classes, there was one which was not popular with the bo\'s — there are no conservatives like boys. It tended also, perhaps, to divert their attention to specialties rather than to the general all-round learning for which L^pper Canada College had justly been celebrated. .Such diwrsion, it is hanll\- neccssar)' to sa\', was not the reason for the l)o\'s' disapproval of the riMrrangement of the exhibitions, but the f.icl that the money was less in ainoinil than it had been. Prior to the session of I.SS2-.S3 there had been four exhibitions for general i)ro- ficienc)' tiMi.ible in the h'ifth and in the .Sixth, the fuvst two in each f(M-m being worth respectively eighty and fort>- dollars, with tuition ; the other two entitled the holders to tuition only. .Now, there was to be but one for i/eni'ial pioficienev- in eat:h form, whil.' the other three were to be given for inoilern lanuuaties, classic- an( 1 mathematics, thus following the lead of the L'niviMsit)' of Toronto toward early speciali/.ati on. .\s h.is beiMi said alreaih', the unpopular part of the new scheme was the maimer of dividing the money. I lereafter no boy could win eighty, or even forty iloUars, since no more than thirl)' dollars (with free tuition ) was attached to each exhit)ition. Moreover, no matter how many he might win, a bo)- could hold but one exhibition. In text-books and methods little cliangi- was made, since there was a strong feeling that it was not well to have too much imifonnit)- in educational matters, and that Upper Canada C"ollege had a good field in w hich to work- out its problems in education after its own fishion. Other cnanges, but of minor imi)ortance. also took place. Now dis- appiared the row of frames that used to hang on the wall of the down- stairs hall. In these, written in ohl Mr. Thompson's neat, round haml, hai! been displaved the honour rolls of the h'orms at the v\u\ of every marking — a source of gratification to fond parents when they visited the school, and of course to the boys themselves. Hut the pupil whose ambition was to be foot did not mourn their disappearance. The " rcvisal," or examination of the forms that had been wont to be held periodically by the Principal in their various subjects of study found 20 «54 UPPKR CANADA rOM.MCK MKMORIAr, VOI.UMK. no {)Iacc in Mr. Huchan's time-tables. Manj- a hapless j-outli who had heard witii much (|ualed." Unhappily, Sir John Colborne's safeguards were not prf)of against spoii.i- tion, still less were they pro(jf against the spirit and temper which is apt to breed vandalism. Vandalism in the provincial legislature we do not .say there was, though more than once debates on the College cpiestion betokened de"-iL;ns not quite guiltless of that taint. In the heat of discussion much, of course, has to be excused to a speaker who has taken a pronounced siiic on a pul)lic question ; but the spirit was not acrimonious merely that demanded the abolition of an institution which for over half a century had bteii a bulwark against ignorance and, educationally, was a .sound and strong pillar of the State. Nor was the clamour for the diversion of its endowment crfditable to legislators who might claim to be above the arts of the demaijogue and in sympathy with higher aims and aspirations. If vested interests, halioucd by many and tender associations, were not sacred in the hands of representa- tives of the people in parliament assembled, to whom should we look for the permanance of our institutions, and even for the integrity of the State ? Not only insidious but prolonged was the agitation against tiic College. For fully twenty years its enemies kept up a current fire of detraciion and IvS UPI'KR lANADA COLKEf;K MEMOKIAL VOLUMK. fliiiv^at the hapless institution almost every missile wliich envy or selfishness coiild invent. ICven denoniiiialionalisni was tliaj^fj^eii in as an ally of the enemy in the fray. This was done in ccjncerl with the movement to brinj; ah >iit college federation, and to au;^Mnent the resources of Toronto University, w itii whiih the tlcMioininations were seekintf affiliation. To bear the expense of tlir enlarj^'ed teachini^ staff and a more thorouj;h etiuipment of the Uni- versity, when the federation scheme was projected, more funds were needed. I'or supi)lyint; these, the ill-favoured design was then formulated, to lay hands upon the endowment of Upi)er Canada College, which for a number of \cars had been a trust of the University ; anil later came the outrage of cNpropriatiuff even the Collecjc's old historic site. How the i)rovincial lcj;islaturc came to sanction these ruthless misappropriations, and subse- (luently to ratify what was a 5^ross violation of n sacred trust, we shall w ilh ama/ement presently see. Only an obtuse or a commonplace mind could have been misled by the perversion of ficts by which the iniijuity was justified in parliament aiul before the country, and only a conscience unre- sponsive to the promptings of honourable dealing would have given effect to the wanton spoliation. We write, as we feel, strongly on this matter, for, in respect of the whole cpiestion, we hold that there was nothing in the circumstances of the case to justify so sacrilegious an act as the govern- ment and i)arliament of the province ere long committed. Nor can we see any reasonable consideration of public policy to warrant the despoiling the College of its endowment, and, at the instance of selfish rivalry, tearing it up b)- the roots. Looking back now upon the whole controversy, when a forced acquies- cence in the results of recent legislation has stilled the agitation and cooled the blootl of the most anient defender of the rights of the College, one is abjured to write dispassicjuately. In briefly reviewing the history of this crisis in the affairs of the institution — which we have termed " A Period of Transition" — we shall endeavour to write dispassionately. We have stated that the agitation against the College lasted for fully twenty years. In its more virulent form, the clamour may be said to have broken out in the year I1S68, when the provincial high school masters made coimnon cause against the institution, as a privileged rival, burdened the press with interested outcries, and brought their grievances to the bar of parlia- ment. Some ten years later, the College bore the brunt of a still more bitter onslaught, from pretty nmch the same partisan sources, A general indictment appeared, in the form of a pamphlet, issued under the auspices of the (irammar School Teachers' Association, which became the arsenal of the I'hilistine weapons used in the fray. The grounds of attack at both periods were in the main alike, though at the second outbreak, fuel was A TKANSITKIN I'KklOH. 'S9 adilctl to the flame of enmity by tlu' |)r()p<)setl expetuliture of $_^o,cxx) (or additions to the biiildin^^s used as the Collej^e residence. The (■ollc};c was s|)()ken of as a pampered iiisli(iiti(»n, desij^ned for tlie sons of Toronto pluto- crats, inefficiently conducted, and uastefid in its manai^H'menl — charges win'ci) were far from the trnth. Nor were tlu; tactics of its assailants merely Philistine : they souj^ht not to reform, but to abolish, the institution. With this iconoclastic aim, they accused it o( enjoying its endowment iliej^ally, and averred that it subsisted oidy by the ^race of the other secondarj' scliools of the Province, which were starved to maintain tlie institution. 'Jliis cihim- nious statement the now well-known history of the ('olIcL;e entUnvmcnt conclusively n.'futes. The statement was at the tmie met by Mr. (i. K. K. ("ockburn, then Principal, who also replied to the other items of indictment contained in the pamphlet issued under the sanction of the (jrammar .School Masters. Mr. C!ockburn's rejoinder was addressed to a Committee of the Provincial Le,i;islature on lulucation, in 1869, antl is an able and exhaustive refutation of the charges made by the ent;mies of Upper Can.ida Ccjllej^e. In the )-ears iSSo and l.SSi.the attacks on the C'ollei:jc were renewed. To meet them, the lion. Mr. Crooks, then Minister of I'^ducation, prepared a special rejjort on the history, working;, and condition of the institution, which was submitted to the Lej^islature. In this report the origin of the Collc. . should, as far as possible, be fully presented, especiall)' in a volume such as this, where essential facts may be looked f' Universit)' scholarships had been taken by the C'ollej^e against sixt) -six by all the High ScIkjoIs. * * In three )-ears from 1 877, the College had obtained twenty-three scholarships in arts, while in four \-ears from that date all the High Schools (over a hundreii in number) had taken onl}' thirt\-six. * * It was not true, moreover, that Toronto as a municipality gtit any special advantage from the institution, since the jiarents of the pupils contributetl about .$12,000 a \ear towards its maintenance. * * To abolish an institution which had confessedl)- been of great use for fiftj' jears was a singular propo- sition, unless it could be proved that the College had failed in the object for which it was founded. The same [)roposition could be made in regard to the Cniversit)' endowment, on the ground tliat the local colleges were doing g(xxl work." Not less conclusive, ami we hope we may say not less impartial, was I'rincipal Cockburn's reference to the record of the College, in a speech made at the annual distribution of prizes in the previous year. " At the examinations of the Toronto University alone, for 1S80,'" said the l'rinci[)al, " the stuilents of the College had carried off one gold medal, three silver medals, six scholarships, sixt\-fi\e first-class honours, twenty- eight secontl-elass honours, three tlegrees in medicine, eight degrees in arts, and one in law." The College record, again, from 1867, when the institution was transferred to the care of the Provincial Government, to the present time, showed that the following students had matriculated at Toronto Universit)' alone during that period : 175 with first-class honours, 204 with second-class honours, and fift}--two scholarships — making a total of 431 honours or distinctions, apart from special prizes, or 30.79 honours for each matriculant, and four scholarships. This was apart from honours obtained at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Trinity ( Uublin), lulinburgh, London, McGill (Montreal), and at the examinations of the Law Society, Military College, and similar institutions." Better testimony than this to the efficienc)' of the College, and to the high standard of work it was doing, could hardly be furnished : it is its own and a sufficient answer to the attacks made upon it. \\ hilc we say this, we are not unmindful of the truth that the efficiency of a school is not to be measured merely by the number of university honours its pupils may obtain. That the College is, or was at any time, a clas.s institution, is belied by the statement made at the period by one of its many loyal sons. " During my three years' course," A IKANSITION ri:KU)I). •f'5 writes an ' old College boy ' from Ik^llevillc, "I sat beside and competed with the son of a shoemaker, the son of a journalist, the sf)n of a mechanic, three sons of merchants, two sons of la\v)'ers, two sons of clert^ymen, and two sons of farmers." Onl)- I'hilistinism or a petulant prejudice could remain hostile to testimonx' such as this. More rea.son, perhaps, had the iiiL;h Schools to complain of the C'olle_i;e, in attracting their pupils to it bj- its offer of aimual exhibitions, and in appropriating credit for the honours won b)' them at the Universit)', after i)crhaps only a \-ear's coaching at the College. While the exhibitions were maintained, there was no doubt a gri( \ance here ; but it was a grievance which did not call for more than a jintcst from the Iligh .School Masters, certainly not for the obliteration or th; dispoiling of the College. The College happily withstood the onslaught in the Assembly of iSSi. The local and municipal spirit, which, abetted In- the jealous)- of the High Schools, had laid covetous eyes on its endowment, was not then gratified. i\lr. Crooks, who, as an old College head-boy, had been loyal in the defence, li,ul, however, not wholly triumphed. He and the government had saved the institution from wreckage, but Cerberus had for the time being his sops. 'Jhese and the general results of the agitation were brieflv as follows : authority for the expenditure on the residence was, from politic motives not pressed in the legislature ; the College's affairs were to be more closely looked into ; econom}- was to be rigidlj' enforced ; and the institution was to be made to come more effectually under the I'rovincial h>ducational .system. Some of the masters, moreover, were to have their salaries reduced while others, long in service, were to be retired. Tiie instituting of these changes, and doubtless the application of the p^runing knife, had an untoward and, at the time, unlooked-for secpiel. It brought about the resignation of Mr. Cockburn, as Principal. This occurred on the reoi->ening of the College after the midsummer holidays in iSSi, when, as we know, Mr. J. M. ]?uchan, tlien Inspector of High .Schools, was installed in the I'rincipalship. Regret, as w(.'ll as surprise, was of course manifested at Mr. Cockburn's resignation. Tile friends of the College naturally looked upon it as ominous of further change. In this respect, the enemies of the institution had won a point ; and i)olic)- appeared to have dictated that the new Principal should be an old High School master. The appointment of a successor brought about the no doubt intended result ; it allaj'ed, for some years at least, the storm of agitation, and the College once more .set forth on its now reposeful and beneficent career. Principal Huchan's regime was uneventful, since unhappily it was brief. His death, which was greatly regretted, occurred in 1885, after four years of 166 Ul'I'KI^ CANADA COLI.rciK MKMOKIAI, VOI.U.MM. able and careful adniiiiistratioii. Under him, the Collci^e was permitted to pursue the even tenor of its \va)' and contiiuied to do excellent work. It was said that the controversy over its affairs had done j^ood, since it put the staff anew on its mettle and had an inspiriting" inlUience on the manas^e- ment. Possibly this may have been the case, thouyjh there is no reascju speciall)' to credit the ai^itation with givinj^ the institution a s[)ur l)eyond that which it had .dways had from the zeal and hi>^h sense of duty exhibited by its L;overniMs4" heads. One mercy, durinij Air. Huciian's period of office, the Coll ci;e was manifcstl}' thankful for ; it was let alone. This, as we have hinted, was in part due to tiie politic appointment of Mr. Huchan, who was greatl)' esteemed by the 1 liLjh School masters, and was himself, for many years, one of their number. It was doubtless, in jjart also, due io the concessions made by the (lovernment in the new administration of the College, which for the time being disarmed, but did not uproot, opposition. All too brief, as we shall presentl}' sec, was the res[)ite from attack. .Mr. Huchan's lamented death once more brought the College and its aflairs into the arena of discussion. The vacant Principalship was worthily filled by the present incumbent of th'> office, who, like his predecessor, stood in the forefront of the teaching profession in the province, and had long been known as one of the most able and successful of headmasters. Principal Dickson's regime dates from 1S85. With his installation, the College made a further leap in a career of progress, as well as of efficiency and usefulness, hitherto hardl}' paralleled in the history of the institution. Largely animated by the modern spirit. Principal Dickson brought to the headship of the College just those requisites which the institution found most valuable in the new dispensation Avhich had been forced upon it. In his new sphere, as has been truly said of him. Principal Dickson's power of organization, good discipline, and thorough business-like administration, combined with his all-round scholarship, fine teaching ability ami faculty of imbuing students with love of their work, soon manifested themselves, and gave a new impetus to the old historic school of the Province. On his appoint- ment to the Principalship, there were signs of a renewal of the old agitation against the College, and the new incumbent in office could scarcely fail to perceive that, if doom was not actually impending, a period of transition, at least, would have to be faced. Faced it was, and loyally faced, for the new Principal from the outset determined that whatever crisis might ensue, the College, so far as he was concerned, should suffer no eclipse of its fame. Under his administration, it continued to flourish, and that not merely by the grace of sentiment or from consideration of its traditions and old associations. Whatever might befall, it was said, its future, under its new and capable head, need cause no uneasiness to any friend or " old College A TRANSITION PERIOD. 167 !)c)y." Tliis has since been abundantly demonstrated, not only by the satisfactory routine work done within the Collcifc, but b}' the hi;^h standing; of its pupils at the ainuial examinations of the national and other Univer- sities, pitted, as they were, against all comers, and in competion with the best educational training;- the country could supply. Whatever desi^nis were still haibouretl against the institution, the excellence of the work it contiiuicd tt) do could not be mistaken by any unprejudiced observer, or its substantial results for a moment doubted. I'h.it what we have said is not mere rhetfnic or p.utisan comment, the statistics of the Colle<^c are in evidence. These were presented b}' the Principal f)n I'ri/.e Day, l(S8. Robinson, Senator Geo. W. Allan, Principal Dickson, cx-Priiicipal (1. K. k. Cockburn, Juch^e Macdouj^ali, Dr. Larratl W. Smith, Rev. Dr. .Sjaddini;'. Colonels R. I?., (i. T., and Vva.]. Denison, Col. Jarvis, J. O. Jleward, S. .M. Jarvis, 1). P.. \ cstiiUlisliiMl ovci' Imlf a iiiitiiiy iv^it as lui intstitiitioii for till' ]iriiiiii)tiiiii of tlir lilicial ((liiciitidii rovi' addressed b\- the Rev. D. J. Macdonell, by ^Ir. John A. Harron, M.l'., son of a former Principal of the College, by Dr. Larratt VV. Smith, and Mr. R. E. Kingsford, ex-[)upils, and members of the Senate of Toronto University, by Senators G. W. .Mian and John Macdonald, and by Lieut. -Col. G. T. Denison, Judge Macdougall, ]\Ir. A. R. I^oswell, and Dr. J. A. McLellan. The latter gentleman's rally to the aid of the Co1 with a visit and stratified the pupils by a brief talk to them. We need hardly say that this take ten or fifteen minutes from your |)lay hour would hardl\- he the proper thiiig, e\en if it were to listen to a talk from an old l)o\', and therefore 1 am here this morning to speak to \ou, without encroaching upon vour pla\ hour, hut rather taking the minutes tVom those which are allotted to work. 1 can only tell vou that this morning, this verv hour, will always he to mc one of pleasure, a red-letter morning in my lite, and, helie\e me, that so long as I li\e 1 shall alwa\s have pleasant memories of the visit. ■• 1 am glad to know from my friend the Principal that the pri/.es which I have given year alter year, are comiieted tor with eagerness, and it is a satisfaction for me to know that in the College course no jjrizes are more anxiously sought alter than those which 1 gi\e to you. Satisfactory as the\' have heen, not only in selection, lull in numher, in the ])ast, I ho|)e they will he even more so in the future; and so deejjly do 1 feel the honour of heing an ex-pu]>il of this dear old school that 1 shall so arrange it that certainly during my lite-time, ami after I have jjassed away, the hoys of the College may always have the Rohertson ])rizes to try for. 1 have occasion many times to speak to large audiences, hut, helieve me, hoys, were it the a])plause of an audience of ten thousand of mv fellow-citizens it would not touch my heart as the generous cheers and hurrahs which you have hestowed upon me on this last visit to the old school. May you all go home and enjoy, whether in city or country, your lengthened vacation. May those of you who will return to your .studies come hack reinvigorated for }our work, and you who have finished with 176 UPPER CANADA COLl.KCK MllMOKIAl, VOLU.Mi:. CollcfTo and arc entering tlic l)iisy patlis of life i)i()s])i'r and sneered. Reinemher in your journey throii^fli lite tliat you wvw pupils oi" ri)|)er Canada Colle^^e, aiitl where ever you arc, and whatever you tlo, forget not that vou larry with you the honour ol this old school, that its escutcheon, like \()ur own, must never he sullied, and nia\ you look hack ujjon your Collcj^e days with pleasure and jirofit, and heahlc, [)erhaps, to tell your children's children of the old scliool when- \()U learned tb.c rudiments ot" education, and where were formed your hahits which ha\e made \()U ;j;ood, moral, truth-telliuL;, and loyal citizens of the i-'anitire, whose drum-beat is heart! in every corner of the L;lol)e." The procccdiip^s closctl with cheers for the speaker, which made tiie old public hall fairly shake t(} its foimdatioiis. We may fitly close this chapter b)' chro;McIiii[j two additional events which marked, b}' the display of a loyal and touching enthusiasm on the part of its sons, the transference of tlie Collc^i;e from its old to a new site. On the 29th of August, 1891, there was played on the old grcninds a farewell cricket match between former pupils of the College, which brought happily together a number of the old athletes of the institution, wh(-) having had their spurt on the field retired to the familiar dining-liall to season the " loving cup "" with stories of by-gone " matches " and other genial College reminiscence. The day was joyously closed b\- another rally round the baiupieting board, at a well known city restaurant, where a/)/ui mater was again loyally pledged, and all, for the time being, came under " the spell of other days.'' The other incident which signalized the removal of the College was the reorganization of the Old Boys' Association, founded with the object of "promoting the interests of Upper Canada College, the renewal and perpetuation of the associations and tratlitions of the scho,il, and the preservation of its reccirds." An enthusiastic meeting of e.x-nu[)ils was held on the first prize-day (October 14th, iNcji), in the new bu.ding, under the presidency of Mr. VV. T. lioyd, and the honorary i)residenc}- of the I^incipal and the venerable first head-boy of the school, the Rev. llenr}- Scadding, D.D. The Association, on this occasion, adopted a constitution and elected officers. It tool: at the same time for its motto the legerid, solum noil auiinnm iiiutaiit, with the idea of marking the fact " that the change to its present new position from the old-tirnc hallowed prcnn'ses in which the College was connnenced, and where it has been so successfuU)- carried on, has not changed or diminished the affection of its old boj'.s." The motto in this respect is api)ropriatc, and it may be taken as an earnest of the good-uill and kind feeling which actuates every " old boy " of the College towards the institution which prepared him for the duties of life. Very beautiful is fellowship such as this, nn'nd kindling mind in the common desire to honoiu' an ancient and honoured seat of learning. In the fresh start taken by the College towards still nobler things in the domain of education, hardly anything could be more encouraging than the sympathy and loyalty of her sons. riiK o!.i) m.UK sciiooi.. ■IHK (OI.I.KCK CLOCK. ( Tlir tiinc-kccpcr for o-'<'f sixty yrars ), TIM': (11,1) \l\M SCIKHIL. Till-: scriooLs ok i:aki.v vokr— tiii. iiomk uisTkici' sciiooi. ok Dk. M'lJAkl', AND Till-, DISTklCT SCllOOl, AM» Till; OLD nUJi; s( llool. ()|- Dk. STKACllAN. ii\' J. ko>,s koi!i:krsoN. .J^III'". first T.egisl.iturc oftlii.; oltl I'rovinct; of Upper Canada dcbatcti I I I with interest the means and methods by wliich the rishiL-' \-()iitli — Vi/ the sons and (hiughters of the pioneers who had cast tiieir lot on Dritisii soil — should have the advantages of education in all its branches. Indeed, one of the first acts of those who sat at the council board at Navy 1 f all, in the old town of Newark, now Niagara, was for organization with this object in view, and Governor Simcoe, who, from his ad\ent, had lecognized the necessity for a public school sj'stcm, gave diligent thought to the subject. The result was tlie founding of District Grammar .Schocjis, and, at a later period, of colleges for higher education. This was accomplished in '797 by '' memorial to the Imperial (lovernment. The plans for the establishment of these schools did not materialize until 1807, wlun the sum of ^"8oo currency was apportioned for the payment of the )'earl\' stipentl of the masters of eight grammar schools, one school being maintained in each of the eight districts into which the old province of Upper ("anada was then divided. These headmasters were selected by the trustees, appointt'd In- the governor, and the selection was confirmed or sanctioned by the governor-in- council. Governor Simcoe had been transferred to another colony, and. consequently, did not share in the anticipated pleasure of seeing a system of popular education inaugurated in the province. It is not pertinent to this chapter that further reference should be made to any of the schools other than those in the town of York. The procedure had been laid down, and on the i6th of April, 1807, tl^c Rev. George O'Kill Stuart, D.l)., was 23 i;S UI'I'KK CANADA CULMCCi: MllMOKIAI, VOLUMK. api)oiiitc(l by Governor Gore as tlie first headmaster of the Home District Gnunmar School, at York. Of the many preceptories for the eiili<;htenment of youth in the ancient town of York, none occupied the exceptional position of the far-famed Home District School, better known as " Tlie Old IMue School," and its iie.'.r neiijhbour, the Central School, a rival institution which, under royal patron- age, also has a claim to primitive eminence as an educational crucible in which x'outhful brain-power was tested and refined. The centre of trade and conunerce in the eastern section of the modern capital was in the vicinity of George, New (Nelson) (Jarvis), Church, King, and Palace (Front) Streets. Indeed, every foot of the locality from Yonge Street east was more or less not only the business but the residential part of the town. The inhabitant? who could afford it sought homes and habita- tions in the west between Yonge Street and the (larrison, in open fields and pastures new that to-da\' are studded with mansions and palatial residences of enriched descendants of the pioneers of York. In the summer of 1S03 the residents of York first saw the benevolent- looking face and statcl)' figure of the Rev. Dr. (ieorge O'Kill Stuart, the first rector of the Anglican congregation, which worshipped in the cathedral of St. James, and who, at the same time, was the founder of the first public school in York, so well known to succeeding generations as the Home District School. The plot of ground on the south-east corner of King and George Streets the rector held in fee simple, and, with the purpose of living near his charge, erected a substantial frame house, with bow windows looking out on King Street, the entrance being on George Street. The external part of this structure was painted a light brown colour, with green Venetian blinds as a protection to the smaller windows. This was the home of the rector. At the eastern side or gable of his house, and attached to it, he erected a small one-storey stone building that might be rendered serviceable for any purpose, either as the habitation of man or beast. When this .structure was erected the stone was rough as when first extracted from its native quarry. In order, however, that the contrast between the home structure and the stone iiouse might not be unfavourably noticed by passers- by, a sheathing of half-inch boards covered the quarried boulders which composed the walls. In this primitive school-house the first public school of York was established, and on the roll of pupils one may read the names of boys who became rich and prominent men, and of girls who blossomed into belles of the growing capital. The school-room was about fifty feet in length and Tin; ()M» lUAIK SCIIOOI,. J7'J fully twenty-five feet in width. The classes opened on the 1st of June, 1807. Here we find th.it the townspeople of York sent their children; indeetl ii readins^ of the names ^dves us almost a directory of the inhabitants of thtj first settlement. A score or two of those entered on the first rolls should lie mentioned : William l'ilkiny;ton, Thomas I'layter, James (iivins, Ik-n- jamin Anderson, Robert Anderson, Harvey Woodruff, William .Smith, William Cawthra, Robert Gray, John Gray, Henry Ernest, Gilbert Hamilton, William Robinson, Charles Reade, Daniel lirookc, Richard lirooke, Marshall and Henry (ilennon, Bernard Glennon, James Mcintosh, Philemon Scjuires, I'eter McUonell, William Howkett, Georije and William Jarvis, John Hayes, Charles .Small, James Ivlward Small, Donald McDonnell, Alexander Ci^ewett, Charles Houltoii, luluard llartney, Charles Rugbies, John Moore, Allan McNab, Robert Ross, Wilson Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton, Angus McDonell, William Stanton, Robert Stanton, Geori^e S. Houlton, George H. Detlor, Thomas G. Hamilton, William A. Hamilton, John Ridout. This old corner was the business centre of York, even as late as 1832, for we find an advertisement in the Upper Caiuxda Gazette, of that year, ofiering for sale a lot directly east of the old school as " one of Uie most eligible lots in the t(jwn of York, and situated on King Street, in the centre of the town." The labours oi Dr. Stuart were continued with great succes.s for si.x years. In 1813, he resigned his charge, sold his property to Colonel Duggan, and accepted a call as the rector of St. George's, Kingston, and archdeacon of the diocese. He was succeeded by Dr. Strachan, who, having presided with energy over the C'ornwall Grammar School, gave renewed life to educational matters in York, by a reorganization, on a broader basis, of the system of training which had been so happily intro- duced by the Rev. Dr. Stuart. The District School, which at a later period was more particularly identified with the interests of Upper Canada College, was a structure of l)rimitive architecture, without an attractive feature, the aim of the architect being to rear a pile that, framed in heavy timber covered with clapboard and plastered inside, would give the active youths of York room for lung exercise guided by the eagle-eyed instructors, who surveyed their juvenile audiences from a pedestal-mounted desk, wliich ornamented the cast end of the main or ground floor of this academic institute, from which gradua- ted, in later years, many of the brightest lights of our University. Let us, however, wander back to the second decade of the century. Wc stand at the south-east corner of King and Yonge Streets, and observe on the north-east corner a neatly built, two storey, white painted frame building, with a neat porch half hidden with vines and faced with a sharp pointed I So L'I'I'KU ( AN.MiA ( Ot.I.KCl-: M KM( )kIAI, V( )|.IIM [■:. picket-fence that ran arouiul the structure, shaded as it was by liufje willow trees whicii shielded the inmates from tiu- sun-rays of summer and the snou- \\hirls of winter. Tins was the house of Mr. Joseph Deinns, wlujse sons u ere the fust iaiis on tlie roll of the District ScIuxjI, which, at its foundation, was temporarily accomnioilated in a very ordinary frame huildintf that stood .iljout a hundred feel east of the iJiMinis House, in later daws the Kidout corner. Ihe building had been a harn, and was readily improved by iJr. Strachan, when he bid f.ireuell to his Cornwall pupils, and favoured York with his energetic i)resence in the earlj- tlays of iXi ^. In an old plan of \'ork, dated i/ijj, the six acres directly north of the s(|uare occupied by St. James' cathedral, is marked '■ .School." The plan is official, and its correctness is certified iu b>' " 1). W. Smith, 1)..S.G., lOtij June, 1797," with the countersi<,Mi of " In Council at \'oik, June 10, 1797. I'eter Russell." .\t a later date, in 1S19, another plan was issued by " T. kidout, Survej'or (General," on which this plot of Ljround is marked " ColleL;c .Scjiiare." The authorities had evidently made the selection with the intention, that within the limits of this stretch of i;reen, buildinj^s for the purposes of education would be erected, from wiiich would radiate the knowledge that mii^ht illume the understandings (jf the striplings of York. The King Street building had served its purpose from about 1815. Under .Strachan apt pu[)ils of the early da}'s had gathered a mental strength that was ;i credit to the master. Parents recognized the vigorous efficiency of the founder of the sclujol, and felt that they could i;ntrust the intellectual ni-UE SCIIOOI,. iSi ;s had itioii field, f the in the til an near brest ofa pond, which, in winter, was haunted b)' boys. Ihesc urchins smoothed the soles of their VVellin^'ton boots o^ the half acre of ice, which formed .it llie hiddiiiLj of the thermometer, and thus afforded untold enjoyment ti> specimens of fiituri' manhood who were fond of sport. In summer the fii Id was the arena for j^simes of hocl', and the huls tumbled over the stumi)s, iinil, pi'rhaps, landed in the shallow pools of water which formed in the field, to return to the parent, d roof with torn attire and mud-bedrabbled boots. .\ silatform and conimandttl a full view of tlie pupils whose minds and characters were being formed to suit the requirements of life. The furniture of the room was in harmony with the woodwork. l*'riendly as had been the painter's brush with the exterior of the structure, it was a perfect stranger — indeed, had not ever had a bowing acquaintance — with the interior. The woodwork bore evidence that the active ami regular movements of the carpenter's elliow had made rough places smooth and rendered the pine presentable, and it was not man}- month--- ere both the woodwork of the buildin!/ and the furniture caught that dark, sienna look which is the sombre result of smoke, dirt and age. The benches and desks were ranged on the north and south sides of the room, livery boy owned an ink-cup of glass, which droppetl into an auger hole the si/.eof.i half-penny, and vas replenished as regularly as the suppl}- was exhausted, out of eartheii botjcs that were labelled "London Writing Fluid." The faces of the boys at these side desks were turned towards the wall, while on each side of the centre of the room was a set of double-slopeil desks. In the centre stood a long box-stove of government pattern, that consumed the beech and inaple without the aid of the traditional bucksaw. The school was .as all primitive schools a' The boys were as varied in character as those of to-day. Studious lads were commended by the master ; those who struggled and persevered were encouraged by a kindly word ; while the perverse youth, who could but would not digest the mental diet, was invigorated and quickened into activity by the aid of rods, cut from the McGill and Jarvis property, which lay north of Lot Street, and at a later day b\- the assistance of a strap, fashioned by an artizan who in these days would be called a shoemaker, but whose a[)pellation in olden times was that of " cordwainer." We have no desire to perpetuate, even in the memories of the descendants of the boys o" the Old Blue School, the physical treatment administered for any inrringement of regulations. THK OLD HLUE SCHOOL. 183 Vet the dignity of standing up alongside of one of the ceiling supports, with jacket or coat turned inside out made the victim prominent for tlie rest of the lesson. The mishap of allowing a pocket-full of marbles to roll o\cr the floor meant an extra half-hour after the other hoj-s had retired for the day, and the sly bite of an ap])le during school hours, on one occasion, resulted in an inventory being taken of every earthly article in the \ oungstcr's pocket. An old scholar whose pocket pence had been invested in a jew's-harp, inadvertently tested its notes in school hours and had, as a punishment, to favour his much amused mates by rendering, on the top of a desk, an air that had more life and vivacit)- in its chords tlian musical rhythm. The old pioneer who relates to the writer so man)' of the incidents of early York, smiles as he recounts his efforts to cut, carve, and engrave, with the aid of a jackknife, his name in the slant of one of the pine desks, and he declares l>,at a photographic view of any of the desks in the school would pass for the hieroglyphics on .some Egyptian monolith. Other \olumes have told the story of the loved old schoolmaster, whose familiar face and careful step are bright in the memory of hundreds to-da)-. Tiiere are still among us those who remember Dr. Strachan, not only in tlie sere and yellow of old age, but in active and lithe youth either presiding o\er the primal school, in Cornw all, or as director and central figure of the District School of York. Dr. Strachan was born in the north of Scotland, in 177S. lie was the teacher of the pari.sh school at Kettle, although some \cais prior, he, at the age of si.xteen, had charge of a smaller school, where the sons of small farmers of the surrounding gentry and clergy imbibed knowledge from their youthful instructor, who possessed an executive ability in his vocation that would ha\c been creditable to one of older }-ears. I lis store of knowledge was replenished by keeping the terms and lectures held during the winter months, at King's College, Aberdeen. Jk-fore seeking a home in the new land over the sea, Dr. Strachan had a position in the school, at l)cm"i o, where two years " as ha[)py as any in my life " were spent. Here, under the guidance of Dr. Brown, the parish minister, and the Rev. Thomas Duncan, the dc^ctor states tliat they " corrected many of my false notions. I learned to discriminate between hypothesis and fact, and to separate the ebullitions of fancy from the deductions of reason." At Kettle there weic nearly a hundred pupils, and, amongst tliem, the renowned David W'ilkie, whose work as an artist in " The Village I'olitician " first found fame in the Royal Academy of 1S06, just as he stepped from the confines of youth into the arena and welcome of manhood. Captain Barclay, who fought so well at Put-in-P)ay, Lake Eric, in 1813, against Commodore Perry, was also a pupil, and the poet Campbell, whose " flohonlinden " and " Exile of Erin " are familiar to the boys of all schools on recitation day, was likewise a scholar. 184 UI'l'KK CANADA (( )I.I,i:( .K MKMoklAl, \'()LUMK. Tlic school ;il C'onnvJiU had an cxccUcnl reputation. At its desks sat the scions of all the Icadini^ and prominent families of the old Midland District, while from the Home J3istrict many were sent to obtair. the advantages which \^ork from 1800 until 181 5 did not possess. The names of the scholars enrolled are familiar on the pages of Canadian history, and their gratitude was marked as late as 183^, when forty-two of the old jnipils testified their love for their old master by presenting iiim with an engrossed aildress, accompanied by a substantial piece of silver plate. The a'ldrcss w as a jileasant ex])osition of the views of the old jiupils, in that it aumitted that : '■ Our young minds received there an impression which has scarcely become fainter from the time of the deep and sincere interest which you to^k, not only in our advancement in learning and science, but in all that concerned our happiness, or coukl affect our future prosj^jccts in life." This generous tribute to the teacher's sldll touched the heart of the reverend , tliiiik what lioiioiir puic. sliall bless tliy UiiiiU! H»'V<)ii(l tlie floetiiij^ voice of viilgjii' fame, \\ hell kiiij^s ami liauyhty vietors ct^ase to raise Tiie secret iniinntir and thi^ venal praise ; Perhaps that name, when Kurope's glories fade, Shall oft(tn charm this Acaileniic shade. And lianls exclaim on rough Ontario's siiore, ' We found a Welleslcy and .Jones in (lore.' "" 'I"he sy;;tem pursuetl by Dr. Strachan in the school at York, and previ- ously at Cortiwall, was in harmony with the sound methods adopted in the ])arish schools of .Scotland, followed out in early days at the schools of Kettle and Denino. In the advanced classes the pupils prepared for one another a scries of (juestions on topics selected, this interlocutory exercise being carried on in the jiresence of the master, whose word was useful in the correction of an\- errors that might occur. Another favourite method of inspiring emulation was for pupils who were versed in rhetoric or elocution, to challenge one another in a reading or recitation, after which, in the ])resence of the class or entire school, the contest took place, the voice of the school awarding the palm of victory, subject to review by the teacher — and a possible reversal of the award. Dr. Strachan realized that in a new country the difficulties in the way of imparting information were many and serious. Men who had to earn the bread and butter of life iiad but limited time to give to an intelligent study of the arts and sciences, and the hours snatched from that enlivening time which begins in the pinafore .season, and ends when long boots and trousers arc assumed, was a limit within which infor^nation had to be instilled prior to entrance upon the toils and cares of business life. So many of the Cornwall pupils achieved honour in the highest positions — mercantile and iuilicial — and stand prominent in public work in the annals of Canadian '24 1 86 UPI'I'.R CANADA COLLI'XiK MKMORIAI- VOLUME. history, that one must feel that Dr. Straclian's methods were the results of careful thought. He himself saw the situation. He admittcil the peculiar- ities of the position, and said to his pupils at Cornwall, in 1807 : " The time allowed in a new country like this is scarcely sufficient to sow the most necessary seed ; very great progress is not, therefore, to be expected ; if the principles are properly engrafted, we have done well. In conducting your education, one of my principal objects has always been to fit you for discharging with credit the duties of any office to which you may hereafter be called. To accomplish this, it was necessary for you to be accustomed frequently to depend upon and think for )'ourselvcs ; accordingly I have always encouraged this disposition, which, when preserved within due bounds, is one of the greatest benefits that can be acquired. To enable j-cju to think with advantage, I not only regulated your tasks in such a manner as to exercise your judgment, but extended your views beyond the meagre routine of study usually adopted in schools, for, in my opinion, several branches of science may be taught with advantage at a much earlier age than is generally supposed. We made a mystery of nothing ; on the con- trary, we entered minutel}' into every particular, and patiently explained by what progressive steps certain results were obtained. It has ever been my custom, before sending a class to their seats, to ask myself whether they had learned anything, and I was always exceedingly mortified if I had not the agreeable conviction that they had made some improvement. Let none of you, however, suppose that what you have learned here is sufficient ; on the contrary, you are to remember that we have laid onl\- the foundation. The superstructure must be raised by j'ourselves." Again, in 1809, in a small publication, issued by himself, he refers to his method of teaching arithmetic. He writes: "I divide my pupils into separate classes, according to their progress. I^ach class has one or more sums to produce every day, neatly wrought upon their own slates ; the work is carefully examined, after which I command every figure to be blotted out and the sums to be wrought under my eye. The one whom I happen to pitch upon first, gives, with an audible voice, the rules and reasons for every step, and, as he proceeds, the rest silently work along with him, figure for figure, but ready to correct him if he blunder, that they may get his place. As soon as this one is finished the work is again blotted out, and another called upon to work the question aloud as before, while the rest again proceed along with him in silence, and so on round the whole class. Hy this method the principles are fixed in the mind, and he must be a very dull boy indeed who does not understand every cjucstion thoroughly before he leaves it. This method of teaching arithmetic possesses this important advantage, that it may be pursued without interrupting the pupil's progress THE OLD liLL'K SCHOOL. 187 in any other useful study. The same method of teaching alc^ebra has been used with equal success. Sucli a plan is certainly very laborious, but it will be found successful, and he that is anxious to spare labour ought not to be a public teacher. When boj-s remain long enough, it has been my custom to teach them the theory and give them a number of curious cpicstions in jjeography, natural philosophy and astronomy, a specimen of which may be seen in the questions placed before the appendix." The venerable preceptor fully realized the incongruities of disposition, character and mind, to be found in the primary schools of a young country, and, in another part of the same address, he writes in jubilant strain, and justifies his methods of inculcating instruction. He states : — " One of the greatest advantages you have derived from your education here arises from the strictness of our discipline. Those of you who have not already perceived how much tranquillity depends on the proper regula- tion of the temper will soon be made sensible of it as you advance in \ears. You will find people who have never known what it is to be in habitual subjection to precept and just authority breaking out into violence and outrage on the most frivolous occasions. The passions of such jjcrsons when once roused, soon become ungovernable, and that impatience of restraint which they have been allowed to indulge embitters the greatest portion of their lives. Accustomed to despise the barriers erected by reason, they rush forward to indulgence without regarding the consequences. Hence arises much of that wretchedness and disorder to be inet with in society. Now the discipline necessary to correct the impetuosit)- of the passions is often found nowhere but in well-regulated schools ; for, though it should be the first care of parents they are too apt to be blinded by affection, and grant liberties to their children which reason dis;i[)proves. * * * That discipline, therefore, which you have sometimes thought irksome, will henceforth present itself in a very different light. It will a[)pcar to the teacher a habit of the greatest conseciuence in the regulation of your future conduct ; and you will value it as the promoter of that decent and steady command of temper so very essential to happiness and so useful in our intercourse with mankind." The writer of this has in his jjosscssion a copy of the programme of the school at York for 1 8 19. The list of names recalls to mind many familiar faces, all of whom, except old ]\Ir. John Ridout, have gone into that higher country — beyond the lowlands of life. The examination days were so regulated that the classes, when not engaged in exercises and lessons, exhibited their power in retaining knowledge and abilit)' as memorizers, in recitations and debates, 1 88 DPI-KK CANADA (()I,LK(.K MKMOKIAI. VOLUME. "Order of tlic examination of the Home District Grammar School at York, Wednesday, nth Auf^nist, 1S19. I'^irst Day. The Latin and Greek Classes. luiclid and Trigonometry. Thursday, 12th August. Second Day. To commence at 10 o'clock. I'rok)gue, by Robert Baldwin. Rcaii- inj4" Class. — Gcorifc .Strach.in, The Excellence of the liible ; Thomas Ridout, the Man of Ross ; James McDonell, Liberty and Slaverj' ; .St. (ieor[j;c Baldwin, The .Sword ; William Murray, Soliloquy on Slccj). Arithmetic Class. — James .Smith, The .Sportint:^ Clergyman ; William Boulton, Jim., The I'oet's New Year's Gift ; Richard Gates, Ode to Apollo; Orville Casscll, The Rose. Bookkeeping. — William Myers, My Mother ; I'Vancis lleward, My leather ; George Dawson, Lapland. l<"irst Grammar Class. Second Grammar Class. Debate on the Slave Trade. — For the Abolition: I'Vancis Ridout, John l-'itzgerald, William Allan, George Boulton, Hemy lleward, William Baldwin, John Ridout, John Doyle, James Doyle. y\gainst the Abolition : Abraham Neils, James Baby, James Doyle. Charles Heward, Allan McDonell, James INIyers, Charles Ridout, William Boul- ton, Walker Smith. First Geography Class. Second Geography Class. James Dawson, The Boy that Told Lies ; James i^igelow, The Vagrant ; Thomas Glassco, The Parish Workhouse ; Edward Glennon, The Apo- thccarj-. Natural History. — Debate by the Young boys : Sir William Strickland, Charles Heward; Lord Morpeth, John Owens; Lord Hervey, John Ridout; Mr. I'lomcr, Raymond Baby; Sir William Young, John I'itzgerald ; Sir William Windham, John Boulton ; Mr. Henry Pelham, Henry Heward ; Mr. Bernard, George Strachan ; Mr. Noel, William Baldwin ; Mr. Shippcn, James liaby ; Sir Robert Walpole, S. Givins and J. Doyle ; Mr. Horace Walpole, James Myers ; Mr. Puttency, Charles Baby. Civil History. — William Boulton, The Patriot ; Francis Ridout, The Grave of Sir John Moore ; .Saltern Givins, Great Britain ; John Boulton, liulogy on Mr. Pitt ; W^arren Claus, The Indian Warrior ; Charles Heward, The Soldier's Dream ; William Boulton, The Heroes of Waterloo. Catechism. — Debate on the College at Calcutta. — Speakers: Mr. ('aiming, Robert Baldwin; Sir Francis Baring, John Doyle; Mr. Wainwright, Mark Burnham; Mr. Thornton, John Knott; Sir D. Scott, William Boulton ; Lord Eldon, Warren Claus; Sir Samuel Lawrence, Allan Macaulay; Lord Hawkesbury, Abraham Nellcs; Lord Bathurst, James McGill Strachan; Sir Thomas Mctcalf, Walker Smith; Lord Teignmouth, Horace Ridout. Religi- ous Questions and Lectures. — James McGill Strachan. Anniversary of the York and Montreal Colleges aiiticipated for 1st January, 1822. Epilogue, by Horace Ridout." These public examinations were red-letter days with the parents of York, and the paternal and maternal relatives of the house were always there TIIK OLD lU.'JL SCIIOOI 189 ill full force. Fond friends and the usual retinue of sisters and cousins and aunts, donned their best gowns to witness the results of the year's stud)-. Sir Teregrine Mailland and his staff, seated on a slightly raised dais, covered with cloth of crimson hue, were usually interested spectators in the proceed- ings. To m;dy every muse ; Those feelings, too, whichjoyfiil fancy knew When learning's gems first opened to thy view, Hid you to thousuids smooth th(^ thorny road, Which leads to gloiious Science's hright ahode." The Epilogue was pronounced by Horace Ridout. An extract from this, which was a mixture of maclnne i)oetr}- and doggerel, will suffice. The reciter is supposed to be a i)upil, who complains of tlic conduct of the master. " Between ourselves, and just to speak my mind. In English (irammar. Master 's much hehind ; I speak the houust truth— I hate to dash- He bounds our t:isk hy Murray, I.owth and Ashe. I told him once that Ahercroinhie, moved By geniua deep, had Murray's plan improved. He frowued upou me, turning up bis nose, 190 UPPER CANADA COLLKGK MHMORIAL VOLUMK. Ami siiid the man liiul ta'cii a iiiiiilddiini,' dose. Oiicc in my theme 1 put the word pro^^ress — He Moiiteiiced twenty lines, without redress : A;.'.'iin for 'niea.-iure' I tniiiHcrilied 'endeavour," Ami ill! tlie livelonj^ day I lost his favour." There are many reminiscences which mij^ht be written conceniiny the District School. 'I'lie venerable Dr. ScatkHn<,% tlic chronicler, in " Toronto of Old," has _i,nvcn us the story of the old school-house and its founder. Tiic Rev. Dr. liethune, the successor of "The First Bishop of Toronto," and who, by the way, assisted as teacher in the early days of the school, has also ei)itomized his recf)llections in the cheerfully told story of the life of his mentor and patron. lie thus alludes to the first visit he made to York, in 1 8 19, when - of the early schools. The {ground surroumlin^' the school which, in primitive times, was sli^;htl)' iindulatinL:;, had been cleared of tlic stumps, and a space of a few hundred feet s(|uare, was selected for the ^ood old I'^n^iish sport of cricket, which was cultivated from 1825, utuler the enthusiastic direction of iVIr. (jcor^e Anton)' Barber, who accompanied Dr. IMiillips to York, as his principal assistant in the school, and who was well known as the fatlier dT cricket in old Upper ( anaila. The District School continueil to e.xist in the square north of Xewt^ate (.Adelaide) Street, and its prosperity was attested to by no other feature than that tiie tuition was [)erfect, and the school pojiular. In iSj8the reins of i^overninent in LIp[)cr Can. iila passed into the liands of .Sir John t'olbornf, a gentleman whose interest in educational matters in Guernscj-, where, as governor, he had revived tlie "School of (Jucen IClizabeth," founded by the maiden Queen in I 563, was an au^niry of tfQod for education in Upper Canada. He had obtained a royal charter for the foundiii".^ of a university in his new charge aiul laid his plans for a better class of school than the old District, the result bL'in;^ the establish- ment of the school, known in its early years, as "The College of Uj^jjcr Canada," or the "Minor ColleL;e," afterwards "Upper Canada College." The first record we have of the intention of .Sir Jolm Colborne to found a school, as the successor of llie old Blue or District School, is in thr iniiuites of the Board of Education of U[)per Canada, dated 4th .\[)ril, uSjq. At this meetin<^ Dr. .Strachan, the Ven. Archdeacon of York, pr-sided, and submitted to the Hoard, composed of Hon. Joseph Wells, lion. Geo. II. Markland, and John B. Kobinson, I'lscj., a letter from Sir John C^olborne to Dr, Jones, Vicc-Chancellor of Oxford, giving the plan of organization. As the correspondence, indeed, the minutes of this Board, have never seen the light of day since 183 1, and, as portions arc so closely linked with the founding of Upper Canada College, the writer ventures to include in this chapter excerpts from the original and official documents, which will, it is to be hoped, be read with interest by all who take pride in being pupils of the old school. 1 tlu o inc )()1 OI iai"t<;r for a j pncr ouiui uitcs At and le to As 1 tlic 1 the this is to the ■^ k III ill tl Hi I'i TIIF, OI.I) III. UK SCHOOL. '93 The enthusiastic Governor was heart and soul in his work. He desired a preparatory school for the proposed university, and wanted the masters "forwarded" with as little dela)' as possible. His closing lines are uniijue. If he had been writing of "a cargo" of school-boys, one could appreciate the situation; but when he wrote of " a cargo of masters" the enthusiastic Governor evidently thought that those learned in classics, science or art, were kept duly parcelled and labelled, on shelves, ready for shipment by the first sailing vessel. The President read the following despatch : " The Lieutenant-Governor has requested His Majesty's Government to grant i, 1,000 per annum from the Territorial Revenue, for the sup[)ort of this school. If these arrange- ments should be carried into effect the revenue of the college will be ^"3,050 per annum. It is recommended that the buildings for the schnol and masters may be erected on the i)art of the military reserve, adjoining Peter Street, and parallel with it. The houses may be completed for ^^"5,000. " It is intended also to attach several exhibitions to the college. With proper encouragement, the Lieutenant-Governor is persuaded it will flourish and prove in every respect advantageous to Upper Canada." The following resolution was proposed and adopted unanimously : " Resolved, That the treasurer be authorized to place in the hands of Messrs. Thomas Wilson & Co., Warnford Court, Throgmorten street, London, agent for the Bank of Upper Canada, at the credit of Dr. Jones, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, the sum of X'1,500 stg., for the purpose of enabling him to advance an outfit of i'loo stg. to the principal and to each of the masters, in consecjuencc of the letter of His Kxcellencj' Sir John Colborne, dated the 31st IVIarch, 1829, and also such further sum out of the remainder as they may rccjuire on account of their future salaries. " Resolved, That the treasurer be authorized to make such arrange- ments with the Hank of Upper Canada as will enable him to carry the above resolution into effect," The letter to Dr. Jones was then submitted. It read : — YuiiK, ."{Ist Miiich, 1829. My Dkar Sir, — I am about to impose on you, J am afiaid, an uiii-fasoiuible task, but, as I know you will agree witii me in tiiiukiny that tlieie is no |)laeL' in wliicli education is leciuireil more to be eiieourageil tlian iu Upper Canada, I trust tliat I may calculate on your assistance in establishing a seminary, which ia destined to supply the intended university with students. I therefore will proceed in communicating my phm of obtaining, through your good offices, three classical masters and a mathematical master. We rtish the gentlemen, tluit you may l)e able to enlist, forwarded to Upper Canada College before October next, if possible. We shall call our college the Upper Canada College. The head master shall be styled tlie Principal. The second master is now at York, and will not object to take the situation I have oH'ered him. 25 194 UrrKR CANADA t;OLLi:CiE MKMOKIAL \OLUME. Tlio I'riiu'ipal will hiivo a tixod salary at iJtJOO sterling per aniiuiii. He will l)o proviilcd with a home, allowed to take hoarders, and will regulate the studies of the whole school, which will consist of four elassieal masters, a mathematical master, two French masters, two writing masters, and a drawing master. On tlie rei)ntation of the i'rincijial the College will chiefly oinlment may make application to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford for further particulars. " A mathematical master is re(|uired for the same College, ami two classical masters. They will each receive a fixed salary of t'.'{(t(), and will be provided with a liouse, and permitted to take boarders." I am in great haste to save the ])ost. I am persiuided of your zeal in the cause, and reckon ujxju it to overcome all the difiiculties that you may encounter in completing the cargo of masters for Upper Canada before next winter. (Signed), .1. COLBORNK. In thi.s letter, and in theaccotnpanying metnoranda. we have the gist of the deliberations, which led to the founding of Upper Canada College. Iti the original ."suggestion for the selection of a site, the location was on a plot west of John Street and east of Peter Street, what was after- wards the site of the General Hospital, now occupied by private resi- dences, and the property of the Hospital Trust. Some discussion pre- vailed among the members of the Board of Education as to the proposed site, for we find that at a meeting of the 13oard on 30th April, 1829 : "The President reported that he had made known the opinion of the Board, respecting the intended site of the College of Upper Canada, and that it seemed most expedient to him to place it at the west end of King street, that His PZxcellency, however, .still con- tinued to prefer that part of the military reserve he had before fi.xed on, as it would create an additional demand on the funds to procure the other, and might cause delay." Tin: OM) BLUE SCHOOL. 195 At this mectinj^ the plans were submitted, and it was resolved, "Th.it the plan of a school-house, exhibited by Mr. Ewart, be adopted, with this difference, than the third storey of the wings be taken away, and a balus- trade substituted. Resolved, "That the outline of the house be adopted, removing the third storeys, and reducing them to a scale of forty feet clear. Resolved, "That two of the houses be so built so as to accommodate two families each. Resolvctl, "That an advertisement be immediatcl)' inserted in the newspapers, and distributed by handbills, that proposals for building a school-house, and four dwelling-houses, will be received on the ist June next, the plans and specifications to be seen at the College Council office after the 12th Alay next." At the meeting of the Board on the 13th May, 1829, it was resolved, " That an extra allowance of ^,"50 be allowed to Mr. Mch'arlane on account of the loss stated to have been sustained in printing Mayor's spelling books on cards." And it was also resolved, "That Lieut.-Col. OTIara, and Gra .t rowell, l{;s(i., and James Mtzgibbon, Ms(|., be constituted a committee to superin- tend the buildings, about to be erected, during their progress." It was also resolved, " That the contracts be received for each building, and that persons making tenders be told that expedition in the completion of the work will be considered a ground for preference," and "That a sum, ecjual to half the amount of the security given, be advanced for the contractor, in order to facilitate the work, and on producing, afterwards, a certificate from the Clerk of the Works, that further work has been per- formed, eight}- per cent, of its value be advanced." At the meeting of the Board, on the 27th May, 1829, the question of the site again came up. In consecpiencc of a notification from Mr. Markland, that His l"-xcellency, Sir John Colborne, was pleased to submit for the decision of the Hoard, " whether the site of the College of Upper Canada shall be upon Russell Square, or on part of the military reserve, near the woodyard, it was unammously resolved that, in consideration of the increased convenience which will be afforded to the youth of the town, it is expedient to place the buildings (ov the College on some part of Russell Square, to be hereafter determined upon." It was also directed to postpone the opening of tenders, until the 8th of June, and that Mr. Rogers, an architect of Kingston, be allowed three per igG Ul'l'ER CANADA COLLECJE MEMORIAL VOLUME. cent, for superintending the work, in conjunction with that of the Parlia- ment Buildings, which were then being erected on I^'ront street. The advertisements for tenders which appeared in 7V/e Loyuxlist, read : .Minor College — Scalfil tciulcrs for erecting a suliool-lioiise ;u)il foui- dwellinghoii.ses, will be ree"ive(l on the linst Momlay of .luno next. Plans, elevations and speeilieations may be seen aftei- the I'ith instant, on api)lieati<)n to the Hon. (teo. Marklanil, fi'om whom t'nrther informa- tion will be receivcil. Editors throiiiriioiit the (H'ovinee are requested to iiiscil the notice until the lirst .Monday in .hiue, and forward their accounts for the same to tlie otlice of TUi' l.oijalUl. York. York, 1st May. lS-J!t. Tiie first tenders that were opened for the college buildings and the residences of the masters amounted to £^,626, and this, being the excess of the intended expenditure a further extension, until the ist .August, 1829, for the receipt of tenders, was ordered. The speedy execution of the work- had, it was thought, contributed to produce these high figures. The delaj- resulted in .i teutk^r, In' a contractor, for /,5,26s, and the selection of .Mr. John I'-wart to superintend the work for two and a-half per cent. On the 27th Jiuic, 1830, the Hoard met and ilecided to offer for sale the ground known as the college or school .square, in the centre of wliich stood the old Blue School. The ground was laid out in lots 26 .x 90 feet, and on the loth July was sold to the highest bidtlers. The extreme east end of the old square was reserved for the Central School, which was a preparatory school for children, prior to entering the College. The building stood on the north-west corner of Newgate (Adelaide) street and New (Nelson) street. North of it was a vacant s[)ace, all uf which had been reserved for the Central .School ; but, it having been found that there was cpiite sufficient room on the reservation to place the District .School house, it was resolved to move the oKl building from the western centre of the square and place it at the .south-west corner of March (Lombard) and New streets. This was resolved upon in August, 1829, and the contract was awarded to Mr. John Cuthbert, for the sum o( £6i\. The work was superintended by Mr. Wilcox, a builder, an .American, who was working for Messrs. Thomas Ilelliwell & Brothers, and who inidertook the task of removing the school building to tlie north-east corner of the square, at the junction of March, or Lombard, and New street.s. The contract was not a light one, and Mr. Thomas Helliwell, now of Highland Creek, tells the writer with gusto how well he remembers driving up with Wilcox every morning from the Don, while the contract was in progress. Finally the work was accomplished. The posi- tion of the building was retained, the east and north sides being brought within a few feet of the corner, with space enough to permit the erection of u si.x foot close-board fence, which protected the lower windows from the THE OLD I5LUK SCHOOL. 197 ace it is was John ilcox, I i well ing to ubard, loinas •cU he lie the c posi- ■ouyht tion of iin the mob of urchins that have, even to this day, retained a preceptive right over that particular locaHty. Prior to this move the Board had considered the question of laying cut Russell Square. It was resolved that the College and buildings should be placed on a line with King Street, one hundred and thirty-two feet from the street, and with this ider the foundations were laid, the period for the completion of the College being considered the ist January, 18 30, and for the dwelling-houses 1st September, 1830. In the meantime, the work of selecting masters had progressed. ?*Ir. J. P. de la Haye, who had been appointed French master, was the first to arrive, and was duly introduced to the Board by the Governor, who presided at a meeting held in September, 1829. Sir John Colborne also handed in a memorandum, with regard to the action of the authorities at O.xford, to this effect : — " The V^icc-Chaiicellor of Oxford, the Rev. C. Stocker, late Principal of Elizabeth College ; the Rev. C. Young, one of the masters at Eton College, met in July last at Oxford for the purpose of examining the testimonials of candidates for the headship of Upper Canada College and other appoint- ments at that seminary, and e)c:cted the Rev. Dr. Harris, of Clare Hall (5th Wrangler); the Rev. Mr. Dade, of St. John's College, Cambridge (12th Wrangler); Mr. Matthews, of Cambridge (2nd Wrangler); the Rev. Mr. Boulton, of Queen's College, Oxford (2nd class). Mr. de la Haye, for some time employed at the College of Louis le Grand, at Paris and at Vincennes, a native of France and an experienced instructor, is appointed French master, and Mr. Drur}-, an eminent artist, drawing-master. " As the whole of the masters may be expected at York early in November, it is very desirable, in preparing for their reception, that every exertion should be made to enable them to open the school as soon as possible after their arrival. With this view, the pre ient school-room should be repaired and fitted up immediately, in such a manner as will afford a class-room for each department. " Much advantage would arise from all the masters connected with the institution being accommodated in the new buildings, and from their being encouraged to take boarders at a low rate." It was also decided " to prepare for publication a scheme of the College of Upper Canada, fixing the commencement for January, 1830." The District School-house had, in the meantime, been moved, repainted and improved, and fitted up for the accommodation of the new college, pending the completion of the new edifice. The third week in December 198 UPl'ER CANADxV COLLEC.E MEMORIAL VOLUME. saw the furniture in position in the old District School-house, and (^n the 17th December, 1829, the Upper Canada Gazette contained the following announcement : — " Upper Canada College established at York. Visitor, the Lieutenant-Governor for the time being. This college will open after the approaching Christmas vacation, on Monda)-, the 8th January, 1830, under the conduct of the masters appointed at O.xford bj- the Vice-Chan- cellor and other electors in July last. Principal, the Rev. J. H. Harris, D. D., late Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. Classical Department. — Vice- I'rincipal, the Rev. T. Phillips, D.D., of Queen's College, Cambridge ; First Classical Master, the Rev. Charles Matthews, M.A., of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge; Second Classical Master, the Rev. VV. Boulton, P. A., of Queen's College, Oxford. Mathematical Department. The Rev. Charles Dade, M.A., Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge, and late Mathematical Master of Elizabeth College. I'rench. — Mr. J. P. de la Haye. English, Writing and Arithmetic. — Mr. G. A. Barber and Mr. J. Padfield. Drawing Master. — Mr. Drury. (Then follow terms, etc.) Signed : G. H. Markland, Secretary of the Board of Education. York, Upper Canada, December 2, 1829." The contractor for the new College had, however, undertaken a work that he could not accomplish, and, accordingly, the work was taken out of his hands and finished under the superintendence of officials appointed by the Governor. The College classes were, at this period, in the meantime carried on in the old District School until 1831, when the entire staff was removed, with the pupils, to the time-honoured pile on King street west. The Grammar School was then closed, and although or the 2nd May, 183 1, it was ordered by the lioard that " the District Grammar School should be put in a fit state of repair for the accommodation of the Central School," it does not appear to have been done. Wc find that in July, 1832, the Roman Catholic Bishop requested "the use of the old school-house for Catholic children, until one, which is being built, can be finished," but the request was not complied with, as it had been represented by Mr. Spragge to be absolutely neccs.sary for the children of the Central School. Whatever may have been the require- ments, the school was not used for some years. The Central, which had been built about 1826-27, had its location in the southern part of the lot, the north-east corner of Adelaide and Nelson streets, and the removal of the District Grammar School, its staff, pupils, and even its janitor, made Upper Canada College the direct and only successor, the heir to all the glory and prestige of the noted Home District School of George O'Kill Stuart, the District School of the Rev. Dr. Strachan, so well known, even to the men of to-day, as the Old Blue School. THE OLD BLUE SCHOOL. 199 _ Some years afterwards, in 1836, after an agitation on the part of the inhabitants, who desired a school in the eastern part of the city, the buildin- known as the Home district School, was again occupied for school purposes, under Mr. Charles Cozens, who was appointed headmaster. In 1838 Mr. Cozens received an appointment as resident master of Upper Canada College boarding-house, and Mr. M. C. Crombie succeeded to the vacant position. The following notice in the British Colonist of i st November, 1838, reads : HO.MK DISTRICT SC1U)0L. In consciuenco of the appoint n.fnt to a .situation in Upper Cana.la College <,f Mr. Co/ens the late ma«ter o this school, applications will he reeeivcl f,o,„ candidates fop the n.astershi,: tlius made vacant, till Satunhiy, 1st Deceniher next. Torontf """"'''' '""'" *" ''" '''''' ''"'^'-"^ *° ^'"'^ Honoural.le and Venerable A: chdeacon Straehan, A salary <.f flOO, Halifax currency, per annum, is attached to the situation. And at a later date, on the loth January. 1839, we find a paragraph to ^le effect that "the Home District Grammar School was reopened on Thursday, loth January, 1839, at the District School-house, under the superintendence of M. C. Crombie, Principal." This is the story of the Old Jilue School. THE JANITORS OF THE COLLEGE. TUF, AI.DKRDICES, FATHKR AND SON — OLD SAM, OF '32 TO '49, AND YOUNG DAW OF '49 TO %"] — THF JANITORS OF THF: OLD HLUK SCHOOL AND .MODERN C0LLF:GE. B\' |. ROSS ROBERTSON. 1' KADLKS in the universities of the Old and New Worlds, and janitors in the great schools of England and America arc generally well- known characters to the students. To the boys of Upper Canada College none could be better known than the two Alderdices — father and .son — who for nigh half-a-century, with broom and duster, kept the floors, benches and the chipped and carved desks free from the dust that, as a conse(|Ucnce, gathered when the young colts of the modern city kicked what they could of the early York mud from their shoes and carried the remainder into the dozen class-rooms of Upper Canada College. Indeed, the janitor of to-day would be dumb with horror if his life ran on the lines of the servitor of sixty years ago. Whatever may be said of the modern causeway, whether of wood, stone, or asphalt, the pavements of the young metropolis were laid with a scrupulous desire to economize material. Possibly, too, the boys were somewhat indifferent. Between short cuts from home, in the eagerness to be on hand for the roll-call, and trampling on the ungravelled soil, which bounded the grounds of the College, they managed to bring into the class- room more of that real estate which is now .so valuable in Toronto than was, at that period, yearned for by him whose face and form were familiar both within and without the College fence. How pleasant it was for the writer, a lad of the days of 1849, '5o, to commune with the grey-haired sire of 1829, '30, and to chat with one of the old boys, whose eyes sparkle as he is reminded of school days and the familiar name of the old caretaker. Old Samuel Alderdice ! What a ho.st of half-forgotten memories of the College spring into life again with his THE JANITORS OF THK COI.LKGK. 201 well-remcinbcrctl name! Hcforc the mind's eye rises a two-storeyed, red brick buildin flag flying from the citadel of Quebec late in the summer of 1822. With a light heart Samuel Alderdice stepped ashore cheerfully, into the dawn of a strange life, with bright hopes of happiness in the new and pnjmised land. His wife, a thrifty and tidy matron, of Irish rrcsbytcrian stock, was with him, and four children, Robert, Samuel, William, and a young daughter named Sarah, or as the bo}-s used to call her, "Sallie." The oldest bo}- was about twentx', while the others ranged between ten and fifteen. Davy, the fifth child, of whom more hereafter, the only Canadian of the lot, had not appeared upon the scene. The family lived for about three years in Montreal before the)- souglit their home in the west. Samuel, the janitor, in whom we are more particular!)- interested, was a central figure in College life, as well-known and as well-liked by the boys, better, perhaps, than some who were high in authority in the building. He began life in Upper Canada as the janitor of the Old Blue School. Other pages of this volume tell of the organization of the College classes in the Old Blue or Home District School, on the corner of Nelson (Jarvis) and March, afterwards Lombard, streets. Alderdice was well up in years when he first arrived in Toronto, and here it is that w-e have the first full view of the good old fellow whose portrait, taken, of course, when he had almost filled the allotted span, graces this volume. To the boys who saw the closing days of the old District Grammar School and the first decade of College life, Samuel seemed a fairly active man. He was the janitor who, from about 1831, had charge of the Old Blue School, a structure erected to encourage mental activity in the youth of early York, and who, with some of the masters, migrated to the King street edifice when it was finished in 1831, The portrait given is the veritable visage of the old guardian. It is THE JANITORS OF THE COLLE(;E. 203 d, was jy the ildiii;^. School, sscs in v'l^) and s when view of almost saw the cade of or who, cted to 1 some shed in It is an excellent likeness, and scarce needs the aid of pen to tell his story. Aldcrdicc's face was that of the t)'pical Irishman of northern birth, a man of medium frame — not lan-ge, but broad-shouldered, lon^i^-armcd, and one who, in early years, must have been active and powerful. His head drooped as woultl a full stalk of grain, and, in the days of 1830-40, was covered with greyish hair, mingled with black, kept neatly brushed, even if it did lie loosely on the collar of his Sunday coat, a garment of bluish cloth which, with its velvet collar, was the product of an Armagh tailor anxious to have his old friend carry old-world fashions across the sea. The janitor's face was emblematic of good nature, and his nose, .sharp and yet prominent, was, so to speak, guarded by two thin lines of whiskers, which in colour matched his hair, and seemed to strengthen those two little bright grey orbs of his which beamed with kindness, and yet were so keen that wayward boys would oft declare that Sam could " see around the corner, or through a college door." His voice was one to be remembered — not harsh, but sharp, and yet guttural, a marked dialect, not of uncertain sound, but sometimes of a high treble, vigorous and decided, with variations of tone suited to the particular occasion that called his lung power into exercise. If a boy shied chestnuts from the head of the stair-landing at some victim at the foot of the staircase, Sam's wrathful bass voice, in vigorous, sharp and decided North of Ireland accents, pursued him at express train speed. If, on the contrary, " a young man conduct himself as a young gentleman should," Sam was sympathetic and kindly. At noon orders were always given that the class-rooms should be locked, but boys who lived at a distance and who wanted to enjo)- their lunch in comfort, either waited in the rooms until the masters had gone, stuck a piece of wood under the door latch, so that it would not fall when the door was closed, or, as a last resort, would vault into an empty wood-box and watch the master close the door. Sam sometimes was suspicious, and on more than one occasion was up to the trick, and in his sharp Celtic tones insisted that " Yez must open the dure," or there would be trouble. He looked about the same all the year round, never older nor younger, methodical in his habits, quick and pleasant in his actions. His style of dress did not change with the fashions. A long, brown frock coat, a vest to match, a pair of grey trousers, and a high silk hat of antique vintage, composed the principal items in his attire, as he marched along the street, swinging his arm, either on an errand for the Principal, or, perhaps, to bring from Rowsell's book-store a bunch of canes made of wicked bamboo, and designed by Providence for the hands of cross-grained boys. The old janitor, when in the building, ever had his hands in his pockets, a habit acquired perhaps from carrying a bunch of keys, which 204 UPPKR CANADA COLLKCE MKMORIAL VOLUME. were always on his person, and which he oftentimes jinjjfled, as he ambled from hall to room, or stopped to answer the query of some youth who bothered him with useless questions. He said that he always went on the principle of " Speak when you are spoken to; j,'o when you arc called," and while unobtrusive and obli^inj^, never was very chatty with the boys. His day, from sunrise to sansct, was an ever-moving panorama of work, and not a moment was wasted. His thumb touched the Collej^^e latch at half-past six in the summer and seven in the winter, and in about an hour he had the rooms aired, the fires lighted, the class-rooms dusted, after which he yielded twenty minutes to breakfast, and returning opened a box which ran half-way up to the coiling in the north end of the main hall of the College, in which was kept the bell rope from the prying hands of playful bcn's, and at fifteen minutes past eight the air echoed with an invitation to College to half-sleepy youths, who groaned as angered fathers or doting mothers called them to the matutinal meal, with its proverbial menu of porridge and milk. The sound of the second bell, at twenty minutes to nine, which seemed to be heard in every house, had scarce died away when the door of the Principal's room would open and Dr. Harris and, at a later date, Dr. McCaul or Mr. liarron, would march across the end of the hall through the north door of the prayer room or public hall, followed by the masters who, bowing to the Principal as they took their scats, faced the boy-; seated on the cast and west of the hall, waiting for the monitors to call the roll. Sam generally stood with hands folded, as if at ease, within the shadow of the doorway, undisturbed by the "tramp, tramp" of the boys, as they crowded around the doors of the class-rooms, waiting for the masters to emerge from the public hall. Then he followed the Principal — who. by the way, always called the janitor " Allerdicc " — into his inner room, and behind that red baize door, noted in his mind the orders and messages for the day, and then with a respectful " Good morning, sir," retired. Old Sam did not remove his household goods when the College first opened on Russell Square. The main buildings w-cre the first erected, along with four large, double houses for the masters, while the little cottage at the west end of the ground was not framed until about 1832, a year or so after the classes had left the Nelson street building, where the old man lived. Robert, his son, had struck out for himself, but William, Sam, and Sarah were under the parental roof, with a baby boy named Davy, who, born in 1832, in the old rooms at the east end, was tenderly and carefully wrapped in a heavy blanket, and carried by the old man to his new home in the College grounds. Sam and Sally were old enough to help their father, and, years afterwards, when Davy became big enough to assist, his ing for d the -into lid the Good 2[c first rccted, ottage car or man in, and y, who, refully home their ist, his THK lANlTOkS OK TMI'. (JOLLK( ii:. 205 elder brother learned his trade as an cn^nnecr, and turned v'ac water of Toronto ofTand on at the old I'"urniss Works at the foot of Peter street. The janitor aUv.iys basked in the smiles of the masters. I le was so obliging and attentive that none could find fault. In winter his work was heavy. In those days the stoves were all made for wood burning, and the task of bringing in the wood, building the fires in the open fireplaces of the class- rooms and in the big bo.\ stoves of the upper and lower halls, kept all his muscles in motion. As coal was not used, Sam, when he had to li,. ' t a new fire, brought live coals in a covered sheet iron pan or shovel, which he carried about as carefully as if it were a child. " l)e yez mind, now i* " and "Whisht, now whisht" were favourite expressions of his. I lis gait was as imiform as his temper. He never moved faster than a walk, except, perhaps, when the Ixns in winter would catch him at a disadvantage as he walked between the College and his cottage, and was good-naturedly snow- balled into his own door by urchins daring enc^ugh to serve a bishop as the}' would the old janitor. His wife enjoyed the fun herself, as she met her better-half at the door and knocked the snow off his coat. The life- partner of the veteran caretaker was a woman small in stature, with a very pleasant face, showing that okl S:. . taste, when he selected her for a helpmeet, had not been far astra\'. .She was, as the old bows say, " very jolly." with enough knowledge of the economies of household life to make her husband comfortable. An excellent mother, she trained her family in the path of right and duty, and in her daily life realized that where her home was there she was hapi)}'. The old dame had a noted recipe for making potato cake, and it is said that some boy.s — one of whom is now an ex-Governor — who were her special favourites, were occasionally feasted at the porter's lodge. Mrs. Alderdice could cook fish to perfection, and at frying frogs' legs the old lad>' excelled. Some of the bo}-s in residence were her particular friends, and the catch of all fishing excursions was invariably cooked at the little cottage. I ler youthful friends always remem- bered her at Christmas, as the)- did her husband. A warning, or " first " bell, rang at a quarter-past ei^i^ht, and then followed the regular twent}- minutes to nine peal. When not at this work, or when cleaning and messages were not on the daily programme, Sam carried about the absentee book, which recorded the names of missing boys, and for which duty he cared as little as did his son who succeeded him in after years. However, it was duty first with the old man, and while the masters were inditing the names of those who had not seized the opportunity for knowledge on that particular day, Sam would make up the fire in the room, sweep up the ashes, and then carry away the absentee book in one hand, and in the other a shovel full of coals to replenish some 20C) UI'I'KK CANADA COLLKdE MKMOKIAI. VOI.UMK. distant firr that was languishing in anotlicr class-room. Thioufrh some unaccountable means, on one occasion, the wooihvorU in Mr. J. G. i loward's room, in the front of the Collej^e, became ij^nited, and considerable damage was done. I low the room cau.;.jht fire was always the mystery of the janitor's life. Our old friend " Nobody " was there, a.s he always is in every house in the land where mischievous boys, in vacation hours, keep the family circle in a constant state i)f terror. The CoUej^e bell did not ^race its belfry until some months after the o))eninf^, and jierhaps the first to hear its notes was a boy who is as loyal as ever to the olil school, no less a person than the Hon. John Heverlcy Robinson, who, with boyish curio ..y, climbed up the slim ladder, and, crawling along the rafters, saw the men at work placing " the big bell," as the boys used to call it. in position in its picturescpie turret, lie gave it the first swing, and it has been swinging and ringing for sixty years. l'"ver\- boy had not a tug at it, for Sam regarded it as a peculiar honour, and those who had the privilege, if they jerketl the rope or varied the regular monotony of the peal, would .soon bring the old man in haste to the rope, with " Whisht, now, whisht, now ! Stop, didn't I tell ycz ? " The old man would stantl not a little torment, but to quicken the tones of the liell was an offence that roused him. He good-naturedly avenged himself with the aid of a cane, which he kept in the bo.x that enclosed the bell rope, and made a raid upon the offending boy, who, perhaps, had jumped the bannister and disappearctl down the stair-case wiiilc the janitor was getting the surroundings in his mind. Ikit his good- nature was not always proof against ingratitude, and the base betrayal of his confidence. A great delight was to have a pull at the bell, and to obtain the coveted permission, any amount of youthful eloquence, worthy of a better cause, was put forth. Then the old man, with many cautions, wouM t^lace the bell rope in the boy's hands "' 's was eagerly seized, and was generally pulled with due moderation ocretioii. IJut there were evil-disposed boys, whose hearts, as ' ..Jis say, were "bad." They would give a few rings as all properl .titutcd College bells should be riuig, and then would come a pull that turned the old bell completely over, and so complicated th'^ internal anatomy of the belfry that no after- pe.juasion could elicit any sound from it but a kind of grunt. This indeed angered the old janitor and shadowed, for a time, his otherwise cheerful existence. The most vigorous peal the old bell ever rang out was when John I'owell, afterwards Mayor of Toronto, an hour or two after midnight, on 4th December, 1837, roused old Sam to alarm the town, in the fear that TlIK JANITORS OF TIIK COLLKGK 207 Mackenzie and liis men would, before dawn, have the city in their Kfasp. The old man made the wheel whirl round, and, in half-an-hour, had every inhabitant in the neighbourhood, masters includetl, up and buckli'i<; on their armour. Once the old janitor did come in for a shake-up by a pupil. I'or two or three )-ears after the opening of the College, there was only one rin^M'nLj of tiu" morning bell, anil that at twent)' minutes to nine. One day, however, without notif\inij the boys, Principal Harris, who occupied the eastern resident master's buildinj.^, and kept half-a-dozen boarders, gave orders to .Mderdicc to rin^ a preparatory or warning bell, at a (piarter before eijjht. This roused everyone within its sound. The boarders, with fleet foot, rushed to the main buildiiiLj, and one William McNider, a jnipil from Montreal, and the oldest and tallest boy in the Collej^e, who had been havinj; a before- breakfast struj^jrlc with an intricate Latin exercise, was particularly wrathy. He boundetl up the well-worn stairway in his shirt sleeves, and as he landed at the top he threw one eye on the big clock in the upper hall, and another at Alderdice, and taking the old man by the collar of his brown coat, shook the tall hat off his heail exclaiming, " \'ou old rascal ! Only half-past seven and you frighten us in tiiis way, half-an-hour before tlie time — breakfast all spoilt — I'll pay you for this." " Whisht now, whisht now," said the old man, "the Trincipal tould me to do it, and yez ought to know it yoursel, living as ye do, at the same place, so yez ought." McNider was furious, and was about to grapple with him again when the old mans Irish blood commenced to boil, and in his sharp-ke\ctl voice he faced the youth, and declared : " If yez don't make off, or dar to touch me again I'll bet yc feci the weight of these keys, me bye," brandishing as he spoke the large bunch, with its iron ring, in McXider's face. The angry youth seeing trouble ahead dashed down the stairway to ma.ster his lesson and finish his breakfast. The Hon. John Beverley Robinson, who relates with relish this .story, was a College boy at the time, and came on the scene just as McNider was pouring hi.s wrath upon the old janitor. The old fellow often told the tale himself, and enjoyed a good laugh over it, twinkling his small bright eyes as he described how he whipped out his keys and " saw me young gintlemcn skip down the stair." Undisturbed by the hopes and disappointments of a larger ambition, Alderdice day by day faithfully discharged the simple duties of his office, and lived a contented and even life. His character was not chequered by the lights and shades (jf eccentricity. The boys all loved and respected the kind-hearted old janitor, and recall the early days with pleasure, when 208 UITKR CANADA (OLMXJE MKMOKIAL VOLUMK. the snows of in.iiiy winters are fallin^f heavily upcjn tlie brows of the lads wlio saw the dawniny days of ("olle^e life. Let us look at the old soul as in the j-cars of lont; a^o. It is four o'clock. The bell has toned the closin<^- hour. I""roin the class-room doors a host of joy(;us boys rush to the larj^e i)ra)er room to take their seats. The roll is called, the clear and melotlious voice of Dr. Scaddin^ has offered up prayer, and tiie (iat of dismissal has j^Mjue forth. Down the stair-case troop the pupils with shouts that make the Umij^ halls echo and re-echo, 1 he hapj)y youn;.4sters speed for home or playground. The old janitor plies his broom till niL;h sundown. The ilay is closing;". Tin Mack-Downed masters have disap|)-ared. The front of the buildiii;^ istjuiii: deserted, save for one bent figure, outlined as^ainst the porch. The ri_L;ht foot is on the in\,diest htep, the left on the next bel( w, one hand holds the latch, the other is turniii;^; the key. it is old .Samuel Alderdice, performin;^ the last ofilce ai' the da\-, lockinij the doors of the C'olleye, preparatory to iiis return to his little iiome by the pine)- woods. The janitor was not only popvdar w ill) the boys but wl'h the public in ■4eneral. He was well-known all over Toronto, On one occasion when the lion. John Cameron was appointed .Solicitor- ( jeneral of the Province, a l).ni(|uet was tendered him at ( ioveniniei.t 1 louse, which was unoccupied duriiii,^ the sunnner ; a l.ii;^e number of the (jld bo)s were amoni; the L;uests, and old Samuel makini; his appearance was yiven a place in the room at a small table, where he not i^nl)- enjoyed his dinner, but the ft.-ast of elocpience which acc^;^-^J;^ -f Wd;. ^'^^Bf-^ -■■'''^■^M&&Mi1^'^ '^^ m^^^^^^f^^^T^'-^ '¥' ^\«^^\\\\^ s I C^f^.P^ofr # "'kjBi: THE JANITORS OF THE COLLEGE. 209 church in the Cemetery of St. James, telling the visitor that it is a testimonial : — TO THE MEMORY OF SAMUEL ALDERDICE, DURING TWENTY YEARS THE I'ATIENT AND FAITHFUL PORTER OF Ul'l'ER CANADA COLLECiE. HE WAS IKJRN AT ARMAGH, IN THE KINCiDOM OF IRELANI,>, AND DIED AT UPPER CANADA COLLEGE 9TII OCTOBER, 1849, A(;ED SEVENTY-FIYE YEARS. ERECTED I5Y THE PUPILS AND EX-i>UPILS OF UPPER CANADA COLLEGE. But who docs not remember "Davy" Aldenlicc, the janitor of the fifties and sixties of Collet^e life, "the son of his father,'" the youngest hopeful of the stooped old man, whose memorial in tiiat hallowed acre of the dead — the Ccmeterj' of St. James — was the tribute of bo}-s and youths, who, from the opening of the College, had deep regard for the old janitor ? No, it was not the venerable porter, whose story has been told, but the youngster of twenty, who, when an infant in 1831, had been carried b}- his father, rolled up in a blanket, to the College residence, and who, when his fatli'-r had gone to the " narrow house and the long sleep," .stepped into the old man's shoes and doimed the toga that graced the .shoulders of him who made nuisfc in the air with the okl bell that at twenty minutes to nine ushered in the College day and called many a willing and unwilling pupil to Russell Stpiare to enjt)y or endure the daily task of wresting knowledge from the bagful of bot)ks wiiicli fond parents had provided. Davy was a quaint piece of human mechanism. His life was not to him a burden; indeeil, many thought it lay in pleasant lines, llis cosy cottage stood, as in the picture, close by the boarding-house gate, a neat and tidy example of pioneer architecture, clap-boardeil and primitive enoui;h in its style, and yet, by the aid of nature, made pleasant to the sight of all boy.s whose ideas of architecture had not sought higher flights under the skilful guidance of J. (t. Howard. The gravel roadway and narr(;w wooden pathway that led to the boarding-house ran past Davy's habitation, and when the long, black hands of the family clock, which, twenty years before, was a Christmas gift to Alderdice, senior, touched the hour of seven, Davy, with his well-blacked " T. D. — his solace after the evening meal — would leisurely saunter out. and, bringing the big gates together with a satisfied air, as if he were the warder of a castle, drop the bar into 27 210 UPl'KR CANADA COLLKCK M F.MORIAl, VDI.rMK. its iron sockets, shoot the bolt that licld tlic smaller side j^ate, turn the key in the heav\' padlock, and return to his cottaL;e, as one who had done his whole dut)'. In summer time, the little cottajije just nestled in roses, and the wreaths of vines, which L;racefLilly ft)Kled their tendrils around the from - ' 840, see life as it was in those early da}'s, and, as we chat, recall the scenes of boj-hood, the " scraps " in the study when John Kent's eyes were away for an odd quarter of an hour, the memories of tougli beefsteaks, and the battles w ith the city bo)-s, whose domain was strictly defined to be without the old gate that creaked on its hinges at seven p.m. and shut the xoung sajilings of the land of the maple leaf within four walls until another suiu-ise. Our friend, who refreshes his mind as we sit in one of the old rooms, was one of the lads of 1834- 1844 — a youth who.sc good father shipped him from a distant part of Upper Canada, .so that he might possibly shine at the bar, on the bench, or in the halls of Parliament — and I wot he has excelled in all three departments of usefulness, and has not yet .seen the sere and yel! exton, who with his mattock and s{)ade made room in the sandy soil for another whose soul had gone be)ond the Dawn. The dread messenger was in other lands in 1833, but revisited Toronto in 1S34, the year that the bo\s were housed in the new boarding-house. Some still remained at the masters' houses, but the majority, with a score of new recruits, moved to the College residence. The second attack of cholera was worse than the 220 U1'IM;R CANADA COLLl.CK MKMORIAL V'OLUMF:. first. The cmiLjratioii fium the Ivmcrald Isle was very ijrcat, and, as the boys could see the hospital grounds fioin the windows in the rear, they j^azcd with sympathetic eyes on the covered waj:;gons that hourly ^athereil U[) the dead for burial and broue(i aside joy, and :;mote. I.IFK AT Tin: liOARDING HOUSE. 221 Mrs. I'cnuick wjis a kindl)' woman, one whose early life was not strewn with roses, ekin|^ out a motlest livelihood at Niagara as the presiding genius of a young ladies' seniinary, or, as the boys irreverently called it, " an angel factory." But Mrs. {'"enwick's experience with the gentler sex served her well when she came across the lake to take charge. The boarding-lu)Use proper was under' the ken of a resident master, a Mr. Kent, up to 1838, when Mr. and Mrs. Cozens assumed control, and continued until 1845-46, when Dr. Barrett took charge, witii Mr. Thompson and Mr. Dodd as assistants. Ikit in the early days, of course, the pupils were few and their cares were light, and Mrs. I''eiiwick was an e.xcel'ent manager. She was very popular, and the change was welcomed as a revolution in domestic cookery. The boys were delighted, and a modern Delmonico could not have tickled their palates with more tempting dislies than those Mrs. l'"enwick provided, and one boy declared, after the first meal, that an extra line of thanks might be annexed to the College prayers as a recogni- tion of the welcome act of I'rovidence for sending Mrs. Fenwick on earth. The lad\- in charge did not, however, come alone. .She brought with her a niece, or granddaughter, a Miss Rutherford, an educated and refined woman, iiot particularly gootl-looking, but so full of common sense and good judgment, that she captured the heart of a Canadian missionary, who desired a comforter in the wikls of Africa. .Miss Rutherford seemed to have a ro\ing commi.ssion, ami lixtketl after Mrs. Fcnwick's interests when that lad\- was absent. The fare at the boarding-house was plain but SLibstanti.il. The delicacies supplied were not '' the best that the market afforded," and even the enjo\-ment of these after sundown was due to the good graces of three or four smart Irish girls, who waited at table aiul between limes ilid general housework. l*",very morning fift\' spoons touched fift\- plates of oatmeal porridge, and the milk supplied would make the owners of cows of the present da}- blush to the eyes. I'umps were not as common as in the.se degenerate modern dajs, and conse(|uently the milk had a rich- ness and a colour that was a certificate of good character. Treacle, which to-day is dignified in the sho|) wiiulows as '• golden s\'rup," was a sort of entree twice a week, and when Mr. Kent ditl order e.xtra fare it had the same effect on the boys that a fat rcfreshe wouKl have on a special pleader. The pantries and the lockups were l(M)ked after b\- an expert housekeeper, a Miss Arnold, who, it was to be regretted, was subject to fits, which on one occasion created a panic amid a band of boys who were at their lessons in the upstairs stutly. Mrs. h'enwick's life was saddened bv the tleath of two \-oung men, her nephews, brothers of Miss Rutherford, who were subject tt) epileptic fits. Both lads had been out on the bay in a skifif. One fell overboard in a fit and his poor brother, anxious to save him, jumped in, and both were drowned. 222 UI'l'KK CANADA e\)LI.i;(;K MKMoRIAL VOLUME. Mr. Kent lived at the cast end of the boardinj^-hoiise. He ruled that the boys should view the tjoldeii sunrise at six o'clock on summer morniiit;s, and at seven in winter ; indeed, he had a ^tjcncral supervision of the boy boarders and was not a hard taskmaster, i le read prayers in the evening, and stood well with his charge. He was English, young, bright, and courteous. A man of remarkably good literary taste, of gooil family, his father having been a rich merchant in I'-ngland. He was, in the opinion of many, one of the foremost men of his day in point of literar\' taste and acquirements ; a perfect master of his own tongue, he was ecinally familiar with Latin ami (ireck, and could read ami write in cither language in prose or verse lluentl\-. After leaving the College he educated and was travelling comi)anion to the late I'^irl of Carnarvon, and was held in such esteem b\- that noble famil\' that he was regarded at the famil\- mansion as one of themselves. There he was always welcome, and for }-ears liveil with and acted as private secretarx' to the late Earl. Although his life-long iVieml ami patron has gone over to the majority, Mr. Kent still survives, ami at the patriarchal age of eighty years and upwards, is residing at h\inchal. Madeira. He is one of the very few still living of those with whom he was so closely associated in those early days. In the fast thinning ranks of the old guard are still standing Chief Justice Hagart}', .Sir Thomas (ialt, and the Rev. Dr. Scaddiiig, while .scores of others of cc[ual celebrity have long since passed away. -Mr. Kent after he left the College edited T/ie ChunJi newspaper for .several years. Before Dr. Hoys became Bursar of King's College, he was offered and refused that position, preferring to return to the old country where work of a literar\' character more congenial to his taste awaiteil him. He was peculiar in tjmperaincnt, (juick in thought, sharp in matuier and prompt in punishment. His linen was immaculate, c. ml his white tie and clean-shaven face reniindetl one of the man wIkj always looks as if just out of a bandbo.x. He urged the boys to be neat in tiieir attire, ami certain!)' by example encouraged them to practise what he preached. He was A)nd of music, and, as in thought he went back to his College days in the motherland across the sea, he made it a point that the boys in residence shoukl |)ractise iox a few days before each summer vacation, and assemble in the study to sing in Latin, " Doiiinin, Doinni/i, Ditlcc, Doinuni'' a .song that touched their hearts, and iias kept John Kent's clean-cut form and kindly face warm in the memory of the young clujristers, who looketl upon him as a friend, rather than a teacher. The monotony of boarding-house life was varied with happenings common to all resident schools. During the earlier \ears of boarding-house life there was no such thing as fagging, but in later years the writer remeinbers well that the old world LIKE AT THE BOARDlN(i HOUSE. 223 ipcr for lie was country iwaitcil manner lite tic -J|il Im T wf'^ m nmmi r . j-v: :-^ W" fi '■ ""hJk'^^ ^fli::^^^^ I.IFI-: AT TIIK liOAUDINC. IIOUSK. 225 In this connection it may be said tiiat the first white settler in Belleville was, in 1797, a fur dealer named Wallbrid^^e. Belleville was called atone time Meyers' Creek, after an Alhanj- Dutch famil)-. The father of the Mej-ers' boys who were at Colk\i;e, was a lliuioverian and their mother a Wallbridge. It was a procession that had in it not only resident pupils but many from the town. A leading spirit led the way with the huntsman's horn and made it lively for all concerned. The other bo)s carried the kettles, pans, and supi)lies. As we marched alon<^ we kept step to the notes of a Corie<,fe soiifr. An hour's walk brought us to the Grenadier Pond, at the present High Park, and within sight of a fish trap, in which had been caught sunfish, perch, and bass. To our shame be it said— unheeding the voice of an energetic and petticoated Milesian — we appropriated the fi.sh and made off up the river. A few miles further we found a camping ground, close to piles of cordwood cut ready for tiie wood scows from the city. We faslu'oned our tents out of boughs of trees, lit our fires and cooked our fish and turned in at midnight, to turn out long before daylight, as the piles of cordwood, a mass of fire, caught from our camp, lit up the surround- ing country and hastened our exit. The boys were up ouickly. Half awake and half-dressed we attempted to extinguish the flames but without success. To add to our terror the cry came that canoes were coming down the river with men hearing lighted torches. The men, whose faces were blackened, threatened to sci/e our belongings, but recognizing the fact that w° were strong in numbers gave us time to stampede while they claimed to be waiting for reinforcements. We parleyed, palavered, struck camp and much to the surprise of Mr, Kent, landed, bag and baggage, the day after our outing. We loafed about school for holidays, fearing an investigation might take place, and were terror-stricken when one of the older bf))-s declared that a letter had been received ; that tlie town poll'je were on the search for the " fire bugs " — and our surprise was great and our relief still greater when we found that our tormentors were none other than senior boys of the school. The Rapeljes from Simcoe, who, with Askin and I'isher, had been s[)ending their holidaj's with relatives on the Humber, and knew of our camp, had come down in canoes to give us a scare, and extinguished the fire after we left." During winter. College life was sometimes irksome, Opportum'ties for sport were not as in summer, and with short days and long lessons the outlook was barren. All kinds of schemes were devised for vacation hour. By special permission boys might skate upon the ^u'ly ; but the privilege was on one occasion revoked, when it was found that a half-dozen boarders and day-boys on a Saturday afternoon fired the marsh, at the east end of 2d 126 IM'I'KK ( AN'ADA tOLMCi: MKMOKIAl, VOI.U.MK. the bay, call iii^f out the fin: bri'i^adc and raisiii<^ ([uitc an cxciteiiicnt. Ol course nobody did it. Nobody ever does. Tiie boj-s hankered after tiieatricals, and • Lncinda ; or, the Mysteries of a Collei^e rudiliny;," aii unluard-of production in one act — the literarx' invention of a couple of the bo.u-dcrs — was |)laced ui)on the slaije. A short farce was to follow. Lucinda was the presiding i^enins of the Colle;^e cookinj^' stove. The ijood priest had, at her father's biddinij, called her J{ridj;et, but when she touched Canadian soil the old name was dropped, and without the intervention of an .\ct of Parliament the new one was ailopted. Lucinda was sensitive, .md when she heard that her merits were to be discussed by " yez players,"' ^he tleclared that the supply of bread and butter, which had heretofore been surreptitiously conve)'ed out (jf the kitchen window to her favcnn-ites would, without further notice, be stopped. The upjier loft in iJr. I'hillips' carriage- house was selected as the place for the performance. It was cleanetl and made presentable. The boarding-house supplied benches and chairs and the residences of the masters were levied on for curtaijis and decorations. The boys were well up in their parts. A large audience assembled. Some of the folks from Goveriniient House were on hand. The late Chief Justice Robinson and his famil)' were spectators, and Dr. I'liillips and the masters and other local digm'taries were patrons. On another occasion, when the bo)'s of the boartling-house had amateur theatricals, an interesting incident occmred. The tiunk-room of the boarding-house had been adapted for the purpose. The pl;iy. or rather the farce, was " Like Master Like Man." The stage was small and the scenery rather crowded. W'ilmol and Ingalls dressed as women were to be discovered. The audience, amongst whom was Mr. Matthews, the first classical master, were all anxiety tor the rise of the curtain. The bell rang, but the boy whose particular diil\' it was to manipulate the curtain was not on hand, and a youth seized the rope, but had hauled only a few seconds when he heard roars of laughter, screams from the ladies and shouts from the small boys in the background, as the wooden roller caught in the skirts of one of the female pla}'ers, now a venerable and prominent government official, and gave the audience a scene not on the bill. Need it be said that he quickly slacked the rope, achieving better results on his .second attempt. Across the street from the boarding-house were the fine garden and orchard of the Hon. Alexander .Macdonell. At the corner of the street and back from the front, stood the mansion of the affable old gentleman, vvho.sc face, up to 1842, was familiar to many of the boy.s. The orchard ran east along Adelaide street, about 500 feet, and north about 200 feet to Rich- mond, occupying fully one-third of the entire square. There was no LIIF, AT Till:: liOARKING lIOUSi;. 227 orchc'ud ill Toronto like it. Apples, jicurs, berries ami currants were as plentiful 'jciiinil that lii- l)c fore cock-ciowiiv^. Tlic incident is biicll)- rcfcnt'd to in the ciiaptiT on the Collct^c Janitors, but it will licrc bear repeating. Ihc boarders were sound asleep, and hail been for hours in bed. The masters, e\en those who burned the inidnij:jht oil, were dec.-p in slumber. Old .Sanuiel .\lderdice, who had b-.'cn hard at work all day, was in the land of dreams, .\bout two in the morning, Mr. John Powell, who had been out \ongj street, roile hurriedly back to warn the Governor that Mackenzie was on the march to the city. The mes^,eiiy;er almost banged the doov of the janitor's cottage to pieces, as he called him out to ring the hell, and sound the alarm to the inhabitants. Ihc old man was up like a flash. If he had one virtue, it was lo\'alty, for he was an Orangeman and a Tory and oft tleclareil that Mackenzie would get his due sf)me day for dtclaring that Upper Canada College was but " a Preparatory School for )()Ung Tories." The bell rang — that i)art of the town was aroused. The church bells took up the alarm. The bo\s in the boarding-house were startled. Some aro.se thinking it first bell, others thought that some one was playing tricks with the bell. .Mr. W'edd, who, a boy at the time, was asleep in one of -the rooms, arose to dress and wondereil that it did not get lighter. Sleep, however, being more important to iioys than study, the latls went to beil again, to awaken, however, in the morning and see Mr. Lewis, brother-in-law of Mr. kowsell, the College bookseller, on guard at tiie Government House, and the Rev. (ieorgc Maynard, the mathematiccil master, dressed as a pr'vale, ready to do his duty in defending the city. All was excitement at tiie boarding-house. Ihc College classes were broken up ; a piece of paper piiuie( on the front door, and another on the Adelaide street gate, iKjtified the liar pupils that an uiilooked-for vacation prevailctl. The boarders who coulil .;et home were hurriedU- packed off, and those who could not were looked a*'ter In- the masters. .At the boarding-hou.se provisi(jns were served on a war basis, so an old master informs me, and on the morning after the excitement broke out, about the Jth of December, four loaves of bread were all of that valuable critish Colonist of the 7th to this effect : ri'I'KK CANADA (-OMJ:);!:. Ill e(»iise((ueiice of the i»rovalciici' of soiii'liitina the pupils rtf this iiiMtitiition have lieen disiiiissod for the vaeatioii at an earlitT perioil than u.sual. The recess will extend from this date to Wednesday, .lainiiiry 4th, 1S4;{. The annual piililic exaniinatioiis will e'*iiiiiu'iice on Moiiilay, .lamiary Hith, and the regular hiisiness will \w resumed on Friday, .lanuary "iTtli. .JOHN McCAUL, LI,.l)., Prineipal, U.C.C. U. C. College, December 3rd, 1842. This sent the boarders as well as the d.iy-pupils home two weeks earlier than usual. -'JO II'I'KR CA\AI>A ( ()M,i:( •; MKMOUIAL VOLUMK. Dr. Hanctt aftcrwarcls Ijccainc rcsitlcnt master, assisted by Mr. Cliiis- loplicr 'riioinpsoii, uritiiii; master, and Mr. Juhii Dodd, master of the '•partial form " or commercial form, the class of the latter in the ("olle};e lieinj; didjbed "the refiij^e fur the destitute" by the boss who studied tUlssics, as ojjposed to those who could not or woidil not dehc into the intricacies of Latin prose and verse. The adilitional space ^nvc much more sleepini; accommoilation, and the lar;j;e rootns of the early ilaj's were divided into dormitories, framed of lattice work, about seven feet by ei;4ht in e.\tent, each dormitor) beiny provitled with a single bed, a washstand, ami a few pey;s for clothing, and a door, which was so liuni;; Ihat when closed it could not be opened without jin^linj^^ a bell in the main h.ill that would wake the Seven Sleepers. This bell business was a disaj^reeable innovation. At ten (/clock the boys were supposed to have retired, with each iloor closed, the bell set, and usually cpiiet prevailed, but not alwaj's. One of the bo\-s, a t,'enius in his way, secured a piece of wire and dexterously twisted it so that he could slip the snap without disturbing; the b'-''. Once out, of course, he could emancipate the entire army. Occasionally, on l^'riday ni'^d'vts, the bo)-s held hii,di carm'val, paradiuL; the halls on tiptoe, and then wimlini; up with an old-fashioned pillow flight, th.'^ brought Mr. 'I'hompson and Mr. Dodd on the scene. The urchin on wai^-U, hearing the masters approach, gave the warning, and the boys, recognizing the truism that silence is golden, were in a few .seconds safely in their beds, apparently very sound asleep, but possibly with their cars stiil open, listening to the footfalls of the half-dressed masters, who were astonished at the transforma- tion from chaos to order. Hut all was taken in good part. The boys must have their fun ; ami on another occasion, when carnival reigned, a night or two before the summer holidajs, Dr. Barrett held an imjuest ui)on the remains of some pillow-slips, the verdict being that everj- lad whose pillow was torn was kept within the College grounds until able to memorize perfectly a few verses of Scripture selected with great care bj- Mr. Dodd, a master presiding in the evening prc'f/.u'ation f)f lessons. These memory- tests plagued the pupils. They could grind out an imposition, with the aid, perhaps, of friends, but there was no device that could be combined to get over the memory-tests. As a Brockvillc boy remarked, it was " the extracted essence of refined cruelty " to exchange the time-honoured punishment of the imposition for this new method of imparting information. And yet, as the masters would often admit, the boys averaged well in deportment. True, the masters' gardens — a row of seven on the cast side of the hill that sloped into the playground — were sometimes despoiled of favourite plants ; a riot might occur at the tea-table, if the fare of the steward was not up to the standard ; a fight might take place in the grove, between LIFK AT Till", r.oAKDIN'C MOUSi:. 231 luMidcrs who thoii-ht est to settle their disputes that way— but all tliose things are the natura. nietiiods that boys have of fuKhii;,' vent for thrir sureharjjecl feelin^fs. On one occasion, a hickless lad from l-lasterii Ontario, was careless enou^di to let lij^hted matches fall between the wainscottinj,' in the Ion},' study, and then there was a clatter. Water was plentiful and the fire was soon out, but the penalty paid was one that makes the writer sluulder as he still thinks of it. I-'or four weeks the boy viewed the scenery of the fuitside world from the top of the Col, ;e fence— he was within the law if he did not cross — and, as a further punishment, three hundred verses of the Good Hook, extracted at the rate of five per day, were not only to be memorized, but also presented in ("ollc-e ink, on Collejjc foolscap, with instructions to dot the i's, cross the t's, and t^ive the commas, semicolons, and full points the positions they were entitled to in Holy Writ The boys sym[)athized and poured forth their condolences, but the edict had .t,'onc forth and there was no help for it. The reader has in this chapter a f.iir picture (jf life at the boardin,j- house. In the tlays of iJr. IJarrett the ri'q;iine improved, ami since that time, with the knowled^^e of modern experience, the boarding-house is a niotlel for all .schools— and the buys of to-da\-, as their fathers tell them of the happy days of early life, i>iay well feel proud that they with their f.ithers can call the Old (ollew their Alma Makr. BR COLLKCE J01JRNALIS3I. n\ AN OLD COl.I.l-.dr. l!OV, ,/m\ O GO back to the days ot" nearly forty years ago, ami pick up ll / pebbles from the shores of a inen>ory closely ideiUified with the ^^ youthful typesetters of old Upper Canada College is a somewhat difficult though not impleasant task. Interesting are the experiences of the bo\s, wiio, as"t1icy climbed into manhood, thought more perhaps of the art preservative than they ditl of their daily toil in the school room. We all know that it is an effort, not unattended with ilifficulty, to train a boy's mental faculties just in the way they si uild go, especially when the trend of his inclinations is in another directio!i, and he fancies, as many boys do, tliat the master at the desk is a modern Legree, sent on earth to " belt and welt " th.c life out of every one whose thoughts run counter to what the boy would term the mind of the literary slave driver. With teelings not \ery remote from these the early printers at the College had to conteuil. Obstacles were varied in character, and one has to smile as he thinks of the divers devices which afforded relief from educational toil. The time tluis gained was used in order to have the paper out on time, with the latest cricket news and College gossip. These items were jotted down by some, wh.o, in later life, availed themselves of this earl)' practice in order to earn the conventional bread and butter of life, and who by their pencillings have made for themselves name, fame, and reputation, cither as the ubiquitous reporters of the daily press, or in the forum of debate at 'loronlo or Ottawa. The College of the fifties was a different institution from th.at of to-day, and these words glide from the pen with a great deal of real love for the old masters — some yet to the fore, others gone into dreamland —as well as for the old pile of brick and mortar smoothed with winds, which swept the face and curled around the corners of the weather-beaten building, now by the march of modern improvement hidden from view in an elevation that certainly has more charm, as a thing of beauty, than the severe, four- cornered, low, slant roof designed by Mr. Ewart in 1S29. COLI.KCK JOURNALISM. 233 \Vc may be pardoned for takinif a nrcliininary catitcr crc writinj^ the Iiistory of the CoUcj^e press. One cannot pass down tlie old halls, ami i)eep into some of the old rooms, without a thou^dit of the happy days of loiijj aturbed by the competition of the rival boys who engineered tliminutive printing presses in the homes of fond parents, who, no doubt, thought that the time given to the types could be inore prcjfitabl)- emplojed in filling the respective brains of their progeny \vilh knowledge that would be mure serviceable in after life. The writer recalls the names of a few of the juvenile t\[)os, all of whom, save one, have written their names on the title page of time in fields of labour not akin to typo- graph)- : J. Ross Robertson, eldest son of the late Mr. John Robertson, the well-know n Toronto dry-go(,Js merchant ; lulward II. Tiffan\-, son of Mr. George S. Tiffanj- — a descentlant, by the way, of the Tiffany Brothers, who printed the Upper Canada Gazette ami American Oracle, at Newark or Niagara, in 1798 ; King Arnoldi, son of an eminent physician, the late Dr. Arnoldi, and Henry Prettie, son of a pronu'nent Toronto builder of the early daj's. Mr. Robertst)n was a paitner in the youthful enterprise, successively with Mr. Arnoldi and Mr. Preltie, and is to-da\- the proprietor of Tlie Toronto livening Telegram, which was founded in 1876. Mr. .^\rnoldi followed architecture as a profession, and his designs as an architect at Ottawa are a credit to himself and his countr)-. Mr. Prettie has achieved fame as a merchant, and occupies a seat in a western legislature. Mr. Tiffany delved into the mysteries of Plackstone, and measures out law, as one profound and skilled, in the village of Alexandria, Ontario. The printing of labels for books received such encouragement that higher (lights in art were attempted, and the publication of a journal that would be the voice of College opinion *vvas discussed. Robertson and Tiffany were rivals in this field. The father of the former had glad- dened the heart of his son with a fifty dol'ar bill, an offering which sprang out of a feeling of thankfulness to a merciful Providence for sparing the life of the youngster who, playing truant for an hour, in the midsummer of 1857, was not a disinterested spectator in the Brown-Cameron election riot at the corner of Oueen and Simcoe streets, on the last day of that famous contest. Let me give the incident as it occurred : — The election was a hot one, and the boys, after the fashion of boys, had their likes and dislikes in matters political as well as in .school quarrels. The pet of the College in this contest was John Ilillyard Cameron, for he was "an old boy." The lads were anxious to see the fun, and a few of the "big uns" thought that instead of spending an entertaining hour with our COLLKGE JOURNALISM. 235 old friend Lucian, under the watcliful care of the now venerable Dr. Scad- dint^, or .strugf^lin^ with tlie .second book of tlic /Encid witli Mr. W'cchl, an hour in the practical field of everyday life would be more profitable. AccordinL;ly, half-a-dozen names were marked down in the absentee book- that afternoon. The polls closed at five o'clock, and the school at four, and an hour before David Aklerdice rang the closing hour of the College da)'. tlie bo}s who proposed seeing the fun, were over on Ouecn street, between .St. Patrick's market and the corner of Simcoe and Oueen. It was open voting in those dajs, and the Cameron men had possession of St. Patrick's market poll, in full force thej- were assembled on Queen street, armeil with now!)- broken macadam, which laj' in piles along the roadwa}- that bounded the property of Sir John Beverley Robinson, on the south side of Queen street. The Hrown men made their stand at the corner of Simcoe, William and Queen. In those days Simcoe onl}" ran north to Queen ; the street was continued north of Queen under the name of William, as far as the present Anderson street. Robert Moodie, a hical politician, popularK' knew n as " Wh Moc die, "was at that time a Reformer, and was as vigilant on his political side as the parti/.ans of Cameron were on the Conservative. About half-past four the respective crowds had mustered perhaps 500 each. Word had been .sent up " the ward," as St. John's was familiarly called, that there was to be trouble at St. Patrick's market, and the reply came in a score of cab and waggon loads f)f men, headed by Moodie, arriving on the scene of action. Mr. Clinkenbroomer, the watchmaker, was building a new- house on the north-west corner of Queen and William. A pile of brick about twent}' feet in length by twelve feet in breadth and as high as an ordinary man, stood in the roadway ready for both trowel and mortar, but fate had ordered otherwise. The crowd gathered in the situation and the bricks at the same time, for in ten minutes the height of the pile was well lowereil. The men from the market caiue slowly down the street, driving all before th>.m. The windows on both sides were, unless where protected with shutters, riddled with stones. The cover of Dr. Hodder's buggy, driven bj- the old gentleman himself dov.n Dumnicr (William) street, was riddled with a shower of stones as it turned into Queen, and when the opposing crowds met oppcsitc Sheppard's marble works, located fifty feet west from the south-we.st corner of Queen and Simcoe streets, just b)' the old stone which marked the first mile from the City Hall, tl e figlit became fast and furious, and the shattered windows and roadway literally alive w ith brickbats, loose macadam, and formidable i)av- ing stones, revealed a state of affairs that happily came to an end by pure exhaustion, rather than from the waning energy of the score of policemen who watched the city of thirty years ago. Young Robertson and his friends 236 UITKR CANADA COLLEC.I-: MK.MOKIAL VOLUMK. were survej'int^ the situation from the front of Shcppard's works, when an ill- natured, inany-pointeil piece of niacatiam, pitchetl from the western side of the battle landed through the straj) and peak of Robertson's cap and laid him on his bed for a few weeks. Convalescence was a day of joy in the family, and the fifty dollar bill was invested with William Ilalley, manager for D. K. rVehan, the agent of the Montreal Type I'oundry, in a font of long primer, with display type, which fitted up the first printing office of the College, from which was issued Tlic Collo^c Times. The other College mind of t)pographic turn was also seeking an outlet for his opinions, and Tiffany, too, had equipped an office that would meet the reiiuircments of College trade and from which was issued T/ic Hoys' Ow/i Paper. The connection of Robertson with boating, debating societies and cricket circles of the College, gave him an ailvantage with the boys, and, as an active participant in sports, tile boj^s showetl their fealty by rallying around him in his enterprise. The}' did so, not onl)" in financial support, but assisted as contributors and made the columns readable and entertaining. So many years have passed that onl)' a few names can be recalled. The work of typesetting was per- formed by Robertson, and editorial matter frequently flowed into type with- out even a line of the usual IMS., while play hours were occupied with the business (jf collecting subscribers and subscriptions. Other bo)s joined in— James T. Morgan, a noble specimen of boyhood, a generous, |)leasant fellow with a face that beamed with brightness, contributed to the poetical column. A few .stan/as arc remembered by the writer. " Jim," by which Morgan was better known, was a son of Mr. Peter Morgan, an old resident of William street. His brother Charles, also an old College boy, is now manager of the Merchants' Hank at Perth. "Jim ' ground out poetr)' to order — sometimes when sitting with the writer, having a quiet smoke, in the top of the tall pines which long ago stood on the east side of the College gN'tnnasium, but usually at the writing hour when, in a back seat in Thomp- son's room, Jim and his old friend would coin verse with an assurance of excellence that caused a general laugh when, at lunch time, it was read over to connois.seurs in the verse-making art, who were adepts at versification, and who had carried off honours in that line. Thomas S. Reid, brother-in-law of the late William Hay, the Toronto architect, and now a resident of liermuda, was a prose contributor. Reid was a brother of Dr. Thomas Reid, the eminent psychologist. Mis efforts were of the sober and reflective kind, and yet with enough mischief in them to form the subject of a miniature libel suit, which interested the boys for the greater part of one term, Reid, in 1862-75, was actively engaged in com- mercial pursuits in Halifa.x, Nova Scotia. COLLEGK JOURNALISM. '■17 iionto Reid fforts tlicm or the com- The College Times first s;uv liLjht in September, 1S57. It was a sheet 7 X I 2, or about the size of ordinary letter paper. It was a four-page produc- tion. The matter was set two cokimns wide, in long primer type, and was issued monthl)-. The type was set up in a small room in the house of the Robertson family. Stout oak chases, instead of iron, were used, and the type, as set, was read over carefully, and proved and corrected in tiie "stick" and then emptied into the primitive chases and carried down to the old Globe office, where the edition of five hundred was worked off by Upton, the joressman, on a Washington hanil-prcss, the most rapid piece of printing machinery that the leading job office of those dajs possessed. I''or the first issue the paper was known as Tlie College Times, but this title led tf) trouble before the sheet was well off the press. The College authori- ties — those who sat in council as a committee of the senate and looked after the welfare of the boys — had determined that the south hundred feet of the playground should be sacrif>ced for building lots, for in 1857 the real estate boom hatl struck Toronto with a force proportionate to that of 1887-90. The boys were up in arms and determined to assert their rights, by all possible means to preserve their much valued i)layground from siJoliati(jn. Robertson, Reid and Tj'iier, with a .score of others, organized a meeting in the prayer-room after College hours, which was largely attended. A resolu- tion was enthusiastically carried to appeal to His ICxcellency the Governor- General of Canaiia as ex officio Visitor of the CoHogc, Sir Edmund \\ alkcr 1 lead, Hart., u ho then resided in the old Government 1 louse, op[)Osite the Col- lege, in the welfare of which he took considerable interest, his son having f )r some time been a pupil. The ai)peal to the '■fountain Head" resulted most favourably, the distinguished scholar and educationist supporting the conten- tion of the College boys in every particular by vetoing all the proceedings of the Senate in the matter, which produced among the boys a revolutionary action to save every inch of soil which the)- deemed sacred ground. The Rev. Walter .Steiinctt was then principal of the institution and his views did not coincide with those of the agitators. The chief preceptor did not take a lively interest in sports, as did the honoured Harron — whose menior)' will forever be green in the minds of boys, u ho have dismal recollection.^ of lengthy impositions and birchings with the typical bamboo by the oUl principal — and the young publisher was iu)t disappointed when he heard that his enterprise was frownetl upon by the he.id master. The Coll\;e Times made its debut. Its advent was the talk of the halls. Tiie boj-s were more eager for it than for their lessons. It came at last. The proprietor added to his duties those of editor, type-setter, publisher, and ilistributor. Four hundred subscribers had been secured among the boys and among the friends outside, many of them in the offices of the old government of Canada, for 238 UriM.K ( ANADA COLLKOK Mr.MOKlAI. VDI-UMK. in th<">sc ila\s the scat of irovcrnmciit alternated between Toronto and Oucbec. Sir l^dinuncl Walker Head, the (iovernor-Gcneral, was appealed tt) as the official Visitor of the Collcf^c. A copy of The College Times had been sent to him b)- the publisher. Tlic Governor was impressed anil the Collei,^' block was ke[)t intact, all due to the juvenile spirit of patriotic dut)' which inspired the movement. The leadinij editorial was a powerful and explicit dematul that the boys should not be rt)bbed of their play ground. It must be admitted that the language was energetic, but respectful ; indeeil the late Chief Justice Moss, one of the bright boys of the College, said it was (piite justified by the facts. Principal Stennett objected, not onl)' to the paper but to its tone, and stated that uidess the n.ime, at least, was changed, and revolution- ar\' articles refiised insertion, tiie paper should not be distributed in the College building or grounds. This edict was an augury of future success. Indeed he informed the rival Caxtons that they might choose between the desire to continue as ])ublishers and expulsion from the College. This threat, which was, of course, beyond the power of the principal, was never carried out. The boys were u[) in arms. ICvery friend became a canvasser, and subscriptions from outside poured in with a bountiful hand. The name of the paper was changed to T/ie Monthly Times ami, headed 1>}' the proprietor, a couple of active agents distributed the sheet at the King street and Adelaide street gates, to the delight of the boys, anil amid the kindly smiles of some of the masters, who rather relished the I'ttle cloud of rebellion, which enlivened the even tenor of College ways. The College boarding-house was to be specially guarded, and David Alderdice was warned that, if he saw the emissaries f)f the printing shop pass his cottage, which stood east of the old gatewaj- that letl to the boarding-house, his vocation would either be gone, or some unheard-of [)enalty would be inflicted. lUit Davy was a gooil soul, ;uid, like his father, had a heart for boys who, unasketl, never let Christm.is p.ass, as we have already seen, without some token, however small, of the esteem the)- had for the plodding mcs.scnger. The ])ai)er found its wa)- into ever)- class-room. Mvery boy had a copy in his pocket. The dormitories at the boarding-house were well supplied, and the satisfaction of all concerned, both publishers and subscribers, was uiKjualified. The agitation against the real estate deal had, however, its effect. The notices of " For Sale " were taken down, and the surveyors' stakes pulled up out of ground, in which they had been buried deep by the indignant three hundred. The November issue of the paper found the title changed to that of Tlic Monthly Times, iwA in Ma)-, 1858, to the The Boys Times, as being coLi,i;(;i: jouknalism. 239 more appropriate to the coiistitiicncj' wliicli it proposed to represent. It was also made a semi-moiillily publication, its success was phenomenal, and its circulation "generally averaj^ed about five huiulrcil. It was an out- spoken orj;an of juvenile opinion, and if its editorial ran<,fe did not extend to the hiL^her lli<;hts of literary writing, it was gelleville, vice-president ; and F. .\. Read, formerly of Ca)iiga, secretary. The issue of June 1st recalls to the mind of subscribers the fact that "as [)rinters cannot altogether live on atmospheric suction, something must be provided for their sustenance * * we hope then that our friends will save us the trouble b)- remitting the neetlful." Tiiis was headed " An Admonition to pa\' up." On June 15th the projjrietor of the jjajjer offered prizes for pnjficiencv in gymnastics to all bojs above ten )'eai-s and to .dl boys below that age but made the condition that competitors ' must be subscribers to this paper for si.x months." In the issue of 1st Jul)-, 1858, wc have a report of a libel suit tried by a jurj' of College bo)s, and brought by Robertson against K. M. Arnoldi. It was a business dispute in coimection with an interest in the paper. The court was a self-constituted one. It met in Dr. Barrett's room. A. C. T\iier, the T>iier of the College and University, presided. Charles Crawford, son of the Hon. Geo. Crawford, of Brockville, T. S. Reid, now of Bermuda, and D. I''. Bogert. were for the plaintiff — a great array of cfounsel. I^'red. A. Reatl was for the defendant. The verdict was rendered in a peculiar maimer. The i)apcr states — " The presiding officer, Mr. Tyncr, then charged the jury. The jury retired, and after a .short deliberation brought in a verdict for the plaintiffs and $4 damages. A member of the jury expressing his dissent from the verdict 240 Ul'l'Kk CANADA (Ol.LKl li; MI.MOKIAL \()LUMi:. tlclivcrctl b\' tlic fdicinaii, the jmy aj^aiii rctirctl and brought in a verdict for the (k'lciiclant." After this jump from plaintiff t(j defciidant, the former thought it would be well to have a new trial. Tlie points were argued, but '■]\Ir. Tjiier stated that he had no power tf) i^nvint a new trial. The case had been tried 1)\- consent of both jyartics, aiul as this was not a leyally con- stituted Cdurt, the matter wouUl remain as it had been before the trial."' Thus ended the i;reat ."^uit. The audience at each sitting varied from seventj-five to one hundred, and the efforts of the counsel were watched with t;rcat ea^ferness. IIappil\- at this writing; and for the past thirt\- years the parties to the suit are <;ood friends and enjoy with jjusto a talk about the ureat trial. In the issue of Jul\' 2 1st, lN5,S, we have the opening- chajiters of '■ The Sea I. ion, or the I'rivateer of the Tenobscot,"' b}- S}lvaiuis Cobb, jr. It is wortli\- of remark that when the American paper in which the stor)' ori<;inally appeared ilid not arrive in time for T/iv /h>J's' Times, the proprietor ventured to fdl the necessary i4aps and trust to luck to make the connection in the next number fit into the i;enuiiie production o\ Cobb. 'Jhis Jul)' number was called "the Ilolitlay number" and it was made attractive by ent^raviuLjs of Toronto Public lUiildin;4s borrowed from a cit\- j>rintinj,' office. It also contained a wocxlcut of the old Rcjjal Lyceum, which thirt)- years later proved verj- valuable in in.ikini,^ eivjjravin^s of the oUl pla)'house. The issue of the 15th September, 1S5S. had the announcement that " Mr. v.. Tiffany, havinjj; di^conlinueil the publication of his paper, is hand- iii!^ over to lis his subscription list." A letter also appeared from Mr. Tiffanv, as proprietor of 7'//<' /u>ys Oi^'ii I\iper,co\\^\\\w'\\v^ this notice, thank- iiiL; the bo\-s for support, and stating that owin^' " to serious losses," he had been "obli;^ed to discontinue" atui hoping that T/u- Hoys' Tiiius would meet w ith support as " a hij^liK" useful and instructive paper." The i^sue of the 15th September. 1S5S, hail an editorial on a new division or "scheme" of studies made b}- the authorities. The editorial said : — UI'l'KK CAN'ADA » 'K% ^-u r^^ s 242 UPl'KR CANADA CULLK( ;K MKMoRlAL VOLUME. THK COLLHCK HOYS- LA.MF.NP. "T Wii.s (111 a windy aftcnuinii, .Just at (_)i'tolifi's liirlli, When the iiiii))k' and tlie cliustiiut T)ro]i[(('d tlieir trilmle to tin; farlh, Tliuy went to lay tlu; fopiiig stone Of a pile now icareil to knowledge, And thither in high feather marched Tile hoys of U. ('. C.dlege. The grailuatcs ami i^tudeiits ]):issed 111 togas to the hall, From the greenest of the freshiiieii, l'[) to Dr. .John MeCaul, The hand lilcw out a merry lilast, The students took their dinners, 15ut no turkey's leg, or ehieken's wing. Was jiitehed to us poor sinners. \Ve heard the noisy gownsmen then Hurrah with might and main, Ami lifteeii score or more of corks, I'op from the hrisk champague, A little beef would have sutlieed. Our teeth were getting all edge, Hut nor hcef, nor veal, nor hread was there For the l>oys ot U. C. College. ,\t lengtli an unshorn porter eanie. Through the iilace meant for a door, And, as to pigs, some apjiles green, I'oured forth upon the lloor. Ami this, while they were swigging Their champagne, hock and claret ; We gathered ui) tlie beggar's fare And ])elted Dr. I'.arrett. liut what more galled us tliaii it all Was the speecli of Mr. Steiinett, And the Ulohi'x absurdly Mattering pull' Of the hospitable Senate. Tiie "suniiituous repast" he gave. Did our I'riiicipal acknowledge, lUit what it was and where it went, I'.eats the boys of U. C. College. Such was the entertainment rare. Which iu the autumn's prime. When the north wind whistled through the trees, At half-past eating time, When they went to lay the coping stone Of that pile new-reared to knowledge, They gave the jinor, unhajipy wights. The boys of U. C. College. COLLKCE JOURNALISM. 243 Tn the December issue \vc have a few stanzas from Morcfan, the poetaster of the paper. If the facts are not lost in a tangled maze of memories these verses were written in ]Jr. Barrett's room the day before the winter holidays, when the good old doctor had been called away to a meeting in the Principal's room to decide the fate of some boys in the boarding- house, who the night before had raised pandemonium in the dormitories with a first-class pillow fight, in which the linen of the College had suffered to an extent that demanded complete renovation. A few of the verses read: A ("HHISTMAS I'KAL. Wlial joy is depicteil (ni ovory rlimi's faci', KiU'li i|uietly sittiiiL,' witli (Iclii^lit in liis place ; 'I'liiit joy, ill truth, wliicli in youth ku(iw.s no uaie, All troubles hiive th'il, but wi' cannot tell where. '•('hiistinas liolidays." Mr. S. 11 w declares Will eoiiinieiuie (iiy jove I boys,) just after prayers, From prep, to the .seventh what bu/./.iiiy; goes round, Ivieh trying to s[H'ak, themselves ilo eonfound. The Iioy< Tiui'-s is published and out for this month. And so would another be. if it were not defiuiet, A Christmas number full of mirth and of fun, •Says the agent, "■ subscribe, a new volume's begun." The editor also rclnrns thanks for past favours, stating that : — '• The publishers beg to retin-n thanks for the support and encourage- ment tendered them during the present )'ear ; and to say that they have made arrangements for publishing the [)aper weekly. The publishers in taking this step are perfectly aware of the expenses attending it, but hope that they will receive such adilitional sup[)ort in their hazardous enterprise as will ainply repay their efforts. ''They have engaged a new staff of writers, who will sustain the well- earned reputation of this Journal. Our columns will always be filled with an interesting story, and a plentiful supply of original matter, written on subjects of the greatest interest to bo}'s, and odds and ends calculated to excite and amuse. " The publishers wish it to be distinctly understood that this is strictly a boy's paper ; being written for, and conducted by boys. Many little inaccuracies have occurred in many of our numbers, but we are assuretl that few will be found in the coming volume." The issue of 5th Januarj-, 1859, opened with a few verses by J. T. M. (J. T. Morgan). The maker of the rhyme had just left College, although he still contributed to the paper. His lines had particular reference to Mr. John Dodd, the excellent teacher of the commercial form. 244 UPPER CANADA COLLWiE MEMORIAL VOLUME. Morgan also gave in this issue the opening chapters of a thrilling tale entitled " Hessian Bedrearn, or Ottoman Tyranny," which opened with the lines : " ' Allah is great ! he must die,' were the concise words uttered by I'asha Del Keder, to a \-outh of about twenty summers. His crime! what was it ?" The development of the plot was, perhaps, of the dime nove' order, for the hero was carried in successive chapters through a scries of adventures that could only exist in the mind of an author that had a lively imagination, {ci\ by perusal of the Arabian Nights or the annals of Don Quixote. The issue of January I2th, noticed the advancement of an old boy. luisigti K. G. Xewbigging, of the 89th Regiment promoted to a lieutenanc>'. The regiment was stationed at Neemuch, in India. The next issue has a meeting of the College Debating Societ}', of v.'hich A. C. Tyner was President, S. l'\ I.afferty, Vice-President, and J.Ross Robertson, Secretary and Treasurer. Air. A. C". Tyner was the son of I\Ir, John Tj'iier and brother of Mr. Christoi)her Tyner. A. C. was an exhibi- tioner and one of the brightest pupils that ever studied at the College. He carried off high honours at the Liiiversity and engaged in the newspaper business, editing with the late W. A. h'ostcr the Daily TclcgrapJi, a paper published in Toronto from 1866 to 1872. Christopher Tj-ner was the well-known editor of the Hamilton Times, and subsequentl}- on the Daily Telcgraplt. He was an ex-pupil and attained high honours at the University. S. 1''. Lafferl)- was a pupil who, in his College da)-s, distin- guished himself particularly in mathematics. He is now a Ikurister in Chatham, Ontario. In the issue uf h'ebruary 9th, wc fnul the debating society discussed '• Has the freedom of the press been i)roductivc of good results ? " Affirmati\-e — Messrs. 1'^. II. Tiffany, McCaul and Rossin. Negative — Messrs. Tyner, Crawford and J. Ross Rob .'.son. Vice-President Lafferty will take the chair at 4 p.m. precisely, when a full attendance is respectfull}- recjuested. \i. H. Tiffany was the publisher of the Boys Oivn Paper. McCaul, or " Doctor," as he was familiarly called, was the son of the Rev. Dr. McCaul, and Rossin was Julius Rossin, soil of the owner of the Rossin House, now a wealthy merchant, a resident of Hamburg, who recenti)- endowed the University with a scholarship valued at a thousand dollars. The others have been referred to before. COLLEGE JOURNALISM. 245 In connection witli this debating society, a humorous handbill was circulated, giving the proposed programme of a drama and a comedy which never materialized. The playbill read : V. TIMBUCTOO DEBATING SOCIETY. KIN(; STREET W l-.ST, lORONTO. 1' O S I T I V E L Y EAST P E R 1- O R M A N C E , Trior to the appearance of a new company. BENEEIT OE MR. JOHN ROSS ROBERTSON. -^^ Printer to tjie "College." Ro'i-in's Splendid OUADRIELE BAND will be in attendance, and Perform during the Evenincr. This Friday Evening, March 25TH, 1S59. Will be performed the Celebrated Drama, in Three Acts, adapted for Representation in the British Provinces for Mr. T. S. Reid, eiititled COLLEGE AS IT \V A S ; OR, THE DAYS OF OLD. Dan O'Trot j. r. Robertson. Ragged Pat Topney Crawford. Neil O'CaroIan Mr. Thompson. Conor O'Flahcrty " Montizambert Mons. Voyage '< Tyner. Slang (a Cockney) " Reid. Gossoon " Harris, Magistrate " Rossin. Flu'il^^r .^ Lafferty. Doctor « McCaul. Judy O'Trot Miss Julia Bogert. Honor " K. Jones. Florence - Julia Read. 246 UPPER CANADA COLLlXiK AIKMORIAL VOLUME. The Evening Entertainment to conclude with the Sterling Old iMiglish Comedy of RESPOXSIHLE GOVERNMENT. Sloucher Mr. A. C. Tyncr. Charles II " Manson. Rochester " Read. Edward " Bncfcrt. Caucus Miss Kate Jones. Lady Clara " Julia Bogcrt. Boxes 50 cents ; Pit 25 cents; I'^amil)- Circle 25 cents. Doors open at 1 lalf-past Seven. Commence at 8 o'clock. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. " Topney Crawford " was a son of the Hon. George Crawford, of Brockvillc. Thompson was the son of IMr. Thomas Thompson, Sr., the King street merchant, and is now an expert shorthander on the Grand Trunk. Monti/.ambert is now the well kno^vn Medical Officer of the Dominion, al Grosse Isle. A. C. Tyner was the second son of the late Mr. John T}-ner, of Vonge street. T. S. Reid was a brother- in-law of the late Mr. William Hay, the architect. Joseph Harris the son of the late Mr. Harris, of Buchanan, Harris & Co., of Hamilton. He now resides in Marton, New Zealand. S. F. Lafferty was the son of a Yonge street storekeeper, and is one of the brightest mathematicians in Canada. D. F. Bogert is an Anglican clergyman, resident at Belle- ville ; and Read for some years practised law at Cayuga. This month noted the formation of the College Boarding-house Debat- ing Society, of which Messrs. Foley, son of Hon. M. H. I'oley, Dewar, Benjamin, son of Hon. L. H. Benjamin, Radenhurst, Ranney, and Turquand, son of Dr. Turquand, of Woodstock, McKec Rankin, afterwards the actor, Bell, of Belleville, Jessup, of Brockville, now of the Dominion Land Office, Winnipeg, Austin, the Rev. Henry, of Gananoquc, Hoyles, of Newfound- land, and others were leading lights. In the issue of April 20th, 1859, we fi'''--^ ver.'-es written by an ex-pupil of the College in the Gruinblcr entitled " The College Boys' Complaint." The state of the College plajground was so bad that an appeal had to be made to the Senate of the University and the lines were eagerly read by the boys, many of whom will recognize the poetical effort. COLLKOE JOURNALISM. THH C'OLLKCK I'.OVS' COMPLAINT. Respectfully ikdicatcd to thtSumli of /he Uiihurxilii uf Tvvonlo hy the Boy. -i oj Upper Canada Vol/i'iic. ChoL'iily vhirr the voices of Spring, O'or the slil ill cool April blast ; The bird.s twitter forth their •peniiig hymn, And the leiillctn are opening fast, Througli the ut never a s\\ irig. a bar, or a pole, From the Senate can College boys wring, The time has been in summer's sheen, Many hours we sported away, l>ut an m\, sirs, to-day. As when you, old gritiins, were boys ; Our i)layground give back, with its coating of grasa, And hurrah I for our oM College boys. And this wo can tell, we shall travel as well On the hawthorny pathway of knowledge. If you give a free rein to tiie j)lay hour sport Vi the pupils of old U. C College. Cheerily ring the voices of Spring O'er the shrill cool April blast ; The birds twitter forth then- o|(ening hynni, And the sternness of Winter is past. In the old playground, let our voice's resound. At old IJritish ci'icket once more, And with bats, as with books, we'll beat all the world As we did in the good days of yore. 247 m 248 Uri'l'.k CANADA COLI.'M; MK.MORIAI, VOI.UMK. In April of 1859 the boys cU-tcrniincd to make an appeal to the Senate so that the playground should be placed in j)ioper contlition. They did so in the followini^f petition, which was shaped fust into existence on a slate in Mr. Dodds' room, and was then written in a good fair hand by SniiUwood, the only coloured boy in tlie College, a clever fellow, who wrote a fine, large round hand, that could be read as easily as printed matter. The petition read : "The petition of the pui)ils of Upper Canada College humbly shcwcth, That— "Whereas the playground appr^ipriated for the use o*" tlie i)upils of this institution was levelled daring the month of .September last, and left unsown and unsodded, it is at present in a state totally unfit for use, and that as the season for cricket playing is rapidly approaching, unless steps are immediately taken to render the said ground fit for the purposes to which it has been hitherto applied, there will be no possibility of the pupils enjoying it during the approaching summer. "Your petitioners, therefore, humbly call the attention of your honour- able body to the state of their playground, and earnestly impress upon you the necessity of taking immediately such measures as will render it suitable for use, and enure to your petitioners the advantages which they so eagerly desire. And they, as in duty bound, will ever pray." In the issue of Alay 5th, 1859, J- ^- ^^- S'^ve his views on " The College Bell." He opened with the stanza : How many tales of fares and woe. Could that old l)ull unfold : Back in my memory dotli it grow, So, eonie, it must be told. * » * » And closed — But for me 'tis past that good old time, Would that "t were liaek iigain ; Yet the College hell still rings in rhyme 'l\) the air of the "Crack o' the Cane." Wc also find that at a meeting of the debating society, " Is pestilence more to be dreaded than war?" was discussed by Messrs. Rossin, Tyner, Vandersmisscn, Crawford, Jones and Foley. Mr. Vandersmissen is the University German Professor of to-day. The exhibition competition at the College was in the early days the cause of great rivalry and excitement, and the results were always looked for with anxiety. Young Snider, of l^glinton, was a competitor in 1859, and his efforts were immortalized in a few stanzas by J, T. Morgan. COLI.KC.H JOURNALISM. J49 A rapid run tlirou,cjh a portion of an old file of The Times t^ives an idea of the style of the paper. Not that it was up to a high literary standard, but as a paper turned out by boys in every department it was popular and entertaining to the youthful mind it catered for. In the fall of i860 Robertson left the College, and migrated to the Model Grammar School under Mr. G. R. R. Cockburii, where his spare hours were devoted to tlie publication of The Vonug Canada. It was a larger, better printed and edited sheet than the old College or Boys Times. The experience gained in the old pa[)er was a great advantage, and it was made attractive by outside contributions, and its circulation was more general. In the Upper Canada College about three hundred were sold, while in the Model Graminar and Model schools, about a hundred and fifty copies were subscribed for. In the year 1861 the name of the paper was changed to TJic Young Canada Sporting Life, a large portion of the space being- devoted to sports and pastimes. Robertson had from 1859 till 1S62 devoted all his odd hours to learn- ing the trade of printer in the old Globe o'((\cc, in Alexander Jacques' office and in the Gnardian office, so that in a very few years he became an adept with the composing stick and was in a position to manage a moderately sized office. Some of the first t\'pe he ever handled was some that was given him by the late Wm. Lyon Mackenzie. Wm. Mackenzie, the .son of the Reformer, was a pu[)il at the College, and a strong friendship sprung up between him and the youthful type setter. The noted Reformer owned a ]irinting office, from which he issued his celebrated " Message," and it was from that place that part of the type came. Robertson had a long chat one day with the veteran journalist, and gave that gentleman his views as to how a daily paper should be conducted, little dreaming that he would one day have to profit personally by the advice he was tendering. The title Young Canada was dropped in 1S60, and that of The Sport- ing Life adhered to. It was printed and published in a job office, which was formed out of the Ay/ Ti)nes jiwdi Yonng Canada o^^.ccs on King street, over what was then Hrown's exchange office, one door east of the Rice Lewis building on King street, east of Toronto street. It was the first sporting paper in Canada. To return to the rival paper, to The Boys' Times, we find that March of 1858 saw the issue of The Boys Oivn Paper at Upper Canada College. It was typographically a handsomer sheet than the The Boys' Times. Tiffany had more resources at his command than his opponent, and consequently was enabled to turn out a larger and more entertaining paper. It was three columns wide and the type was set up by Tiffany, who was then an amateur 32 250 Ul'1'I-.R CANADA ('OLT.KCF, MHMUKIAL VOLUMF,. printer, an adcj)t at the art. The paper was excellent, both in its editorials and selections, and the printin^t,^ was as good as could be produced. The investment was not, however, a satisfactory one, and it ended in the merging of the paper into The Moiit/i/y Tiiius. In 1862, Robertson visited lunope, and, on his return, was assured of a permanent situation, as either a junior in the old Commercial B.mk, at $200 a year, an ensigncy in the army- through influential friends and relatives at the War Office, or a situation in the dry-goods establishment of his father on Vongc street. Of the three evils, the least was chosen, and copying letters, marking bales and cases for customers, whose families had ample chance to grow while their notes were in process of payment, was the apparent fate of one 'vhose appetite had been sweetened by the magnetism of the composing stick, and whose muscle had been developed by a frequent pull at the arm of a Washington press. Three weeks at the work was abo'it all that was necessary, and, with a " good-bye " to dry-goods and all its departments, save and except as regards personal attire, Robert- son took hold of T/ii' Gntinbicr, the weekly comic paper which was edited by F.rastus Wiman, W. J. Rattray, W. A. I'ostcr, James Wright and lulgar Judge, and in 1862 continued the publication, with W. J. P.iittray, W. A. Foster, James Wright, now of Grip, and James McCarroll, the author of the Terry Fincgan letters, as contributors. T/ic Griniiblcf flourished until 1864, when its proprietor went on the staff of the Globe, as city editor. In 1866 Robertson and J. V>. Cook, of the Leader, started the Daily Telegraph, which ran for five years. Walter Barrett, son of Dr. Barrett, wrote his first paragraph on The Telegraph, and has since then successfully improved his opportunities and shown marked ability as financial editor of the New York Tiiius, one of the leading dailies of the metropolis of the American continent. On the 30th of Januar)-, 1S71, the publication of a journal at the College was resumed. It was styled The College Times, which, it will be remembered, was the name of the first paper issued at the College in September of 1857. This new venture, had a continuous publication from 1 87 1 until the 27th ]\\\\^, 1873, when its editors, in a farewell article, thanked the " outside contributors for their assistance, the advertisers for their patronage, and the public for their appreciation of our humble efforts." F'rom the 30th Januar}-, 187 1, until the 2Cth June of that year, the paper was issued bi-monthly, with Messrs. F. W. Kerr and Len Harstone as editors, with a committee of management consisting of Messrs. J. A. iVI. Aikins, R. Atkinson, W. A. l^iggar, J. H. Cameron and W. A. Langton. The proceedings of the College Literary Society, the Cricket and Base Ball COLLECIC JOURNALISiM. 25 Clubs, 'verc duly chroiu'clctl, while the paragrai)her and those skilled in inakiii<; poetry had ample space at their disposal. In the issue of 13th l''ebrua.y, I\Ir. W. A. Laiigtoii was the joint editor, Mr. Kerr exchan^n'n^' positions with him on the committee of management. The issue of 26th June concluded the closing number of the series, and in a piquant article of a column the announcement was made " This issue is our last. The allotted ten numbers have now been issued and here is the last of the series number one of 77/r College Tiiiws, undoubtedly and without question the greatest newspaper the world has ever seen." As a literary production this revival of the College paper was popular with the boys. The pabulum supplied pleased its patrons, who, by the way, were not confined to the youthful constituency. City merchants were glad to secure space at ten tents a line, and when one King street mercan- tile light, whose bills for clothing against College paters would reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific, hesitated about signing an order for si)acc, a }'outhful member of the committee, whose father was a journalist, suggested that " a drop of ink makes millions think," which so tickled the tailor that, without a word, he sent the boys away happy. As we turn over the old files we find many livel)- and interesting- sketches — an account of the Convocation at the University of Toronto, which appeared in T/ic College Tunes of 26th June, 1 871, from which we extract the following: " At three o'clock the beautiful Convocatioii Hall was crowded with youth, beauty and intelligence, as the procession of dignitaries filed in. First came the Undergraduates — the throng of lesser stars ; then the Graduates — after them the Senate and Professors ; the whole tapering to a very fine point in the person of the Chancellor, escorted by the l^squire Bedels of the graduating year — Messrs. Fletcher and Dale, the successful candidates for the Prince's Prize and the gold medal in classics, both of them U. C boys. We ourselves now looked around us and prominent among the distinguished guests, we noticed the Church School, the Medical Board, the Rev. Mr. Punshon, the Lunatic Commission and our own reporter. In scarlet majestic, terrific in pink sleeves, arose Dr. McCaul to present the medals in classics. ' He had examined many men in classics (cheers) but he had never examined men who had answered his very trying questions and those of his colleague, Mr. Bell, and passed (cheers and laughter) such an eminently successful examination (cheers) as the men who now stand upon the platform (cheers).' Here follows, fully, one of the Doctor's ablest addresses. 'Mr. Loudon had the pleasure of presenting Mr. Ballard, who was born in 1847, '" England, and was christened in the following year. 252 UITKK CANADA COLLKGli MKMOKIAl, VOLUMK lie had early displaj-ccl }^Mcat mathcmalical talents, and at tlie Whitby Grammar School hatl become a prodi^'\- and was sent up to take the };old medal, which he had done. Mr. Tecfy, on the contrary, was born in 1X49, and liis ba])tisrn, he believeil, was also re<^istered ; at the age ot" ten years he went to Richmond Hill (irammar School, and after remaininLj there x + 5 years he came down to the I'niversity, and now stands before you in his x + 9 year. And both of them live in the ardent iiope of following-up their mathematical successes and of figuring for y + m years in the larger arena of the world." "The Chancellor then presented Mr. l''letcher with the Prince's Prize, a beautiful iids bottle, neatly engraved, with his name on one side, and on the other, ]?lue black writing fluid." So sportively and naively runs the whole account, ending with w hat must be as great a source of pride to U. C. C. boys now as it was then — " We cannot help adding that four gold medals, one silver medal, and the Prince's I'ri/c in Arts, the two scholarships in law, one in medicine and eight in arts, hat! been taken by U. C. C. boys." On the 19th I'ebriiary, 1872, after a lapse of seven months, under an article headed " \ot Dead Yet," The College Times, pluenix-like, revived again to the great delight of the boys. Mr. W. A. I.angton was now the managing editor, the editing and executive committee being composed of Messrs. W. A. Langton, Chairman ; J. G. McKeown, Secretary ; R. D. Richardson, Treasurer ; W. H. Biggar, H. E. Hodgins, R. Atkinson, H. E. Morph)', J. A. Paterson, \V. N. Ponton and Iv V>. Brown. The leading editorial reviewed the most important events in the history of the College during the year. The College Debating Society had passed away, and its place was acceptably occupied by the formation of the Upper Canada College Literary Society. The progress of cricket and other games and pastimes was duly noted in the article, the paragrapher closing up the last column of the first page by a reference to a boy correspondent, who wrote : " We used to hear long ago that the curse of Cain was upon us all. We do not think the curse of cane exists in Upper Canada College." " This," writes the paragrapher, " was sent in by a marvellously intelligent boy in the Third Form, who had probably narrowly escaped a licking." In another paragraph, under the head of " Vaccination " a boy reporter writes : " Ritualistic practices are on the increase in the boarding-house. On Ash Wednesday the boarders mortified the flesh by undergoing the operation of vaccination." Every issue down to 29th June, 1872, was bright and readable, and at that date the issue ceased. The plan of publication was to print ten num- bers in the year, the last being issued prior to the summer holidays. The work of revival was apparently left to new editing committees, and one of COLLEGli jUUkNAMSM. !53 these, with the clctcriuiiiiition ;iik1 pluck wliich arc the distinguishing chaiac- tciistics of College boys, marUetl the 241)1 of January, of 1at around the board in the Council-room. Graver was the countenance of the presiding officer himself, the great Principal of Upper Canada College, who knew right well that the proposition would that da)- be brought forward — but we anticii)ate. " After routine, the first .Mathematical Master rose to his feet. He had a duty to perform, a duty from which he would not shrink ; no one regretted more than he that anyone present would be personally objectionable to any other person present, but he would show both b)- reason and example befi^'c he had finished that he had good grounds for what he was about to sa}'. lie had for many years, in conunon with the rest of the Masters, placed the fullest confidence — despite the hypercritical hallucinations which would sometimes equivocally influence the most just and impartial minds — in the character of the Principal, for it was about that gentleman, his friend (if he would allow him to call him so), that he had to speak. He was grieved, chagrined, to have to change his mind. On a form.er occasion, his honour- able friend, the I'irst Classical, had occasion to make some remarks upon 254 Ul'l'Kk eAN'ADA (,OLI.K(;i: MEMORIAL VOLUME. an unconstitutional phrase, wliicli he, tlie Principal, had adoptcti. Would that it had stopped there I But no, the inexorable fates, which wield the destinj- of men, declared that the Principal should once more err and violate the fundamental principles of the constitution, which oui^ht to be the proudest boast of every man pres-^nt. (Loud and prolonged cheering. A voice from the reporters' gallery: ' Plold on, old boy, till we take down the exact words.') He alluded to the con.- tituMon of the College governed by the Masters in Council. Many new innovations had the Principal introduced during his term of office. Xot the least noticeable among them was the improvement and refinement, which he had introduced with regard to the [Marking System — the proudest boast of the College, the Alagna Charta of the Constitution, tlie great stronghold of the Masters ! (Repeated cheers). It had been lateh' stated in a journal, to which he need not allude by name, that the Marking System had been introduced for the purpo.se of keeping the Masters up in their arithmetic. It tlid not so act with //////. /A- worked the results by a very simple formula, a judicious mixture of algebra and trigonometry, which he had been in vain endeavouring to teach to the Sixth Form for the hist six years. But he digressed. (Hear, hear). What he had to say simply was that the Principal had made a dangerous viohition of the constitution in actually (mark his works) ^'.'v'tv'/A','- d form seven mark- ings zuith a vii'-n' 0/ t//iv/^///i^ tlicir places upon one examination paper. He (Mr. B.) was now prepared to cry hold ! ' The subject who is truly loyal,' etc. What Mr. C. had done was an arbitrary measure, and this Mr. B. would never advise nor submit to. Was nut this running the Marking S>-stem to its death .^ Seven markings! Surely three were enough; but seven I Wh\- not eight, ten, or twenty .^ (Huge applause.) His disagree- able duty was now at an end ; he had remonstrated in a few feeble words with the Principal for the course he had taken. He would now take his scat. His honourable friend, the First Classical (if he was not mistaken), had a motion to make, which his honourable friends would hear immediately. ( Loud cheering.) "The I'irst Classical Master n^ovcd : 'That in con.sequence of the manifest ill-conduct of the Chairman of this august Council (the Principal), the First Mathematical Master be elevated to that jDost.' '"This motion will come up for discussion next Friday,' quoth the Principal, and the Masters adjourned. The odds being freely taken, two to one against B n by the betting men." The " Answers to Correspondents " in the issue of i ith March, 1873, are full of humour. U'e select three by way of sample. " Willie — Our space will only permi*" us to give the public the substance of your long lc.';er, viz. : The architectural design of the 'four walls with a CO L L i;g k I u u k n a l ism. 255 roof on,' and appliances for comfort therein arc sadly in need of reform. .Suf^j^'cstions to the Govcr;.inent to ' fork over ' some of the sm-plus for this purpose, instead of establishing lunatic and inebriate asylums, etc., etc. Sentiment good and concurred in. Composition bad." " Cliarlev — Canada has a crcod man\- authors, but the Shorter Catechism was not, we believe, written by a Canadian." " G. Xuptus — \Vc would have been most happy to have published your piece [.^rati-:, had you given us the first refusal of it. As wc make it a rule never to print an)-thing which comes 'second Iiand' should you wish to obtain i iiuiyta fiiiiia g/otia, please favour us with j'our pieces before the editors of London Fun. Many thanks, however."' The wcathei paragrapher on the 7th April, 1873, was evidently in ecstasies of delight at the approach of spring when he wrote as follows : "As wc go to press a fine, drizzling rain is falling, permeating and perforating the remaining snow, and acting as the harbinger of the ethereid and long dela\'cd spring." Some claim that Tlic College Times was the foster mother of The 'Varsity, the ablest of all College papers on the Continent. Indeed, in the ila\'s of the first i-;sue o{ T/ie College Times, in 1857, many of the old pupils, who had passed through the College and University, contemplated a publi- cation in the interests of the students of the latter institution, but the idea was not at that time carried into effect. Tlie College Times, of 7th of April, in this j-ear, had an announcement of the coming University journal, in the following paragraph : " University College. — -We may mention that th students at University College arc taking measures for the starting of a journal. Supported as it will be b)' all the talent and ability for which that Institution is so celebrated, and also by experienced journalists (mcUiy having been on the staff of T/ie College Times for the last two years), it will, no doubt, prove completely successful, should the enterprise be found to be practicable." The issue of 27th June, 1S73, wound up the series. The leading article was on "A Sixth Form," b\' Mr. Goldwin Smith. As it is most intcrestinii we extract the following : " It has been suggested to me that I should contribute something to The College Times, on the subject of the functions, which may bo usefully discharged by the Sixth Form in a Canadian School. I would gladly do anything in my power to throw light on the subject, as well as to assist the editors of The College Times ; but I fear I can do but little. The moral '■sc> Uri'KR CANADA COLLKfiE MKMOUIAL VOLl'ME. authority of a Sixth r'orni, and the possible scope of its duties, must depend in great measure on social sentiment, which always pervades schools and colleges, as well as society at large ; and as to the social sentiment of Clanada in general, or of Canadian schools in particular, I, a recent innni- giant, am not very well qualified to judge. " Nobod>' would recommend the mechanical reproduction of the iMiglish system in Canada. We should miscarry as ludicrousl}-, and, with more serious consequences, than the Chinese, who produced an exact imitation of a steam vessel, only omitting the steam, antl putting a quantit)- of lighted straw to make the smoke. " However, the fact is, that there is no uniform system in l^ngland. I was myself at ICton, which 1 suppose I may call the most typical as well as the largest of l^nglisii public schools. I have little doubt that the .s)-stem of Sixth h'orm authoritj-, and the cognate s}-stem of fa 'V -[^y N cE^^jmj Tjz JljKl W^fN D COLLKCK lOURNALISM. -.V times, I can truly say tliat in my time, and as I experienced it, it involved neither cruelty nor dej^radation. The principal part of the five's duty was to lay the things for the upper boy's breakfast and tea. These meals we took in our rooms. Dinner we took in the hall of the boarcling-hmise, and the attendance at table, as well as the domestic service general!)-, was abundant. Indeed, we lived, I suspect, in too great luxur\'. The upper bo)-, while he received fn^ii his fag these slight services, o\\ed him in return advice and protection, which to a new boy were invaluable. The result, I should sa_\', on the whole was good. h2ton,in my time, was not distinguished by industry ; I am afraid that I must say that for the mass of boys it was a very idle [)lace, though the clever ami ambitious were encouraged and stimulated by a great amount of personal attention and an almost lavish system of prizes. Hut it was a happy place, and it was coniparativel)- free from ruffianism and blackguardism, if not from all kimis of vice. I can attest that a weak and sickly boy might enjo)' there a remarkable imnumit}-, not only from bull}-ing and cruelty, but from molestation of an\' kind, till he grew stronger and was able to do as other boys did. I shall say, too, that foul language and filthiness of all kinds were considerably kept in check. I do not say, nor do I believe, that the moral standard was high, but the poiiit of honour was ; and to lie to a master, which is too often deen.ed venial, was certainly deemed dishonourable at l^ton. This, however, was probably due rather to social traditions brought from home than to anything in the system of the school. However, I speak of h'ton as it was in my own time. Schools are continually changing in tone as well as in other respects; and thirt}' years have now passed since I stood in the great quadrangle crowded with boys, by King Henry's statue waiting for the school hour, played on those broad lawns stretching along the ThamesTrom which the pile of ancient buildings rises ; or took my evening meal with my chosen friend in the snug little room, the separate possession of which, I have no doubt, was the important element in our civilization. Kvvu in tho^.e days, everyth'ng, including .Sixth l-'orm rule and fagging, was much rougher among the Foundationers than among the Oppidans ; but the I'oundation has since been greatly improved. Fagging, no doubt, even in its mitigated form, is too repugnant to the sentiment of the present day to last mueh longer, if it has not already been abolished." On the 14th of March, 1882, Vol. W. of T/ie College Times once more became a living factor in College life. It was issued every third Thursday in the College year and was a vigorous publication, with plenty of dash and enthusiasm, filled with readable verse and entertaining prose, keeping up a general interest in current news, with kindly references to young ladies* seminaries, which were situated within sight of the College. It may not 33 258 Uri'ER CANADA COLLKGE MEMORIAL VOLUME. have been as great a pecuniary success as former efforts in College journal- ism, but it was perhaps the best edited of all its predecessors. The name of the editor is not given. All literary coiitributions were "to be addressed to the editor." Mr. W. N. Ponton was one of the principal contributors. The "make-up" of this sheet differed from that of its pre- decessors. The tj'pe was larger and there were two columns to the page instead of three. Th's scries which composed Vols, IV. and V,, closed on 6th July, 18S3, The new publication made its bow to a College public by announcing that : " After an interval of nearly nine years TJic College Times again makes its appearance — excellence cannot be hid for ever. The literary spirit of the College lay smouldering for a time beneath the smoking ruins of the paper tliat has to-day revived with more than a flickering flame ; but smoke though it may often assume shapes both pretty and amusing, was felt to be of too dull and glowing nature to suit the brighter intellects it was over- shadowing, and the love of literature has at ler.gth dispelled the cloud, and resolved itself into a tangible form — The College Times. The pupils of the College take a lively interest in their new venture, and w ill spare no trouble to bring about the success they so lieartily desire. It is not, however, among the present pupils only that the resuscitation of the old paper meets with approval, but also among those of many years back, who still feel a warm interest in anything connected with the 'old College' at which their younger daj's were spent so happily and with si.jh advantage to themselves. The College Times of the former regime, we are told, was eagerly read by the boys at the earliest opportunity and freely discussed and criticised — of course, in the ablest manner. We hope that its present namesake may enjoy like popularity, and suffer as little from adverse criticism, and we, for our part, will endeavour to make it deserving of such indulgent treatment." Then, in a jocular vein, it noted the exodus to the Island of citizens, who fly to a cooler clime when the thermometer jumps into the nineties. The editor writes : " Already people are beginning to think of forsaking the noisy city and luxurious home for the Island, to revel in a (aw months of comfort in half-furnished houses, where the plain (but not planed) pine floors will persist in running splinters into one's foot ; where the wet sand gets into the island sojourner's hair and clothes, and above all into his boots ; where on every rainy night the water leaks in through the roof right on to the top of his nose, until, after enjoying this kind of nightmare for half-an-hour, he COLLEGE JOURNALISM. 259 awakens with the exclamation : ' Confound it ; do you think my nose is a cistern ? ' — wlierc in fact everything that is charming and heavenly can be enjoyed to its full extent ; and yet in spite of all these ' comforts,' who can help feeling just a little envious, when looking at a happy, jolly party, lazily grouped around a blazing camp-fire, singing and talking, and forming a perfect picnic of lazy, carele.^s, quiet enjoyment ?" Then some inquisitive boy reporter found out that at an r ristocratic seminary on Peter street, where co-education of the sexes was not advertised in the curriculum, a colt of ten years — a relative of the lady director, studied in the class with the fair ones, who two by two toc-k their afternoon con- stitutional past the College, guarded by a keen-eyed governess. This discovery was food for a paragraph in the following terms : " The attention of our Argus-eyed janitor is called to the fact that certain young ladies from an adjoining seminary of learning, in which the co-education of the sexes is practised, have made certain breaches, both of the College fence and discipline, by perforating the former at the N.-VV. and S.-W. corners of the pla)'ground, in order to spy out the gallant boarders in their moments of relaxation." Another extract commends itself as being an alleged copy of a set of notes by a boy, who in the double role of contestant at the College games and competitor at an examination in the second book of the /Eneid, went off into dreamland the night before the physical and mental fray, and between the two got sadly mixed. The notes were evidently more useful for athletics than classics. " YoUsiii Virgil. — ' Jamquc dies exoptata aderat,' quoth many a boarder as he closed his eyes on Thursday night to dream of the coming games. " ' Conticuere omnes, intentique ora tenebant,' as the wheel-barrows come hustling along, each dragging a small boy behind it. '"Et quorum pars magna fui,' said each youthful magnate, as he described the athletic sports to his wondering sisters. " ' Fidens animi, atque in utrumque paratus/ might have been said with truth of each of the contestants in the steeple chase. " ' Omnis opes pucrorum,et coepti fiducia belli "ancora^" auxiliis semper stetit,' as the Sixth formed in line for the tug-of-war ; but the boys at the other end of the rope smiled half pityingly and thus remonstrated : ' () Miseri, qu;c tanta insania, pueri ? ' Crcditis that you can pull us over? " go way. For years after this the boys did not dabble in printers' ink. The projectors of the last revival did not care to invest in what might be an i6o UPPER CANADA COLLllCK MI.MOKIAI- VOLUME. unprofitable speculation, and altlujuyh editorial talent was always available and ready paraf^raphers were willing to sacrifice the niidnij^ht oil in order to provide "copy," no ju\enile capitalists presented themselves with the financir.l sinews, witliout which enterprises cannot succeed. At inteivals between 18F4 and lJ:'S6 son-.e of tlie senior bo}-s ventured to trifle with the jien, and at irre<^ular periods produced the" Scholasterion," a publication in manuscript, brij^htened with pen-and-ink sketches of per- sons and passinj;- events. This paper, however, had not the local name and fame which immortalized other juvenile productions, and yet it was a model of excellence, written by tliose who penned paragraphs with a freedom, which inspired respect from even those who sat in high places, and secured the abatement of many grievances, \vhich more or less affected the welfare, and comfort of the pupils. On November 4th, 1 886, \'ol. VI. of T/n- College Times, made its presence known to the jouthful constituenc)'. The revived issue of 1886 was under the joint editorial care of Messrs. S. B. Leacock and F. J. Davidson, with r>. ]\I. Jones and II. G. Crocker, as sub-editors. A publishing committee aided in the work. It consisted of the editors, sub-editors and Messrs. D. J. Armour and O. P. lulgar. This series continued until the 9th June, of 18S7. In October of 1888, Vol. VII., No. i, was issued, with Messrs, G. V. Macdonnell and K. D. \V. Macmillan as joint-editors, G. R. Geary, II. C, Small and W. P. Parker as sub-editors. IMr. C. J. Barr acted as secretary. Mr. W. C. C. Freeman as treasurer. The Rev. T. Street Macklem, in writing of The College Times, recalls many pleasant and traditional associations connected with its publication. He states : " In its columns may be found chronicled the bon mots, the nick-names, the escapades, the physical and mental exploits, the debates, the class-lists, the stories, the Munchauscn-wise and otherwise, and many of the poetical and prose effusions of the boys and sometimes the masters. These date from those good old days when there were seven forms, and when boycotted victims were caned for being cornered on the shorts and longs. They read down to the present Utopian period, the modern outgrowth of young Canada's cosmopolitan civilization, when the power of love and the electric precocity of this generation are the pilots used to avoid the shoals of false quantities and false sentiments, and which render unnecessary the pickling of the budding rods. " When one takes into consideration the youth and inexperience of the young editors, who from year to year, in shifting sanctums, with varying -ears of the incli- nation of the college-boy ; but to herself alone belongs the distinction ol having introduced into the lake regions of Canada, cricket, football, and organized athletic games. The regard in which cricket is held in Western Canada is largely due to the influence exerted in its favour by and through the two great public schools. Upper Canada College and Trinity College School, Port Hope To Upper Canada College may be awarded the distinction of having consis- tently fostered the ciirkcting spirit .since it opened its doors to pupils in January, 1830. As early as 1834 F. VV. liarron, was appointed one of the classical masters, at which time George Anthony Barber, was College Collector, and John Kent, master of the boarding-house. These three gentlemen were enthusiastic cricketers, wielded the willow with great skill and at once made their favourite game the pastime of the pupils. Barber, Barron and Kent were the inninviri that posterity will remember as the fathers of Canadian cricket. Barber has been called the father of cricket in Canada, and perhaps justly so. He was absorbingly found of all sports, a veritable encycloptedia of sporting hi.story. The character of the man can be gleaned from his paper the Herald, which he published in the middle forties, and which is replete with sporting news. Principal Barron could not have ^een much less enthusiastic, nor could John Kent, and to these :C)^ UVVV.R CANADA n iI,Li;( ;K .Mi;.NK)KlAI. \ULUMi:. gentlemen, fi)rtunately so placed, as to be able to exert a lasilnj; influence upon their pupils, must be accorded the distinction of having introduced cricket pernianentlj- into Toronto, liarron ami Harber are ^one, but Kent, still , J. Kent, A. Keefer, {}. A. Barber, J. U. Robinson, F. VV. JJarron, l.)\ett, Hale and 1'. Keefer. B)' the- )'ear iiS47 so formidable had the cricketing strength of the College become that on the fnvst da)- of .Sejjtember of that )-ear eleven gentlemen of the Collc-^e, past aiul present, defeated eleven gentlemen of the Province of I'pper Canada. The llcralti in reporting the match saj's, " \Vc think it may justly be asserted that such anotlu^r two-and-twenty could scarcely be brought together in Canada." The College eleven, without Ueward and Ilelliwell, both crack plaj'crs, were 11. J. Ruttan, f)f Cobourg ; C, Sadlier and D. Crooks, of llainilton ; ComioUy, of Montreal; V. W. Barron. A. l'hill[)ots. G. A. Barber, B. Parsons, Muttleburj- ; J. B. Robinson, and A. Patrick, of Toronto. The College .scored trso//i/r/ of the College team. T. D. Phillips was a new and valuable addition to the later year elevens. This gentleman, afterwards the Rev. T. D. I'hillips, made more runs than any player in the tournament held at Halifax in i7& 37 Won ))y 5 wirkcts. (I'ast vs. Present.) U. C c. i;i0&*'25 *(5 wickets down. ) A complete list of the games is given to 1892, COLLEGE CRICKET, 2C9 lOol. Datk. June 25th, 1867. June'inth, 1858 Juneinth, 1872. Sept.28tli,lH7-J. June 14th, 1873 Juue2(5tli, IS7;{. June 13th, 1S74. June'27tli, l.S7.">. June2()tli, 1870. Sept. 3()th, 1870. June 1 1th, 1S77 . June2r>th, 1878. June 2,5th, 187!). June 20th, ISSO. June llth, 18S1. June 17tli, 1882. June23nl, 18S3. June 14tli, IS84. June l.jth, 188"). Junel2tli, 1880. June2.)th, 1887. June2.")th, 1888. June 22n(l, 1889. June28tli, r 0. June 27th, 1891. 1'l.vce. Toronto . . . Weston . . . Port Hope . . Toronto . . . i . ' Port Hope . . Torcnto . . . . Tort Hiipe . ToiMnto . . . . Toronto . . . . Port Hope . ; Toi'ontn . . . . Port Hope . . Tdronto . . . . I'ort Hope . I'ordnto . . . I'ort Hope . . I Toronto . . . i Poit Hope . Toronto . . . Port Hope . Toronto . . . Port Hope , Toronto . . , Port Hope Toronto . . SCOKK. IiK.sULT. W'l n hy an innings and 170 runs. Won ])y 101 runs. Won hy 00 runs. Drawn. Lost hy 7 wickets *(3 wickets down. ) Lost hy 4 wick.vts, *(0 wickets down. ) T. C. S. .. 14 & 10 U. C. C. ..200 T. C. S. .. !!)& 16 U. C. C. . . 33 & 103 T. C. S. . . 2!) & 08 U. ('. C. .. 50 & 107 T. C. S. . . 48 & m U. C. C. . . !I8 T. C. S. . . 44 & *34 U. V. C. . . 3:5 & 43 T. C. ,S. . . .S7 ct *2!» U. ('. C... 35 & 27 T. C. S. .. 4(i(.t SO Drawn *(4 wickets down.) U. C. C. 72 it *hS T. C. S. . , .S7 & 2!) Lost l)y 4 runs. U. C. C. , . 35 & 27 T. C. «. .. 55 & 81 Lost hy 20 runs. U. C. C. , . ()0 & 44 T. C. S. . . 82 & 57 Won hy 2 runs. U. ('. C. .. 41 & 10(t T. C. S. .. <»3&l2!t Drawn *(3 wickets (iown.) U. ('. C. . . (t() ft '^S2 T. C. S. .. 35 & 32 Lost hy 11 runs. U. C. C. , . 23 it 33 T. C. S. . 47 & 33 Won Ijy 08 runs. II. C. V. . . !t8 & 50 T. U. S. .. 2!) & 22 Won hy an innings and 5 runs. U. O. C. . . 5(i T. C. S. .. 45 & ."iO Won l)y runs. U. C. C. . . 40 & 55 T. O. S. . . 02 & *2(; Lost hy 8 wickets. *(2 wickets down.^ V. c. c. .. 51 & :{o T. ('. S. . . 28 & OS Won hy 44 runs. V. C. 0. . . 47 & 93 T. ('. S. . .101 1 Lost hy an innings and 25 runs. I'. ('. C... 19 & 57 T. ('. S. , . 45 & *.")(! Lost hy 2 wickets. *(8 wickets down. \ U. C. C. . . 50 & 44 T. C. .S. . . 138 & 03 Lost hy 33 runs. U. ('. C. .. 8cS& 80 T. C.a. . . 85 & (iO ' Lost by 7 runs. U.C. C... 74 & 04 i T. C. .S. . . 76 & 81 ! Lost hy 47 runs. U. C. C. . . 05 k 45 T. C. 8. .. 20>fc 04 Won hy 5 wickets. *i For 5 wickets. ) II. O. C. . . 09 & *23 ' T. C. S. . 97 j Lost hy an innings and 22 runs. II. C. C... 31 & 44 I T. C. S. . . 59 & 81 Won hv 8 wickets. *(For 2 wickets. ) U. C. C. . . 1U4 & *.S9 , An effort has been made within the last two years to revive the old College and Province match, not however with very much success, still out of the effort has grown a desire on the part of many old members of college teams to i)lay uiulcr the auspices of the old U. C. C. Association, a match between the old boys and an eleven of native Canadians, which shall 270 UITKR CANADA COLLECF, MEMORIAL VOLUME. take place on prize day, each July, on the new College grounds at Deer Park, Such a match ought to be the most interesting home game of the year. For some years back professionals have had charge of the College eleven, and their work is beginning to bear fruit. At present cricket is strongly backed by Principal Dickson, who is having the elevens from the earliest time engraved on tablets to be put up in the entrance hall, and has a good friend in W. S. Jackson, while F, W. Terry, one of the new masters, a dashing bat and excellent wicket keeper, is sure to make his influence felt. The records of the Upper Canada College clubs were not kept as well as they should have been. Score books and scores are missing. Every year at the close of the season a transcript of the scores should be made into a book kept for the purpose, and the a\'erages and analyses appended for the year. As long ago as 1847 G. A. Barber preserved the balls used in the matches of the day, and had inscribed on them the records of the event in which they played so important a part. Some of them may be seen at the College to-day. Mr. J. C. Rj'kert, Q. C, who has the most complete book of cricket scores between ibroken record of victory. In '90 and '91, T. ¥. Mill organized a fast and plucky team that in the former year defeated Trinity University, and in the latter year 2"]'. UIM'I-iR CANADA COLLECIK .MKMORIAl. XULL'MI':. Trinity Scliool. Some years hcforc there had been a regular -innual foot- ball match with the Tort Hope School. The revival of this will do much to stimulate the tjame in Canada. In '92, Tort Ihjpe visited Deer Park antl again the blue and white was triumphant. Nothing is more sigmficant of the grand work that Upjier Canada College has done for foot-ball in this country than the great number of old boys who fill prominent places o'l the crack teams of Canada. And just as the College has been a nursery for the Dominior, so the juiu'or teams of the School have produced the first fifteen that have won fame and honour by a victorious career. iS'o better example of this can be found than Jack Counsell, the pluck}- and brilliant tjuarter-back of '92, who gained his experience b\- three j-ears captaincy (jf the junior team. To the fact that bo)-s learn the game as youngsters College owes her success. Brilliant as the last fifteen \-ears have been in foot-ball fame, the prospects are now brighter than ever witli the increased facilities and space for training, and the game will fiourish at Deer Park as it did at the old King street grounds, and will continue to .send out i)la)-ers to reflect credit on the good old School, in which they learned to " pla\' the game." There is no game in which Canada is so sadly behind the time as Lawn Tennis. We are children at the game in comparison with the Americans, who arc again vcrj' inferior to the English players. The reason is manifest. The game is not properly played in the schools. Like all other games, it must be played from infancy. On the old college grounds lack of space prevented proper attention being given to the game. Now a wi^w era is dawning, and the tennis enthusiasts are dail\' incieasing. Three good courts arc now available, and it is hoped that a large part of the central portion of the running track will be laid out in courts that will compete favourably with any in America, and under such circumstances, players worthy of the schcol will soon be developed. Hocke\', though onl)' three years old in the School, has already made great strides, and has become firmly established as the winter sport. In 1888 an outside Hockey rink was made on the west side of the Gymna- sium, and a Tobogj^an Slide was put up running into the grounds. No kind of exercise is better adapted for the winter months to keep the boys in the good condition to which they have attained bj- following out the excellent series of sports provided by the Hendrie Steeple-chase and Athletic Meeting in the Spring, cricket in the Summer, and Rugby foot- ball and the Macdonald Cross Country Race in the Fall ; and nothing is more striking in College athletics than the fact that the best exponents of each of these branches are good, all-round athletes. As examples of this, we may mention F. H. C. Kelso, champion cross country runner, and a OTlll.K (dl.MKJK sroRTS. 73 brilliant Iiockcy-playcr, and J. G. M. Ikirnsidc, winner of the Mcndrie cup, and a sterlinjj; wing plaj'cr in Riigb)- foot-ball. The first hockey team was formed at the old school in QO-Vji. and was captained by J. B. McMurrich. Their record was excellent : — 6 matches won, 2 lost and 2 drawn. In '91 -'92, A. F. Barr was captain of a dashinjj team that defeated Varsity, Trinity and the New h'ort, ami only suffered defeat at the hands of the Granite Colts. In '92-'93 Fred McLennan led a brilliant ."^cven to uninter- rupted victory with the exception of one match lost to Peterborough. One of their signal victories was at Port Hope against the School. Their last and most famous win was against the Limestones of Kingston, champions of the Junior Ontario League. Already, old boj's have come to the front in other clubs — Jack McMurrich on the New P'ort team and the Gilmour brothers and liarr at Varsity. P>ed McLennan will be eagerly watched when he leaves School, and the club that secures him will be fortunate. There are now two rinks, one outside and one covered, so that the game will be played with increased vigour and enthusiasm. No athletic event at old Upper Canada College was more popular than the annual athletic sports. The day was always a time for renewal of recollections and old associations, and old boys never lost a chance of com- ing to sec the your, :ers striving for victory on the famous 220 yards track. The facilities for good rimning were necessarily limited b)' insufficient space. The track was simply roped round in the middle of the play ground, and its sharp turns made really fast time impossible. The 100 yards was fortunately a straight course, and many a good race was rim over it. In '85 this race was won by H. Senkler, who afterwards won the all-round championship at Toronto University. In '86 the winner was Laurie Boyd, who was just a neck ahead of Ivan Senkler. In '90 W. Gilmowr, now one of Varsity's best athletes won the race, and the following year W. Hargraft. Probably the best sprinter that the old School ever turned out was Telfer Arthurs, who, some years ago was the best short distance runner in Canada. One of the most interesting events was the ex-pupils' race, for which Mr. Martian d always presented a beautiful cup. Wiimers of this have been : C.N. Shanley, G. H. Muntz, "Jud" Sewcll, Telfer Arthuis, A. A. Mac- donaki, etc. The championship used to be decided by one race— namely, the quarter-mile. In latter years, it has been decided on the point system. In \o the wimicr was W. Gilmour, and in '91 \V. Hargraft and Pearson tied for it. The first sports in the new School were held in '92, on a track much the same as that at the old School. The next meeting will, it is hoped, take place on the new quarter-mile track, and then we may look for breakiniTf of all the old records. There is excellent material among the present boys. There was never a better all-round ruiuier in the School 274 uri'Kii c:anai>.\ anA.v.cv. mkmouial voi.umk. that! W. A. Moore, who showed sucli good form in the sprints hist spring, and who is hot favourite for the sai.ic races this year. Old boys who come to visit the new Scliool are greatly struck with the smart, husiness-liko ap[)earancc of the (j)-mnasium, but the)- think with a feeling of fondness of the time-honoured, old building at King street, with its dirty sawdust, its draughts and its peculiar equipments. How the timid "new boy" used to stand by that door anil watch the boys indulge in the forbidden excitement of" going off the beam ! " .And what a proud, j'Ct anxious moment it was when some senior took him under his protection, and, carefuU}' adjusting him to the trapeze, initiated him to this deliglit. Who will forget the drill that u.sed to take the form of " tag," in which Sergeant I'arr joined with the greatest zeal ? But there were good gymnasts in those day.s. J. Chewctt, now a graduate of the School of Science, and Ue Locke Brush were famous in their day. And then, the fights ! Fighting has now almost died out of existence. In the old days, it was a common occurrence. Sometimes there was a genuine cause. Often a fight was started to provide a little excitement. Recess was the popular time for such things, and, I imagine, many will remember the tall form of Mr. Cockburn appearing at the door and announcing co the throng of boys crowding on the floor and perched on beams aikl ladders, that they had better get a little fresh air outside. In 1887 the building was improved, an armory and a reading-room being added ; the minstrels gave their performances on the floor of the gymnasium. The present rifle company in College has gi^en a new interest to the once dreary drill, and every branch of gynuiastics must flourish, with the grand opportunities that are now afforded. Till-: U, C. C. CRICKET CLUB. 275 Ul'PKR CANADA COLLKGK CRICKl^T CLUB. ORG AN IZ Ml) 1830. Colli r'tliitltd hy J. K. H A F- L . HE first match played by the College eleven was with the Toronto Cricket Club, in July, 1836. The exact date was not given in the Toronto " Courier," the paper reporting the match. The game was won easily by the College eleven, with an iimings to spare. Cricket seems to have been played at Upper Canada College from the first year it was opened, but it was not until 1836 that the club was organized. The first officers were as follows : OFFICERS : I'alron. His ExtELLK.rcY SiK Franois Bo.nd Hkad. Preskknt, Mr. John Kent. Vice-Premhnl, Mr. Jvmes Lukix Robinson. Treasurer, /.uuiTSTUs Keeker. Secrttanj, Larratt \V. Smith. White, whose name appears on the College side, was a Sussex man, and did not belong to the College at all. The Toronto Club, in arranging the match, made the concession that White should be allowed to assist their opponents, 376 UFl'Kk CANADA COLLKdK MKMDRIAL VOI-UMK. Tlie members of the CoUcsijc eleven were as follows: — 1. White (11 Su88i'x pliiyi'i). 2. L. ISohiiiHoii. :i l>liill|i(itH. 4. .1. K.i.t. !\. A, Kii'fer. ». (i. A. Hailii-r. 7. .lohii lU'verlcy HoImiihoii. H. V. W. Hiirroii. (I. WiiU.i Dyt'tt. Id. V. Ili>ll. II. !'. Kcifir. Ill Au^'ust, 1836, another match was played. Samp.son takiiiL,' I'hillpots' place on the team. The following; names of those plaj-in^' for the Cnllei^'c were copied from papers j^ivin;^ accounts of matches in the years noted in the margin. 1837.— F. W. iknoii, (;. A. Hailxi. L. Holiiiiaoii. .1. IV iloMiitinii, J. I'. lliMulerMoii, T. Kuufer, U. Nicliol, H. C. .Stouulitoii, K. A. ('()iiiii>lly, S, .Inrvis, G. Smitii. 1843.— (t. A. Hail>er, C. (JliiMgow, K. I'atri. k, .1. HcliiwiU, l'liill|».ts, W. T. Hoyd, Cameron, G. MoMicltiiig, F. \V. Haiioii, (). Giltlersloeve, U. McLedtl 1844._Boy.l, Sliiiw, MuLfml, Hiul.s|iitli, S. ("dsoiis, A. Crooks, \V. Cosens, C. Crooks, AiuIerHoii, \Valll)riil>;e, Kullcy. 1845. -S. CoseuH, Hudspeth. Crooks, Arnold, Wilkr, II. Dnipur, .Stiiison, Ridley, Wallbridge, W. Cosens, G. Rykert. 184C.— Cronyn, A. Crooks, Ridley, Stinson, Arnioiir, Cary, Harris, IJoyd. KUiot, C. Rykert, W. Cosens. 1H49.— Heward, Parsons, Conolly, I'billpot.^ Robinson, Barber, Rarron, Draper, I'atrick, Hudspeth, M\itthhiiry. 1850. — Parsons, Heward, HclliwuU, .1. R. R(d)in8on, Phillpols, Piarron, G. Draper, Patrick, Hudspeth. W. Cosens, C. Rykert. 1852. — McLean, Kin|,'.sinill, O'Reilly, (iildersleeve, Vansittart, Hammond, New))igging, Murray, Moss, Drajier, Cshei'. 1853.— King.'.null, A. K. Rykert, T. D. Phillips, Royd, (i. Rykert, C. Rykert, Powell, H. Phillips, Towers, Nichol, Conolly. 1854.— H. Phillips, Powell. T. D. Phillips, (!. Rykert, C. Rykert, A. Rykert, Kingsmill, MittklKnjef, Dickson, Heron, Henson. 1856.— T. D. Phillips, C. Rykert, H. Phillips, B. Parsons, J. (). Heward, J. Helliwell. R. Bayley, Phill])ots, F. A. Barton, G. r)ra|)er, F. Draper. 1857.— H. Phillips, Heward, ,1. C. Rykert, Parsons, T. D. Phillips, Helliwell, R. Bayley, Draper, Robinson, Barron, Hutcheson, 1858.— /V(,s/ Hml Primit. T. D. Pliillips, D. F. Bojrert, Parsojis, Heward, Helliwell, Rykert, H. Phillips, F. A, Read, F. Taylor, Jessup, (iildersleeve. 1859. — /'/vs((//.— Thom.is, Rykert, Parsons, Heward, Draiier, Read, Helliwell, Bayley, Draper, Barber, Wrijjht. 18s, Spragge, Read, Kennedy, Drajjcr, Rykert, Heward, Brunei, Helliwell, Brown, Creigliton. Till'. IJ. C. t . CRICKF.T < I.tMl. 77 lS(ir». -I'. Ilnincl, II llupc. I). W. Shiiw, K. l•t•l■killi^, .1. LuiiiK. iiiiiiiii()nil, T. H. I*kk<'. (J. l^uuiil, K. Itctlumi', W. IJrnwnt', l{. HumlfiHoii. lH(i(l. — .1, Brunei, ll()[n', r.Diint, Sliiiw, .1. Lainj,', UrivinT, N'anAllin, MoLeun, A. Liiiiig, \Vii>,'lit, (Jucst. 1807.— M. I>. Kcinpf'i, D. (;. Miicdoiifll, .1. H. N'aiiAlIcii, II. K. Hopo, .1. \mi\h, H. WiitBdii, \V. .1 ni.klr, A. r.aiii^,', A. H. Ilnp,., .1. V. Kiliml, I!. J. (iill, 1«(IH. .1. V. Klliinl, S. I,. Kuinpur, A. H. Hopo, A. I.aiii^', U. tlill, Cliinip. Biekli!, (Jrowo, 1S0!».-.I. M. 1,011;,', |{. }{. l{;irI.ei*(;roHtlt'\vaitf, J. V. Kllnnl, A. H. il.ipi-, A. M. HaiiiL-H, .1. L. Small, J. li, C. Cnmyii, D. (i. I>. Cliiinp, \V. AiitUisoii, ,). Hiuber. 1870. — Sills, Ainlei'son, A. HaiiiuH, .laivis. A. Spragge, li. (Jainltlc. Iffctor, (!. Uriuiul, K. Sprngge, ('. Haines, Perkins. 1H71. — Parsons, Hope, Cronyii, ISarron, \V. Hector, Spragge, H. (ianiltlt'. Sills. " — Pant and Prcxnit.— l'uvsoHn, J. Ilrunel, (1. Hriniel, 1{. Hope, K. (iainlile, (i. Druniinoiul, Bolus, Harron, \V. Heutor, A. Haines, 1''. Draper. 1S7'2.— !■:. H. C. Proctor, R. Hoiilton, K. Riehanlson, J, L. C. Oronyn, A. \V. Sjiragge, M. B. Wood, W. H. Northriip, F. Case, G. L. v'ope, T. Witcher, Ei. A ,, ,• , m i , i . • u ' ' 1 Meilal, .lame.son Meilal, Latmroeni. Ri)af, .J ( Natural Philosophy Medal. 184r)- KiN(;"s CoM.ECE, T JpNsopp, H. B., B. A I. I. B()l)inson, C. , B, A : . • . ■ Wedd, W., B.A } .... Stennett, W., B.A ; . . . Crdokshaiik, C., B.A. \\ ii'kscin, A Hudspetli, 'J" C/dtslcn/ }F<(l(iL .Jameson Medal. ( Hehrew (lass 1. 1, (!reek Iambics, ( Latin Pnem, iMijjjlish Poem. I Divinity Class L, I, Strachan Prize, \ fiat in Poem, English Essay. ( ireek I 'rose. Wellington Soholar. (ireek Prose. 1S47 Woor.wK'n. Elliott, H. V , I ( .... I First jdace. 1S47— KiNii's ('oi,i,i:(;i:, 'I'okonto. Evans, (i. M Arino\ir, .1. D Palmer, ( ! P.jvrber, C. .; Hntton, ./ose])li Wickson, Artlinr, B.A Stennett, Hev. \V., B.A .les.sopp, H. B.. B.A MeDonell, ,S. S., B.A Roaf, .L, B.A Ronlton, H. .L, B.A Crooksliank, C, B.A Wedd, Wm., B.A Stennett. Rev. W.. B.A Jcssopp, H. B., B. A . , Hudspeth, Thos , MeKen/.io, Bev. .L C. D Hudspeth, Thos C. I. ;!. I. \. 1. •!. L 4. 1. .-). 1. •-'. M. I. 1. SrlKilnrshipx. University, Mathematical. Uinversity, Classical. Wellington District. Upper Canad.i ( 'ollege. Victoria District. (iii/d Ml till I, C/".>i.v/''.s. Divinity, lind Vear J. 1. Divinity, 1st Year, I, 1 Hebrew I. 1. Law I.'l Law 1. •_'. Law 11. I. Law II. ;}. Ci'eek \'erse, English Poem. Latin N'erse. English Prose. Creek Prose. English Prose. I Wellington Scholar. 1848— KiSdV COLLEOK, LONIION. Boidton, W. S( Prizeman. Surveying Workshop. UNIVKRSITV, KTC, IirtNokS. TABLE I l.—Conlinneit. UNIVKRSITV, ETC., HONORS OBTAINKI) I'.V IM'IMLs OF UI'I'KR CANADA VO\A,VA'.V..—GontiiiueiL 281 lS4S-KtN(i's Coi.T.F.cK, Toronto. Wcdd, \V., 1 5. A .l('ss()])p, II. 1)., 15. A . Wieks.ui, A.. H.A . Hiiilspcth, 'I'., I5.A . C'rodks, A Crooks, A . . . Stiiisoii, ]'^ . . . Cronyii, T . . . , Armour, J. I) EvauH, (4. M. ) Latin I'roso, (!reek Ode, Kn(,'lisli \ X'l'i'sc, Latin N'cr.si'. , Divinity, '2nil Year, L \. , llclircw I'ri/i'. . lMi<,'lisli W'rsf. . ; Wdtiinitiiii Scholnr. I / Classics, Motai)liysio.'< and 1'] tides, 1 \ Rhetorit; Pri/os. . Matlieniatics and I'liysics Fri/e. . Bil)lical Literature i'rize. ' (Latin Ode, Greek Prose, Classics • j \ I'rize. / Mathematics, Cliennstrj', Evidences, ■| \ Biblical Literature Prizes. 1848— C. M. SciioLARSiiip. Crier. .I.e.. Freer, (Mt . . Tvner, W. .1 ( 'iark, A. M Kliot, C. F.. C. I. 1. I. .-). I. 4. 1. -J. L :<. M. II. 2. I. J. II. 1. III. 1. Scho/itVKhiiis. University, Classical. Ui'PKK Canada Coli,k<:i;. Home District. III. -2. Uri'Kii Canada Coli.kci;, Western District. 1844-5— (^uy's HosriTAi,, London. Kicliard.son, d. II i I I Anatomy, 1st Prize. IS4(j-7— Guy's Hosi-itai., London. Richardson, J. H I I I Free Dresscrship. 1849— KiNti's College, London. Ridont, Tlios. Boulton, AV. S ^Descriptive (Geology, 1st Prize; Prac- tical ( icology, 1st I'rize ; Certiticate \ of Approval Associate. /'Manufacturing Art and .Machinery, 1st I I'lize : Woikshop. 1st Piize ; (Sen- j metry. Draw ing, 'Jnd Prize ; Cer- I, titicate of Approval. 1,840 — KtNii's COLLKCE, TOKONTO. Balilwin, Rev. K., I5.A AN'ickson, A., B. A Hud.speth, T. A., B.A ( 'rooks, Adam McKenzie, Rev. J. (1. D Armour, J.I) Tyner, R. ■! (^lark, A. M Crooks, .-Vdam, B.A McKenzie, Rev. J. tl. I)., B.A I. 'i. King.smill, .1. .1,. B.A I. ■'{. L ]. . I Theology, "ind Year, I. 1 Prize. . ! Hebrew Prize. j (English Poem, L.'itin Poem, English • j \ Essay. . 1 English Essay, Latin Prose. j Greek Tragedy, Iambics. ]Vel/iiiijtiiii Srliolat\ Cretk Prose. English Poem. Latin Poem. Litt., Human. Litt., Humai Lite, Human. 282 UPl'KR CANADA COLLEGE MF.MORL\L VOLUME. TABLE III. UNIVERSITY, ETC., HONORS. 1849-Crooks, Adam, H.A. MoKenzie, Itov. .L (i. D., 15. A. I Stinson, Ebenezer, H.A ! (!ol(l Meilal, Classics ; Metaphysics Mu.lal. Evidi'iicL's and liiblical Literature Medal. Natural I'hilo.sophy Medal. C. M. Sciioi.Ai.smrs. C M. Seholnr-fhipii. Huggard, J. T LI. I L 2. I University Cla.ssioal. 1850 -Keefer, T. C, (C.E.) ! \ Ehjin I'vv.e Esmy. UNIVKIiSirV OK TdUoNTO. 1S')0— Stinson, E., 15. A Crooks, A., 15. A Hudspeth, T. A., 15.A. . . Crooks, A., 15. A L;i\v. 1. L I Prizeman. Armour, .1. R, P.. A Clas'es 1. 1. Evan.s, (1. M., 15. A L -2. Clark, A. M Tyuer, R. .1 Evans, A I ( Chduri llovK Medal, Evidences, lyner, R. J., B.A | ^ y VAxg\\^\x I'rose. 1851 -Marling S. A. ?83 1849- 1850- 1851- -Johnson, C. (' .... -Barher, (i. A -Thomson, Charles K Phillips, Thomas . . Heaven, Edward . . Coiiouitii ScHoi.Ausiiirs. First Scholar. First Sciiohu'. Fir.st Scliolar. Third Scholar. Fifth Scholar. Umvkhsitv ok Toronto. 1852- -Hutton, J Covernton, C. J Huggard, J. T., U.A . Peterson, H. W., B..-\. Marling, S, A Clark, A. M., IS.A ... Peter.son, II. W., I!. A. Rnll, S. .)., R.A Brown, J Rykert, A. F Law. I. 1. I. 1. ' Practical Anatomy {1. 1), Chirnrg (I. '^). \ Uiiiri fiitii Cold Midal, t7((s<(c'.<. / Litt. Hnman (1. 2.) University .M<'dal, Ethics. Oiiunccllor's .Medal, Evidences. , Knglisii I'rose. , Englisli X'er.se, English Prose. . English X'crse. . ; Latin Prose. , I Latin Verse. Walker, N. () 1 1. .1 King.smlU, N | I. L C. M. SCIIOI.AKSIIIPS L 1. 1855- 1854- -Thompson, C. E Phillips, T. 1) . O'Reilly, J. E . -Cooper, \V. IC . Francis, W First Mathematical Scholar. First Classical Scholar. Teisitv Colmock Toronto. English \'erse. Latin Verse. Wellington Schohir. Wellinytoii Seholar. University of Toronto. Mathematics, 2nd Scholarship ; Clas- sics, .'Ird Scholarship. 284 tllMM-.k CANADA COLI.KCK MKMOklAl, VoLUMK TABLE IV. UNIVERSITY, ETC., HONORS. 18."i4— Cam mill i(!K. Whitt..!., 15. A I M. KUic.t, \V., li.A I I. I- ('. i Sovoiitli Wrangler. 1.1. Fellow Mai'ilaieiie. 1853— L'MVKKsriv i>i- ToUdNTo. Brown, J., RA Matlinj.', S. A., H.A. I'.liike, 1). K., 15. A . .loiies, t'., 15. A r. TT. .M. I. 1. I. 1. I. ± I. :?. II. 1. < UnU-crnitji (•'old Mi'dnl, Mathematies. I Uiiiver.sity Silver Medal, Kthics. Unhvi-fity Gold Mid(d, Classies. 18.")4— .Sciioi.AHSHirs. Wake, 1), H., B.A 1 | I- [• Saiiiler.soii, J. 1'j ' '■■ \- Fnuiei8, W •; [• 1- MosH, T :••••)! i. \'. Law, Pol. Civ. and History. Medicine. C'la.ssic.«. Mathematics. 185.")— .SciKlLAIi.SHirS. Kingsmill, N., 15. A. Walker, N. O., B.A Peterson, H. W., 15. A. Sanderson, J. K. Moss, T Milroy, W 15. A. Siillivi H. 1. -J. 1. '2 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. I. 1. I. I. I. 1. CloM Silnr Medal. History, Latin Verse. ('hiinixiry (lold. Medal. Natnral History, (lold Medal. Ki.glish Prose. English Prose, English Verse. Latin Prose. English Verse. (^lass Seholai'ship. English. French. History. Hume, R. Moss, T . 1S.")()— Sciioi.AKsinrs. 1. 1. Oriental Languages. \ I.atin Verse, Latin Prose, English \ ' Prose, French. UMVKKSITV, 1:TC., HONORS. TABLE IV.— Continued. UNIVERSITY, ETC., HONORS. j8: Kiiiiipson, 1). A. Hoyil, .1. A. I. I. j Classics Scholarsliip. 1. 1. History. I. 1. ] Frencli. I. '2. 1 Knglish. I. 1. , Knglish Suholiirship. I. 2. ' Kiencli. 18.')5-(i~ -Tkimt V ( '( I i.i.i'.i i K. Jones, W 1 1 Wellington Scholar. Badgley, C. H ' I Allan Scholar. Fraser, J. T. Ridout, J. G. Fraser, J. T. Moss, T Thoni, .1 . . . . Mo.ss, T Boyd, J. A.. Moss, T Sullivan, R. Sampson, 1). A. Moss, T Jioyd, J. A. . . . Bethune, C. J. S. Cavley. E Badgley, C. H... Beaven, E. W. . . Cooper, \V. E. . . Benson, (/'. 1 . . . . 18.')u- -Bethune, J. J 1854— O'Reilly, J. E. .. Ih")") — Benson, C I. ... 18r)()— Bethune, C. J. S. Tlionison, C. E 1855 — US'IVKKSITY OK ToHO.NTO I. .'t. (Jreek and Latin. 1. "J. French. I. '2. History. V Scholar. 1857 — Univkksity ok Touo.ntc I Matriculation Class .Scholarsliip. j First Year Class. .Scholarship. ' Third ^'eai' Class. Scholarship. Matricidation.Mathcniatical.Scliolai'ship. Tiiird Year Mallieniatical Sciiolarsldp. \ First Ycai' Modern Language Sciiolai ■ ) ship. { Third YearModei n Language Scholar- / ship. I St'cond Year Modern Language .Sclio- larshii>. ' Metaphysics ami Ethics .Scholarship. I First ^'ear (Jeneral I'roticiency Scho- \ larship. \ (Jreek Yerse. ) (I reek i*rose. I'^nglisii Verse. 1850-7 — Trinity Coi.lk(!e. Wellington Scholar. Burnside Scliolar. Second Yeai' Clas^iical I'rizc. Moral Science I'ri/c. Kent I'rizc. Latin I'rose. Divinity Scholar. Law .Scholar. Strachan .Scliolar. Divinity Scholar. Diviidtv I'rizc. 286 Ul'l'EK CANADA COLLIXIE MEMORIAL VOLUME TABLE V. UNIVl'.RSITY, ETC., HONORS OBTAINKD Al' .\L\TKICULATION 15Y UI'l'KK CANADA COLLKliK. I8r)8.- 1859. -LdikIoii, .1 L'Mllloll, tl O'M.iiiii. \V. K. Hi^Tiilcrsoii, K. Kvans, L. H. . . -LiidVity, A. M. 'I lioiniisoii, W. h'ud, K. A.... P.iiiawiii. A. H. .lol'cs, W .!(.;i(;s, (' ( 'l.iM.sics. MiithuniiitioM. Law. Ffniiiilatidii, Ti'iiiity College. C.iiiRTon, 'I'liiiity Culk'ye. Mathematics. < li'iH'ial I'rolicienuy. Law. Foiiiidatioii, 'I'liiiity Collc^'e. Foiiiiilatioii, .St. .Idlin's Collcgf, C !>tli C()in])arativi! It. M. Aeaili'iiiy, uiilniilgo. Woolwich. 1800. — Siiidi'r, K. F i (ieiiir.il I'liiliuiciicy 1801 Uogart, I). F (iivt'llM. C. .S. . . . Kinsoii, H. << . WagutT, \V. il. . Fouiidatioii, 'I'riiiity College. Caiin-'roii, Trinity Oolloge. Foiiiidatioii, Trinity College, Fmuidatioii, Trinity College. l.)i(:k.son, 'i'liiiity t.'oUege. Cameron, Trinity College. Foundation, Trinity College. Classics. .Matiiematics. ( 'las.sics. (u'lieral I'rolii'iency. < o iieial I'roticiuncy. .Medicine. ( ieiieral I'ldticit'iicy. Foundation, Trinity College. .Matiiematics. ( ieiieral I'rolii'ieiiey. ( Jeneial I'rolieieiiey. FoiiiidaticHi, Trinity College. Ist Coniparativt! K S. College, Si 4lli ( 'omparativo K. 8. College, >>; < 'lassies. (r'cneral I'rolieieiiey. ( leneral I'rolieieiiey. 1st Classics. 1st Matlieinatics. 1st (ieiieral I'rolieieiiey. ■Jiid ('lassies. Medicine. 1st Fdundation, Trinity College. 1st Cla.ssics. I.st (ieiieral I'rotieieiicy. 4tli (icneral I'rotieieiicy. (Itli (ieiieral I'roticicucy. Medicine. uidliiirsl. indlairst. UNIVKKSITV, r.Tt., HONORS. 287 TABLE V .—Coitfiiiued. UNIVERSITY, ETC., HONORS OBTAINKl) AT .MATltK'l'L VTIOX liY UIM'KK CANADA COLLKliK. ISfHi. IStlT. \v ISfiS. Hiiii, v. \v I'litt'i'soii, T iJiile, W Dale, \V Dale, W Fletclur. H K(>tlu!iiiijj:liaiii, '1'. I'' Kew, M Harnmii, L. C' -Fk'tuhor, J Fletcher, ■) Wliite, .1 L'rerar, J •Jiid Fouiuliilioii, 'I'rinity ('(illeye. 4tli Kduiiiliitiiiii, 'I'linity College. 1st ( 'lassies. 1st Mutlieliiat ies 1st (ieiieial I'rotieieiicy. •Jiid (ieiieral I'lolieienuy. 4tli (leiieiul I'rolieieiK'y. ■")tll Ceiieral I'loticieiiey. •Jiul Kii, Tiinity College. 1st Classies. jst (ieneral I'rnliciency. 'iud (lassies. ■'?i'il .Ivj. Ceueral I'roHeiency. A. V 18B9. 1870. 1S71. 1872. 1873. 1874. ClarkHon, V. A. 'Md . Iv). ( leneial I'rotieieiiey. Zimmerman, ]{ | Meilieiue. I)ieks(iii, '{'riiuty College. ist Classies. 1st ( leneial I'mlieieney. .Snl (ieiieral I'mlieieney. "jlli (ieneral I'lolieieiiey. '2iiil Classies. 1st (ieneral I'nitieieney. 1st Matlieniaties. •iml (ieneral I'rotieieney. 7tli (ieneral Pmlieienoy. Meilieiiie. lM)iinawson, A I )a\vsoii, A Tliom|Psoii, (i. W. Cameron, 1> Logan, C. .) — Marstone, L Har.stoiie, I.. Harstone, I;. , . . Kerr, V. W Mortimer, C. W. .Sills. C. !•: — MeKeown, .(. ( 1. MeKeowii, J. (i . . Ilodgin-s, F. K. . , — Howes, ]•]. A. . . . Bowes, K. A Howes, 1']. A Ponton, \V. N. . . — Nortlini]), W. P.. Xortlirnp, W. I!. Nortlinii), W. P,. Smith, ,1. S Key.s, I). K Na.soii, H Cooper Iv.uiiiiier, Trinity (JoUege. Foiniiliitioi! Trinity Colk-i^e. 1st ('la.ssies. .■{rs. McKi'ii/ie. \V. 1' 1st liiir.siiiv, Knox C'ollegu. 1881.— WiiUuT, \V. II 4tli (ii'iR-nil I'lolioit'iicy. !88'2. -^'ouiif,', A. H MoiUa'ii l.;inj,'imge8. N'oimg, A. 11 I'liiicc of Wales. ^Ouiig, A. If .'{nl (ioiicnil riolii'it'iicy. Itfck, ('. I» Iiislu)]) Str.'U'liaii. Trinity (.'ollegf, 188:{.— M.'Artliiir, H. A I'riiKc of Wales. Siiiitli, A. '1 4tli (luneral I'rolicit'iiey. 1884. .loiifs. .1.1'; I'rinee of Wales. 1885, — liiggar, (i. (' .SiiM ieiieral I'rotieieiR'y. MosH, .1. H 4tli ( ieiieral I'roliiiciioy. 188(i. Mai'Doiialil, A. A Modurii Laiigiiiiges. MaeDoiiald. A. A I'riliee of Wales. 1SS7. -Leaeoek, S, 1! 1st (Ieiieral I'rotii'iuiiey. • loiics, H. M .Sid ( ieiieral I'roticieiicy, ISSS.— Crocker, H. (i I'liiiue of Wales. Croeker, H. (I 1st .Matlieiiiaties. ( 'rocker, H. ( i MimUmii l.aiigiiages. Crocker, If. (i 1st ( ieiieral I'rotieiency. Shiel, A. J -ml (ieiieral I'roticieiiev. 1881).— .Mac Don n ell, (i. V I'rinee of Wales'-Heliolarsliip. MacDoiinell, (i. K I 'iiid in Classics. MacDonnell, (i. F •Jiid in .Mathematics. MaeDoiiiiell, (J. V . . (ieiieral I'roticieney. (ieary, Ci. K M(Mleiii Langiiaiies. 1890. — Moss, C. A ' '2nd (ieiierari'roficieuey. Lasli, W. M I .'-ird (Jcneral Protieieiicy. 1891.— llaiiter, K. .1. K j 1st Royal Military College. Frith (I. H ■ '-'nd Koyal .Military College. (ioi.1), TABLE VI. J. III'RHKRT MASON MEDALS. FOUNDED 1SS8. 18881 Sll,\KU, Oeorgo Claye.s C. F. MacDonnell 188i)| A. K. Iloskin 188!l H 1' Biggar IHIIO K. C. I'. (Jlark 18!l() J. L. Counsell lH!Hl A. V. Hair 18^■«'r'^^■' ill rilK OLD DINlNi; IIAI.I.. i:.\llllll IIONF.US. 289 TABLE VII. EXHIBITIONERS. ( 'liiirlcM Siiliicy ( 'osciih . Artliiii' W'it'kMciii Walter Aini.l.l < Ivfitdii S. ( lildcislifvo ( iior;,'c I'iilmcr Jiuiuiiry, Ailiiiii ( 'i'iioUm " .I..I111 Wliit William Klli.it 'riiiiiiias ( 'idiivii " 1842. 1843. 1844. (t A. llulx .Idliii .1. Kin^Hinill A. II. Wulll.ii.lgf dvovj^i.'. Miiiintaiii KvaiiM l'",lifiii'/.('i' Stinsiiii Henry 'riioniiis Ridley, . . William Amliiosu Comtlaiiill Krocr .Iiiliii l)()iij.'l!is AniKHir . . ( 'liai'les l'!(lmiiii(l < iiil)arts A. S. Kirk])ati'iek . . . 1), A. Sampson F. H. Stayner William .'ones ,1. 1). liireball William .James Haines 1849. 18-)0. ,1851. 1852. ?90 UPPER CANADA COLLEGE MEMOIUAL VOLUME -A.iE'iE'EisrnDix: ii. Liat of Exhil)iti()ncrs t.ikeii finin llie Exliibitidii I'k ok. AftiM' ISiVJ the iiiuncs weir not inscribed <>n the wall talik's. M. K Overtieia ISXl V. H. Hiidjilfy " J. F. Vva/.vr " T. L. StiiyniT " G. 1). Miivor " 11. I'hillii^ " .laiiu's 1). Wells " (i. |{. Hi.heits " .lohiiii. F-Jicloul 18.'i4. ("viil Arehilmia " K Ciiyley " N. Mayiianl " ('. .liiiies " A. Stuart " JauH's Mf( Uasihaii I S."i."). .lolin Thdiu " 'I'lioilias ( i rahaiiie " (J. Seyinoiir " Joel liradbury " F.A. Head, lS.")(i H. R. rtobertson " Edward Webb '' Alfred LaH'ertv " A'ldrew MoiUasheii 1S")7. Thmnas S. Reid " 1 »avid Ford Rogert " J anies Laiiion " A. C. Tyner ISSS. F. Moiitizambert " Williain H. vaiiderSmissen " dames F. Utiniistomi " .1. W. Mitch. 11 Form !V. |S.-,<). John F. (i(iodrifi!iifl K yrii' Form 1 \' . . 1 S(>,S. (ioi)(hviii tiilisoii " " H. .1. Mui-klo 1;. K. Kini;sfc.nl .1. .NKDougiill I'"onii v.. " .lohii I'lirdy 'I'. L.aiif,'toii " " William Armstrong Form IV . . 18ti4, A. liicliar.ls W. Moss H. H. Mo\ve.s Kauii'l Kyiif Form V. . " ( ioOllwill (iillSOIl " " OKdeii 1'. Fml \V. .1. Wa-ii'M- T. F. Kotluiiiiglmin " I,. ('. llaiiiian " \V. .Arm.-^truiiy; Form V .Iiiini M. I'ortcr WilliaiM Moss FormlV..186">. 18(i(t. ISIil. .1. Kl.'tc'luT T. .1 . W. IJurgfss. J. 11. I'roctor . . . F. A. Clarkson .Form J v.. 186(5. W. I )alu Form V L. ('. Harmaii W. .1. Wagiar .FormlV..lH()7. .). T. Small 'I'. I'. ( larke .loiiii ( 'I'aig " W. II. Flint .1. Fluttlu'r Form V F. .\. ( 'l.irkson .1. Whito H. ZimiiRTmaii F. Uallaiityin; H.)l>m(iill.... Form IV. IHtiH. K. I'. Clement " .1. Cameron F. II. Wallace Form V . . " .I.T. Small T. H. Long T. F. Clarke C. C. Robinson Form IV . . 186!l. Amir (>. Inglis. Luke .1. W. Meaty .1. Mn Fori il. C. t'anieron K. r. Clement 292 UPI'Ek CANADA COLLEGE MEMORL\L VOLUME. W. A. Liuigtoii Korin IV, . 1870. W. A. Fletcher " F. E. Hoilgius . R. D. Hieliardson J. W. Elliott Form V. . . 1870. Andrew Luke " " L. Harstoiie " " W. N. I'onton Koriii IV. . 1 87 i . Trevelvaii Hldout " " Willial.i Wodd liicliard E. Kuynolds •' '• .1. (i. .MoKeoun Form V. . , " \V. H. Bigh'ar F. E. Hodg. W. A. Langton " " W. H. Xortlirup Form IV . . 1872. r. F. .1. Uidout H. 1). Hunter I). R. Keyes E, A. Howes Form \'. . . ' • \V. N. Ponton Trevelyan llidoiit " '• J. C. Harstoue " " W. J. Loudon Form IV. . 1873. C. C. McCaul J. P. MuMurricli W. B. Norlliiiii) Form V. . . '• H. 1). Hunttr T. N. Clarke 1). R. Keys " \V. S. iMilner Form IV. . I87-I. It. Hendi'ison " " ('. W. 'i'li(imiisoit " " I). Armour " W. .1. Loudon Form V. . . " J. MoDougall A. Davis J.W.Elliott F. .]. Langstaff F'orm I\'. 1 87'). D.R.Kerr A. D. Ponton E. Kittson A. .Sutherland Form V. . . " W. J. .lames E. P. Davis Form IV. 187(1. H. W. Miekle E. L. Simond.s " " D. M. Hrownii-.g A. D. Ponton Form V. . . " E. F. Laiigstaff : .1. A. MeAndrew D.R.Kerr E. P. Davis Form IX. . IH77. T. Parker E. F. Cunther G. S. Wilgress " H. H. Langton .1. Pickeu C, P. Smith " " KXHIHiTIONfiRS, ^9^ A. ('. Hulliwell Form IV. . 187S. H. Bain I 1 1 1 1 ( ( 1 i .1. II. Howes A. .1. H<.y.l H. H. Li'uiL'tou Form V. . . " t . b. \\ ligress R. Halmer C. P. Sniitli \V. If. WiilkL-r Form IV. . 1879. S. ( Jenri'o < Irav A. IS. 1 iHiiiipsiPii »V. 1". McKfii/io Form V. . . " A. C. Hulliwell. R. Bain F. C. Powell . . . 1873. 187-i. 1 875. 1H7<). 1S77. J. A. Sievort Form IV. . 1S80. c. 15. Heck ;; ;; A. 1). (iordon \\ . C opp W. H. Walker Form V. . . " \V. W. l?aklwin O. R. Mii;klc |' '[ A. Ji. Thompson J.E.Jones Form IV. .1881. A. ( r. Sniith E. F. Blake J. F. K.lgar A. H. YoiniL' Form V. . . " J. A. Sievert C. H. Beck '' 'I Charles S. .Slawson John H. Moss Form IV. . 1882. , J . r ertrusoii w. A. Leys ;; '; Freil. \V. Jones A. (i. Smith FormV. .. " R. McAithiir A. H. Morphv A. B. Ihomy.son George C. Higgar Proficiency, Mathematical, Modern Languages. Lionel B. l^ti')tlienson ( lassical A. A. Macdonalil l-teversion of Modern Languages J. 1). Holmes Reversion of Mathematical J. F. .loiies I'roticiency, ( 'la.«ical, Modern Languages K. F. Blake Rt-versicm of Reversion of Modern Languages . J. J. l'"eiguson Mattu'iiiatical W. A. Leys Reversion of ( 'lassical F. \V. Jones Reversion of Modern Languages .Form IV. .1883. . Form V K. R. Van Koughnct (iencral Proficiency Exhibition Form IV. . 1884. J. Hewetson Modern Languages " " F. .J. A. Davidson ('lassical Fxhibition : " " A. F. Hilker Mathematical Fxhil)ition ^ "^ " John H. Moss (Jeneral Proficiency and Mathematical Form V. . . " (>eorge C. Riggar lieversion in Mathematics " Fletcher C Snider .Modern Languages " " Stephen B. Leacock General Proficiency, Classical, Modern Lauguagei. Form I V. .188'). Thomas 1). I >ockray Mathematical "' " IJ. .Morton Jones Heversions, Modern Languages and Classics " " L. E. Wedd Reversion of Classical " " . , ., , ,, I Classical, Mathematical, Modern Languages and A. A. Maodouald | g^^^^^^^ Proficiency Form V. , , " 2Q4 Uri'KR CANADA COI.I.Kc ;i'. MKMORIAI, XOI.UMK. H. (t. (-'rocker . .Modern Laiiguajius, (Iciicral I'rulicienuy Korni IV. . lS,S(i. Harry M. Wood Ileversiuii in Modern Langiuiiji'.s anil Matlioniatic's. " I Half |-!i!ViMsi()n MatluMnatiis, (.'lassical, Matheina- ( tifal •' . . {{I'vursion ( 'lassical " " j Classical, Matlicnialical, Mcjdcrn Lani,'uages aiul ( ( Jcncral I'lolicit'ncy Form V. . . " . . licvcisjun, Matlicinatics " •' B. Morton .lont's Half Kcvcrsion ( 'iassii'al " " V. .). Davidson Half llcvcrsion Classical I). .]. Armonr Reversion, Modern Languages " " Henry de Stuler Miller .lames Barber McLeod Stephen 15. IjeaeocU . . . . Thomas D. Dockray i Classical, .Mathematical, Modern l..aii>,'uages and \ ( u'P.eral I'roticieiicy Form J \' (i. F. Macdonell Henry C. Small Reversion (Jeorge Reginald (ireary .... Reversion " „ ,, f,_ , \ Classical, .Xlatliematical, Modern Languages and • ( ( leneial rroticienoy borm V . A. Sliiel Reversion of Classical " F. A. Kerns .Modern Languages, Reversion " 1.S87. Charles A. Moss < ienei'al Proficiency Form IN' . Harold R. Kingsmill Classical " W. M. Lash Modern Languages " \V. T. Parker Mathematical Reversion Form V . (J. F. Macdonnell (Classical, .Mathematical and (Jeneral I'roticiency . " R. (t. Geary .Modern Language.s, I{eversion " K. 1). McMillan Classical Reveision '• , is.ss. T. H. Hilliar Ceneral Proliciency B. H. 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Frauchot Modern I.,anguages and General I'roticiency " H. A. Bruce Modern Langiuiges, Reversion " . LS!)(). KS9I. THE ij. C. C. UOT.T,, 1829-1892. 295 THH U. C. C. ROLL, 1.S29-1892. T/if names urc fnkcn from the Entry Books and from tli' General Register, and the dates are the years of entering the Colhge. I8SII. 1830. ^Si'ii(l(lin^', Hoiiry. Strai'liMii, .Idliii. WuIIh, (li'orgc Dnpout. (Jiviiis, Al|)!iiis .Mcl)()iialil, \\'illiiuii. WfllH, llolxTt. Stiafliiiii, Alcxiiiiik'r. Mi'I)iiual(l, ( 'harles. McDonald, Jolin. Kohiiisou, .laiiiL's Lukiii. Robinson, .lolin lluveiley. Richardson, Hu<;li. Richardson. Iticliard. 'l\ii((U.ind, John. I iiij,'i,'an, Riciiard. < iivins, < Icorgc. I'owcr, William Duminer. I'owi'll. (uant. l'hiUi|)s, Samuel. Allan. William (icorgc. I""it/gil)l)(in, Charles. Fit/glhhon, (icorge. {•'itzgilihon, William. Kit/gihlion .lames. l"'itzgcral(l, .lames William. Slicrwood, Samuel, .loncs, Hugh, hcward, l'(!ti-r Ifcwaid, .lohii. Kadenhursl, 'riionris. Smith, Sanuicl. rJillings, < !"orgc. Hillings, .lamea. Kostei', Colli-y- Dcnison, liichard. Dcnisoi), (icorgc. Haitncy. Henry. ISrookc, ( icorgc. Fcnton, .lames. Dunn, .lolin. McNal), I{ol)crt Allan, .larvis, William, .larvis, Samuel, •liirvis, (icorge. Uiilout, .loscph. Ridont S;iinncl. Stanton, Henry William. Tiatham, Henry. Wells, Frederick. Home, .John. Home, Charles. Sherwood, Keynon, William. Rendall, (icorgc .McCarthy. Rcndall. .lohn. , Wilmot, Sanuiel Street. iioMlton, William. (.'Icneli, llolcroft. Weatherhcad, William Henry. •loncs, David Ford. Stevenson, Kohert St. Patrick. .Stevenson, .lohn (Jnstavus. Connolly, Rohert Addison. Steijlienson, .lames Halfhidc Coilict. McKwan, .lolni. .MacXiilcr, William. Ilrookc, .lohn Kdniuml. l'hill|iots, (ieorge .Alexander. riiill[)ots, .lohn. I'hillpots. Thomas Charles. Thomson, (icorgc. White, .\ns. Thomas. Phillips, Alfred. Wallbridge, Lewis. Walll)ridge, William. .Meyers, .lustus. Meyers, William. Keefer, Samuel. Powell, John. Wilkins, Charles. Pyke, .lames. Harwick, Hugh Crawford. Harwick, .John. Harwick, James .Stratton. Cameron, .lohn. Cameron, Robert. 0(jrady, William. Warren, Thomas. 296 UFl'Kk CANADA ( OI.LKGE MLMuklAL VOLUME. Morgan, .lames. Hoiiltoii, Mciify. I >ixit', Wol.staii. Dixit-', IJoamuiiiit. Dixit.', liichanl. .Mack, 'i'lu'i)])liiliis. Davi.s, Kilwaiil. Morgan, 'I'lioinas. 'I'lioinas, (Jeorj,'!' \V. Dowti-s. William (ieorgc Falldii. O'Hara, HolitTt. Keado, Williai)!. Powell, Ak'xainler. 1832. i!iil)iuncoiiibe, Cliarles Henry. Wilkes, (ieorge Samuel. Botsford, John. Denhani, lienjamiu .Idseph Marsh.all. Wright, (iertrge Rohu. Crawley, Henry. Elliot, William'. Cahusac, William. Caliusac, Edward. Drii]icr, William (ieorge. Drapei-, llobci't Henry. McDonell, Hugh. Thomson, Archiliald White- head. .I.'irvis. Ste])hen >L Dawson, ( ieorge. Dawson, Julius. I'x'swick, .lames I'restwick. Arnold, .lohn liiomas. Ai-iiold, Wiiliaiii Hawsoii. Vidal, William I'eiirose. Vidal, Townsend (ieorge. Whitney, Frederick Augustus. Home, , lames Macaulay. Whitney, William. lohn? ianible Lewis, Robert Frei'erick. Lewis, Thomas. Lewis, liieliard. Helliwell. .bihli. Brooke, Diiniel. W.'iiren, William. Lyons, William M.'irkland. Huch.'inan, William Oliver. Leslie, (ieorge. Cockliurn, liicliard. Talbot, Alfred. Talbot, .Joseph Walter. Hergin, Darby O'Flanagaii. Hell, .lames. Terry, John. Hagerman, .James Ta.lbot. 1835. Cunie, Alexander Charles. RavelihiU, F.,efi'oy. .larvis, Frederick W. (irover, I'ercgrine Maitland. Hawke, (ieorge Macauley. Hale, Edwarli)liii. Macauliiy, .John J. Ifart, Ik'iii.'iinin. Skiiiiior, ^lt•n^y. Caiiifron, Hugh. ( 'amci'on, huiu'aii. Kraser, Thomas. 1836. riieakenri'l^f, William David, .larvis, Rohiiisoii. Heron. 'I'liomas William. Richardson, John iievurley Roliinson. Hamilton, ( Jeoi'ge. Prince. William Stratton. Prince, Ali)ert. Prince, I'liarle.s. Rergin, John. Dupuy, (ilen. Joseph, (jershoni. Merritt, William tlamilton. Macaiilay. (ieorge. Nation, .John. Nation, .lames Cushing. Houghton, (it'orgc W. Railey, Moses Xatlian. I)eIJla((uiere, Henry. McMicking, (Jeorge Milniine. Read, David I'rcakenridge. Stonghtou, Henry (ii-.vy. Leonarier, .losias Charles. Williams, ( 'ornelius. Pxiyd. Walter. Paget, jloliert John. Paget, Hdwanl. Price, Henry William. Small, .lames. Muttleliury, Francis. Macaulay, (ieorge Hayter. Brooke, Daniel. Billings, William Henry. .Shuter, .lames. Innes, .lohn Frederick. ( 'ameion, .Matthmv ('rooks. MacDonell. Charles. ^L^cl)onldl, hmicaii Canieron. Kingsmill, ( 'harles Ivlward. Molson, Sanniel Flsy. Kciliy, Ddylc, .Mitliai'l. Moiii', John. .MoiR', CluillfS. H irvfv .1. ]Jaiiii)lii'lil, William. < 'rawfiird, Aliialiam. .IdllllS, IVtlT. ( 'orl)utl. Alfxandi.'r. ( ln'Wi'tt, Ali'xaiiili'r. I'liiclu'slAT, Cliarlfs. .lat'ol), I Ifiii MoIamhI. .la .Mcwliiirii, ' ■gc. Ml Willi icliard.sdii, i: Stiw.irt, .Sliarpc. .1. II. h D. Mdlsdii, Ak'Natidc'i. 1840. 1 )ee, Francis ( >. Mi'Michinj.'. I'otor ill. Kil muit". Jdh Wakolicld, William. Spalding, 'riiomiis. I!it,'li('y, .Idliii. Ilitcliuy, .l;iiii( s. Ilitclii'y, Itirliard. Aiiidld, Waller. Maiile, .\rtliiir. Lodcr, .laiiHs. i.oder. Willi.im. iii^'i;iiiN, .Idliii. Ilaiiiiltdii, .1. H. iliisleevi (ill TdrraiK' I'atrick I'x'tlllilii l>et lilllii r>elliiliii r>i'tiiuiii li.'ti 'I'll nine. l!(.l.ert. .Idlin ( leol'ie. dim Nh Waltei Ntdt.^liiiry, Dee, 'I'lioiiia.s. (ira.sett, Klliott. (•lasjjdw, (;e()rj,'e. I5(is\vell, Augustus. Assi'/iiiack. I'raiiii.x Clarke. ( ). M. MoFarlan.l, J. ('. 1341. lanium tiainiiidiiil, .\nsi r(i\> 'J'l Henry. Williaii .Mc.Miirrav. I.iu iivev 1. Hi ( 'diiiw.ill. N'iiiceiit. W Tl I'etdskay, [''raiicis. •I'll ■I' .hi Wils idii S\ine insdii. .I.inies [{iiliard Willi Syiiie, Charles. iJoiieH, ('liarlcs Kdward. 1842. .Vriidid, Itdheit. Ciddks, ( 'liaiies. t 'lark, 'I'lidinas .Mittleher H eiiry .Idlin Harris, ( 'liarlcs l,c I'.iirn. Ilarri.s. William Hnlierl. Cslier, Kreilerick S.imuel. Usher, .loliii. Cshcr, .Idlin Scmictt. I'eatty, William Henry. < 'oscns, W illiain C. r.atham, .lames. Mdore, Charlies, Coates, .Idhii Delii.soil. ('dales, Tlidin; Hiidsiicth, 'I'll Muss .1; w, liiohey. Matthew Henry. |{1( Da .loh il. W l.amh, Willi II Niek: Willi Tl lompsdii. I >(ta\ iu.s Carfr l^ P'ortye, I.deii Molmui, .(dhii Anderson. I''r Iciiry. Ilelli Th \\ allliridge. Henry. '.\iiy. ( 'raiv', .liiliM l.indsaw MeC'alluin, .\rtliur. Ik'aver, .lolin l''roud. Ik'aver, Kdwnrd William. Harvey, ( !. I!. Young, Austin. Hireliall, 'I'lionias .Shivers. Melville, \\'inniett. Stinson, Klienezer. Jones, I'harles lUiiekkurn. Kvans, (J. M. t'arr, Douglas, Syinc, Small, Jolm. Hawkins, W. ('. Anderson, Fruucib. I'.riglit, — Catheart, iloliert. ( 'atlieart, .lohn. Donntdly, (i. holing, l.awrason, William. jlyktrt, ( ieorge. 'rinning, N. .Alir.iham, Henry. Carey, A. I'rasei-, Colin. Hay ward, William l'"ield. Watson, ( 'rooksliank, t lenige. Sh;i\\ , Samuel. Williams. 1;. Watkins, Cnwin, Charles. .Maule, .Stephen. Maule, Thomas. 1844. Burn, William l>avid. Bontur, .Aliraham. Bell, W. H. Dixon, Fi'ed I'lldon. White, John. ( ronyn, Thomas. hixon. .lohn. Me.Mahoii, Kdwaiil Dudley. Hidley. .\hred. Stinson. .lohn. Tyner, liiehard. Newliiggiiig. KoKert. Caifrae, .lohn. I)ra]ier, Frank. i'liee, lvh\iu. l'"oityr, l.ociu. Kiikpatriik. I!. IJoliiiison, ( 'harles. Sullivan, William. I'.ailev, .lohn. llell.'JauM's. Iieaver, IJolieit. liruce, Holieil. Kei't'er, .\le\ander. .Marsh. I leniy William. Claik, < 'harles .lohn. Cl.irk, .\llister MeKen/i<'. I''reer, Couitlaiidt. SeyuKUir, Charles. Ogilvie, riestou, J. T. .laek, .Mexander. Palmer, (ieorge. .Vmkrose, Hull, Henry, liarelay, .-Vdalliert. ('ani])l)ell, Thomas. Crawford, John. Dunn, Alexander, (ireen, ( 'olundius. Hutton, Joseph. Mackintosh, OM'.ricn, William. O'lJrien, liiehard Lueius. (I'l'.riin, Ivhvard, .Sm.'ill, James ( 'hai'les, .Small, ( ieiu'ge Kdwaid. Thom.is, .Mlierti. Thomas, ( vriis I'ok'. Weller, Cliarles. Wright, Joshua, h'reel.md, William, ['"riidand. liolierl. Wright, .Vlfre.l. Ingersoll, Charles Henry. Doeker, Tluunas ilower. Ridoul, Charles. Mac Donald, Douglas (,'harle.- 1845. Widmei', Clnisto|ih(r Itoljih. ! lialdwin, .Morgan. Small, •Joseph. I ( 'ooper, Willi.uii Fugland. Kadeiduiist, .lolni Charles. Hoy, Xormau Watt. Jai'vis, (harles Frederiik. I Stevenson, Filwaid I'owel. iCampliell. Willi.im .lamis A. I Canipliell, Henry .lameson. j Crooks, .\ri'liil)ald. Small, Charli's ('oxwell, Teriugton. Heury .Marvin. (iilki.stus. 1 Helliwell, Kdward. I Wallluidge, 'Thos. C. ■ I Mel.eo(t, Donald. .MeI.eod, Henry. Mel.eoiislit'lil, 'riiiiinas. ClarUc, .lames I'liUor. Clarke, Alfxaiider. McMaf^ter, William .1. l'liilli{)S, 'I'liomas Dowull. Keiller, .lames. J'ritcliaid, l'"ieik'iiok. Haiiiiltiiii, Alexamki'. kiltiiii, William. I'eteison, Henry William. .Sullivan, Mnlieit llalilwiii. Keefer, William, Walker, John ( Gardner. rtousell, Henry Samuel. .Stain,sl>y, Tliomas. Harrinoii, Itciliert .Vlexander, Na^'ll, (itip|j,'e Kieli.'lld, 'I'lionie, iteniainin .l.ilin. Clarkson, .luhii kiuiiskill. M.lddoek, .lidlll Ford, Marsli, Fr.meiM Smart, Marwli, Kdward W'anliington. Harlier, l'"rederiek William, IJray, .lames Kdwin, Clarke, Cliaile.s Anthony, liaiky, ( harle.s l^'mst, Itlaek, .kilili kllSNell. Welili, .Idhn neiiry. Heydell, Law leliee, Horiiliy, l'"redeii(-k W'illi.ini. Hiiriihy, ke^'in.ilil (luorgu, .ly, .lameH M<(iill, Wond, Dduylas I'. Hawley, John, (.iildersl'jeve, Charles. Murray, William. Murray, l>aniel, l.anipinan, Archihalil, Blitku, Doininick Kdward. lilake, Samuel II, O'Carr. IVtir, Whit*'. JMederiek. .Maynanl, Newland K. kaldw in, .Mdi I ice .S. I'dWell, kilwin, Itykert, .idhn ( 'liarhs. 'I'dM liselid, < iilliert, 'rhdiM|).sdii, Charles kdward, I'lliner, .\ndie\v, liahhvin, llohert. •Idiies, Chilidii. ■\itlnirs, ( leiiiLic. 'rownley. .lames A, k. Rd]ier, .lalne.s Went, I'liillips, lidiaee. I'atterxin. Ch.iiles WilliiiUl. .\kKelizie, \',ilelitilie, .Matliesdii, William \, Harris, Henry .1. Harris, llohert I". (Irasett, Clement Harley. Ik'tliniie, .Icilin .kiines. lietliiine, jlnliert Henry. Wicksdii, .Idjin Hiishliy. Wallis, Brown, Kersheval. ,\lexundcr W. iJdyle, .laiius H. Jones, William, Met-twaaush, Moses, ( 'amerdii, .Mexaiider. M,(ehiii, Henry. < )'Iliggiiis, .Idscpli I'ascliul. i'rinee, lleiirv. 1847. Shortt, kiiwrciiee Hartshonie, 'riidinson, (ieorge, liackas. < !eore;e, ^K•l)dllell, Alexander Winutte. MeDdiiell, Samuel Smith. Tow iiseiid, l'"i cdeiiek. IJeaid, (iedi;,'e, liiill, Samuel. Davey, I'eler koliinson, Keefor, Henry, llodder, r.ijwaiil I'raneis Troy, kieh.irdson, kiaiik lleverley, lliehardsdii, Ai timr, liiitterlieM, .Idhn .Minus. Wdodedek, Henry. l>eiiis<)ii, .Icdiii, kaiiies, William James, liilton, ( ieorgi; L'slur, Foster, .Idhn, •lohnson, C'olin Canijdiell. Spuiicer, James .1. .Scott, .lohn 15. Arthurs, William. Arthurs, .lohn. koss, .Idhn ke Breton. Francis, William. Marr, (jraliam. Turner, Frank 1). 1*. Cdihetl, William Henry, O'Dea, Martin .lohn. ((■J)ea, ilaines. Bailies, kdward Charles, kadenliiirst, William, .Morgan, Charles ( ieorjje. I'l.ildw ill, Thomas Henry, W hitelie.id, Charles .lames. Whitehead, William Henry. I.loyd, Harry. .\tkin, W illiani, kii k|iatrKk, .Mexander Sutton kiik|iatiiek, Thomas Frank S. Brow II, .lames. Me.\ithiir, .lohn .Vrchih.ild. kykert, .\llred kdwin. Hiitt, P'redcriek Augustus. Benson, ThoninH. Harris, 'i'homas W. Bowlliy, I (avid. Walker, Nathaniel. Beiijaniin, knimaniiel Ifyman. ( 'oleniaii, lOvciitt Hastings. I'lannagan, William. Weteiihall, kddiiey Janius. .Mack, Codrge. Shaw, Henry. Jackcs, Jdsepli. Boyd, .lohn .Mexander. kidoiit, .Idsejih Bramlcy. Smith, William. Hay ward, I leniy 1"'. Birehall, .lohn I lorset. Williams, Arthur, liiehardsdii, ( harles k. liadenhiirst , William H. Aikmaii, Chalks .Nk ( 'alcdtt, Henry. Alcirris, .lames Henry. McMillan, Ah'xande'r. Keeler, William H. Iloyle, James, I'etersdii, H. W. Tyiier, Itichard. I'idmer, William, kerr, JdHeph. Hdlwell, William J. S. Tlidiiiiison. ( '. !•;. .Idiies, William, rhcM'ne, \\ illiani. .Nelles, Samuel, kewis, ( 'harles 1). .Murray, Hewsoii W. Barwiek. .lohii. Blakcy, kohert. .loiies, .Andrew, kindsey, Ivlward Temideniun. \'cith, I'hristian .John. 1848. .Stihlis, William .lohn. Oxenham, .lames. White, David. Merigdld, Charles k Sisson, ^^', .1, W. TlIK IJ. <■. < . KOI. I,, 1S29-I.S9: 301 f'alilplMll. .loliii, Iliii'iitT, W'illiiilil •itilill. Ilar|)«l', .lolm. CooluT, .laliii'H. Boainisli, Williiim Ailfly. ('(IDlH.T, (U'tiljif. Ktiiiitdy, Miiliacl. Makoti.'"!.!. liiilmid I'. Stii'ft, ( 'liarlcs. I''iilil, .lolm. I'lMscr, .laiiiLH. Nelson, .loliii. HatfH, — (lla.sfonl, Ivhvaiil AuguHtUH. MiDiiiifll, .laiiifs !•'. .loiifs, ('liaiK'-s. .Ifll't'iius, .lolm I!. Hftliime, Anyus It. N'aii lMi,a-n. William II. Iliiloiil, Williaiii. Hi'iiisoii, Cli.iili's I.t'slie. Oiiis, Fraiu'is I'.oiicl, NumIi, ( liailfs H.iiiy. Nahli, Fifdi'iick. (ia>,'.', Marshall Spi iiig liiilwi'll. Baldwin. Augustus. Mollis, l<]iliiiimil. Dfiiison, Kii-liaril 1.. Lapi'iioliLi't', l'"iiili lifk .lolm. Loscomlif, ItoliiTt Kiisscll. Ovfilii'lil, Maisli.dl S. 1;. .Salt, William lliiiiy. Fostt-T, Kdw aril ( 'liaik's ( 'oUcy. Foster, Cliarks Collcy. Scollic, (Ii'orgc .lacoli. Covcriitoii. ( liarK's .lames, (iraliam, Holurt Nicliol. .Mal, William. ( 'onlm, Henry. Uoharts, .lolm William. Itoliarts, (Jeorge liri'relon. Willoughhy, ilohn. Snnth, .loseph Shnter. Cl.nients, F. W. 11. .laekson, .lolm Henry. Peters, I'nul. S(|uii'e, William Wood. .Mayerhotl'ec.lulius AlexandiM Counsell, i lemge S. .Marr, .loseph. I'i.well. lierkeley. |)oran, .lames. Crease, .lolm. I'lurns, Roliert Taylor. I'lurns, Thomas. ( 'rease, ( 'liarles. I'latt, iliehard. .Mayuanl, .lonas l''oster. ( 'auii>liell, llolierl I >ieksoii. ( 'ampliell, Fdward ('larke. Lewis, (ieoi'ge Wat kins. Fitzgerald, .lames. Moriihy, Thomas. .MeDoiinell, .lolm C. Mew ard, l'"raneis ( Jordon. liussell, .lames. Wightman, lloliert. Wadswortli, Thomas K. Wadsworth, Thomas i'agi.'. J'lastwDod, Anthony. Fsten, ( liarles Philip. .MeLeun. Neil. Taehe. I'^Ugeue. llineks, .Alexander Stewart. .M,Nal., .lolm Maxwell. llimks, Thomas. Mayer, Lehman. 1850. McDonald. Donald M. lliehey, .lames Arminiiis, Munay, William. Wallis, (leorgc Hewitt, Musson, 'J'hom.is Hem'y, .Sullivan, Koliert. IJeard, Samuel William, Holiai'ts, Henry. Itoliarts, .lames .1. Xation, (ieoi'ge A. ISatt, Pienjamin. .Mel.ean, Duuiau Cameron. Dufort, HeetMtfr, l''ii'ilirii'k. Stayiicr. I.awii'inc. McMoiii'll, AltXiUidfi'. St.iiitiiii, Irvine. Mc'lntiisli, .lames. Ifoliert.soii, ( 'liai'les. Ildipeitsdii. .MiAaliiier. Aikiiiaii, lliiuli I!. W. 'I'liWeis, I'liii.s. II. Ilelli«ell, (Inldnii W . Sliiit li. •lames. l-ett. Kraiuis l{. II. l''(irlpfN, Kiaiik. l{niL.'e.-.s, William. Aieliiliald. C.viil. Ciiwie, William. Nash. Kiaiik. Miirklaiiil, <:io. William. Illeiit. Cliai'le.s .lames. Kviiiis, William l>trtli(>me. ( iiali.'im. (diver. I'latt, lleul'^ie A. Ilawiiitli, William lleiii'y. Kiikpatriek, AleMimler, Kii kpati iek, Itolierl . < 'nates, Avlllier. lia.leliaeh'. William. |)elme!;e, I'ldwaid. Staiita\ id. Kempshall. I''r.iiiei». 1852. I'routlfoot. Fiedeliek. (iiiiiiain, .^aiiiuel .lames. Alma, IVdid. < il'aiiain, .lames. < ii'.diaiii, 'I liiiiiias. (iialiam, K'ieliar,'e l''raser. Iliimphn ys, .lames D. Wilkins, Osear !•". Ileinlerson. Itolierl. Itri;;lit, William l.*'wis, Warren. Charles. I'rondfoot, William S, Keniitdy, T. S. Wilder, Harvi^y. Melon, Charles. .Magrath, .l/iines l''iederiek. Ilareoiirt, .lohn. Harrison, Itiehard .\. 'i'aylor, .lohn. .Melntosh, ( 'liarles. \\ ilsoii, .lohn. Mnsson, ( 'liarles .*<. Mrow lie, William A. Kllis, .lames K. Warilell, t ieorgi'. Walker, .lo.shiia. Snialhvooil, William Henry, (ioiiiij;, Harry \'i'lvertoii. Itossin, .Inlins. Milroy, William. < ioodenoiii.;li, HciUin A. Itelisou, ■lame.s. Maehiii, William N. Met 'oiikey, t ieorge .S. Met 'oiikey, ( 'liarles T. .McConkey, Thomas. Cassels, .l.imes M. N. I'eel, loliathan. Roliert.son, Helemis \{. tioode, Cephas. Chiirehill. 'I'lionias. .Mnsterson, ( 'liarles M. .Nieol, Henry IJ. lialdwiii, Itoliert Russell. .'*i|iiall, .loseph .'liaw, ilanu'M. r]iti>n, W'aitei'. iiieliarilson, P'reileiick. Carjienter, 'I'lidnia.s TallKit. Wakeliel.l, Alfred. Scott, Williain. Mchoneil, I>iiiil;ui. Uixmi, .Mexaruler. ( iraliani, Krederiek. licslie, (u'orj^'e. ( 'i('iij;lit(in, William. ( iililersleevc, .lames 1*. llallowc'U, .lanit'M. r>ri;,dit, Tiioni.is (i. Maik, l''raneis. .lones, .Straciian (ir.diani .lones, ( 'liarles .Mcrcir. (iorini;, l''oslei. r.lake', .lolin X. Craufiird, .lolm Sidney. ( rawford. .lo.se]>li IJry. Hailiison, l)avid. Ilenison, William. Ilarper, ( leo. Itoiit'it. I'rown, Alfred. Henderson, .lames. Henderson, Mimes. Henderson, I'oliert. I'roctor. .lames, (iooderliam Hohuil. ( Iooderliam, Horace. Hainei', He Lo.ss W. Iioyd, D.ivid. I.ovejoy, (Jeoijjie. .Mill.s. Thomas A. Itaidvin, ( leorge. ( 'amiiliell, Alexander. Iieiil, Thomas, Wells. Wilmer < irant, < 'ollioi ne, WeM., Harry. l!oy, Alexamler K. Hdniand, \S'illiiim. Anderson. ( 'liarles K Harliiij,', William S. Klliot, ('liri.s|o|ilier. ! Taylor, William II. C'larkson, Ifoliurt, 1855. Ni;\vliery. Cosnjo, (iilison, William. ISoyd, Daviil. I'atterson, l''red. Malinsell. iloi'wood, Williiim. Iietliune, Charles .1. S. Stinson, Thomas i'.. .Sherwood, Liviiis 1'. I'im, < ieoij,'e. I'rince, Oi-t.iviiiH. Khert.s, .loseph .M. Itoliertson, .lames. Il.icoii, William N. I'aooii, lloliert -\. Hall, Charles. 'I'yner. Adaui Clarke. Williamson,. Alexander Krskinc .Seaddiii;^, ( 'liarles. llo.ii,'ctts, .Janie.s. Chirkson, liead, Frederick. Tfowlaiid, William II. Howlaiid, ()li\er. Thom|)soii, William. liiU'haiian, I'etei', Toronto. ."^Iiaw, .lohn. Nminio, .John Henry. I'oss, (ieori;!' .\nlhony. I'enisoii, (ieorge .Shirley. Coxwtll. I'M ward F.ill." Casper, All)ert Samnel. (Jr.inil, Charles l'"iedeiick. ; 'rooks. Iiohert. Klliot, .-Vdani Theopliilu.s. Wilson, Willi.im. (ioldstone, I'almiind A. Auston, .hinies. (iravt'ley, .lohn N'aiice. French, ilichaid. Mnttlelmry, (Jeoryc .\iigu,stiis. Kennedy, .lolm Kdwiird. Kennedy, Thomas .'>inith. I >ennisto\\ n. .lames !•'. Irviiij;, I'alward lltrlxrt. Smith, Koliert Walker. Whitney, Fred. I'.eii janiiii. Kogert, H.avid l''oid. Hariis. Iliisk. Maefarl.ine. Walter Henderson. Hiekiiison, ( ieorge. liiirnliam, Laccheus. HartitT, Alhert (iraiij^er. harlier, .Mfred Leopold, jtailier, W illiani I'loiiltoii. Ilamniond. .lunies lleiirv. I'leiiehe, .I0I111. , l'"renehe, Isaac. McMiiirich, William 11, MiMuri ii h, ( i( or>.'e. ^ Mclltishaii, lloliert It. ' lii'iilon, iloHcpli. I Jones, jteverley. j .larviH, I'oliert !•!. ('. i Whan, .lames. I llaiikin, Henry. I Mollatt, Hciny. I Owen, Hichard L, Hiikes, Mowkiiid. Ilussell, .Mexander. I.iiisiii;,', Henry < '<. Thomas, ( 'liarles. Nicholls. Mark .\. I Ferris. William I!. j Spink, l''iedciick William. I.amori, .lames. Sladilen, I'ercy. IIiiliidLie. I''rederiek. Lee. William H. Dllllill. Alheit. Moss, David (I. 15. Thiliodeaii, Uihan. Thihodeail, .lnHe[ih. Head. .lohn. -Miickle, Alexander .M. Miickle, Henry .lohn. Killaly, Thomas. Kinj,', Frederick. Finch, William I). lierry, William. Wickstecd, K. J. Lett, Ste|iliell. < ( iilhert, .laliics. I l!oss, Allan. Ilrooko, Lamlicrt. 1856. Cralialiie, .lohn. Harris, .1. 1!. Kent, It. .\. Flett, (leorge. Hector, Alfred. I.'oliarts. .Alfred. Riiliarts, .losiall. I'aterson, Thomas. McKenzie, William. McKt'iizie, FreiU rick. Cromliic, Charles Stewart. .Alexander, liichard Henry. .Alexander, Henry S. I!elyi:a, William Nelson. Haworth, liolicrt. i'liUcr, William. I''iiller, \elaiicy K. Weller. Thomas .M. T. I'iper, lidwaiil. Wrii^lit, < leorije Henry. Mor>,'an, W. I!. 304 I'PPKK CANADA COI.I.r-:(;F. MEMORIAL VOLUME. Killiily. Roltcrt S. .Mdi'iisuii, Hn;;li. ll.nv.M. liiLliai-.l. (ulliiis, Williiiiii E, ('i.llins, Chiiilfs W. HoiU'lii'tti'. ( JiMiri^'i'. Mi'iii^'dlcl. I'iMiuis W. 'I"ayl(ir, Fifilci icU. Taylor, AUicrt. (Ji'iuiiyc.'i-, Allitit 1'. Eliinau'.iii. I'l'tt T. Clark! \Vill<)ui,'liliv. HaswfU. William' W. CoMiaii, Matthew VV. Kain]itoii, William 15. liroNvii, iJiiliii. Sti"iii<;i', .loliii .NL Twoliy, llt'iiiv. T'.vohy. William A. Criisc, ( •swaM E. Host wick, (;i'ur;;(' V. Cam|il.fll, I'aiil. \'ali', ( liarlcs. .Mcxainli'i', .Samiul .Iciliii. Lee, Cliailes 1{. .StM'lf, Cliullis Allien. Ii'aiikiii. Ai'tliiir. .Mi'Ki'ii/ii', Kritli. IVatty, .'>aiiiilL'l. Anstiiii, .loliii. Mish.iw. i;,, licit. Vale. William. Smith, NimcKii M. Siiiiili, .lames W. lii-c)Wiii', '-'ilw aid. MoIIukI. Halph. .M.liiide, .\i-chihaM, Lew is, Francis .1. Mail', Charles .\. .Switzer, William E. Switzcv, 'I'nliias Eilwanl. Ciiriie(;ie, l)avid. Fair, .liise]ili. Hamilton, .Arthur. I'liiiiki'tt, 'I'lioiiias. ^'oiiiil;, .iciliii. Wiii.slaiilcy. ( 'liailes. CiUii|>l)ell, Uiilicaii. .Siiitk-r, C. It. ( !i'aiiii,'er, William. Dexter, ( ieoiue. Cinnphell, l>iim.'ali. Dorioii, Charles l''re(L (Jiviiis, ( 'liarle.s Scott. Civiiiij, TIeiiry < 'ceil. Ciimcioii, Kenneth. (taj,'e, Hohert itiisscll. ■loiies, William ■loliii. Otter, William JMllun. Lillie, .lames Cullcii. Tye, [.uther. Butters, I'Mwaiil. Titlany, IMwaiil Hihliert. Helliwell, ( 'laielice. l;ise|ih R«I)ert. Sjieiiee, 'riiomas, 'r)ir(|Uanil, W. II. 'ruri|iiaiiil. ( 'liarles It. Steele, W. H. Caipeliter, T. T. (.'lark, .lames. •Tessui), J. (i. Walker, .lohn. Monti/amliert, ('has. Eilwaril. Monti/amlurt, l'"ie(l. Hewaiil, F. (L Hewanl, S. H. Hc«anl, H. ( '. .Murray, I!. (1. Huttv, .1. W. Hntty, Alfred. Smith, R. W. I >ii\'id.savids()n, William. Lett, IL Ross, l!nl,ert. Hume, .Skettiii),'ti)n. I'eek, (ieor-c 1'. lieed, Hayter. (iage, I'hiliii. liywater. Alfred. 1857. l)nnelly, .Iii.se|)h. N'aiix, Harry EdwanL Hohsoii, E. .Iiisejih. (iardeii, l>aniel. 'I"ii|p|)iiii,', .John ('out. Loudon, .lames. Lapeniitiere, W. H. Vallerand, Thnmas. .Macl'hersoii, lioht, Denni^ton. Ryan, Patrick. Dcpicithcy, William. Keefi'r, ( lei). A. Stuart, Arthur .lohn. Palmer, Corydon. Atiston, Henry. (irant, .1. A. Oliver, 'I'. D. Helliwell, Albert. Heiidoison, Robert. Henderson, Andrew. Foster, .lames Iteail. iliviiis, Salten ExerarcL Weteiihall, (iillicit .lames. (iravcley, .laiiu's N'aiice. Austell, .Limes. .\iiston, !'"raniis. Stuart, .lames. I'.aines, ( 'hrisloplier. Kranilcy, .Sydney Charles. Scliiordcr, .\rtliur. (ii\ ins, R. ( 'ar'w ii<;lit. i'lciijaniin, Lewis Nathan. Harris, .Stuart. .McCliirc, Lolu'rt Steadinali. < iravelev, Henrv L. ii.allard," Henry Allan. riame. Eujiciu'. Ilallowell. William Clark C. Earl, ri;oiiias Howi's. I >olisoii. William K. I'lirlong. H<'rliei t .lames. Skinner, Samuel. .Smith, .Anilrcw (Jeorge. Ames, William L. Piatt, Eclwin. Rayley, Fred. l>iavid. ( 'haui])ion, Ifenrj'. Casper, Samuel A. O'Rrien, Samuel L. Siiarr, William S. Siiarr, (leoinc Edmund. Lillie, Henry 1'. L. Roy, .lames lnj{le3. Farmer, William. MeCallum, Robert. Evan.s, Louis Hamilton, , rilK ni.n COI.l.KclK, l.cmKlM! KASI I i;i>M niK cUAIiKANc;!.!-, T p TTin r- fnm-' w P^" h ' ffl filter 1" rill', OIli Cdl I.KdK, I.OdKINi; WKsl I umi "Nil, 2, Tin-: u. c. c. ROLL, ICS29-1S92. 305 T()tt«, KoUcit. ■IdiU's, Kcasucy L. Wi'tt'iiliiill, llfiiiv. I'listoii, Arthur \V. I'ri'ston, l''ii'(l. 'I'liiiiiias. MlTOlT, liolicit. MercLT, lliiiiv. Kci'li', Climli's ('(iiiwjiy. r.ciniuiL .lei naid H. Weir, l!.il))h. Ituttan. William Klias. .Snider, Thomas A. l)e (irassi, William. Koliinson, Llw I. Wright, Wm. Ilohert. Love. Iioliert Cook. Parkinson, Kohert W. Midout, Honald Cainpliell. l-'reueli, Kiehaid. I'"reilell, William. ( Iray. .Mexamler. (Iritlilh, Thoinas. ( iilil), .lames. lirodie, (Ieorge Lawsoii. Holmagi', Henry Win. M.irwiek, William. .Siinjisoii, (ieorge .Mhurt. Maelagan, .lolm W. IT. .Mai'lauaii. Henry. MeKnighl. Charles .\ilam. Snider, .Martin I'Mward. MeLeaii, William .Mian. I'"oituiie. Thomas .leiikilis. ' (iiinihle, r.aptist. iieldtn, Charles Henry. .Mead, I'lilielt .)ose|ili. Meriieisoii, Itoliert Walter. I'atersoii, .John Amlrew. Duiieomlie, 1 lavid T. liuekas, Wm. Cattley, H. d. Dunst'ord, .Mauriee. Dunst'oril, Charles R. Morrison, .\iigiis (iilmore. She|)|iard, ( Ieorge. i Taiiiblyii, Joliii !!. Ciimining. Thomas Wallace. Heighton. .lolm. liiscoe, N'inccnt. ' Hiscoi', Frederick. j Langton, Thom.as. j Me('artne,v, (Ieorge Frcilk. ' Hrummoiid, ( Ieorge. ! Bell. Charles Thomas. Kitehie, Charles (i. Ilitehie, AUeli N. McN. , Nishet, Thomas. Munro, .lolm H. j Hoyles, Newman Wriiilit. I (loodriilge. .John Fled. I Milligan, .lolm. Conlin, I'liiliji. Mills, Kohert. IJiirland, .lolm W. Main, lln-h. Caiii|ili(dl, .losias Wilson. Lister, .lames llardman. Hell, Charles W. Ilohertsoii, Charles JL Hawley. Thomas. Snider, Franklin. WiMid, A. W. Henison, Fred. Charles. Deiiisoii, Henry Tyrrwhit. l"'iirloiig, .\rtiuir H. Chureli, (Ieorge liernard. (Iraluime, .lolm. Hai'gra\ e. .losi'jih. Clinkiinliroomer, Henry Clay. Hurnham, \\ liliain L. Miller. William. Lillie. Frank Watts. Worthingtoii. ( Ieor!_'e. Iielden Charles Henry. Cainiiliell, Tlinin.is. Hamilton, Baird Wm. MeKeggie, .lolm Ch.irle.s. ( 'onnon. Charles Henry. hew.ir. Ivlward Charles. Hastings, Ivistwoml. Tinning, liiehanl. (lark. l{,nidol|ili. i5os\v(dl, F. Kdwaid. MeUiiiie, William. .Shaw, William. .Mulholland, .lames. Hiehardsiiii, .lolm. IJieh.rdsoii, .Samuel. Shaw , .MeNinder Croft. 3o6 UPPER CANADA COLLEGE MEMORIAL VOLUME. Jones, Alpliens. Minl>i)iinht, Arthur Robert. WillcoL'k, .Stejilieii. TurntM', (leorge luchaid. Wallis, Ik'iiiy Ak^xaiider. Daly, .lolin Conic WiLson. Fa\ii|uier, AriKilil IMward. \V()rtliinj,'t(Hi, .Joliii. liftice, .lami's. Korst, Cliark'.i Martin. Daiiilry, Cliarlt.'s (ii'orge. Iroii.s, William. ('(iiiiKiii, .loliii Middleton. ( h()iiil)ie, Koliert .IdImi. Ciomhie, David 15rad»ha\v. Sti)>l>ard, .lol.ii. liiahain, .lacoli. IJftliuiie, (ieorge Straohaii. Siiiitli, Henry Mall. l>(ind, .Idlin Itichanl. fourtiiey. Tlionia.s. Arnoldi, Frank. Powell. William Duniiner. Powell, Edward (irant (i. Collins, William K. Willis, Walter (Jeoi'ge. Thorne, Charle.s Edward, 'i'liornu, Horaee. 'I'liorne, Alfred. Lawrence, liurns. Wliite, .lolin Edward. Muokle, l»ol>ert James. Wilkinson, Henry .Moore, ■^ntlierland, Stewart. Momaker, Ceorge. I'eeve, Henry H. lilaeliford, Charles Edward. Hohinson, Egerton Walker. J.angton, Henry .Stephen. 1859. I'l.itt, Samuel. Seott, Henry. Davis, 'I'liomas. l-lei.'kenbeig. Cliarles John (i. Cai'lisle, \\ illiain Clark. Laml)le, William Henry. l{echer Henry. Harris, I)avid NL \\ illiamson, Asliworth. Luinley, Alex.-mder. Cottingham, William Henry. I'o^erH, IJohert Z (Jrange, .Joseph .Stuart. Carter, Walter Miihell. Petry, (Jeorj(e Edward. Henderson, liasil. Hrooks, oyd, (iardiuer. .Mansoii, Angus IE Dick, William Cart'rae. Cotton, James W. Eraser, William. McLear, VN'illiam Henry. Jackson, C^haiies Alfred. IJa.xter, .Fames li. Casper, Charles Arnold, (iilison, .John. McCord, Andrew Taylor. 'I'hompson, I^eouard. Croat, (Jeorge Whitfield. Dougla.s, William. And(MsoM, HeaiUey Learning. Lav, Alexai-.der (iregory. Ab'hott, William H. Topping, Herhcrt William. I)aek, NVilliam l>enjainin. Owen, William Waller. Morgan, Thonia« I'ortoous. Sihhald, William l.ee. Cole, William I'lntield. Filliker, (ieorge Sipon. Holden, Albert. Sterling, Sidney. Wightman, .iohn lioaf. liohinson, .Iohn Beverley. Iiohiiison, .Straehaii Napier. Kennedy, William C. Kingsford. l^upert I'ltheridge. .lessu)), .Iohn Hamilton. Crawforil, I'atriek E. Robinson, Henry (irasett. Houghton, Kdwin liell. Lyons, Harron 11 Levey, .Samuel. Heaf-h, Charles D'Arcy. Heath, .Stuart I'everley. Dates, I'M ward Kred. Dates, William Mem'y. (iorilon, .lames Wehster. .Shaw. Duneau William. Beardmore, Walter l)owker. Ridout, Samuel. l{i(hpnt, Henry Joseph. Siunns, Heiny Jordan, ('lilt, .John Shannon. .Slierwarling, l''rank. I)arling, ('liarles Burrows. l''lood, I'J-iiest Augustus. Biseoe, Henry .Alexander. l''l()od, Charles Hemy. (iamble, l'"raneis Clarke. Becker, 1-tiehard b. I860. H. Warren, William .M. Innes, .John bauiie. .S(|uire, Henry H. Rogers, l'"raidv l)askan. I!eynr, ( 'liarles H. Mills, Robert. Beclier, Henry. THE U. C. r. ROM., 1829-1892. 307 riiitt, Smmicl .liioki's, Allx it (Ji'iirge. DciiiHoii, Sliiilfv. liniiicl, .Iciliii. .Miillicsdii, .laiiiuH A. JJiwL'Of, Fii'clcrick. W'lillis, Henry Aloxiiiiilor. iSiNODc, X'iiiceiit It. liniiiel, ( Jcr)rj,'c. Steele, C'liarlcs A. Hi.lden, Alliert. Hiiilsdii, l-!iifiis. Hhlout, .1. (Jrant. Hiii'iiM, .lames If. White, .loiin. ISiiiii.s, Alt lull' N. Steveii.sdii, |{()l)iTt A. I)eiii.-i()ii. William (itMPige. Hume, .Skilliiij,'t(p|i. Seaildiiif,', Cliaile.s. NiliiiU'i, .Joliii Jleiiiy. Mlittoii, J(i8e|>li. Laii<,'t()i), 'I'lKPiiia.s. MeKiide, William. -Miller, William If. Ad.im, Ruliert Aioliilmld. hiivie.i*, 'riiomais. •MeArtlair, .loliii ('. AnioMi, l'"rHnk. Wortliingldii, .lames .M. Marie, TliDiiias. Creigliton. Walter L, < 'romliie. H. .1. Killaly, Rol.ert A. liiuliaii, Lawrence. (iil*li.s, h'lank Iv Kvans, 'riiDinas K. L. Ila\\'ley. .lolin ( iardiiier. . .Mortimer, Arthur L. Helliwell, .Mexander .lames. Kerster, Clarence K. W. Smith, Wm. ('rapper, (ieorge 15. Walton, Roliert F. Delaiutfre, .losc^ih M. Hamilton, Arthur. Roliinson, Alfred. Lowell, Herliert. Cowdiy, Kdinund. Cowdry, Nathaniel. Sullivan, John I). Rarlier, Wm. Franklin. Austin, Frederick Win. Drumniond, (i. \\ ilson, Rhodol)>hus. Hiirdy, Frederick. Kidner, Reulien. I'atterstin, Kenneth. Cassels, Allan, drover, 'I'homas M. (i rover, (ieorge A. Mewliurn, Herrniaiiii .1. (Jihson, (ioodwin. Forlong, Herbert .lames. l!lackwci't.-<(iii, Kredorick (' For.l. ();,'(loii I'. ('.iiTiiiliiT.s, ( l('()r;,'c K. Hull, Cliirt'iK'i' W. .MiCcllaiid. 'I'lioiiias .1. Kiflianls. William. Aii.l I'lxiii, Allan Willing'. Itoltcit liuriis. l''iillcr, X'.ilaiiicy K. .Martin, llnlicit. I''..tl 11 u'i'iii''liani. Til Dcnnistoiin, llnlicit II. .Mc( icllaiid. Akxaiiilir .M. Davi l''lit< l.irhiT, I'll Will. (;. •r. 1 1 null. • lames, r, .l.imi': II. Hiohar.l.s, Hiitl.r.l. oiint, (u'i)rj^c' I' I'rniidfddt, 'I liciiiia.s. Ill J. W lliiliiiiNon, ('111 ist(i[ili( I' C. Heath, |)'.\ir.\ I'miilton. (iordoii, ('. lii'illilt. (i'lll. Keed, Me|)(i Harm MeDuiiifall. .\lfled. Hoak, William K irvi.s, Tl inliias .s. I'xiomer, lleiirv < i. (' III isdiij;all. Clialles. Hdldeii, Kdwuid II. K. Daly, 'riidinas .\Iayne. IJeivkley, 'riiei.|)liihi.-s Fiaia'i.s. | Smith. Kilwin A. Hid, (iidif^e HdUister. liantlintii, ( 'hii>std[>lier ( '. liaiithorn, Kuliert. N ate.s, Frecleiiik. H ml K.li d. Mc.Master, ( liarles A. j Daly, Charles.!. \ Cdiil.<()n, Udliert I!. ■'llllldllH, Fd' .^iltliei laliil .Idlin. W W ilk< s. Fivd. lltelaiK ■k \\ dim M. Stitheiland, Frederiik Vivian. 'Criikldw, ( liarlew l.ymle, Stuteslniry, I'dheit ('doper. Il< I 'at I'li eixiii. .Idhii Henry lice 'n idinas. I'drt. Ciah nge. hii : .Ian M. !•: MeK >.v. .Idh (iamhie, Haiiidld D'.Vrcy, i'n) ley, Claude. Hunter, King liaitnii. Hunter, Koliert .lame.s. !>elina>;e, .Aiithdiiv A. D'Malley. Charles .\. Arnold, Kuhcrt .Merecliili. Itieakey, Cedij^e. Armslrdiit', W illiaii liiniigh, Iti'dii ISi'dii.'h, Allai .\UI11I)I1 d, 1: d. I'll .Mitchell, .Mexander. Cosfdiil, .li II. I Co^ford, .loseph ( Ryiu'son, (.'harles ]•] urray iiriay. i:d\ .1. H. Lillie, Frank W. I'atersdii, Doiialil. Heiideisdii, William. Ciiicliestcr, Frederick A. Cliicliester, Cliiules K. .1. I.'i Kci M. Crilliths. Charles D. I! .M. M lid Kil dryan I'ditei I'ltel. Idcr, Ml liiasti'r, II, .lam .Idh i<: All .o\( rmatiiitier. 1' C'dl'lidiild. ( Jul-' McDdiial.l, .la Ihnhaii, l'^\ili;;. I'lwart, .Idiiii S. Wdikman. Thdmas. Hall, Oscar. i!d.M', Will. McMast. >caniiiidrc 1 III (i W, 'J'huli F. iV. 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Sliiiw, ( '. !•:, Swall.iw, .). ('. ('ii(iilioiin, W. !•;. L.', A. T. M.Maxtcr, I'". .MorriH, K. .\I. llolriK'S, W. Wal.l.ii, C. \V. Hiiiiiinj,'H, ('. K. .Miles, K. \V. I!r.ull..y, II, S. \VatM.,ii, II. J. l'"«Kiitt, .1. (•(.ok, <;. W. < loiM in;,', H. 1'. (Jaiiisliy, {..arratt. rnry, .1. W. D.mI.In, a. K. H. Saiiillialii, A. M, *>iitlierlati(l, H. L. Lam V, '1'. H. Fish,.!. A. I'.axler, K. J. Miiukiiy, A. S. Mackcii/ii', VV. A. liiown, (i. r.flliun.', ('. .). H. 1883. Ilarvar.l, \V. A. ( iiarilliani. A. M. Me.Mi.liael, F. .\ . Laicilaw, ( '. S. |{. (lose. '{'. W. 'l'li()ni|W()n, .1. '1'. Il.inard, A. \V. Wai.l, !•;. Watson, II. II. I'attci-.s(in, W. .Sproat, A. |{. Vinh, K. 1!. Davis, M. II. Armour, ( i. \\ . .Montgomery, 11. 1 Arniuiir. 1). .1. Oxiey, ('. (.'riiHo, .1. <»xley, !.;i'V.!, A. M. Oliver, F. 1'. ( iilc|('iHl<;uvc, ]■]■ ( '. liarniiart, K. I.cygatt, M. II. Mathews. K. D.Mii.sdh, S. .Seateh ird, A. T. A|i|)ltaiin, A. (insfin, A. M. SparkM, ('. I'aK-, 15. |{. (;ale, (;. K. Ulineaii, II, \'. F I5a!lantyiie, .\. I''airliairn, |{. |). Farmer, W. .M. | I'aton, I'. Mavidson, .1. A. Ilaldane, W. It. .Scimlon, A. ('. .Smith, .1. F,. Knssell, .1. I'. Tliaeker, N. ('. iMorj^an, .St. (i Itolierts, A. A. Whitehead, .1. A. .M.i.larcn, D. .Me.Master, L. Tiirner, < 'amiilxdi. Willson, (' It. Frost, Fred. A. .lar\iH, !•;. F^an^iinnir, l''red. Wadsworth, A. K. Kirkpalri.k, i'-. S. Smith, (;. L. .Mi^Kay, W. ('. F"er;^nson, W. N. I'.erry, .1. ('. .Maelarlane, II. F. N'eomanH, A. .A. .MeCraney, (;. F. .Smith, S. 15. Monmll, W. H. M. Flliot, W. (,". .S. R,i(l;,'erow, (i. A. •Matt ice, ('. K. S. r>etliune. A. .Miirtin, I'. W. Ilar\ey, .lames, ilanmer, I.. K. •Martin, F. It. Farmer, W. Itolieit.Non, F. M. .Morrow. W. S. (;re;,'ory, A. K. Kin^Hmill, II. K. lioyd.d. .Sn. anion, it. Tdt, F. I 'ears. K. W. Hiieklev, W. I'. HuekleV, A. r. Kirkwood, T. Milker, A. K. Nash, F. .M. Strathy, II. K. Clark.'lt. F. linckin^h.'im, .N. i'. Cnrny. F. II. Kof^erson, K. .1. Itonltlieu, .A. 1884. (fillicH, .1. H. .May, F. .1. I'literson, William Walter. ,i-o ri'i'Kk CANADA roLij'.cH mi:m(^kial vom'mi:. l''('riic. liiilii'it liusscll. lii'iph , Cli.irlfs Aitliiir. SUu-i A. hid .Icliii. .Iiii'cliiii. W'altir. Cmiiui, l!c'4iipilil Sdiiicrsct M. Cilliis. I)ii\ 111 Stratliciii. I.riidlaw, .I.iiiiis 'r. Maiiiilluii. I'lcdi'iirk ■!. Si'iiklrf Williiiii 1 Villi. M.Miillin, AllMit .1. Martin, (i('iii','i' l'",l Is worth. M irtiii. Kdi,Mr l'iiili|i. Ilidndiid, llciirv Kalty. ( 'iiKs, William hailrc, ( It'iiii,'!' Tokcr. l-'aiiltairii, .laiiH'.H Kit'dcrick. Mai'kcii/ii". W'illiain iiiiii>. • '((iiii.sill. ( liarlcs. .Iilil), 'I'lioiiias Arnold. .Ic'hli, ( 'liarii's l''raiii'i.s. Na-ioii, Itiisxll l'"orti'scuc'. .Mackcii/ii'. Ilopc Flemiiij,'. Mackcii/ic, .liiliii. Mackc'ii/ii-, All' \aiidcr Houston. I'dLiiisoii, William linliiii^ou. • laik'. .Anliiir N'oiiiiiUi. .loy. Ui'itraiii lliiiry. 'riioliH', Kicliaid l'',dj,'ai'. Cli iiidlrr. Walti r ll.wanl. Itussfll. (Ii'or;.'c Kmciy. .MilUr. n.iiiy Dr. iviiowics, .lames. I'ovd, Irown, l!i>ilni:iii .Merrill. Hiirrison, Kiul .Sliuih y. Kee. IVivy. Kidoiit, \. S. Hidoiit, D. C. .Miilloeh, ."stewiirt l'',i nest. Miker. HiiKh. I 'IVinple. Ciithlicrt Knaptoii Wiiislow. I .■\iidersoii, l''riink. \ 'riimnpson, Chiirles .\. W 1. W. T. iiykert, Arthur P'red. ( irnmliiiiker. Isiiiie. I Woo.l. William K. J Kiikpatiiik. .\i t hiir .1. !•;. ' Knell, William .Seiikkr. I Swutl, .Samuel. Kilvert, 1?. V. I 'riiompson, .\lidlew 'I'. I Miisoii. l'"raiik. ( 'iirt wrij,dit, .lames ."s. ('linker, Henry ('. ( 'leliiii. .liiines Hamilton. Wiilll.ridue, V. »;. nimtillg, (;eor;(e Klwood. Kiiidliiy, Wiilter Aluxander Siimpson, .Arthur I!. Dixon, Thoinas. .Moss, Waller I'hilip. Ciuneroii, .Mian. Dvmeiit, .Alliert Kdwiird. H'olierts, AllH.t W. S. .Moherlv, Hulti.nl, K. Nol.le, 'l!. K. Mill till, C. K. HcndfiHlii.t'. Will \ I'.N I KANCi: llAl.l,, I'KINCII'AI. S IIOISI., I'KINill'AI.'s liAKDKN. » THE u. r. c. Koi.i-, 1829-1892. 321 HciidcrHliott, ('liiirlt'H W. Balliiid, ( Ii'orgc. Ol.lriMlit, II. H. DcniMoii, H. r. H. Cole, <:.C. Kv.ms. ('. V. K. Hcntly, Cliarlcs W. Flt'iniiiH, .liiiiics Henry. Moss, Cliarlcs. KiiiListimc, A. !•'. M.Muiikli, .1. I!. fialc. (i. C. Watson, H. J. (iill<'H|)i(', v. ]j. Liisli, \V. M. Him.', \V. I„ Sniitli, Kicil. 1$. HailHT, Vinfrnl. SMfatniiiii. Artliur. I>ravlon, (liarleH lioht. Liinilev (i0allas, ThonniH. Keith, Wilfre.!. M(rritt. I'reseott. 1)allas, 'riioniafl. Keith, William, liiinihain, .lames ( lih^hrist. Ihillns, Henry. l)utl'iis, Arthur. Parsons, Harolil C. Winder, (ieor^e. HoUis, Austin W. Dow'lin).', Henry. ixon. 'rhoni)ison, W. .1. Carvell, .Arthur. lirown, .loseph. Wdkie, Charles Sttiart. (,>uay. Moiiald I). |)aMson, William N. .Moreii, Arthur 1'". S. Fraser, \'.. A. Frasi-r, Herald Win. (iihson, David .S. Warren, Charles Hnliert. Law, William .lohn. ' 'rremayiie, Krnest. ' I'iek.ird, ( 'harles Fdward. liieary, liin.>ciu, ( jiai'li's. iStiil)l)s. Honiv • 1. I'aikr, Ivlwar.l 1>. Hairii'k. Siilncv ■!. Macdonaid. .In'lin .). Iilinj,'ti)n, I't'tcr S. .Malhow.s, Allifit A. AidaL;li. .IdIlu ( '. Wfdd. Kdwaid, K. M. Hy.sliip, Willjaiu. Kinj^.st'did, ( iiiir^e K. IJeatty, Aclani. Wiii>d», Kri'd, .lii.si'ph. Kifly, William Kdwanls. Kii'ly, (ii'oiMjtc Diiu'L-n, William. Wyllic, Ali\andci' Clark, (^u'ay, Kaljili I. I ). Massi'V, .\itliur. McKcowti, Aloyisc, Boyd. ( ivov^t; H. Huntui-, .lames A. Cunlni'r'. Maltlifw S. Kt'ftVf, Hany M. liii'li.irdson, l'"rt'd. H. Hulls, .lulin. Swft'tman, .John William, hinu'.'in, < iiirdiin. Iniiis. Willi, tm L. (iarndcii, Liitlicr. Nii'liulson, .lanii-s. Hiiwi', Valentine I'Mw.iiil S. liarton, .\riliiir \\ dli.im. .Smith, Chillis William. l)\vi;,'ht, Chailes I'. ^^ raj.';ie. Ivlnnind ( '. I'.mke. Kdward I'. liUL'kr, Krncst. Uofk, .laei)l» Kred. Clark, .lames ( '. •Steed, Rol.ert William. W CM. ( Orhin. Mehieinell, Kioluu'd. Uyaii, Kdderiek. Hannerman, Daxid. Jainieson, Hii^di. Stovel, Fred. I'., Potter, Cliurles H. I .Sutton, William Huliert. Taylor, Kiehard .V. ' Arilul>.ild. William. Wallin^iton, Frank William. Nasori, Frank. Campliell. Arthur if. (Joslinu, Henry II. lioslinj;, l'!, H. I'yke, H. T. Hutehins, CharlvH H. Denison. H. F. Mell. A. .1. .Maemillan. K. ]>. Kl.v. U. I-. Fh'v. H. I). Str'ieklami, H. C. MeMnrray, 1''. Hin.e. II.' A. Siherthorn, ( '. MeKll.l.oll. .]. F. Mnrnlield. .1. ( ', Ireniaine. .Morris S. Clark, .lo.seph A. I iilLiril. .lames T. Farmer, Thomas W, Koltinsiin. ISnrnside. C()sl>y. Freil, L. ( 'osl)y. .Norman W, Murdoi'k. .Mexandei' W. Heatty. llenrv .\. Heatty, Fdwiird W. Werdei., Fdwanl. .Sinclair, Charles A. Cra'iston, , lames (i. Kirkpatriek, ( harles .S. MeWilliams, IC A. Taylor, K. Di!nisoii, (iarnet Wolsey. Staunton, K. < !. < Jreentic'ld, James. Darrell, H. Hoddy,C. A. ,S. Smith, H. K. .Meek. F. .1. Cihs K. L. (lilison. T. F. Kennedy. F. .1. .Maedonalil, (Isear (). Wiekins. .\. hain, .1. W. 'i'emplo, K. H. How. .1. A. Itarnhart, F. .Martin. H. .1. Flliot, W. W ilk if, A. It. I'arker, W. K. 'I'hompson. H. .\. Douglass, .1. .s. Farr, H. .1. Burton. .\. (tMiinn. K. ( 'reelman. A. (innther, F. II, Fleniinj,'. A. Cray, A. L, .McLiren. D. Oliver, Frank Reiiinald. Bain, .iidin I'', L. Bla.kley. .1. M. Thomson, David. Badenaeh. Frnest Stuart. I'njnhait. Win, Morris. Bovd, I'liilip l'',\ving. Bo'v'l. Walter H. MaMoeh. Harold A, .S. ' 'oiinsell. dohn Luitli. 'tale, F. F, \i. .Sears, ( te(ir;.'e M. .loiies .Simeon. Sutherland. .1. A. Hoskins, A. i:, Dotv, F. F, Burns. A. H. Cannitl. A. <,», MoLean, D. .MeLeod. 8on, R, L. Burr, H. K. Smith, F. F. Ban.l, C. VV. P. THK U. C. C. ROLL, 1829-189: 323 iiordoii, II. I). K. Linton, K, I). i'llllirroil, ( '. S. (iiliMV, II. K. Kiftvif. A. (i. T. .Smith. 11. (i. l*far.s(iii, H. t'. ll. (.t.V. F. I) Itoliiusnil, I-'.. L, Hell. .1. I). .M.t.Mii, r. A. I'u.k.r. W. K. linnd, .\. A. Dol.lr, .1. K. (ioiM'ii, ( :. K. I'llk.v. K. 1'. Ta\\nv. (!. K. {■'(■ill iiiiui. I'Mwiinl M. ( >iili I liiiclgi', S. \. I'Hin.lldot, II. \V. M:irklcM.. .1. .1. T. (■(.niter, L. .M. l'..llSSl'tt, \V. ('. li.Ttiaiii H. N. .Mo„iv, H. T. Similcis, ,]. A. Davi.s, H. S. S,.iilv, A. (i. \vii("..x. 1). r. .Mc\;iiiii, W'illiiiin Hiirvey. I'.iwltr. Ilcniy Adt'S. Hdlrnitt, .\iistin. Hill \i'\ , ll.iiiT r.iiitiin. Iliniis. ('iM'ii llaiiiiitiin. llcMiliie, .Miiiiiiy. I'ollcl-. ( !ll\ .\(i||llci>tl'. (oiimy, W'iliiain (rHiii\\fll. 'I'civviiM'iicl, lliiny liillyinil. I'iittfi'.soM, CliristdpluT Stuart. l\it ttTsdii, {•'liiiiiis I >iiiiihis. I'ciiiiiiaii, lMi;;i'iie. Kajicr, .\ii;liilial(l. Loikic, I'lvuraid ,)ami's. .Sti.vt'l, l{ii.s>i,'ll Wcllcslv. haiivll. Krii.'.st Hill. K.itcin, William Kletuhcr. I''at<>n, .loliii ( 'raig. Li'slif. Cliaik'.s Wdl.y I'aikf. 1-ti'i'tram, .loliii .Mrxaiidcr. Spcais, Norman Noni.s. Mc.Nfu, Arthur Kinlay. Donald, .lolin llerKcrt. I.cckic, William Henry. Mnllin. .lames llcinner. Wliite, Lolieit Warren. Sldiey, I)uiican .Stewart. Leilsiiiil li, Kustace .lolin. Mice, William Hercules. Lailey, l''redeiick 'I'liornas. Uiirns, Alexander !•". .Moiriee, (ieorp'. .Morriee, Artliui'. ■la.ks.m, W. T. (iilmour, Koliert Hu;,di Lovett. lioiid, .\uiirey Clilloril. I.efroy, .Augustus Ceorge. .Armstrong, Karl ( Jooderham. I Iraliain, .Sharon. II line, .Morris Win. Miguar, .lames Lyons, liiggar, Oliver Mowat. Henry, W'm. I'ereival. McConnell, .lohn Herliurt Frederick, limiting, .lohn. Bailey, Kugeim Taylor, (todsoii, Walter I'ollard, Maekintoxh, Harold. <'onnor, K(d»frt NiclndaH. hodily, .AuHtin. Itain, Louis lliitherford. Staunton, X'ictor Charles. HaldauR, I'eter Caldwell. .Shiidds, KraiiciM .Ali'xaiider. Smith, .lames I''. Sn.'ll, Kdgar .Milton. .MiMer, Frank Kdgar. Cieighton, ( 'liarles hickeim. WiittM, Kriiest. Uraiiii, Leuis. Carscalleii, Henry (Iiirney. Frith, (Jillierl Lol.erts. X'erner, .lames l''ifderick. (Jellespie, ( 'lareiice .Alexander. Hidoiit. I lollul.is Kay. Woods, Thomas .Amiirose. Kidgley. Kriiest llarcourt. Smith. William llairisoii. .Morriee, ( ieorue. Flett, ll.nry liidley. Nolile, .lames l'.iirro«s. Llaek, Oliver Steele. Kiissell, .Arthur Hiekson. liridges, ("has. .Sidnt'y Whit la. liolierlson. Doiiglas Siiicliir, Miller. Will. Tliomiis. Strickland, Cecil Hamilton, .lohnstoii, Heni-y. Lee, Win. Charles Cralili. .Smith, Frederick Lyers. Leslie, Fraiici.s (iiiy. Leslie, (ieorge L. .Spat ling, Chris. I*. 1889. .Armstrong, llartle Malioii. I'liiil. Henry .1. ( 'orey, lllo>-. I'arsdii. Watson, .lohn \\ illiam. Harder, William Worthiiiglou. .lolinston, ll.irvey. liiisclilcii. .\rlhur. liai u ick, Sli.ildliam t Iiiy. Scott. N'iitor Lewis .Mitchell. Walsh, William ( 'login. Lull, IJartholeiriew I'laiik. Sims, Henry .Aiigiisti,s. Wilson, Ki'ginald Clarence, (hton, William Carlax. Hally. .lames, I'uggan, Henry \'aii .N'ormati. Loss, !)onald .Aynsley. Ross, .lohn Hugo. Cliitlie, Frederick William. Hell-Smith, Frederick Martidl. .Morton, Ernest. Hrowii, (ieorge Heiison. IJrowM, (Jordon .Arthur. Armstrong, Arthur Dawson. Hallilu. Molwell. Kioliiinl IVivy Huy- WOOll. Ilaiiiiiii>;liiii, ( 'liiirlcs .Stiiiik-y. Mat'l''arliiii( . Mulcnliii Ai'tlilll'. .';,Mr. Aitlnir I'cttil. Itili'k, ■liiliii Ali'Naiiilcr. Iiriidiliiii. I'l'iilri ilk Naiiiili. I'l.ktiigati', .luliM'sAli'Xaiiili'i'. liai'iiat'cl, ilui'iilii l\i>li('i't. I'.iirk, .Inliii I'iiliiiiiihl Wat'iit r. I>ui k, < 'lari'hi'i' IImIiIw in, Cii.sti' Mam III' IJi'iii' li\ir. I'attt'iHdii, Jiiliii. I'aiik'c, 'rilijiitliy I Hair. I'i'lllll'OHC, .lllllll, I'ortt.T, W'altil- KiT^llsiiii, 'I'liylor, .Ici.sfpli I'l^iliiit I'aiil. l'|i|ii'i', l.ai'iiliii \Villiaiii. WliiU', Altifil Ciiwlfy. .Mlll)uni, 'I'lioiiiaN I'! II. liiiiiriicr, (it'iM>,'t' liiiriiiiaiii. Siiiitli, I'raiik .\ii.siiii. Morton, Walltr Dcui. Mallun. .MiiiLii'I I'airiik. .\lc.\la.iUr, .li'liii Ak'Xanilcr. McMasti'r.'i'lioniaM ii't'orl arson .Ml' .Master, I'Mwanl llliiki:. Kelloj;-. William. Noidft, Itu.stM'li. ISraiilf, Claudi'. Kdgar, David Keitii. \Viili(\iglil)V, Arthur (lordoii, Wel.sUr, Uni. .1. I'. Wellington, Karlo Stanley. I'artwriglit, K()l)ert John. Camel on, .Matthew Crooks. Singer, .Mo.se.s M. Henry, .John S. .McMiirrioli, .Arthur Kedpatli. Hackett, .lohn. Scott, Kreil. W. Hessoii, Sidney Krnest. (iillespiu, Henry Howland. Birney, (Si-oige. Snti'r, Kred. A. Carson, Koliert Stevenson. Hyde, Walt.t llntH'rt. Mcintosh. Donald .1. Ilrann, Wm. Doughi'rty, .laiiu'M l''rnuHt, I'l ii'e, {'"red. t 'ourteUiiy. I'rici', Llewellyn. MiirndLMi, l''rank Victor, l.aliatt, ('has Roliert. r.rvant. .lames Kraser, Wahiic, l-'r.d, Norval. ^ CaMiaiis. ( lintim ( '. I'ii'ld. Kdward .lames. l.t|i|ii T. Henry H. Drant'V. Charles IJohert. I hanev. .lanii's llei liert. Todd, "Arthur L. Iliong, ( ieor^e. Davidson, l'!d«aid C I'laliy. I'ayinund l''rancis, Hamilton. < icor:;i' I*. .Macilon.'dd. Hcnr\ Itlon'^. Walli.ridL,"'. Arthiir Kol)ert. 1890. Hessen. W. .1. .Macdonnrli. .lames .Smellie. Stovcl, llclhert \\i>\. 'I'odd, .lolin l.anncelot. Todd. .Ml-ert Kdward. { (M'tch.'ll. .loiin !■:. .Newsome. 1''. W. Oldlairy, Wm. Sutheriand, Wm, |{oos, li'ving K. Iie;;k, Chail.s .M. Wut.son. ( leorge Kiiston. Handy. Kdw.ird K. T. .\lo(kriil>;e, ,lohn ( '. H. W iekson. Waltei'. llol>l>, .lames .\, McL.inuhlin, Leonard, Thom.son, Iturns K, Dowiling, John P. .Moores, I'jncst .loseph. Hyei'son, (ieorge I'^gertou, tioolil, -Mliert Septimus. I^ount, Norman .Nlidock. .\rinour, Mric. Snet/.ingei-, Harold Wylie. Hayter, V. W. Sachs, .Michael. Whitney, llicliard .'Mhert. Lewis, Charles .Vustin. Scott, Walter Lyall. Biirnham, (.'. Hnrd. Boltuii, Samuel Kdwiirtl. Burton, Harry I'. Burton, (ier>rge H. Kerns, Williuui Chiirles. Hendoi'Mon, X'elyien Kwait. .Armstrong, John .M. Westwood, I'rank IJcnjamin. Hunter, l''ras(r l''rederick. Hunter, Harry .Alex.mder. NVauIess, {{oliert Douglas. Iiarr, .Adam Kordyce. Mi'lxililien, Joiin Kdward, I'iihardson, .Max .A\eiv. Campliell. .\r.'hil>;dd I'.'. Wesl, Willi.tm .Neeilham. Mai'keu/ie, ( liarles. Ileal lioin, lleriici t W.iruer. .■^hortrecd. \\ illiam .lohn, .Mach'an. .lolin ( arrullii rs Taylor, .lohn I'IImii I'lillnn. Winchester, (ionloii llossiU'k. Wahlic. Kohci I Stanley. Miller, < 'lareiicc .lohn, llariingloii, Ldu.ird Kies. Brereton, Clondesley Hei'liert, .S.iiindeis, Tiiomas .Malcolm .Maipher.son. Masson, ( Ieorge. • 'la wt'oid. .Vndicw ( lordoii. W atson, William ( (yilvie. Kd^ar. jiol.ert .McB.tli. Tliompsciii, Ld\N in Ban ill. .Mitchell. I'M want Hamilton. .Saunders, .\ithiir Bennett, Karle, Walter Allan, Macdonal.l, William llandolph, MilllMirn. .lohn .Mh.rt. I'.iiius, Kilwaid. Mc.Artliiir. i laiince. t lainer, Donald A. I'',vans, \ ei ner ."^iiiis. \'crner, .lames I'lcderick. Itoliinson. < liorgi'. Boddy, .Arthur I'eicival. Ixingsfoid, W illiiMi Kiipeii. .Mockiidge, Willi.iiii Hoi. ice .Mont,iL;iie. I linceii, KiMiik. Townley, l''raiik Watt, Cameron, .\itiiur Biissell. Thomas, lacipie .1, W.ilker, .lames. .lolies, .Man .Mucdoilgall. Bearin.'in, .lames. Stuart, David Worts. Smith, l''rank Kdgar Wolsuy. Broail, TlioiiiMs. I lickson. ( 'iarence. Class. William D. Ilolieitsoii, Hector Harry. .Meieilith, .lohn Kedmoiul Walsingham. .Swinl'ord, Ailhiir .Sidney. .Martin, K. C iSucke, S. Pardee. Uotiertson, Lee C. Barnet, Alexander Black. McKinnon, Neil C. Cooey, Arthur Joseph. K^l UK iii.ii 1(11 i.KCK iii.i.i,. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) V // 1.0 I.I 1.25 If His m 11= U IIIIII.6 ^^^^ n. V <^ >> &? w. THE U. C. C ROLL, 1829-1892. 325 1891. Siiydcr, Alfred Hartniiin. Kaiirliiia, H. R. Kouth. Allicrt. Kerr, Willfain Alliiii. Itiiloiit, W'iilU'i-. l)i'ci\vii, William Honi'v Lennox, liiclianl Allan, liraitliwaitc, Koliurt William. Alma, William Hilward Loe. Laing, Jdiui M. Wodd, .\ithiir Uohcit O^'den. Haas, Cliai-lcsOtis. MeDonell, .lamis Joseph. -MoiicrieU', (iediye (ilenn. I'liilbrirU, l'"rank Spencer, Landi, Cliarle.s Mellionrn. Bird, i;ol)ert Oliver. Harvey, Charles Ihimilton. Denison, Miliar Street. Denisdn, Walter Walhridgo, Wri^'lit, David Hrnest. FlaeU, Alhert W. .1. MaeKen/ie, Hamld. .MaeDciuuall, < Uenhi)lni. HiisUin, \Vm. .Vrthiir (lordoii. Jaekes, Horace. Darrell, ( 'hajiman Hill. Jtodgers, lioliert. Whitney, (Jarnet Milford. Ro.ss, (ieorge William. Rayside, I >aviil .John. Ityerson, l-Mwaitl Stanley. Cooper. Hugh (iandile. Crot't, .lolui. lutchins, .lohn Willard. Laudci', .lames. Uobb, Charles (armicliael. Hamniell, Frederick Stratford. James, Alfied Sidncv. McKibbon, Walter F,. McKibbon, Robei't Arthur. Hewitson, .lohn .sjiroat. Hutchison, llcnrj' Seaton. Hudson. Harry Iaii. Dill, Albert .lames. Christie, .lames McAdani. Tassie, William Oli\e. Roche, Thomas .loseph. Watkins, licginald. Sproat, Alexaniler Douglas. NIcCallum, Duncan .Mexander. Tyner. Krnest Lawrence. Ivey, Arnold Mnchniore. Rogers, Alfred .Selby. McXabi). Frederick (i. (!. Clark, William Charles. King, .lohn William Dc( 'ourcy. lieers, Phili]) (irover .Macl.ean. Weir, lidmnnd Ceorge. Greig, W. C. 326 UPPER CANADA COLLEGE MEMORIAL VOLUME. UPPKR CANADA COLLEGE REPORT. Part II.— Ox the Aeeairs oe Utpek Canada College. Upper Canada College, or the Royal Grammar School was founded in the year 1829, by an order of the Provincial Government, vesting the govern- ment of the institution in a Board of Managers, designated the President, Directors and Trustees of Upper Canada College. The endowment bestowed upon this institution consisted of the following lands, viz.: — 1st. Block A, known as Russell square, and containing nine acres, con- stituting the present site and grounds of the College, 2n(l. 20,(100 acres of lanil, granted Deo. K!, 1S.32. HriL 1,()S<» do do .Inly 4, 1884. 4lh. 4'2,ISH d.) do May Hi, ISS.). (i3,26H acres. 5th. Part of Block D, Town of York, (now City of Toronto,) east of Church street and north of Newgate street, containing S'A acres, divided into Town-lots, 28th November, 1834. The above total of 63,268 acres has, by exchanges of lands and resurveys, been increased to 6s,994'A ^i^res. These lands were situate in various parts of Upper Canada , in some townships the quantity appears to have been large. The grant of ?o.ooo acres, in 1832, consisted of lands situate in three townships, as follows : — ... ;i,046 acres. ^•'^f'"' ... 4 45.3 do Seymour ' Total 20,000 do The grant of 1,080 acres, in 1834. was all in the township of York. THE U. C. C. REPORT. 327 The grant of 42,188 acres, comprised the lands situate as follows : — In Hiiwkeshiuy (5fK)acres. .Mountain 7(M) fi,j ^V^lf'ii-'l !)().-> do l^astiud 1 ^(ioo do 'I''""'.""- 77(i do Aineliiisliuic'li, ( Huff's Island) !)00 do ■'^liyioui' ■ . . ■ , i7,.s-,,s do "* "I'k .-.58 do U'alsnighani o^OOO do ^^ "I'lliam (500 do '51t-"li*-'i>" TOO f Ci)miiiissiom;rs iif Knciuiry into the affairs of Ki'.g's College and I'piier Canada Collego. I'rinted l>y order of the Legislative .Assembly, 1852.") three mSBM