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Las diagrammes suivants illustrant la mithoda. 1 2 3 4 5 6 mm „y^-C*.^m^i *-^ STATEMENT OP THl (J: w^^ ^0arJr of Jlogal Institution GOVERNORS OF •PIBSI TTKTXTTXIXILSX'F M^GILL COLLEGE; WITH OTHER PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY. MONTREAL: l»RnfTlD BY JOHJ C, BECKKT, AT HIS STHAM-PBSS8 PniNTINQ OPFICBj 38 iJBIlT BT. JAMBS STIIBHT, 1860. k1 l lt^lllWlliMllillMI' J MWBM^^ Wk^M LP LE^.M'sSs >96o » T -^L ■.!.' El IMC H KT T I or Tui r "* ^m)i flf |lopI I'lustitittion,. GOVERNOBS OF McGILL COLLEGE, BJ81NU KXTBAOTB FUOJI A MHMOHUL PREPARID FOU TUB OOVKUWME.NT AND LE- UISLATUUB OK CANADA, 1860. The University has, within a few years past, been raised by great exertion, from an absolutely prostrate condition, to one in which it has become the most extensive in Canada, in the sphere of its educational operations. It is now instrumental in educating 833 persons ; of whom 205 are Students in Law, Medicine, and Arts ; 76 Teachers ia training, and 252 pupils in the High School Department of the Uni- versity, the remainder being pupils in the Model Schools. Its suc- cess and prosperity in the educational departments arc of the most satisfactory cnaracter : but this position has not been attained with- out diifieulty, and the necessary assumption by the Governors of grave responsibility. The foundation of the University is due to the late James McGill, who beciueathed a generous legacy for that purpose ; and an Endowment amounting to £15,000 was added in 1856 by the libera- lity of a number of the Citizens of Montreal. But the income de- rived from these two sources lias proved insufficient to meet the wants of the Institution ; and the Legislative aids upon which the Governors greatly depended, always inadequate, have been materially diminish- ed by the introduction of the system of distributing the public moneys through the Superintendent of Educatior. With refer nee to this distribution it may be observed that only $19,092 of the annual appropriation of $08,000 for the support of superior education, are given to the Universities of Lower Canada and to the Colleges and 10^135? Hi^'h Sch.M»ls which are nurseries of pupiU for theui. The remtiin- dtr of tho Muiii, under the erroneous construction put up<.n the Act of 1850, i« diwtributed among Bchools, the greater number of which are more elementary schools, not superior, if they are eijual to those maintained out of the Common School Fund. Thus, notwithstanding tho partial nssistanco received, and the exercise of the njost rigid economy, the income of tho University still falls short by more than $3000 of the amount necessary to defray its current expenditure. It is also burdened with a debt of nearly £U000. Its professors, teachers and students are hindered in thuir work by the want of books, apparatus and other appliances, the defi- ciency of which the professors are often obliged to supply at their own cost. Tho want of suitable accommodation is also severely felt. Tho Faculty of Arts has rapidly outgrown its apartments in Burnside Hall, which moreover are now reijuirod for the extension of the High School Department. The rooms of the Faculty of Medicine, always incon- venient, are overcrowded. Tho Faculty of Law has no class-rooms for its special use. Further, the unfinished condition of the original College buildings is a reproach to the University and indeed to tho whole community. So great has been the pecuniary pressure, that the Governors were at one time obliged to incur a personal liability of $4000 to meet existing deficiencies, and to pnjveut diminution of tho present means of instruction. The embarrtument under which the Institution thus labors, arises from an unexpected degree of success, and especially from tho rapid increase of a demand for that higher education which it is tho province of this University to supply, and for which tiie Board of Go- vernors regard it as a duty to provide, even at some rif^k of overtaxing its resources. Its rapid growth under the pressure of this demand has been so far beyond what could have been reasonably expected that it has become exceedingly difficult to make its income keep pace with its extending usefulness : and unless efficient aid be obtained there are no means by which it can be sustained on its present foot- ing. A reduction must be made by which advantages that have cost so much in time and labor will inevitably bo sacrificed. For relief under these circumstances your Memorialists can only look to the Government and the Provincial Parliament ; and they earnestly solicit attention to their absolute need of a Grant for this year, adequate to the payment of the debt, and the couipletion of the Cullege buildings; and of a sufficient num yearly utt«rward«, to enable thorn to meet the neocea«ary oxpondituru, in carrying on with effioionoy the businesa of the tlnivcrsity ; and^ they feel it their duty w urge further that provision ought Iibo to be made for the future enlargement of itf operations to meet the wants of an increasing population, by the oatablishracnt of a per- man«5nt fund for ita auppori ; and they respectfully BUggestlthat this object secniH likely to bo most easily and effectually attained, by an afpropriation of a sufficient portion of the_ public lands of the Pro- vince. Your Memorialists, feel that their application for assistacoo, in both these forms, ought to bo favorably received, upon very broad grounds of public iutercst, and for the following special reasons : First .-—The late Mr. McGUl undoubtedly made his bequest u.ide. t!:- expectation and implied promise that a further and suffi- Cient end)wu.ent would be made by the Provincial Government. Tbis :s oppa.'ea^ ^'rom the circumstances under which the bequest wu.-: n ide "'h., Go'-ernor General in 1801 laid before the Provincial pTliamcnt a n)cse;vgc in the following terms : ' That Kis Majesty had been graciously pleased to give direc- tions for llie establishmout of a competent number of Free Schools for the instruction of chUdren in the first rudiments of useful learn' ing, and in the English tongue, and for foundations of a more enlarged and comprehensive nature, and that His Majesty had been further pleased to signify His Royal intention that a suitable propor- tion of the lands of the Crown should be set apart, and the revenues thereof appropriated to such purposes." As a preliminary step, the Act incorporating th. Royal Institution for the advancement of learning was passed, containing this message in its preamble and thereafter, it was intended that the " liberal grant of Crown Lands," referred to in the Message, should be transferred to its control in trust for Free Schools and " Foundations of a more enlarged and comprehensive nature,' —but no grant was over made. The late Mr. McGill was not only an active Member of the Legislature at this time, but an Excutive Councillor, and therefore must be presumed to have been thoroughly conversant with the in- tentions of the Imperial and Provincial Governments. By his last will he bequeathed a sum of money and his Estate of Burns^ide to the Royftl InHtitution for the purponc of nrvitug uikI unuutatiiiug a Uuivorhity ; but liw ciidowuiont, liberal iw it wiu<, wom yut (|uitc< iu- udtMiuuto for the objiHst oontompintod, un endowment would have b< on rendered availnlile for its future support. In tlic cvly part ol IftlO, th«^ Lord Hathurit, then Colonial Secretary, inntructotl tlio Oovornm Gonorul, t'.io Pako of Richmond, to adopt, with iw little delay m powiblo, tho nt>c«'»»fary tnoftjiiir"* for croctino; upon Mr. McOiU'i* property an »dequttt«( huild- inK for tho instruction of youth, and Hin Oraoo waa authorised to defray tho cxpenw thereof from tho funds which wight \w iu tho handh of tho Receiver of the Jesuitu' KHtatoH. But for reuHons unknown to tho flovornors, theao liberal intontioni on tho part of Mm MajoHty worn not carried into offoot. Thirdhj .—Tho UnivorHitv of McOlU Collo^,'o is tho only one in Lower Cuuttda which is non-sootarian. An Huch it poBMOMwa tho confidence of tho Protestant coranmnity of every reliKious donomina- lion. This i^ shown by tho list of subscriptions to tho endowment fund, in which are to be found tho names of Members of the English and Scotch Churches and of tho Froo Church, Mothodist*, Congrcga- tionalists, American Presbytoria'js and Unitarians ; Members of the Jewish faith have also contributed. fourth .—The University is not a mcro private Institution ftiundcd by individual boncvolenco, but is public and Provincial in its character. It is prepared to confer dc^ecs not only upon the Students of its own Colleges, but, under just and saluvary rules, upon those of any others which may bo established in the Province, — thus rendering it unnecessary, as without doubt it is incxepcdiont, to multiply tho number of Educational lubtitutions possessing that power. The Governing body is appointed Iby tho Crown ard is rcmovablo at pleasure. The Governor General is its Visitor. A large number of scholarships in tho Faculty of Arts are at tho disposal of Ili.H Excellency, and he has the prcsentatiou to 30 srhnlarHliip«» in tho High School Department. yiflk: — Thi.s Provincial character of tho University, and the proi^icrity and influence which it has attained, mark it out as the grca; centre and support of tho higher I'rotcMtant Education in Lo'.fcr Canutla. A.s such, the establishment and management of tlic Normal School has been confided to it with the approbation of the whole community ; and the confidence has thus far been justified by a complete success. A further indication of the same nature is nfford(!d by the afliiiation with it of the St. Francis College ( o ilouriphing Institution in one of the Eastern Townships) under tho liberal terms provided by the Statutes of the University. Tli^ iflllUtion of otha. OWigt mU TkeologU^l fjchooh mty bf ciiM^)tcd, md tlmi tlin «id« H IKglMr edttMlkm, '7hIoh tbii -ountry m maoh nwsdi, will dwayi b« •valUbb to all who mny reqtiim thorn, MidthttinthetmpkMftirn; for It l» to b« obMmd thnt thU Unlvewlty offm to Im itadtBto not only nn ordlanry llbanl educa- tion, but thd BMuu iIm of U|{h iwiontiflo iMiltunund of th.)ron-h In- Ptruotion in the profengioM of L»w, M.^lioino and KnKintH.ru.u? mid thnt iti« prMMt panuioi. fh thiff iMpeot will vmok ic, with ad.li-ionul pecuniary rewur^, to extend iti^lf .till further in the direction of profuflfiional oduofttion. Tho iDiiH)rtanflo and olalmi for nupport of nuch n Central rn?.titu. tion are t.K) <,hvioui to roquiro arp^un.ont ui.d theno, great w» thtj now arc, i^ill bo augmented by tho incroanc ol>,pultttion, woahh and Intelligence, bringing with them an uppreciutioM nl'tho value of learn- ing and a demand for tho mpan« of it« general cuiilvatiou Tho University of McGill C\.lu»go ought not then, to be confoumkd with the ordinary S'-hooIr. and other Educational KHtabli«hnu.nt.M, Hoctarian or noaiwota iun, which abound in Lower Canada. It ntandH alone in Its chart Iter and objecta, and ro<|uiro8 frora the Govennuont a direct and special support adequate fy^ it« importance and itfl wants. To plaoe it, in tho distribution of Legislative! aid, up«vj the same f..oting with tho'ie minor ertablishmeniswhieli share in the fund placed in the band8 of tho Hu|)erintendent of Education, i. an error and an in- justice, not only to the Univcruity itsolt but to iho whole Protestant community of Lower Canada. NUMBER OF STUDENTS IxV THE TTNTrERSTTY OP >JcGILL COLLKt E, FROM IHol TO I'liO Matricllatid in Arts, in M'tdicine, . In Law, Occasional in Arts,. ToUl St idents, . . . Teachers in T aining in Normal School, .... Pupils in High .School, . . . , " in Model Schools,.., 1854-5 Total Grants to tiie University,. . " to the High Sciiool for Educating 30 free Scholars. ' 97 185 I855-C 17 57 15 21 1856-7 ^ 283 $7000 110 215 325 $4000 $1128 $1128 30 JO IG 12 154 62 225 210 1857-8 35 90 30 12 1858-9 1859-60 167 70 242 230 40 97 30 7 55 108 37 S G41 709 $2800 1 $2730 $1128 $1128 174 83 250 300 807 $2001.75 $1128 205 70 252 300 833 /. <^C /