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University of Toronto.
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Delivered by Mr. Mulock, Vice-Chancellor of the University oj Toronto,
at a Public Meeting of Graduates in the Various
Faculties, held in Toronto, on Monday,
the 12th September, 1892.
*^-*<r*
Mr. Chairman, and Fellow-Graduates :
With feelings of deepest sorrow, not on my own account, but
because of our common alma mater, which for over a third of a century
has been my idol, T appear before you this evening. Unkind toward
myself as has been some of the criticisms of those whom I wish to
believe mean well by the university, I would not out of any personal
considerations take part in a controversy wherein the intei'ests of the
university appear for a moment to have been forgotten by my critics.
But feeling, as I do, that a grave university issue is involved, I, for
the first time since occupying the responsible and onerous position of
vice-chancellor, deem it my duty to sink personal considerations aud
take my' place in the ranks by the side of my fellow-graduates on behalf
of an institution which, much as it has already achieved, has yet scarcely
entered upon the threshold of its sphere of possible usefulness. T !ie less
difiidence do I feel in now addressing you in regard to this issue, be-
cause, being ex-officio a member of senate,
•^ ., .J. .- . I AM NOT A CANDIDATE : r
at the approaching senate election. Doubtless most if not all of my
hearers know that the State-endorsed King's College, the ancestor of
this institution, was at its commencement, and for many years, under
the control of the then established Church of England ; that this church
connection gave rise to what afterwards became Victoria University,
the doors of King's being closed against those not of the established
church. And although, with disestablishment in Upper Canada, King's
ceased in law to be denominational, still the mischief had been done ;
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her birth had l)een in the bosom of the church, and though constitu-
tionally separated from the church, her governing body continued for
some time to be largely composed of sympathisers with the old i'6gime.
As for the Episcopal Church, she having lost King's as her own un-
iversity, immediately set about to secure another in its place, with the
result that in a short time she obtained a charter for what is now
Trinity University, and substantial gifts in money for its maintenance.
Thereupon the sympathies of the former friends of King's were trans-
ferred to Trinity, at that time a bitter rival. Nor as yet had our
university made any compensating gain, her rivals, brought into existence
by i-eason of her unfortunate church connection, continuing loyally to
support their own institutions, and doubtless seeing little, if any, reason
for the existence of the State institution. Thus our university continued
a precarious existence for some ten years, until in 1861, when
AN OVERT ACT PRACTICALLY FOR HER DESTRUCTION
was made by her university rivals of that day. I was then a young
under-graduate of our university, but, fully appreciating the danger,
took some part in rallying my fellow-students in her defence. We
organized public meetings to protest against the proposed spoliation, I
being entrusted with the duty of moving a resolution at a great meet
ing held in St. Lawrence Hall. Fortunately, the danger was averted
for the time being, but my part in her defence at that early date enabled
me to see that the university would never cease to be in peril until she
ABANDONED HER EXCLUSIVENESS,
modernised her methods, and became an instrument of usefulness to all
classes of the community. Then, and not till then, would she possess
the sympathies and affections of the people so essential in order to her
stability and the extension of her influence for good. Accordingly,
when in accepting the honor conferred upon me by the Senate, in 1881,
by my election to the vice-chancellorship, I gave expression to these
views, they were re-echoed by my colleagues, and
I THEN PLEDGED MYSELF, WITH THEIR CO-OPERATION,
from that time forth to further the policy to which I referred by seek-
ing to bring this university into direct touch and sympathy with the
people whose institution she is. (Applause.) .And with what results?
The dangers to which this university had in the past been exposed
came from some of the great denominational universities. The reason
for their criticism, it is true, had long since ceased, but the feeling of
hostility remained, and the public were being continuously reminded
that as portions of the community were taxing themselves to do uni-
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versity work, the rest sliould do likewise, without the maintenance of a
State-aided institution. At times the argument was presented in a
different way, namely, that each university doing university work
should receive State aid, but in either case it means a menace to our
university. Our only effectual defence was to establish a community of
interest with great sections of the people, who would thus become our
allies. And what is the result to-day 1 Our advances, made in a broad,
liberal spirit, involving no sacrifice of principle on the part of the con-
tracting parties, met with a hearty response, and to-day Knox, St.
Michael's, Wycliffe, Victoria, are each proud to claim as their
university
OUR CHRISTIAN THOUGH NON-DENOMINATIONAL ALiMA MATEK.
(Applause.) Nor has our work stopped there. The Toronto College of
Music, the Royal College of Dental Surgeons, and the College of Phar-
macy have recently affiliated with and now form part of our great uni-
versity alliance. Sir, perhaps some may think that a great university
should identify itself only with what are commonly known as the
learned professions. Not so this university. "\Ve recognise the useful-
ness of education, scientific or otherwise, beyond these limits. Believing
that our influence on the greatest of all industries — agriculture — was
destined to be most beneficial to the agriculturist, and to win for us in
return his grateful sympathy, it was with great satisfaction that with
the 'learty assistance of the senate I was able to bring about the afiili-
ation of the Ontario Agricultural College. Thus, in these and various
other ways, has the senate endorsed the policy of broadening the basis
of this institution, bringing it nearer to all classes of our people, extend-
ing its usefulness, and placing it in an impregnable position, the pride
of our graduates and the crowning glory of our educational systems.
(Loud applause.) But, sir, these results were accomplished by no one
man, and insignificant as has been my part in the work, it must have
absolutely failed but for the loyal support which I received from my
colleagues in the senate from time to time. When, therefore, I observed
that it was proposed by parties in ambush to expel from the senate
SEVEN GOOD AND TRUE MEN, MESSRS. FALCONBRIDGe, BAKER, KING, MAC-
MURCHY, COYNE, AYLE8W0RTH, AND BARWICK,
who have loyally supported the policy which has secured to the uni-
versity her present eminence, I deemed it my duty to the university to
sound a warning note.
; THE COLLEGE ASSOCIATION.
Mr. Chairman, I rejoice to observe the formation of associations
amongst our graduates whose aim is generous and patriotic towards the
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wliole university, but I deplore the spirit of the promoters of the Col-
lege Association, and view it as calamitous that in such a spirit there
should be formed in our midst an association on behalf of University
College as against the interests not only of the university professoriate,
but a^ against all our other faculties, our arfiliated and confederated in-
stitutions. If each member of our university system were to imitate
this dangerous example they would all soon be on i\ war footing as
against each other, and instead of friendly, generous rivalry, at all times
.subordinated to tho common good, we would have selfish antagonism
seeking the destruction of the other. Let once such a spirit as this ac-
quire a foothold in onv midst and soon its disintegrating force will pro-
duce its logical results, the breaking up of confederation, the loss of
our allies, in a word,
THE DOWNFALL OP OUR UNIVERSITY,
Sir, I am not content to view in silence a movement which, if success-
ful, means the undoing of tl»o lir^wor'. of many noble men, whose dis-
interested labors have placed this university in her present proud posi-
tion. Mo loyal graduate would deliberately turn back the hand that
on the dial has marked the flights of her last ten years of university life.
Let us not therefore begin the work of destruction which, once begun,
will end only when we shall have destroyed our institution. (Cheers.)
Far be it from me to suggest that any of our graduates, not even my
severest critics, are not, according to their notion, loj'al to our alma
mater. They all mean well by her, but it is as true to-day as ever that
INTEREST BLINDS THE EYE,
and it will be slight comfort if, even by mistaken zeal, the university is
injured by her best friends.
I have never knowingly turned a deaf or an unkind ear to those
onnected with the university who solicited my aid towards their pre-
terment. In the interest of the university I have not been able always
to meet their viewsj more especially when preparing our house to receive
our confederation friends. But my action was intended solely in the
interests of the university whenever I resisted the numerous demands
for increases of salary and betterment of positions at a time when all
our resources were otherwise required. However, I entertained the
well-grounded hope that as soon as we had our science buildings com-
pleted our strong position would solve the financial question, and I
endeavored, though ineffectually, to have this view accepted. Why,
sir, do you think that had our university fire occurred a dozen years
ago public and private contributions would have flowed in upon us as
they did, and that the university would have arisen from her ashes more
glorious than ever 1 Rather, sir, I think it at least doubtful if there
xvould have been any restoration. Public opinion, however, and public
sympathy were with us in 1890, for
WK HAD IDKNTIFIKU TllK CNIVKHHITY ^MTII ALMOhT ALL CLASSES AND
INTEUKSTH,
thus rendering it an enay task for the LegiHlature to \.)te the restoration
funds. Already then our extension policy has, T tliink, borne substan-
tial fruit in navingour university and securing its immediate restoration.
Therefore in good faith I believed, and still believe, that public opinion
would solve ilnancial difficulties inv(»lved in bettering the positions of
certain of the staff and increasing its efficiency. But I thought, and
still think, that several other matters must be considered in xmnection
with such applications. For example, look at the length of the teaching
session, commencing nominally on the 1st of October and terminating
in April, with its Christmas and Easter holidays. Do you know of any
other branch of the public service wherein there is so brief a period of
actual work ? I have felt that in increasing a considerable number of
salaries we ought also to consider the general (juestion whether it is not
possible to correspondingly increase the period of work. If we can, you
will readily see what an enormous financial gain it ought in time to be
to this university. (Applause.) ,
THE UIOLOGICAL DUILDINO.
But my critics say that too much money has been spent on biology
and on the medical faculty. Let me analyze this charge. In 1878,
when I became a member of the Board of Trustees, I found the capital
of the university impaired by nearly $40,000, the result of the erection
of the main building. In 1883 we had wiped out this deficit, and in
the meantime had entered upon our policy of university expansion. In
the fall of that year I made, through Senator Macdonald, then a member
of Victoria and of our senate, a proposal which two years thereafter, in
a modified form, was approved of by the General Conference. At this
period our facilities for teaching the sciences were lamentably deficient ;
biology, a subject of great and rapidly increasing importance, having, as
you all know, the merest apology for a laboratory. "Well, sir, every one
who has given any thought to our requirements felt that in the near
future, confederation or no confederation, we must erect science build
ings. And it was well understood during all the negotiations that
I'esulted in confederation that this university would endeavor to make
ADEQUATE PROVISION FOR SCIENCE TEACHING.
In fact this understanding was, I believe, one of the most important
factors in bringing about that most important result. With the pros-
pect then of such a demand upon our resources I strove to husband
them in order to be able to implement our implied obligations in respect
of confederation. Shortly after the general conference had in 1885
eiidoi-Hed c(»nfp(l(!niti()ii I t(»ok steps looking to the de- elopment of the
science side of the university. The first subject to deal with was
biology, and with money derived fi-oni the release to the (iovernnient
of our interest in the old asylum site in the park, and savings from our
income we were able to erect the easteily wing of the biological labora-
tory. This in no way impaired the income of the university, the asy-
lum site having been, as all our graduates know, a wholly unproductive
asset. But this east part simply provided certain lecture rooms and
labt atory accommodation, and it was part of the general scheme that
the westerly wing should provide accommodation for the museum.
When therefore the completion of the westerly part was being iindei'-
taken, the medical faculty having been in the meantime established, it
appeared to me a most economical arrangement that the attic flat
should 1)6 utilized for anatomical purposes. Our medical faculty had
l)een in operation more than a session, long enough to make manifest
the disadvantages under which we were laboring, part of the work
having to be carried on in the old building on Gerrard-street, opposite
the hospital, and another part in the Univei-sity grounds. To make
this clear, let me explain the course of study in medicine. Our curri-
culum requires students to take the .science work, anatomy and physiol-
ogy in the first half of their course. This involved, according to the
existing arrangements, their daily attendance at science lectures in the
University grounds, and also attendance ft)r dissecting and other pur-
poses during the same period at the old buildings nearly two miles
away. Thus situated, it was practically impossible to carry on these
two branches of work, the science and the anatomical, a^ these remote
points with any degree of satisfaction. Students were unwilling to lose
the time involved in traversing between these two points daily, to say
nothing of the loss of broken parts of each day. There are always, as
every student knows, necessary interruptions between lectures, they
i-arely follow each other without a break of time, and the only practical
solution to the difficulty was to make provision whereby students in
attendance on the science lectures could without interruption devote
the rest of their time daily to the dissecting room and other work of
their course. Manifestly the proper solution to the question was to
provide dissecting rooni and other accommodation near to where the
science work had to be done, whereby the students might fill in broken
hours by dissecting and attending lectures on anatomical and other
professional branches of their study. Such an arrangement would be
an
ENORMOUS SAVING OF TIME TO THE STUDENT
and leave them in a better position to take advantage of our science
facilities. (Applause.)
THK OPPORTUNITY TIIKN AKHlVKn WITH THK EHKCTION OF THK Ml'HKUM
WlN(f
>f the biological laboratory, the top oi- attic Hat, which otherwise would
have l)een of little or no use, having been converted into dissecting
and lx)ne rooms and connected by a hoist with a r<M)ni in the basement
•where material could be stored. There has l)een ho much misrepresenta-
tion la regard to this work that T invite all to examine the building for
theuiselves, and I am sure they will come away convinced that a wise
and econcmiical arrangement was arrived at, and there is
NOT A UNIVERSITY MAN OF ANY iJHKADTII OF MIND
that would undo the work if he could. (Loud cheers.) But it is said
that secrecy was observed. This is quite true. I knew full well from
my experience with the Park Hospital that if publicity wei'e given to
the fact that we contemplated having a dissecting room in the park
building we would encounter local opposition which would paralyse
the movement as it had done the hospital scheme. Hence the caution
observed. But it did not occur to me that the narrow view now ad-
vanced would be taken that the State should render no assistance to
medical science. Why, sir, when the Toronto Medical School, being
the medical faculty of Victoria, at the time of confederation, as part
of the understanding of that great movement, ceased to exist, and
when the Legislature by the Confederation Act authorii:ed us to estab-
lish teaching faculties in medicine and law, not one word appeared in
the Act suggesting that they were to be on any footing different from
the arts faculty, and when the Senate unanimously and promptly acted
upon the powers so conferred, and established these faculties, I regard-
ed such legislation and action as simply a mandate to do what our cir-
cumstances warranted towards putting them on a reasonably sound
basis, having due regard to all other demands upon our resources. It
should be borne in mind that the object of our Senate in identifying
the Univei'sity with medicine was not simply to qualify persons to
practise medicine. That followed, it is true, as an incident, but we
had a
MORE FAR-REACHING, A MORE PUBLIC SPIRIT ED AIM.
On this point let me (juote from the report of the medical faculty of our
senate, aidopted in 1887, recommending the establishment of our medi-
cal faculty, and which report, I may say, the senate unanimously
adopted. This report, indicating what should be the aim of a great
university like ours in seeking to advance medical science, uses these
words : "Leading members of that institution (referring to the Toi'onto
School of Medicine), expressing entire concurrence with the opinion en-
tertained by the authorities of the University of Toronto, that in the
interests of medical science and therefore of the general public it is the
•lutv <»f tilt' Pi'(i\ iiiciiil University iit \\w (>arli<'st possible nioineitt to es-
tahiish a Uiacliiii;^ t'arulty in uitMlicinc, instead of peiinittiu^ that import-
ant branch of e(hu;ation to remain uhnost exeUisively in the hands of
proprietary corporations, lial)le to be maiia^'ed with a view to p(^cuniary
profit to the proprietors rather than to the cause (»f nuulical science.
Your fommittee do not (h'sii-** to l)e understood as expressing an opinion
that such has i)een the policy of any medical school, but the circum-
stance that the etlbrts of this university, extending over a long period
of years, to encourag(! a higher standard of medical education appear
not to have been practically seconded by any medical school, has con-
vinced your connnittee that cooperation can be secured only from a
teaching staff directly under the control of the university. Such an
arrangement, having for its object not private gain but the general in-
terests of th(^ people, is best calculated to promote the highest interests
of medical science. " (Applause.) Personally T would not have adv<i-
cated the establishment of a medical faculty had I supj)osed that it wa.s
simply to enter the arena in coni{)etitif»n with (»ther medical schools and
without assistance be compelled to conrtne its work to the old methods.
Speaking in December, 1890, at a public meeting in the biological lab-
oratory, in the presence of hundreds of my fellow-graduates, when, I
think, the westerly wing was either eompleteil or approaching comple-
tion, 1 expressed myself as follows : " In the opinion of the university
any scheme of medical education which deals simply with the curative,
NEOLRCTINCJ THK PIIKVENTIVK
aspects of medical science is radically defective, and in that view nearly
fifteen years ago the university had endeavored to engraft upon the re-
(juirements of a medical education a more thorough acquaintance with
the subject of biology acquired by laboratory work, use of the microscope
and otherwise. The senate had ol)served on the medical side of the
State-aided historic universities of Europe tlie inauguration of a great
movement, that the miscroscope, a supreme instrument of research, was
disclosing many hidden truths of nature and revealing causes of disea.se,
thus preparing the way for the discovery of remedies. Accordingly we
introduced changes in our curriculum which we hoped would promote
study in the direction referred to, but after long years of waiting were
forced to the conclusion that
IT WAS HOPKLESS TO EXPECT SUCH RESULTS
from medical schools having no public endowment. We have not one
unkind sentiment towards any such institution, and should "^er rejoice
at their progress and development, but it was unreasonable to expect
the work of the State to be carried on at the expense of private individ-
uals. Yet this necessary work had to be undertaken, and no course re-
mained for this university except to follow the example of the great
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universities of (ireiit Firiraiii, (Jcnnany, AuHh'iu, Frmiro and other con-
tinental coiiMtrie.s, wliicli, Ix-iri^ largely aided l»y tiie State, were not
merely parasites on the e<Uu;a»ional system, hut v/ere actively enji[ayed
in contrihutinj,' towards the extension of luecHcal science. Speakinj; of
])arasites, he would he a Ixild man who woidd assert that all diseases of
parasitic orij,'in were preventahle or curahle, hut then^ did a|)p(tai'
rcasonahle grounds for 1>eli(H'ing that the darkness which had hitherto
envelopcid tht^ scientific searcher after ti'uth in investigatiiifj cases of
consumption and allied diseases was ahout to pass away, and that the
TRAINlN(i A(;(JUIKKI) IN TIIK lUOLOOICAL LAHORATORV
was ahout to confer on numkind benefits i.itherto without a paralh^l.
The Stat<! aid rendered by France had given the world a Pasteur, whilst
Dr. Koch (h-ew iiis inspirations from the State-aid(>d laboratories of the
fatherland ; and if the coming graduates of Canadian universitie.s, in
the piactice of their profession, were to contribute towards medical
science, it was essential that their medical education be of a charact»M'
which, apart from (jualifying them to apply existing methods, would
direct their minds towards research. In view oi the great possibili-
ties, do you think that any medical student of to-day .should pass into
the ranks of his pi-ofe.ssion without having had the opportunity of
acquainting himself with what is already known to the .science of bac-
tei'iology, the development of which must largely rest with the students
of to-day? (Applause.) The University of Toronto at lea.st took that
ground, and t would ask
WHAT HKiUKK DUTV COULD DKVOLVE UPON TIIE STATR
than thus seeking to provide for the maintenance of the health of the
people by preparing men to investigate the causes of disease and their
prevention 'i The world is wont to speak of the progressive character
of medical science, but if no encouragement or attention were given
to original research, and if all were content simply to apply such know-
ledge as was now po.ssessed, then medicine would stand still. Diseases
hei-etofore regarded as incurable would contirme incurable, and those
so afflicted would live without hope. We could not admit the sound-
ness of such a proposition. It was the duty of the State to seek for
the cau.ses of disease with a view to its prevention and cure, and as a
university belonging to the people, existing but for the people's welfare,
1 can conceive of no direction wherein its energies could be better
directed in order to promote the public good than by seeking the ad-
vancement as well as the difiusion of medical science," (Applause.)
Sir, these sentiments, when uttered in a university meeting, sur-
rounded by university men on all sides,
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MET WITH A HEARTY, I BELIEVE A UNANIMOUS, RESPONSE.
They still represent iny views, and it was out Of my aiixiety to identify
this university with efforts to advance medical science and benefit my
fellow-men that I sent Prof. Ramsay Wright, not at the "univeirsity's
expense, to Germany to study under Dr. Koch, yet even that personal
act of mine .las been resurrected to do action against me. Suppose
some man trained under our new system were to discover a method for
the
BUCCE88FT1L PREVENTION OR THE CURE OF CHOLERA,
think you any citizen then would take the position that that result was
acquired at too great expense, if even it involved the expenditure of a
few thousand dollars of university money, on some biological or medi-
cal laboratory ? (Oheers.) Why, sir, if I had supposed that the
policy of this university in establishing a medical faculty was simply
to unite together a number of professional gentlemen, call them a
medical faculty, and leave such faculty without resources, laboratories,
lecture rooms or appliances, or the iirst i-equirements wherewith to
carry on the work whose very necessities would have compelled such a
faculty in a struggle for existence to seek to turn out the largest num-
ber of practitioners at the lowest possible cost, thus degrading instead
of elevating the cause of medical science, I would have, and I ven-
ture to say the public would have, protested against such
A PROSTITUTION OF UNIVERSITY POWER,
and the medical faculty of this university would, I think, never have
had an existence. (Cheers.) However, in deference to criticism, the
university is now ])eing fully compensated for the expenditure made,
however trifling, on behalf of the faculty, a rental being charged against
the medical faculty. Consequently such expenditure being now a
revenue-bearing asset, the university's income is not thereby encroached
upon to the exteiit of a single dollar.
THUS, AT NO COST TO THE UNIVERSITY,
our medical faculty has been enabled to carry on its work both economi-
cally and efficiently, to the great advantage of the university, and yet
my critics refuse ou have any regard to results, but, in what I feel to be
anything but a fair or just spirit, denying me credit for anything, de-
nounce me for action absolutely disinterested on my part, intended
solely for the benefit of the university, and which will, I am satisfied,
be of incalculable ac Vantage to her. (Cheers.) Rarely has the refin-
ing influence of university education so failed to awaken a desire to
place a charitable construction on the action of others.
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THE PARK HOSPITAL.
Again, I am said to have alienated a vast area of university lands for
the establishment of the Park Hospital. This charge I fully covered
in a communication to the senate in June last, but in case you may not
have read it, I will briefly review that transaction. Shortly after the
senate established the medical faculty, namely, in the fall of 1887, the
late Senator Macdonald, then a member of our senate, a man of the
most generous impulses, and a staunch friend of this university, inform-
ed me that he desired to found a hospital in connection with our uni-
versity. He told me he had promised his daughter shortly before her
death to give the share of his estate which she would have received had
she survived him, towards a hospital, and being deeply interested in
medical science, he felt that such an institution in connection with our
university would be of great advantage to the medical faculty, to the
university and the whole public. I need not trouble you with all the
details. Suffice it to say, that Mr. Macdonald's original proposition
was that
THE UNIVERSITY WOULD GIVE A FREE SITE
by conveying land in fee simple to trustees for the hospital, and in con-
sideration of such grant of land he would give in cash $40,000 towards
the erection of the building, the trustees to maintain the hospital in
connection with this university, which was to have control and manage-
njent of all buildings erected ou the land. In addition to the great in-
direct advantages accruing to the v.niversity, she was to be paid by stu-
dents for the privilege of attending this hospital such annual fees as the
senate prescribed. Under this latter provision
THE UNIVERSITY WOULD RECEIVE A DIRECT RETURN IN MONEY
for the use of the land, the amount of which from our prosperous medi-
cal faculty, ever growing in public favor, would soon exceed any other
possible return from the land, whether sold or leased. I think I have
as accurate an idea as any person as to the value of the two lots includ-
ed in this trust, and have no hesitation whatever in declaring that
BY NO OTHER POSSIBLE WAY, BY SALE OR LEASE,
will the university ever derive as large an annual income from these
lots as she will by charging fees to medical students for the privilege of
attending the hospital when erected thereon. And I regret that while
those objectors have given exaggerated ideas as to the value of the lots,
they have, as a rule, cai-efully abstained from alluding to this provision for
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ADEQUATE MONEY COMPENSAl'ION.
But to return to Senator Macdonald, his views and conditions were em-
bodied in a draft agreement, a copy of which I now hold in my hand.
This draft document purports to be made between John Macdonald, of
the City of Toronto, in the County of York, merchant, hereinafter call-
ed the donor, of the first part, and Her Majesty tlie Queen, represented
for the purposes of this agreement by John Edward Berkeley Smith,
the bursar of the university and colleges at Toronto, of the second part,
and recites as follows : —
" Whereas the said party of the first part herein described as the
donor, by reason of his love for his daughter. Amy Macdonald, now de-
ceased, and from a desire to perpetuate a memorial of her good-will and
sympathy towards the sick and suffering, and also from a desire to pro-
mote the interests of medical science and surgery, has resolved to dedi-
cate the sum of money hereinafter named in perpetuity for the purpose
of founding a hospital, to be forever known as the Amy Macdonald Hos-
pital, subject to the provisions and conditions hereinafter set forth, and
amongst others upon condition that Her Majesty, represented as afore-
said for the purposes of this agreement by the bursar of the u"'versity
and colleges, should set apart, and
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APPROPRIATE CERTAIN LANDS,
being those hereinafter particularly described, to be held along with the
said sum of money upon trust for the purposes hereinafter set forth of
the said Amy Macdonald Hospital ; and, whereas, her Majesty, repre-
sented as aforesaid, has signified her assent to the proposal of the said
donor, and hath agreed to stand seized of the said lands in trust for the
purposes aforesaid upon the execution of these presents by the respec-
tive parties hereto, and to convey the said lands to the said trustees, to
be appointed as hereinafter set forth, who shall thereupon stand seized
of the lands and the said sum of money and of all erections to be placed
upon the said lands upon and for the trusts hereinafter set forth. Now,
therefore, this indenture witnesseth that in consideration of the pre-
mises and for the purpose of effectuating the desires and resolution of
the donor aforesaid, and in consideraticjn of the Crown agx'eeing to set
apart and to convey the lands hereinafter described, the said donor
hereby agrees, subject to the conditions and stipulations hereinafter set
forth, to pay to the trustees of the said proposed hospital $40,000, to
be held by them along with the lands herein described and all erections
to be placed upon the same, upon and for the trusts hereinafter parti-
cularly set forth. And this indenture further witnesseth that Her Ma-
jesty, represented as aforesaid for the purposes of this agreement, in
consideration of the said gift by the donor and in consideration of the
benefits to be derived from the erection of the proposed hospital to.
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medical education in connection with the University of Toronto, doth
hereby covenant to stand seized of the following lands and premises,
that is to say (lands not described) in trust for the purposes herein set
forth, and to convey the same to the trustees, to be appointed in man-
ner hereinafter set forth."
The document then, after referring to the mode of appointing trustees,
pi'oceeds as follows : —
" It is hereby agreed and declared that the trustees in whom the said
lands and said sum of money are to ha vested and their successors, etc.,
shall stand seized of the said lands and of the said sum of money for
the erection of a hosjjital upon said portion of said lands as they shall
determine, to be known and to be called the Amy Macdonald Hospital,
which hospital and any extensions thereof oi* .additions thereto are to be
forever hereafter appropriated and used for the treatment of patients
suffering from all forms of disease other than those that are contagious,
infectious, chronic or incurable, and also for patients requiring surgical
treatment, so that the establishment and perpetuation of the said
hosp'tal may not only be the means of relieving sickness or suflFering
among such patients, l)ut may also serve to
PROMOTE THE INTEKESTS OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL EDUCATION
in connection with the University of Toronto."
And the document, amongst other provisions, then provides that the
University of Toronto shall have the right from time to time to prescribe
and Hx the fees to be paid by the students to the university for the use
of the hospital, as I have heretofore mentioned.
Well, sir, Mr. Macdonald subsequently came to the conclusion that it
would be advisable to change the name of the hospital, and he wrote to
me on the 15th day of November, 1887, the letter, in his own hand-
writing, signed by himself, which I am now about to read : — " On look-
ing over the draft agreement, after our last interview in my office, I
wrote to Mr. Macdonald (the solicitor) suggesting the elimination of the
clause having reference to free beds, feeling that it might prove a source
of embarrassment. This he undertook to do. Since then the matter
has been much in my mind, and I have come to the conclusion that it
would be best to abandon that which was a'eally the incentive to the
offer, namely, the association of the name of my dear child with the in-
stitution. This will not affect my offer, which still remains, but which
can, I think, be put in a form which will be more likely to make the
institution from the very first worthy of its location, worthy of the city."
He then proceeds tc> suggest a financial scheme, and then continues as
follows : — " You will, I have no doubt, be greatly surprised at this
change in my purpose, but I see in it advantages so great, and which
do not appear to me possible in any otiier way, that I have no difficulty
in reaching this conclusion. You will say what about the instrument
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of agreement ? File it. It will show in after years, at least, first, how
the scheme originated, growing as it did out of a conversation lietween
ourselves ; second, it will show what the original purpose was as to the
name of the institution, and third, this letter, which, if your board sees
fit, might also be filed, will show the reasons for departing from the
•original resolution, and will fittingly form part of the history of the iu-
■stitution. Whether or not my views meet with the approval of youi"
■board as to the appeal for further subscriptions, it will not affect my
offer, and I purpose to pay to your own order $20,000 on the letting of
the contract, and the remaining $20,000 on the complt^ion of the plas-
tering, trusting that this maybe the means [of leading up to an in-
stitution which will in an eminent degree prove a blessing for all time
to come to the afflicted classes of this great city, and which was the
earnest wish of my child, but which will also materially contribute to
the advancement of medical science in connection with the University
of Toronto."
Well, sir, that draft agreement with Senator Macdonald's letter I
submitted to the Board of Trustees of the University of Toronto at their
meeting held on the 18th of November, 1887. There were present the
following members of the board : — Sir Daniel Wilson, Judge Patterson,
Mr. Hoskin, Mr. A. H. Campbell and myself. The following resolution
was unanimously adopted ))y the boai'd on motion of Mr. Hoskin,
seconded by Mr. Justice Pattei'son : — "Resolved, that the trustees of
the University of Toronto gratefully acknowledge, on behalf of the
citizens of Toronto as well as the university, the gift of $40,000 from
the Hon. John Macdonald as a generous contribution towards the
extension of hospital accommodation, the necessity for which is a con-
sequence of the growth of the city, the advancement of medical science
and the promotion of thorough and medical education. The trustees
concur with Mr. Macdonald in the hope that the project thus initiated
will result in the establishment of an institution which will from the
first be worthy of its location in the City of Toronto, and equal in all
respects to the best institutions on this continent. They share his
confidence that there will be found among our citizens both the ability
and the will to contribute the remainder of the funds necessary to
successfully accomplish his benevolent and patriotic project, and they
agree with him that the amount provided for the building and equip-
ment of the hospital should be at least $150,000. To provide for the
erection and management of the hospital, the trustees propose to act
upon a suggestion of Mr. Macdonald by arranging for the appointment
of a committee of citizens, in whom as a corporation the property shall
be vested, and subject to whose control the work of the hospital shall
be carried on. The trustees desire to convey to Mr. Macdonald the
assurance of their sincere hope that although the generous motive to
secure the success of the institution has led him to withdraw his
original suggestion that his daughter's name should be associated with
it, he may have the gratification of seeing her earnest wish fulfilled by
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the hospital not only proving in an eminent degree a blessing to the
afflicted, but also materially contributing to the advancement of medical
science. Ordered that the draft agreement and letter above set foi-th be
tiled in this office until the hospital trustees have completed their work
of organization, and thereupon the agreement and letter be placed in
their custody and form part of the records showing the history and
origin of the proposed hospital." Well, sir,
THE ACTION OP THE BOARD WAS DULY ANNOUNCED IN THE PUBLIC PRESS.
The resolution to which I have referred was set forth in full and the
utmost publicity given to the whole scheme. The precise piece of land
was not determined upon at this time, but even then Senator Mac-
donald had in contemplation the site finally selected. You will observe,
then, from the action of the Board of Trustees that the board by its
resolution committed itself to Senator Macdonald's proposition, namely.
THAT THE UNIVERSITY WAS TO PROVIDE THE LAND
TRIBUTE HIS $40,000.
AND HE TO CON-
That proposition was assented to by our Boai'd of Trustees and was
substantially carried out some two years later. I will not weary you
with unnecessary details, but how it was carried out is correctly stated
in my communication to the senate, an extract from which I beg now
to read to you : —
" Thus matters remained until I received an intimation that Senator
Macdonald was seriously ill, and desired to see me. Accordingly, the
next morning being the 1st of January, 1890, 7 called upon him and
was shown to his bedroom. He there informed me that he had been
dangerously ill, and though then apparently better, that he was in a
most precarious state of health, that during the crisis through whicn he
had been passing his mind had continually dwelt upon his uncompleted
promise made to his dying daughter to contribute towards the founding
of a hospital the share in his estate which she would have received if
she had survived him, and he had concluded to agree to the price placed
on Wycliffe College property rather than risk further delay, and as soon
as he felt able he would endeavor to place the $40,000 forthwith at the
disposal of the trust, when he hoped I would press the matter to a con-
clusion without further delay.
" He reminded me that he intended, as he had often told me before,
to in urease the amount by his will, and impressed me with the intensity
of his anxiety for the earliest possible completion of the purchase, and
with the danger arising from delay, concluding his reference to the con-
dition of his health by informing me, to use almost his own words, that
he felt that there was a very narrow border land separating him from
his daughter, to whom on her death-bed he had matle the promise in
question. I assured him that as soon as he advised me that the cash
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payment of !?40,000 was at thn disposal of the Iward T would use all
possible despatch in pressing the purchase to a completion. He made
one further recjuest of nie, which 1 hope may be respected. He desired
that over the main entrance, which he thought might be near the head
of McCaul street, there be placed these words, ' He healed them all.'
This ended my interview, and I never afterwards saw him alive.
" T felt that there was not a moment to lo«e, and that even a day's
delay might jeopardise a scheme which appeared to me full of promise
of usefulness, botli to the suffering public and to the university as a
teaching body. T heard nothing further on the subject until Thursday
evening, the 2nd January, 1890, when on my return to Toronto, having
been absent iluiingtlie day attending the funeral of my late partner, Mr.
Tilt, I was called to the tebphone I v one of Mr. Macdonald'ssons, who told
me that his father having arranged to pay over at once the .f 40,000,
the son had attended at my office with the amount during the day, but
that ho had learned 1 was out of town, that he had so reported to his
father, who seemed much depressed in consequence, and that he was
still awake and anxious to know whether, now that the finances were
arranged, the transfer of property could be at once effected. I told the
mm to assure his father to the efi'ect that I would press the matter to a
completion with all possible speed, and the next morning I instructed
our solicitors to prepare the papers. That day or the next morning I
called upon the Minister of Education, and reported to him the situation.
T told him Mr. Macdonald had assured me of his intention to increase
the amount by his will by giving to the hospital the share in the estate
which his daughter would have taken had she survived him. He knew
perfectly that the scheme simply secured at once the promised cash gift
of $40,000 (in fact he went with me to Mr. Mardonald's warehouse to
secure the money), and that the expected addition thereto depended
upon Mr. Macdonald's will.
" I discussed with the Minister the probable consequences of delay,
and he agreed with me that we would not be justified in adopting any
course that involved delay.
" The concluding details connected with t'le transfer may be best ttild
by a perusal of the report on the subject which I made to the Park
Hospital Trustees on the 7th January, 1890, that is, three days after
the transfer. There were present the following gentlemen : — Dr.
Hoskin, Q.C., Sir Daniel Wilson, Dr. Larratt Smith, Q.C., James
Scott and myself. Mr. Wm. Macdonald, solicitor, and the secretary
also attended. The minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted."
The chairman read the following report : — " To the Board of Trustees
of the Park Hospital Trust : With regard to the proposed donation of
$40,000 by the Hon. Senator Macdonald to this trust, and the . cquisi-
tion of the premises for the purpose of the trust, I have the honor to
inform the Board that in consequence of his serious illness Senator
Macdonald notified me of his desire to have the Park Hospital Trust
immediately established, and his proferred donation of f 40,000 applied
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forthwith in the acquisition of certain property whicli 1ms been under
negotiation for tliat purpose, the property being what is commonly
known as Wycliffe College property, north of CoUege-sti-eet, and the
lots between the property and College-street. I accordingly instructed
our solicitor to place himself in communication with the solicitor for
WyclifFe College people and the bursar of the university, with a view
to completing arrangements. That on Saturday, the 4th inst., the
solicitor informed me that he had all the necessary papers completed for
the transfer to the park trust of the Wycliffe College property and the
lots in question, and that the matter only now remained to be closed
by the formal execution of the papers and payment of the purchase
money.
" Accordingly T attended on the Minister of Education, who with me
attended at the solicitor's office, examined the various documents, and
signified his approval thereto Ijy the necessary endorsement thereon.
Thereupon I notified Mr. James Scott, treasurer of the trust, who,
having also approved of the proceedings, accompanied the solicitors, the
Minister of Education and myself to the warehouse of the Hon. John
Macdonald, and there we received at the hands of his s<m, J. K. Mac-
donald, a cheque for $40,000, to be applied on account of the purchase
money of the Wycliffe College property, the balance of the purchase
money, i20,000, to be paid on or before the 1st of May next. This
cheque I endorsed to the order of the Dominion Bank, to be placed
there to the credit of this trust, and delivered it to our treasurer, Mr.
Scott, who immediately opened an account in the bank in question, and
deposited the same there. Inniiediately thereafter, Mr. Scott, Mr.
Macdonald and myself, together with Mr. Hoyle, solicitor for Wycliffe
College, proceeded to Colonel Gzowski's residence, whei'e the necessary
papers to be executed by Wycliffe College Corporation were so executed,
and the $40,000 paid over to Colonel Gzowski. On Monday thereafter
I notified the secretary to call a meeting of the Park Hospital Trustees
with a view to my reporting the whole of these proceedings to the Board,
which I now therefore do, and trust that the course which I have taken
may meet with ratification at the hands of the Board. In explanfvtion
of my not having consulted the Bor»rd at every stage in these details, I
beg to state that the course pursued was adopted in consequence of the
views entertained by the few persons whose absolute concurrence was nec-
essary, namely, that there was danger of the matter receiving publicity
which might perhaps endanger the carrying out of the scheme or at least
delay it ; and
SUCH DELAY, OWING TO SENATOR MACDONALD's DELICATE HEALTH,
MIGHT DEFEAT THE UNDERTAKING.
Under these circumstances, I did not venture to assume the responsibility
of taking any course that might lead to such defeat, and therefore offer
this as my explanation for not having obtained previous authority for
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every step taken. Hei'ewith I enclose assignment of lease from Wyclitie
College to your Board of Trustees. Also lease from the bursar to the
Board of Trustees of the College-street lots. Also agreement between
Wycliffe College and your Board, covering certain details still to be
carried out in connection with the transfer, and would ask that the seal
of your Board be affixed to these documents, and that they be duly
executed and delivered.
" The report was unanimously adopted. The members present at this
meeting were Sir Daniel Wilson, Dr. Hoskin, Larratt W. Smith. Jahies
Scott and myself, all members of the University Board as well. The
solicitor and secretary were also present. The Board then adopted and
passed the following resolution and minut ?s : Moved by Dr. Smith,
seconded by Dr. Hoskin, * That the seal, t lo impression of which is in
the margin of this resolution, be the corporate seal of the trustees of the
Park Hospital.' Carried.
" Moved by Jiviea Scott, seconded y>y Sir Daniel Wilson, ' That the
president of the Pai-k Hospital Trustees be authorized to affix the seal
of this corporation to the agreement for the purchase of the leasehold
property and buildings thereon of Wycliffe College or the Protestant
Episcopal Divinity School Corporation, and also to the assignment to
the Park Hospital trustees of the leasehold premises and buildings there-
on as aforesaid, and also co the lease from the Crown to the Park Hos-
pital trustees of lots 8 and 9, according to plan 'D 18' registered in
the registry office for the City of Toronto.' Carried. In pursuance of
the foregoing resolution the president affixed the corporate seal to the
necessary papers.
*' Therefore the Board passed the following resolution : Moved by Sir
Daniel Wilson, seconded by Dr. Larratt W. Smith, ' That the TruS'
tees of the Park Hospital thankfully acknowledge the receipt of
$40,000 from the Honorable John Macdonald, being his munificent
gift towards the extension and improvement of hospital accom-
modation in the city of Toronto, and for
THE FURTHERANCE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.
The Trustees concur with Mr. Macdonald in hope that the project
thus initiated will result in the establishment of an institution which
will prove equal in all respects to the best institution of the kind on
this continent. They confidently anticipate ^ ready response from a
generous public, whereby the proposed institution shall, at an early
date, be thoroughly equipped for the carrying on of the object of its
establishment, feeling assured that situate, as it will be, in the heart
of this great and growing city, in the chief Province in our Dominion,
it will prove through long generations a blessing to our people.'
Carried.
" At this meeting, in addition to the formal approval of my scheme,
one member of the University Board (also member of our Senate),
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spoke in the wannest terms of my course, und, hs a University man,
thanked me for what I had done, and his remai'ks were endorsed by all
present,
"Two days later, namely, on the 9th oi January, 1890, was held a
meeting of the University Board of Tjustees, ^t which were present, Sir
Daniel Wilson, Dr. Hoskin, Lairatt W. Smith, James Scott, Sir Cas-
simir (Jzowski, Mr. Christie and myself, when tlie said lease and other
documents were unanimously approved of. The following are the min-
utes of the lx)ard : ' University Park, lots 8 and 9, lease to Park Hos-
pital trustees. Approved. University lots 7 and 10, assignment of
lease Protestant Episcopal Divinity School to Park Hospital trustees.
Approved. Land south of Hoskin avenue, lease to Wycliffe College,
one acre. Approved.' It may be observed that live of the trustees
present at this meeting were present at the meeting of the Park Hos-
pital trustees, when my report was read and approved of, and I was
directed to execute the papers. I now beg to direct the attention of
the senate to some of the provisions of the lease, which I think show
that the interests of the univei-sity have l)een cai-efuUy considered. The
lease provides that ' These two lots (along with the Wycliffe College
lots) should be held for hospital purposes, and for such educational pur-
poses in connection thei-ewith, and with the medical faculty of the Uni-
versity of Toronto, as the senate of the said university may from time to
time in that behalf determine. That her Majesty, for and on behalf of
and as trustee for the said University of Toronto, may from time to
time erect and maintain on said lands, notwithstanding the estate there-
in of the Park Hospital trustees, such building or buildings as may be
deemed necessary by the senate of the University of Toronto for educa-
tional purposes in connection with the said hospital, and for such pur-
poses may use, occupy and enjoy the same. That no building or build-
ings shall at any time hereafter be erected by the lessees upon the said
demised lands or other lands without the approval first had and
obtained of the senate of the University of Toronto. That the success-
ors of the trustees of the said Park Hospital shall from time to time be
appointed i
BV THE SENATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO,
in accordance with the provisions of such statute or statutes as the
senate may fi'om time to time enact. That the Park Hospital trustees
shall not sell, encumber (except for the purpose of securing the unpaid
purchase money due to Wycliffe College or the Protestant Episcopal
School Corporation), or otherwise alienate any portion o^ the herein de-
mised, or other lands aforesaid, without the consent thereto of the said
senate by statute in that behalf, and such consent shall only be given
upon condition that the moneys to arise from any such disposition shall
be held and applied by the Park Hospital trustees for the carrying out
in the City of Toronto of the same trusts and purposes in all respects an
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affect the Hiiid lands and premises under the provisidus thereof, and the
Park Hosjjital trustees sliall not entrust th(! nuinajj[en)ent of the said
hospital to any other corporation for any tixinl period of time, Imt
only so that the Park Hospital trustees shall he entitled to reassume
the actual possession, contn»l and management thereof whenever re-
(piired so t<» do by resolution of the said senate. That in tiie event of
the Park Hospital ti'ustees entrusting the management of the hospital
to the trustees of the Toronto General Hospital, or to any otiier cor-
poration, the said Park Hospital trustees shall resume the management
of the saitl hospital whenever and so often as recjuired so to do by a
resolution of the senate of the University of Toronto ; and the Park
Hospitil trustees shall not have power to divest themselves of the right
to resume the management of the said hospital, either of their motion,
or in pursuance of any resolution of the senate (tf tlie University of To-
ronto as afor(;said.' And the lease proceeds to 'demise said lands sub-
ject to said conditions to the hospital trustees for the said hospital and
educational purposes only.' And provides for payment of rent as fol-
lows : —
"VIELDINC; AND PAVIN(; TIIEUEFOH AND EVEHV YEAH
during the said teinn hereby granted unto the .said lessor, his successors
in office, or assigns, by way of rent, such moneys as the said senate
may from time to time require to be paid by students for the privilege
of attending said liospital for educational pui-poses." • From the fore
going extracts from the lease it appears that
" THE HOSPITAL IS PRACTICALLY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THIS SENATE
and available for medical educational purposes as it may determine, and
I venture to assert that if the scheme is not impaired, the university
will in due course receive by way of rent from fees of students at-
tending this hospital quite as much money, if not more, than she could
realise either by selling or leasing the land. There are those whose
opinions are of value, who think that
"an HOSPITAL forms a NECESSARY PART OP THE EQUIPMENT OF EVr'-i'
EFFICIENT Mr,DICAL FACULTY,
and in proof of this it is only necessai'y to pemind the senate that the
great medical schools of Great Britain, the United States and Germany
have control of hospitals, and whatever may be intended, I fear that an
assault on the hospital in question will be regarded as aimed at our
medical faculty. I therefore trust that the senate will first decide
whether the presence of the hospital in question is of any, and if so,
what service to the university. There can 1^ no conflict l)etween the
university and the hospital trustees. They hold ofHce at the will of the
senate, and can make no disposition of the property
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*' WITHOUT TIIK CONSENT OP THE HKNATE, WIlirH THUS, IIAVlNfJ FULL CON-
TROL, CAN DY ITS ACTION DKTEHMINK THK FATK OF THE HOHIMTAL.
'* If the senate requireH u surrender oi the College-street lots, in whole
or in part, it cun, I tliink, attain that end by action in the
senate, uncontrolled by an outside body, but I trust that before
arriving at such decision the most careful consideration will be given to
the whole subject. It was but in the interest of this university that
I identified myself with the hospital scheme. I believe in the
medical faculty and earnestly desire its success. I have nt) sym-
pathy with those who contend that no public aid should be given to-
wards the advancement of medical science. It is a view to which I
personally cannot give my assent ; and even if the hospital scheme
cost the university something, which I contend in the end it will not,
I consider it wt)uld be worthy of fair consideration. The time will
come when I think you will be
" UNAULE TO MAINTAIN YOUU MEDICAL FACULTY
unless you have control of an hospital. Already Montreal has become
a great hospital city, and it beliooves us and all medical schools in
Toronto to make
"TORONTO A fiREAT HOSPITAL CENTRE,
otherwise our students will seek elsewhere those advantages not within
their reach at home. As to my own personal connection with the
establishment of the hospital, and to which some are inclined to
take exception, I trust that it will not be allowed to prejudice the
scheme. Some may approve of the scheme and disapprove of my course
in connection therewith. To them I would say, condemn me if you
like, but not the scheme if it is itself deserving of approval. I ask him
who now criticises my action so severely,
W HAT WOULD HE HAVE DONE HAD HE UEEN IN MY PLACE ?
When in 1883, I determined to propose the br* aging of Victoria
University into alliance with this university, it was to Senator Mac-
donald, then a member of the Senate of both Victoria and this Univer-
sity, that I first communicated my views. After giving the matter
careful considei-ation, he expressed to me his approval of the proposal,
and offered to be a medium whereby negotiations might be begun, and
he did so act. Deservedly enjoying the confidence of the friends of
Victoria, and being a member of our senate, he was able to render
valuable service to the Confederation scheme from the time of my
original proposal until the happy completion of Confederation. The
aid which he thi'oughout these years extended towards Confederation
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(.■annot Vie over-ostiiimtcd, iiiid liis contribution towiinlH the hoHpital in
(|Ucstion WHM l>ut iiiiotlier evidence ot' liiH (ihai'itahh^ <lis{)oHition, and
of his hirK«'-h»'artf(l interest in the )>i-«>uiotion of higher education.
T would remind those who Neei< to make a |H»int against tlie (hivelop-
ment of the science side of the university, tliat tln^ university must keep
faith with those wlio endorsed confederation. A university's work is
i\ot confined to the lecture room. Her every action should he an ol)ject
lesson of what is honi»rable and true. \ sympathize with all those who
attach special importance to the particular branch of university work
which most concerns them, hut in the interests of the university as a
whole I venture to suj^fgest that such zeal should not exceed the Ijound.s
of friendly rivalry. Nor need F remind you how
" KAl'lV IS THK WORK OK t)K.MTHrrT10N.
" If the literary side of the university arms itself against the scieu-
titic, the arts faculty agaitist the medical, we shall soon see counter
movements that will not he confined to these limits. Each will seek
their allies amongst our confederated and attiliated universities aiid
cclieges. Such a state of affairs will have hut one end, the destruction
of this university.
"IT HAS HEEN MV AIM
h, unite these various forces for one conunon purpose, the extension
and advancement of higher education. In order to the attainment
of this end, the basis must be broad and liberal. In pursuing this
nolicy during my many years of ofttcial connection with this uni-
■ ersity, I frankly admit that I have made errors of judgment, but
of judgment only. I have encoun'^ered many difHculties that had
to be overcome, and at times have felt compelled in tl.j general
interests of the university to disregard individual interests, views
and aim.s, with the result that, in my opinion, perstmal feeling has
much to do with the violent attacks to which I have of late been sub-
ject. I, however, make no further allusion thereto, hoping that when
in the near future I shall with great relief to myself withdraw ft-om my
official connection with the university, all the university forces will
I'emain united for the promotion of one common object, the advance-
ment of education in its broaaest sense."
From this extract you will see that the completion of the transac-
tion was endorsed not only by myself, but by Dr. Hoskin, Sir Daniel
Wilson, Dr. Larratt Smith, and Mr. James Scott, four of my colleagues
on the Board, all of whom, together with myself, being the only mem-
bers present at the meeting of the Hospital Trust on the 7th of Janu-
ary, 1890, authorized me to execute in the name of the Hospital Trust
the transfer of the two lots in question. But for the action of that
Board the transaction would, oven at that stage, have l>een inoperative,
and although we met that day as Trustees of the Hospital Trusfc, yet
we were also all members of the University Board, and
2'.\
VOV ONK HINOLK MKMHKK KXIMiKHHKI) TIIK KIKST WOKD OK DIHSATIHKAC-
TION OR DIHAPPHOVAL.
t
Under tim circumHtanceH, it is, I think, most unfair that I Hhould Ikj
(singled out for attack, when [ simply acted as an instrument of the
Board, completing what they hud substantially assente<l to. Do not
misunderstand me, however, as shrinking from any res|H)n»ibility.
Then, as now,
IIKLIKVKI) IN TIIK IIOHPITAI. HCIIKMK
as a g<KKl «me, Ixtth financially and educationally, for the university,
and I repeat that, if it is allowed to [)roceed with the hearty endorse-
ment of the university, it will do for our university what similar in-
stitutions have done for the great universities of Great Bi-itain and
Europe, and what Victoria Hospital is doing for McGill in Montreal.
(Cheers.)
In promoting this, as well as all other university schemes, I had no
thought of any tiling but the good of the university, and whilst I had
joined with the other of my colleagues on the Board in contributing
.some trifling sums up to date in connection with the hospital towards
defraying the interest on the unpaid purcha.se money, for which T with
others became and am personally liable, I may say to you now that I
had contemplated, as some of my colleagues knew, making some fur-
ther substantial gift of money to that institution.
With such aim then as I had, and with such intentions, I acknow-
ledge to a feeling of i-egret that, whether my work did or did not meet
with approval, there are tho.se who now, in the ferocity of their criti-
cism and of theii" determination to injure me, are
UNABLE TO SEE A SINGLE HEDEEMIN(J FEATtKE
in connection with my university work. The more do I regret this on
the university's account, lest a generous public might think from the
utterances of a few that charitable feelings ai'e crushed out by university
training or influence. I have, out of respect for the university and my-
self, endeavored during this painful controversy to avoid uttering an
unkind expression, believing that the intere .ts ot this university de-
mand harmony amongst its members, and even at this late date I ven-
ture to suggest whether personalities add weight to argument, or reflect
credit either upon the writers or the university. Let it not be under-
stood that on my f)wn account, or for any personal reasons, I make any
such suggestion. Even in the interests of those who have indulged in
them, if I might dare to give them good advice, I would say that neither
their cause nor themselves can be benefited by a departure from good
taste. A continuance of such a style may convince a fair-minded pub-
lic that, perhaps, I was not wholly in error in viewing witi apprehen-
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sion the possibility of some of these gentlemen being elevated to higher
literary positions in the university. Even supposing my administra-
tion was marked by mistakes, and I do not claim infallibility, I ask
WHO AMOXGST US IS PERFECT,
and who, intending the best, would not entertain a feeling that he had
received unjust treatment if those for whose benefit he labored weie to
crush out every charitable thought in criticising his action ? Once en-
dorsement is given to such method of warfare
NO CITIZEN WILL RISK Hlf REPUTATION
by identifying himself with the cause of this university.
Fellow-graduates, c'rom what I have said, you will recognize my views
upon university policy. Let her extend her usefulness amongst all
classes of our people, be recognized as animated by a broad, liberal and
progressive spirit. Let our graduates vie with each other in zeal, not to
paralyse or destroy any part of the great structure, but by the fullest
fair discussion to correct all abuses. Let us stamp out, should they ever
arise, all jealousies between the various faculties, colleges or universi-
ties in alliance witli us, and be a harmonious and united body for the
extension of the blessings of education in every direction. Such a policy,
my friends, will endear this university to the people, who then, in grati-
tude, will solve our difficulties as they arise ; then our good ship, securely
anchored in the hearts of the people, the only safe holding ground, will
bravely weather every storm. (Loud cl^eers.)