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6. HISTORY.-English History under the Houses of Tudor and Stuart. 7. GEOGRAPHY.-The British Empire, including the Colonies (Honor Matriculation University.)

9. ALGEBRA. To the end of Binomial Theorem (Honor Matriculation University).

10. GEOMETRY.-Euclid, Books I. to IV. inclusive, Book VI. and definitions of Book V. (Honor Matriculation University).

11. TRIGONOMETRY.-(Honor Matriculation University) The solution of Triangles.

13. CHEMISTRY.-Reynolds' Experimental Chemistry, Chaps. I. to XXVI. inclusive. (University Matriculation Examination.)

14. BOTANY.-The structure and classification of Canadian flowering plants (University Matriculation Examination.)

15. LATIN; 16. GREEK; 17. FRENCH; 18. GERMAN.-Examination subjects as prescribed from time to time for Honor Matriculation into the University of Toronto.

Form IV.

The subjects for study in Form IV. are those now prescribed by the University of Toronto for Senior Matriculation, Pass and Honors. As far as possible, the classes shall be the same as those in Forms II. and III.

Commercial Course.

Candidates for a diploma in the Commercial Course are examined at the same time and place, and on the same papers as candidates for Second-class Non-Professional Certificates, that is to say, in the following subjects as prescribed for Form II., excepting Ancient History and Geography, viz:-Ños. 1-10, 13, 21, with an option between 15 or 17 or 18, group 12 and 14, and group 19, 20, and 23.

Graduation Diploma.

Any pupil who passes the Departmental or the University Examination in any of the courses prescribed for Forms II., III. or IV., in High Schools, is entitled to a Graduation Diploma signed by the Minister of Education and the Head Master of the High School at which such course was completed.

STATISTICS relating to the HIGH SCHOOLS OF ONTARIO for the years 1854, 1864, 1874, 1884.

CLASSICAL SCHOOLS.

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2. Collegiate Institutes.

The High School Act, passed in 1885, contains the following provision in regard to Collegiate Institutes, viz. :—

On the Report of the Minister of Education, and subject to the regulations of the Education Department, any High School having

(1) Suitable school buildings, out-buildings, grounds and appliances for physical training;

(2) Library, containing standard books of reference bearing on the subjects of the programme;

(3) Laboratory, with all necessary chemicals, and apparatus for teaching the Elements of Sciences;

(4) Four Masters at least, each of whom shall be specially qualified to give instruction in one of the following departments: Classics, Mathematics,

Natural Science and Modern Languages, including English ;

(5) Such other Assistants as will secure thorough instruction in all the subjects on the curriculum of studies for the time being sanctioned by the Education Department for Collegiate Institutes;

May be constituted a Collegiate Institute by order of the LieutenantGovernor in Council.

The history of this College dates back to the year 1828, when Sir John Colborne, who had just been transferred from the Governorship of one of the Channel Islands to that of Canada, being of

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opinion that the country was not ripe for a University on the scale contemplated in a Royal Charter which had been procured for that purpose, thought it better to found a preliminary and preparatory institution which should meet the immediate educational wants of the country. It was a transcript, more or less close, of an institution in the Island of Guernsey-Elizabeth College-which Sir John had been so recently engaged in reviving. Plans for the erecting of a school-house and four dwelling-houses in connection with "Minor College," as it was frequently termed, in allusion to the university that was to be, were called for in May, 1829, and the College was opened on the 8th of January following. Meanwhile work was carried on in the old Royal Grammar School. The authorities have always kept before them as a model the great public schools of England, and it still continues to be carried on with special regard to that union of the culture of high moral principle with the production of sound scholarship, which is the ideal aimed at in those institutions.

Endowment.-At the time of its foundation it was endowed with a large grant of public lands, from which it now derives an annual income of $15,000, in addition to its building and grounds in the City of Toronto. Its pupils number about 300, and it aims at preparing them for matriculation in the Provincial and other Universities, and for different professions and pursuits. It is governed by a Committee of the Senate of the Provincial University, of which it was made an adjunct in 1837, under statutes passed by it from time to time; but such statutes are subject to the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor.

The College can accommodate from 250 to 300 pupils; and since its opening in 1829 upwards of 7,000 of the youth of the Province have received their education, in whole or in part, within its walls.

COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.

FORMS.-The College is divided into Six Forms or Classes, and the regular curriculum extends over a course of six years; though, by steady application and hard study, some boys are able to pass through the Six Forms in five or even four years.

CURRICULUM.-The full curriculum embraces an extended course in Latin, Greek, Mathematics, French, German, English Grammar, Literature and Composition, History and Geography, both ancient and modern, Experimental Chemistry, Physiology, Biblical Knowledge, the usual Commercial Branches, Drawing, Music, Gymnastics, Fencing, and Drill Exercises.

EXHIBITIONS.-Eight exhibitions, entitling the holders to free tuition for a year in the College or any High School or Collegiate Institute, and to $30 in money, are annually awarded in the Fourth and Fifth Forms.

PRIZES.-1. The Governor-General's Silver Medal, awarded to the pupil of the Fifth Form who stands highest in the final examinations. 2. Books to the value of $300 are given by different friends.

LABORATORIES, ETC.-Two laboratories-chemical and physical-with apparatus to the value of $500, are used in connection with the College work.

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LIBRARY.-The pupils have access to a library containing about 1,200

volumes.

GYMNASIUM.-Physical culture is also attended to, as there is a wellequipped gymnasium in the College grounds, and among the instructors is a teacher of fencing, gymnastics, and drill.

IV. THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO.

UNIVERSITY LEGISLATION IN ONTARIO.

Before giving a detailed account of the Provincial University, and the other Universities and Colleges of the Province, a brief summary of the different Legislative enactments made from time to time may be interesting.

1819. It has been already noted (page 5) that the project for a College, which had engaged much attention, was abandoned at the close of the last century. But in 1819 the Executive Council again took the matter into consideration, and recommended that 500,000 acres of land be disposed of for the purpose of establishing a University. The estimate of the Council comprised £10,000 for buildings and appliances, with £4,000 per annum for salaries, scholarships, and contingencies.

1820. In 1820 it was enacted that on the establishment of a University it might be duly represented in Parliament. In March, 1827, the charter of King's College was obtained by Sir Peregrine Maitland, and Lord Bathurst's despatch promised a grant of £1,000 per annum for the College buildings. The Governor was directed to endow King's College from the Crown Reserves.

1828-9. In 1828-9 the Wesleyan Methodists began to move for the establishment of their Upper Canada Academy in Cobourg, which, in the year 1841, became the University of Victoria College, under the presidency of the Rev. Dr. Ryerson, and received an annual grant of £500 from the Legislature. The College opened with the Faculty of Arts; Medicine was added in 1854, Law in 1862, and Theology in 1872.

1835. In 1835, by the will of the Right Rev. Bishop Macdonell, of Kingston, four acres of land were devised for a proposed Roman Catholic College, which was afterwards incorporated as Regiopolis College, and was opened at Kingston in 1846. It is not now in operation.

1837.-In 1837 the Provincial Legislature, having been authorized by the Imperial Government to deal with the Charter of King's College, passed an Act amending the same and connecting Upper Canada College with the University.

1840-1.-In 1840 an Act incorporating a Presbyterian College at Kingston was passed and reserved for the Queen's pleasure, but in 1841 Her Majesty granted a Royal Charter to the Institution, as Queen's College at Kingston. The Faculties of Theology and Arts were thereupon established; Medicine was added in 1854, and Law in 1861.

1842. In 1842 the foundation stone of King's College was laid by Sir Charles Bagot, Governor, and in June, 1843, the University was formally opened under the Presidency of the Right Reverend Bishop Strachan.

1843.-In 1843 an effort was made to affiliate King's College and Queen's College, but it failed, and an agitation began under which King's College Charter was again amended by the Act of 1849, and the Toronto Institution was denuded of its Theological Faculty.

1848.-In 1848 St. Joseph's College was established at Bytown (Ottawa). It is now known as the College of Ottawa.

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1851-2. The authorities of the Church of England in this Province, having determined upon the establishment of another University, on the abolition of the Faculty of Theology in King's College, obtained an Act of Incorporation in 1851 for a new College, and in 1852 a Royal Charter issued to the University of Trinity College, Toronto, and the Diocesan School of Theology, at Cobourg, which had been in existence for several years under the Venerable Archdeacon Bethune, who subsequently became the second Bishop of Toronto, was thereupon merged in it.

1853. In 1853 the Legislature again amended the Charter of the University of Toronto (the new name of King's College), and separated the University from the College, depriving it at the same time of the Professors of Law and Medicine. By this Act the University became the examining body, also conferring degrees in Arts, Law, and Medicine, and the College was constituted a teaching institution for the faculty of Arts. Convocation was abolished, and the government was vested in a Senate appointed by the Crown.

1857.-In 1857 the Methodist Episcopal Church established a Seminary at Belleville for the education of students of both sexes, which in 1866 and 1871 was incorporated as the University of Albert College (now affiliated as Albert College with Victoria University).

1868. In 1868 the annual Legislative Grants, which had been long enjoyed, were withdrawn from the following institutions: Victoria College, $5,000, and $750 for Medical Faculty; Queen's College, $5,000; Regiopolis, $3,000; St. Michael's College, $2,000; Trinity College, $4,000; Ottawa College, $1,400; L'Assumption College, $1,000; and $750 each for the Medical Faculties of Kingston and Toronto.

1873.-In 1873 another Act modifying the Constitution of the University of Toronto was passed. The main features will be found in the account of the University of Toronto on page 43.

1874. In 1874 the Charter and Acts relating to Victoria College were repealed, and a new Act passed for the appointment of the College Board by the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Canada. By this same Act the Senate was composed of the President and the Professors of the different Faculties, with power to confer degrees in Arts, Science, Law, Divinity and Medicine. The Board of Trustees of Queen's College was made a self-perpetuating body, and the University became the University of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Convocation was composed of Trustees, Lecturers, Tutors, Fellows, Graduates and Alumni, or students being undergraduates; a Council was organized; provision made for the registration of Graduates or Alumni as might desire to vote for elective members of the Council and for the Chancellor; the Principal was declared to be Vice-Cancellor, and the Board of Trustees were empowered to elect a Vice-Principal.

1878. In 1878 the Western University of London, Ont., was incorporated, and power given to Huron College to affiliate.

1879. In 1879 provision was made by Act of Parliament that the Dean of the Faculty of Theology should be nominated by the "Board of Victoria College" and appointed by General Conference. In the election of representatives of the alumni to the Senate all graduates of three years, and registered, were entitled to vote and declared eligible for election.

1881. Divinity.

1883.

In 1881 power was given to Knox College to confer degrees in

In 1883 certain changes were made in the "Board of Victoria College by the addition of six representatives of the graduates and of the President. The Senate was also increased by the addition of the Principal and Professors from the Wesleyan Theological College, Montreal.

1884. In 1884 Victoria University was formed by the amalgamation of Victoria College and Albert College. All powers and functions were vested in the General Conference of the Methodist Church. The title of the Board was changed to "The Board of Regents of Victoria University." The President was constituted Chancellor, and a Vice-Chancellor was to be elected by the graduates every two years. The number of representatives of the graduates