28 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION, 



"vanced state of things to claim the privileges of an 

 "University — degrees and professorships. There will be 

 "no difficulty, I apprehend, in obtaining these when 

 "they are really wanted; my aim has been chiefly to 

 "establish a Collegiate School of the highest class for the 

 "promotion of sound learning and religion. It is 

 "destined for youth who, having received such a preliminary 

 "education as will enable them to pass a certain examina- 

 "tion (which will be the only condition of admission), de- 

 "sire to pursue their studies lo that age, and tO' that ex- 

 "tent, which boys educated at the first public schools in 

 "England generally attain before they enter into activi 

 "life, or commence a professional or academical course of 

 "study." 



"I am authorised to proceed with the erection of the 

 "necessary buildings for the College, on such plans as may 

 "obtain your sanction. And here I may state that I con- 

 "sider it essential to* the very nature and objects of th3 

 "Institution that the site should not be in Hobart Town — 

 "tiiough at the same time I think that it should not be 

 "many miles distant. The College is not meant to super- 

 "sede the Schools npw existing in this Town and Colony, 

 "but to encourage and raise them up to a. higher level. 

 "Neither is it intended to be a seminary of mere intel- 

 "lectual instruction — a place where a certain quantity ol 

 "positive information is to be gained, and nothing far- 

 "ther ; but it is meant to educate the whole man, to de- 

 "velop and strengthen his faculties, to teach him now 

 "to wield the powers of his own mind, to form his tastes, 

 "to refine his manners, and to instil into him the true 

 "principles, feelings, and habits of the Christian and tlie 

 "gentleman. 



"Until the Collegiate buildings are completed, and 

 "boys are brought to a sufiicient state of proficiency to enter 

 "the College with advantage, I have directed the Principal 

 "to undertake, with the assistance of the Rev. Henry 

 "Fry, of Trinity College, Dublin, the superintendence of 

 "a Public School in this Town ; for which purpose a house 

 "capable of affording the necessary accommodation for a 

 "School, and of containing from 12 to 20 boarders, has been 

 "engaged. 



"I propose, under the Charter applied for, that the 

 "Collegiate System conducted by Mr. Gell and the Fellows 

 "who may b© appointed to assist him in the business of 

 "education, shall commence as soon as the College build- 

 "ings are completed ; and, in order to facilitate the progi-ess 

 "of this measure, I have not thought it necessary to appro- 

 "priate to the purposes of the preliminary Institution 



