40 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION, 



"Thus, while a Avay may be opened for the founda- 

 "tion, at some future time, of a Uiiivei'sity, the impulse 

 ''given to education from the very beginning will tend 

 "directly to consecrate all learning to the service and glory 

 "of God. " 



The general scheme was strictly on the lines of Sir 

 John Franklin's scheme, with the only exception that the 

 Church, and not the State, Avas to be the founder. 



It appears, then, that the main character of the pro- 

 posed Institution was to be on the lines of an English Ct>l- 

 lege as best calculated to- give permanency and stability fco 

 the new foundation, but that the teaching was to commence 

 at a low grade, and was intended gradually to rise, ana 

 also eventually to include University education. 



The appeal in England having proved successful, it 

 w£is followed shortly after Marriott's return to Tasmania 

 by an Appeal to the inhabitantsi of the Colony. The pro- 

 posed Institution was generally referred to as "The Col- 

 lege" scheme, and was principally explained to the public 

 by the following : — 



(i) Circular by Rev. J. P. Cell, dated 7th April. I84b, 

 published in the "Colonial Times'" 10/4/46, and the "La.uji- 

 ceston Examiner 11/4/46. 



(ii) Bishop Nixon's charge, delivered in the Cathedral 

 on 23rd April, 1846, and reported in the "Courier" of 

 29/4/46. 



(iii) Abstracts of proposed Statutes published in 

 the "Courier" 2nd May, 1846. 



(iv.) Speech of Bishop Nixon at the Annual Meeting 

 of the S.P.C.K., reported "Hobart Town Advertiser" 

 16/6/46, and "Courier'' 17/6/46. 



Of these, Cell's Circular v.'as of a general character, 

 and did not give details of the scheme. 



The Bishop's charge used the ipsissima verba, of Arch- 

 deacon Maniott's appeal already quoted, and that this was 

 the clearer statement of the two is shown by Mr. MaiC- 

 doweir's speech, reported in "Courier," 2/5/46. 



The Abstract of Regulations were apparentlv consider- 

 ered as a fundamental compact witli the subscribers as to 

 the nature of the proposed College. In many issues of the 

 "Courier," the jDaper which at that time whole-heartedly 

 supported the scheme, this abstract appears in parallel 

 columns with the list of subscriptions. The list being 

 headed: — Snhficriptioiix toirards tlie endowment of a Col- 

 lege in Taxmania, and tiro Grammar Schools in connexion 

 v'ith the College, one at Hohart Toivn, and the other at 

 Lavnceston. 



