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such subjects being made compulsory by the university upon any candi- 

 date for a degree. 



20. Xo college student shall be allowed to present himself for any 

 examination subsequent to matriculation without producing a certificate, 

 under the hand and seal of his college, that he has complied with all the 

 requirements of his college affecting his admission to such imiversity 

 examination. 



21. The following also to be considered: 

 Completion of the collection of physical apparatus. 

 Physiological laboratory and apparatus. 

 Astronomical observator}' and instruments, and 

 Provision for the education of women. 



22. The university college work shall continue to be carried on as 

 at present, in the college buildings, and the university work shall be 

 ■carried on in the same buildings, in the school of practical science, and 

 in such other buildings as may hereafter be erected on the present uni- 

 versity grounds, in the city of Toronto. 



A building suitable for a university examination hall, Senate 

 rooms, registrar's and other offices shall be erected on said grounds. 



Additions to be made to the school of science sufficient to afford 

 proper accommodation for students in mineralogy, botany, and other 

 subjects, and for the accommodation of the museum which should be 

 removed from it present quarters in order to be more serviceable for 

 science students."' 



Perhaps the most vital point reported on by the conference was the 

 division of work between the university and the colleges. Various pro- 

 posals were made such as that the university should talce all honour 

 work and the colleges the pass work : but it was pointed out at once that 

 this involved unnecessary duplication and relegated the college to an 

 inferior position. The principle finally adopted was that the university 

 should take the sciences including history and political science and the 

 colleges philosophy and literature. The reasons for this general division 

 were twofold. On the side of the university which was to be supported 

 by the State, the sciences furnished the knowledge required for industrial 

 and political life and were thus a reasonable matter of public provision. 



On the side of the colleges philosophy and literature furnished 

 material of culture and moral and ethical development and thus 

 afforded them the best field for this special work, that of culture and 

 the moral side of education. 



Two exceptions were made to this principle of division: one at thj 

 request of the university which desired to retain part of the philosophy 

 in the charge of Dr. G. Paxton Young; 



