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menced for the inclusion of Trinity University in the federation. The 

 Eeverend Provost Welch having been appointed rector of St. James, 

 the Eeverend T. C. S. Macklem, a gentleman known to be favourable 

 to such a step was in May of that year appointed provost of Trinity 

 University. N^egotiations for federation were then commenced, and 

 important clianges looking to the perfecting of the federation system 

 were considered. The conviction was also growing in the minds of the- 

 friends of the University of Toronto that the best interests of the pro- 

 vincial university could only be secured by the perfecting and perma- 

 nence of federation. The growth of the university since federation and 

 the position taken by Victoria under federation as well as the friend- 

 ly relations established between the two colleges gave strength to this- 

 conviction. Under these conditions the University Act of 1901 was 

 passed with the concurrence of all parties concerned. By this act tiie 

 entire constitution of the university was revised, the defects of the act 

 of 1887 were largely remedied and a number of important provisions 

 introduced which appeared to be necessary for the efficiency of the uni- 

 versity. As this act has recast and embodied the provisions of all pre- 

 ceding acts and defines the present constitution of the university it will 

 be of interest to give a summary of its provisions. 



Under the supreme authority of the Crown vested in the Lieute- 

 nant-Governor as visitor with powers which may be exercised by com- 

 mission, the imiversity is placed under the government of three bodies 

 with distinct functions. 



1. In the trustees who are made a body corporate, the property of 

 the university is vested with power to manage the same and to appoint 

 the bursar and his assistants, and all officers and servants engaged in 

 the care of the buildings and grounds. 



2. The academic work of tlie university is placed under the con- 

 trol of the academic officers, and of the senate and convocation. 



Of the academic officers, the Chancellor is elected by convocation, 

 the Vice-Chancellor by the Senate, and the President and professors are 

 appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council. Convocation is com- 

 posed of all graduates of the university including those of federated 

 universities. Convocation as a whole elects the Chancellor, and, when 

 divided into faculties and colleges, twenty-nine other members of the 

 Senate. Convocation has also power to make regulations for the gov- 

 ernment of its proceedings, and the duties of its officers and to discuss 

 all questions relating to the well being of the university and make repre- 

 sentations thereon to the Senate, which body must consider the same 

 and report back to convocation. 



The Senate is composed of the Minister of Education, the Chan- 

 cellor, flie chairman of the board of trustees, the President of the uni- 



