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room for both in the same locality, and I shall be greatly disappointed 

 if we are not able to hold our own in the future as in the past. Instead 

 of being injured or annihilated, or absorbed by the public library, i 

 rather incline to the hope that the directorate of that institution will, 

 if need be, give us their aid and offer us every encouragement, and 

 judging from the personnel of the board of management, one of whom 

 is our worthy librarian, I feel that my hope in this regard is more 

 than justified. 



Let me also add, that although we have learned to depend so much 

 on the attractions of our library for increase of membership and 

 sustenance, it is not by any means the only element of our existence or 

 claim to support, and if the time ever comes when our library, from 

 any cause, should receive less attention and consideration than now, 

 we could give more prominence to what may fairly be considered the 

 real functions of a literary and scientific society, that is to say, in the 

 words of one of my predecessors, " Such a Society should stimulate 

 mental activity, original thought and independent research." 



Our lecture course for the year was as follows: — 



1903. 

 Nov. 21.— A Study of " The Man from Glengarry," Mr. 0. J. Jolliffe, 



M.A. 

 Nov. 28.— " Purification of Drinking Water," Mr. A. McGill, B.A., 

 B.Sc, F.R.S.C. 

 " Original Poem," Mr. W. W. Campbell, B.A., F.R.S.C. 

 "Primitive Poetry; A Comparative Study," Mr. W. W. 

 Edgar, B.A. 

 Dec. 12. — " The Development of the Canadian Type of Character/* 

 Eev. S. Goldsworth Bland, B.A. 

 1903. 

 Jan. 16.— "Social Settlements" (Illustrated), Mr. W. L. M. King, 



M.A., LL.B. 

 Mch. 6. — " The Development of Responsible Government in Canada," 



Mr. W. D. LeSueur, B.A., LL.D. 

 Mch. 20.— "The Poetry of Matthew Arnold," Mr. Benjamin Russell, 



LL.D., M.P. 

 Mch. 27.—" The French Treaty Shore," Prof. Jean C. Bracq (Vassar 

 College.) 



The Hon. Chas. Fitzpatrick, K.C., was prevented through pres- 

 sure of work, from delivering his promised lecture on Lord Russell of 

 Killowen. 



