[MURRAY] UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT IN CANADA 87 



general, of the Church of England in particular, and from the connec- 

 tion which exists between them to His Majesty's Government and the 

 British Constitution." ^4 



The founders of King's College in New York declared that 

 "There was no intention to impose on the scholars the peculiar tenets 

 of any particular sect of Christians.""^ It was otherwise with the 

 early governors of King's College, Nova Scotia. Judge Croke, a 

 graduate of Oxford, an able and bigoted "Tory of the Old School," 

 prevailed upon the Board to follow Oxford and pass these objectionable 

 statutes. 



"No member of the university shall frequent the Romish mass 

 or the meeting-houses of the Presbyterians, Baptists or Methodists, 

 or the conventicles or places of worship of any dissenters from the 

 Church of England, or whose divine services shall not be performed 

 according to the Liturgy of the Church of England or shall be present 

 at any rebellious or seditious meetings." "No degree shall be con- 

 ferred till the candidate shall have subscribed to the Thirty-Nine 

 Articles and the Three Articles of the Thirty-Ninth Canon of the 

 Synod held in London in 1603." -^ This was passed in 1802 in spite 

 of the protests of Bishop Inglis, who knew what had happened in 

 New York and New England. 



It is not difficult to understand why such extreme views should 

 find favour with the Loyalists who had suffered so much for their 

 King and Church; nor is it difficult to imagine the resentment of 

 three-fourths of the people who were excluded from a college for which 

 they were taxed. 



A long and bitter fight led to a modification of the statutes of the 

 Windsor College. At first, subscription to the XXXIX Articles 

 was postponed until graduation, then abolished. The students were 

 free to attend such religious exercises as their parents wished, but 

 were required to be instructed in religion and were strictly supervised 

 while in college. Tests for professors were withdrawn, except for 

 Professors of Divinity, but until the end the President was required 

 to be a Clergyman in Holy Orders and the control of the Governing 

 Board was to remain in the hands of members of the Church of 

 England. 



Bishop Strachan was not so thoroughgoing as Judge Croke. 

 Subscription to the XXXIX Articles was not required of the students 

 or graduates of King's College, Toronto, but the Church of England 



2*Hind, p. 45. 



25Thwing, p. 116. 



2«Life of Thomas McCulloch, p. 39. 



