TOEONTO: AN HISTOKICAL SKETCH 



versity of Toronto, is now (1913) erecting what will 

 probably be its permanent home on the west side of 

 the University lawn. St. Michael's College was 

 founded by the Basilian Fathers from Annenay, 

 France, in 1852, and affiliated with the University of 

 Toronto in 1881. It occupies a pleasant site to the 

 east of the Queen's Park, on St. Joseph Street. 

 Another Anglican school of divinity, now called Wyc- 

 liffe College, was established in 1877 and is located 

 on Hoskin Avenue, north-west of University College. 

 The rise of the historical method and the growth 

 of modern science rendered an increase in libraries 

 and laboratories an imperative necessity if higher 

 education in Ontario was to keep abreast of the age. 

 Confederation was the result, and the University now 

 includes four Arts colleges within its system, in addi- 

 tion to a number of affiliated institutions less closely 

 connected with it. University College represents the 

 original foundation and is still maintained by the 

 state, Victoria (Methodist) federated and removed 

 from Oobourg to Toronto in 1892, Trinity followed 

 in 1904, and St. Michael's in 1910. This wise pol- 

 icy, aided by the enlightened support of the govern- 

 ment, the upward trend of the school system, and the 

 desire for learning characteristic of the Canadians 

 has made the University one of the largest on the 

 continent and the best attended in the British Em- 

 pire.* Its various faculties of Arts, Law, Medicine 



* Exclusive of India. 



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