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UNIVERSITY OF McGILL COLLEGE.' 



We are tappy to learn that in the present session, the Univer- 

 sity of McGill College is beginning to realise in enlarged public 

 patronage the results of its active and enlightened efforts in behalf 

 of improved education. The model schools attached to the 

 McGill Normal School, were filled with pupils on the day of open- 

 ing, and a large number were unable to obtain admission, the 

 ac comm odation aflforded by the school being limited to 230 

 pupils. In the Normal School, there are sixty-two teachers in 

 training, and we are informed that they are of a high grade 

 in education and ability, and that most of them promise to 

 be excellent teachers. The High School Department numbers 242 

 pupils, a large increase over the last session, and is giving even 

 greater satisfaction to parents than in former years. The Faculty 

 of Arts has raised its number of regular students to 30. In the 

 Medical and Law Faculties, whiJi opened last week, the classes 

 are scarcely fully organised, but will probably reach to 100 

 students in both. In all about 650 pupils and students of various 

 grades, will, during the present session, be receiving instruction 

 from this institution, in addition to occasional students who may 

 attend particular courses or popular lectures. 



The class in Civil Engineering commenced last week. It gives in 

 two sessions a thorough preparation for active work in that pro- 

 fession ; and under an act passed in last session of the Legislature, 

 students who have received the college diploma are exempted 

 from two years of the apprenticeship required of provincial land 

 surveyors. In addition to this advantage they attend lectures in 

 Geology, also required by law as a qualification for land surveyors. 

 No young man intending to enter on the engineering or surveying 

 profession should neglect the educational and other advantages 

 thus ofiered. 



The University is constantly adding to its library, museum and 

 apparatus. An electrical' apparatus of the largest size has been 

 procured and will be used in the lectures of this session. The 

 important collection of insects formed by Mr. Couper, of Toronto, 

 lias been acquired for the museum, where it will form a worthy 

 companion to those of Dr. Holmes in Mineralogy and Botany, and 

 to the varied collection in other departments of natural history, 

 constantly increasing under the care of the Principal. The col- 

 lections of Dr. Holmes and Mr. Couper being of some historical 



