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of adjournment had come, so he had to defer liis speech until Friday 

 morning. In a forceful speech, which I present in tjic Presbyterian's 

 report, he seconded Mr. Macdonnell's amenrlment, the mover having 

 agreed to eliminate the specific suggestion that the church sliould re- 

 tain simply the Arts and Theological departments. The amendment 

 thus consisted simply in the words, " whilst reaffirming its resolutions 

 of 1904 and 1908." In supporting the amendment, f'rofessrjr Dyde 

 referred first to the suggestion that the new departure was both a 

 natural development for Queen's and a return to the ground taken 

 by Principal Grant. He said that Principal Grant did not regard 

 separation as the natural development of Queen's; he viewed it with 

 pain but accepted it as a practical solution of the financial difficulty 

 in order to obtain Government aid. Only under grim necessity 

 would Principal Grant have consented to the separation of Arts and 

 Theology. At that time it was understood that the Assembly dis- 

 claimed responsibility for the support of the university. liut the 

 Assembly changed its attitude at Vancouver. The church has de- 

 clared its sympathy. Continuing, Professor Dyde pointed out that 

 the Provincial Government is now supporting the School of Mines, 

 the Faculty of Education, and, to some extent, the Faculty of Medi- 

 cine. There is no danger of these becoming a burden on the church, 

 and by their support the Arts department is assisted. It is not cor- 

 rect to say that the church must sever the connection or take 'the 

 responsibility for the support of a modern university. The constitu- 

 tional tie with the church should not be severed. The vital connec- 

 tion is there, and if that is severed, the spiritual connection will 

 gradually die out. As to the endowment. Professor D\de said that 

 he found it difficult to speak temperately about the position in which 

 the endowment fund had been placed by the present agitation. The 

 workers for the fund believe that the endowment can be raised, 

 though it has been unfortunately arrested. Queen's will not be less 

 national in the truest sense if the Presbyterian tie is retained. 



Dr. Dyde was followed by Dr. J. Pringle, a Queen's graduate, 

 who is well known throughout the land on account of his mission- 

 ary work in the Yukon. He delivered what may be called a breezy 

 speech on the other side. He spoke as a Queen's man who matricu- 

 lated as far back as 1871. He differed from Messrs. Macdonnell and 

 Dyde in that he maintained that the resolution befcjre the house did 

 not necessarily involve separation. At the same time he believed in 

 the nationalization of Queen's University; for consistent Presby- 

 terians there is no real stopping place short of this. How can we 



