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raise our voice against separate fchools if we declare that tlie second 

 unn-ersm- m the Pro^Tnce c f Ontario must be kept under direct 

 church control? Dr. Dyde makes his statements clear enough, but 

 he does not seem to see in what direction tliey should lead him.' He 

 could no: foUow Dr. Dyde in this matter as the resolution displayed 

 a spirit of distrust in relation to the Senate and Trustees. He dealt 

 with the relation of the School of Mining to tlie Universit\- and said 

 that the help now received would enable the aid now given it by the 

 pro\-ince to be regralated in a more straightforward manner. 



The Rev. J. Rollins, of London, described the movement to cut 

 the denominational tie ber^veen Queen's and the church as a move- 

 ir.ent not tov. ards nationalization, but towards provincialization. He 

 poir.ted out that tlie Western University made son:e claims wliich tlie 

 Ontario Government did not seem to be in a hurrv to recogiiise. 



Principal Patrick, of ^\'innipeg, no\^' came on the scene and 

 sliowed his statesmanship in the way in which he kept himself to the 

 actual resolution before the house. This speaker was quite prepared 

 to vote for a resolution which would have committed the Assemblv 

 :? the principle of removing "the denominational restrictions." and 

 he believed that such a motion could have been carried, but he con- 

 fined himself :o a loyal support of the resolution presented by the 

 Principal, as the important point was to have any motion adopted by 

 the Assembly carried by as large a majority as possible. On the 

 ground that. '"' if we love Queen's and desire to promote its interests 

 the n: re deliberate our action the better, and the motion makes for 

 deliberation," the motion hands oVer the subject untrammeled to the 

 commission. The Assembl}- has not heari the specific statement of 

 the Senate and the Trustees and. as Dr. Pringle said, the amendment 

 shows distrust of these bodies and also distrust of the commission. 

 The amendment also gives an interpretation of the action of pre\-ious 

 Assemblies which he was not prepared to accept. The Trustees 

 would be quite justified in refusing to accept and confer with a com- 

 mission sen: to it in such a crippled condition. 



Dr. Patrick could '"debate" if he wished to do so. that is. if 

 debating means a clever tAvisting of an opp>onent's argument so that 

 he cannot recognise it ; but in this case he simply made a quiet state- 

 ment that was perfectly clear and dignified. 



The time had now come, about noon on Friday, for the Prin- 

 cipal to sum up tlie discussion. This he did with brevitv". strength 

 and dignity. He gracefully accepted Dr. Dyde's compliments, but 

 would have been glad if the professor had omitted the phrase, in 



