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John Alillar, Xanaimo; Lieut.-Governor Fraser, Halifax; Geo S 

 Campbell, Halifax; Alexander McFee, \Iontreal; David Maclaren, 

 Ottawa; George Henderson, Tntawa; John :M, Gill, Brockville- 

 \\ F. Xickle, ^I.P.P., Kingston; Samuel Russell, Belleville; Rich- 

 ard Lees, M.A., Peterborough; Hamilton Cassells, Toronto; Lieut - 

 Governor Gibson, Toronto; Hon. G. W. Ross, Toronto ; Hon. W. A. 

 Charlton, Toronto; Judge Alorrison, Owen Sound; Lieut.-Col. Mc- 

 Crae, Guelph; Lieut.-Col. Logie, Hamilton; John Penman, Paris; 

 William Chisholm, Al.A., Kincardine, and Edward Brown, Portage 

 la Prairie. 



Some imperfections in the report will doubtless arise from the 

 fact that it had to be written hurriedly under distracting circum- 

 stances. Quotations from various journals I have inserted delib- 

 erately so as tri show in a partial manner the impression made on 

 the press. I have tried to make the report fair though I have not 

 attempted to hide m\' own views, which have been formed after 

 careful deliberation, and which I am prepared to defend. Trusting 

 that any future discussion may be kept at the same high level as 

 that shown in Hamilton .\sscmbly, I close with an appropriate quo- 

 tation from the Toronto World: 



It is unlikely that a careful report by a competent commission, 

 after ;i full consideration of all the circumstances involved, will be 

 set asirle by tho General .Assembly of the Presbyterian Church next 

 year. The resolution to refer the status of Queen's University to a 

 commission must, therefore, be regarded as a wise and practical one. 

 It removes many vexed issues from an arena which, even though dis- 

 tinguished, as few are, for its moderation and calm sense, is not 

 adapted for tlie examination and discussion of such detail as the 

 university pr(j1)lem involves. 



There will be no question of the trust and confidence reposed in 

 the commission, nor of the faithfulness with which it will observe 

 the responsibility laid upon it. 



<\ru;it things depend upon the universities of Canada, and among 

 them Queen's stands in a place of special eminence, inspired as it is 

 with the ideals of an historic church, whose standards of upright 

 dealing, high-minded and magnanimous thinking, and spiritual sta- 

 bility, have happily tinctured Canadian character. 



The union of such characteristics with the high types of scholar- 

 ship associated with the traditions of Queen's is something of na- 

 tional importance, and the preservation of these ideals evidently 

 underlies the intentions of those responsible for the movement for 

 expansion. 



Those who hold the nationality of Canada dear will rejoice at 

 the existence of so strong and effective a factor in the national life 

 as that evidenced by the determined and progressive scholarship cul- 

 tivated by Grant and now fostered by Gordon. 



W. G. Jordan. 



London, Ont. 



