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ted, one of which was a lengthened correspondence that had 
taken place between the Secretary and himself, which ought to 
have been put before the Council. His (Professor Dick’s) object, 
in moving the previous year that a Report be made, was that the 
members might know what was going on, and that it might not 
be a hole-and-corner matter. If the College was intended to be a 
popular institution, it ought to be conducted in a popular manner, 
whereas the Report which had been read was the most meagre 
statement he had ever seen. He (Professor Dick) had made notes 
the same as Mr. Cherry had done; and the first question he would 
ask was, where the first Report was, as he had not heard one word 
of its contents 1 The meeting therefore ought to have it before 
them. It was not consistent with the duties of the Council for 
them to bring it forward by only a side-wind, when it had never 
been made public. [A voice, “ It has been published.”] If it had 
been published, it ought to have been read at that meeting, 
and brought in the proper order before them. He thought that 
examining and teaching were virtually the same thing. The Presi- 
dent had however established a curriculum, which he ought not to 
have done, and which he had no power whatever to do by the 
Charter. He (Professor Dick) had tried to act with the College ; 
but he had been thwarted by them in every purpose he had 
endeavoured to work out, and he had therefore kept aloof from 
them for some time past. 
The President rose to order. Professor Dick was quite depart- 
ing from the question before the meeting. 
Professor Dick would then ask, if the decision of the Council, 
according to the seventh section of the bye-laws, in Maynard’s 
case, had ever been forwarded to him ? 
The Secretary said it had not, the Council having decided that 
the gentleman named had not violated the bye-laws. 
The President again rose to order. Such questioning could 
only lead to a desultory conversation. He must require Professor 
Dick to keep to the point, and to bear in mind that other gentle- 
men would most probably speak as to the original motion, whom, 
he hoped, would be allowed to speak at the same length as Mr. 
Cherry had done. 
Professor Dick contended that he was in perfect order, as he 
was pointing out omissions in the Report of the Council which 
had been read. That Report he was proving was a partial state- 
ment, as it made no allusion to the letters he had referred to, which 
was a great derilection of duty on the part of the Council. 
Mr. Henderson declared that the letters spoken of by Professor 
Dick were private communications, which formed no part of the 
proceedings of the Council. 
