CHAPTER XXVIII

UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT

I. M’GILL UNIVERSITY

THE ROYAL INSTITUTION--JAMES M’GILL--CHARTER OBTAINED--THE “MONTREAL MEDICAL INSTITUTE” SAVES M’GILL--NEW LIFE IN 1829--THE RECTOR OF MONTREAL--THE MERCHANTS’ COMMITTEE--M’GILL IN 1852--THE HISTORY OF THE FACULTIES--BUILDINGS--DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1895--RECENT BENEFACTORS--MACDONALD COLLEGE--THE STRATHCONA ROYAL VICTORIA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN. NOTE: THE UNION THEOLOGICAL MOVEMENT--THE JOINT BOARDS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL, ANGLICAN, PRESBYTERIAN AND WESLEYAN AFFILIATED COLLEGES.

II. LAVAL UNIVERSITY (MONTREAL DISTRICT)

THE STORY OF ITS COMPONENT PARTS--EVOLUTION FROM THE “ECOLES DE LATIN”--COLLEGE DE ST. RAPHAEL--ENGLISH STUDENTS--COLLEGE DECLAMATIONS--THE PETIT SEMINAIRE ON COLLEGE STREET--THE COLLEGE DE MONTREAL--THE SCHOOLS OF THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY, CLASSICS, LAW AND MEDICINE--THE APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION “JAM DUDUM”--DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS--AFFILIATED BODIES--THE FACULTIES AND SCHOOLS. NOTE: NAMES OF EARLY “ENGLISH” STUDENTS AT THE “COLLEGE” 325