Queen's University: Volume I, 1841-1917: And Not to YieldMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1978 M12 1 - 363 páginas The figure of Grant inevitably dominates this volume, but full recognition is given to other builders and preservers of Queen's, notably William Snodgrass, the pilot who weathered the storms of the Sixties and Seventies, and Daniel Miner Gordon, who presided over the secularization of the university in the early years of this century. Outstanding scholars, teachers, and administrators such as Watson, Williamson, MacKerras, Macnaughton, Dupuis, Shortt, Cappon, Goodwin, and Chown also figure prominently. The author examines in detail the role of the Board of Trustees, the Senate, and the undergraduate Alma Mater Society in the development of Queen's, and explores the complex relationships with the Presbyterian Church, the sister institutions in Toronto, and the provincial government. She shows how the distinctive character of Queen's was shaped by the Scottish heritage, evident in an emphasis upon flexible curricula, close faculty-student relations, and the virtues of student self-government, as well as in a sturdy independence in the face of repeated pressure for the concentration of higher education in Ontario. Imbued with a warm appreciation of the traditions of Queen's University and a scholar's critical detachement, this book is an important contribution to the history of institutional growth in Canada. |
Contenido
1 | |
The Founding of Queens | 11 |
Deep Humiliation | 33 |
The Bible College | 51 |
Roots and Branches Summerhill and the Medical College | 63 |
The Trials of Principal Leitch | 85 |
Severe Shocks and a Fresh Start | 109 |
A Marvellous Vitality | 131 |
A Unique Freedom | 193 |
Faculties New and Old | 211 |
Queens and a National Ideal | 225 |
Constitutional Controversy | 245 |
A National University | 269 |
Queens and World War I | 291 |
Notes | 305 |
Bibliography | 337 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
academic accepted Adam Shortt agreed Alma Mater Society Alumni apparently appointment assembly attend Board of Trustees building Canada Canada West Canadian Cappon chancellor charter Church of Scotland classes colleagues Colonial Committee Convocation Council Dupuis Egerton Ryerson favour fees Fleming Free Church friends funds George Gordon Papers Grant Papers Hall Hamilton honours Ibid increasing institution interest John John Watson Journal Kingston later lectures Liddell Machar MacKerras matriculation matter McGill medical faculty meeting ment ministers Montreal Morris Papers Mowat needed Notes to pages offered Oliver Mowat Ontario Paton Principal Grant Principal Leitch professors province Queen's College Queen's graduates Queen's University religious resignation salary Sandford Fleming School of Mining Scottish secular secured seems Senate Snodgrass spring staff summer Summerhill Synod teaching theological tion union University of Toronto Upper Canada Watson Weir William Williamson women