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"2nd, To serve as a bond of Union between the
Students and Ex-Students of the various Facultuies;
"3rd, To cultivate a literary and scientific
taste among the Students;
"4th, To promote in general the interests of the Uni-
versity, and
"5th, To serve as a medium of communication be-
tween the Students and the governing bodies of the University."
The Trustees highly approving of the objects of the
Society granted to its members at their request the use of a
room for their meetings.
On 6th June 1860 the Chairman intimated to the
meeting of the Board the death of John Mowat Esq., and
an Extract from his will was read, bequething a legacy
of $800 for the Endowment of an annual Scholarship
to the Student at his entrance on his first year's attendance
who shall be pronounced by the senatus after open oral
examination the best Arithmetician among Students of
his own standing. The Trustees unanimously agreed to place
on record their deep sense of the loss which they had sus-
tained in the death of Mr. Mowat, one of their
number from the commencement of the College, of his valuable

1859-60

[handwritten note of "383"]