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tion, he thus speaks in the annual report to the Synod:
"Occasionally an alumnus finds his way to a British
University, and entering into competition with the ablest students,
both gains distinction for himself and brings honor to his Alma
Mater. Going back but three years, at Edinburgh University, Robert
Jardine, who, in January last was appointed President of the
Church of Scotland's College at Calcutta, carried alone and with
the highest commendation the degree of Doctor of Science, by
the excellence of his examinations in Mental Philosophy. Last
Session at the same seat of learning, Robert Campbell, after a
severe contest, won the "Bruce of Grangehill and Falkland
Prize" for Logic and Metaphysics, his strongest fellow competitor
being a first class honor graduate of the University of London,
and the second prize for Political Economy, a Master of Arts
gaining the first by a majority of only 9 marks. In this coun-
try too, when opportunity offers, competitions appear to lose none
of their interest, by a representation from Queen's. At recent Law
Examinations in Toronto, for example, among candidates from all
quarters, our graduates have taken highly creditable places.
In 1869, Duncan Morrison, in passing as a Barrister, stood
second in the order of merit, and was exempted from an
oral examination. In the same year Francis H. Crysler,

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