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IV. That a central committee composed of the Principal,
the Rev. Dr. Smith and Messrs. R.V. Rogers, G.M. Mac-
donnell, and A. Gunn, M.P. be appointed to carry out this
proposal and that such committee be empowered to
appoint special committees elsewhere, and to adopt such
other means of accomplishing the result as they may see
fit.
At the April meeting the resignation of
Dr. Williamson was with [great] regret accepted, and the
feeling of the Board was expressed in the following
minute: "In accepting the resignation of Dr.
Williamson to date from 1st of October next, the Board
record with deep regret the necessity of his retirement from
the active duties of the Chair he has so long filled to their
satisfaction and the prosperity of the College. After forty years
of loyal service he retires from the full work of the Professor's
Chair, crowned with the most honorable laurels that man
can wear, the esteem of the Trustees and the Church, the
devotion of the students and affectionate reminiscences on
the part of every graduate. Commencing his connection
with Queen's College in 1842, his service as a Professor has
embraced almost the whole period of its existence.
In the immense difficulties connected with
the founding and supporting of a higher institution
of learning in a new country, in the struggle
for its maintenance which continued for

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