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Board. The Commitee recommends that a respectful
representation be made to the Government embodying the
views of teh Authorities of Queen's University regarding the
policy of Higher Education in Ontario and the necessity
imposed on them of delay, until the Convocation to be
held in April next, before taking final action on the memorandum
submitted to them by the Minister. They
desire also to express their satisfaction that the wisdom of
enlisting in University work, private and denominational
liberalilty as well as public endowment and grants is recognized
in the memorandum. This policy, the Committee
submit, cannot possibly be limited to one locality. When
there has grown up, in great measure by the sacrifices of
the people of Eastern Ontario, a University like Queen's the
policy must be applied to this section of the country, unless
the rersources of the Province are to be brought into unfair
competition with the proved necessities of a section of the
Province. Otherwise, the State would be seeking to crush
local effort, and local effort for the public benefit of the
most generous and persistent kind.

In the opinion of the Committee,
then, a recognition by the Government of Queen's University
and of the necessities of Eastern Ontario is required
in a just and comprehensive measure of Higher
Education. As to the form that
this recongnition should assume, the Committtee

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