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of 1869 and 1878 on the subject secured: (6) that the name
of a benefactor who becomes responsible for any one the objects
specified above should be connected with it in perpetuity and
that the names of all who subscribe to the Jubilee Fund should
be inscribed on a shield of approrpiate design set in the wall
of Convocation Hall: (Q.C.J. Vol. XIV p.170)

The durabaility of the establishment of a School of
Science at Kingston had long been discussed, and the
project once launched was warmly encouraged on all sides.
It was universally felt that the Government should in
justice to Queen's afford the aid which had been promised
for the same purpose to Toronto University. At a meeting of
the city Council on Jan 11th, the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted: Whereas the Government of
the Province of Ontario has set apart a valuable site in the
Queen's Park, Toronto, for Victoria College, and proposes to
establish, also at the Public cost, a new University Professoriate,
or to greatly extend the School of Science in Toronto;
and whereas in the above and other ways, private and denominational
effort in the work of higher education is acknowledged,
and by the combination of public and private liberality
to further a desirable end, voluntary contributions for
Colleges situated in Toronto are stimulated.

Whereas, it only just that this policy should be extended
to Eastern Ontario, in whose centre a fully equipped
University has been established, through the

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