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on the part of the Trustees at an action involving a serious
drain on the funds of the College but it was felt that the
growing necessities of the University warranted and indeed
demanded the expenditure. That the result justified the
action of the Board was shown during the ensuing winter
and at the Spring session of the Board, the Principal urged
a further increase to the teaching staff in the following
terms. Recent changes in the direction of specializing
study and affording opportunities for independent work on
the part of students have proved successful. These changes
were rendered possible by the increase of the teaching staff.
The stimulus given to University work has been out of all
proportion to the increase in the number of students. We
established fourteen honour courses leading directly to the degree
of M.A. and bifurcated the ordinary B.A. degree with options
in each of the two courses, and we also provided a scheme
for guiding and assisting extra-mural students and post-
graduate students. At the same time we instituted what
is known nas "The Seminary" a method of teaching based
on the principle that a man must educate himself,
and that a Professor does most for him when he guides
his reading and give hints from time to time. Students,
by this method, learn to investigate and think for themselves
and to consult professors, instead of being content
to listen to lectures and to pass examinations.
To carry out this method we have in several

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