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the Church and the Graduate as to what constitutes a
right ideal of education for clergy and laity alike; and
this may have been a more vital force than a formal
connexion would have been. But, there is no Church
organization to which we can appeal for defence or
support, although the nominal connection with the Church
which still exists must always make it difficult for
many of our Graduates to feel the full measure of their
responsibility: while it prevents municipalities in
Eastern Ontario, or the Government and Legislature
of the Province from voting the direct aid which otherwise
could legitimately be sought from them. Such
aid would be construed by out and out denominational
institutions into a ground for granting aid to
them also. This question was settled thirty years
ago and could not be reopened. The fact then is
that the Board of Trustees is not representative, and
that the five members who sit as representatives of the
graduates are not considered by a section of the Church
to be the proper body to elect Professors of Theology, and
that section is therefore disinclined to do anything for
the Theological Faculty.

It is also evident that
the Church is less likely now than it was in 1874 to
bring the University as a whole into direct
relationship with itself. The Maritime Provinces

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