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said, at the first public meeting held to collect money
for the infant Universities, ''It was a matter of necessity
that the control of such an institute should
be in the hands of some trustworthy and responsible
body.'' That body has declined the control, and the
children of the University have become a numerous
as well as a trustworthy and responsible body. The
General Council of Edinburgh University includes
the Chancellor, the members of the University Court,
the Professors and the Graduates. The matriculated
students appoint the Lord Rector, the Court elects
three of the seven Curators of Patronage, the other
four being elected by the Town Council. These
seven have the patronage of 17 Chairs which were
previously in the gift of the Town Council. The
Senate regulate the teaching and discipline of the
University. Edinburgh has a peculiar position
and history amoung the Scotch Universities. The
others were founded by the Bishops of Glasgow, St.
Andrew's and Aberdeen respectively; whereas it was
founded after the Reformation by the Town Council,
and was long known as ''The Town's College.''
Hence it remained under the control and patronage
of the Council till 1858 when all the Universities of
Scotland received from Parliament new and
autonomous Constitutuions. As the

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