University Records

[letterhead SAPIENTIA ET DOCTRINA STABILITAS]

1900-01

addition to the equipment of that Faculty.

At a future meeting the Committee presented the following report:

The Committee, appointed to recommend a name for the new Chair in Theology, recommend that the name be that of Church History, and History of Doctrine.

That the Rev. Samuel McComb, M.A. (Oxford) be recommended for said Chair"

The report was carefully considered, clause by clause, and after the various clauses were severally adopted, the report was adopted as a whole.

The salary connected with the Chair was fixed at $2,000.00 per annum, and to take effect the 15th of October next.

Then, on motion duly made and seconded, the Rev. Samuel McComb, M.A., was appointed to the newly founded Chair of Church History, and the History of Doctrine in the Theological Faculty of the University.

For many years the University had been receiving a generous grant from the Temporalities Board of the Presbyterian Church, and official announcement was now made that the grant of $2,000.00 would cease after the present year. Events which had a bearing on the funds of the Temporalities Board made this action not unreasonable, and further, the loss could be made up by the increase in the amount of student fees.

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