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as Curators of the Library for the Year.
The meeting was closed with the benediction.

W. Snodgrass, Principal

Queen's University, 23d Feb 1866

This day the Senate met and was constituted. Present
the Principal in the Chair, Professors Mowat, Horatio Yates,
Octavius Yates, Litchfield, Lavell, Kennedy, Maclean, Bell
and Murray.

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and
sustained.

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Complaint of
Professor Bell
against John
V. Noel, QA
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The following complaint of Professor Bell against
Mr. John V. Noel, Student in the Chemistry Class was laid
on the table.

"To the Senate of Queen's College,
Gentlemen
I feel it a duty extremely painful to me to be
obliged to complain of the conduct of John V. Noel in my class
on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 15th. The circumstances
are these. It has sometimes happened that when my attention
has been wholly occupied with the subject of my lecture, some
individual in the room has said the word 'shoulder', which
would then be taken by a few of those present as the Signal
for striking one of their hands upon their chests, thereby interupting
the class. This morning, having observed a student
strike his chest in this way, I improved the occasion
to warn all whom it might concern that should any one
repeat the offense, he might have serious consequences.
Scarcely five minutes after I had thus spoken, I heard
the above Signal repeated and saw Mr Noel and others
respond as above described. Whereupon I named these
individuals and called the whole class to witness that
said individuals has been guilty of this act of insubordination.
Mr Noel spoken out in a very insolent tone to this efffect.
"I don't want you to be mixing up my name with these childish
things. How did we know what you meant, speaking about
noises? Why didn't you explain what you meant? That's
a student's fashion we've had this long time. It was done
when Dr Lawson was here. You may bring us up before the
Senate if you like ------- humph!"

J. Clark Murray, Secretary