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SAPIENTIA ET DOCTRINA STABILITAS

1900-01

The government of the Province had granted the annual rental
of the new building asked for.

The Board of the University, by resolution, agreed to consider
carefully the proposal of the School of Mining, as set forth
in the resolution of its Governors and the Building
Committee, with the addition of the Chairman, was to take
such action as might be deemed advisable.

The pressure for more room was becoming general. The next
call came from the Medical Department, asking that the
building occupied by it be enlarged at a cost of about
$10,000, building arrangements and management to be
mutually agreed upon by the University and the Medical Faculty.
Terms were accepted.

After careful consideration of the proposal of the School
of Mining, as to the building required, the Board instructed
the Finance Committee, with the addition of Professor Dupuis
and Goodwin, to proceed with the enlargement of said
building, on the terms set forth in their resolutions.

Next, comes the weighty question of the suggested change in
the Constitution of the University.

A Convention of the Trustees, Senate, Council, Graduates,
Alumni and Benefactors of the University, was held Nov. 12, 1900,
to consider the proposed changes in the Charter which were
submitted by the Trustees at the last General Assembly;
and it was resolved as follows:

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