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[Letterhead - Top] SAPIENTIA ET DOCTRINA STABILITAS

1902-03

The darkling shadow which, for some time, had been
hanging over the University, and which all had hoped
would have passed away, fell suddenly, to the deep
sorrow of Queen's and all her friends. On the 10th May
Principal Grant died. Surgical and nursing skill
could do not more. The end had come. Intimately
Dr. Grant belonged to Queen's, but he was a man
of national reputation who had always kept high
educational, national and moral ends in view,
and at his funeral there were many from far
and near, representing various churches and
institutions, present along with all of Kingston
to express their sympathy with the bereaved
and pay their tribute of respect to the memory
of the departed.
The Board of Trustees was convened, and put this
resolution of the minutes:
"We feel that we cannot allow our first meeting since
the death of Principal Grant to pass without
recording the great sorrow with which we miss the
familiar face of one who for twenty-five years sat
at the Board, guiding us by his far-seeing counsel,
and inspiring us with something of his own
consuming zeal. And we desire to convey to the
relatives of our beloved friend the great sympathy

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