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immediately appointed, and took the matter into
consideration. The situation was complicated by a wire
from the Chancellor saying that, from his own knowledge,
there was a strong probability of financial help from
the Ontario Legislature, should the tie with the Church
be severed.

This turned out to have been a misunderstanding. Anyway, the
attitude of the Assembly and this message precluded any
immediate action of the Board, but the Principal was
instructed to continue his enquiries and watch
developments. The Chancellor might have been too
sanguine as to the intention of the Legislature.

On the 30th June, the Board met at Queen's to consider,
and deal with, the new situation created by the action
of the Vancouver Assembly. The Principal read the
following Resolution, unanimously adopted by the Assembly,
and explained fully the circumstances from which it
had arisen:-

"That this Assembly deprecates the proposed severance
of the connection between Queen's University and the
Presbyterian Church in Canada, and recommends, and
will actively promote, a movement to secure an
adequate increase in the Endowment of the University
if it is decided to continue the connection at present
existing, and that the Moderator be directed to
appoint a Commission, with Assembly powers, to confer

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