Chapter XXVIII: University Development

I. M’GILL UNIVERSITY

THE ROYAL INSTITUTION--JAMES M’GILL--CHARTER OBTAINED--THE
“MONTREAL MEDICAL INSTITUTE” SAVES M’GILL--NEW LIFE IN
1829--THE RECTOR OF MONTREAL--THE MERCHANTS’ COMMITTEE--M’GILL
IN 1852--THE HISTORY OF THE FACULTIES--BUILDINGS--DEVELOPMENT
SINCE 1895--RECENT BENEFACTORS--MACDONALD COLLEGE--THE
STRATHCONA ROYAL VICTORIA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN. NOTE: THE UNION
THEOLOGICAL MOVEMENT--THE JOINT BOARDS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL,
ANGLICAN, PRESBYTERIAN AND WESLEYAN AFFILIATED COLLEGES.

II. LAVAL UNIVERSITY (MONTREAL DISTRICT)

THE STORY OF ITS COMPONENT PARTS--EVOLUTION FROM THE “ECOLES
DE LATIN”--COLLEGE DE ST. RAPHAEL--ENGLISH STUDENTS--COLLEGE
DECLAMATIONS--THE PETIT SEMINAIRE ON COLLEGE STREET--THE
COLLEGE DE MONTREAL--THE SCHOOLS OF THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY,
CLASSICS, LAW AND MEDICINE--THE APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION “JAM
DUDUM”--DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS--AFFILIATED
BODIES--THE FACULTIES AND SCHOOLS. NOTE: NAMES OF EARLY
“ENGLISH” STUDENTS AT THE “COLLEGE” 325

CHAPTER XXIX

GENERAL CULTURE

I. THE LIBRARY MOVEMENT

FRENCH:--L’OEUVRE DES BONS LIVRES, 1844--THE CABINET DE LECTURE
PAROISSIAL, 1857.

ENGLISH:--“MONTREAL LIBRARY” AND MONTREAL NEWS ROOM,
1821--MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, 1844--THE FRASER
INSTITUTE, INCORPORATED 1870--ITS EARLY LITIGATIONS--ITS PUBLIC
OPENING IN 1885--OTHER LIBRARIES.

II. LITERARY AND LEARNED SOCIETIES

THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1827--THE MECHANICS INSTITUTE,
1828--LA SOCIETE HISTORIQUE, 1856--CONFERENCE DES INSTITUTEURS,
1857--THE “INSTITUT CANADIEN”--CERCLE LITTERAIRE DE VILLE
MARIE, 1857--UNION CATHOLIQUE, 1858--(THE GUIBORD CASE)--THE
ANTIQUARIAN AND NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION, 1862--THE “ECOLE
LITTERAIRE” 1892--ST. JAMES LITERARY SOCIETY, 1898--THE
“DICKENS’ FELLOWSHIP” 1909--OTHER LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS--THE
“BURNS SOCIETY”--THE ALLIANCE FRANCAISE--THE CANADIAN CLUB,
1905.

III. ARTISTIC ASSOCIATIONS

FOREWORD:--INTELLECTUAL AND ARTISTIC EXCLUSIVENESS.

ART:--EARLY ART IN CANADA--THE MODERN MOVEMENT--THE MONTREAL
SOCIETY OF ARTISTS--THE ART ASSOCIATION OF MONTREAL--ITS
HISTORY--ITS PAINTINGS--MONTREAL ART COLLECTIONS--THE ART
SCHOOL--MONTREAL ARTISTS--THE WOMAN’S ART SOCIETY--THE CHATEAU
DE RAMEZAY--THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS--THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF
CANADA--OUTSTANDING ARTISTS.

THE DRAMA:--PLAYS IN 1804--THE FIRST THEATRE ROYAL BUILT IN
1825--THE SECOND OPENED IN 1850--OTHER THEATRES TO THE
PRESENT--AMATEUR THEATRICAL ASSOCIATIONS--THE DRAMATIC LEAGUE.

MUSIC:--MODERN SOCIETIES--SOCIETE DE STE CECILE--SOCIETE
DE MONTAGNARDS--AMATEUR MUSICAL LEAGUE--MENDELSSOHN
CHOIR--MONTREAL PHILHARMONIC--INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.

NEWSPAPERS:--MONTREAL HISTORIES 349