UNIVERSITY ALMANAC, 1903-1904. 1903. Aug. 13. Th.-Last day for receiving applications for Autumn Preliminary Examination (Provincial Medical Board). 17. M.-Last day for receiving notices of Supplementary Examinations (Medical Faculty). 25. Tu.-Last day for receiving notices of Supplementary Examinations (Law Faculty). 27. Th.-Session (Medical Faculty) begins. Preliminary Examination (Prov. Medical Board) begins at 9 A. M., at Dalhousie College. Aug. 31. Sept. 66 66 66 M.-Supplementary Examinations begin (Medical Faculty), 11 A.M. Results Preliminary Examination (Prov. Med. Board) declared, and certificates issued. 66 Registration and payment of Class Fees (Medical Faculty) 11 A. M. 1. Tu.-Lectures begin at Halifax Medical College. 66 66 Session begins (Law Faculty). 10 A. M., Registration and payment of Class Fees. 3 P. M., Supplementary Examinations. 2. W.-Lectures begin (Law Faculty). 5. Sa. 10 A. M., Meeting of Senate. 7. M.-Last day for receiving notices of Supplementary Examinations (Arts and Science Faculties). 8. Tu.-Session begins (Arts and Science Faculties). 9. 3 P. M., Registration of Candidates for Matriculation and Scholarship Examinations (Arts and Science Faculties). W.-Examination for Junior and Senior Matriculation and for Entrance Scholarships (Arts and Science Faculties). 66 16. 3 P. M,. English. Sa.-9 A. M., French. M.-9 A. M., Chemistry. 9 A. M., Supplementary Examinations begin (Arts and Science Faculties). W.-9 A. M., Meetings of Faculties of Arts and Science. 3 P. M., CONVOCATION. Woodman, D. Sc. Address by Prof. J. Edmund 17. Th.-Registration and payment of class fees (Arts and Science Faculties). F.-Lectures begin (Arts, Science and Medical Faculties). 1. Th.--Intimation as to elective subjects to be made by undergraduates (Arts Faculty) on or before this day. 18. Oct. 12. M.-Returns as to residence and church attendance to be made on or before this day. Th.-Thanksgiving Day. No lectures. F.-Munro Day. No lectures. Dec. 10. Th.-Last day of lectures (Arts and Science Faculties). 3.00 P. M., Junior Physics, Education. 18. 11.15 A. M., French. 3.00 P. M., First and Second Mathematics, Junior History, Applied Mechanics. F.-Christmas vacation begins. 19. Sa.-Christmas vacation begins. 24. Th.-Christmas vacation begins. (Faculties of Arts and Science). 1904. Jan. 5. Tu.-Lectures resumed (Faculties of Arts, Science, Law and Medicine). Feb. 17. W.-Ash Wednesday. No lectures. 25. Th.-Last day of lectures (Faculty of Law). M.--10 A. M., Constitutional History; International Law. Tu.-10 A. M., Sales. W.-10 A. M., Real Property, Advanced. 3 P. M., Torts. Th.-10 A. M., Evidence. 4. F.-10 A. M., Contracts; Conflict of Laws. 3 P. M., Shipping. 7. 30. M.-Last day for receiving M. A. and M. Sc. Theses. W.-Last day for receiving applications for Primary and Final M. D., C. M. Examinations. F.-Good Friday. No lectures. 5. Tu.-Last day of lectures (Faculties of Arts and Science). 7. Th.-Last day of lectures (Faculty of Medicine). Spring Examinations (Faculties of Arts and Science) begin 9.00 A. M., Junior and Modern Philosophy. 3.00 P. M., Education, Mathematics. F.-9.00 A. M., Practical Chemistry (Laboratory, 1st Division). 2.30 P. M., Practical Chemistry (Laboratory, 2nd Division). Sa.-9.00 A. M., Latin. 3.CO P. M., French, Advanced Geology. M.-Class certificates (Medical Faculty, and Hx. Med. College', issued on presentation of class fee receipts at Registrar's office, Dalhousie College, 11 A. M., and at Secretary's office, Hx. Med. College, respectively. 9.00 A. M., Second and Third English, Elementary Geology. 3.00 P. M., Junior Physics. Apr. 12. Tu.-9.00 A. M., First English, Additional Third English, Practical Physics. 3.00 P. M., Sen. Physics: Addit. Jun. and Modern Philosophy. 13. W.-Primary and Final M. D., C. M. Examinations begin. 9.00 A. M., Political Economy, Junior Anatomy. 3.00 P. M., Additional Latin: Physiology and Histology; Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children. 14. Th.-9.00 A. M., Junior Chemistry. 15. 16. 18. 3.00 P. M., Junior and Senior History; Senior Anatomy; Surgery. F.--9.00 A. M., Greek; Zoology. 3.00 P. M., Moral Philosophy: Senior Chemistry; Medicine. Sa.-9.00 A. M., Addit. Greek; Addit. French; Botany; Oral Examination in Chemistry. 2.00 P. M., Orals in Primary M. D., C. M., Sect. A. M.-9.00 A. M., Mathematics; Addit. Sen. Physics; Medical 3.00 P. M., Addit. History; Addit. First and Second English; Pathologyand Bacteriology. 19. Tu.-9.00 A. M., Addit. Mathematics; Addit. Moral Philosophy; Clinical Medicine, at Victoria General Hospital. 20. 2:00 P. M., Clinical Medicine at Victoria General Hospital. W.-9.00 P. M., Additional German; Clinical Surgery at Victoria 21. Th.-2.00 P. M., Oral Examinations in Materia Medica and Thera- 22. 23. 25. 66 26. May 2. F.-2.00, P. M,, Oral Examinations in Surgery, Medicine, Ob- M.-9.00 A. M., Mecting of Senate. 66 10.00 A. M., Results of Examinations (Faculties of Arts, Science and Medicine), declared. Tu.-3.00 P. M., CONVOCATION. M.-Summer Session of Mining School begins. F.-Summer Session ends. N. B.-The dates of the Examinations are liable to change as circumstances may demand. HISTORICAL SKETCH. DALHOUSIE COLLEGE was founded in 1818 by the Right Honourable George Ramsay, Ninth Earl of Dalhousie, "for the education of youth in the higher branches of science and literature.” The original endowment was derived from funds collected at the port of Castine, in Maine, during its occupation in 1814 by Sir John C. Sherbrooke, then Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. In a letter to Lord Bathurst, dated December 14th, 1817, Lord Dalhousie, with the unanimous consent of the Council, proposed that £9,750 of these funds be devoted to the " founding of a College or Academy on the same plan and principle as that in Edinburgh," open to all occupations and sects of religion, restricted to such branches only as are applicable to our present state, and having the power to expand with the growth and improvement of our society," and that this College be established. in Halifax, "the seat of the legislature, of the courts of justice, of the military and the mercantile society," ," "in front of St. Paul's Church," on "the Grand Parade." On the 6th of February, 1818, Lord Bathurst wrote expressing the Prince Regent's "entire approval of the application of the funds in question in the foundation of a Seminary in Halifax for the higher classes of learning." The building was begun in 1819, and on the 22nd of May, in the year 1820, "the corner stone of this College, designed for a Publie Seminary in which the youth of this and other British Provinces may be educated in the various branches of literature and science, was laid by His Excellency Lieutenant-General, the Right Honourable George Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie, G. C. B., Captain-General and Governorin-Chief in and over His Majesty's Provinces of Lower Canada, Upper Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and the islands of Prince Edward and Cape Breton." It was not until the 13th of January, 1821, that the "Bill to incorporate the Governors of Dalhousie College at Halifax" became law. The exterior of the building was completed about this time, and two rooms were fitted up for lectures. The total cost of the building to June 1822, was £11806.2s. currency, so a MS minute of the Board of Governors states. The original Board of Governors consisted of the Governor-General of British North America, the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, the Bishop, the Chief Justice and President of Council, the Provincial Treasurer and Speaker of the House of Assembly. After unsuccessful efforts in 1823-4 and 1829-36 on the part of both the British Government and the Board of Governors to effect a union with King's College, the only other then existing in the Province, this College went into operation in 1838, under the Presidency of the Rev. Thomas McCulloch, D. D., and with a staff of three professors. By an Act passed in 1841, University powers were conferred on the College, and the appointment of the Governors was vested in the Lieutenant-Governor and Council. In 1843, President McCulloch died; and in 1845, the College was closed, the Governors considering it "advisable to allow the funds of the institution to accumulate." In 1848, an Act was passed authorizing the Lieutenant-Governor and Council to appoint a new Board of Governors "to take some steps for rendering the institution useful and efficient as to His Excellency may seem fit." This Board, from 1849 to 1859, employed the funds of the University to support a High School. In 1856, the Arts department of the Gorham College, Liverpool, N. S., was transferred to this College “with a view to the furtherance of the establishment of a Provincial University," and an attempt was made to conduct the Institution as a University under the Act of 1841. This union, however, came to an end in 1857. In 1863, the College was re-organized under the following Act: An Act for the Regulation and Support of Dalhousie College. (Passed the 20th day of April, A. D. 1863). WHEREAS, it is expedient to extend the basis on which the said College is established, and to alter the constitution thereof, so as the benefits that may be fairly expected from its invested capital and its central position may, if possible, be realized, and the design of its original founders, as nearly as may be, carried out. Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. The Board of Governors now appointed, consisting of the Honourable William Young, the Honourable Joseph Howe, Charles Tupper, S. Leonard Shannon, John W. Ritchie, and James F. Avery, Esquires, shall be a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Governors of Dalhousie College at Halifax, and shall have and exercise all usual powers and authorities as such, and have the title, control and disposition of the buildings on the Parade, at Halifax, and of the property and funds belonging to the said College and held for the use thereof, by the present Governors; and all vacancies at the Board shall be filled up on recommendation of the remaining members thereof by the Governor-in-Council; and any of the Governors shall be removed by the Governor-in-Council, at the instance of the Board of Governors. 2. Whenever any body of Christians, of any religious persuasion whatsoever, shall satisfy the Board that they are in a position to endow and support one or more chairs or professorships in the said College, for any branch of literature or science approved by the Board, such body in making such endowment, to the extent of twelve hundred dollars a year, shall have a right, from time to time, for every chair endowed, to nominate a Governor to take his seat at the Board with the approval of the Board of Governors and of the Governor-in-Council, and shall also have a right. from time to time, to nominate a Professor for such chair, subject to the approval of the Board of Governors; and in the event of the death, removal, or resignation of any person nominated under this section, the body nominating shall have the power to supply the vacancy thus created. 3. The same right of nominating a Professor from time to time shall belong to any individual or number of individuals, who shall endow to the same extent and support a chair or professorship, and to the nominee of any testator by whose will a chair or professorship may be so endowed. 4. The Governors shall have power to appoint, and to determine the duties and salaries of the President, Professors, Lecturers, Tutors, and other officers of the College, and from time to time to make statutes and by-laws for the regulation and management thereof, and |