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Vof. VJJJ. JVO. 2. McGILL UNIVERSITY GAZETTE Monday, December \st, 1884. CONTENTS : PAGE. PAGE. EDITORIALS • 3-5 COLLEGE WORLD 9-12 FEDERATION OF THE EMPIRE 5-6 BETWEEN THE LECTURES 12-14 MCGILL NEWS - 7 CORRESPONDENCE 14 SOCIETIES - 8 PERSONALS 14 MONTREAL: PRINTED BY THE BURLAND LITHOGRAPHIC COMPANY. 1884. McGILL UNIVEESITY GAZETTE. MUCMSSTER, HUTCHINSON & WEIR, HEADQUARTERS FOR BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, &C, 1©2 St. James Street, rt% MOKTREAL. A? DONALD MACMASTER, Q.C. M, HUTCHINSON, B.C.L. R.S. WEIR, B.C.L. F. S. McLENNAN. DRYSDALE'S \k 232 ST. vT-AJVCIES ST. MElm.II. WORKS, BOOKS USED MY ART COURSE, SCMEJYCE TEXT BOOKS, ADVOCATES, THE VARIOUS TIIEOI.OIJIC.1IJ TEXT BOOKS. 151 ST. J-A.MES STEEET, Fnll assortment in stock & snupliecL at Rock Bottom Prices. STUDENTS' NOTE BOOKS, Scribbling Books, See, Sec, <> BEST VALUE IN TOTVJKT.—£>- ft W. ^TW^TE^, Stylographic Pens, Anti-Stylo Pens and Students' Supplies a Specialty. ^.flvocate, Barrister (Jjommi^ioner, ftc,W. DRYSDALE & CO., 131 ST. 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UNIVERSITY GAZETTE VOL. VIII.] McGILL COLLEGE, MONTEEAL, DECEMBER 1ST, 1884. [No. 2. enough to justify the students in so serious a step as rebellion against their alma mater. But they have JMiff linit)etsitij Dajette other and better grounds for the action they have taken. Mr. Hamel has evidently very exalted ideas DIRECTORS. of his duties and powers as rector of the university JEFFREY H. BURLAND, B. Ap. Sc, F.C.S., President.an d but little respect for the common sense and good G. J. A. THOMPSON, Vice-President. judgment of his students. Not satisfied with provid G. C. WRIGHT, B.A., Treasurer. ing for them able and instructive lectures on the H. S. MCLENNAN, Secretary. J. W. MCMEEKIN, H. V. THOMPSON, B. A. various branches of law by capable men, and of A. B. OSBORNE, T. W. LESAGE. exercising a wise and dignified supervision over their EDITORS. conduct when at lectures, he goes further and insists W. H. TURNER, B.A., Editor-in-CIdef. on the rigid observance of a number of rules for the W. DIXON, B.A. G. F. PALMER. regulation of their conduct in everyday life, and in E.A.E. GREENSHIELDS, B.A. C. H. LIVINGSTONE. these rules we find the true cause of the rupture. It S. F0RT1ER. T. HAYTHORNE, B.A. is not bur intention to discuss the merits of each par The UNIVERSITY GAZETTE will be published fortnightly during the College Session. ticular regulation which he desires to enforce but Rejected communications will not be returned, to which merely to mention two as illustrations of the attitude rule no exception can be made. The name of the writer must assumed by him towards the students. One of these always accompany a communication. is to the effect that the students shall under no cir Editorials. cumstances attend the theatre, and another, forbids them to identify themselves with, or attend any NOTICE. meetings of a political club or debating society. IF we are to publish a weekly after 'Xmas, as is Without committing ourselves to an opinion as to the most desirable, we must get at least four hundred utility of the theatre or debating club, we consider subscribers, for three hundred of whom we look to such rules an unwarrantable interference with the the students. It really rests with these whether the freedom of the students. Of course the first duty of GAZETTE is to be continued as a • fortnightly or not • the student when at college is to devote his time and for however willing the editors may be to publish a energy to his studies and any reasonable steps on the weekly, it is obvious they cannot do so unless sup part of the powers of Laval to secure this end would, plied with means. we are sure, meet with the approval of all right- minded students and certainly of this paper. But THE LAVAL TROUBLES. are the rules above referred to reasonable 1 Is it reasonable that young men who have come to STUDENTS everywhere will watch with no passing years of discretion and entered upon the serious interest the course and final issue, of the trouble at study of their profession, and who are supposed to present existing between the Montreal branch of possess, in some degree at least, that wisdom which Laval University and the law students, which so far comes of years, should be hampered and humiliated has resulted in the open rebellion of the latter. by rules fit only for children. The principle involved The apparent cause of the difficulty is the desire on in their rules if recognized and carried out as Mr. the part of the rector, Mr. Hamel, to enforce the rule Hamel would like it to be carried out will undoubtedly requiring the students to wear gowns at lectures but have the effect, on the one hand, of robbing the stu in justice to the students it must be said that the real dents of their independence and manliness, and on the cause is of a much more serious nature. We do not other hand, of robbing Laval of her students. No one think the custom of wearing gowns can be supported we are satisfied will question the right of Mr. Hamel to by very convincing arguments ; at least it is an in heritance of the past, and like so many other old cus advise his students on these matters and to impress on toms, its age is its only title to respect. However their minds the necessity of applying themselves with the objections to it are hardly many enough or strong diligence to their studies, and had he been satisfied 4 McGILL UNIVEESITY GAZETTE. [1884. with so doing, we are much mistaken if the students pie prepared for them. There was a time when, would have done otherwise than listen to his counsel rather than submit to a similar injunction, a college with respect and been profited thereby ; but when he society allowed itself to be driven from the walls of goes so far as to use the imperative " thou shalt not" McGill, and continued its sessions in a hired room in he assumes an authority alike humiliating to the the city. Using the Principal's own phrase, may we students and inimcal to the success of the university not say that " the breed of students " has degenerated. over which he presides. The love of the law students But we must not be too hard on them; it is with the of Laval for their university may be very strong—no faculty that we are indignant. Whence comes this doubt it is—but, notwithstanding, they will never sudden, sensitive conscientious, and to what lengths submit to be hedged round and hampered by hard and will it carry them . What will be the next step . Is fast rules affecting the minutest details of their con all freedom of discussion, all originality of thought, duct as long as there are other universities close at all boldness of speculation, to be checked . Does the hand affording as many advantages to the student and faculty expect to turn out a yearly class of model free from these objectionable rules. The decisive young men, all charactered the same and warranted step taken by the students show that they are seriously inoffensive . If the faculty are responsible for every in earnest over the matter, and their good faith is word uttered in a students' debating society, where evidenced by the fact that they returned to the does their responsibility end . Surely a more unwise, lectures on the strength of Mr. Hamel's assurance impolitic step was never before taken by any body of that the rules for the present, at least, would remain men. a dead letter. But although the difficulty is stayed, it is by no means settled : and we venture the opinion THE PRESENT PROBLEM. that it will never be satisfactorily settled till either WITH regard to the controversy, between the Star Mr. Hamel withdraws his autocratic demands and and Principal Dawson, upon the question of separate allows the students the freedom they deserve and to or co-education, we prefer, so far as we are concerned, which they are entitled, or the latter seek and obtain to leave it stand as at present, with the balance admission to another university. The students de decidedly in favor of the Star. No one denies, for a mand of right that they be treated not as children, moment, that, other things being equal, separate classes but as men capable of choosing for themselves their are to be preferred ; but in the present financial con course of conduct in life, and the sooner Mr.

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