APPENDIX A.

REPORT OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER, 1891.

To His Honor the Honorable Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, C. B., K. C. M. G., L. L. D., Lieutentant Governor of the Province of New Brunswick.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOR,

In conformity with the requirements of the Act establishing the University of New Brunswick, I beg to submit to Your Honor the following report on the state of University and the Collegiate School for the year ending December, 1891.

During the past year the Senate of the University have done their utmost to provide for the increasing demand for better facilities in the Chemical and Physical Laboratories. The Chemical Laboratory has been enlarged, and increased accommodation has been provided for students engaged in practical work.

The grant of one thousand dollars for the purchase of electrical apparatus has enabled the Professor of Physics to offer special facilities to students intending to become electrical engineers. Prof. Duff during the vacation visited London, Berlin, and Frankfort, at his own expense, for the purpose of selecting electrical apparatus.

In the Department of Civil Engineering, the efficient and painstaking services of Professor Strong were highly appreciated by the Senate and by the Provincial Government. The purchase, by the latter, of a new Theodolite, furnished with the latest improvements, from Buff & Berger, of Boston, shows the importance attached to the work of this Department.

The retirement of Prof. Strong to accept a more lucrative position in Montreal left a vacancy, which the Senate were extremely fortunate in being able to fill by the appointment of Professor W. Kendrick Hatt, B. A., of the University of New Brunswick and Civil Engineer of Cornell University. Prof. Hatt presented testimonials of the most satisfactory character from Prof. Fuertes, the head of the engineering department of Cornell University, and from the Managers of Railways, both in the United States and Canada. Since his appointment he has given his undivided energies to the work of his department, and has ably carried on the work of his predecessor.

The new Alunini Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy and Political Economy, Mr. W. C. Murray, after a most brilliant and distinguished course in the University of Edinburgh, has come back to his native province, and has entered upon the duties of his chair with vigor and enthusiasm.

It is a significant fact, that the three latest appointments made by the Senate have met with general approval, for the reason that the Professors appointed, besides being well qualified, are all former graduates of the University of New Brunswick.

It is satisfactory to be able to report that while the University is offering to the youth of the Province special advantages in Natural Science and Chemistry, in Physics, and in Civil Engineering and Land Surveying, the Senate, with the powerful aid of the Alumni, have been able at the same time to make provision for the highest instruction in Philosophy and Economics, as well as in Literature.

Dr. Douglas Hyde, M. R. I. A., who filled the chair of English and French during Professor Stockley's absence for one year, left the stamp of excellence and perfection upon his educational work in this University, and added to his former reputation as a scholar and author, the reputation of being a clear and forcible lecturer and tutor.

The benefactions to the University during the past year are deserving of special mention in this report.

In addition to the encouraging help from the Alumni already mentioned, I have the honor to report that William Nevins, Esq., of Livererpool, G. B., formerly a student of this University has sent a Bill of Exchange for twenty pounds sterling in aid of the Alumni Professorship fund.

The Rev. C. P. Hanington, B. A., Rector of Johnston, Queen's Co., has given the Senate a deed of a lot of land lying between the College grounds and the Canadian Pacific Railroad. This lot is especially valuable as securing to the University the right of way through the grove at the foot of the College Hill.

A valuable donation to the Library of the University has been made by Miss Wetmore, of Boston. It consists of one hundred and twenty-nine volumes of works by standard authors, from the library of her brother the late Sydney Wetmore, Esq. Messrs. McMillan & Co., of London, have also kindly contributed valuable text

books.

The University has, during the last year, been the recipient through the kindess of Tappan Adney, Esq., of New York, of a very valuable collection of the eggs and nests of North American birds. Dr. Bailey, describes the collection as "including over a thousand eggs, representing over two hundred species of birds, all of which have been identified by the best authorities. A full index accompanies the collection, arranged according to the Code and Check Lists of the American Ornithological Union, with scientific and common names, date and locality of collection, measurements, and other data. It is thus a typical collection, which will be of great service to students for purposes of reference. It is also valuable as including a number of very rare eggs, such as the Bachman's Sparrow, Bronzed Gracule, etc., and exceptional forms of common eggs. The collection has been arranged, (with Mr. Adney's kind assistance) in a suitable case for preservation and exhibition.”

Philip Cox, Esq., B. Sc., Principal of the Newcastle High School, has contributed birds of several kinds to the Museum.

The late Andrew Coburn, jr., formerly an Honour student in this University, shortly before his lamented death, gave his college books as a prize to be offered for competi tion as the Faculty might direct, and left to the Museum specimens illustrating human anatomy.

It will be seen from the above instances, that the University has not been forgotten, and that very much good may be done without the possession of great wealth.

The University Extension Movement in the city of St. John is due very largely to Professor Duff's energy and genius for organization. As the history of the movement in this Province may hereafter prove to be of great interest, I beg to embody in this report certain documents which will shew clearly with whom it originated.

The Rev. John deSoyres, M. A., formerly University Extension Lecturer in connection with the University of Cambridge, in an address given in the University of New Brunswick at the Encænia of 1890, eloquently advocated the introduction of the University Extension method into this Province. Prof. Bailey, in his Encænial address in 1891, also recommended that an attempt in this direction should be made.

At a meeting of the University Senate held on the 9th of October, 1891, a letter on the subject from Profs. Stockley and Duff was submitted by the President. The letter reads as follows:

To the Members of the Senate of the University of New Brunswick,

GENTLEMEN :

We beg to ask your approval of a scheme which we have been considering for further increasing the usefulness and strengthening the position of the University in the Province. It is an imitation of English University Extension Lecture Courses which have taken such a hold in the country, and have been found to meet very satisfactorily, a long-standing want. In every large centre of population there are many who are anxious to continue their education beyond even the secondary school stage, but who cannot see their way to spending three or four years in a University town many miles away from their homes. As they cannot go to the University, the latter should, so far as possible, come to them. Acting on this principle the English and Scottish Institutions, (followed by several American Institutions) have established successfully, courses of lectures in many centres of population and have thus afforded to many, some at least of the advantages of University Education, without the difficulties usually attendant thereon.

The large number of candidates who appeared for the mid-summer Matriculation Examination last June, (many of whom do not contemplate studying at any University) the enthusiasm displayed at the organization of an Alumnæ Society in connection with the Victoria School, and many other circumstances, notably the strong approval of the scheme given by the St. John Natural History Society on Tuesday last, seem to show that a course of University Extension Lectures would be taken advantage of by many young men and women in St. John, and we propose the following scheme for the purpose. It is of course to be understood that these are not to be merely popular lectures where all however unprepared may seek an evening's amusement and recreation. They are intended especially for graduates of the city high schools, for teachers and for all of whatever age, who, if they could, would seek University Education elsewhere; and who are eager and willing even at the expense of considerable time and work on their own part to avail themselves of whatever measure of University Education can be brought to their doors. It is proposed that the lectures should be delivered in the evening so as not to interfere with the occupations of the day, and that the following subjects should be dealt with in a systematic course of ten lectures, (one per week) in each subject,

viz:-Geology, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Physics, English Literature, Political Economy, Modern History, Ancient History and Philosophy-five scientific and four literary or philosophical subjects.

In regard to lectures, Dr. Bailey, Prof. Murray, and ourselves two, are willing to deliver one evening lecture each per week, and we have promise of assistance from prominent and capable men in St. John to complete our list of lectures.

We ask your approval of the scheme because (1) it will strengthen the position of the University by making it better known and better appreciated, (2) it will entail no expense on the University, (3) it will not interfere with our University work, (4) it will we hope be the means of drawing students to the University, and (5) if we do not occupy the field we are likely soon to be anticipated much to the detriment of the University.

A. WILMER DUFF,
W. F. STOCKLEY.

The Senate passed unanimously a resolution approving of the proposition set forth in the above letter, upon the condition that no part of the expense should come out of the University funds.

The successive steps in the history of the movement in this Province are shown by the issue of the following notices:

A method, known as "University Extension," of increasing the usefulness of existing universities, has for nearly twenty-five years lived and flourished in Great Britain, and has also within the last year been tried with amazing success in the United States. Up to the present no Canadian University has made trial of the plan. The University of New Brunswick, having decided to open a course of University Extension Lectures in St. John, asked and received promise of support in the undertaking from the Natural History Society and many influential gentlemen in St. John. Of these several have agreed to deliver courses of lectures in connection with the scheme. Their names will be found in the list of lecturers above. Three, Messrs. J. D. Hazen, M. P., J. V. Ellis and G. U. Hay, agreed to act with Professors Stockley and Duff as an Executive Committee; and the following have consented to act with the Lecturers and Executive Committee as a General Committee to aid in making the