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SAPIENTIA ET DOCTRINA STABILITAS

1900-01

Whereas the Constitution of the Board of Trustees of Queen's
University, has been modified both in 1874 and 1888, with the
view of giving a larger representation to all classes of the
friends and graduates of Queen's; and whereas, in the general
practice of the University, other changes have been introduced,
rendering the University more national in its arms and
character; and whereas, since 1888, the growth of the
University has been marked especially in the following
particulars:

1. Its cordial support and encouragement by the public men
of all shades of religious opinion.
2. The increase of the number of students and graduates
who are not Presbyterians.
3. The growth of the connection of the University with the
general education of the Province, and
4. The widening acceptance of Queen's as the University of
this part of Canada, evinced by the recent donation
of $50,000.00 to the University by the City of Kingston,
and by the interest shown in Queen's throughout the
adjoining municipalities.
"And whereas, the General Assembly in the meeting at
Halifax, last June, expressed its approval of any well-
considered change in the Constitution of the University,
which would still further increase its usefulness by
making the body of Trustees more completely representation

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