The Irish University Education Question: A Statement by the Annual Committee of the Convocation of the Queen's University in Ireland, Drawn Up by Direction of Convocation (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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9780484591140: The Irish University Education Question: A Statement by the Annual Committee of the Convocation of the Queen's University in Ireland, Drawn Up by Direction of Convocation (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Irish University Education Question: A Statement by the Annual Committee of the Convocation of the Queen's University in Ireland, Drawn Up by Direction of Convocation

Action of the Graduates of the Queen's University on Question.

Statement On the 6th day Of December, 1865, and while the in ject of certain then intended modifications of the syn of university education in Ireland, which resulted in I is known as the Supplemental Charter was being cussed, a meeting of the Graduates of the University held in Belfast, at which a statement was adopted pressing the Opinion of the Graduates on the anti cip changes which were then undefined, but were rega with apprehension by many. Printed in That statement was sent forward to Her Maje Government, and was subsequently printed with �51866. Documents relati to National and University Educ: in Ireland in paii'tiamentary Paper no. 84 of the 1 8 6 6, and as it may therefore be considered as a pl document, and as the facts and arguments the rein forward will bear repetition, the Committee of vocation, instead of repeating its contents in detail, 1: for the sake of convenlence, reprinted it in the Appe hereto at page 29. The main subjects dealt with in statement are as follows -a sketch of public educe in Ireland from the year 1791 to the publication of statement showing the Opinions of the various Commi1 that were appointed to examine the educational wan the country the action taken by the Legislature in sequence of the ex ression of those opinions the his of the foundation 0 the Queen's Colleges, and the opir of the leading statesmen of the period, including Sir J Graham, Sir Thomas Wyse, the late Sir Robert 2 Lord Palmerston and Mr. Sheil It shows the sut that had attended national Education both in the sc and university up to that time, and that there wer< any valid reasons for chan' 'ng the policy previc adopted b the Legislature, Ty introducing sectaria into the ational University system of Ireland. Adapted by the Committee of Convocation fully adopting this staten beg to refer to it as a paper which will repay a ca perusal. Gm. Of the After the date of the publication of the statemen ggpphmfmfl ferred to, and apparently as the result of certain neg tions that were at the tlme pending between Sir Ge Gfrqy, on the part of Her Maj esty's Government, am 11736 Roman Catholic Prelates the Supp\ementa\'was granted to the Queen's University in Ireland the 25th of June, 1866, six new members asymm Patent dated the thoumtima.

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