Statement made before the Committee of the Legislative Assembly, on the University of Toronto, in reply to those of Rev'd Drs. Cook, Green, Stinson and Ryerson - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ...enter upon that course; if not, either the other students would.be impeded in their progress, or he would be neglected. The Matriculation examination must, therefore, be adapted to the course of study in the College, but the course in the College itself must be made to harmonize with the education, which can be obtained out of its doors. Jf the College commence at too high a standard for the schools, the great bulk of the youth must be debarred from entering it at all; or another evil will follow, that not only the examination for matriculants, but, as a necessary consequence, the earlier years of the College course itself, will become a mere paper scheme which is not acted upon in practice. The real standard for entering the University, whatever it may be in theory,. must be based on the standard of the schools of a country. If that should be low, you must not be content to sink the Colleges to their level;. but you must not place them so far out of reach as to make the entrance into them hopeless. It is a somewhat delicate process to make the adjustment, and in a growing country like this, it will require not unfrequent revision. The Colleges should certainly not commence above the standard of the best schools, but they should be greatly in advance of that of the inferior ones; and as the schools improve, the standard of entrance to the Colleges may be raised, first by increasing the difficulty of the honor subjects, and then by adding to the qualifications required from all Students, and before long we may, perhaps, return to a three years' course. Some excellent Grammar Schools we no doubt have, and I have no fear but that they will continue to improve; but it js notorious that if a much higher matriculation examination were prescribed and...
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