Excerpt from The University of Toronto Monthly, Vol. 1: July, 1900 University of Toronto contains almost names, and this num ber does not include the additions of the last two years. These figures, large as they are, give but an inadequate idea of the enormous influence exerted by this throng of educated men and women upon the intellectual and moral life of Canada. Up to the present year, strange as it may seem in an age of organization, no society had been formed uniting all these vast forces in a common object. This anomaly has now been removed, the Alumni Association is an accomplished fact, and already gives promise of valuable service in the interests of Alma Mater.. Although the desirability of organization had long been felt, the first practical movement in that direction came from the Graduates' Club of the city of Ottawa, which in the month of March last issued a circular urging that some practical step should be taken to this end. The appeal found a ready response, and a provisional committee was named by President Loudon to make arrangements for a public meeting in Toronto. The meeting for organization which was held on the 17th April last, was a memorable occasion in the history of the university. In spite of a wet evening, the lecture-room of the Chemical Building was filled with an audience overflowing with enthusiasm for the new project. President Loudon, who was voted to the chair, welcomed an audience representing the alumni of all faculties, and gathered together not only from Toronto but from the Province at large. Continuing his remarks, the President referred to the necessity for organization, and urged the alumni, hitherto acting as units, to unite in a society to promote the general interests of the university. The new vice-chancellor, the Honourable Charles Moss, next addressed the meeting; his assurance that he intended to be a working officer was particularly well received. From his reminiscences of occasions in the past when circumstances such as the fire of 1890 had united the graduates in a common effort, he inferred the possibilities for good of the contemplated organization. Chancellor Burwash followed with a rousing appeal to the alumni of all faculties and schools to unite in the building up of a great national university. The Rev. Dr. Teefy, Superior of St. Michael's College, in an eloquent address, enlarged upon the same theme with particular reference to University College. Mr. Otto Klotz', of Ottawa, concluded this part of the programme with some practical remarks, in which he described in detail the working of the University Club of Ottawa, and the objects and methods of the very successful alumni association of the State University of Michigan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The University of Toronto is Canada’s leading university and one of Canada’s most important cultural and scientific institutions. In this history of the University from its origin as King’s College in 1827 to the present, Martin Friedland brings personalities, events, and changing visions and ideas into a remarkable synthesis. His scholarly yet highly readable account presents colourful presidents, professors, and students, notable intellectual figures from Daniel Wilson to Northrop Frye and Marshall McLuhan, and dramatic turning points such as the admission of women in the 1880s, the University College fire of 1890, the discovery of insulin, involvement in the two world wars, the student protests of the 1960s, and the successful renewal of the 1980s and 1990s. Friedland draws on archival records, private diaries, oral interviews, and a vast body of secondary literature. He draws also on his own experience of the University as a student in the 1950s and, later, as a faculty member and dean of law who played a part in some of the critical developments he unfolds. The history of the University of Toronto as recounted by Friedland is intimately connected with events outside the University. The transition in Canadian society, for example, from early dependence on Great Britain and fear of the United States to the present dominance of American culture and ideas is mirrored in the University. There too can be seen the effects of the two world wars, the cold war, and the Vietnam war. As Canadian society and culture have developed and changed, so too has the University. The history of the University in a sense is the history of Canada.