Ryerson Memorial Volume

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Author

Hodgins, J. George (John George), 1821-1912

Title

Ryerson Memorial Volume Prepared on the occasion of the unveiling of the Ryerson statute in the grounds of the Education department on the Queen's birthday, 1889

Credits

Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, David Garcia, Julia Neufeld and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

LA: Education: History of education

Subject

Education -- Ontario

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Text

eBook-No.

48194

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48194

Release Date

February 8, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.RYERSON MEMORIAL VOLUME:
2. 2.PREFATORY NOTE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.THE RYERSON MEMORIAL VOLUME. — PRELIMINARY. — Appeal for Funds for Erection of the Statue. — The Financial Results of the Appeals Made—Particulars of the Statue. — Programme of Arrangements for Unveiling the Statue.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. — CEREMONY OF UNVEILING THE STATUE, 24 TH MAY, 1889. — The Hon. G. W. Ross' Address. — The Statue Unveiled by Sir Alexander Campbell. — Educational Retrospect by the Deputy Minister of Education. — The Teachers' Representative. — The Acting-Mayor Responds. — The Universities of Ontario. — Comments of the Press on the Unveiling of the Statue.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. — THE ADDRESSES DELIVERED AT THE UNVEILING. [8] — The Teachers' Association of Ontario. — Address of the Acting Mayor. — Representative of the University of Toronto. — Representative of Victoria University, Cobourg. — Representative of Queen's University, Kingston. — Representative Of Trinity University, Toronto. — Representative of McMaster University. [11]
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. — EDUCATION IN ONTARIO—PAST AND PRESENT. — Significance of the Event of To-day. — The Ontario System of Education—Its Influence Abroad. — Comprehensive Character of the Ontario Educational System. — Character Of Systems Of Education Abroad, And Lessons Therefrom. — Educational Lessons To Be Learned Outside Of Ontario. — Three Educational Periods in the History of Ontario. — Colonial Chapter in the History of American Education. — The United Empire Loyalist Period in Upper Canada. — Governor Simcoe's Educational Views in 1795. — Early Beginnings of Education in Upper Canada, 1785-1805. — State of Education in Upper Canada, 1795-1799. — First Official Educational Movements in Upper Canada, 1797, 1798. — Educational Pioneers in Upper Canada. — Early Efforts to Establish Common Schools 1816-1820. — State of Education in Upper Canada, 1784-1819. — Fitful Educational Progress from 1822 to 1829. — State of Education in Upper Canada, 1827-1829, from the Official Reports, Etc. — Course of Study Suggested by Rev. Dr. Strachan as suitable for the District Grammar Schools throughout the Province, 1829. — First Year—Boys from 7 to 9. — Second Year—Boys from 9 to 11. — Third Year—Boys from 11 to 13. — Fourth Year—Boys from 12 to 14. — Fifth Year—Boys from 14 to 16. — Rev. Dr. Strachan's System of School Management. — Rev. Dr. Strachan's Career as a Teacher. — Mr. Joseph Hume's Essay on Education Edited as a Catechism by Mr. Wm. Lyon Mackenzie in 1830. — Vicissitudes of Education in Upper Canada, 1830-1839. — Educational Efforts of Mr. Mahlon Burwell in the House of Assembly, 1831-1836. — Efforts at Educational Legislation by Dr. Charles Duncombe, 1831-1836. — Continued Educational Efforts by Mr. Burwell in the House of Assembly. — Early Opinions on the Necessity for Manual, or Industrial, Education. — Later Opinions on the Necessity for Manual Training in Our Schools. — Further Educational Efforts in the House of Assembly, 1835, 1836. — Analysis of Dr. Duncombe's Report on Education, 1836. — Summary of, and Reflections on, these Educational Efforts, from 1830 to 1839. — Extracts from Official Reports on Education in Upper Canada in 1838. — Influences by American Teachers and School Books Deprecated. — Extracts from the Report of a Commission Appointed to Enquire into the Subject of Education in Upper Canada in 1839. — Educational Opinions of Prominent Public Men in 1839. — Separate Educational Forces Shaping Themselves in Upper Canada. — Noted Representative Educational Leaders—Dr. Strachan and Dr. Ryerson. — The Educational Efforts of the U. E. Loyalists and the Ruling Party. — An Educational Glance Backwards. — Provision for Higher Education in U. C. by the Imperial Government. — The Reverend Doctor Strachan as an Educator. — Lack of Comprehensiveness in the Educational Policy of the Times. — Rev. Dr. Strachan's Reasons for Establishing a University in Upper Canada. — Rev. Dr. Strachan, the Founder of Two Universities in Toronto. — The University of Toronto. — The University of Victoria College, Cobourg. — The Queen's College University, Kingston. — The University of Trinity College, Toronto. — The R. C. University College at Ottawa. — The Western University, London. — The McMaster University. — Upper Canada College. — Albert College, Belleville. — Woodstock College. — The School of Practical Science, Toronto. — Various other Colleges and Schools, etc. — Rev. Dr. Ryerson's Advocacy of Popular Rights, 1827-1841. [43] — Educational Legislation in the United Parliament of 1841 and 1843. — Origin of the Annual Grant of $200,000 for the Common Schools in 1841. — Educational Efforts of Dr. Ryerson up to this Time. — First Appointment of a Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada. — Appointment of Rev. Dr. Ryerson as Superintendent of Education. — Dr. Ryerson's Report on a System of Public Instruction for Upper Canada. — Chief Features of Dr. Ryerson's First Report and School Bill of 1846. — Objections to Dr. Ryerson's School Bill of 1846 Answered. — First and Second Councils of Public Instruction, 1846 and 1850. — Religious Instruction in the Common Schools, 1846. — State of Common School Education in Upper Canada, 1845. — School Houses and School Teachers in 1845-1850. — Dr. Ryerson's Practical Agencies to give Information and Remove Prejudice. — Combined Opposition to the Projected System of Education. — Educational Proceedings of District Councils in 1847, 1848. — Estimate of Lord Elgin's Character by the Hon. W. H. Draper. — Invaluable Assistance given to Dr. Ryerson by Lord Elgin. — Proceedings of the First Council of Public Instruction—The Normal School. — Laying the Corner Stone of the Normal School Building, 1851. — The County Model Schools of 1843-1850. — Fundamental Principles of Dr. Ryerson's Scheme of Education. — Can Upper Canada Emulate the State of New York in Educational Matters? — Establishment of the Educational Depository, and its Results. — Abstract of Depository Schedule Presented to the Legislature in 1877. — Dr. Ryerson a Commissioner on King's College, etc., New Brunswick in 1854. — Partial Chronological Sketch of Dr. Ryerson's Educational Work, 1855, etc. — Bishop Fraser's Estimate of the U. C. System of Education in 1863. — Character of the Important School Legislation of 1871. — Review of the School Legislation of 1871. — Objections to Improve our School System Answered. — Necessity for the Changes in the School Law of Ontario in 1871. — Hon. Adam Crooks on the School Inspection Legislation of 1871. — Effect of the School Act of 1871 in the County of Haldimand. — Effect of the School Law of 1871 in the County of Simcoe (South.)
8. 8.CHAPTER V. — A SPECIAL CHAPTER ON THE STATE EDUCATION IN THE "OLDEN TIME" IN UPPER CANADA. — Hon. J. Sandfield Macdonald's school days—His Reminiscences of them. — Education in the County of Wellington under Dr. Ryerson's Administration. — Early School Legislation in 1841, 1843 and 1846. — Inferior Qualifications of Teachers and Varied Methods of Teaching. — Dr. Ryerson's Test of the Intelligence of a School Section. — The Character of the School-house also a Test. — School Condition of the County of Wellington in 1847. — Great Educational Advance made by the Province of Ontario since 1847. — Great Advance also in the Standard of Teaching Ability. — State of Education in Upper Canada in 1847-1849. — The Old Log School House and Its Belongings. — The Pioneer Teachers, and the Trials of "Boarding Round." — The Old School House. — A School Teacher's Personal Experience in 1865. — Reminiscences of Education in the City of Hamilton in 1852. — Education in the County of Simcoe, 1852-1872.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. — PERSONAL CHAPTER RELATING TO THE REV. DR. RYERSON. — The Rev. Dr. Ryerson as a Teacher. — The Rev. Dr. Ryerson and His Native County of Norfolk. — Closing Official Acts and Utterances of Dr. Ryerson. — Reasons for Dr. Ryerson's Retirement as Chief Superintendent of Education. — Dr. Ryerson's Letter of Resignation in 1868 and Reply To it. — Dr. Ryerson's Letter of Resignation in 1872 and Reply To it. — A FEW WORDS, PERSONAL TO THE WRITER OF THIS RETROSPECT. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's note:

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