McGill University - Old McGill Yearbook (Montreal Quebec, Canada)

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to honour. Especially do we desire to felicitate Herbert Rose, ' 04, on the attainment of the Blue Ribbon of Oxford. Perhaps the most notable event in the student life during the past year was the visit last April from the eminent alumnus and past professor to whom this work is dedicated. It was a rare privilege for us to hear Dr. Osier ' s wholesome address on the practical philosophy of the student life, academic and postgraduate. VVe regret that more extended reference cannot be made to his message — we can merely await the time when the press puts the address at our disposal. The innovations in the present Annual we let the reader discover. The departure for a more extensive write-up of the Juniors is an answer to many requests. On its merit let it stand or fall in future years. Our observations on the individual characters have run toward the eulogistic. In most of these biographies glowing colors are prominent; the blind god of Love has so far perverted the perspective that faults are lost to view. be annual Boards. 9

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If in these pages we have preserved against the ruthless tooth of oblivion many of the pleasant memories of this ses- sion and of our college course, we shall feel rewarded for our toil. Year follows year and our university steadily advances. Since the issue of the last Annual marked expansion has manifested itself in the new buildings that have risen to meet our growing needs. The rude framework that a year ago stood across from the entering in of the gate has taken on the exquisite and imposing perfection of the present Strathcona Hall. It is a proud testimonial to the generosity of the students ' Christian friends. Within it the Y. M. C. A. essays a larger service for McGill men. This for the reli- gious and social life of the college. Just one block distant another structure is rapidly assuming the severe but sub- stantial appearance of a most commodious and well-appointed Union. Through the unfailing munificence of the Uni- versity ' s greatest benefactor. Sir Wm. C. Macdonald, a far- ofip dream of past generations of students is here being happily realized. It gives promise of great impulse to college spirit. In its spacious halls the students of all faculties may mingle in common cordial intercourse, and through its influ- ence we trust that college life may assume a more homogeneous and vivacious type. At the corner of Mansfield and Burnside Place there stands another building devoted to college interests. It is the old M. A. A. A. gymnasium rejuvenated, and pending the erection of a distinctively McGill institution of the kind the authorities have secured a lease of this. It will be a marked improvement on the venerable ramshackle on Univer- sity Street wherein, for all too many years, Hercules had his shrine. Another long-standing desideratum — the medical stu- dents ' yearning — was met by the opening last autumn of the excellent new Maternity Hospital. That it is the best institution of the kind on the continent is not too great return for the patience and self-sacrifice of those who for years strove to meet the inadequacies of the old building. Other voices of the past are still not silenced. The call for more college residence has no immediate prospect of response, more than its ubiquitous echo. However, in the light of recent benefactions and the success that has attended the residential scheme as already tried, we have great warrant for hope. Meantime, patience refines. A new epoch in the consolidation of the University ' s forces was reached during the past year by the amalgamation of the Medical Faculty with the Central Corporation. From its foundation the Medical Faculty had been a separate body as far as internal and financial management was concerned. After prolonged overtures an arrangement was made by which it merged its interests with those of the other faculties in one general organization. This, for several reasons, is a mark of progress and should beget that increased strength which, according to the proverb, comes of unity. While this rapid evolution has been in progress at home, McGill men have been splendidly adorning her fair name abroad. We congratulate Prof. J. G. Adami on his appointment as President of the Pathological Department of the British Medical Association for the coming meeting; Prof. E. W. McBride on a similar appointment to the Biological Department; and Prof. F. J. Shepherd on the honorary degree conferred upon him by Edinburgh Univer- sity. Our Rhodes scholars, too, have merited a great claim 8

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1821— McGill founded by Hon. James McGill. 1843 — The Arts Building opened. 1852 — Reorganization under the new charter. 1861 — Molson Hall built, and library founded. 1863 — The building of the Observatory. 1866 — Main Medical Building opened. 3878 — Founding of the Science Faculty. 1882 — Redpath Museum opened. 1884 — Donalda course endowed by Sir Donald Smith. 1890 — Science workshops erected. 1893 — Opening of the Engineering and Physics Building, and the Redpath Library. 1895 — Dr. Peterson chosen Principal. 1898 — Mining and Chemistry Building opened. 1899 — Royal Victoria College opened. 1900 — Enlargement of the Library, and the Medical Building. 1904 — Conservatorium of Music opened. 1905 — Opening of Strathcona Hall. 1905 — Work began on the McGrill Union. 10