The University of British Columbia
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alternative: [Twenty-First Anniversary, 1915-1936]
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is part of: University Publications
creator: [The University of British Columbia]
issued: 2016-10-27
issued: [1936?]
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note: THE UNIVERSITY of BRITISH COLUMBIA TWENTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY 1915-1936 7 he Campus from the Ait ..:/.> i.juJ-. Ii-.. . trmrtrJ The UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORY '"T",HE idea that British Columbia should have a 1 university of its own was first officially recognized in 1877. In that year John Jessop, Provincial Superintendent of Education, declared in his annual report that a university would speedily become a necessity if the young men and women of British Columbia were to be "fully prepared for the various avocations of youth without going to other provinces and countries for the purpose of graduating in arts, law, and science." Since the Province at that date had a white population of less than 25,000, it is not surprising that Mr. Jessop's declaration met with no response for a very long time. At last, in 1890, the Legislature passed a University Act; but this, too, brought no direct result. In order, however, that the young people of the Province might be able to obtain some at least of the benefits of a college education, the High Schools of Vancouver and Victoria were in 1898 affiliated with McGill University. This arrangement provided that the first year work of the latter institution in Arts might be taken in British Columbia. In 1906 a further step was taken. The Province granted letters of incorporation to the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, a local board whose task was the supervision of the McGill University College of British Columbia. This College, during the years from 1907 to 1915, enabled several hundred young men and women to enjoy some of the advantages of a higher education, which might otherwise have been denied them. At first they were permitted to take two years of the Arts course or one year in Applied Science for credit at McGill; but before the end of the period named an additional year's work in each course was made available. In 1907 Victoria College, which had been affiliated with McGill since 1902, also came u…
has type: Commemorative works
identifier: LE3.B82 A5 1936
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0340799
language: English
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