University Location in British Columbia
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issued: 2020-05-18
issued: 1910-10
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note: University Location in British Columbia A Summary of the Arguments presented by the Lower Mainland University Committee to the University Sites Commission appointed to fix the location of the Provincial University of British Columbia ::::::: JUNE, 1910 INDEX Page I. Introductory 3 II. To Show that the Lower Mainland Is and Will Continue to Be the Centre of Population and Industry in British Columbia 4 III. To Show that the Lower Mainland is the Centre of Education for the Province 8 IV. The General and Special Advantages Offered to the University by the Lower Mainland 18 V. The Experience of Other Universities in the Matter of Location 35 VI. Arguments for Centralization 41 VII. The Advice of Leading Educationalists 44 VIII. Possible University Sites on the Lower Mainland 58 PART I. Introductory. The Members of the University Location Commission. Oentlemen: Upon hearing of the nomination of the University Sites Commission by the Provincial Government of British Columbia, representatives from all organizations and institutions of the Lower Mainland interested in the location of the Provincial University met, and, finding that they were agreed in their belief that the University would be placed with the greatest advantage in the Lower Mainland, formed a General Committee to investigate, arrange and present to the Commissioners any such data as might be of service in helping them to form their decision. This General Committee accordingly desires to present to you the results of its investigations and the arguments based thereupon, realizing indeed that much of this information could be obtained by, and many of these arguments are already familiar to you, but with the hope that some new matter of interest and importance, which might otherwise have been overlooked, will thus be brought to your notice, and your task as a whole greatly facilitated. The Committee has devoted itself mainly to the collecting and arranging of such information concerning the Lower Mainland as w…
has type: Periodicals
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
identifier: UBC Archives, President's Office fonds, Box 8-File 6
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0115170
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Archives
subject: University of British Columbia
type: Text