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Thomas Chandler Haliburton’s King’s College, Windsor,
Nova Scotia –
1829
From – An Historical and Statistical Account of
Nova-Scotia by T. C. Haliburton
Windsor is the shire town 1
of Hants County. It contains, (beside a number of respectable private
houses) an University, an Academy, an Episcopal Church, A Roman Catholic
Chapel, a Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist meeting-house; a Court
House and County Jail. The former [King’s College] has a Royal Charter,
bearing the date at Westminster, the 12th day of May, 1802. By this Charter
it is ordained that "King’s College" shall be deemed to be a
University, and shall have and enjoy all such and like privileges, as
are enjoyed by Universities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, as far as the same are capable of being had and enjoyed by virtue
of said letters patent. And that the students in the said College shall
have the liberty and faculty of taking the degrees of bachelor, master,
and doctor, in the several arts and faculties, at the appointed times.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is Patron of the Institution, and the following
persons compose, ex officio, a board of Governors:- His Excellency the
Lieutenant-Governor, The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia, The
Hon. The Chief Justice, the Judge of the Court of Vice-Admiralty, the
Speaker of the House of Assembly, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-
General, the Secretary of the Province, and the Rev. the President. The
board has the power of making statutes and by-laws fir its internal Government
and regulations.
The Following extract from the statutes of the University, will shew
the course of studies established for the students:-
"Regular courses of lectures, as soon as the establishment shall
admit of them, shall be read every year by the Professors in the following
branches of literature, science, and knowledge. Each course shall begin
in Michaelmas term, and shall be completed within the year – upon the
evidences, practice and doctrines of the Christian Religion, Grammar,
universal and of particular languages.
The Greek and Latin Classics, Hebrew, Rhetoric, Logic,
Mathematics,- including Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry, and
the Conic Sections, with their application in Mechanics and other useful
practical Sciences.
Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, Ethics, General Jurisprudence,
The Law of Nature and Nations, The Civil Law, and the Theory of Municipal
Laws, Political Science, (Economy, Metaphysics, Geography and Chronology,
History, ancient and modern, Anatomy, Botany, Chemistry, The Materia Medica,
and the Practice of Medicine in clinical Lectures.
The four following Professorships shall be now established, to which
others shall be added, as soon as the revenues of the College shall render
it practicable.
1 – A Professor of Hebrew and Divinity
2 – A Professor of the Moral Sciences and Metaphysics
3 – A Professor of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy and Astronomy
4 – A Professor of Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic.
Masters shall be procured to teach the modern languages, particularly
French, to whom small salaries shall be allowed, and whose fees for instruction
shall be settled by the President. Students may likewise receive permission
from the President to attend instructions in the arts of drawing, dancing,
music, fencing, riding and other polite accomplishments. It is requisite
that the president shall have taken a regular degree of Master of Arts,
or Bachelor in Civil Law, at one of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge
or Dublin, in the United Kingdom. The students are eligible for matriculation
2,
at age of fourteen years. This period is perhaps too youthful, but has
been adopted on account of the limited means of the Country, and the custom
which universally prevails in America, of introducing young men into business
as soon as possible. The first matriculation took place in the year 1803,
and the first degree was obtained on the 18th of November, 1807.-There
have been conferred 67 degrees of A.B. 15 of A.M. two of B.D. one of D.D.
one of B.C.L. and one of D.C.L.; besides eight honorary degrees of D.C.L.
total 95. There are 12 Divinity scholarships attached to the College,
by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts. Candidates
for these scholarships are nominated by the Bishop, and appointed by the
Society. The object of these endowments is to enable Clergymen and others,
to educate their children for the ministry of the Church of England; each
scholar enjoying £30 Sterling per annum, for seven years. There
are also four scholarships on the foundation, which are each of the value
of £20 Sterling, and are tenable four years. These are designed
as a reward for those students who are most distinguished at the annual
examination. There are resident at present sixteen undergraduates and
two bachelors. The College contains a large and well selected Library,
and a valuable Philosophical apparatus.
The building consist of five wooden houses under one roof. These Bays
are three stories in height, and consist of two suits of rooms on a floor,
each suite containing one parlour and two bed rooms, for the accommodation
of two Students. The situation of the College is extremely pleasant, and
the most eligible that could be selected. It is about one mile from the
town of Windsor, which is the most central point in the Province. The
climate is peculiarly healthy; and it is remarkable that there never has
occurred an instance of mortality among the Students since the first establishment
of the institution. The buildings are erected upon an elevated spot, commanding
in front a delightful view of the most improved and best cultivated parts
of Nova- Scotia.. In the rear the scenery is equally fine, the landscape
being much embellished by the meanderings of the Avon and St. Croix. The
ground belonging to the College consists of about one hundred acres. The
respectability of this establishment, its liberal endowments, the learning
and exemplary conduct of its officers, the number of Gentlemen whom it
has educated, and its influence it exerts upon the morals and manners
of the Country, render it an object of the highest importance, that should
be cherished and promoted. Subordinate to the University under its controul
(control), and within the limits of its grounds is the Collegiate School.
The building is composed of free-stone, and erected at an expense exceeding
six thousand pounds. There are apartments in it for the head master and
his family, his ushers, and about 40 borders. This Seminary is in a flourishing
condition, and very numerously attended. The system of education is in
accordance with that of the College, for which it is intended as a Preparatory
Academy. At the school there are also twelve Divinity scholarships of
£30 which may be severally held for seven years, or until matriculation.
The object is the same as those at the College; to these scholarships
the Bishop also nominates, and the Society appoints.
1
– shire town – British : a town that is the seat of the government of
a shire)
2
– matriculate – transitive senses : to enroll as a member of a body and
especially of a college or university)
Taken From –
An Historical and Statistical Account of Nova-Scotia
In two volumes. Illustrated by a map of the province, and several engravings.
By Thomas C. Haliburton, Esq.
Barrister at Law and Member of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia
(originally) Printed and Published by Joseph Howe, Halifax 1829
Edition consulted – Candiana Reprint Series No. 51
Mika Publishing Belleville, Ontario 1973
Volume 2, Pg 100 – 110
Section III – Middle Division – The County of Hants – Windsor
HRL SG ADULT 971.6 H172 h 1973
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