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CHAPTER 17 – 1901 – THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
AND THE RISE OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
1. Page 186, para. 1 – “a new era in the history of the University”: Varsity, December 18, 1900. The new century
began in 1901, not 1900.
2. Page 186, para. 1 – “were rung”: The Toronto World, December 31, 1900, said that most churches would have
services.
3. Page 186, para. 1 – “the recently opened Toronto City Hall”: The City Hall was completed in 1899: see Eric
Arthur, Toronto: No Mean City, 3 rd edition (University of Toronto Press, 1986) at 190-191.
4. Page 186, para. 1 – “twenty more for the new century”: Globe, January 1, 1901.
5. Page 186, para. 2 – “brighter days in store”: Varsity, January 15, 1901.
6. Page 186, para. 2 – “large annual deficits”: James Loudon, “The University and State Aid,” University of Toronto
Monthly, v.1 (January, 1901) at 135; Edward E. Stewart, “The Role of the Provincial Government in the Development
of the Universities of Ontario 1791-1964” (D.Ed. Thesis, University of Toronto, 1970) at 265-270. See
also F.A. Moure, “Outline of the Financial History of the University,” The University of Toronto and Its Colleges
1827-1906 (University Librarian, 1906) at 71 et seq.
7. Page 186, para. 2 – “the deficit amounted to over $30,000”: Richard Harcourt’s speech on the second reading of
his 1901 bill, cited in Ontario Public Records and Archives Department, “Newspaper Hansard” at 131.
8. Page 186, para. 2 – “on average, under $125,000 a year”: Loudon, “State Aid” at 136.
9. Page 186, para. 2 – “only $7,000 of that amount”: Ibid. at 138; John Squair, “Alumni Associations in the
University of Toronto” (University of Toronto Press, 1922) at 19; W.S. Wallace, A History of the University of
Toronto (University of Toronto Press, 1927) at 158-59.
10. Page 186, para. 2 – “the University of California more than $300,000”: Loudon, “State Aid” at 138. Harcourt
gave other figures for state contributions, such as $318,000 for Pennsylvania, $255,000 for Ohio, and $235,000
for New York: see “Newspaper Hansard” at 131.
11. Page 186, para. 2 – “was needed by the University of Toronto”: Loudon, “State Aid” at 137.
12. Page 187, para. 1 – “the designs of the denominational colleges”: Wallace, History of the University of Toronto at
158.
13. Page 187, para. 1 – “they could turn things around again”: Both Chancellor Edward Blake and Vice-chancellor
William Mulock had been involved with the struggle: see Chapter 7 (1860). Both resigned in 1900. Mulock
resigned the Vice-chancellorship a few days before Blake’s letter of resignation arrived in Toronto: see James
Loudon, “Memoirs,” UTA/B72-0031/16(11) at 127.
14. Page 187, para. 1 – “the brunt of the battle”: Varsity, January 15, 1901.
15. Page 187, para. 1 – “and collectively on public opinion”: Loudon, “State Aid” at 139.
16. Page 187, para. 2 – “the greatest constructive feat of his administration”: Wallace, History of the University of
Toronto at 157.