Education

(Sir John A Macdonald era) University endowment in Upper Canada, 28-30;

Macdonald's connection with separate school question, 82, 84; compulsory

education established, 116. (Wilmot era) State of, in New Brunswick, 83; Wilmot's

interest in, 83; grammar schools, 85-86; college of New Brunswick, 86;

Madras System, 86-87; lack of public interest in schools, 88-90;

Wilmot's views on education, 90-91. (Tilley era) Improvement in school s stem,

20; King's College, 20-22. (Wolfe / Montcalm era) Limited to a few, but excellent, 23. (Egerton Ryerson era)

In Upper Canada, 51-59; petitions, 54-55; Common School Bill, 1816,--its

provisions, 56-57; Board of Education, 58; provisions of amending Act,

1824, 58; the university question, 133-162; the common school system,

163-213; separate school question, 215-245; grammar or high schools,

247-268. (Lord Elgin era) Gradual improvements in common school system after 1841,

87-89; Mrs. Jamieson on the Upper Canadian schoolmaster, 87; Lord

Elgin's interest in educational problems, 88. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) System of common

schools provided for in government programme, 1841, 89; Act passed, 105;

previous legislation for higher education, 105-106; for elementary

schools, 106-107; terms of new Act of 1841, 107-108; school laws of

1843,189-190; Baldwin's University Act, 190; history of the university

movement in Upper Canada, 191-197; under second La Fontaine-Baldwin

ministry, 281, 286, 292, 338-339. (Lord Sydenham era) Demand that Clergy Reserves

should be applied to purposes of, 240-242. (John Graves Simcoe era) Simcoe's efforts in cause

of, 166. (Sir Georges E. Cartier era) In the clerical colleges of Quebec, 3-5; Lord Elgin on, 5;

Cartier's work for, in Lower Canada, 114; in Quebec, 37-38. (Lord Dorchester era)

Committee on, appointed, 226; conflicting views on, 227-229. (Joseph Howe era) In Nova

Scotia,--Joseph Howe advocates compulsory education, 79; and an

undenominational provincial university, 82; again introduces his measure

for public schools, 115. (George Brown Era) George Brown's views on, 47, 59, 61, 62-64,

75, 121-123, 145; separate school question, 121-123, 144-145. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) In

the early days of British rule, 233-236. See Ryerson, Egerton;

Strachan, John; Simcoe, John Graves; Grammar Schools; Universities;

Public Schools; Libraries; Manitoba School Question; Separate Schools.