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Elsie Sumner was president of Beta Florence L. Goddard CBT '30), was
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purpose of negotiating with the Colonial Office in regard to the founding
of a university, an emissary in the person of the Rev. John Strachan,
Archdeacon of York. I f the credit of founding a provincial university
in Upper Canada was due to anyone, it was due to him, just as the credit
of founding in later years the University of Trinity College was due to
him. I t falls to very few men to be the chief agent in the foundation of
two universities during one lifetime.

The first step taken under the charter of 1827 toward the establish-
ment of the new university was the appointment of the council of King's
College. Two of the members of the Council were named in the charter.
The first of these was the lieutenant-govemor of the province. Sir Pere-
grine Maitland, who was ex officio the chancellor of the university; the
second was the Archdeacon of York, the Honorable and Venerable John
Strachan, who was ex officio president. In addition, the charter provided
for seven other councillors, who were to be professors of the university.

The University of Toronto, as distinct from King's College, came
into being on the first day of 1850. Some time elapsed, however, before
the machinery for the government of the university was created; and
it was not until March 23, 1850, that convocation was called together
to elect a chancellor.

The selection of a site was a simple matter, since the establishment
of the lunatic asylum in the Old King's College building left the university
only the site where University College now stands. One beautiful build-

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