IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // /. 1.0 I.I 2.5 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 -^ 6" ». ^ <^ n m 'c^l /A # O / Sciences rnmnraiinn m i\ # <> " signifie "A SUIVRE", le symbols V signifie 'FIN". Maps, plates, charts, etc.. may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, loft to right and top to bottom, as many frames as required The following diagrams illustrate the method: Les cartea, planches, tableaux, etc.. peuvent dtre filmto A des taux de reduction diffirents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul cliche, il est filmi d partir de Tangle supArieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images nicessaire. I, as diagrammes suivants illustrent la mithode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 LETTER ON THE SUBJECT OF PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO THE STUDY OF PROFESSIONS. (/VtnM h onirr "f Itir /Vfj(r*ranl <'«l (occu- nying .i,s you do llm highly lionounililo and imporliml piisition of Hiitoiinior nl'tlio l^utdicc Uiir) (Imt 3-ou ou^rlit to hi' mud o uwm-o of the deniroM of tho ProtoHtanl < 'ominllttso o( the Council of Puh- lie Instruction in tho inutior of tho oxaniinution of <'Bndiduto« for admission to study tin- jirol'ussions in this I'rovincc. I wish at ornii to Htato thai Iho Protestant ('onimittee do not in any way dosiro to intorlor" with tlie tiducation of Jvotnan t'atholic«. Tho two CoininittCBs of tho Council of Puhlit Instruction have iho »amo ohjoct in viow hut tliey work on ditlorenl linos. Tho Protestant educational system may he classitiod into throe grades, viz.. Common Schools, Hi>?h .Schools ami UniversitioH, Willi the llmilcd means at the disposal of the Committoe, they aro endeavourini; firiwlually to raise tho tone of tho Hifih Schools. The Common .Schools demand a^jreaideal nf thouj^htful caro in thoir atlministration, hut hitherto they have hoen almost exclu- sivelj- under thn control of the Su|)erinlonured earnestly to raise their tone and to tit thoni for tlie woik which the country ileinands of them. I do not wish to trouble you with an Hccoum of thoir short-comings and of the efforts ot the Pro- testant ' 'onimi I toe to improve them — suffice it lf> say that tho aim of the Committee is to make tho Academies tiic means wherohy young men may prepare themselves for the study of the prot'essions and for entering the (Jniversitios, hy uiving tl.^^m the ground work of a libor;.l education, such as may (jualify thoin for ))ublic life, no matter what a mans special calling may Ih). One of the most serious dilHculties the Committee have had to encounter arises from the i)owors jiossosscd hy the several pro- fessional iKxlies to examine cr.iididatos for the ])erinihsion lo enter on profosHional study. This is a very dillerent thing from tho professional examination itself for admission to practice. With this latter the Committee have no wish to into"''cre; it is entirely outside of tlicir province. Jiut aa to the admissi.in to stuily they fool that the liest preparat'on a youtig man can have is a liroad lilionil odiication without •• cram," such as will draw out the facul- ties and cultivate thought and olwervation. This style ot train- ing is e()Ually applicable and useful lo tho intending student of Law, of .Moiiicinc, of Kngineoring and other professions, includ- ing even hivinity. Under the pro.sent system there is no uniformity of plan or Hubject, no trained hoe very little room for Univorsities at all in the Province of Que'oec. Commoiiding these low observations to your kind notice and atleution, 1 am, my dear Sir, very truly yours, R. W. IlKNEIiFR. 11