Minerva's Diary - A History of Jarvis Collegiate Institute

"Old Blue" doomed Dispute with U.C.C. — Auction halted
1858 settlement — Dr. Howe retires.
Chapter7 (1863-1872) ..... 41
Rev. Arthur Wickson — Move to Dalhousie Street — The founding of
the "Lit."— Admission scholarships to university — Girls allowed to
take French — Sheriff Jarvis sells home to Board — Move to vacant
asylum — School Act of 1871 — Toronto High School —
Texts — Mrs. Howe — Move to 361 Jarvis Street — The pump! —
Girls' class — The mean Mrs. Howe — Dr. Wickson quits.
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Chapter8 (1872-1900) .
Toronto overview — Girls' admission scholarships — Visitors' book —
Dr. Archibald MacMurchy — Major Fred Manley — Toronto Collegiate
Institute — Miss Thompson replaces Mrs. Howe — First girls — Ernest
Thompson Seton — Sam Hughes — The "Games" Pupils — Female
teachers form associations — The Girls' "Lit." — The What-Not —
Successful female graduates — The pump's polluted — Lord
Lansdowne's visit — Distribution Day — Additions to school — Leaky
assembly hall — The building's bulging — Pupils — The Bloomer
Scandal — Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute — "Prep" class abolished
The Truancy Act of 1891 — First telephone — The Collegiate — First
intercollegiate debate — Amalgamation of Boys' and Girls' "Lits."
Tug-oßwar — Trophy — First mixed class — Dr. MacMurchy vs. Janie
Thomas — Miss Thomas temporarily sent to Harbord — Old Boys'
Association — Year Book — Dr. Helen MacMurchy — Souvenir —
1899 "At-Home" — Cadet Corps founded — Noteworthy alumni
Poor teaching — Recommendation to fire the entire staff —
Dr. MacMurchy resigns.
Chapter 9 (1900-1906) ... ................ 70
T.S.S.A.A. founded — First electric lights — Major Fred Manley
Decreasing discipline and enrolment — Ex-pupils' Association — Old
Girls' Association founded — Conquest of the flagpole — Wireless
telegraphy demonstration — The projection of coloured photographs —
Students catch and dissect pigeons — The Literary and Scientific
Society — The Magnet — Ernest MacMillan — Noteworthy alumni
Cadet Corps — "Commingling of the sexes" — Staff changes
Major Manley resigns.