Minerva's Diary - A History of Jarvis Collegiate Institute

through the door, the other through the window! Few teachers
stayed more than a year in any one position; it was only a
stepping stone to a better job." *4
In the autumn of 1836, for some unexplained reason,
MacAulay moved to the United States. His replacement, Charles
Cosens, became the first layman-master in the school's history.
For two years he served his apprenticeship while the faded "Old
Blue" gained the reputation of being "partly a humble rival of and
partly a preparatory school" for Upper Canada
In College.•s The
distinction remained for several decades. 1838 Charles
Cosens left "Old Blue" and realized his ambition of becoming an
instructor at the more prestigious U.C.C.
1 The name Rwal Grarnrnar School appears to have received little
Eceptance.
2 Chuetling of Portrait of Mr. Archibald MacMurchy. M.A. (Toronto: The
Association. 1902).
Toronto Grammar School Old Boys'
3 Unumling of Portrait Mr. Archibald MocMurchy, MA.. op. cit.
4 Cochrane, op. cit Marcellus Christophdus Crombie. an Irishman, taught in Montreal for eighteen years
before rrovtng to Toronto in 1838.
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