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to some members of the Church. Consequently, when
the Report of the Board was submitted to the General
Assembly in 1892, a motion was submitted in favor of
"some scheme" whereby the appointment of Professors
in the Theological Department should be vested directly
in the Assembly. This was voted down, but a motion
by Rev. C. J. Macdonnell was unanimously agreed
to, calling the attention of the Board of Trustees to
the desirability of bringing the Theological Department
into closer relations to the Church. In consequence the
Board suggested that the Assembly shall have the
right to veto any appointment to the Faculty of Theology
at the meeting of Assembly following the appointment
and this was adopted.

The Constitution which the University
received by the legislation of 1874 has thanks to the
loyal support of individuals in its constituency and of
congregations traditionally attached to it, worked as
well as could have been expected. But while the Board
of Trustees has been able hitherto to provide in some
measure for the growing demands of modern education,
the present constitution gives no prospect of adequate
expansion for the future. Since 1874, the Church has
ceased as a body to recognize any responsibility for the
maintenance and development of the
University. Harmony has indeed existed between

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