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mediate, and one of senior, while the course of study embraces all that is requisite for a thorough English education, including French,
German, Italian, Music (vocal and instrumental) and Drawing. The college is now completing the twelfth year of its existence.
CORRIG COLLEGE.
Fronting on Beacon Hill Park with the Straits of Juan de Fuca and the snow-clad Olympics on the right, and backed by the lovely panorama
of the harbor fringed with the clustering and wooded heights beyond, is " Corrig, " the oldest private select boarding college in the
Province. Its past history, dating back as it does to the sixties, is one of which Victorians are justly proud, but since the advent of
Principal Church and the selection of the present lovely location it seems destined to become for both British Columbians and Americans
the most popular school north of San Francisco.
The new college buildings were opened by His Honor, the Lieut.-Governor of British Columbia, attended by the Premier, the Speaker of the
Legislative Assembly and a most distinguished company, on May 5th last. The residential portion of the college ( which alone is shown in
our illustrations) has accommodation for 25 boarders, and faces on the park for a distance of over 6o feet ; the basement of brick is
fitted up as a playroom and above this there are a series of 20 rooms, including sitting and dining rooms, studies, bath rooms, bed rooms,
etc. Behind, with a frontage of over 8o feet on Niagara street, comes a dwarf tower connecting with the class rooms. These are built with
special regard to light, ventilation and the students' comfort and will accommodate 75 pupils, having cloak room, lavatory and necessary
offices attached. Principal Church,
to whose courage, energy and educational ability Corrig College owes so much, belongs to an ancient and honored English family, so many
members of which have since the time of James II. honorably distinguished themselves as statesmen, soldiers and ecclesiastics. He was
educated partly at King's College, London, was then a student in Philosophy at the University of Edinburg, passed with 1st class in the
Theological examination of the University of Cam-bridge, and became in turn Gabbett Prizeman in Mental and Moral Philosophy, Thorpe Scholar
and Bachelor and Master of Arts of the University of Durham, England. In 1885 he was appointed Head Master of the Middlesbrough Grammar
School, in which important position he soon became one of the leading educationalists of the North of England. The course of instruction at
Corrig, while thorough, is naturally
founded on the English College motto that " Manners maketh man. " The departments of English, Modern Languages, Science and Art are under
the control of the Principal ; while those of Mathematics and Classics are in charge of Professor H. Goward, M.A., L. L. B., (Honoursman
of the University of London, England). The third resident Master, Cuthbert Cartwright, Esq., of St. John's College, is in charge of the
junior department, and the athletics and games. Owing to its high and healthy situation and the mild and gentle winter of Victoria, the
college is becoming a favorite one for lads of weak constitution, who need special care. As regards physical exercise and the opportunity
for the formation of pure and healthy habits Corrig certainly stands unrivalled,
VICTORIA CLUB.
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