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strong political party feeling which arose out of that strife, the government grant was withdrawn and the academy was reduced to the level of a grammar school. During the twenty years of its existence it did work that any college might be proud of, in giv— ing to the world such men as John L. Murdoch, John McLean, James Ross, principal of Dalhousie Col- lege, P. G. McGregor, John Geddie, William McCul— loch, Michael McCulloch, H. Koyles, Sir A. G. Archibald, and Sir William Dawson, late principal of McGill College.

In 1838 Dr. McCulloch was, by act of legislature, transferred from the Pictou Academy of Dalhousie College, Halifax. The greater part of the grant to the academy was also transferred to Dalhousie Col- lege. He was also continued as theological profes- sor of the Presbyterian Church. The theological hall was distinct from the academy, as it is also from Dalhousie College, and has from the first been sup- ported wholly by the voluntary contributions of the members and adherents of the church.

Rev. Thomas McCulloch, D. D., died in the au- tumn of 1843. Thus ended a noble life. In his death the Church lost an accomplished scholar, a profound theologian, an able defender of the faith and an earnest, faithful and successful worker in the Lord’s vineyard. In the year 1844 Rev. John Keir, D. D., of Princetown, P. E. I., was appointed pro— fessor of systematic theology and Rev. James Ross, D. D., professor of Biblical literature.

At this date new difficulties had arisen. Dalhousie

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