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| Title and Prefatory Note | iii. |
| CHAPTER I. |
| Preliminary Remarks | 1 |
| Appeal for Funds for the Erection of the Statue | 3 |
| The Financial Results of the Appeal Made—Particulars of the Statue | 5 |
| Programme of Arrangements for Unveiling the Statue | 5 |
| Inscription on the Statue Pedestal | 6 |
| Record of Rev. Dr. Ryerson's Services | 7 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| Report of Ceremony of Unveiling the Statue (from The Globe) | 8 |
| Address of the Hon. G. W. Ross, Minister of Education | 9 |
| The Statue Unveiled by Sir Alexander Campbell, Lieutenant-Governor | 11 |
| Report of the unveiling by The Empire and The Mail | 13 |
| Comments of the Press on the Unveiling of the Statue | 15 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| The Addresses Delivered at the Unveiling of the Statue, viz.: |
| 1. By Mr. Robert McQueen, President of the Teachers' Association of Ontario | 17 |
| 2. By Alderman McMillan, Acting Mayor of Toronto | 19 |
| 3. By Hon. Senator Macdonald, representing the University of Toronto | 20 |
| 4. By Rev. Dr. Burwash, representing the University of Victoria College | 22 |
| 5. By Sandford Fleming, LL.D., C.M.G., representing the University of Queen's College | 23 |
| 6. By Rev. Professor Clark, M.A., representing the University of Trinity College | 24 |
| 7. By Professor T. H. Rand, D.C.L., representing McMaster University | 25 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| Education in Ontario, Past and Present—An Historical Retrospect, by J. George Hodgins, M.A., LL.D., viz.: |
| Significance of the Event of the Day | 27 |
| The Ontario System of Education—Its Influence Abroad | 27 |
| Comprehensive Character of the Ontario Educational System | 28 |
| Character and System of Education Abroad, and Lessons Therefrom | 29 |
| Educational Lessons to be Learned Outside of Ontario | 29 |
| Three Educational Periods in the History of Ontario | 30 |
| Colonial Chapter in the History of American Education | 30 |
| The Nine British Colonial Universities in the Thirteen Colonies | 32 |
| The United Empire Loyalist Period in Upper Canada | 36 |
| Governor Simcoe's Educational Views in 1795 | 37 |
| Early Beginnings of Education in Upper Canada, 1785-1805 | 37 |
| State of Education in Upper Canada, 1795-1799 | 38 |
| First Official Educational Movements in Upper Canada, 1797, 1798 | 38 |
| Educational Pioneers in Upper Canada | 39 |
| Early Efforts to Establish Common Schools, 1816-1820 | 40 |
| State of Education in Upper Canada, 1784-1819 | 41 |
| Fitful Educational Progress from 1822 to 1829 | 41 |
| State of Education in Upper Canada, 1827-1829 |
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