TORONTO, UNIVERSITY OF

while in some respects the university of toronto follows what is called the oxford type, it has developed independently and with vigour, and as a teaching university occupics a very high position. the four colleges of the university, the federated and affiliated colleges, form a very strong group of educational institutions. in 1923-4 $1,148,901.20 was received on behalf of the faculty of medicine from the rockefeller foundation. for a school of hygiene and for the development of the department, the inter- national health board of the rockefeller foundation gave $650,000 and the e. c. whitney bequest amounted to $400,000. there were 4,859 students registered and the enrolment for the university extension classes was 2,560. the university has benefited largely by gifts, and in re- cent years a university press and an electrical enginecring building have been erected, and a faculty of music, a school of engineering research, and a department of social service in- augurated. an insulin division of the connaught laboratories was organised in a building on the campus, previously occupied by the y.m.c.a., in 1922. a school of public health is to be opened and a building for the study of forestry erected. hart house, a magnificent building presented for the social and athletic use of the men students, was finished in 1919; the beautiful tower is a war memorial, and contains records, pictures, etc. of the work of the university during the war. queen’s park house was given as a social centre and hostel for women students in 1925.