Prospectus for session 1899-1900 / University of Glasgow, Queen Margaret College, School of Medicine for Women.

  • University of Glasgow. Queen Margaret College. School of Medicine for Women.
Date:
1899
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Credit: Prospectus for session 1899-1900 / University of Glasgow, Queen Margaret College, School of Medicine for Women. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Science and Medicine ; and in 1890 a Medical School was organised, in addition to the classes in Arts and Science wdiich, as time w'ent on, had been gradnally developed on the model of the Univei’sity Classes ; so that by 1892 the College was giving such a curricnlum as would have met the requirements of University Degrees in Arts and Medicine. The endowment fund collected by Mrs. Campbell (including £3000 given by Messrs. Alexander and ’William Smart for a lectureship in Philoso))hy), and the proceeds of a bazaar held in 1892, amounted to nearly £2o,500. In February, 1892, the Universities Commis.sioners issued an Ordinance (No. 18), empow’ering the Scottish University Courts to make provision within the Universities for the instruction of women, either by admitting them to the ordinary classes, or by instituting separate classes for their instruction. The Council of Queen Margaret College, having considered the provisions of this Ordinance, came to the conclusion that the j)urpose for which the College had been instituted would be best served by making over their work to the University of Glasgow. They, accordinglv, with the concurrence of Mrs. Elder, the proprietrix of the buildings and grounds hitherto occupied by the College, ottered to transfer to the University Court these buildings and grounds, and the endowments (present and prospective), on condition that these should be devoted to the establishment and maintenance of University Classes for Avomen exclusively. The University Court, after consultation with the Senate, hav- ing resolved to exercise the ])ower conferred I\v Ordinance No. 18, and to provide University instruction for women mainly by the institution of separate classes, agreed to accejit the otter made by Queen Margaret College, and remitted to a committee to take the necessary steps for completing the transfer. In virtue of this arrangement the teachers in Queen Margaret College were appointed by the University Court, and in Session 1892-93 the students were admitted matriculated students of the University. In 1893, the College having been dissoh’ed, the buildings and grounds, which had cost over £15,000, and the endowment funds, amounting to £25,482 17s. 6d., were handed over to the University Court; but the name “Queen Margaret College” sui’vives as designating the ]iart of the University buildings and grounds wliich is devoted to the education of women.