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Third Bishop of Huron.

Maurice Scollard was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1836. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Trinity College in 1859, and became a curate at St. Thomas' Church in St. Thomas in 1860. He was ordained priest in 1861, and married that same year. His wife, Maria Ermatinger, passed away in 1863. In 1862, he received a Master of Arts from the University of Trinity College, and became the Incumbent at St. Paul's Church in Port Dover, Ontario, until 1865. He was then the rector at St. Luke's Church in Montreal, Quebec from 1865 to 1870. He married Sarah Jessie Day in 1870, and became the curate of Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal, as well as honourary canon (1870 - 1882). He was the rector of Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal from 1872 to 1883. He was known as a great evangelical preacher who would often preach three times on a Sunday. In 1882, he received an honourary Doctor of Divinity from the University of Trinity College, and became the Dean of Montreal. He was consecrated Bishop of Huron in 1883, a position he kept until he passed away in 1904, in London, Ontario.

In the fall of 1945, journalism classes began at the University of King's College, Saint Mary's College (now Saint Mary's University) and Mount Saint Vincent College (now Mount Saint Vincent University), taught by editors from the Halifax Herald, the Halifax Chronicle, and Sister Maura of MSVC. The journalism programs were designed to give students a well-rounded education on various subjects; students, most of them just out of high school, could earn a diploma in journalism in three years.

By 1948, the curriculum required courses in history, French, English, economics, political science and sociology. Classes were concentrated in practical study, and over the next 10-15 years, classes related to public relations and communications were added.

King's Calendar of 1949-1950 included the "School of Journalism of the Universities of King's College, Saint Mary's College and Mount Saint Vincent College." The School was run by its own board of governors, which included the Presidents of King's, Saint Mary's and Mount Saint Vincent, as well as two journalists and Sister Maura. Halifax newspapers had representation on the board equal to that of any individual participating university.

Although the School operated under its own board and paid its own way, the University of King's College Board of Governors could instruct its representatives on the School's board regarding financial commitments and general policy. The School's regulations regarding admissions and teaching policy had no provision that prevented another Maritime university from joining the School.

By 1956, the School was self-sustaining and had received grants from Halifax Herald Ltd., the Maritime Broadcasting Co., and the Chronicle Co. Ltd.

In 1957, a committee was formed to review the curriculum, and the School's Director made efforts to arrange summer positions for students with local newspapers.

In 1961, a reorganization of the School began, including an initiative to give it a permanent home at King's. King's provided $3,000 in annual support for the School on the condition that Mount Saint Vincent and Saint Mary's match its contribution. The syllabus was revised and the diploma became a four-year program, with three years in arts and one in journalism.

In 1962, the new school, called the Atlantic School of Journalism and Communications, was operating, with a budget of $10,950. 10 A communications library was established, and plans for a degree program of four or five years' length were underway. King's agreed to rent space to the School for $6,000 annually, but had not considered journalism courses as part of any other arts degree. Some lectures were held at the CBC building on South Park and Sackville Streets in Halifax, and at the Imperial Oil Building (probably the 1926 brick building at 1860 Upper Water Street).

By 1963, however, the School was in dire financial straits. Saint Mary's withdrew its support and funding, and the Director, Glen Hancock, returned to his former position at Imperial Oil. Local newspapers offered little support and did not wish to underwrite the School. While enrolment remained around 30 students and many graduates were working in journalistic positions in the Maritimes and elsewhere, the future of the School was uncertain.

The Calendar of 1963-1964 listed "Other courses - Diploma in Journalism. This course is one of three years and leads to a Diploma in Journalism. The Academic subjects are given at the constituent Colleges. The Professional subjects are taken in common, and conducted by practical newspaper and radio people."

The Atlantic School of Journalism and Communications operated under its own board of governors, with King's President Dr. A. Stanley Walker serving as chairman. It had a Director of Studies and an academic staff of five lecturers. According to the 1963 Director's Report to the School of Journalism's Board of Governors, the original objectives were:

1) to provide career-training opportunities for young people interested in communications and to stimulate an interest in scientific research into the problems of media communications;
2) to create a reservoir of personnel for newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, all now so much in need of new recruits with dedication and ability; and
3) to make some organized move to help improve the standards of Canadian journalism practice so that the almost unlimited freedom given to the Press by law and society will be justified by the performance of writers and editors who are aware of the tremendous responsibility placed upon them.

In 1964, the School proposed becoming part of King's to assure its continued operations, suggesting that it occupy space under the recently constructed Prince Hall; consideration was also given to locating the School in the space under the Chapel (now King's Theatrical Society's performance venue, the Pit), which had become available after Muir Gymnasium was built that year.

In 1965, the Atlantic School of Journalism and Communications closed due to lack of financial support. Bursaries were given to current students to continue their studies elsewhere. Glen Hancock, former director of the School, continued to teach a public relations extension course at King's. Supporters of the School hoped that funding could be found to reopen the School in future.

Extension courses in journalism kept the subject alive at King's following the closure of the Atlantic School of Journalism and Communications. The 1964-1965 Calendar stated: "Evening courses in public relations are offered each year to the general public. While these students are not required to meet university academic qualifications, they are expected to have a high standard of maturity and general knowledge established for the studies."

The extension courses were taught in 25 two-hour evening classes from October through April in the Haliburton Room on the second floor of the main building. Students who completed an extension course received a certificate at a ceremony in the classroom, to which guests were invited and at which sherry was served. Glen Hancock taught the extension courses from 1974-1985, offering journalism and public relations in alternating years. Public relations ceased being offered after 1979, with only journalism taught from 1980-1984. Extension courses were not listed in Calendars after 1984-1985.

First Bishop of Qu' Appelle.

Adelbert John Robert Anson was born in London, England in 1840. He attended Theological College at Lichfield, and received a Bachelor of Arts from Oxford in 1863. He was ordained deacon in 1864, and priest in 1865. He was a curate in Wolverhampton from 1864 to 1866, then in Bilston from 1866 to 1868. In 1867 he received a Master of Arts from Oxford, and became a Vicar in Handsworth from 1868 to 1870, then moved to Sedgley and was the vicar there. He became The rector in Woolwich in 1875, and became an honourary Canon in 1883 at Rochester Cathedral. He was consecrated Bishop of Assiniboia (Saskatchewan, Canada) in 1884. During his tenture, the Diocese eventually changed its name to Qu'Appelle. 23 churches were built in the diocese while he was Bishop, and he founded a boys' school in 1889. He gained an honourary Doctor of Civil Law from Trinity University in Toronto, Ontario in 1887, and an honourary Doctor of Divinity from Oxford in 1896. He resigned the See of Qu'Appelle in 1892, and became the Warden of St. John's Hospital in Lichfield, England until 1898. He was then the Canon Residentiary at Lichfield Cathedral until he died in 1909.

Fourth Bishop of Moosonee; Sixth Metropolitan of Ontario.

John George Anderson was born in g Stoneywool, on the Isle of Harray, in the Orkeys, Scotland, in 1866. He was educated in St. Andrews, Manitoba, and would go on to attend St. John's College in Winnipeg, where he obtained a B.A. in 1886 and a B.D. in 1888. He was ordained deacon in 1889 in Portage La Prairie, then priest in 1890 in Winnipeg. He worked as a missionary for a year in Ontario from 1889 to 1890, then was incumbent of St. Peter's Church, Dynevor, Manitoba, from 1890 to 1909. He was consecrated Bishop of Moosonee in 1909, and was granted an honourary D.D. from St. John's College. In 1940, he was made Metropolitan of Ontario, and he passed away three years later, in 1943.

David Anderson was the first Bishop of Rupert's Land, a former territory made up of lands around Hudson's Bay and stretching down through what is now Canada and into the United States. He was born in Hans Place, London, England in 1814, educated at Oxford University and ordained deacon in 1837. He then became a priest in 1838 in Liverpool, and remained there until he became the Vice Principal of St. Bees College in Cumberland from 1841 to 1847. He was the perpetual curate of All Saints' Church in Derby from 1848 - 1849. He was consecrated Bishop of Rupert's Land in 1849. He purchased Red River Academy at this time, and renamed it to St. John's Collegiate School. He introduced a rigorous course of classical studies, modern languages, and mathematics, and began a library which had 800 volumes by 1855. The school, also a seminary, provided a thorough education and sent two scholars to Cambridge and one to University of Toronto, as well as eight priests to interior missions. In 1864, he resigned the See of Rupert's Land, and became a vicar in Bristol until 1881. He was also the chancellor of St. Paul's Cathedral in London during this time, until 1885, when he passed away in Clifton, Bristol.

The Alumni Association of the University of King's College was founded in 1846 in Windsor, Nova Scotia, at the request of the College's Board of Governors, to save the College from financial and administrative collapse. Subsequently incorporated in 1847 by Act of the Nova Scotia Legislature, it is the oldest alumni association in Canada.

Originally, the university was supported by grants from the British Crown (£1000 per year), the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (£500 per year), and the Province of Nova Scotia (£400 per year). These grants were withdrawn over the years, starting with the Crown's in 1833, then the SPG's in 1846, and the Province's in 1851. On May 28, 1846, the Board of Governors created the Alumni, forming it from a committee of various "alumni and friends" of King's College who were already actively engaged informally in soliciting patrons overseas.

The College, with no funds beyond tuition and other fees levied for the first time in its history, urged its graduates and associates to come to its rescue. The Alumni became a body corporate by An Act to Incorporate the Alumni of King's College, Windsor, S.N.S. 1847, c.53. This statute was revised during the following decades, e.g., An Act to amend the Act to Incorporate the Alumni of King's College, Windsor, S.N.S. 1882, c.64, which altered the requirements and implications of the annual subscription fee paid by members to the Association. Although heavily revised, the original statute is still in force. Revisions to the Nova Scotia statutes relating to the Board of Governors caused the number of Alumni seats on the Board of Governors to fluctuate as circumstances demanded.

After being organized into a cohesive and legally-authorized society, the Alumni Association sought not only to raise funds for the College, but also carried on the tasks of drafting and administering all College examinations; funding and planning building projects on campus; acquiring books, artifacts, instruments and apparatus for the College Library and Museum; and administering most of the scholarships and prizes offered to students at both King's College and the Collegiate School in Windsor. Foremost among Alumni activities, however, has long been the Annual Dinner, which has been held since 1846. In fact, the Association's first purchases related to the dinner: solid silver flatware adorned with ivory handles from an importer of luxury goods in Halifax, and 10 cases of champagne, in addition to further cases of liquor, all of which were shipped from Halifax in carriages. When not in use, the cutlery was stored in the largest available safety deposit box at a bank in Windsor. Other early assets were significant, such as 2,000 acres of wild land in Pictou County and houses in Halifax that the Alumni leased to tenants, and demonstrate the importance of the Alumni in King's 19th century affairs.

The Association's first members were largely "friends" of the College who were not graduates of King's, although Inglis' son, Bishop John Inglis - arguably the most distinguished graduate of King's first Encaenia - was instrumental in the formation of the Association and in soliciting its first funds for the College. Such was the importance of the Alumni's fund-raising that for the entire 19th century, the Association was the only body within the College, aside from the Governors, entitled to review King's books and accounts, courtesy statements of which the were sent to the Alumni annually. Likewise, the Association furnished the Board with its own financial statements.

More information on the Alumni Association can be found in the finding aid linked below, as well as at https://ukings.ca/alumni/.

Walter Robert Adams was an the first Bishop of Cariboo, British Columbia; the second Bishop of Kootenay; and eventually the third Metropolitan of British Columbia. He was born in London, England in 1877, and became a deacon in 1901, then a priest in 1902. He worked in multiple dioceses in England, until becoming Priest-in-Charge in Baring, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1907. He worked as the Rector in Indian Head, Saskatchewan from 1909 - 1912 and was an honourary captain and Chaplain of the XVI Canadian Light Horse (garrisoned in Regina, Saskatchewan) during this time as well. In 1913, became the Assistant Secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury's Western Canada Fund, and from 1915 to 1919, he was Assistant Chaplain and lecturer at St. Katherine's College, Tottenham, England. He was Chief Inspector of Diocesan Schools (Southwark) from 1919 to 1925. In 1925, he was consecrated the first Bishop of Cariboo at Kamloops, British Columbia, then was translated to the See of Kootenay in 1934. He became the Metropolitan of British Columbia and Archbishop of Kootenay in 1942, and was translated to the See of Yukon in 1947, and became the Acting Primate of All Canada. He resigned in 1952, and passed away in Vancouver in 1957.