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William Henry Vander Smissen was Professor of German (1866-1913) and University Librarian (1873-1891).

The students in this club, one of the earliest at University College, included two future deans of Applied Science and Engineering, John Galbraith (back row, left) and W. H. Ellis (back row, 2nd from right). Standing, left to right: John Galbraith,…

The Varsity Staff, 1882-1883. The staff included these future University people: (back row, far left) J. McGregor Young (history), (back row, 3rd from left) Hugh H. Langton (Librarian), and (front, left) George Wrong, (history) with ‘Hanlan’.…

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Shows group of students gathered for University College Literary Society elections..

Sketch by Arundel Charles Hill (BA 1867)

First erected in 1870 to commemorate Toronto Citizens who fought and died in Fenian Raids.

First launched in October, 1879, this was the first attempt by the ‘Lit’ at publishing a newspaper. The following year it was replaced by the Varsity.

The members of this club were: (standing, from left): brothers Charles William and Daniel Gilbert Gordon; (seated, from left) Robert McGinnis Hamilton, Richard Campbell Tibb, and Robert Haddow. Charles Gordon is better known as the hugely popular…

Professor of physiology, 1887-1908 and chair of Department of Biochemistry, 1908-1917