Identifier: inauguraladdress00univrich (find matches)
Title: Inaugural addresses by Lords Rectors of the University of Glasgow : to which are prefixed an historical sketch and account of the present state of the University
Year: 1839 (1830s)
Authors: University of Glasgow Hay, John Barras
Subjects: University of Glasgow University of Glasgow
Publisher: Glasgow : David Robertson
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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y of Glasgow, on his Installation as Lord Rector—Frontispiece. 2 Arms of the Duke of Montrose. Motto— Ne Oubliez. 3 Arms of the College. Motto— Via, vita, Veritas. 4 Glasgow College, (front view of from High Street.) 5 Outer Court of Glasgow College. 6 Inner Court of Glasgow College. 7 Professors Court, Glasgow College. 8 Common Hall—Hunterian Museum—and Library of Glasgow College—(from the Garden.) 9 Hunterian Museum. 10 Portrait of Zachary Boyd. 11 Blackstone Chair of Glasgow College. 12 Autographs. 13 Arms of the Lords Rectors, to front their respective Addresses. a Lord Jeffrey. Motto—Lux e tenebris. b Sir J. Mackintosh. Motto— Touch not the Cat, but a Glove. c Lord Brougham. Motto—Pro Rege, Lege, Grege. d T. Campbell, LL.D. Motto—Ne Obliviscaris. c The Marquis of Lansdowne. Motto— Virtute non Verbis. /Lord Cockburn. Motto— Vigilans et Audax. g Lord Stanley. Motto—Sans Changer. h Sir Robert Peel. Motto—Industria. HISTORICAL SKETCH UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.
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ACABEMIIA GJLASGUANA,CUM PMVILEGIUSBONONIENSIS:ANNO MRMVUlLtii CI3CBL.CUBA.ET JMPENSIS GULNELIWl TURT*JBUL3;EiPKSD s ELAS : FUNBATA JFVIT: AUCTOMTATE ;VERO JACOB) SECVNTM REGIS 5COTORUM. HISTORICAL SKETCH. ACCOUNT OF THE PRESENT STATE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. The origin of Universities * which have INTRODUCTION. . . given so mighty an impulse to the humanmind, and so signally contributed to the diffusion of learn-ing, forms an important era in literary history. TheUniversity of Paris1—the oldest and the most celebrated ofthose institutions—sprung up during the general excite-ment of the intellect which pervaded Europe in themiddle of the twelfth century, and on its model, and thatof Bologna, most of the Universities on the Continent andin Great Britain were originally framed. Scotland, evenin the darkest ages, enjoyed the benefit of schools, but itwas not till the fifteenth century that Universities wereestablished in that kingdom. During the boyhood of * From the strait bounds with

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