The university has been a pioneer in the movement for coeducation. In 1870 classes in English and other subjects were formed for women and in 1878 courses leading to a degree were thrown open to them. In 1880 coeduca tion was extended to the medical course, whilst in 1883 a separate women's medical college was opened in affiliation to the university. This, however, was closed the following year as similar facilities were then offered to women elsewhere in Canada. The university has a residence for women.
A university extension department extends the benefits of university instruction to the people at large. Portions of the arts courses may be taken extramurally and the services of the professors are available for popular lec tures. Research and practical work of the faculty of applied science in mining and metal lurgy has done much to further mining develop ment in Canada, especially that of the Cobalt district In 1914 the department of political and economic science in conjunction with the Canadian Bankers' Association instituted a course in banking designed mainly to assist men already in the service of the Canadian chartered banks. This course is divided into two parts, the associates' course, in which the university merely acts as examiner for the Canadian Bankers' Association, and the Fellows' course, in which it supplies tuition by correspondence as well. In 1914 the registration in these courses was 680 and 375 respectively.
Physical culture classes under medical super vision are compulsory for all first-year students except those taking military trainine. Since 1910 Queen's has maintained as part of the Canadian militia the Fifth Company of Cana dian Field Engineers (Queen's). On the out• break of the Great War in 1914 the services of these student-en neers were at once requisi tioned to lay out Valcartier Camp, near Quebec where the First Canadian Expeditionary Force of 33,000 men was concentrated. This work finished, the majority of the company proceeded to France for service on the firing line. The university also supplied the imperial govern ment with No. 5 Stationary Hospital (Queen's) which served in the Mediterranean field of operations at Cairo and later in France. In addi tion two batteries of artillery, the 46th and the 50th, were recruited from Queen's men. In all the university furnished for active service 897 officers and men, of whom 664 were for service overseas. The university buildings overlook Lake Ontario and are built of Kingston lime stone. They consist of the Theological build ing, the new Arts building, the gift of the city of Kingston; Grant Convocation Hall, erected by the students in honor of the late Principal Grant; Ontario Hall (physics, mineralogy and geology) ; Fleming Hall (mechanical and elec trical engineering) ; Gordon Hall (chemistry) ; Nicol Hall (metallurgy) ; the Medical building, the Medical Laboratories building, the gymna sium and the observatory. The general univer sity library, which contains 70,000 volumes and is particularly rich in original documents, pam phlets and reports bearing on Canadian history, is housed in the Theological building, but a new library building the cost of which was met by a donation of $150,000 from the chancellor, Dr. James Douglas, has been erected.
The faculty of applied science was incorpo rated in 1893 as the School of Mining, in affilia tion to the university. When the latter in 1912 threw off the ties connecting it with the Presby terian Church, steps, concluded in 1916, were taken to amalgamate the School of Mining with the university. The faculty of applied science provides instruction leading to the degrees of B.Sc., B.Sc. (Agr.), M.Sc. and DSc. Four year graduate courses are offered in mining and metallurgical engineering, analytical and applied chemistry, mineralogy, geology, diem ical and metallurgical engineering, civil engi neering, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering. The faculty of arts has a four year undergraduate course and grants the de grees of B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. The degrees of B.Paed. and D.Paed. are conferred by the faculty of education, whilst that of B.D. is given by the Theological College. The hon orary degrees of LL.D. and D.D. are given by the university. The faculty of medicine grants the degrees of M.D., C.M., D.Sc. and D.Ph. The first classes were held in 1854. In 1866 it was separated from the university and con ducted under the name of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons at Kingston, but it again became an integral part of the university system in 1892. Clinical work is provided in the Kingston General Hospital. the Hotel Dieu, Rockwood Hospital for the Insane and the Oliver Mowat Hospital for Tuberculosis.
Queen's has an endowment fund . f $750,000 and an annual revenue from all sources of ap proximately $300,000. The administration of the university is vested in the board of trustees, the university council and the senate. The board of trustees consists of the chancellor, the principal and the rector, as ex-officio members, representatives from the university council, the benefactors, the graduates and co-operative members; and has charge of the external ad ministration of the university including the finances. The senate consists of the principal, the vice-principal, the principal of Queen's Theological College, the deans of the several faculties and one or two professors elected from each faculty. It has to do with all matters of an academic nature, including instruction. Faculty boards consisting of the teaching staffs of the various faculties relieve it of much de tail work The university council is an ad visory body, made up of the chancellor. the trustees, the senate and an equal number of members elected by the graduates. It elects the chancellor, except when two or more can didates are nominated, in which event he is appointed by the alumni and the registered graduates. He is the highest officer of the university and as such presides at convocation, the meetings of the university council and statu tory meetings of the senate. See CANADA .••• HIGHER EDUCATION.