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EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
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Tollcross ; vice-president, J. W. Macgregor of Wal-
lace Grove ; treasurer and. acting secretary, James
Muir, 16 St. Enoch Square ; honorary secretary,
Duncan Campbell. Directors — William Mathieson,
•Captain James Dewar, Dr. Thos. Buclianan, Donald
M'Lennan, Duncan M'Farlan, John Elder, William
Gilchrist, Donald Matheson, Daniel Mackay, Wm.
Murray, Farquhar M'Rae, Councillor Stewart.
The objects of the society are the preservation of
the language, literature, music, poetry, dress, anti-
quities, and athletic games of the Highlanders of
Scotland ; also, the affording temporary aid to de-
serving and destitute persons from the Highlands in
Glasgow. The society has now upwards of 1100
enrolled members.
GLASGOW SEAMAN'S FEIEND SOCIETY.
The Hon. John Blackie, jun.. Lord Provost, presi-
dent; Bailie of the River, Alexander Anderson, Geo.
Burns, John Burns, Wm. Campbell, Allan Gihnour,
W. P. Paton, G. Smith, jun., John Wright, vice-
presidents; Alex. Anderson, Archibald Arrol, James
Burns, John Burns, William Gilchrist, Robert Gow,
jun., Thomas Haig, Gavin Ralston, Andrew Small,
George Smith, jun., trustees; the Magistrates of
Glasgow, ex-officiis, directors ; Jas. Adams, Ebenezer
Alexander, Archibald Arrol, John Craig, Robert
Crawford, Frederick Duncan, George Edward, D.
Ferguson, Thomas Forrester, William Gilchrist, L.
Gow, Robt. Gow, jun., James Greenshields, T. Haig,
jun., Robert Lindsay, S. Manford, Alex. Moffat, Jas.
Murraj', jun., James M'Isaac, Don. M'Corquodale,
P. M'Gregor, Robert Osborne, Gavin Ralston, D.
Charles Ross, Jas. Robertson, Andrew Small, John
M. Smith, Alex. M. Stewart, Robert Speirs, John
Steel, J. H. Watson, J. H. Watt, directors; Capt.
A. Small, 66 St. Vincent Crescent, or 12 James Watt
Street, treasurer; Robt. Gow, jun., 71 Queen Street
and Gavin Ralston, 161 Hope Street, secretaries.
Chapel, 9 Brown Street. Rev. Robert Weir, 8
Douglas Street, chaplain; N. M'Diarniid, missionary,
William Growndwater, church officer and collector;
William M'Lagan, 93 Cadogan Street, precentor;
keeper of Reading Room and Depository for Scrip-
tures, British and Foreign, at Shipping Office, James
Wutt Street, Broomielaw.
GROCERS' EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION.
Instituted 1854.
Office-Bearers for 1864-65.
President, John Myles, 13 Virginia Street; trea-
surer, C. W. White, 175 Sauchiehall Street ; secre-
tary, D. W. M'Hardy, 43 Virginia Street.
The objects of this association are the furtherance
of the early closing movement, and the promotion of
the literary and mental powers of its members.
Meeting-house, Garrick Temperance Hotel, Stock-
well Street.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
UNIVERSITY— Founded 1450.
Chancellor — James, Duke of Montrose, Elected 1837
Vice- Chancellor — Thomas Barclay, D.D., 1858
Hector — Lord Palmerston, 1862
Dean— Sir Archibald I. Campbell, Bart., 1863
Principal — Thomas Barclay, D.D., 1858
CHAIRS, rOUXDED. PROFESSORS. ELECTED.
Divinitv, 1530 Rev. John Caird, D.D, 1862
Natural Philosophy, 1577 William Thomson, LL.D., 1846
Moral Philosophv, 1577 William Fleming, D.D., 1831
Logic, ." 1577 John Veitch, M.A., 1864
Greek 1581
Humanity, 1637
Mathematics, 1691
Oriental Languages, 1709
Civil Law, 1713
Edmund L. Lushington, M.A., 1838
George G. Ramsay, M.A., 1863
Hugh Blackburn, M.A., 1849
Rev. Duncan H. Weir, M.A., D.D., 1850
George Skene, advocate, 1855
Practice of Medicine, 1713 William T. Gairdner, M.D., 1862
Anatomy, 1718 Allen Thomson, M.D., 1848
Church History, 1720 Rev. Thomas Thomson Jackson, D.D., 1851
Practical Astronomy, 1760 Robert Grant, M.A.,.,, 1849
Natural History, 1807 Henry D. Rogers, LL.D., 1857
Surgerv, 1815 Joseph Lister, M.B., 1860
Midwifery, 1815 John BL Pagan, M.D., 1840
Chemistry, 1817 Thomas Anderson, M.D., 1852
Botany, 1818 G. Walker-Arnott, LL.D., 1845
Materia Medica, 1831 J. A. Easton, M.D., 1855
Institutes of Medicine, 1839 Andrew Buchanan, M.D., 1839
Forensic Medicine, 1839 Harry Rain}', M.D., 1840
Civil Engineering, 1840 W. J. Macquorn Rankine, LL.D., 1855
Conveyancing, , 1861 Anderson Kirkwood, 1862
English Language and Literature, ... 1862 John Niohol, B.A., 1862
Biblical Criticism, 1862 Rev. William P. Dickson, D.D., 1863
Waltonian Lecturer.
Structure, Functions, and Diseases of the Eye, William Mackenzie, M.D.
Robert Scott, librarian ; Henry D. Rogers, LL.D., keeper of the Museum ; Hill, Davidson, Hill, and
Clark, factors of the College; Rev. Duncan H. Weir, D.D., clerk of the University; Thos. Moir, registrar;
%achlan M'Pherson, janitor; Alexander Taylor, chamberlain.
HuNTERiAN Museum. — Open every lawful day to visitors, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in summer, and 12
noon till 3 p.m. in winter. Dr. Rogers, keeper ; John Young, under-keeper.