The High School MagazineMontreal, Canada . e the vice-regal residenceit furnished desirable quarters for the newschool. Its imposing exterior, its extensivegrounds, and the grandeur of its interior decor-ation, combined to lend an air of importanceto the school and to exercise an elevating and arefining influence upon the pupils. In due time the local committee was in-formed that the referees in Edinburgh hadselected and engaged the Rev. George FosterSimpson, , for head master of the HighSchool of Montreal. Mr. Simpson was agraduate of Corpus Christi College, Cam-bridge, and had been for a
The High School MagazineMontreal, Canada . e the vice-regal residenceit furnished desirable quarters for the newschool. Its imposing exterior, its extensivegrounds, and the grandeur of its interior decor-ation, combined to lend an air of importanceto the school and to exercise an elevating and arefining influence upon the pupils. In due time the local committee was in-formed that the referees in Edinburgh hadselected and engaged the Rev. George FosterSimpson, , for head master of the HighSchool of Montreal. Mr. Simpson was agraduate of Corpus Christi College, Cam-bridge, and had been for a short time thePrincipal of Hull College. He was a tall, good-looking man of darkcomplexion, of refined and gentlemanly in-stincts. He proved to be a good disciplin-arian and an excellent teacher. Two masterswere also selected to come out as Mr. Simp-son s assistants, namely Mr. James Beldenand Mr. T. A. Gibson. The High School was formally opened in theBingham Building, September 25, 1843, withthe Rev. George F. Simpson, , as WeHington Dixon, ,Rector of the High School. 1904. Mr. T. A. Gibson and Mr. Jas Belden, assist-ant masters, Mr. L. Potel, French teacher, Cook, writing master, Mr. James Dun-can, drawing master. There was an atten-dance of 65 pupils. The number of pupilscontinued to increase until they reached 167 THE HIGH SCHOOL MAC^.AZINE \\ hen the Directors determined not to receiveany more pupils until the re-opening of theschool after the summer holidays. The first closing exercises of the school w ereheld in the large hall of the Bingham House onJuly 15, 1844. The Hon. Peter McGill pre-
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