The High School MagazineMontreal, Canada . ol in a comparativelysmall community. Mr. Skakel found time totake a leading part in promoting scientific andphilanthropic work in the city of Montreal. David Rogers. Master. High School. 1847-1875. Mr. Skakel maintained popular courses oflectures on scientific subjects in the city ofMontreal for about twenty years, and whenhe finally abandoned the work he placed hiscollection of valuable apparatus at the dis-posal of McGill College. Mr. Skakel took aleading part in the foundation of the NaturalHistory Society of Montreal and in the
The High School MagazineMontreal, Canada . ol in a comparativelysmall community. Mr. Skakel found time totake a leading part in promoting scientific andphilanthropic work in the city of Montreal. David Rogers. Master. High School. 1847-1875. Mr. Skakel maintained popular courses oflectures on scientific subjects in the city ofMontreal for about twenty years, and whenhe finally abandoned the work he placed hiscollection of valuable apparatus at the dis-posal of McGill College. Mr. Skakel took aleading part in the foundation of the NaturalHistory Society of Montreal and in the estab-lishment of the Montreal General Hospital,where he was a member of the first buildingcommittee and Secretary of the Board ofXIanagement. In recognition of the important serviceswhich he had rendered to the cause of edu-cation in Montreal. Mr. Skakel had the satis- faction of recei\ ing the degree of Doctor ofLaws from his .Mma Mater. .Xt his death in184b he bequeathed all his property to theMontreal General Hospital. A fine portrait. James Master in the High School. 1843. and a mural tablet in the General Hospitalnow commemorate his important services tothat institution. During the closing years of Dr. Skakelsservices, the Royal Grammar School had de-clined in efficiency because of the infirmitiesof age and the reduction in the revenues of theschool, and the citizens of Montreal felt com-pelled to take formal steps to make more satis- The First Building for the High School, afterwardsoccupied by the McGill Normal School and now byBelmont Street School and by the Officesof the School Board.
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