Name/Title
Memorium Peter Campbell MacGreigorEntry/Object ID
1995.01.15Scope and Content
Booklet of Memorium for Peter Campbell MacGregor, detailing his life, schooling, family, accomplishments and death. MacGregor died in Ottawa Canada, the 2nd of April 1916. This booklet is 15.5 by 23cm per single page with a total of 1 cover, inside cover, 4 internal pages, back inside cover and rear cover. There are a few pictures inside detailing MacGregor and the Almonte Highschool.
1995.01.15 - Transcription -PROOFED
[page one]
In Memoriam
[page 2 ]
“ he was my friend,
Faithful and Just to me.”
[page 3 ]
MacGregor Memorial
Scholarship.
It is proposed to establish a memorial to the late Dr P.C. MacGregor, for many years headmaster of the Almonte High School, and the undersigned have formed themselves into a committee to assist in this worthy undertaking.
Dr. MacGregor’s loyalty to his work and his devotion to the interests of all who came under his care during all these years are too well and too widely known to need any mention here. We believe that there are hundreds among this former pupils who will welcome the opportunity to assist in the establishment of an enduring and appropriate tribute to his useful life and great services.
There is no doubt that the most fitting tribute to Dr MacGregor’s memory, the tribute he himself would most appreciate , if he were still with us, would be a scholarship, to be known as the “ P.C. MacGregor Memorial Scholarship,” open to pupils of the Almonte High School, available to assist in sending some promising and deserving student to college. As Dr MacGregor‘s interest in Queen’s University was second only to his interest in the Amonte High School, it is proposed that his scholarship be a Matriculation Scholarship for Queen’s University, unless majority of the subscribers express a wish to the contrary. The committee hopes that an endowment of Two Thousand Dollars, the income of which may be used for this purpose, can be raised by contributions from Dr. MacGregor’s former pupils.
As it is desirable to place on record the wide circle though which Dr MacGregor’s influence and friendship extended, any, even the smallest contributions , will accordingly be welcome. From those who have prospered in life a generous response is anticipated.
The Committee therefore asked that subscriptions be sent Mr. Andrew Haydon, 19 Elgin st., Ottawa, by whom they will be acknowledged.
Hon. T.W. McGarry,
Honorary Chairman,
Renfrew, Ont.
W.B. Munro, Miss JESSIE MUIR
Chairman, secretary,
Cambridge, Mass 110 Gloucester St.,
ANDREW HAYDON Ottawa, ONt.
Treasurer, MISS ESSIE MATTHEWS
Ottawa, Ont Assistant -Secretary,
J.FENTON ARGUE, M.D., Almonte, Ont.
Ottawa, Ont E.R. PEACOCK
REV.W.C. GEMMILL London, England.
Tokyo, Japan. Rev.D.R.Drummond,
MRS. M. WHITING FERRIS Hamilton, ont.
New York City. Alfred W. PLAYFAIR
DR. JOHN P. RALEIGH, Tokyo, Japan.
Winnipeg, Man. MRS. T.G. ACRES,
JAMES B. MCDOUGAL, Ottawa, Ont.
North Bay, Ont. REV. T. CRAWFORD BROWN,
STUART C. MCLEOD, Toronto, Ont.
New York City.
[Page 4]
“ But the same old bricks are in the wall,
The bell swings to and fro;
Its music’s just the same, dear Tom,
T’was twenty years ago.”
[page 5]
Peter Campbell MacGregor , B.A., CC.D.
BORN in Glasgow, Scotland, 6th December, 1842 ; Died at Ottawa, Canada, 2nd April, 1916 ; Came with parents to Balderson, August, 1843; Early Education, Perth Grammar School. At age of eighteen Principal of Bathurst and South Sherbrooke union school; Matriculated from Kingston Grammar School into Queen’s University, 1863, standing first, winning Watkin’s Scholarship; Won Scholarships in every college year and several prizes. Graduated B.A. 1866 first in Classics, Philosophy and English and second in Mathematics. Principal Bath High School 1866; Head Master Morrisburg High School 1870 ; Principal High School Niagara - on - the Lake 1873. Almost continuously Principal Almonte High School, 1874 to 1900, which, under Dr. MacGregor, ranked among the foremost schools of the Province. Registrar of Deeds, North Lanark, 1900 to 1915. A Trustee and LL. D. of Queen’s University. Associated with many charitable and fraternal societies. Married Christmas Day, 1879, to Kate Ferguson McNab, who predeceased him. Two daughters, Miss Annie K., of Haileybury High School, and Miss Grace C., Mines Department, Ottawa.
A great Scottish teacher whose heart was in the advancement of his pupils, He could truly say with Horace, “ Exegi Monumentum aere perennius.”
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