Editing Trinity College, Toronto (section)

===Federation===
Federation with the University of Toronto was first suggested in 1868, when a financial crisis compelled the College Council to consider uniting with the university to stave off bankruptcy. Provost Body ultimately eschewed federation, favouring significant reforms to encourage applications.<ref>Westfall, William. ''The Founding Moment.'' McGill–Queen's University Press, 2002, pp. 105–107.</ref> Body's reforms were successful, and the college entered a strong financial position across his thirteen-year term. Body retired as Provost in 1894, and his successor Reverend Edward Welch arrived at the beginning of an economic depression. Under Provost Welch, enrollment declined steeply, and by the turn of the century Trinity had returned to financial crisis.<ref>Watson, Andrew. ''Trinity, 1852–1952.'' Trinity University Review, 1952, pp. 52–54.</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor-last= Reed |editor-first= T. A.|title= A History of the University of Trinity College, Toronto, 1852–1952 |url= https://archive.org/details/historyofunivers00reed |publisher= [[University of Toronto Press]] |year= 1952 | pages = 106–107}}</ref>

[[File:St. Hilda's Hockey Team.jpg|left|thumb|St. Hilda's College Hockey Team, 1904–1905]]Provost Thomas C.&nbsp;S. Macklem succeeded Welch in 1900, and entered office in favour of federation with the University of Toronto.<ref name="friedland">[[Martin L. Friedland]]. ''The University of Toronto: A History''. The University of Toronto Press, 2002. p. 136</ref> In a newspaper interview, Reverend Macklem declared that "the time has come when neither the University of Toronto nor Trinity University can afford to stand aloof from one another any longer without sacrificing a great national ideal."<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= New Provost of Trinity |work= The Globe|location= Toronto |date= April 7, 1900}}</ref> Macklem was Trinity's first Canadian-born Provost, and proved an ardent reformer, who quickly banned beer and [[hazing]] over the strong opposition of the student body.<ref>{{cite book |last= Trinity Review |editor= Watson, Andrew |title= Trinity, 1852–1952 |year= 1952 |publisher= Trinity Review | pages = 93–94}}</ref> In 1901, the Provincial Legislature amended the University of Toronto Act to facilitate a possible federation with Trinity.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last= Reed |editor-first= T. A.|title= A History of the University of Trinity College, Toronto, 1852–1952 |url= https://archive.org/details/historyofunivers00reed |publisher= [[University of Toronto Press]] |year= 1952 | page = 125}}</ref> Trinity celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 1902, still an independent university, but undergoing negotiations with the University of Toronto on federation. To mark the occasion, Trinity conferred honorary degrees to Premier [[George William Ross]], and renowned physician [[William Osler]].<ref>Watson, Andrew. ''Trinity, 1852–1952.'' Trinity University Review, 1952, p. 95.</ref> The next year, after what Macklem described as a "long-drawn and bitter" series of debates, the College Corporation voted 121 to 73 in favour of federation with the University of Toronto.<ref name="University, Canadian Encyclopedia">[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/university University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821204157/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008242 |date=2009-08-21 }} at [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] online (accessed 8 June 2008)</ref><ref name="friedland"/><ref name="UofTandColleges">{{cite book |last= Macklem |first= T. C. Street |editor = W. J. Alexander |title= The University of Toronto and its Colleges, 1827–1906 |publisher= [[University of Toronto Press]] |year= 1906}}</ref> Opponents of federation sought a judicial injunction against the agreement, but were unsuccessful. The University of Toronto made a concession to allow Trinity to grant its own degrees in theology, which required the university to remove the restriction from its governing charter.<ref name="friedland"/>

[[File:Convocation, 1904.jpg|thumb|right|The last graduates from pre-federation Trinity, September 29, 1904. Provost Macklem and Chancellor Robinson are at the front, center]]
On October 1, 1904, Trinity became a member college of the University of Toronto and relinquished to the university its authority to grant degrees in subjects other than theology. At first, Trinity students were required to commute from the Queen Street residence to main University campus for classes, a distance of some three and a half kilometres.<ref>Watson, Andrew. ''Trinity, 1852–1952.'' Trinity University Review, 1952, p. 100.</ref> While Trinity had been intentionally built in a quiet environment away from the bustle of Toronto, the city had expanded, and the college was now located in a seedy outskirt.<ref>{{cite book |last= Trinity Review |editor= Watson, Andrew |title= Trinity, 1852–1952 |year= 1952 |publisher= Trinity Review | page=121}}</ref> Trinity resolved to relocate closer to the main University campus, and so abandoned plans for a significant expansion at its Queen Street site.<ref name="Picture">{{cite book |last= Kenrick |first= Charles |title= Picturesque Trinity |url= https://archive.org/details/picturesquetrini00kenruoft |publisher= [[George N. Morang & Company]] |year= 1903}}</ref> The college acquired its present property near [[Queen's Park, Toronto|Queen's Park]] at the university grounds in 1913, but construction of the new college buildings, modeled after the original buildings by [[Kivas Tully]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://secure.toronto.ca/HeritagePreservation/details.do?folderRsn=2435699&propertyRsn=224641|title=City of Toronto's Heritage Property Search Detail|website=toronto.ca}}</ref> was not completed until 1925 due to [[World War I]].<ref name="Review">{{cite book |last= Trinity Review |editor= Watson, Andrew |title= Trinity, 1852–1952 |year= 1952 |publisher= Trinity Review}}</ref> Five hundred and forty-three Trinity students, staff, and alumni fought in the War, of whom fifty-six died and eighty-six were wounded.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last= Reed |editor-first= T. A.|title= A History of the University of Trinity College, Toronto, 1852–1952 |url= https://archive.org/details/historyofunivers00reed |publisher= [[University of Toronto Press]] |year= 1952 | page = 145}}</ref>

Trinity College's original campus became [[Trinity Bellwoods Park]]. The original building was torn down in the 1950s. Of the original campus, only the St. Hilda's women's residence and the entrance gates, constructed in 1904, remain standing.<ref>{{cite book |last= Trinity Review |editor= Watson, Andrew |title= Trinity, 1852–1952 |year= 1952 |publisher= Trinity Review | page=109}}</ref>