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BRANTFORD CITY HISTORY 235 summer. In short these afflicted ones are notable for their cheeriness and varied interests. The present attractive grounds were for many years a treeless waste and it was mainly owing to Mr. Dymond, who was an authority on arboriculture, that the existing transformation took place. The first principal was Dr. E. Stone Wiggins, who later £, S5_ , became attached to the finance department, at Ottawa. The Head. n ,,. . , . * . . ., One of his fads was weather prognostication with regard to which he attained Provincial celebrity. He was succeeded in 1874 by Mr. J. Howard Hunter, well known in connection with the High School system of the Province. When he resigned in 1881 to become Inspector of Provincial Insurance Companies, Mr. A. H. Dymond assumed the post of Principal, and occupied the position until his death, May 12, 1903. Mr. Dymond was a native of England, and became prominent in newspaper work in London. In 1869, when in his forty second year, he came to Canada and became identified with the editorial staff of the Toronto Globe. His prominence in the Counsels of the Liberal party became still further intensified when he was elected M. P., for North York in 1874. He was a prominent Anglican Churchman and a lay reader in Grace Church. Mr. Dymond was an incisive speaker. His son Mr. Allan Dymond is law clerk of the Ontario Legislature. His successor was another newspaper man, Mr. H. F. Gardiner, who had done editorial work in Brantford when a young man, and was at the time of his selection, editor of the Hamilton Times. He retired in June 1916, and was succeeded by Mr. C. W. James, Secretary of the Minister of Education, who temporarily occupied the post until Mr. W. B. Race was appointed, September 1st, 1917, coming here from Sault Ste. Marie where he was Principal of the Collegiate Institute. Mr. W. B. Wickens was Assistant Principal until his death in 1917, when he was succeeded by Mr. G. A. Cole, then Principal of the Public Schools Orillia. M. W. N. Hossie held the post of Bursar from 1873 until his death in 1913 at the age of 82. He was Deputy Sheriff of Peel at the time of his selection. Mr. Hossie, who was an elder in Zion Church, was most active in Sunday School work and in 1891 was President of the Ontario Provincial Sabbath School Association. He was succeeded as Bursar by Mr. George Ryerson. On March 24th, 1874, a public meeting was held in the Young Council Chamber with regard to the advisability of Ladle establishing a Young Ladies College in the Town. Rev. Dr. Cochrane occupied the chair and there was a large attendance of representative citizens. After favorable discussion the following resolution was passed: