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This irreverent student newspaper has been published by Queen's Engineering Society since 1967. It is primarily humorous in intent, but it also contains a small section of serious news and information relevant to engineering students. The paper, which appears weekly on campus, was infamous in the 1970's and 1980's for its crude sexist and homophobic articles and cartoons. In recent years it has been toned down to a more politically-digestable form of humour. Prior to its establishment, the Engineering Society ran a column called the "Steam Shovel" in the Queen's Journal. Its offices are located on the second floor of Clark Hall, on the Queen's campus.

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Dr. Gerald McGrath is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geography at Queen's University.

Jane Catherine Herchmer married John Macpherson, with whom she had three children: Naomi Ann, Frances Amelia, and John Lawrence. She died February 26, 1903.

John Lawrence Macpherson was a Colonel in the Royal Engineers. He died in 1908.

Naomi Ann Macpherson was the daughter of John and Jane Macpherson.

A large block was purchased by the Province in 1850 for a normal school which is now part of Ryerson Polytechnic University. Here Egerton Ryerson superintended the work of the first Department of Public Instruction in Upper Canada. Here generations of teachers prepared themselves for careers in education.
In October of 1844, Sir Charles Metcalfe, the head of administrative affairs in the province, appointed Rev. Dr. Egerton Ryerson to the position of Chief Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada, the highest position in the Department of Public Instruction for Upper Canada. For the next thirty years he would have a dramatic impact on the development of education in Ontario. Shortly after Ryerson accepted the position of Chief Superintendent he appointed Dr. John George Hodgins as the Chief Clerk for the Department of Public Instruction. The latter worked closely with Ryerson to build the foundations of the education system, advising him on major issues and assisting with the wording of legislation.
In 1855, Hodgins was appointed Deputy Head of the Department of Public Instruction, and later (in 1890) was appointed the Librarian and Historiographer to the Department. During his sixty plus years with the Department, Hodgins wrote voluminously on the topic of Ontario's educational history and school architecture.