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eiaetical studente- a combined Little Seminary and college with ade-
quate separation of the NO typm of etudent. Bishop Charbonne1 agreed
with Father Tourvieille who expressed the view that "in the 6rst fifty
years of tbeir existenœ Ste. Barbe and Sie. Claire (the two Little Seminar-
ies at Annonay) produced six huiidred priais while the College has only
pduced one-tenth of that number."t4" In conclusion Father Tourvieille
indicated tliat hia view was shared by the bishop: "1 believe we bave
always been in agreement on Lhis point, thpt the seperation of the
tud dente studying for Orders frorn those seeking other careers will be
extremely u~efuI."(~~)

The very colivincing argument of the Superior General wae by bia
own admission baaed on conditions that exiated in France. Despite
cominuiiications, lenghty and detajled though they were, Fatlier Tour-
vieille acknowledgd be was "juet not on the scene."Id7~ Moreover, in
analyzing his argument in favour of a Little Seminary only, some of the
origiiial force ie reduced. IR is true that the ordination of six hundred
young men from ~he two French seminaries was an edifying accomplish-
ment. No Iess, however, was the ordinatioii of approxjmately sixty
youths in a Colle~e whose end was the edueation OS young men for careers
whieh did not necessarily embrace ecclesiastical iutures. [t was also a
matter of fact that those who did aeek a priestly life went to the Little
Saninaries, while those who djd not. weiit LO the College. In Annonay,
there was a college and a seminary ; in Toronto, sueh an enviable aiiua-
tioii did not exist. The problem resolved iisell into a problem of whether
to have a College, ~Pirnilar to the one in Aiinonay, or to have a Little
Seniinary, like Ste. Barbe. If the latter was decided oii, it meant that the
young Catholic meii seeking ecculer eareers would be educated in a
thoroughly Protestant environment; if the former was selectad, there wae
a posaible danger to the aspireiiia of becomirig too interested in the
worldly pursuits of the iioii-aspiralits. A tangible rebuttal to this danger
was the succes9 in vacations of the Aiirionay College.
The position of Father Souleriii is clearly seen in thie written warn-
ing to the general: "the students might be ternpted to @;O to Proteetant
schoolg."(-'" Support for this poeition is found in remarb made by
Bishop Charboniiel on the University of Toronto when he wrote:

dtgrees are granred to Caiholicn if ~hey reject their laith - Catholici
are excluded from bumes- ihey foiiuw courses de:ermined by the state
end are initructed in hintory and philowphy by Protestanla- aine-tenihs
ol the studentr and nineieen-iwentiethe oI the prnlesmra are Prote*
tants.(4Q)

(4s) Rev. P. Twwieüle, Letter la Blshop Chrbonnd, March 15, 1854, Letkr
Book, p. 59.
trsi Ibid.
(47) lbid., p. 59.
4 Re*. J. Soulerin, Ldrcr 10 Rm. P. TowieiUe. Septernber 14, 1853, p. 3.
(49) Biahop Charhonael, Letter 10 Cardid Frmoni, Mar 30. 1853, Letcer Bmk,
P. 38.