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History in the making…

The execution of the Affiliation Agreement was performed at a public ceremony in the presence of Bishop Luxton and Bishop Cody, and was widely hailed. Time magazine wrote:
            “In a move unprecedented among Roman Catholic universities in North America, Windsor’s Catholic Assumption University last week accepted a Protestant-governed College as an integral part of the University”.
The Windsor Star wrote:

            “The new Anglican Liberal Arts College will be affiliated with the Assumption University of Windsor, outgrowth of Assumption College, nurtured through many lean and difficult years by the Roman Catholic Basilian Fathers.  Just another example of the refusal of Windsor people to be bigoted over the question of religion, race, or colour”.

            The College acquired its first property, 172 Patricia Road, St. Augustine of Canterbury House, from Clyde W. Curry, Sr., in March of 1958.  Teaching at the College began in September of 1958 with Canon Rayson giving 7 lectures each week.  Twenty-seven students were enrolled in a Religious Knowledge course.   In June of 1959, a second staff member, the Rev. F. Temple Kingston, Ph.D., from British Columbia, was hired to teach Philosophy.  That September, only the second year of the College, five courses were taught to a total of seventy-four students.  In these early years, the Anglican parishes of Essex Deanery were very much involved in the nurture of the College especially with regard to funding and in return the College gave lectures and presentations to the various parishes.   Scholarship Funds were established and a Building Fund was created. In 1962,  Assumption University announced plans for a Building Fund Campaign to run from 1962 to 1967 with an objective of raising $2,500,000 and encouraged Canterbury College to participate.  The College agreed, stipulating that it would like 4% of the target amount which would later bring the College $100,000 in building funds.