Dr Thomas McCulloch was born in Scotland in 1776. He arrived at Pictou in 1803. In 1816 he founded the Pictou Academy and later became first President of Dalhousie University in 1838.
Before leaving Pictou to return to Middleton, we stopped by the McCulloch House Museum. We went into the the Centre, the staff opened up the house. This allowed us to enjoy a self-guided tour. We noted the paintings gifted to McCulloch by Audubon. We also found the second hand book store. I could not resist two books from the Penguin Modern Classics collection.
Albert Camus. The Outsider. 1942 ( one dollar!)
William Golding. Lord of the Flies. 1954. (two dollars!)
McCulloch believed in the right of everyone to have an education. He also believed it was the key to happiness. This led McCulloch to become a political reformer as he fought for change in university education and the government,
We returned home on Friday afternoon. Jeannie Barteaux offered to drive us to Tom Allen and friends at Kings Theatre in Annapolis Royal. The presentation combined story telling and music under the title J. S. Bach’s Long Walk in the Snow.
Having enjoyed reflecting on the life of McCulloch in the 1800’s. I had the same pleasure reflecting on the life of J.S.Bach in the 1700’s.
For more information on McCulloch check out the New Canadian Library edition of The Stepsure Letters.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Jeannie and Heather for the excellent company.
Ernest Blair Experiment 