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cial, both in a literary and social point of view. Such, however, is not the result of our own experience and observation. At an earlier or later period of life the objection would be largely divested of its force; but at the age allotted for the completion of an education—so distinguished for the visionary and fanciful-it is incompatible with proficient study, and the cultivation of proper social relations between the The prime object of the collegiate term is the cultivation of the mind in the great rudimental principles of knowledge, which are to qualify the student for the duties of after life, and anything which diverts it from the appropriate channels of thought, necessarily retards the acquisition of such knowledge. That daily social intercourse between the sexes creates such diversion cannot be truthfully denied. It is not likely that Homer, when composing the poems which have immortalized his name, sought the social circle as the place best adapted for study and reflection.

But under existing circumstances it behooves us to waive our preferences in this particular, until an institution designed exclusively for the education of females is established by the state. We must not close the doors of the University against any, simply because they have daughters, and not sons, to educate. We must not forget that every resident of

the state has a common interest in it. To add to its means of instruction and extend its sphere of usefulness, should be the aim of all. Every objection to it, founded solely on the fact that it is a state institution, may be traced to purely local or selfish considerations. The state has accepted the trust, and must faithfully discharge it.

A prominent and laudable feature of the University is, that it is designed to place a liberal education within the reach of that large class of our people against whom the leading private colleges of the country are virtually closed, in consequence of the high prices charged for instruction. The state is the only source to which we can at present look for the means to accomplish this desirable end. which millions have been contributed for the endowment of private colleges, are now turning their attention to this im

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portant feature, and in a matter so vital to its interests, it is hoped that ours will add to the laurels it has hitherto won in the educational arena. The General Assembly has doubtless been as generous in its appropriations as the resources of the state would permit, and if a wise and liberal policy toward the University is observed in the future, the period is not remote when we shall no longer be under the necessity of travəling eastward to find the seat of learning.

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