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It may now be said without offense, thai the citii< i of our twin cities little recognize the worth to thrni of the University, They are indeed conseious that the institution is located here, but hundreds <>( them have never cared to come within its walls, and thousands of them ha\ never sought to acquaint themselves with its possessions and pos nihilities. They accept its benefits as among their rights, but how many remembered it a few weeks ago in their ex ultations o\ thankfulness, and in their prayers to the < ii\ r of all good gifts to men? Does this seem like sourness? [s it censorious criticism Does it imply unjust judgment or hopeless pessimism The fact is. this condition of things is altogether normal; it ijust what true prophecy would have foretold. The sun itself is scarcely perceived without cloud and shadow. Bodily health, the most important o( all our possessions, is not appreciated until it is endangered or impaired. We are al ways slow to recognize great blessings until we are deprived o\ them. With all its vacillations, its vigorous ups and impotent downs, the progress o\ the University has been conspicu ously forward. Young and stalwart, the health o\ the institution has been remarkably sound. Little skin eruptions are noticeable indeed, hut only so because they are difl n tiated and accented upon an otherwise clean body ^\ envi 4 ible wholesomeness. 'The purer tin surface the more a lit tl blemish attracts attention, We. all o\ us, are inclined to make too much of tIn* counter weights A\\(\ retarding in iluen > in the progress of the University and remain un stirred by its magnificent and triumphant onward march The former, nol the latter, attracts the attention of news paper editors. Something discreditable occurs in conne< tion wit 11.1 ass banquet and forthwith the air be< >mes thick with hostile criticisms, while not a word Is so n ov hear