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Ami t it is the end for which universiti e • That ' the st and essence of all tin do. All the 1 arned ore fessions, the old and the new, must 'j.ite; cla ical and

literary culture and scientific investi ition and i lustrial training and mechanical skill must all he < linate 1 in university work if the mighty ends for which states exist ar to be secured. W h e n the schools ceai i to ke p in advance of the evolution of the people, evil will predominate, the public security will be menaced, and social disint ^ration will ensue.

EDUCATION OF W O M E N .

Long before the subject had attract, I a as now, m its very first years, this Univei . to woman and offered her the same facilities to man. But woman does not commonly s

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the arts than the s c e n e e s and the mechanical industr «. To have equal advantages she must have advantages which are

- much ,o her liking Then, the average worn, has no he same faerht.es as the average man in the work of the S.... Un.vers.ty. Th.s ,s abundant explanation of the , , ,

women students number but twenty per rem ,f ,,

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will be welt for the internal affairs, the l,, l i e a , „ " " ^ ' " TT • . i i . m spirit 0f University, to have their numbers enlarged anH fi •

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incr .sod. [twillbewell£orthehomrardth: l th, i t e a s w e l l . The numbers will be i n c r e a s e d b y " ^ ' in- tin,- facilities which they specially seek, it u , ! ? " ' '" once i act of justice and an act of wise policj as vvllj '*

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