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It is the college that is unsuited to this day of the world's pro- 

 gress, and that requires'chaDging. The feeling that a change is 

 ' demanded is so strong, that it has become difficult to procure the 

 usual appropriations from the Legislature, not because high edu- 

 cation is held as of little value, but J)ecause of the settled con- 

 viction that our colleges are not adapted to the times. To meet 

 this whole matter, let the State purchase in some central place, of 

 easy access by railroad, and away from the immediate vicinity of 

 any large town, from five hundred to a thousand acres of land, 

 embraced in the greatest possible variety of soil, having upon it 

 water and stone quarries within convenient distance, suitable for 

 building purposes. Erect thereon the neces ary buildings to ac- 

 commodate a thousand students, with lecture rooms, boarding halls, 

 and all that would be necessary to their living independent of 

 the hotels and villages. Houses for the officers of course would 

 be reqr.ired. Give the government of this institution to a Board 

 of Trustees, appointed by the Regents of the University, or some 

 other competent body, that would keep party politics out of view. 



To carry on such an institution it would be necessary to have 

 a President, who has a mind capable of grasping the whole sub- 

 ject, and the ability to direct every thing. There should be 

 established professorships of civil and mechanical EngineeFing, 

 of Mathematics, of Chemistry, of Geology and Mineralogy, of 

 'Botany, of Anatomy and Surgery, of Ancient Languages and 

 History, of the Modern European Languages, of Practical Agricul- 

 ture, and as many more as experience shall determine to be 

 necessary. Probably not less than twelve, including the presi- ^ 

 dent. And these should all be paid by annual appropriations 

 from the State, and to conimand a high order of talent, it is 

 I)robable that an average salary of §;2,0U0 would be necessary. 

 These })rufessors giving their instruction in large and inoperly 

 c6nstructed rooms, may as well address large audiences as small, 

 and by a judicious arrangement of duties, as many iiours of the 

 student's time as can be j)roritabIy spent in the lecture room 

 would be fully emj)loyed, and still leave three or four hours that 

 demand some employment fur the body for its health, and i\>T the 

 proper growth of the intellectual powers. These hours in many 



