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did not lose sight of the fact emphasised by Dr. Kolbe, that the 

 Cape University might evolve slowly in the direction they desired, 

 and he disclaimed any intention to advocate that they should mend 

 the Cape University by ending it. In fact, in every one of the 

 possible schemes which he brought forward he tried to avoid taking 

 the Cape University into account, either in its present capacity, or 

 modified as the centre of an affiliation scheme, or alongside of the 

 teaching University. Professor Crawford seemed to imply that he 

 had suggested that the multiplication of Colleges in the United States 

 was a disadvantage. He would not like to say that. He did not 

 know what public opinion was on the subject, and rather hoped the 

 Chairman would have been able to tell them. He believed that 

 one per cent, of the population in America had received 

 a University training, and that this one per cent, held 40 per cent, 

 of all the leading positions of trust and responsibility. It was 

 probably owing very largely to the multiplication of Colleges that 

 there was such a large percentage of College-trained men holding 

 these positions of trust. 



