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and reputation of cur educational system, -wbi^e here specifically for educational pur- 

 poses, .iio f-acredly exempt from every phase of social influence or instruction of an 

 exceptional or obiKsxious character, and that such exemption is required and enforced 

 as a matter of good faith on the part of both regents and faculty. The privileges of 

 the university arc thus accorded to young ladies nnder regulations us purely unob- 

 jectionable aud unexceptionable as those provided for any other school of similar 

 character and purpose, public or private. About one-quarter of the whole number of 

 students now attending the university are young ladies, successfully competingfor 

 equal rank with the remaining number in the several departments of instruction. 

 With a due appreciation on the part of the public of the valuable advantages thus 

 conferred upon both classes of students without distinction of sex, and of the views 

 of the authorities upon the subject, there is reason to anticipate a more equal propor- 

 tion in the number fitting for and attending upon the university classes. 



