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foundations, and in time the old foundations 

 would have been left hopelessly stranded. 

 Perhaps some of the old-fashioned institutions 

 that are isolated in spirit are stranded now; 

 but they may not know it. 



In the meantime, the separate agricultural 

 colleges have maintained themselves, but they 

 are no longer separate in spirit. They have 

 allied themselves so far as they are able, with 

 all public movements looking to the better- 

 ment of the "industrial classes," as the Land- 

 Grant Act states it "in the several pursuits 

 and professions in life." The separate colleges 

 have their work to do as heretofore, and they 

 will increase in efficiency, but they are special 

 institutions, standing apart. We now see that 

 these colleges, good as they are, do not satisfy 

 the needs for collegiate training in agriculture, 

 although contributing towards that end; for 

 all the people must be served, agricultural 

 education is, properly, not class education, and 

 all institutions, on their own account, need the 

 human and contemporaneous spirit. In all insti- 

 tutions of the people there should be oppor- 



