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nished were prepared with the same conscientious solicitude 

 and the like scientific precision as those for the occupants 

 of barn and stable. We have passed and repassed the 

 chaste and beautiful stone chapel, consecrated to purposes 

 of devotion and worship, and found ourselves wondering 

 whether these exercises so essential for the sustenance and 

 viiror of the relig-ious life were hallowed and sweetened in 

 the memory of these young men by the associated pres- 

 ence of those whose interest and sympathy could for the 

 time being beguile them into a partial forgetfulness of the 

 absence of father and mother, brother and sister. Again 

 and again we have enjoyed the hospitality of the professors 

 at their homes, and as often has imagination presented these 

 homeless students, removed from the associations of the 

 family circle, with its encouragements and restraints. What 

 compensation for this loss is furnished in eiforts to bring to 

 bear the mellowing influences of refined circles, so essen- 

 tial to social culture and symmetrical character-building? 



These, with kindred queries, must be left to other ob- 

 servers and future reports. 



Respectfully submitted, 



A. C. VARNUM. 

 GEO. CRUICKSHANKS. 

 E. A. HARWOOD. 

 JOHN E. KIMBALL. 

 JOHN BURSLEY. 



