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colleges for men, and one hundred and thirty for women, and over 

 one hundred and fifty technical schools, nearly one hundred law- 

 schools, and proportionately numerous medical, dental, pharmaceu- 

 tical, and other allied special schools. With this enormous dis- 

 parity in numbers, it is easy to see why the German schools and 

 universities do their work thoroughly and well. 



The state regulations and examinations for the bar and for 

 medicine and various other professions and employments, show the 

 need felt for something more than the diploma of university, college 

 or technical school. 



A state university, representing, in its government, all the insti- 

 tutions of instruction in education, in all its varieties, general and 

 technical, w^ould give strength to each and all of the schools affiliated 

 with it, and its degrees, awarded on their recommendation, would 

 be greatly enhanced in value. 



The first step in Pennsylvania would be to take advantage of 

 the proposed constitutional convention, and introduce into the new 

 state constitution, 



F/rj-^— Provisions for an automatic appropriation of part of 

 the revenue of the state, to higher education, to be distributed in 

 the maintenance of a University of the State of Pennsylvania, and 

 allied colleges and technical schools, thus going back to the wise pro- 

 vision of the Constitution of 1779. 



Second. — Legislative power to strengthen and increase the power 

 of the College and University Council, with the Governor, the Sup- 

 erintendent of Public Instruction, the Attorney General, State Offi- 

 cers, ex officio, and the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, 

 Pittsburgh, Lehigh, Bucknell. and of Washington, Jefferson, State, 

 Franklin & Marshall and other colleges and other institutions, the 

 members. 



Third. — To give that board power to distribute the state educa- 

 tional fund among the state universities, colleges, technical schools 

 and other institutions of learning, science and art, on such terms as 

 to numbers of teachers and students, standards, and other conditions 

 as may be prescribed by the college and university council. 



Fourth. — To make all universities, colleges, technical schools and 



