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institutions for higher education, branches of the university of the 

 i state, retaining their names, organization, endowments, etc., but 

 requiring annual returns of all the details of numbers, income, work, 

 etc., on a uniform basis, with provision for inspection, audit, exam- 

 ination, so thorough that the highest standard of efficiency may be 

 secured and maintained, under the penalty of losing any claim to 

 the income from the state education fund ; the council to have the 

 right and privilege of approving and recommending the degrees in 

 course conferred by the university and other universities and colleges 

 of the state, with power to revoke or modify charters of any affiliated 

 institution for cause. 



Fifth. — The college and university council to have power to con- 

 solidate existing institutions working in one district or multiplying 

 the work that could be better done by one strong institution, thus 

 giving to the state one or more medical, legal, technical or other 

 schools, in lieu of an unnecessarily large number of small schools, 

 weakened by competition, lessening standards, and not reallv serv- 

 ing the state, owing to insufficient means and inefficient methods. 



Sixth. — Uniting with the state university, libraries, university 

 extension work, scientific and art and technical schools and museums, 

 in such a way that all unnecessary duplication may be prevented, and 

 higher education ensured through uniform grants from the state 

 educational fund. 



Seventh. — The college and university council to have the inspec- 

 tion of the normal schools, in such a way as to unite in close se- 

 quence the methods of education, from the public and private 

 schools, the normal schools, etc., through the colleges and technical 

 schools and up to the university. 



Twenty states have made provision in their constitutions for 

 automatic collection and distribution of a small part of the revenue 

 of the State to aid in the work of education of its people, and Penn- 

 sylvania should make similar provision in its new constitution. It 

 would increase the efficiency of its institutions of learning, reHeve the 

 legislature of a task which is no part of its proper dutv, free the 

 trustees and officers and faculties of our universities and colleges 

 from tlie necessity of going to the legislature and the governor of 



