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probability that matters educational will continue as they have 

 been in relation to this great question. Already we find in the 

 London press references to certain towns in the new Colonies as 

 containing the possibilities of becoming University centres. It is 

 scarcely likely that Cape Colony will stand quietly by and let 

 judgment go by default against her as being unworthy of the 

 possession of the first Teaching University in South Africa. It 

 has to be remembered what such a condition would mean. It would 

 not mean certainly the retention of her present premier position in 

 the matter of education, for the establishing of a Teaching University 

 elsewhere could not fail to result in the draining off of not a little 

 of the best educational life we possess at present. By history, by 

 heritage, and, we may add, by worthiness, Cape Colony and Cape 

 Town should be the first in the field in this matter. It is worth 

 while to consider the possible ways in which the end may be 

 reached. 



Our review has shown us the systems in vogue in sister Colonies, 

 and which of these may unhesitatingly be affirmed to be capable of 

 application to South Africa, is perhaps not easy to determine. 



There is first of all the simplest form of a University consisting of 

 colleges duly affiliated, with regulations giving the University a 

 voice in the making of the statutes governing the Colleges, and 

 representation of those Colleges in the University Council. In 

 connection wdth such Colleges there must be regulations governing 

 the residence of students and their attendance at lectures, with due 

 preparation for the University examinations. Such colleges may 

 be scattered over a wide or a restricted area, with or without their 

 buildings being vested in the Government or University, they must 

 be entitled to a definite share in a Government endowment, they 

 must be regarded, and exclusively so, as University Colleges. Their 

 number need not be necessarily fixed in the beginning, leaving room 

 for others to qualify. 



Then there is the fally equipped University, with its own halls 

 and colleges, the whole scheme being self-contained after the pattern 

 with which we are familiar in the older countries. This is an ideal 

 which is scarcely likely to be attained, and if we judge from what 

 we have had brought before us from the experience of the other 

 Colonies, it appears that this scarcely meets the varied necessities 

 of Colonial life, however regretfully we may have to arrive at that 

 conclusion. 



The more practical method seems to be to take an existing college 

 as a nucleus, establish and endow by statutory grant or private 

 beneficence as many chairs as may be possible, and with this to 



