tural Colleges," and, in a few others, "Agricultural and Mechan ical Colleges," but for the most part they are known as " State Colleges " and " State Universities " and are to-day the most pow erful single agency in shaping educational ideas and standards, and in opening the way for a practical as well as a liberal education to all the youth of all the country. They now have buildings, ap paratus and other property valued at more than $40,000,000 and are educating upwards of 14,000 students. Senator Morrill never lost sight of this great interest which he had been so largely in strumental in creating, and some of the very last private letters that he wrote had reference to these institutions. Even this outline sketch would not be complete without a word of reference to Senator Morrill's personal characteristics. He was not so remarkable for his intellectual power, undoubtedly great as that was, as for his moral power. Through a long life he devoted himself with unflagging assiduity to the search for truth, and when he believed he had once found the truth no power could shake his steadfast adherence to it. When he took a position on any question pending in Congress, his colleagues knew that it was the result of a sincere conviction based upon exact and care ful knowledge, and, accordingly, no man possessed their confi dence in a higher degree and no man's word carried more weight than his. His last speech in the Senate was in advocacy of a new and suitable building for the Supreme Court, and, at the close of his speech, the Senate passed his bill without a dissenting vote. The purity of his life, the sweetness of his temper, the wise use of his powers, and his whole-souled consecration to the service of his fellow men, combine to make his life and character a splendid example of what true American manhood means. T "committee in charge of inter-collegiate debating has re ceived a favorable. reply from Dickinson and it is therefore very probable that a debate will be held early in Spring. As the debate will be held at Dickinson it is necessary that more training be given the men than was given them last year. It has been proposed, by the committee in charge, that a series of A tA I A
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