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{U of South
VAULT/Early Papers Box
Folder: "1860: Subscriptions & Gifts
Church Support}

UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH
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The Commissioners for raising the Endowment of the Uni-
versity of the South, beg leave to call your attention to the fol-
lowing Communication, which is authentic, and which indi-
cates the progress and present condition of the movement.

From the New Orleans Picayune, of Decemer 20th, 1859.

SAVANNAH, GA., DEC. 1, 1859.

MESSRS. EDITORS :--Your readers will be pleased to hear, in these times especially, something
of the progress of the University of the South.

They may remember that at the meeting held in August last, the Committee to whom
had been entrusted the duty of preparing a Constitution and statutes prescribing the plan of
organization, and system and range of instruction, reported, and asked leave to sit again.

In their Report, they stated, that they had been collecting materials for the performance of
their work, but were not yet in possession of all they deemed necessary. They had access
to a large number of European publications, in the public and private libraries of the Country;
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