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possesed of the experience of centuries, to serve as hints for their guidance in adapting this new institution to the spirit of the age and to the wants of the American people, according to the wishes of its founders.

To this end I beg leave respectfully to suggest, that inquiry be made into and report made upon the history and present condition of the leading Universities, Academies, Conservatories, Polytechnical high-schools, Agronomical institutions and various other institutions of learning in America and Europe, as to such matters, for instance, as:

1 / The style, size, plans and relative situations of the buildings and their various appurtenances.

2 / Their libraries, extent, variety and character of books and their modes of administering them.

3 / The value or extent of their respective funds, incomes and revenues, mode of investments

4 / The number of professors and teachers; their salaries and compensation.

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