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82 THE HOBART HERALD. play for the friction of divergent schools of thought and yet governed exclu sively b y no single one, and unflinchingly loyal to the historic faith. A n institution or confederation of institutions of this sort can well be imagined where parents who value the souls of their sons as much as their minds and bodies could send them, assured of the broadest and ripest culture made sympathetic with the revealed teachings of God. But, however alluring and however really splendid such a consummation might well prove to be, the Board feels that it is a result which, if it is to be reached, must be attained later on, rather than at present. The conception of such a solution of the great educational problem of this country may define itself clearly in the mind and enkindle the determination of some member or members of the Church with the financial ability to bring it to issue so that it may be real ized iu fact. If such should be the case, then the Church University Board of Regents would be happy to cooperate. It exists ready for such service. (B ) Others have commended to the Board the idea of its confining itself to acting- solely as a financial agency to colledt and allot funds to the various Church colleges, etc., now in existence. It is held by these that the separate Church colleges are in themselves worthy of confidence and sup port ; b u t that, owing to the necessary limitations o f modest circumstances, they- are not able to gain the attention of the Church at large or to find opportunity to present their just claims in the localities from which they might reasonably look for support. They point,out the fa d that a central Board, in touch with the General Convention, and composed of members who have been chosen a s its official representatives, is a body precisely fitted to secure the attention and gain the financial support which the separate colleges now cannot gain. Certainly there is much that commends itself in this proposal. The Board itself is assured that it might well, both in the particular and aggre gate, plead the cause o f its distinctively Church colleges, etc. They are well worthy o f the Church’s financial support. They need but enlarged support t o do enlarged work. Numberless reasons arise w h y such an appeal could be made with the irresistible force which springs from both merit and promise. But, if secured, the task o f wisely and impartially alio ting such funds is one for which the Board with its brief experience feel unqualified. Under the circumstances it would be injudicious to discriminate between the differ-
