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 INTRODUCTION.

It may seem strange, and to modern ideas it is strange, that the nomination and election of officers of such importance as the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors should have been committed to the general body of the University, consisting of all Gra- duates, and even of matriculated Undergraduates. But this is quite consistent with the ancient notion of an University, and is an evident proof that all matriculated students, as well as the Graduates, were regarded as members of the University, in the sense that has been explained.