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62 which are incident to trusts of such a nature. Nor were the calculations of the board disappointed. The propriety of the measure has been demonstrated both by the neatness and accuracy of the records, and by the careful management of the finances, since the period of its adoption.

In the succeeding chapters I shall present a very general view of the organization of the university; and, without entering into minute particulars, shall trace the current of its affairs down to the present time.