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Show Wcjttrn Cbtlsd gVcrccsia. IF one compares the better class of educatfohal institutitas In; the -Wert with thosein the East, both as; wgafds equipment and faculty and character of tngttitrjn,vth;rresult will be surprisingly favorable to the Western .institution, says Shatter Mathews in The World Tdday. ' 'A few years "ago it was customary custom-ary Td speak in very slighting terms of the Western college and to ,raflk it as hardly more than an ordinary ordi-nary Eastern high school. It is, of course, true that there are still many institutions In the West Which are far below in character the names which they bear, but it is alsd true that they are rapidly being pushed out. of existence or to a change Of name. " Various Associations of colleges are rapidly making ma-king jt diiBcult. 'fox. the educational, charlatan to jthrivev Within the past ten years there has also been a remarkable advance in the endownient of the small college under denominational influence. lie who visited Jhese church colleges fifteen years ago ould hardly recognize them today. Their endowments, endow-ments, it is true, are not enormous, but they are sufficient to guarantee the fnture. Their buildings are'ffloderp or thoroughly renovated. On their cam-rus cam-rus will.be seen the customs minus most of the nonsense of Eastern colleges, and their faculties are rapidly being manned by men who have had thorough graduate training. |