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THE iEFFEOT OF THE WAR.
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It is witp a good deal of trepidation ·th~t

people m...ust have ..watch\ld 'the effects
of the war on local institutions : ! It was
inevikble that hospitals., colleges, schools •
.and like ' uridertakings, should. be hit very,'
llard .-by' the I!'reat ·conflict of arms.
Hos;
pitals are '.dept1ive~ of money, which is'
dive.rted into other channels; colleges and·
schools lose the flower·of-their young man·h ood in the response to: the c'o untry's calL
, . In .the c~se' of Uiii~ersity I CoUeg.e, R¢adI lng, the' obening .of a great' European conflB:gra~ion wa.s ~. J>articulaflY in,?pport~ne
event.' I~ must D.c. with a. feeling lot ~ad­
he·ss that ~ne reads the' 'Verv luoid and impressive description (published in ' another
colu'ron) of the high .p~naC1e ,o f suo-ce&.s,
financially\. immerically, . anq. potentili.lJy;
w~ich the co~lege had re~hed at' tt\e, :outbreak of the war, and realises how seriously 'that sple·n did . progress has been hin. der~dl;lY the withdrawal 'o~ so-..m any ' of .it,s
I!tudents fUld staff, who are , now . ~ghting
for their King and country. . At the end
of' 'J uly' of, last year ' the <}ollege· a:ppea~ed
. ha~e l aj,t:aiD.ed ~ to- that po~ition Eit ftnan. ,and ..n.uID·~.ripahta?ilit~ ~0r. which ~.an~
so devotedly · at-rlved, I and : laVl&hed
we'a lth' and time,and it~ prcisp'ects' as"
p'ot-entlal '.illJ.versity :w~ne very . bright.
. 8e~siorl. h!L~been 'Ol,l6 ·?f uiie~amplE;d
n?nlJ'rp.~tA j" 'there' WII;S ' 0; surplus of ' income.
.. , .• a.:inou~ti~~: to ' plore than
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