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TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY, AND THE STATE
                   NORMAL SChOOL.



   In answer to numerous inquiries, and to remove miscon-
 ceptions in reference to the nature and organization of the
 Normal School, and its relation to the University, it has
 been thought advisable to append the following brief and dis-
 tinct statements.
   "MORRISON COLLEGE" was, forrnerly, the name of the Lite-
 rary Departnent of an institution, to which were attached
 two professional schools-Law and Medical-all included un-
 der the general charter and title of Transylvania University.
   The buildings, grounds, endowments, and other properties
of Morrison College, have been transferred to a Board of
Trustees, appointed by the Legislature, and consisting of the
Governor and other principal officers of State, together with
the members of the former Board, in conformity with an act
entitled "An act to re-organize Transylvania University and
establish a School for Teachers." The design of this act, as
distinctly given in the preamble to the bill, is to secure "the
successful execution of a plan combining every advantage of
a NORMAL SCHOOL with those which can be derived from gener-
al University instruction."  In accordance with the purpose
and the requirements of this act the Institution has been re-
organized, so as to include five distinct schools, of which the
Aorinal School is one.
  The relation of this School to the University is precisely
the samne, in all respects, as that of any other Department of
the General Institution; being not merely attached to it, but
incorporated with it, as one of its component and essential
parts, yet retaining its own distinctive character, and having,