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REPORT,
ON THE TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY, AND LUNATIC ASYLUM.

MR NEW, from the joint committee appointed to visit the Tran-
sylvania University, and the Lunatic Asylum at Lexington,
made the following reports :

The joint committee appointed to examine the state and condi-
tion of Transylvania University, have discharged the duty assign-
ed, and beg leave respectfully to submit the following report :
The recess from Legislation, afforded the committee and ear-
ly opportunity of repairing to Lexington, and of making those
inquiries, and that examination which were deemed of greatest
interest to the state.

The report of the trustees, marked (K) and the references to
the several sub reports, upon which that is founded, constitute
the principal sources of information which were offered to your
Committee, and furnish more ample satisfaction, than could re-
sult from an abstract. They are therefore submitted in extenso.
The documants are so full and complete in detail, that little re-
mains to be said, except that vouchers were exhibited in support
of the various items of account manidesting the receipts and
disbursements of the institution.

Since the report to the last legislature, there has occurred a
diminution in the number of Students in the University, but not
such as necessarily indicates any decline in public confidence.
The report of President Holly. indicates an extensive range
of well selected studies, and such as must generally meet the ap-
probation of an enlightened community.

The advantages resulting from college exercises, always
more immediately depend upon the Student, though skill in pro-
fessors, and well arranged and judiciously regulated course of
study, act with strong auxiliary influence. In many branches
of instruction, the committee witnessed a display of proficien-
cy, which did equal credit to the students and preceptor.

The report of professor Roche, on the classical pursuit of the
University, is highly interesting. and is frought with the most
sound and correct estimate of the value of close and intimate
acquaintance, with ancient lore. Your Committee would sug-
gest that to require even a further advance and greater skill in
Latin and Greek, to obtain admission into the regular classes
of the University, woukd in their estimation constitute no ob-
jectionto the plan of education, but would in its ultimate re-
sults be benificial to the student, without unjury to the institu-
tion. There exists in most sections of the state, schools in