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SOME IMPORTANT DEPARTMENTS 387 to release him for a sufficient length of tune to prepare for them a report on Educational Finance, to be published in book form for the use of universities and colleges. Mr. Arnett was accordingly released from his ordinary duties for six months to perform this most important service for the educational institutions of the country. The University thus carried over into its business depart- ment the ideal of service which was so integral a part of its educa- tional plan.