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 The Laiuersit4 We have noticed with unqualified surprise and regret, an ordinance which has recently been adopted by 2 ma joritY of the Trustees of the University, re HnQnishing a portion of the claims due from certain purchasers Of the lands granted to that institution On reference to the laws or ganising this board, and prescribing it's duties, 1t will bepcrcelved that upon all sales of land under the act Of 1899, interest at six per cent per annum IS srequircd; and in the act of Jam 1929, giving the Trustees a discretionary pow CT to dispose of the remaining University lands on such terms as they may deem ex- pedient, no authority is vested in them to in- teriere with existing crs tracts, nor dces any other act oI the legislature clothc them with such powers. lsH3t the ordinance referred to, then, a nulllty and are net the arrange. ments which may be entered into, under t void? We cannot but think they are, and we most sincerely hope 1t may prove so. The funds ot the University are c0nsecrated to the great purpose of learning; they arc q sacred deposite held by the present generation in trust for their successors and no considtra- tlons should induce them to violate 1t. We concur entirely in the sentiments expressed by cur brethren of the corfs at TusCaloosa, and refer our readers to the protest of mi nority of the Board, against the adoption of the obnoxious ordinance, for an able expos. ton of the rights of the Unv, rs.ty.

 I9die Com Rep.