We record with no small satisfaction that a compromise has
been reached in the matter of the denominational Training Colleges. It provides that half of the places may be reserved for the denomination and half thrown open ; and that provision may be made for the nonconforming students by hostels, which must be approved by the Board of Bducation. This is what we contended for in dealing with the subject in February last. The religious character of the College family life will be preserved, supposing, indeed, that the Board exercises its function with fairness and common- sense. Probably the applications will be but few : it will suffice that the right to enter has been conceded. In the lecture-room, and in the intellectual life of the College generally, the presence of students who come from other spheres of life will be stimulating; and the danger of sending out a secularised teacher is, to say the least, diminished.
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