Therefore we were gratified at the prospect of seeing the plan in practice. After six months observation our editorial eyes have failed to see any of the evils so dismally pictured by the opponents of mixed schools. If time has been dissipated by our fellow students of either sex, the loss has not made itself evident in the reports of the first term. As for the young ladies they have not been beguiled into frivolous waste of time, if we may infer anything from the fact that their average scholarship was higher than that of the other sex. We believe that there was more hard work done in Hanover last term than at any previous time of our connection with the college.
Many advantages are also apparent in the new order of things.
Gentlemanly deportment among the students was never more marked, and during our stay in Hanover we have never seen fewer irregularities, whether in etiquette, morals, or collegiate discipline. It is a significant fact that the question of co-education which used to be debated nearly every term in the societies, has not been discussed this year. We are aware that our opinion will be of small moment to the many older friends of Hanover College, who regret that the institution has opened its doors to both sexes. These will agree with us that the only fair way to judge the matter is by observing the fruits of the experiment, and not by speculation. If practical co-education is injurious, it is strange that the instructors in all the hundred and seventy mixed colleges of our land should fail to report it, and should strongly affirm the contrary.