Dear Sir
I [am] yours most respectfully
If the letter "written from the University" refers to Harrison's April 20th letter to Jones , then Harrison may have been an instigator of the flap over the commencement honors.Whereas it has been stated by a member of the Dialectic Society to a member of the Philanthropic Society that the members of the former body have conclusive evidence to believe that a letter or, letters have been written from the University stating 1st that the Dialectic Society as a body had resolved to oppose the report published by the Faculty of the University respecting the present Senior Class and 2nd that the Philanthropic Society were glorying in the disgrace of the Dialectic Society; And whereas these two assertions said to be contained in a letter written from the University, do not express the opinion or the feelings of the Society therefore I move that the following motions be adopted by the Philanthropic Society. 1st It is resolved by the Philanthropic Society, that the said Society does not believe that any measures have been taken or any resolutions adopted by the Dialectic Society to oppose the report relative to the present Senior Class lately published by the Faculty of the University.—II. It is resolved by the Philanthropic Society that if any unfortunate event had occurred to the Dialectic Society—the Philanthropic Society would deem it not only ungenerous but dishonorable to exult in any manner on the misfortune of the Dialectic Society, the members of the two societies being fellow Students of the same institution and for the most part natives of the same state. III. It is resolved by the Philanthropic Society, that it is due both to the Dialectic Society and to the feelings of the Philanthropic Society to disclose that the Philanthropic Society knows of no reason why the word (disgrace) should at all be applied to the Dialectic Society and that the Society disclaims all idea, or desire of so applying the word. (Vol. S-8, UA)