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When the Faculty were invited to attend a meeting of the
After thinking a while upon the subject it appeared to me that I was not
furnished with such facts and data as would entitle any opinions I might express or any discussion I
might offer of the matters under consideration, to respect. I thought therefore
to leave the whole business to be arranged by my worthy associates and the
trustees, and now only drop this explanatory note to yourself who are a member
of the Committee.
I do not suppose that any new arrangements will be made now, there is no time for them, and it is in my judgment best that for the coming session three tutors should be secured on the old plan and for the old salary.
I would respectfully suggest to the Committee the propriety of instructing the
Faculty to institute a correspondence and collect information respecting the
course of study and the distribution of the duties of government and instruction
in the different colleges of the
Even though a certain practice or arrangement should be found to be common to all
or nearly all of them it would not necessarily follow that it is the best
possible but whatever has been generally adopted has certainly probabilities in
its favour that it is reasonable and good and with these materials before us our
recommendations would have more weight and the decisions of the
No arrangements have yet been made respecting tutors for the next session. It
seems to be necessary that the Faculty and perhaps a single member as the
majority if not all are likely to be absent from the
Will you let us hear from you when a decision shall have been had in the case.