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Half the States of the Union are represented in our Catalogue. We have Students from about thirty Colleges in various parts of the country from
To render our efforts more successful we beg leave to call your attention to an evil which we are especially anxious to remedy, viz: tardiness at the beginning of the session, and unnecessary absence during its progress.
The Laws of the
It can scarcely be necessary to intimate, that not merely the best interests of your Son but the welfare of the Institution depend in no small degree upon the faithful observance of these regulations. A permission to be absent extended to one, too frequently produces a desire on the part of his more intimate associates to accompany him, and ingenious devices are readily adopted to accomplish the purpose. The contagion spreads rapidly, and the occurrence of a Concert, a Circus, a Political Meeting, or the
The loss of time and money occasioned by these excursions will not be disregarded by prudent parents, and the reflection must be forced upon them that these are not always, and perhaps not ordinarily, the most serious evils to be apprehended from frequent indulgences of this character.
The State Fair will be held sometime in the next month. According to our regulations no Student under the age of twenty-one is permitted to attend without the written statement of his Parent or Guardian that he will himself be present and desires to meet his son or ward there. If you desire your son to attend the Fair please to communicate your wishes, in writing, to the President.
A circular will be sent a few weeks hence, showing his progress during the first half-session; his punctuality, the state of his accounts with the Bursar, and giving such other information as may, in our judgment, call for your commendation or reproof.