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After stating that I send you enclosed a Copy of the Proceedings of the
r Herrisse'sPrisoners shall have made their defence that the
"Informer & Prosecutor will be ordered to pay the
costs" & be without a day in Court.
The residue of this epistle is strictly
private & confidential.
The political essay of r Hedrickunanimously that you shall be requested to use your influence in
persuading him to resign. Indeed, I was requested to go up to the
If he has any sensibility or proper self respect an intimation that it is the
wish of the dismissed; that he may fly to great Proscribed; & find refuge in the
bosom of martyrdom streaming from his skirts, then he will not resign but
will wait to be kicked out. I hope therefore that you will put on your
Diplomatic Cap & manage this thing right.
If it were not so painful for me to sit up long & write, I would give
you a full page on the utter want of tact, good taste, prudence, &
common sense in
He is without excuse & is bound to go overboard, but the thing is to do this with the least damage to
him & with the least noise & damage to the Institution.
Let me hear from you soon upon this subject.
Present
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A memorial from s Herrisse
Resolved
That the Secretary furnish the Faculty through s
Herrisse
The Report of the
Resolved
That the President of the
The reply of the Faculty to the Resolutions of the
It is a difficult matter at all times, to command the attention & respect of a large class of College Students; but when the discipline is lax & impunity an occurrence of every day life, the task of the instructor becomes altogether impossible. If to his manifold tribulations, we add, a disposition on the part of his colleagues to drive him to a resignation, or if such a belief is current among the Students, a due sense of self-respect makes it incumbent on him to apply for redress, to those, to whom the individual welfare of the members of the Faculty is intrusted.
Without referring to the difficulties, which of late have been a cause of great annoyance and mortification to me, I shall limit myself, to the case, which today, & for the last time brings me before you.
"I have been told by th of October last, summoned him to appear
before the Faculty. There, in the presence of all the officers of
the Institution, he grossly insulted me. An explanation was demanded
of him; & here are almost the very words of his communication:
Strange as it may appear to those who are not familiar with the
proceedings of this Faculty, such a letter was accepted.
A few weeks afterwards,
He kept on! The whole section became very difficult to manage;
several members of the same class had to be admonished for
disobedience to me, but finding that I could no longer command the
respect of the Students if
No notice was taken of the determination of the 13th of November, although it was of record and stood
unrepealed. "A motion was made to dismiss him,"
says the journal, "in consideration of his repeated
offences of this description," and it was laid on the table
with the special warning, that if he ever was guilty of the same
impropriety of deportment, he would be removed from the Institution.
This was also recorded.
With due respect, I ask, whether this was not carrying forbearance to
the extreme, & if perchance I submitted once more to such a
course, I had not the right to expect that
Today, when called to recited, he replies in a very impertinent
manner, refuses to comply, & by mimicking my imperfect
pronunciation of English, throws the whole class into a violent
& protracted fit of laughter. In accordance with the
regulations of the
I quietly tell
Six members of the Faculty voted that
In the hope & sincere belief that justice will done me, I appeal to your well known impartiality. I am, Gentlemen, with great respect, your obedient servant,