my dear Sir,—I cannot forbear intruding upon you, to say how much I have been gratified by your remarks before the Board of Overseers, as reported in this morning's ‘Advertiser.’
Most sincerely do I wish you success in your honorable endeavors to raise the standard of education among us; and I can see no better step towards that consummation than the one you propose, so far as I am acquainted with it. Let the degree of A. B. stand for what it is worth,—that is, let it of itself denote simply that a student has passed through, or rather rubbed through, college.
But let something—if it be simply a sectional division–mark the meritorious and the studious scholar.
I feel assured that by your efforts we shall gain many good scholars to the community,—no unimportant acquest.
It has been said that he is a public benefactor who makes one blade of grass grow where it did not grow before.
How much greater the benefactor who makes a scholar!
I have now been confined to the house for several days with a severe cold; otherwise, I should have endeavored to be present at the meeting of the Board to witness their deliberations.
As a son of the
University under your Presidency, I have felt called on, as upon my allegiance, to offer you my cordial congratulations on the plan you have brought forward.
I am, my dear sir, very faithfully yours,
