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, I _· come vacant, and the more full organization of the several .
` Colleges for the next session will also require the appoint- I
‘ I ment of several additional Professors and Tutors. In accord- I
I ance with a resolution of the Board instructing me to corres-
 I pond with persons to fill the vacant chairs, I am prepared, at I
the proper time, to report the names of such, some of whom ` .
have made application for positions. The appointments, I I
presume, will be made to depend upon the pecuniary basis for I ·
next year, and upon the question of the increase of the sal-
aries of the present officers. 4
I would eall the attention of the Board to the proper care Q
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-· . of the grounds and buildings of the University, and the ;
necessity of the appointment of a Steward, who should be   ,
charged with the general supervision of them, and of letting I
out the dormitories, and the collection of all fines for damages  
done to them. The extent of the grounds a11d buildings will I
require the full time of a properly qualined oiiieer to take I
fcharge of them. _ [
‘ I Since your last annual meeting, I have been unable to do  
. I `much towards increasing the funds of the Institution, either I
I for purposes of endowment or buildings. The labors of  
_ { ; preparing for the opening of the Institution at this place, I
' ‘ and of Jerfectinrr the details of its or·rauization· the ver r l
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large amount of general correspondence and travel, which ,
- is necessary to keep the Institution properly before the pub-  
i lie, the labor of collecting, investing, and disbursing the I
_ I various funds which are accumulating and which alone re- '
quire the whole time of a tinaneier; the heavy pecuniary
I responsibility which rests alone upon my individual shoulders
I in meeting all the obligations of this Board. besides the gen-
, eral superintendenee of all the large estate which has been
I secured, all are pressing so heavily upon me, that I have no
· time to attend to the other duties of ni r oliiee or even in * own
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· i· private interests. I must, therefore, in justice to myself and I
the higher interests of the University, renew the request, I
made again and again to the Board, to relieve me from the I i
labors of the T1‘0HSl11'l31’lS Office. I must sav in all tranlcness I
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that I am overwhelmed with the vast amount ol care and
labor and 1`OS)OllS1l.)llllw which are >ress1n