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a want of qualification.

     I am too much comforted in the knowledge that we have not entirely lost the

services, nor in any wise the deep interest and solicitude of our loved Ex-President,

who under the blessing of God, will be with us for many years as emeritus President,

and his supervising care and advice will be at our service in every time of need and

trouble.

     I do not deem it wise or expedient to unduly extend this letter of acceptance.

It seems to me sufficient at this time to assure you that I will give to the Insti-

tution my whole time and energy in order that it shall grow and prosper as it de-

serves. To that end it will be my most earnest endeavor to maintain the highest

educational standards to be fair and just to the faculty and student body; to pro-

mote in the utmost harmony among themselves, and the greatest unity and zeal in ad-

vancing the welfare of the University; to prescribe and enforce a wholesome dis-

cipline for the students, allowing them every rational liberty commensurate with their

own vwlfare and that of the University to secure the confidence of the students, and

to promote among them the utmost diligence in study, and the highest standard of

morality; to advertise and popularize the institution so as to increase the number

of its students; to cherish and foster in every proper manner the deep interest of

the alumni of the University in its welfare, and to this end giving to their wishes,

and opinions on questions of policy, the wieght (weight) and consideration they

deserve, to aid and assist in every practical way the advancement and uplift of the

conmmon school system of the state, and to cultivate and foster an intimate and sympa-

thetic relationship between the University and the Normal Schools and High Schools

of the Commonwealth; to increase in every feasible way the endowments and income

of the Institution in order that it mey go forward in its great anid noble educational

work, and take its place in the very fore-front of the educational Institutions of

the country.

                                         Very respectfully yours,

                                             Henry S. Barker.



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