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no vacation, unless the salary was increased. I 

 also declined to take my vacation in mid-summer, 

 since I was certain that the farm could not be suc- 

 cessfully carried on if I should spend the three 

 busiest months away from the University. It 

 was agreed finally in case I should be appointed 

 that I might take a vacation of three months in 

 winter and lecture only in the fall and spring terms. 



When the fall meeting of the Board of Trustees 

 was held at the I. A. C., in November, 1873, I 

 had not yet heard anything from Cornell and as 

 my resignation was in President Welch's hands, 

 and his also in the Trustees' hands, I was planning 

 to return to my farm at Mount Pleasant. At the 

 first session of the Board a resolution was passed 

 vacating all positions in the college. Re-convening 

 after dinner in a more reasonable frame of mind, 

 the Board proceeded to the election of a President, 

 a faculty and other officers. President Welch and 

 all of his co-workers except three full professors, 

 were re-elected to the positions which they had 

 previously filled. Thus I was on in the morning, 

 off at noon, and on again by evening. 



I again offered my resignation to take effect in 

 January, 1874, and it was accepted. A few days 

 later while the Board of Trustees was still in 



