EDUCATOR 93 



Amherst, April 9, 1887. 



To the Honorable Board of Trustees of the Mass. 

 Agr'l College: — 



Gentlemen, — I hereby tender my resignation of the 

 Presidency of the Mass. Agr'l College, to take effect July 

 1st, 1887. When you did me the honor last year to elect 

 me to that position, I hesitated long before accepting it, 

 feeling that my health was inadequate to the responsibili- 

 ties and care attending it, and it was only at the earnest 

 solicitation of my friends that I yielded. But I feel that my 

 strength will not permit of this continued drain upon it, 

 and that it is merely a question of time when I shall be 

 compelled to lay down these duties. I therefore tender 

 my resignation now, before the time comes when I can 

 neither be a credit to yourselves nor to myself. Thanking 

 you for the consideration and support I have rec'd at your 

 hands, I am, 



Very faithfully yours, 



Henry H. Goodell. 



The letter was read at a meeting of the trustees held 

 June 22, 1887; and they immediately referred the whole 

 matter to the Committee on the Course of Study and 

 Faculty, to confer with the President and report at an ad- 

 journed meeting of the board to be called together at the 

 option of the committee. The following Resolutions were 

 then presented by Mr. Root and unanimously adopted : — 



"Whereas, we the Trustees of the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College one year ago unanimously elected Prof. 

 Henry H. Goodell as President of the College; and, Whereas, 

 President Goodell has during the year just closed performed 



