94 HENRY HILL GOODELL 



the many and arduous duties as the chief executive of the 

 Institution with rare ability and eminent success, and to the 

 entire satisfaction and hearty approval of this Board, and 

 we believe of the entire Faculty, Alumni, students of the 

 College, and the public at large; and, Whereas, it is with 

 the most sincere regret that we have received his resigna- 

 tion as President of the College, expressing a desire to be 

 relieved from the Presidency of the Institution, therefore, 

 RESOLVED, That we as trustees most earnestly request 

 that President Goodell withdraw his resignation and con- 

 tinue to act as President of the College, in which position 

 he has done so much to bring it into complete, successful, 

 harmonious, and effective working condition during the 

 past year; that we pledge to him our hearty and earnest 

 support in the future as in the past: that we pledge our- 

 selves that we will do all that is possible to release him from 

 some of the many duties that now rest upon him, trusting 

 he will consent to withdraw his resignation. 



At a meeting of the Board held June 19, 1888, the Com- 

 mittee on Course of Study and Faculty reported that Presi- 

 dent Goodell had consented to withdraw his resignation 

 upon the following terms: That he be relieved from the 

 duty of instruction in declamation and composition with- 

 out increase of work or decrease of compensation on the 

 part of any other member of the Faculty. This proposi- 

 tion was agreed to and President Goodell withdrew his 

 resignation. 



Even with this amelioration of his labors the position 

 was an exceedingly trying one. The College was as yet an 

 experiment and had to prove its right to be. But the presi- 



