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buildings, ete., to him, and he carried it over consider- 
able opposition. As I know it is just what will please 
the doctor I mention it here. It is to have the profes- 
sor’s houses entirely distinct from both the university 
building and the dormitories of the students. The 
grounds are nearly square, and are to be entirely 
surrounded by an avenue. He proposes to have 
a university building for lecture-rooms, library, lab- 
oratory, ete., but to contain no students and no 
families; to have two lateral buildings for students 
and the tutors who have the immediate charge of 
of them. Then to build professors’ houses on the 
other side of the quadrangle, fronting the main build- 
ing, each with about an acre of land for yard and 
garden, by which the houses will not only be away 
from the students, but at sufficient distance from each 
other to render them retired and quiet. It is quite a 
point with him that the professors shall have retired, 
comfortable houses, so that they shall be subject to no 
annoyance. By the way, Whipple informed me to-day 
of something that had turned up quite unexpectedly. 
Your old friend is about to be made a judge. The 
appointment is expected to be made by the first of 
next month. He is induced to accept this place be- 
cause it will release him from the drudgery of pro- 
fessional business and give him nearly six months of 
leisure each year: which leisure he wishes to devote 
to the interests of the university. This will make 
him a member of the board of regents, of which the 
judges are ex-officio members. 
There was to be a meeting of the regents this even- 
ing; but as Lieutenant-Governor Mundy had not 
arrived there was no quorum. It seems that Mundy 
has not managed well, and has allowed the plans to 
