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be delayed, and Davis, instead of sending the plan he 
promised, is coming out here to see for himself. So 
it is probable the plans will not all be in for a month 
or so. Chancellor Farnsworth, the chairman of the 
committee appointed to confer with me, called to-day, 
ut I was out. I saw him this evening. Whipple had 
repeated to him the substance of my conversation with 
him, and I am desired to commit my plans to writing, 
that he may embody it in his report at the next meet- 
ing of the regents. This I am to do to-morrow (D. V.) 
and to call on the chancellor to-morrow evening, with 
Whipple, to talk over the matter. There is every rea- 
son to believe that my propositions will be adopted. 
I say nothing about the subject of salary, and avoid the 
matter’s being broached until the rest is settled. I 
shall leave it for them to propose. If they employ me 
according to the plan I shall present, they can’t well 
avoid offering to pay me handsomely. Prospective 
appointments will be offered erelong (the coming fall 
or early in winter) to Professor Henry, Professor Tor- 
rey, and perhaps one or two others. Whipple expressed 
a desire to attempt to secure Professor Douglass! for 
the department of engineering, ete. Everything looks 
well. The board are determined to prescribe a course 
of studies and training which shall bring the school up 
at once to the highest standard. Ido not think that 
there exists another board of regents in the country 
that will compare with this for energy and capability. 
But I must break off, as I have a pretty important lee- 
ture to prepare to-morrow. I am afraid that these long 
1 David Bates Douglass, 1790-1849. He held the professorship of 
natural philosophy and civil architecture in the University of New 
York, and was afterward president of Kenyon College. He laid out 
Greenwood Cemetery. 
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