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buildings, etc., 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 budding for lecture-rooms, library, lab- 

 oratory, etc., 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 M^ith 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 



