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The Bursar of the University, respectfully requests of the
Hon Executive Committee, specific instructions on one or two
points.

The students are required to pay the tuition money and
room-rent in advance. It sometimes happens that after staying
a while some one or more, find cause for leaving. The general
rule in Colleges, is, I believe, that in such cases no part of the tuition
money is to be returned.

The reason of the rule appears to be; not that it is of much in-
portance to the institution to retain these small sums, but that the
occurence of such cases may as much as possible be prevented. The
boy may after a while get tired of study; conclude that he would be
more comfortable with his fishing tackle or his dog and gun at
home, and if he brings back with him a considerable part of the
cash he carried away, the old people at home are not likely to ob-
ject very strongly to his return. The withdrawal of any one under
such circumstances produces a depressing effect upon such as
remain, dispirits them, and hinders for a while their usual close
attention to business. It would be much better for the College that
these persons had never come near it. For these reasons the rule has
been; here, as I believe elsewhere, that the tracks on the path to the
lion's den print all one way. No tuition is returned.

The case of the present excellent President of the University
is in print. He came down years ago and joined college. Soon
after, he had a letter from his Father telling him that he thought
it best on the whole that he should proceed immediately to —
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