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of our students, but also to the interest of the institution --
In view of these facts, you will be prepared to ap-
reciate the cogency of the reasons which constrain
the Faculty to forego the honour of being represented,
on the interesting occasion referred to in your
letter --

Permit me on behalf of the Faculty to
express their hearty sympathy in the noble
enterprise in which you are engaged -- an
enterprise which, they trust, will give a new
and mighty impulse to the great cause of
Education at the South, and prove a blessing
to our common country, to the latest gen-
erations -- With the highest respect

S. Maupin

Chairman of the Faculty

Rt Rev Leonidas Polk
of the Ex: Committee

University of the South