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it best to adopt. I simply desire to
explain why I feel unable to accept
the offer with which I have been
honoured and which deserves such serious
consideration.

The Chief points are three in number:

1. The power of the Headmaster seems to
me entirely too limited. The real Head
of the School as well as the University
would be the Vice Chancellor. My
own experience and knowledge of such
school leads me to think that while
the Trustees shd regulate the general
relation of the High School to the
University the process of the Headmaster
should be very great; that his
decision in all cases of discipline
should be final, while he should
also, of course, be removable at any
time by the Board which appoints
him. This is the English plan as
far as I can discover it.

2. The College or "hostel" system
of boarding