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

The chief points are three in number.

1. The powers of the Headmaster seem to
me entirely too limited. The real Head
of the School as well as the University
would be the Vice-chancellor. My
[ma?] experience and knowledge f such
schools leads me to think that while
the Trustees [ths.?] regulate the general
relation f the High School to the
University the power of the Headmaster
should be very great; that his
decision in all cases of dicipline
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