Administrative Papers, folder 186

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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 inportance 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 object 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 — over