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sum allowed by the Board for this purpose. In
addition to this the receipts for fees were more than
$1200.00 ahead of last year.
The Chair of Chemistry is also vacant. For this
position I recommend Dr. W B Beutley a [?Havard?] [illegible]
largely on the endorsement of Prof Sylvester and other
responsible gentlemen. They express the conviction that
he will fill the place acceptably. His salary ought
not to be less than $1200.00 [inserted] as he is not a novice - an allowance of $250.00 [end inserted] for his department will
I think be sufficient. Last summer the department
was allowed $600.00, but Dr. Sylvester found that he
could not expend more than 400$ to advantage
and he wisely refrained from going beyond this
sum. I suppoce that a considerable supply of
material is still on hand, and until we
know how far this will reach it does not
seem necessary to provide more.
[inserted] Presidents
Annual
Report. [end inserted] The most important part of this report is the
recommendation of a successor to Dr. Allen. I am
sure we have lost a good deal by leaving this
place vacant so long. Our pedagogical work is
perhaps all things considered the most important
that we have been trying to do. I have found
a man [inserted] who [end inserted] so far as I can judge not only fills every
requirement, but is thoroughly equipped for work in
languages. He has passed through a German gymnasium
and has thrs learned the best modern method of teaching
Latin. Then he was a graduated from a German
University with honors. In addition to this he
spent some years in South America - so that he is
qualified to teach Spanish for which there is some demand.
[crossed out] This [end crossed out] [inserted] It is [end inserted] however especially Latin that his help is
needed and it is likely that here all the time he
has to spare outside of Philosophy will be needed.
He has expressed his willingness to aid in any department
where he can be useful. The president of [?Hamline?]
University says of this man "I recommend him without
any reservation whatsoever". I therefore recommend the