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the during no administration has he not been
found to be a trouble and a pest. He has been
known to boast that in the time of Mr Kerr
while he put on the appearance of quelling any
disturbances that arose in the administrations he
always so managed as to leave every one in the
full persuasion that he disliked and despised
the man. While the person was here that suc
= ceeded as principal, it was well known that
he was ever effect consistant with his own
safety to underine his influence, and to ar
=rogate to himself merit & excellence superior in
every aspect to him under whom he
was bound to act. As soon as the next suc
=cession took place, he started in the full
purpose and with great advantages of exciting
and promoting as much as should lie in his
power, discontent, disturbance, and every
species of irregularity that could bring discredit
upon the government of the university
and contribute to his own importance. This
clandestine & insidious method of proceeding, united
with the kind of Faculty that was then in of-
=fices enabled him to be successfull..
It is no doublt in the power of one or two mem
=bers of the board to remember the dissatisfaction
which the undersigned professor of mathematics
to be occasion more than once to