January 8, 1902.
My dear Ufj —
Tour letter of December .'• aeived just as o ' rst term
•as closing: tbeenoe 9 City, . ; inability to consult with
Ybers of mutive comittee, k.ave made it impossible to write
you earlier.
It te of the position
which „ i to start hero in an unpretentious way,
the; t mil: irst class r as it . not
a outset, hut want a man who is -. illi:
to take a posit: he growth of the institution*
do not r e condition which as belonging
to De Land, ore any direct be on tl ition of salary,
though t ' , course, have a hearing upon the question of
accenting the position at all. Fe could not promise a man more than
two thousand dollars a year, and would no definite promises
of ra.1 , mieral statement that
shoulc- ' lary to be inert; the extent and 1: -
portance cf the -ark. Iik
I* talftly e« as you suggest
with respect to
Tery iiy p
. R. h. FerneJ ",
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