my going: (1). The less I am in college and the less fully I perform the duties of my position, the less my influence and the lower my standing; the less my value to the college ; the more difficult to. raise my salary. (2). The danger of completely breaking down, and becoming a burden to the col- lege and my friends. (3). The danger of discontent and dissatisfaction from my salary being made so high. (4) . The risks to the college from my leaving slight. 4. If I remain, the strength of my declining years will be given to more secular work ; if I go, to more spiritual. 5. I have no reason to believe that my health can be depended upon to be adequate to enable me to perform the duties of the college, as I think they ought to be performed, as I would feel in conscience bound to per-form them. It is not reliable. 6. The prompt, decided, spontaneous judgments of several men, my friends and intimate acquaintances, are, that I ought to leave the college; among them Drs. Mathews, J. Brown, and Hamilton. 7. My leaving will facili- Leaving the College. 59 tate the only correct policy for college: economize, collect, pay debts, and elect a president after first six months. My health is not reliable enough to justify me continuing in the college. I love it too well and judge