BATON ROUGE, April
19, 1860.
DEAR SIR: Your favor
was received this morning, in which you state, “efforts are being made in the
Board which if carried into effect will inevitably undermine the military and
utilitarian character of the school.” I trust such will not be the case, at
least to the extent which you seem to apprehend, as I have understood there
would be no opposition to the military branch of the institution, so it did not
interfere with the other important branches of education. These are my views.
We may differ as to how far the former may interfere but it seems that some
satisfactory and beneficial compromise could be made, and I hope will. I much
fear my becoming a member or rather the president of the Board will not add to
its usefulness, as my experience in such matters, with but a very limited
education, gives me but little confidence.
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