February 14, 1861.
SIR: I am instructed
by the Board of Supervisors of this institution to present a copy of the resolutions
adopted by them at their last meeting:
RESOLVED, that the
thanks of the Board of Supervisors are due, and are hereby tendered, to Colonel
William T. Sherman for the able and efficient manner in which he has conducted
the affairs of the Seminary during the time the institution has been under his
control – a period attended with unusual difficulties, requiring on the part of
the superintendent to successfully overcome them a high order of administrative
talent. And the Board further bear willing testimony to the valuable services
that Colonel Sherman has rendered them in their efforts to establish an
institution of learning in accordance with the beneficient design of the State
and Federal Governments; evincing at all times a readiness to adapt himself to
the ever-varying requirements of an institution of learning in its infancy,
struggling to attain a position of honor and usefulness.
RESOLVED further,
that, in accepting the resignation of Colonel Sherman as superintendent of the
State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, we tender to him assurances of
our high personal regard , and our sincere regret at the occurrence of causes
that render it necessary to part with so esteemed and valued a friend, as well
as co-laborer in the cause of education.
POWHATAN CLARKE,
secretary to the Board.
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