COLUMBUS, OHIO, March 11, 1870.
MY DEAR BOY:— You
ask me about the college at Hudson [Western Reserve]. It has a good history —
has turned out many able and successful men. I hope it will grow into a great
institution. I have no doubt you can get there all that is essential which any
college can give. You will hear no objection from me if it is finally thought
best by you and Uncle to go to that college. But I prefer you would not finally
decide about it until I have a talk with both of you. You can, if you wish, go
on and study as if that would be your college. In a few weeks I will see you
and Uncle and consider all sides. The main thing is the student—his industry,
his habits, character, and talents. The college affords him merely the tools.
SOURCE: Charles
Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard
Hayes, Volume 3, p. 92
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