Poughkeepsie June iou John H. Raymond L.L.D. My dear Doctor Yours of yesterday Enclosing a letter from our old friend & Trustee Col. Morgan L. Smith is received, and read, and as you remark " contains some sentences doubtless intended for my Ear8,but which I do not fully comprehend, but as far as I do are not viewd by me in that light,my maxim or motto is now the same as at the begining of our enterpriseDo all things, Interlecturall and Material the best, and make your prices accordingly.The idea that " during the infancy of the College to court public patronage by catering to cheap or low prices of instruction is to my mind redicu- lous.I go for the best means cost what they may & corresponding prices for tuition in return.Suppose we raised the terms (altho' I would not as a whole) only on the ornamental branches, do you suppose the Col- lege would be relieved of Pupils.Nay, not a wit, I am therefore for giving the Daughters of the public the very best Means of Education, and make them pay for it! I will stake my reputation on the result,The best article in Market always meets with the most readiest and quickest Sale, and as a general rule pays the largest profit! I dont believe in erecting a " Monument" to my everlasting Shame by a failure in Judgement in its con- ductment &c I think well of " Advertising " and I have advocated already & put fresh means in progress through the journals of the day calculated to secure that object, viz, the notoriety of our Institution, but nevertheless there is room in the secular papers in the Country as the Co1 says, for more extensive circulation,as my Carrage is at the Door waiting to take me to " Springside " must close these remarks &c Yours very truly &c M., Vassar 35