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Apr 23, 2020Haley Herman Apr 23, 2020Haley Herman Sep 11, 2018Archives & Special Collections Oct 27, 2017Archives & Special Collections	128 University of California COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Berkeley, OCTOBER 28, 1881. DEAR PROFESSOR BESSEY, IN ANSWER TO YOUS OF 18TH, I WOULD SAY THAT JUST AT PRESENT THE QUESTION OF A STATE ENTOMOLOGIST IS AN ABEYANCE, IN CONSE- QUENCE OF THE FACT THAT THERE WILL BE NO SESSION OF OF THE LEGISLATURE UNTIL FOURTEEN MONTHS HENCE; FOR WHICH GREAT MERCY WE ARE DEVOUTLY THANK- FUL. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IT WILL BE A PROMINENT QUESTION, HOWEVER, WHEN THE NEW LEGISLATURE DOES ASSEMBLE - PROVIDED THAT BODY SHOULD EVE APPROXIMATELY REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE FARMERS. FOR THAT TIME, THEN, MR. OSBORNE MAY KEEP THE MATTER IN VIEW, AND I WILL KEEP HIM BEFORE THE PROPER PERSONS, IF SO DESIRED. IT IS QUITE LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE A LIVELY TIME ABOUT UNIVERSITY MATTERS AT THAT SESSION, AND THAT THERE WILL BE SOME SWEEPING MEASURES PROPOSED, ALBEIT THE CONSTITUTION FORTUNATELY PROHIBITS ANY DIRECT IN- TERFERENCE EXCEPT IN SEEING THAT THE OBJECTS PRESCRIBED BY LAW ARE FUL- FILLED. HERE COMES IN THE OLD QUESTION ABOUT THE INTENT OF THE MORRILL BILL. IT IS DIFFICULT TO FORESEE HOW IT WILL BE SETTLED, BUT IT IS QUITE LIKELY THAT A LITTLE MORE BONAFIDE AGRICULTURE WILL BE ENGRAF- TED UPON THE UNIV. IN SOME WAY. IN THAT CASE THE PRESSURE FOR THE AP- POINTMENT OF A WORKING ENTOMOLOGIST WILL BE VERY STRONG. VERY TRULY YOURS signature	128 University of California COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Berkeley, OCTOBER 28, 1881. DEAR PROFESSOR BESSEY, IN ANSWER TO YOUS OF 18TH, I WOULD SAY THAT JUST AT PRESENT THE QUESTION OF A STATE ENTOMOLOGIST IS AN ABEYANCE, IN CONSE- QUENCE OF THE FACT THAT THERE WILL BE NO SESSION OF OF THE LEGISLATURE UNTIL FOURTEEN MONTHS HENCE; FOR WHICH GREAT MERCY WE ARE DEVOUTLY THANK- FUL. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IT WILL BE A PROMINENT QUESTION, HOWEVER, WHEN THE NEW LEGISLATURE DOES ASSEMBLE - PROVIDED THAT BODY SHOULD EVE APPROXIMATELY REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE FARMERS. FOR THAT TIME, THEN, MR. OSBORNE MAY KEEP THE MATTER IN VIEW, AND I WILL KEEP HIM BEFORE THE PROPER PERSONS, IF SO DESIRED. IT IS QUITE LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE A LIVELY TIME ABOUT UNIVERSITY MATTERS AT THAT SESSION, AND THAT THERE WILL BE SOME SWEEPING MEASURES PROPOSED, ALBEIT THE CONSTITUTION FORTUNATELY PROHIBITS ANY DIRECT IN- TERFERENCE EXCEPT IN SEEING THAT THE OBJECTS PRESCRIBED BY LAW ARE FUL- FILLED. HERE COMES IN THE OLD QUESTION ABOUT THE INTENT OF THE MORRILL BILL. IT IS DIFFICULT TO FORESEE HOW IT WILL BE SETTLED, BUT IT IS QUITE LIKELY THAT A LITTLE MORE BONAFIDE AGRICULTURE WILL BE ENGRAF- TED UPON THE UNIV. IN SOME WAY. IN THAT CASE THE PRESSURE FOR THE AP- POINTMENT OF A WORKING ENTOMOLOGIST WILL BE VERY STRONG. VERY TRULY YOURS signature

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