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OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.

OFFICE OF
THE PRESIDENT.

COLUMBUS, O., 27 June 1891

Prof. Charles E. Bessey,
Lincoln, Neb.,

Dear sir,-

It was not a professor of Zoology but a professor of physiology that we wanted. Dr. A. U. Bleile, professor of physiology in the Starling Medical College, has been elected to the position.
We have decided to divide the chair of botany horticulture, but we have not exactly determined the line of separation. Are you available for the chair of botany? The salary is $2250. We believe that the University has a great future & that the