[Letter] February 29,[1894] [to F.H. Giddings]

February 29, [1894], n. p.

Dear Friend,
       My answer
went to Miss Thomas
on Saturday and goes
to Dr. Rhodes today.
It is negative, as I
indicated it would
probably be. I want to
assure you again that
I appreciate the offer.
The good will to me
is worth more than
the personal benefit that
might have come by
a change of place. I did
certainly say to Miss Thomas
that my off hand
impression was that it
would not be best to make
the change; but I
promised to give to the
question a fuller
consideration than was
possible in the minutes
of the interview. The
location, - nearness to
you, and to the circles at Phila'., and
New York, was a large attraction
 I think that in some way, I
must have conveyed the impression of being
loosely held at Amherst. I should much
regret such an impression. It is the
opposite of the fact. I like my young men
better than I expected, and very much indeed.
They are, on the whole, an admirable lot and I
think teaching them is a work that it is a privilege to do.

             Yours Very Truly,
                  J. B. Clark