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Iowa Agricultural College.
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE 

Ames, ^[[June 23rd]] 1882.
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Miss A.C. Fletcher.

Dear Madam.

I very much regret that an answer to your letter is May 24th has been delayed so long.  I handed it to our professor of agriculture with the understanding that he would reply, but I now find that he has failed to do so.

I am sorry that we have no facilities for training the young Indians you name.  The law requires that students entering should have passed examination in arithmetic, higher grammar, and made some