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Rome N.Y. Aug 21. 1867. Rev J Kimball. Supt Freedmens Schools. Washington D. C. Dear Sir, In a letter received from Miss M.J. Kimball I am informed that you are anxious to know the future of Wayland Seminary. I have therefore thought it best that I should advise you of the plans of our Society so far as I understand them. The plan proposed by Dr J S Backus for the coming year is this. To make our School purely theological. To take the lower-room for a lodging-room — allowing them to Mess where they did