9.  The  institution  should  be  managed  upon  business  principles,  in
which'the  professors  were  to  be  allowed  to  conduct  their  departments
according  to  their  own  individualities.  They  were  to  be  held  responsible
for  producing  the  ivcjuired  results,  but  not  for  their  manner  of  bringing
about  these  results.  They  were  to  have  entire  choice  of,  and  control
over,  their  subordinates,  who  were  to  l>e  solely  responsible  to  them.
10.  That  the  professors  should  be  given  by  the  president  every  aid
and  assistance  possible  in  developing  their  departments,  and  supported
in  enforcing  proper  discipline.
11.  That  the  school  was  to  be  conducted  for  the  benefit  of  the  students
and  for  the  State  and  Nation,  and  not  for  the  particular  advantage  of
the  town  in  which  it  happened  to  be  located,  nor  for  any  special  clique,
in  the  belief  that  in  serving  the  State  best,  the  town  would  in  the  end  be
more  benefited  than  by  any  other  policy.
So  far  as  allowed  by  the  Executive  Committee  and  the  Board  of  Con-
trol, these  principles  have  been  put  into  execution.  The  result  has  been
eminently  satisfactory,  since  no  school  in  America  has  had  in  its  Course
in  Mining  Engineering  any  such  rapid  rise  and  development  as  this  insti-
tution which  is  now  generally  known  as  the  Freiberg  of  America..
All  credit  is  due  to  the  professors  and  their  assistants  who,  working
under  these  principles,  have  »o  nobly  aided  in  building  up  this  strong  and
flourishing  college;  to  the  Board  of  Control  who  have  assisted  and  sus-
tained tliem;  and  to  the  noble  State  that  has  furnished  the  means  to
build  an  istitution  of  which  the  State  and  Nation  may  most  justly  be
proud.
