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eminence there could be no question, and to them 

 we were prepared to pay $7000. 



Among scholars of this class with whom I entered into cor- 

 respondence were Ira Remsen in Chemistry, Thomas C. Men- 

 denhall in Physics, John B. McMaster and George L. Burr 

 in History, Edmund B. Wilson in Zoology, Jacob G. Schur- 

 man and Josiah Royce in Philosophy, George Chrystal (of 

 Edinburgh) in Mathematics, James Bright in English Phi- 

 lology, Irving P. Church in Mechanics, William E. Henry in 

 Agriculture, Horatio S. White in German, Jeremiah W. Jenks 

 in Economics, Rufus B. Richardson in Greek, and others 

 whose subsequent records have fully justified my judgment. 



But of such men of recognized reputation, al- 

 ready receiving adequate salaries, only two - - John 

 C. Branner and John M. Stillman - - were willing to 

 make the venture. For it was undoubtedly a risk 

 to go so far from the intellectual centers of the 

 nation an even greater one to join an institution 

 as yet unorganized, with libraries and laboratories 

 still to be developed. That being the situation, I Turning 

 was obliged to turn to the younger scholars, trusting 

 in my own judgment as to their probable future 

 growth. Of this course the Stanfords heartily ap- 

 proved; and no one older than I (then forty years 

 old) received appointment except as a non-resident 

 lecturer. 



Only one professor was in any sense selected by 

 Mr. Stanford, and as to the others he made practi- 

 cally no suggestion. He did, however, say that his 

 old friend, Dr. John D. W. Stillman, had left a son, 

 Dr. John Maxson Stillman, a graduate in Chemistry 

 from the University of California, who had also 

 studied in Europe, had later taught in his Alma 

 Mater, and was then serving as a professional 



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