1902-1905 



III 



THINGS moved fast for Wherry when the autumn quar- 

 ter of 1902 opened in the university. There was his 

 teaching, of course; and those more personal labors that go 

 by the name of research. Hidden deeper in his heart was the 

 continuing need to be of material help to his family; where- 

 fore a look about for prospects. 



U S had completed its conquest of the Spaniard, had bought 

 and paid for a brand-new set of islands in the western ocean, 

 and had "pacified" them. At the moment it was broadening 

 this spiritualizing influence via the establishment of govern- 

 ment laboratories in Manila, to cost millions. To order them, 

 men were needed. Specifically, a pathologist and a bacteriolo- 

 gist were being sought at $1800 each; and the Civil service 

 commission out of Washington had been deputized to broad- 

 cast the call. In September, Wherry entered the lists. I had 

 myself migrated to California by this time where he wrote 

 me (December 19, 1902) : 



I haven't gone into politics but I am making money fast. Two 

 weeks ago I spent 5 plunks and thereby saved 9 5 . Last Satur- 

 day I again invested 5 dirty dollars and if I hadn't dropped a 

 20 dollar bill in a hasty movement, I would again have saved 

 that amount. As it was, I only made 75. Two weeks ago, 

 dressed in my only black suit, I invaded the clean but bare par- 

 lor of Beecher Hall and had a lovely hour with Her ... I see 

 my finish next quarter . . . 



But before this quarter was to start — on December 27 — 

 telegraphic and official word informed him that he had passed 

 the government examination, had gained his coveted appoint- 

 ment and that under U S army orders he would report, ready 

 to sail, at San Francisco on January first. 



His appointment to the pathological division of the biologi- 

 cal laboratory of the Bureau of government laboratories in 

 Manila had been made on the basis of grades in a competitive 



