262 AUTOBIOGRAPHY 



as President of the State Agricultural Society I 

 could come before the Executive Committee to 

 urge the needs of my own department as an official 

 equal and not on my knees as a suppliant for 

 favors. 



As it turned out I only went once before the 

 Committee in my official position and that by ap- 

 pointment. At that time I explained the work of 

 the College somewhat at length and my connection 

 with it, showing them how many winter vacations 

 I had given to the University without compensa- 

 tion. 



The Acting President, Professor Crane, after- 

 ward said to me that I had made an excellent pres- 

 entation of my case and that it had made a pro- 

 found impression upon the Executive Committee. 

 From that time on, at any rate, it appeared to me 

 that my road was a little easier; it is certain that 

 the Acting President became convinced then of the 

 justice of my claim for a larger recognition of the 

 College of Agriculture. I have reason to believe 

 that he often helped it in a quiet way through his 

 close connection with the Board and the President 

 of the University. We became fast friends and 

 on the anniversary of my seventy-first birthday he 

 wrote me an appreciative and congratulatory letter. 



