CALIFORNIA AND THE WESTERING SUN* 



In accordance with the rules of the Trustees of 

 Cornell University, I retired in June, 1903, after 

 almost thirty years of continuous service and with 

 the honorary title of Professor Emeritus. After 

 selling and dismantling the house on East Avenue, 

 Campus, in which we had lived for twenty-four 

 years, we went to Palo Alto, California the seat 

 of Stanford University where my daughter and 

 my elder son were living. 



While Mrs. Roberts and our daughter went to 

 Honolulu for a few months, I superintended the 

 erection of a large two-story bungalow at 1148 

 Bryant street in this pleasant little College town. 

 In this commodious dwelling Mrs. Roberts and I 

 spent eleven years; and owing to the neighborli- 

 ness of several professors who had been Cornell 

 students and the nearness of our three children 

 and their families, we were able to adjust our- 

 selves happily to this radical change of environ- 

 ment. 



Until I was finally established in Palo Alto I 

 had not fully realized how much I needed rest 



* Refers chiefly to northern and central California. 

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