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My mother died at my sister's home in Minneapohs, 



mothers ^^ |-j^g j-^pg ^gg Qf eighty-six, having survived not 

 only my father but three of her five children as 

 well. Her last years were spent as a welcome visitor 

 alternating between Minnesota and California. At 

 Stanford in 1896 she regularly attended courses in 

 Modern History, while Mrs. Mary C. Dulley, an j 

 American lady of the same age, also with grand- 

 children enrolled in the University, was her com- 

 panion in the lecture room. 



rhe Hall In 1 899 I was appointed one of the hundred elec- 

 oj Fame ^^^g Qf *'Xhe Hall of Fame for Great Americans," 

 of New York University, which institution had re- 

 cently received (from a person whose name is still 

 withheld) the sum of ^250,000 for the erection of 

 an edifice suitable for the end in view. This took 

 the form of a long colonnade encircling the library 

 on University Heights, overlooking the Hudson, 

 provision being made therein for 150 bronze tablets 

 to commemorate the same number of ''great Ameri- 

 cans." The persons thus honored are chosen by a 

 two-thirds majority of those voting, except in a few 

 cases when, in a sort of primary among the electors 

 especially familiar with the records concerned, the 

 descriptive phrase, "most justly famous," has been 

 agreed upon — in which case only a majority is 

 necessary. It should be added that no one not at 

 least ten years deceased is eligible for election; and 

 until 191 5 all born in foreign countries were ex- 

 cluded. 



Five ballots have now (1920) been taken. The 



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