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and the Board will decide on another very soon, because 

 we would hate to lose you. All of us, both the faculty 

 and students, appreciate the value of your services." 



Though my husband knew that the sentiments of 

 everyone in the college were of the warmest, still he 

 was surprised and deeply touched by the president's 

 words. He told him that no money consideration had 

 played a part in the change he was making; he was 

 to take up work for a cause that had been the dream 

 of many years, for which, several years previously, 

 he had sacrificed his home and his prospects in the 

 legal profession, far better paying than any professor- 

 ship and certainly more than the social work he was 

 to undertake now. He made it clear that only work 

 for the good of his own people, work that he had 

 dreamed of for years, led him to resign. As a matter 

 of fact, when the Baron de Hirsch Fund Committee, 

 upon engaging him, asked what salary he would con- 

 sider proper, he answered promptly: "My present sal- 

 ary." And this was $1,200 a year. 



Three days later we left for New York. While in 

 the Fort Collins station a telegram was handed to my 

 husband which read: 



"We offer you the chair of Agricultural Chemistry. 

 Answer. PRESIDENT, 



"Wyoming College." 



Needless to say he replied: 

 "Regret, but it is impossible." 



