1890 Leaving for California 



Jenkins served as a humorous critic. At the 

 hotel in Boston, I remarked on the "great head" 

 of water as it issued from the faucets. "Yes," 

 said he, "there's a 'great head* on everything here." 

 At Yale (where we did not make our presence known) 

 we read on a moss-grown wall a notice requiring all 

 members of the sophomore class to assemble in a 

 certain room at a certain time on penalty of forfeit- 

 ing six marks. "Now," observed Jenkins again, 

 "if that meant six German marks, we could under- 

 stand they were dealing with men and not with 

 little boys." 



After my return to Bloomington, I started hope- An 

 fully for California with my wife and children, 

 accompanied by Dr. Elliott, Dr. George M. Richard- 

 son, professor-elect in Chemistry, and their families. 

 It was, however, with considerable regret that I 

 left the institution I had striven so hard to build up, 

 and the state which had shown me so much of its 

 good will. Moreover, though geographically and 

 scientifically I already knew California well, from 

 the standpoint of educational management it was 

 for me an untried and hazardous field. So far as 

 friends were concerned, also, we then had very few 

 on the Coast, and we were leaving many faithful ones 

 behind. At the farewell dinner given me by the 

 Men's Club of Indianapolis, at which I was asked 

 to sum up my views of higher education, I closed 

 with the following: "I am going away expecting to 

 ride a very high horse. If I come back on foot, I 

 shall hope to find you still friendly and hospitable." 

 But as I had previously written to Dr. White, I was 

 prepared to take whatever came, quoting from the 

 "Lay of Ulrich von Hutten": 



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