'The Days of a Man 1891 



delightful biographies of wide circulation, the one by 

 Vernon Kellogg, the other by Rose Wilder Lane and 

 Field, Hoover's college intimate. 



Added to the unflinching idealism already fore- 

 shadowed in youth, Hoover has shown in mature 

 years a degree of administrative capacity never 

 surpassed; no other man, moreover, has so broad 

 an outlook on world political and economic relations. 

 The highest motive of his life, withal, is a spirit of 

 helpfulness, and millions now speak his name with 

 gratitude! Meanwhile his gifted wife, Lou Henry, 



also a Stanford graduate in Geology and Mining, 



supports him in every endeavor with devotion 

 and self-forgetfulness. Thus in both, character and 

 opportunity seem to have combined to bring native 

 ability to flower and fruitage. 



In 1909 Mr. and Mrs. Hoover undertook a huge 

 literary task, the translation of the oldest mono- 

 graph on mining, Agricola's " De Re Metallica" 

 published in 1556. This enormous book, dealing 

 with early methods and written in crabbed, medieval 

 Latin often incomprehensible to one not familiar 

 with the processes described was turned by the two 

 experts into English with a multitude of illuminating 

 notes, the superb finished volume reproducing all 

 the plates and having both the form and make-up 

 of the original vellum-bound quarto. 



As trustee of Stanford University, to which honor 

 he was elected in 1912, Mr. Hoover has rendered 

 most valuable service, especially in promoting the 

 personal welfare of faculty and students. 



Theodore J. Hoover followed Herbert, his brother, and 

 took up the same line of work. After several years of profes- 



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