NOTES ON TRAVEL 281 



of the kind. The Principal then started off again on 

 a tour to find a few members of staff to form a nucleus 

 of the teaching body, and by the time he returned it 

 became necessary to think of a formal opening. This 

 Dr. Lovett wished to make as impressive as possible, 

 and as Texas, in long vacation, is not very attractive to 

 Americans, who know the heat of the Southern States, 

 he felt something special must be done. In view of this 

 he invited twelve professors of world-wide fame to give 

 courses of introductory lectures, and trusted that their 

 presence would attract eminent men from every part 

 of the States in spite of distance and heat. The lecturers 

 who accepted the invitation were Professor Altamira y 

 Crevea, of Madrid ; Professor de Vries, of Amsterdam ; 

 Professor J. W. Mac-kail, late of Oxford ; Professor 

 Stormer, of Christiania ; Professor Emile Borel, of 

 Paris ; Senator Benedetto Croce, of Naples ; Professor 

 Sir Henry Jones, of Glasgow ; Privy Councillor Baron 

 Dairoku Kikuchi, of Tokio ; Professor Ostwald, of 

 Leipsic ; Professor Henry Poincare, of Paris ; Professor 

 Senator Vito Volterra, of Rome ; and Ramsay himself. 

 Professor Poincare died in the early summer. The death 

 of the Emperor of Japan prevented Professor Kikuchi 

 leaving at the appointed time, and one or two others 

 failed to appear, but those who were present had the 

 warmer reception. Warm it was in every sense of the 

 word. 



All this, however, the Ramsays did not know till later, 

 and they left Montana without having received any 



