May 10, 1901.] 
LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY : 
To the Friends of Stanford University : 
The undersigned, members of the University 
Council [professors and associate professors] 
of the Leland Stanford Junior University, in 
view of the numerous publications following 
upon the resignation of Professor Ross, which 
reflect on the University and its founder, and 
on our connection withit, deem it wise to issue 
the following statement. 
_In doing this we do not impeach the good 
faith of those who have interested themselves 
in this matter because of the question of uni- 
versity policy involved, but we wish to affirm 
our confidence in the University, its founder 
and its president. 
“We have examined all records, letters and 
copies of letters in the possession of the Uni- 
versity bearing upon this case, and are agreed : 
1. That in the dismissal of Professor Ross, 
no question of academic freedom was involved. 
2. That in the dismissal of Professor Ross, 
President Jordan was justified. 
J. C. BRANNER, Professor of Geology. 
O. P. Jenkins, Professor of Physiology and 
Histology. 
MELYILLE B. ANDERSON, Professor of English 
Literature. 
J. M. STILLMAN, Professor of Chemistry. 
FERNANDO SANFORD, Professor of Physics. 
Cuas. D. MARX, Professor of Civil Engineer- 
ing. 
CHARLES H. GILBERT, Professor of Zoology. 
DovuGLas HOUGHTON CAMPBELL, Professor of 
Botany. 
EWALD FLUGEL, Professor of English Philol- 
ogy. 
CuAs. B. WING, Professor of Structural Engi- 
neering. 
FRANK ANGELL, Professor of Psychology. 
W. R. DUDLEY, Professor of Botany. 
A. T. MurRRAY, Professor of Greek. 
JULIUS GOEBEL, Professor of Germanic Liter- 
ature and Philology. 
NATHAN ABBOTT, Professor of Law. 
JOHN H. MATZKE, Professor of Romanic Lan- 
guages. 
GEORGE M. RicHARDSON, Professor of Organic 
Chemistry. 
_ JAMES O. GRIFFIN, Professor of German. 
SCIENCE. 
Tol 
WALTER MILLER, Professor of Classical Phil- 
ology. 
Rurus L. GREEN, Professor of Mathematics. 
0. L. Eviiorr, Registrar. 
VERNON L. KELLOGG, Professor of Ento- 
mology. 
LIONEL R. LENOX, Professor of Analytical 
Chemistry. 
A. G. NEwcomeER, Associate Professor of Eng- 
lish. 
ARTHUR B. CLARK, Associate Professor of 
Drawing and Painting. 
F. M. McFARLAND, Associate Professor of 
Histology. 
CLremM. A. COPELAND, Associate Professor of 
Electrical Engineering. 
G. C. Pricr, Associate Professor of Zoology. 
J. C. L. FisH, Associate Professor of Civil 
Engineering. 
H. C. Nasu, Librarian. 
ELLWoop P. CUBBERLEY, Associate Professor 
of Education. 
Guipo H. MARx, Associate Professor of Me- 
chanical Engineering. 
" GrorGE A. CLARK, Secretary to the University. 
JAMES P. HALL, Associate Professor of Law. 
OLIvER M. JoHNSTON, Associate Professor of 
Romanic Languages. 
GEORGE J. PEIRCE, Associate Professor of 
Botany. 
HERMAN D. STEARNS, Associate Professor of 
Physics. 
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL., 
March 18, 1901. 
CURRENT NOTES ON PHYSIOGEAPHY. 
TOPOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
THE second folio of this atlas, prepared like 
the first by Gannett, includes some striking 
topographic types. The Dismal swamp (Nor- 
folk sheet, Va.) is given as an example of a 
coast swamp; discharge of its waters is prevented 
by the abundant vegetation on the flat up- 
lands of a low coastal plain whose surface has 
been somewhat dissected and whose shore line 
has been extended inland by a slight submer- 
gence which has drowned many valleys. A 
number of the branching bays are headed by 
valley swamps of a different type from those of 
the plain. The lower Missouri is given as an 
