1914II T^he Knight yordans 



Miss lona, one of the three daughters of Jesse lona 

 Knight/ a prominent and much-beloved citizen of -'^"'^^^ 

 Utah, had been partly prepared for Wellesley College 

 at the Westlake School in Los Angeles directed by 

 Miss Vance and Miss De Laguna, two Stanford 

 graduates. Having later completed the required 

 work under Dr. John C. Swenson, Stanford '98, 

 upon his earnest recommendation she recalled her 

 credentials from the East, applied for admission 

 with us, and started for Palo Alto. As it happened 

 that I was taking the same train from Salt Lake, Mr. 

 William Knight asked me to see his sister safely 

 to her destination — a pleasant duty because of her 

 fine character and attractive manner. Arrived at 

 Stanford, she spent the first night in our home. 

 Then began a wholesome friendship between the 

 two young people which gradually ripened into 

 warmer feeling and led to their marriage in Septem- 

 ber, 1913. They are now the parents of two charm- 

 ing children, Lee Knight and Ruth.^ 



After my return home I gave a dozen lectures in Our duty 

 neighboring towns before a variety of organizations, '^^ ''^'" 

 my general plea being that we should keep out of 

 the war, meanwhile endeavoring to end it by a 

 negotiated peace followed by some form of inter- 

 national federation. I then went East again to 

 attend the annual meeting of the Carnegie Founda- 



^ A curious double coincidence in names ! 



^ In June, 1917, our son applied for enrollment in the Naval Reserve, and on 

 October i reported for active duty and began his training at San Pedro, Cali- 

 fornia. There he soon received an ensign's commission, and was detailed for 

 service as executive and navigating officer on the U. S. S. Iroquois, mainly 

 engaged in convoying sub-chasers from New London to the Azores. The work 

 was arduous and often dangerous, but he came home unharmed after the signing 

 of the Armistice with the rank of junior lieutenant. He has since remained in 

 the Reserve, ready for any possible call — which, nevertheless, he hopes may 

 never come. 



