GOUCHER COLLEGE 
Baltimore, Maryland 
February 8, 1925 
Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt, 
U.S National yuseum, 
'Washington, D.C. 
My dear Dr, Schmitt: 
I thank you for your letter and enclosures, vshich I re- 
ceived yesterday. 
It is my impression thal your proposed letter to Dr. 
’“Dejneger is too long, and that all direct attempt to Justify 
your request should be omitted. 
My advice wcuIq be to say simply that the work you began 
at Tortugas last summer stands in close relation to mine. Ihat 
pcoioxuuer in ,youx' oenan , 
Add that I am anxious to have you return this summer to 
collaborate with me in investigating the feeding habits of fish- 
es whose other activities I have already ss-tfudied. State then 
that although you hesitate to ask for additional leave. vr,n 
iviLies i nave already sstJudied. State then 
hesitate to ask for additional leave, you have 
IS summer to 
written to Dr. Merri 
that while your application is pending 
sidered a possible member of the group 
Plication is pending at the Museum you be con 
member of the group selected to work at lor- 
Ncte that his reply is enclosed or appended. 
tugas this year. 
^ word about spendini> 
pending time at the Museum in July, and the 
ou can leave the affairs of the Division is 
ded. Leave out details; g^.it ^f, and 
s soon as possible, so that I may communicate 
condition in w^ich you can 1 
ell else that is nsteded. Le 
let me knovf result as soon a 
with Dr. Taylor. 
