468 Hope Street, 
Providence, R.I. 
Nov. 13, 1911. 
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Dear Dr. Robinson: 
Your letter of the 11th is/at hand, i have "been 
thinking- over the matter of proposing Prof. York’s name for member¬ 
ship in the Club, and had decided to do so. I thought, however, 
that I had another week in which to get the name in to the 
Council. I evidently misunderstood Rands remark about candidates 
at the last meeting. I am glad that the Council took the action 
mentioned. I will now formally propose the name.of Prof. H. H. 
York for membership. 
As you know I have been hesitating some about this as I 
did not know much about the man, beyond the fact that he has 
always appeared to be a very agreeable sort of a fellow whenever 
and wherever I have met him, notwithstanding the opposing f?) 
fact that he has the New York ideas. Phis last fact to me 
seems of a secondary nature in the consideration of his name. 
I recently had an excellent opportunity to ask the question 
as to his views on nomenclature. His reply was, in substance, 
as follows; "I begun my work xhkx under Underwood and have since 
continued it under men who had the same views. I suppose now I am 
in New England I shall fall into line with the other New Englanders." 
From what I have seen of York I think he will be a desirable 
-to the Club, both from a social and from a scientific point of 
view; 1 have certainly seen nothing that would lead me to think 
the contrary. 
Very truly yours, 
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