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believe that if he goes east, it will be a very distinct loss
to the educational forces of the state, and I should be immense-
ly pleased should a way open to keep him here. With the
prejudice he has gained, surely not, without cause, it seems
certain that employment must seek him, for I am sure he
will seek nothing on the coast.

I know you will not think this suggestion presumptuous
on my part, for I know you want big, clean men with
those characteristics which build up the Stanford spirit -
and I am sure Dr. Small will fill the measure. The
fact that I am largely responsible for his being in a
false position, and my desire to lessen his possible loss from
this situation, does not, I am sure, lessen the reasonableness
of my writing this letter.

We are greatly shocked at Mrs. Stanford's death. I am
holding that unless some member of her household should prove
to be insane, the poisoning theory will not be demonstrated. There
seems to be no room for any other hypothesis. Dr. Charlotte's
Mother died in our house from Angina Pectoris which we had not
suspected, during an attack of acute indigestion. Mrs. Stanford's case as
reported suggests some such condition.

Very sincerely,
Fred Baker