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the University, and that
was the President. I took
the liberty of scratching
out much that the pub-
lic had nothing to do with.
I also sent for Mr. Sloss,
who was on the committee
with me, and openly and
frankly discussed matters
in the report, and to my
pleasure and surprise
he was not only in sym-
pathy with me, but had
received the same im-
pressions from the report
that I did. I have just
learned from Mr. Crothers
that Mr. Sloss had receiv-
ed a letter from Dr. Jordan
"assenting cordially" to
all the changes in his
public report.

I agree with you that
there is no need to
consent to Dr. Jordan's
wish for an increase
of $35,000.00 to be added
to the salary roll for the
coming year.

Professor James has
consented to come to
Stanford for only one
year. He is to be paid
$5000.00 for that year. I
made the proposition to
Dr. Jordan in relation
to the salary of Professor
James, and when he tel-
egraphed that he would
accept, Dr. Jordan said