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themselves, any of them, even
paid or unpaid, to the interests
of any factions in our state.
Prof. Ross cannot be trusted
and he should go. Because of
his ability and because of his
brightness he is a desirable
factor to the socialistic element,
and all the more potent power
for good or evil. This is the
third outburst of partisanship
and cannot be overlooked. He
is a dangerous man. Dear
Dr. Jordan I am very much
in earnest in this matter, and
I have just reasons for feeling
so. When I compare Prof. Ross
with Prof. Branner, Prof. Howard,
Prof. Hudson, Prof. Newcomb, and
Prof. Still man and Prof. Pease
I might mention a dozen others,
who are just as gifted, but who
are conservative, wise and temper-
ate in their language and confine
their influence entirely to the one
aim for which they were selected
and have never caused us any