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discretion, but no later than March 1, 1901, this resignation assigning as a reason the unwillingness of Dr. Ross "to become a cause of worry to Mrs. Stanford or of embarrassment" to the President.

g. The President was absent during the summer of 1900 in Japan, returning in October. On November 11th (Exhibit "G") he accepted the resignation of June 5th, to take effect at Dr. Ross's convenience, this being understood to mean at the end of the first semester in December, or at latest, the 1st of March.

h. On November 13th, Dr. Ross gave to the press a statement (Exhibit "H") regarding his enforced resignation. This appeared in the daily newspapers of San Francisco for the following morning. This public statement was made without warning to the President and in violation of the understanding that he would withdraw quietly and without prejudice.

i. On November 17th, the President having paid Dr. Ross his salary in full to the end of the year as agreed upon, peremptorily dismissed him from the University. (Exhibit "I".)

These are the official acts in the Ross Case and are a matter of record.

2. The reasons for these acts. a. On his return from Bering Sea in October 1896 the President found Dr. Ross wholly occupied in partisan politics, and this without consultation with and in opposition to the judgment of the acting President, Dr. John M. Stillman. Specifically, Dr. Ross was under engagement to a political campaign committee to stump the state for Mr. Bryan. He had delivered one out of a number of speeches