Part 1 - The Institute Libraries - Institute for Advanced Study

Unfortunately, ambiguities crept into the Directox's report as
reflected in the Minutes of this meeting and the resolutions on which the
Board took action. It is zpparent tkt Professor Yeblen did not under-
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stand that Dr. Goldrrrn was being appointed E Professor of the Institute,
but construed her stztus to be, like zkLat of Dr. Capps vhom Flexner first
iiscussed, thst of a visiting professor. The resolution which was
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pessed however, showed that her position w2s pemnent, Veblen questioned
Mrs. Beiley about this; Dr. Flexner snswered that Dr. Goldman qualified
for a professcrship, that he had recormended it, and that her compensation
would hzve been in line with previous appointt~nts had funds been av~ilable.
The second misunderstending wss voiced by Mr. kass, who hed understood
frm the Director's report thst the ap7ointment of e curator for the Gest
Oriental Librzry wzs to be for severs1 years only, while she finished her
task of cetsloging tSe collection and took Ere of kt in its informal
repository. Flexnerqs reply was equelly f im; he hoped the Gest Library,
which would always need E Chinese-speaking Custodian, would be the %PC-
leusw of Oriental studies at Princeton, and had conferred vith President
Dodds on the subject. 34
Within elghteen months the Director had staffed the School of
Humanistic Studies vith five professors, each highly qualified In his
field. Evidence is not lacking thst he did thfs under the most extr-
pressure: indeed, tkough he had one, Professor Ikritt, in mind from the
vtry beginning, &rid hsd every reason to be proud of the rest a£ his se-
lections, he undoubtedly would have wished to defer a11 of them until
funds were in hand to enable the payment of something like uniform salar-
ies, and provision for adequate retirement benefits to those who were