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delighted that Professor Yeblen anticipated their needs and took =re
of them with Flexmr, Dr. Morey was the only ahinistr&tor among the
humanists; he continued to press his demands u?on Flexrier through Pro-
fessor Panofsky, whose survival in the direct line of fire between Flex-
ner and Morey was a tribute to his tact and forbeerance. But there was
no longer any possibility of allocating a l uq sum for stipends to the
burr~nists, though tl-;e School of Mathematics continued to demand and get
its apprapsiation. FLexner k d to "pass the kt," so to speak, mong
the founretions, garnering enough to satisfy nost of the entirely reason-
able requests uade by the humanists, and giving credit to the Rockefeller
Foundation snd the Carnegie Corporztion for their valuable aid fn the
Bulletin.
His dilemma was shown clearly when in 1937 he met Professor
Panofsky's requests for stipends for himself and Dr. Morey with an ir-
rzscible declaration that he could not continue to handle such demands
individually for the School of Hmznistfe Studies, and rashly suggested
that after the holidays he might all the professors and Dr. Morey too
to a reeting, When Panofsky asked how much money there was for stipends
for the humanists, Flexner thought better of his suggestion. He did not
cell such a The reasons were obvious enough. Without explana-
tions the professors would hardly understand uhy the Director aided the
Department of Art and Archaeology. These would not be possible. Nor
would it be possible to explain hav the fnstitute became involved in
Princeton's obligations under the corsottium exploring Antioch, which
bore little relation to any of the School's interests and displeased
even Professor Meritt. But no humanist appeared to challenge Flelcnerms