Part 1 - The Institute Libraries - Institute for Advanced Study

fore had publicized the more gEneraus policies the Institute intended
to pursue, he had nat spoken in specific tern. Kou they were known, one
wondered how the hoped-for cooperation could prosper, Th9 shining exemple
is hard to live with, especially when it is the same old colleague with s
new hat. Though they were not more given to jealcusy than any others
Princeton bosms rankled over the differences between the good fortunes
of the thee and their own state, even though E t uas known that Professor
Alexander r?ceived just rhzt he would have had he been zppointed to the
Fine professors?lip -- a tardy effort to placzte feelings in the Departwrit.
But the discomfort wes not confined to the psofessasiate. Prin- 1
cetan's Trustees and executives were sngry, and it became necessary to do
something about that. Mr. Barcberger and his close advisers ultimately I I
gzve a pledge to Acting President Duffield, En old friend of the Fcunders, 1
that the Institute would take no more men from the University. Naturally, i
the agreement wzs secret; only those directly involved knew about it, for
the danger to the University was great. As President Dodds was later to
say, Princeton professors must be as free to better tliemselves as were
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fit Professor Veblen had done would hardly have been considered - de
rigueur in a bureaucratic milieu, although it was not unhm in cornpetl~
Live business and fndustry, Neither the University nor the Institute had
any real defence against his direct approach to t b men he wanted. Any
man so approached and not appointed'by the Institute would probably have
been lost to the University anyway, especfzl.ly if he suspected that
it had objected to his release. This was what gave Veblen his strength,
If the Director's request thst Veblen sign a contract want that he
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