Part 1 - The Institute Libraries - Institute for Advanced Study

feared Veblents diqleasure should he be crossed in his plans, Flexner
ues mive indeed. But any rupture in relations uould have been a very
serious thing. The Institute was not yet established; besides, k. Bam-
berger would not tolerate friction.
The Director had been worsted by what Dean Trowbridge hsd called
"the fine Italian hznd of Pxofessor YebLen.n But his loyalty to the Pro-
fcssor and his readiness to defend.the Institute against any critisism
were both strong. Fa was to spend the rest of his days ss Director try-
z'
ing to "rrake it upw to the University, always referring to the gracious-
ReSS of its hospitality, to its generosity, and to the value of the
scholarly cooperation which propinquity nourished. The difficulties of
his positfon were fully recognized by Dean Eisenhart and the new President;
Veblen's talent for getting what he vanted wes famous. This they knew .
well; he had been at Princeton for twenty-seven years, during most of
which he had been critical o5 its management, its accomplishments, 3ts
ideals. Flewier's efforts to make up to the University w b t it had 106%
through the Institute's presence was to bece fairly obvfous in the
organization and operation of the School of Humanistic Studies. But Pro-
fessor Veblenis position in Fine Ha31 suffered. If in Navdez, 1932 he
hoped that the School of Fbthmmtics might remain fn Fine Hall wforever,m
as he wrote Dr. kyl, the comtng rnonths were to demonstrate that, even
though he occupied one of the largest and hands'omest offices of those be
had so carefully planned, his relations with his old colleague$, parricu-
larly Dr. lefachecz, were less than hzppy. Re decided that the School of
', \
Hathemtics should have a building of its very own, near enough to Ffne
b11 so that the fruitsxoof cooperation might still be enjoyed, while he