Part 1 - The Institute Libraries - Institute for Advanced Study

y Mr. Hardin, rer~kning in Mr. Aydelotte" files. These, compared
with the Sy-laws adopted by the Bosrd and incorporated in the minutes,
and afterward printed in BuLZetin No, 1 , show the thinking of the
Dixector, Mr. Barbergex and the Tmoteets.
Evidently the loation of the Institute was cause for a muted
but active conflict between Mr. Baberger and Dr. Flexner. The Director
had specif led only the State of Kew Jersey; Mr. Bamberger narrowed this
to the County of Essex, which embraced Eewark znd the two Oranges; the
Trustees were given the respons5bility for deciding where in the County
the Institute should be placed. The Board elimiated reference to the
County; the Institute .would be located "'at or in the vicinity of Newark,
at such place as the Trustees may determine." This left the way open to
the logic of necessity to solve the problem.
The question of fsculty pzrticipztion in the tranagement of
academfc affairs caused many differences. The draft of the 23rd of
had
Aprilleliminated the possibility of the facultyqs electing its a~
Trustees. Dr. Flexner had suggested in September that not mbre than
five of the fifteen Trustees might be faculty d ers at any one ti=,
to be elected by the Mmbers of the.Corporation, as were all other
Tmstees. Terms for the individual Trustees would be decided by lot at
the first annual meetfng, with three groups to serve for three, four,
and five years respectively, and thereafter the regular term would be
five years, The subject had become a tender one as Hr. Bamberger agafn
ovesruJedthe Director. Ffexner*s proposal was reduced to sin absurdity
by cutting the total number of Trustees to twelve, to serve from one to
five years as by lot it vas decided, although the Board might increase