dy by its interest and help powerfully
stimulated the expansion of the University into new fields of
national work, though it has not yet achieved financial support on
anything like the scale to which American seats of learning are
accustomed.

The Master of Christ's writes:

_May_ 31_st_, 1915.

My impression is that George did not take very much interest in the
petty details which are so beloved by a certain type of University
authority. 'Comma hunting' and such things were not to his taste,
and at meetings he was often rather distrait, but when anything of
real importance came up he was of extraordinary use. He was
especially good at drafting letters, and over anything that he
thought promoted the advancement of the University along the right
lines he would take endless trouble--writing and re-writing reports
and letters till he got them to his taste. The sort of movements
which interested him most were those which connected Cambridge with
the outside world. He was especially interested in the Appointments
Board. A good many of us constantly sought his advice, and nearly
always took it: but, as I say, I do not think he cared much about the
'parish pump,' and was usually worried at long meetings.

Professor Newall has also been good enough to give me his impressions:

His weight in the committees on which I have had personal experience
of his influence seems to me to have depended in large measure on his
realising very clearly the distinction between the importance of ends
to be aimed at and the difficulty of harmonising the personal
characteristics of the men who might be involved in the work needed
to attain the ends. The ends he always took seriously--the crotchets
he often took humorously, to the great easement of many situations
that are liable to arise on a committee. I can imagine that to those
who had corns his direct progress may at times have seemed
unsympathetic and hasty. He was ready to take much trouble in
formulating statements of business with great precision--a result
doubtless of his early legal experiences. I recall how he would say,
"If a thing has to be done, the minute should if possible make some
individual responsible for doing it." He would ask, "Who is going to
do the work? If a man has to take the responsibility, we mu