Excerpt from Clark University, Worcester, Mass: Opening Exercises; Oct. 2, 1889 Some time since we invited Prof. G. Stanley Hall, of Johns Hopkins University, to aid us in the organization and preparation of our University and to become its first President. It might be indelicate in his presence to say how warmly our choice has been approved by most eminent scholars and scientists, perhaps even to say how much we feel that we have cause to felicitate ourselves that we have been able to secure his ser vices, but it is not indelicate to assure him, as we reach this important era, on behalf of the Founder and the Trustees, of the respect and esteem in which, after an. Intercourse of more than a year and a half, we hold him, and of our entire confidence in his judgment and ability. President Hall will in his address say something of his scheme for the University and the place which he shall desire to have it fill among the educational institutions of the country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.