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EXHIBIT ''S''.

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT:

LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY

Stanford, Nov. 19, 1900.

Dear Mr. Clark:

Will you kindly call on Dr. Ross this morning in company
with a witness and ask him to return certain papers in his possession?

1. A letter from President ****, lent him about a month ago.

2. A carbon copy of a letter to President *****, of which the first
is an answer.

3. A copy of a letter written in defense of Dr. Ross to Mrs. Stanford

This copy was sent him by you at my request to enable him to write to her
to better advantage in his own justification, and he had my permission
to use either of these confidentially with college officials in event of
his honorable withdrawal.

As he has intimated to me a purpose to make different use of these
letters, and one which seems to the writer an unjustified one, I wish
you to secure their return to the files of your office.

Very truly yours,

David S. Jordan.

(Copy)