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Sept 1. 1912 84 Slept poorly, not rested sufficiently. Waiting for news from the [[red underline]] SS. Cleveland [[/red underline]] Pouring rain most of morning. Restful day. Took needed sleep during afternoon. Sept. 2. 1912. Up very early to go to Hoboken to meet [[strikethrough]] stem [[/strikethrough]] steamer with motor car. Yesterday [[red underline]] George [[/red underline]] gave me some pointers on [[red underline]] shaving [[/red underline]]! Very little of our "children" left. Arrived Hoboken about 8 A.M. Three steamers arrived at one time. Usual hurry and confusion. Took [[red underline]] Lebach [[/red underline]] and his wife and Wirth all in my motorcar to [[end page]] [[start page]] 85 Columbia University after many delays. arrived there just in time to hear last part of [[red underline]] Raschig's lecture [[/red underline]] which he devoted entirely to [[red underline]] Bakelite. [[/red underline]] and gave prominent importance to it. Everything he said was unobjectionable and gave my work much prominence. In fact it was so to speak the scientific endorsement of a man who is considered the principal authority on the chemistry of phenol. I felt naturally much pleased . Specially because Raschig is a [[red underline]] rival [[/red underline]] of the Rutgerswerke and because we have been fighting each other in the [[strikethrough]] paten [[/strikethrough]] german patent office and we are still fighting. [[end page]]