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[[red underline]] Pegram of Columbia University [[/red underline]] who had come specially to Boston to consult me further about the [[red underline]] deadlock now existing between Teeple and Jackson [[/red underline]]
Sept 13. [[red underline]] Pegram [[/red underline]] here early.  Long conference first between him and me then went to find [[red underline]] Jackson [[/red underline]], there discussed the whole [[strikethrough]] st [[/strikethrough]] situation sitting all on the stone steps of interior court of Institute Technology.  [[red underline]] Finally decided to try Dr. McKee [[/red underline]]  
Invited him for lunch had long talk with him. Finally advised [[red underline]] Pegram [[/red underline]] to break deadlock by appointing temporarily [[red underline]] McKee [[/red underline]] who seems entirely prepared for the part and seems more cheerfully disposed and [[red underline]] more good will than Teeple [[/red underline]].
Yesterday had conference
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with ^[[Prof.]] [[red underline]] Walter [[/red underline]] ^[[of [[strikethrough]] I.M.T [[/strikethrough]] M.I.T.]], who is planning a laboratory organization for the service of [[red underline]] Pershing's [[/red underline]] Army in France.  Advised him how to keep out of too much red tape of army and [[strikethrough]] supp [[/strikethrough]] so as to have more elasticity and quicker results by collaborating with [[red underline]] Bureau of Mines [[/red underline]] and by [[red underline]] not accepting commissions [[/red underline]] for his men whenever he [[red underline]] can avoid doing so. [[/red underline]]
Sept 14. Arrived home early.  Evening Captain [[red underline]] Cappart [[/red underline]] here also another french officer Fernand Baldensperger [[/red underline]], professor at the Sorbonne who will lecture at [[red underline]] Columbia on international law [[/red underline]] - makes excellent impression, has studied in Germany as well as in France.  A certain Mr. [[red underline]] Amstan [[/red underline]] a swiss [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] a lawyer very suave and polite, [[red underline]] theosophist [[/red underline]] etc. and a [[red underline]] Miss Clairette Anthony [[/red underline]] of Antwerp, very pretty and

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George B. Pegram was a physics professor at Columbia University.