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85/ [[underlined]] October 23. [[/underlined]] At home. Rain & cold. [[red underlined]] Peter [[/red underlined]] came for lunch while his brother went to football with his mother and [[red underlined]] Phillip Wyman. [[/red underlined]] [[underlined]] Oct. 24. [[/underlined]] Sunday - Bright sunny weather. Feel entirely [[red underlined]] recovered [[/red underlined]] since a few days. Sleep and appetite has come back. My [[red underlined]] weight is now 172 lbs. [[/red underlined]] Must avoid getting more. [[underlined]] Oct 25. [[/underlined]] At office in morning. [[left margin]] Nicholas Murray Butler [[/left margin]] Afternoon at 4 P.M. at [[red underlined]] La Maison Francaise [[/red underlined]] reunion where [[red underlined]] Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler received the highest order of [[/red underlined]] the French Republic, given to him by French Minister Plenipotentiary. Met many friends in the overcrowded rooms. [[red underlined]] Prof. Zanetti, J.F. Finch, Mr Maurice Leon, [[/red underlined]] Paris etc. [[red underlined]] Butler [[/red underlined]] made offhand a most excellent speech on the present, past and future situation of World peace or war. His voice sounded somewhat tired. [[red underlined]] I fear his health is not of the best. When he comes to die, there is no man existing who can be as able a successor. [[/red underlined]] [[left margin]] Columbia U. [[/left margin]] He built up Columbia to what Columbia has become today, grew up with her own growth to her present enormous development. His death may prove a calamity for the future of Columbia University. [[red underlined]] Dr. Shotwell, Mr Maurice Leon [[/red underlined]] and many others I had not seen for a very long time. Champagne was served abundantly to the guests offered by the [[end page]] [[start page]] \86 French Republic. [[underlined]] Oct. 26. [[/underlined]] At office all day. (187.331) Mailed copies of Gone "Sunward" to [[red underlined]] Dr. Henry Butler Allen Sec'y of Franklin Institute [[/red underlined]] also to Mr. Walton Forestall vice president of Franklin Institute. [[underlined]] Oct 27. [[/underlined]] At Yonkers all day. [[left margin red underlined]] Dr. Northrop [[/left margin red underlined]] Evening went to dinner and Chandler lecture of [[red underlined]] Dr. Northrop, [[/red underlined]] Chandler medallist at Columbia University. Dinner at 6.P.M. was at Faculty Club. Sat next to [[red underlined]] Dr. Keppel of Rockefeller foundation. [[/red underlined]] Talk about European University conditions and American donations etc. Lecture room well filled. [[red underlined]] Dean Pegram [[/red underlined]] presiding. [[red underlined]] Northrop [[/red underlined]] was born in Yonkers and is [[red underlined]] grand'son of Havemeyer [[/red underlined]] who donated Havemeyer Hall. His lecture on enzymes etc was given in too low a voice to be well understood. [[underlined]] Oct 28. [[/underlined]] At office. Then evening at Cosmopolitan Club, where annual meeting of Institute of International Education. [[red underlined]] Dr. Duggan [[/red underlined]] presenting his annual report: Present: [[red underlined]] John Barret Moore, Morgenthau Sr., Dr. Robinson, Miss Virginia Gildersleeve [[/red underlined]] head of Barnard College This morning the N.Y Times published on its editorial page a report of the Chandler medal meeting, [[strikethrough]] giving a full [[/strikethrough]] telling that [[red underlined]] Northrop is the 16th Chandler medalist [[/red underlined]] and giving a list of his predecessors, but [[left margin]] !! [[/left margin]] [[red underlined]] omitting my name, [[/red underlined]] altho' I was the [[red underlined]] first [[/red underlined]] to get the Chandler Medal (1914). On Inquiry to Dr. Zanetti who is at the head of the Chandler
