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    "ocrText": "November 26th, 1928.\nDr. Herman Schlundt,\nUniversity of Missouri,\nColumbia, Mo.\nDear Dr. Schlundt:\nYour notes enroute to St. Louis, were\nboth received very promptly, one on Saturday and the other\nthis morning.\nI have today written Dr. Failla suggesting\nthat he endeavor to obtain either Mrs. Hewen original data or\na transcript of same through the Committee. I hope that\nDr. Failla will appreciate the value of this data and endeavor\nto interest Dr. Ewing in obtaining same. It seems to me\nthat about the only way we would be able to inspect this\ndata would be for the Committee to request same, and then\nextend to us the privilege of inspection.\nDuring our conference on Friday afternoon\nDr. Failla made one iggestion which has come back to me\nrepeatedly, and that is whether or not we have sufficient\ndata to ascribe to the Wulf electrometer a calibration\nvalue. As I recall our work all data seems to point that\nat least the order of magnitude of our constant is correct,\nbut whether or not we should not verify ourselves regarding\nthis point I am not so certain. While I suggested that\nwe had made tests with radium in a cylinder of solution,\nstill you will recall that you and Dr. Flinn made these tests,\nand I don't know as I have ever seen the data on this point.\nYour knowledge of this particular phase of the work should\nhelp to substantiate the constant which we are using.\nDuring the next day or so I hope to go over\nthe data on the Dunn case, and make certain that our value is\ncorrect.\nWe had a very pleasant day at West Point on\nSaturday, and saw one of the best foot-ball games that I have\nseen in this part of the country. Even though the Army\ndefeated Nebraska by a score of 13 to 3, the score should\nhave been 6 to 3, which would have been a more correct rep-\nresentation of the competitive merits of the two teams.\nSincerely yours,\nHHBarker'RH\nVice President"
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