December 31, 1930

Mr. A. R. Goldfarb,

6150 Greenwood Ave.,

Chicago, Ill.

Dear Mr. Goldfarb:

If you desire to come to Pasadena next year, I suggest that you apply for a Teaching Fellowship in Chemistry. I must tell you, however, that the number of fellowships available is very small, for the reason that only a few men will finish their work and leave, and the laboratory is now very much overcrowded, with no relief in sight until after next year.

This crowded condition also limits our facilities for experimental work. It would not be possible to install a special X-ray apparatus for your work, and the available apparatus, designed for use with minerals and inorganic crystals, might not be suitable. Moreover, the training which graduate students are given here is rather specialized, and I doubt that a year's work added to the two you have at Chicago would be considered sufficient for a Ph.D. If you can obtain your degree in a year at Chicago, I recommend that you plan to come here later, as a National Research Fellow, say. There should then be available more extensive laboratory facilities, too.

Very truly yours,

LP:M