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IPetheg Obeervatotg
WiLHAMS BAY. W!S.
January 29, 1924.
UBH
Professor Max Wolf
Koenigstuhl
Heidelberg.
Dear Professor Wolf:-
I am finding much difficulty in getting a man to
take up the part of Professor Barnard's work, namely, the
photographic work with the Bruce telescope and the statisti-
cal study of the large collection of photographs of the
Milky Way- While I naturally wish to find some suitable
young American, this may not be possible, and we may consi-
der looking abroad for the man. I am, of course, aware that in
some of the German observatories positions are going to be
declared vacant, which will be a real hardship for some ex-
cellent man- While I should not wish to arouse any expecta-
tion in the mind of any young man seeking a position, I should
like to ask you confidentially whether you can suggest some-
one, preferably someone who has had his training under you.
Naturally much would depend upon the personality of the man-
A person of a strongly nationalistic type, whose creed is
"Deutschland uber Alles," would not find his reception cor-
dial in America at this time- You, of course, would under-
stand this perfectly. I lately learned from Wilsing that
Mueller is able to stay in a part of the Direktorwohnung at
Potsdam, and that he has a young son who has specialized in
astronomy; I remember young Mueller as a little ooy, but I
know nothing about his experience or capacity. Have you an
opinion of Brill? Otto Kohl of Gottingen has been measuring
spectrograms for the last two years which I have sent to him .
at his request. He has done very well in this work- He has
not had experience in direct photography &o far as I know,
and I know nothing about this personality. I presume that
he would like to come to America.
By the way, I have not been able to understand re-
cent publications by Meyermann of Gbttingen- Some of his
ideas seem wild to us.