Thomas Hunt Morgan, for instance, the first chairman of the biology division, had been pestered so often by offers from the school president he made extravagant demands just to scare him off, never thinking he'd agree to them all immediately.
像第一任生物學院的院長摩根，就是校長一再寫信請來的。據說當時摩根為了拒絕加州理工的邀請，曾開出很高的條件來嚇退校方，沒想到校長卻一口答應。