ABSTRACT
An American visitor, Professor Bumstead of Yale, was struck by,
. . . the (almost paradoxical) combination of qualities which I thought I observed [at the Cavendish]. It is obviously dominated by the personality of 'JJ' and yet I have never seen a laboratory in which there seemed to be so much independence and so little restraint on the man with ideas. The friendliness and mutual helpfulness of the research students was obvious and one of the finest things about the place, and it appeared to be a part of this friendly service to jump into a fellowstudent, if you thought him wrong, and to prove him wrong. In a good many places friendship does not stand that strain, but it usually does at the Cavendish. 151
Rosc Thomson ably seconded J.J.'s interest in research student welfare, inviting them to teas and dinner, taking an interest in their personal lives, giving hospitality to their fiancees, and drafting them into helping with her pet charity, an annual entertainment for the people of Barnwell, a suburb of Cambridge.
