However, the summer before he was to start at Harvard, G. Stanley Hall, the president of Clark University, offered him a job as professor of experimental psychology for three years with the promise that if his work was satisfactory, his position would be made permanent.
Kuid suvi enne seda, kui ta oleks pidanud alustama tööd Harvardis, pakkus G. Stanley Hall, Clarki ülikooli rektor talle kolmeks aastaks tööd eksperimentaalpsühholoogia professori kohale ja lubas, et kui ta töö selle aja jooksul on rahuldav, siis saab ta selle koha püsivalt endale.