about noon
They spent another few minutes being polite to one another ; he invited them to lunch at the Faculty Club , and learned that they were lunching there as Fitch 's guests . They went away trying to hide their disappointment . * * * * * The Psionics and Parapsychology people were n't the only delegation to reach Blanley that day . Enough of the trustees of the college lived in the San Francisco area to muster a quorum for a meeting the evening before ; a committee , including James Dacre , the father of the boy in Modern History IV , was appointed to get the facts at first hand ; they arrived about noon . They talked to some of the students , spent some time closeted with Whitburn , and were seen crossing the campus with the Parapsychology people . They did n't talk to Chalmers or Fitch . In the afternoon , Marjorie Fenner told Chalmers that his presence at a meeting , to be held that evening in Whitburn 's office , was requested .