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4. Old-school presidents - - Bionomics Foibles 

 of university heads Value of higher educa- 

 tion -- Making friends Growth of Indiana 

 University A wise board of trustees Alumni 

 trustees Death of Susan Bowen Jordan 



CHAPTER THIRTEEN 303 



1. Alfred Russel Wallace Henry George 

 Wendell Phillips Beecher - - Western hospi- 

 tality Roosevelt and reform Rooseveltian 

 epithets A joyous nature Roosevelt as 

 naturalist Love of birds -- Rooseveltia brig- 

 bami Deep-sea explorations Anent the An- 

 anias Club --Civil Service in Alaska -- The 

 tennis cabinet "His Favorite Author" -At 

 his best Roosevelt's strength and weakness 



2. The prey of spoilsmen - - Foulke -- Slain for the 

 Republic Merit, not politics -- Civil Service 

 in Yellowstone Park --At the White House 

 McKinley's method - - Funston's promotion 

 The Mugwumps - - Partisan tricks 



CHAPTER FOURTEEN 319 



1. A call to Iowa President McBride The 

 Jardin des Plantes In the mountains A 

 noted guide "John Brown's body" A 

 second visit to Pensacola 



2. Evolution of the college curriculum The dregs 

 of learning A radical suggestion Disper- 

 sion of river fishes Marriage to Jessie Knight 

 A Huguenot Puritan Admiral Knight 

 Willoughby Lake Quebec Sainte Anne de 

 Beau-Pre Luray Jordan's Law Gemi- 

 nate Species Collecting in Virginia Joint 

 studies of classic fish and fish names -- A village 

 lost 



3. In Colorado-- A splendid find Twin Lake 

 Yellow Fin - - Uncompahgre Pass Lost arts 



- Utah again 



