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Another of the pioneers in agricultural education has passed beyond, 

 following in quick succession his close friends and associates. Stork 

 bridge and Alvord. In length of continuous service in connection 

 with the agricultural colleges few men have equaled and probably 

 none exceeded him. and the history of his life is contained to an unu- 

 sual degree in the annals of the institution which he served so long 

 and well. 



Henry Hill Goodell was identified with the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College from its very start, being one of the members of the 

 original faculty appointed in 1867. He came to the new institution a 

 young man. less than thirty years of age, who, following his gradua- 

 tion at Amherst College, had seen two years of service in the civil 

 war, and taught for three years thereafter at Williston Seminary, a 

 preparatory school near Amherst. As instructor, professor, and 

 president he labored for thirty-eight years with untiring zeal and 

 enthusiasm for the uplifting and advancement of the college, and for 

 its justification in the eyes of the farmers and the general public. 



No man 1 tetter knew the history of agricultural education or the 

 vicissitude^ and dark days through which the older colleges of that 

 class had to pass. He was one of the few pioneers in that field who 

 were not cast aside as the work grew and progressed; hut he continued 

 in it up to the time of his death, growing with its growth and rising 

 in position and influence. From first to last he stood for education in 

 agriculture as distinguished from superficial training, and his influence 

 was cast for the higher grade of work which he felt the school facili- 

 ties and conditions of the State warranted. Although his department 

 was not a distinctly agricultural one, he was a strong factor in shaping 

 the course of the institution and in evolving plans for its future 

 development. 



He became president of the college in 1886 and remained at its head 

 for nearly nineteen years, administering its affairs with conservatism 

 and judgment. He saw the birth of the new education and its estab- 

 lishment on a more liberal basis in his own and other States: and he 



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