8o THE STORY OF A BIRD LOVER 



with the open stretches of green a fitting setting. 

 Dignity and age were- the impressive characteris- 

 tics of the whole. In front of the School of Science, 

 between it and Nassau Street, were dwellings of 

 the professors, and other houses stood on the site 

 now given to the Marquand Chapel. 



The personnel of the Faculty consisted of 

 nineteen professors and tutors. Notable among 

 these was the president, Dr. McCosh, with whom 

 one had but to come in contact to realize his force 

 as an executive, and his keen intellectual percep- 

 tions. It is not for me to attempt a critical esti- 

 mate of a man so notable as Dr. McCosh, but it 

 is pleasant to recall his commanding presence. 

 He was easily a leader among men, and in an as- 

 semblage of hundreds, made up of the picked 

 scholars of the land, his was the most distin- 

 guished figure. With all his old world scholar- 

 ship there was combined the most fervent love of 

 his adopted country. 



In the work which I was doing he always mani- 

 fested the keenest interest, and much that was 

 accomplished is due to the hearty support he 

 gave. Dr. John McLean and Professor Stephen 

 Alexander were prominent among the older men ; 

 while Professors Atwater, Schenck, DufiBeld, 

 Packard, and, last but not least, Professor Ar- 

 nold Guyot, were a group of educators typical 

 of the time. Among the men who had recendy 



