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likes and dislikes, more ihan once remarked lliat he seldom spoke 

 unkindly of his acquaintances or associates. 



Dr. Randolph's education was commenced in Philadelphia. Later, he 

 was sent to Swarthmore College, near Media, in Pennsylvania. When 

 seventeen years of age, he entered Cornell University, at Ithaca, in New 

 York ; where, while yet a freshman, he contended for and secured one 

 of the prizes that previously none but seniors had entered the list to com- 

 pete for. 



In the spring of 1882, he graduated in medicine at the University of 

 Pennsylvania. His thesis on the "Red Blood Corpuscles" grew mainly 

 oiit of study in Europe. 



With his graduation in medicine his active public career may be said to 

 have commenced. From the very start, his course as a teacher seems 

 to have been predestined. The ink on his diploma was scarcely dry 

 before we find him one of the members of a "quiz," fitting candidates for 

 their final medical examinations. This never degenerated with him into 

 a mere perfunctory performance, in return for fees already collected. He 

 gave in addition to the ordinary "quiz" collateral lectures, in which 

 the fluency and apt illustration, characteristic of the born teacher, were 

 constantly recognized. It is but just to add that the interest and enthusi- 

 asm of the teacher reacted upon the class. Many a thirst for knowledge 

 is blunted, depraved and at last quenched by some wretched substitute, 

 simply because tie teacher failed to reach a pure fountain head. In the 

 long run, just how many wastes, drj'^and unproductive, our social life may 

 reveal in consequence, it would be very hard to estimate. Randolph's 

 zeal was an inspiration to his students. This, with his sound judgment, 

 drew students to him and attached them to his own special line of work. 

 This, though not itself genius, is so often associated with it that it is apt 

 to pass for the greater quality. His popularity with his students was so 

 great that an expressed wish from him was seldom, if ever, violated. 



His earliest recognized instruction, under University control, was in 

 the "Course Preparatory to Medicine," in the Scientific School of the 

 University of Pennsylvania. His duty there was elementary instruction 

 in physiology. Which he really preferred, physiology or hygiene, I never 

 could decide. Either was more than broad enough, and with either he 

 could have been content. It is certain that had his life been spared he 

 would, sooner or later, have settled upon one or the other exclusively. It 

 was necessary that he should have done so to produce his best results, 

 and no one more quickly than he would have so discovered. 



There was in his career no halting or hesitancy. He believed that only 

 those who appreciate themselves and act for themselves can command the 

 respect of others. Hence at no time, in any candidacy for professional or 

 other honors, did he ever in the slightest degree apologize for his youth 

 or depreciate his own right to freedom of judgment. Afier all, to such 

 men ofiicial appoi)itments are of very small importance. If no institu- 

 tion appreciates manly traits combined with great intellectual endow- 



