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to others, managed to give sucli enipliasis to his scientific la- 

 bors that it became but natural to think of him always as a 

 man-of-science. 



Another thing that attracted students and led them uncon- 

 sciously to seek to imitate him was the freshness and originality 

 of his ideas. His mind was always taking conventional and 

 commonplace ideas and making something fresh and new out of 

 them. He thought much of the philosophical bearing of scien- 

 tific things. "The Psychophysical Basis of Feelings," "Psycho- 

 logical Corollaries of Modern Neurological Discoveries" are two 

 of man}' titles of his scientific papers indicating his tendency to 

 philosophize upon the results of his scientific observations. 



Besides the four mental traits which I have mentioned in 

 attempting" to account for the power he possessed of energizing 

 others into scientific activity, there were moral attributes which 

 contributed still more to the same end. 



One of these was closely connected with his originality and 

 mental independence, namely his courage in over-riding false 

 traditions and calmly undertaking the solution of difficult prob- 

 lems. His was the pioneer type of mind. And so he frequently 

 introduced novel methods in his teaching w^hich aroused atten- 

 tion and interest. Although his connection with Denison w^as not 

 a long one, he introduced at least four striking innovations 

 which have already stood the test of years and bid fair to be per- 

 manent. These were (in chronological order) the Scientific 

 Association, the Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories, the Neu- 

 rological Journal and the courses of study which lead to the 

 degree of Bachelor of Science at Denison. 



At the time of its introduction each one of these innovations 

 seemed to be a questionable proposition, hardly likely to suc- 

 ceed. Professor Herrick had a larger faith than I. Yet so great 

 was my respect for his opinion and my desire to help him in any 

 plan upon which his heart seemed to be set, that I could not bring- 

 myself to express the doubts of success which I really felt. In 

 three of these enterprises he very early sought my co-operation 

 and so the question of practicability was forced upon my at- 



