14 BULLETIN OF THP: LABORATORIES 



cation was not a time of rest to liim. One summer he spent in aiding 

 Professor Bell to perfect the telephone. During another, that of 1882, 

 he lectured at Martha's Vineyard, before the Summer School of Sci- 

 ences. In fact he was in almost constant demand at Teachers' Insti- 

 tutes and Associations. He wrote many articles on scientific subjects, 

 for publication. * ^ -i^ 



" His heart was in his work to the very close of life. The dying 

 warrior on St. Helena in his delirium imagined himself at the head of 

 his army, and our teacher carried on his work to the last. The first 

 indication that his mind was "wandering" came at midnight, in a 

 direction, clear and sharp, to his class, in regard to the performance of 

 an experiment. His mind, released from the control of the will, was 

 true to itself and its chosen work to the very end. As a teacher he 

 attained the very highest success, and this success which crowns his 

 life was the legitimate reward of straightforward, earnest, well directed 

 and persevering toil. He magnified his work, and the results of his 

 work, written in the minds and hearts of those whom he taught, con- 

 stitute a monument to him more enduring than granite." 



Epoch making work is not always at once realized as such, but it was 

 easily seen at the time that Professor Osbnn's year at Granville had in- 

 augurated a new e]joch in the scientific work of Denison University 

 An editorial in the Collegian said : 



" Professor Osbun, feeling that his work could not be a success 

 without certain fundamental improvements, made his coming condi- 

 tional upon their supply. He has been on the field a little more than 

 a year, and a revolution has already been wrought whose effects will 

 be seen in all coming years. Never again, under any circumstances, 

 can the work of this department be what it was before. All his train- 

 ing and experience had taught him what must be done that the work 

 might be worthy of the college and himself, and with the persistency 

 which was his characteristic, he toiled to gather and utilize everything 

 that could be reached." 



1'he curriculum as it stood during the year of Professor Osbun's 

 death contained the following scientific work ; candidates for the de- 

 gree of Bachelor of Science were recpiired to take Chemistry during 

 the whole of the Freshman year and one term of the Junior year 

 Physiology was required during the Winter term of the Sophomore year, 

 and Botany, with some other scientific study to be chosen, during the 

 Spring. The work in Botany was continued during eight weeks of the 



