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and though the work might have been criticised, 

 happily for me there was no one then fitted for the 

 task. Of the subject of teaching in general I will 

 speak later; of my own teaching, looking at it 

 from this distance, it may fairly be said that it was 

 practical and thorough as far as it went, but 

 stopped far short of what is given in similar 

 courses today. It served, however, to blaze the 

 way for those who followed. 



About forty rods from the farm house stood 

 " The College," as it was then designated. It 

 was a large brick building with two long wings 

 and the only college building when I first arrived. 

 In the basement of one wing was a large dining 

 hall and the kitchen; on the first floor the chapel 

 and the administrative offices; while the third and 

 fourth floor were occupied by students. In the 

 other wing was housed the library and the museum, 

 and the upper two stories, as in the other wing, 

 were .given up to students. The women students, 

 who were admitted from the beginning, roomed 

 in one end of the main building on the lower floors. 

 There were between three and four hundred 

 students. 



This was a diverse crowd to feed, govern and 

 keep at work. After trying a few experiments the 



