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He was also secretary of the committee on attendance and 

 scholarship and had much to do with the order and discipline 

 of the students ; but what he might have managed by the au 

 thority of his position, he preferred to do and do more tell 

 ingly by the influence of his personal friendship for the men. 

 It was his friendly talks and his sympathetic understanding 

 of them that helped the students realize and keep their re 

 sponsibility toward the college and its rules. 



Most of all will Walter Brooke be remembered by the 

 scores and hundreds whom he has helped in many ways. 

 Many a boy could not have finished his course had Prof. 

 Brooke not interceded at home ; many a boy would have given 

 up his college life in discouragement, if Prof. Brooke had 

 not encouraged him to continue and showed him the way to 

 succeed; many of the young men had no one to whom they 

 could take their problems and difficulties for advice except 

 Walter E. Brooke. It called for long and tiring days and 

 evenings, but to him the work was well worth while. And he 

 made a unique place for himself in the life of the Agricultural 

 College as the students unfailing friend a place which will 

 be difficult to refill. His aim in life was not to make dollars 

 but to make friends. 



