1872] College Prizes 



June, and October. With spring came flood-tide in 

 the waterfalls and a burst of flowers in the ravine, 

 melting blue vistas down the lake, and long stretches 

 of green in the south-lying valley. Later when 



. . . Autumn came 



And laid his burning finger on the leaves, 



we rejoiced and were glad. Tingeing our every 

 memory of Cornell is the ineffaceable charm of the 

 University's setting. 



During my college course a number of money 

 prizes were offered for excellence in different subjects. 

 I tried for three of these, and for different reasons 

 failed to secure any of them. The first was offered 

 in Botany in my first term. My knowledge of the 

 subject matter then far outran my experience in 

 writing examination papers, and the prize went to a 

 classmate who reversed these conditions. 



The next prize was one in Entomology. But by Pn%e 

 the committee's decision three of us had done ^^ 

 equally well, and the money was therefore to be "'°'"°°^^ 

 equally divided between Frederic W. Simonds, a 

 geologist, now professor in the University of Texas, 

 Comstock, and myself. *' Simonds had made the 

 neatest and most accurate drawings, Jordan had 

 written the best paper, and Comstock seemed to 

 know the most about the subject." 



Simonds and I now held a conference. We two 

 had money enough in sight for another college 

 year — not clearly visible, to be sure, but plain to 

 the eyes of hope. Comstock was already feeling 



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