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be in his association was to survive in an atmosphere of 

 cheerfulness and enlightenment. 



A soldier, as well as educator, one cannot fail to be im- 

 pressed by him. The highest citizenship is public welfare 

 first and private interest secondary. Nor can one be re- 

 strained to be imbued from him that sense of honor, justice, 

 duty, and fraternity — all essential qualities for the make- 

 up of a successful and a happy life. 



Professor Goodell, in his long valuable service to the 

 Massachusetts State Agricultural College, during which 

 time a number of my countrymen have received his watch- 

 ful care, has moulded the lives of many a sturdy young 

 man for the world of usefulness. His life will be cherished 

 with grateful memory by all. No profusion of words is 

 sufficient to exalt his noble character. And the same grate- 

 ful sentiments will be reechoed from the fields of distant 

 Manchuria and from the far-off shores of the Orient. 



Chentung Liang-Cheng. 



Berlin, 25th April, 1911. 



And still another says: "President Goodell was an in- 

 spiring teacher, very thorough and exacting in his work, 

 and spared himself no pains in making his subjects thor- 

 oughly understood by his students. He had a great faculty 

 for discerning very quickly whether or not a student under- 

 stood the matter he was trying to present, and had little 

 patience with shamming or superficial work. From the 

 earliest days he evidently had a very strong influence over 

 the boys. He was to them a counsellor and companion, one 

 whom they admired and trusted. He always impressed me 

 as being eminently just. He divorced personal feeling from 

 official duty." 



