to a class before giving a "quiz/' he told them that if they began in a 

 rambling manner they indicated to him that they did not have it at all. 

 But then I have heard many a time, your Dean and mine say the same 

 thing. There again is where you men at Washington are fortunate in 

 having such a man at the head of your College of Forestry. He is not only 

 a teacher but also a friend. If you have not known him before, now is the 

 time to begin. Do you realize what it means to have a friend ? 



It is from him that I received the ideas in teaching that have been of 

 greatest advantage to me this year. Each person is a unit, each person is 

 different, and to get the best from them, each must be understood differently. 

 This not only applies to those teaching, but to any line or branch you may 

 enter, whether it be logging, government, private or salesmanship. A 

 full understanding of character is needed for obtaining the best results. 

 At times this may be doubted, especially when one is looking from a 

 twenty-story window down upon the people in the street or reading of 

 the loss in a battle. But then, go and be among that crowd or in that 

 battle and conditions are reversed. Why ? I am leaving that to you. 



The period is now up, you are all anxious to be out and at something 

 else. In parting I wish you a most successful year. The Seniors in their 

 field trip, who may be dreading it, but when you return you will be 

 happy in the experience. There you will learn to know your classmates, 

 you may think you do now, just wait, the heart is what counts. Don't 

 worry about the things to be missed that are to take place on the 

 campus and about it, for they are trivial to the real things, the big 

 things of life. You are perhaps asking what constitutes the last two? 

 Only you can find out. I might tell you, but you would only laugh and 

 say "Oh pshaw!" 



To you Freshmen whose eyes have been partially opened to the 

 things that are around you in this nice, big, interesting world. Myriads 

 of things, never dreamed of or realized before, exist. Keep on, let nothing 

 interfere with your college work. Build for the future for the revelation 

 of the middle years are to be yours only so far as you now build. 



You are asking "Where has he been through out this letter, nothing 

 about teaching." Think it over. 



G. Hamilton Martin, Jr., 



University of Washington, '13. 



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