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4. Old-school presidents Bionomics Foibles 

 of university heads Value of higher educa- 

 tion Making friends Growth of Indiana 

 University A wise board of trustees Alumni 

 trustees Death of Susan Bowen Jordan 



CHAPTER THIRTEEN 303 



1. Alfred Russel Wallace Henry George 

 Wendell Phillips Beecher Western hospi- 

 tality Roosevelt and reform Rooseveltian 

 epithets A joyous nature Roosevelt as 

 naturalist Love of birds Rooseveltia brig- 

 bami Deep-sea explorations Anent the An- 

 anias Club Civil Service in Alaska The 

 tennis cabinet "His Favorite Author" At 

 his best Roosevelt's strength and weakness 



2. The prey of spoilsmen Foulke Slain for the 

 Republic Merit, not politics Civil Service 

 in* Yellowstone Park At the White House 

 McKinley's method Funston's promotion 

 The Mugwumps Partisan tricks 



CHAPTER FOURTEEN 319 



1. A call to Iowa President McBride The 

 Jardin des Plantes In the mountains A 

 noted guide "John Brown's body" A 

 second visit to Pensacola 



2. Evolution of the college curriculum The dregs 

 of learning A radical suggestion Disper- 

 sion of river fishes Marriage to Jessie Knight 



A Huguenot Puritan Admiral Knight 

 Willoughby Lake Quebec Sainte Anne de 

 Beau-Pre Luray Jordan's Law Gemi- 

 nate Species Collecting in Virginia Joint 

 studies of classic fish and fish names A village 

 lost 



3. In Colorado A splendid find Twin Lake 

 Yellow Fin Uncompahgre Pass Lost arts 



Utah again 



