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tion of the Hicksite Quakers, the liberal wing of the Society of 

 Friends. 



Bryan, a picturesque writer and most effective speaker, of 

 winning personality, showed marked promise in the new science 

 of Physiological Psychology. On his return from the Uni- 

 versity of Berlin I appointed him professor of Philosophy, 

 which then included all forms of mental science. Later, by a 

 turn in events he became successor to President Swain, a 

 position he still fills with marked success. In lecturing over the 

 state I often took Bryan with me to strengthen my influence 

 with young men. 



Gilbert I recalled in 1888 as professor of Zoology. Of Eigen- 

 mann's relations and advancement I have already written in 

 detail. 



Besides those above noted, I may mention Dr. James A. 

 Woodburn, professor of American History; Allan B. Philputt 

 in Latin, now a leading clergyman of Indianapolis; Rufus 

 L. Green in Pure Mathematics, since 1894 on the Stanford 

 faculty; and Robert E. Lyons in Chemistry. Other Indiana 

 men whom I helped start on the road to professorships in their 

 Alma Mater were David M. Mottier in Botany; William A. 

 Rawles in Economics; John A. Miller in Astronomy, later 

 professor at Stanford and at Swarthmore; Samuel B. Harding 

 in Modern History; Arthur L. Foley in Physics; Edward H. 

 Griggs in Literature; George P. Morris, Robert Newland, and 

 Alfred Mosemiller in French; and Robert J. Aley in Mathe- 

 matics, now president of the University of Maine. 



In general, I was rigidly compelled by limitation 

 of funds to look for men of future promise rather 

 than of actual professional achievements. As a re- 

 sult, Indiana's list of professors was closely scanned 

 every year by Harvard, Cornell, and other Eastern 

 institutions. 



A peculiarly interesting outside appointment, 

 which failed of realization, however, was that of 

 Fridtjof Nansen, a young, blond, Norwegian giant 

 of six feet five, to whom, in 1886, I offered the chair 



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