72 MEMORIAL SKETCH. 



Professor Jowett's recent treatise on the Epistles of Paul, 

 and the results of his reading soon appeared in the Greek 

 Testament class which he used to conduct on Sunday 

 mornings in University Hall. 



To the student-life around him there he devoted a con- 

 siderable amount of thought. During the morning hours 

 before his lectures began, he was always at hand for those 

 who sought his guidance and advice. At dinner, and in 

 his drawing-room in the evenings, he took a friendly lead 

 in conversation, and won the confidence of young men by 

 his sympathy with them in their interests and difficulties. 

 Partly to provide them with larger social opportunities, he 

 organized, with his wife's help, in the spacious Council 

 Room and Library, a series of soirees, which became quite a 

 feature of his tenure of office, for there the newest scientific 

 illustrations were often to be seen, and men and women of 

 distinction mingled in the throng. The grave and earnest 

 habits of his own life often produced on others deep and 

 abiding impressions. As in every other relation in which 

 he was placed, faithfulness to duty was its most striking 

 characteristic, so that if anything went seriously wrong 

 among those under his care, he suffered the keenest dis- 

 tress. Engagements, in the same way, must be fulfilled 

 at whatever personal cost. The wants of his pupils were 

 his first consideration as teacher ; and it was observed, as 

 in complete accordance with the whole tone of his mind, 

 that he lectured to one of his University College classes 

 within an hour of hearing of his mother's death (after a 

 long illness in 1856) with even more than his usual clear 

 ness and accuracy. 



In May, 1856, Dr. Carpenter was elected to the Regis- 

 trarship of the University of London. This appointment 

 enabled him to cease lecturing and examining in Physiology, 

 though he continued to serve as Professor in University 



