CONCLUSION 137 



Professor Goodell was a teacher par excellence, but after 

 he became president, the work of administration gradually 

 increased to such an extent that after 1890 he did little 

 work in the class-room. But that he was a great success 

 there is the unanimous testimony of all who entered his 

 room. The testimony of three of his old pupils who have 

 attained eminence as educators will give a clear idea of 

 his relations with the students in and out of the class- 

 room. 



A professor of agriculture writes: "His relations with the 

 young men were of the closest. He made them feel his love 

 and his interest in them, while at the same time he retained 

 their thorough respect. His great ability and sound scholar- 

 ship, combined with his great warm heart, his bright and 

 genial personal characteristics, his quick and clear percep- 

 tions and excellent judgment, made the students feel ab- 

 solute confidence in him. They knew he was equal to any 

 emergency. They not only felt he was their friend, but 

 knew it. He was a rare teacher. He always had perfect 

 command of his subject, and the students under him soon 

 came to feel a strong desire to work in his subjects." 



The president of an agricultural college writes: "I take 

 pleasure in saying that he was one of the most animated 

 and inspiring teachers that I ever knew. His class-room 

 was always filled with radiations of animation and wit. He 

 had an original way of putting things, and expounded every- 

 thing with such vim and snap that no one could sleep in his 

 class-room and all must listen and learn. As an illustration 

 of his quick wit, I remember that a classmate of mine was 

 reading German one day, when he unwittingly translated 

 the word 'bauer ' as pheasant, whereupon Professor Goodell 



