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as a teacher, and to have enjoyed his masterful lectures, pre- 

 sented with a splendid diction and rare finish, explain the fact 

 that highest ideals in culture and life were at the very first a 

 treasured part of the equipment of this institution. The cause 

 of agricultural education owes a great debt to this College, and 

 to no one man more than to Dr. Abbot. 



As can truly be said of President Abbot, so we can say with 

 equal truth of Mrs. Abbot, "None knew her but to love her, 

 none named her but to praise." She was the true wife, cultured, 

 bright, scintillating; she made their home the dearest place on 

 the campus. It was a very Mecca to us students, and ever held 

 its hospitable arms wide open to give glad welcome to us and 

 our friends. How far I am from being alone in my feeling that 

 I owe an immeasurable debt of gratitude to President and Mrs. 

 Abbot! 



He was the ideal college president, great enough to consult 

 with and listen to his faculty and ever to keep the respect and 

 confidence of his board. Such a president always commands 

 a loyal student support, and his influence will ever be in the 

 ascendency. Until disease laid its heavy hand upon him, Dr. 

 Abbot was a tremendous power in the College, and better, a 

 power that always made for righteousness. 



DR. MANLY MILES 



Dr. M. Miles, though not in the faculty at the opening of 

 the CoUege, came very soon, and for twenty years was a colossal 

 force in molding its character and steering its course. Dr. Miles 

 was a born scientist, a hard student, a close, accurate observer, 

 and he loved to unearth truth as he loved nothing else. He made 

 the truths of physiology and zoology fairly glow with interest. 

 It was pleasure to give hardest effort to master his subjects. 

 We knew that he burned the midnight oil, and the perfection 

 of his work won the respect which every good teacher must 

 command from his pupils. Laziness and good teaching are 



