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from the beginning to put the institution upon a foundation so 

 broad and so deep that it would bear the great superstructure • 

 that is growing up under the eye of the present generation. With 

 an inflexible tenacity of purpose that characterized his attitude 

 towards any measure which he believed to be of the highest im- 

 portance he labored to this end through the rather stormy period 

 preceding the election and organization of its first faculty and 

 for a number of years after its doors were open for the admis- 

 sion of students. That the institution is today what it is, rather 

 than something radically different, is due in my judgment, to 

 him more than to any other one man. 



Many of our pioneers heretofore mentioned represented, 

 through their ancestry, the culture and spirit of the Puritan 

 and Pilgrim. In the Sullivants that of the Cavalier is reflected. 

 To a stalwart physique was joined a natural dignity of man- 

 ner and speech which was sometimes misinterpreted as an index 

 of a lack of democratic feeling and sympathy. Possessed of 

 ample material resources they were able to make use of the best 

 instrumental aids to research and, while despising sham and char- 

 latanry, they were every ready to share this advantage with 

 others who were really deserving. • 



Fifty years ago, there was to be seen- on the south side of 

 High Street, opposite the State House in the city of Columbus, 

 a modest jewelry and watch repairing shop over the door of 

 which was the sign "Lesquereux and Son." Notwithstanding 

 the prominent location of this establishment and the fact that 

 the senior partner was usually to be found there for a short 

 time each day (often himself at the repairer's bench), Leo 

 Lesquereux was personally known to hardly more than a hand- 

 ful of the people of the city. A larger number knew of his 

 existence and had heard that he was a "scientific man" as- 

 sociated in some way with William Sullivant. If addressed on 

 the street he was likely to make no reply for he was totally 

 deaf. Although he spoke French perfectly and German also, his 

 knowledge of the English language had been acquired after the 

 complete loss of the sense of hearing so that while he wrote it 

 with ease and elegance correct pronunciation offered almost 



