PROFESSOR WILDER 



formulating or correcting an examination- 

 paper. His personality and the invariable 

 attendance of teachers and other adults pre- 

 cluded the necessity of disciplinary measures. • 

 But his attitude toward student misconduct 

 was clearly shown in an incident recorded by 

 me elsewhere. 1 The method pursued by Agas- 

 siz with his laboratory students has been 

 described by Scudder. 2 Although I was to 

 prepare specimens at his personal expense, a 

 somewhat similar test was applied. He placed 

 before me a dozen young 'acanths' (dog-fish 

 sharks) , telling me to find out what I could about 

 them. After three days he gave me other 

 specimens, saying: 'When you go back to the 

 little sharks you will know more about them 

 than if you kept on with them now ' — meaning, 

 I suppose, that I should then have gained a 

 better perspective. 



Although, as I recall upon several occasions, 

 Agassiz could express his views dehghtfully 

 and impressively to a single auditor, his emi- 



1 'Agassiz at Penikese,' American Naturalist, March, 1898, 

 p. 194. [Note by Professor Wilder.] 

 i See below, p. 40. 



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