CASH ACCOUNT. IIINK. 

 precincts of "U. S," — being In fact specif)- I 

 cally engaged in 18S0 to introduce business I 

 methods there. At that time the entire I 

 force of the office consisted of the late 

 lamented Frank Bolles, who was also sec- 

 retary to the university, mid "Carrie" Har- 

 ris of happy memory, who kept the wheels 

 turning. The records were still kept as 

 they had been kept In President Walker's 

 time, and to find any student's standing 

 etie had to consult friom six to eight huge 

 manuscript volumes. Mr. Chamberlain's 

 first task was to reduce and simplify this 

 appalling mass of material to a single enrd- 

 Index svstem— then a novelty in almost 

 „U business management. Before this 

 change was completed Miss Harris retired, 

 and Mr. Bollos died shortly afterward; 

 so that w'tth the increased force that suc- 

 ceeded them Mr. Chamberlain became sole- 

 ly responsible for the system, the repre- 

 sentative as well as the pioneer of the new 



^But his changes did not stop there. 

 Owing to the emallnoBs of the office force, 

 tho recorder also acted »s assistant dean, 

 and low marks, cuts, absences, and other 

 peccadilloes were not only entered but also 

 investigated by tho same man. Mr. Cham- 

 berlain thus caroo into direct personal re- 

 lations with the greater part of the col- 

 lege f 0r who does not fall from grace oc- 

 casionally: Under the old regime a, "sum- 

 mons" had been a perfunctory affair, and 

 discipline had been meted out in a seml- 

 moehanusal and impersor.al style— the last 

 remains of tho early days of ruthless 

 severity. Mr. chamber'ain. being entirely 

 unhampered by tradition, treated the stu- 

 dents like human beings. His great nat- 

 ural sweetness of disposition, his shrewd 

 powers of observation (he was by avoca- 

 tion a naturalist nnd a keen watcher of 

 bird life), and hi* implicit confidence 

 "tho word of a gentleman." made him *. 

 singularly sympathetic confidant of under- 

 graduates In trouble of any sort. Every 

 imaginable difficulty was brought to him, 

 from an unhappy lovs affair to a late regis- 

 tration ! and many an. old Harvard man will 

 gratefuly recall how "Monty" got hivn oui 

 of a hole, or steadied his erring steps wig 

 wise and friendly counsel. Under his swa.\ 



