IN MEMORIAM 
E. W. STANTON 
Doctor Stanton was born at Waymart, Pennsylvania, October 
3, 1850, and died at Canadaigua, New York, September 12, 1920. 
He graduated at Iowa Agricultural College in 1872, a member o£ 
the first class, and was given the degree of L. E. D. by Coe Col- 
lege in 1904. He was connected with Iowa State College in va- 
rious capacities; as instructor and professor of mathematics and 
political economy, dean, vice-president and acting president, secre- 
tary of the Board of Trustees, financier, philanthropist, adminis- 
trator and educator. This in brief epitomizes the career of Doc- 
tor Stanton. His success in the world was due to his individual 
effort. I take it Doctor Stanton had, in part at least, to make his 
own way through college. He did work of various kinds for 
Professor Jones who during the college days of Doctor Stanton 
had charge of mathematics. 
It was because of his untiring fidelity to his superiors and his 
zeal to do his work well that he came to occupy the position he did 
in the college and the community and state. His work is finished 
but Doctor Stanton’s name is a sweet memory to those who came 
under his influence in the class room or college community. There 
was always a cheerful and buoyant spirit in the class room. It 
was in the nature of a splendid service to all. With him it was 
always “Can I help you to understand the problem that is before 
you ?” A hint here or a hint there made the student see the prob- 
lem in its true light. There are teachers of many kinds. Doctor 
Stanton was of the exceptional kind. Indeed, it is a rare gift to be 
able to take an obscure problem and present it in such a way that 
the road to ffs solution and perfect understanding is clear. Too, 
in his case, we may say that teachers are born, not made. Doctor 
Stanton insisted on good work and the student generally respond- 
ed to his appeal. How could he do otherwise? It was always a 
kindly admonition to do better work. 
Most students today do not come into intimate contact with 
their instructors. This is possible only when classes are small, 
