Memorial Address—John I. Jegi . 
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JOHN I. JEGI. 
John I. Jegi was born in Buffalo county, Wisconsin, on De¬ 
cember 3rd, 1866. His education was begun in the district 
schools of his native county. Later on he attended the high 
school at Arcadia, where he prepared himself to teach in the 
public schools. He began his career as a teacher at Court- 
land, Wisconsin in 1882. From this place he went to Arcadia 
and then to Osseo, at which place he remained until 1888. 
During the years 1888-1889 he was a student at the Northern 
Illinois Normal School at Dixon. For two years he was prin¬ 
cipal at Blair, Wisconsin, and this was followed by a three 
year term in the same capacity at Arcadia where he had pre¬ 
viously taught. Leaving Arcadia in the summer of 1894, he 
entered the University of Chicago, which institution conferred 
upon him the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1896. In the 
same year he was called to the chair of Psychology and Physi¬ 
ology in the State Normal School at Milwaukee, which posi¬ 
tion he filled acceptably until the time of his death, which 
occurred on January 7, 1904. The degree of Master of Sci¬ 
ence was conferred upon him by the Northern Illinois Normal 
School in 1898. 
Professor Jegi was elected to membership in the Wisconsin 
Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters in December, 1896. 
From the beginning he took an active interest in the work of 
the Academy. In 1901 he was made a member of the Library 
committee, and in 1902 was elected one of the vice-presidents 
to serve for three years. He did much to arouse interest in 
the work of the Academy among the citizens of Milwaukee, 
and almost the last work that he was able to do was to assist in 
perfecting arrangements for the December meeting in 1903. 
Professor Jegi’s published papers are as follows : 
A Comparative Study of Auditory and Visual Memory. Con¬ 
tributions to Philosophy—-University of Chicago Press. 
Children’s Ambitions. Illinois Society for Child-Study. Oc¬ 
tober, 1898. 
A Two-Year-Old Child’s Vocabulary. Child Study Monthly. 
Auditory Memory-Span for Numbers in School Children. 
Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, 
and Letters, 1904. 
