14 May 1909. 
Professor . J.T. Qsterhout, 
University of California, 
-Berkeley, Calif. 
r r rofessor Osterhout 
Yours of the 6th cane a few days ago. 
Hr. T.H.Goodspeed care to Brown from Chicago, entering last year as 
a Junior, He has been taking sore Botany during the present year, 
although a somewhat irregular course. The first term he took the 
regular Introductory Course, covering an amount of work eauivalent 
Part 1 of 
to that outlined in.Bergen & Davis’ ""rinr-lyloo of ^pinny and their 
Laboratory Hangs. 1 . The second term, lie took a reading course in 
physiology with only a small amount of laboratory work, covering 
Green’s Vegetable P hysiology fed.1907} so far as text is concerned. 
The present term he is taking taxonomy of the higher plants (both 
field end laboratory) and a 1 hour course in Trees . 
The first term he did very good work (C),last term somewhat better 
(H), but this term I hardly think he will reach the standard of the 
first term, judging from his work so far. 
He appears to be a very capable fellow and Mr. Guild tolls me 
0Jq CiJ_ ( $*-; 
that he is a godd all round man. The following memorandumywi11 give 
you an idea of the amount of scientific work that he has taken here. 
1907- 08:-lst term,History, baton, Philosophy, Political Science. 
2d term.Economics.English,History.Latin,Philosophy. 
3d term.English,History,Latin,Philosophy,Social Science, 
1908- 09:-1st term. Botany-, Economics, German .History,.' 'athematies 
2d terra,Botany,Economics ,Ger. .an,History. 
3d tern,Botany,German.History,Italian. 
Very truly yours. 
