Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . o wn I so intimately, that our lives flowed on as in a stream, andthe dearest friendships of life were cemented there. I believe that no college in the country furnished abetter training to its students at that time. The careersof the men who were then undergraduates are the bestproof. To mention only a few of my college mates, ChiefJustice Durfee, Judge Franklin J. Dickman of Ohio, andHonorable S. S. Cox, of the class of 1846; ProfessorGeorge P. Fisher and Professor James P. Boyce, of theclass of 1847; Governor Murra
Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . o wn I so intimately, that our lives flowed on as in a stream, andthe dearest friendships of life were cemented there. I believe that no college in the country furnished abetter training to its students at that time. The careersof the men who were then undergraduates are the bestproof. To mention only a few of my college mates, ChiefJustice Durfee, Judge Franklin J. Dickman of Ohio, andHonorable S. S. Cox, of the class of 1846; ProfessorGeorge P. Fisher and Professor James P. Boyce, of theclass of 1847; Governor Murrah of Texas, of the class of1848; Benjamin F. Thurston and James Tillinghast andJulian Hartridge and Rowland Hazard, of my own James O. Murray and Edward L. Pierce, thebiographer of Sumner, of the class of 1850; and ProfessorDiman, of the class of 1851;—the mother that producedsuch sons need not fear to ask us to tell of those dayswhen with scanty resources and a faculty of seven sheperformed the great work which fell to her. James Burrill Angell, Memories of Brown 93 Riding a Professor Pickaback ONE of the mildest and most chivalrous of gentle-men was Professor Romeo Elton. A rapscallion,such as only the higher education can produce,made a bet with his chum that he would ridethe professor pickaback downstairs, three times, in HopeCollege. The first and second trips were duly accom-plished, the student apologizing profusely as they cameinto the light. Finally on the third occasion, the pro-fessor spoke courteously, though in rather petulant tone, Very excusable, sir! But it must not be Waylands humor was frequently exercised. Col-lege diseases of certain types are often epidemic. Oncein the chapel, he referred to these recurring cases of ill-ness in terms well understood. It will be necessary,said he, for us^to rusticate some of these gentlemen,lest they die on our hands. He liked to tell a story, even at the expense of his ownprofession;
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