He firmly believed in the old Scottish tradition of the Professor lecturing on a sizeable part of the first-year syllabus: he did so entirely without notes, relying solely on his pocket diary to mark how far he had gone each day.
Matatag siya sumampalataya sa old Scottish tradisyon ng Professor lecturing sa kalakihan ng isang bahagi ng unang taon-syllabus: kaya siya ay ganap na walang mga tala, relying lamang sa kanyang bulsa talaarawan upang markahan kung gaano kalayo niya nawala sa bawat araw.