The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-05

etition they discussed 1t, and on a sec- ond repetition usually looked the word up in some unabridged dictionary, only to discover that MT. Emmott was but following accepted English models in his pronunciation.
 Another peculiarity of his featuring was early nipped in the bud by an IT, reverent youth. When the professor came to an important point In his lec- ture he was in the habit of dictating it to his students verbatim, announcing every point of punctuation and using the phrase full stop" for period at the end of a sentence, Another habit was that of briefly reviewing each day the points of the previous lecture. "Ah, MT, F." he said one day, shortly after coming to Baltimore, "can you tell me the lawst thing I was saying yis-tid- day?"
 The reply came, Full stop, sir" Af- ter that the professor used full stop"
 The lectures on logic were given in the room in the physical laboratory, where experiments were performed in physics. Professor Emmott never failed to scrutinize the thermometer when he entered it, and this caused some of his class one day to light a Bunsen burner and heat the mercury up above ninety degrees. Then the windows were all of them opened for a few minutes, and as it was midwinter the real temperature of the room was scarcely sixty. When Professor Em- mott came in and looked at the ther- mometer he began to grow uncomfort- ably warm. As he lectured the perspi- ration gathered on his face. Don't you gentlemen think it really very warm in here?" he presently ventured to suggest. Not at all, sir was the prompt reply; its rather cool" Then began a series of requests from differ ent students that they might be permit ted to sit near a heater on account Of the chilly nature of the room. The professors thermometrical equilibrium was ultimately restored, but not before his collar had wilted and twenty min utes of his lecture wasted.
 On another occasion conditions were reversed by packing the thermometer in ice on hot spring day But this time the practical jokers got the worst of 1t, because Mir Emmott felt chilly enough to insist on keeping all the win dows tightly closed.
 Half a dozen gas jets just under- heath the lecture desk supplied anoth- CT joke for another class. These were turned on without lighting just before Professor Emmott's entrance. In a few moments the odor was strong.
 DO you not detect the smell of gas. MT. G?' the professor present asked. Mr. G. sniffed loud and long, but grave ly replied that he could notice nothing unusual Professor Emmott went on
 with his lecture, but presently stopped and said. with more positiveness than
 was usual with him. ''I am certain that gas is escaping here" The janitor of the building was called, the leak discovered, and class adjourned for the day.
 One of the most memorable pranks played on MT. Emmott was an explo- sion in the logic class one day. A giant f1recracker was placed in a cigar box, with it's fuse tied around a candle so that it would catch fire and go of about ten minutes after MT. Emmott had begun to lecture. When the ex- plosion came it was terrific. The box was shattered and piece of 1t flew to- ward the lecture desk. MT. Emmotts s face blanched to such degree that the class saw nothing but blank white background to the professors specta- cles, his wavy brown hair and the brown English chop whiskers, whicl, were marked features of his appear ance. In a moment he regained his startled ideas and rushing to the door called loudly for the janitor and foI Professor Ames, who had charge If the building. On his return he said quietly to the class: 'Gentlemen, I cannot help but think that this was more than
 an accident" Then followed a little talk in which the wantonness of the
 joke was driven home with more ef-
 fectiveness than If the professor had become angry. The student who put up the trick promptly confessed to il and the class sought to have the pro lessor understand that but few of them were cognizant of it.
 Of bulls and "blunders'' in MT. Ern. mott's lectures university tradition i. abundantly supplied almost as abun- l dantly as with stories of that other
 Hopkins professor who resigned to re. 1 turn to England, Professor J. J. Syi. ] vester, the emi..ent mathematician. o ! whom it is narrated that, leaving hi: room for few minutes, he put a no tice, "Will Be Back in 8 Few Minutes, 1 and upon his return was so absen minded that he sat down to wait fci l himself.
 l MT. Emmott, with becoming dignity i once informed his class in English his l tory that during the whole continu ance of the line of Lancaster the lint was continuous" l On another occasion, wishing witt I kindly intent to spare the feelings of : l new student who was not so far ad vanced as his classmates, he nlad' matters worse. May I ask you tht answer to this question, MT. L.? Oh, ] beg your pardon; you don't knoV enough; I forgot"
 Of assinilar character was this one "The book speaks of symptoms of in l sanity. Now, to take concrete ease l MT. J"-and Mir. Emmott was puzzled l to know why the class laughed
 l MT. Emmott himself told jokes, bu l they were mostly thoroughly EngIisl 1 in character One of them was a stor, 1 of a Cambridge student who was repri ! manded by his tutor for not attending I college chapel at in the morning | -.o,.