The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-20

freely from the Wounu sec'"e" ~
bother him not at all. and he Went
about more explorations and hamnner
ing. leaving behind him trad OF
blood.
In this case, as IL ID in most OF the
scientific departments. II was on the
neld trips that the students came INTO
the closest contact with he professor
and the relation was most orten NJ
manly comradcly In it's atmosphere
There was no aloofness mere at al.
and whatever feeling there was OF
leader ship was inspired rather oy .ns
personal qualifications OF the teacher
and not ttnen) by the discipline OF the
COLLEGE classroom.
happened to be passing the large
lecture hall one day at the beginning
of the term when was busy making
up my program, and looking through
the opened door as I passed, ! saw
a soiidiy built man. whose hair had
n greyish tinge. standing on a plat
form in front of the room with one
fist showed deeply into his coat pocket,
and the other one filled with chalk.
In front Of him was long black board
upon which he was busily drawing
various diagrams and pictures of
mountains and valleys. with winding
streams flowing through them. drawn
in such proportion that could quite
readily imagine myself looking on a
photograph of a distant panorama.
The man seemed. somehow, strangely
out OF place upon lecture platform;
there was something about him that
made me think of the out of doors as
more fitting environment. So inter
csted was by this casual glance
through an open lecture room door.
that forgot my original errand, and
slipped quietly through the doorway
into the nearest vacant seat. There
was :. great crowd OF students pres
ent and all seemed TO be unusually
interested in everything the professor.
for whether would or not, ] had to
realize that this was professor, said
and did,
When | sketch these illustrations
on Il q board I try to draw real topo-
graphy--real mountains and valleys
that have seen" Was frequent ex-
PLANTATION that he gave as he began
/ plotting. and as he gazed with half
4 closed eyolids, over the heads OF the
students, at the broad white ceilings
! above. / felt that he was looking over
I tho distant horizons of hy-gone wan
derings.- searching for the oest ex-
ample - model with which he might
i illustrate his immediate problem.
t Whel the hour was up many Of the
Il men crowded about him on the plat
form and engaged in comment and
discussion that was not ended until
another professor had arrived &c
claim the lecture hall.
Here Is man" 7 Thought. who
has really been somewhere and done
something. I'm going to take his
course" That made my third course
and today as I am entering the Brazil
liam wilderness. ] recollect with hap
4 piness the many hours ! have spent
listening to Professor Atwood's lee
lures on photography, and also thu
personal talks We have had when
at the end Of tho term. | was pre-
pairing for this trip " exploration ant
| research, He was just as interest
ing outside of the classroom as h
was when. standing on his platform
: hand full of chalk, he broke into oil
: theories OF the universe and sbAret
a their weak points. or carefully ad
vanced more recent ones. including
some OF his own. for our approval an
p acceptance. He always had pleas
4 ant word or nod for his students, mos
Y OF whom he knew by name. which Il
4 a class of its SIZE was rather unusua,
n Twice there were long field excursion.
4 once IL Mt. Tom and the other tim
= to Monadwods. each requiring A flu
k days journey, Climbing ovGh tn
q trails; he .ee'.e,' able to give Ills eve
d mere of himself than when he wa
q in the lecture hall. While pointing I
Is distant mountains. telling us the
d structure and discussing their origin