Professor oF MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WASH-
INGTON FROM 1885 TO 1897; Sometime Professor of Pedagogy in the
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON; SECRETARY OF THE STATE Board
OF EDUCATION FROM 1893 TO 1897.

"Take the wings

Of Morning—and the Barcan desert pierce,
Or lose thyself in the continuous woods,

Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound,

Save his own dashings—yet—the dead are there.”

-BRYANT.

ST. LOUIS, MO.:

BECKTOLD PRINTING AND BOOK MFG. CO.

1898.