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Show tory Physics, and the fitting up of a laboratory under my own direction and after plans which I had drawn. If any of you will call upon me in my laboratory I am sure you will pardon the pride which I take in it. My very few spare moments have been devoted usually to the subject of Nature Study for the graded schools, with a hope of making myself more serviceable as a science teacher. I like the work very much and find that I have become a veritable crank on the subject. I am also making an especial study of color and color-perception. These studies, together with my regular school work and my weekly mending, demand all of my attention; yet I often turn aside to read the events of the day, and always devour with hungry eagerness everything that pertains to our college or to any of its sons or daughters. I often think of each one of you, and just as often wish for each all the blessings of success and usefulness that I could desire for myself. With a cordial greeting for each one of you, I am. Yours very sincerely, HAL FRENCH. Creston, Iowa, Feb. i, 1899. My Dear Classmates:- What was my surprise on alighting from a street car yesterday afternoon, to encounter the smiling face of our classmate. Perry Palmer Persons, which incident forcibly reminded me that my donation to the class letter would very soon be overdue. My "field of labor" is only eighteen miles from the parental roof, so I can easily take refuge there at the end of the week. I wonder how the rest of you school teachers like |
