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THE FIRST FACULTY 59 place." Burrill, a graduate of the State Normal Univ versity, was sought before he could leave town, and began as assistant professor a connection that was to last nearly fifty years. Even yet but little of the projected program could be realized—some courses in natural history and mathematics under Burrill, in English under Baker, and in history and Latin under Atherton. Atherton was also the first teacher of military tactics, and had the entire enrollment for awkward squad. There was no uniform, and the motley headgear in particular tried the heart of the drillmaster, though he refrained from complaining, for he knew how poor were most of the boys. One unhappy wight presented himself at drill one morning in a high silk hat, which was bowled to the ground at the feet of the professor when his neighbor presented arms. Atherton with difficulty concealed his wrath, and thereafter the boys were ordered to wear "some kind of a cap." In the autumn a much better showing was made. For this term five new teachers had been procured: Lieut-Col. S. "W. Shattuck, a Civil "War veteran and assistant professor of mathematics and instructor in military tactics at Norwich University in Vermont, was brought out for the same positions at a salary of $1,200 a year; J. "W. PowellI had been made professor «f natural history and geology, and granted a $600 salary for the summer while on an exploring trip in the Rockies, but could not return; Willard Bliss, of Nokomis, Illinois, was made professor of agriculture at $2,000 a year; A. P. S. Stuart, of Harvard, became professor of chemistry at the same salary, and Capt Edward I Prof. Powell was the noted Major Powell, later explorer of the Grand Canyon and Director of the United States Geological
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