University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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Experiment Station at Orono large scholarship and wide experience. The evidence ot this is seen in the results of his investigations and the clearness and simplicity of his reports. Professor Jordan will be greatly missed by the farmers of Maine. His presence at an institute was always evidence that work of high grade was to be expected, and this expectation was never disappointed. The breadth and accuracy of his information on all points which per- tained to farming made his addresses rich in illustration and his answers to questions full and satisfactory. His logical habit of mind led him to arrange his matter in so orderly a manner that his hearers had no diffi- culty in grasping and holding the salient points. He leaves us just as his powers have reached full maturity and with the prospect of many years of work before him. To his new field of labor he carries the fruit of twenty years of close study and thought, and the hearty wishes of all for his luture success. MM 18

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{Professor ?P. Jf. Jordan. ROFESSOR V. II. JORDAN, whose portrait accompanies this article, will sever his connection with Maine State College July 1, oi the present year, to accept the position of Director of the Experiment Station at Geneva, New York. Professor Jordan’s withdrawal is a severe loss to the College; but it is a distinct gain to the agricultural interests of the country, because he will thus be placed in a position to do more and better work than ever before. Though we deeply regret that another state has held out inducements sufficient to draw him from Maine, we cannot but have a feeling of pride in the fact that it was to a Maine man that New York turned when she wanted to fill one of her most responsible positions; and we must regard it a high compliment that her choice fell on an alumnus of Maine State College. Professor Jordan is easily one of the foremost agricultural scientists in the United States. As an authority on animal nutrition he has prob- ably few equals and no superiors. As an investigator lie is patient, persistent, accurate. As a thinker, cautious, keen, and logical. His views are broad, his mind judicial. His generous way of looking at things is in part due to native characteristics, in part to his thorough training. A graduate of Maine State College, a post-graduate student at Cornell University, an assistant in chemistry at Wesleyan University, an instructor in agriculture at his alma mater, five years a professor in Pennsylvania State College, he brought to his work as Director of the 17

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TJhe Seneret jf umni jfssoc at on. Ciiaki.es S. Bickford. President, Belfast. I). Wii.dkr Colby. Recording Secretary, Orono. Frank Damon, Corresponding Secretary, Orono. H. M. Bean ding. Treasurer, Bangor. I, . H. Merrill, Necrologist, Orono. CLASS SECRETARIES: Class of 1872 H. J. Haskeli...............................................Westbrook. Class of 1873 J. M. Oak......................................................Bangor. Class of 1874 J. I. Gurney...............................Dorchester, Mass. Class of 1875 K. F. Hitchings............................................Bueksport. Class of 1876 K. M. B LAN DING..............................................Bangor. Class of 1877 S. W. Gould...............................................Skorvhegan. Class of 1878 John Locke, Jr...............................................Portland. Class of 1879 F. K. Kidder,.......................1362 California St., Denver, Col. Class Of 1880 A. H. Brown..............................................Old town. Class of 1881 II. M. Plaisted...............721 Commercial Building, St. Louis, Mo. Class of 1882 W. R. Howard..................................................Belfast. Class of 1883 L. W. Taylor..................................................Calais. Class of 1884 G. H. Allen,................................................Portland. Class of 1SS5 J. N. Hart,.....................................................Orono. Class of 1SS6 R. K. Jones..............................Hotel Oxford, Boston, Mass. Class of ISS7 I). W. Colby,...................................................Orono. Class of 1SSS T. G. Lord,................................................Skowhegan. Class of ISS9 Nellie W. Reed,............................................Stillwater. Class of IS90 N. C. Grover,...................................................Orono. Class of 1891 H G, Mengks, ......................................Everett, Mass. Class of 1892 G. F. Atherton, ...................................Cape Elizabeth. Class of 1 893 G. F. Rowe.....................................................Bangor. Class of 1 894 J. M. Kim ball, ...............................................Bangor. Class of 1 895 Frank Damon.....................................................Orono.