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' . w ' -. ?,. .• ' , ' ;- BPNNeR POTPOURRI £ (ian 3ones fi •REDERICK SCHEETZ JONES was born in Missouri, and has been skeptical as to the value of human testimony ever since. Although quick to wrath, he will not always chide, neither wil l he keep his anger forever. A black frown on his brow is usually speedily followed by the radiant light of laughter; and his keen sense of humor fills the atmosphere with ozone. This suddenness of temperament in our beloved Dean may be astrologically accounted for by the fact that he was born in April, month of alternating clouds and sunshine. The fighting quality in the man is explained historically by the foct that he was born in 1862. Even as a boy he was never content with anything but the best, which is the chief reason why he came to Yale. In his undergraduate days he was admired and respected by both classmates and Faculty, and unlocked the most complicated wards of learning with a Phi Beta Kappa key. He was graduated B.A. with the class of 1884, and proceeded M.A. in 1891. It was while teaching at the Shattuck School, Faribault, Minnesota, that he selected one of his best pupils, Alfred K. Merritt, for especial distinction. Then and tliere began the warm friendship between these two men, which is now even more firmly cemented by their partnership in the official guidance and control of the students ol ale College. The undergraduates are fortunate indeed in having as their coun- sellors and advisers two individuals of such wisdom, experience, and human sympathy. From 1887 to 1889. Mr. Jones was in Germany, studying first at the university of Berlin and then at the Polytechnic School at Zurich. In 1 889, at a remarkably tender age for such a responsible position, he was made Professor of Physics at the University of Minnesota, and very soon became the right-hand man of President Northrup. His success in his department both as a teacher and executive officer was so signal that in 1902 he was made Dean of the College of Engineering. This department he completely reorganized, raising the standard of admission, and developing the work in every profitable direction. Among the students of the whole University he was a great personal force, his advice being sought in all extra-curriculum activities. It was owing almost entirely to his efforts that the tine new athletic field was
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