Excerpt from Index, 1952 Scientist naturalist, lover of the great outdoors, Clarence Gordon was, as student, alumnus and teacher, a personage on the campus of his Alma hlater for considerably more than half his life. Graduating in 1901 after an undergraduate career of leadership and recalled to join the teaching staff following a period of graduate study and teaching in other institutions, he had much in knowl edge, experience and personality to offer his students. Distinguished among his associates, he headed the science faculty for eighteen years. Though professionally a geologist, he had an inherent interest in plant life; his private garden was a repository of cherished favorites gleaned in field and fishing excursions which were often made in rare companionship with a fellow naturalist. A man of sterling character, scholarly attainment, deeply committed to things worthwhile, loyal in friendship, his was a pattern of high accomplishment and exemplary living. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.