Excerpt from The Index, 1927 Agricultural College as Instructor in German Language and Literature. Holding a Master's degree in Arts from Brown University, trained for his special work by study and research in the University of Heidelberg, he brought to our College the dignity and the poise which is characteristic of the liberal thinker disciplined by. The classical tradition. The biographical events which bear upon Professor Ashley's preparation for his life's work may be simply stated. He was born at Medford, Mass, Sept. 6, 1880. First a country school boy, then prepared for College at the Boston Latin School, he entered Brown University, graduating in 1903 and remaining three vears more as instructor in German and graduate student in Germanics. During this period of study he received the ma. Degree. The year 1906-7 was spent at the University of Heidelberg. Then followed a year at Bates College whence, in 1908, he was called to head the Department of German at In regard to his attainments in the world of scholarship it is sufficient to say that he is a member of Phi Beta Kappa; and furthermore that American students of merely average intelligence do not study Germanics at Heidelberg University. The qualities which now distinguish the man were manifested at an early age._ Even as a boy he seems to have possessed the gift of a vivid and creative imagi nation. He is thrilled by stories of the dogs of St. Bernard; he revels in the exploits of all-conquering story-book heroes; he dreams of _crossing the seas and visiting strange countries and stranger peoples. But rarer than the gift of imagi nation is the ability to incarnate the vision in deeds. This boy was a practical idealist; he prepared himself in Greek, and without a teacher, for admission to the Boston Latin School. Furthermore, he took' up by himself and under rigorous self - discipline made considerable advance in the piano before he had received a single lesson in music. 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.