Prof. William Cook of the Institute of Technology, who received an accidental and fatal wound while hunting in August last, was connected with this college for eleven years as Instructor and Assistant-Professor of German. Many members of the class of '87 re member with gratitude his earnest and zealous work of instruction, and recall with pleasure the sincerity and warmth of his interest in them and their studies.

Prof. Cook was a man of large and varied experience. He served as an of ficer in the War of the Rebellion, and was for some months a prisoner of war. He spent several years in Europe, devoting himself to the study of modern languages and literature. He was an accomplished scholar in German and French, and at the time of his death held the position of American editor to a "Cyclopedic Dictionary" about to be published in Paris.

In 1880 he edited and revised Otto's German Grammar and had since that time made preparations for the writing of a Grammar of the same language upon a plan of his own. His literary work was marked by the same care and attention to detail which gave a peculiar stamp to his teaching. He was, indeed, in all the relations of life, strictly conscientious and governed by a certain relentless sense of duty.

Prof. Cook was fond of athletic and out-door sports and especially constant in tennis playing. He was an enthusiastic sportsman and it is a grim fatality that he should receive his death-wound from a weapon to the use of which he had long been accustomed.

He was a man of marked individuality and striking personality and will long be remembered by his former colleagues and students for his chivalry of manner and his kindness of heart.