friends of the University. He sponsored the first “General Catalogue of Alumni”
since 1872 and encouraged the publishing of campus view books. For two brief periods the Board provided him with an assistant for fund raising and in 1905, Vincent B. Fisk, the newly appointed Registrar, was given the additional responsibility of “Field Secretary”
which meant primarily student recruitment.
Building construction and campus landscaping which Professor Taylor had come to regard as his exclusive domain held a great interest for Dr. Merrill; his experience in these’ areas gave him positive opinions which occasionally brought the two men into conflict. Nevertheless, improvements went on at a steady pace.
The President, repelled by the dreary college chapel on the second
