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127 ORIGIN OF PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. 127 of his profession, attaining by the time of his death to the position of circuit judge in Oregon. Although many of the men connected with the institution in these early times did not stay for a long period of service their in- fluence was valuable, and generally, as in the case of Mr. Shattuck, they remained in the State and became influen- tial friends of the institution. As a successor, Rev. Gush- ing Eells was recalled and served for a period of three years. The academy continued to do effective work under the principalship of William Adams, now a resident of Hills- boro, Harvey W. Scott then a student in the college, E. A. Tanner called from Jacksonville, Illinois; S. Weynand, L. J. Powell, A. J. Anderson from Illinois, and J. D. Robb, all of whom served during the presidency of Doctor Marsh. To the development of the college proper Doctor Marsh gave his best service and endeavored to make the institu- tion stand in the community for high ideals of classical education. It is to this effort, therefore, that attention must be directed. Doctor Marsh was not lacking in ap- preciation of the more elementary features of education, but he felt that the subject of higher education was his own creative sphere of activity. The requirements of a college are necessarily greater than those of an academy. Money and permanent en- dowment was needed and to this task Doctor Marsh de- voted his energies. In the fall of 1858 he made his first trip to the East, remaining until the spring of 1860. The work of solicitation was distasteful to Doctor Marsh, but he had much success in the work. His letters home are filled with the experiences which a man engaged in such work was compelled to meet. His devotion to the cause and his enthusiasm, together with the helpful influence of connections with a family of prominent educators in the East, surmounted all difficulties and he was able to