He did, I believe, some very hard work indeed in his senior year.

Although universally liked and respected by his classmates, he was not regarded as among the eminent scholars.

Ellis performed all his duties in College very fairly but did not seem to care much for rank or for scholarship until, in the senior year, some lectures on anatomy were delivered by old Dr.John C.Warren.

Ellis was filled with enthusiasm, as were some of the other members of the class.

He and I got a skull somewhere and studied bones, processes, and sutures, both meaning to be physicians.