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Part of In Memoriam - Rachel Lloyd, Ph.D.

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CuEMIcar, Lanoratory,
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
LINCOLN, January 20th, 1889.
My dear Mr. Lloyd:

T have, man
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y times, thought to write you, but as many
Ss something interfered.

I often recall the very pleasant visit that Edward and I had
with yourself and family, and Edward is sometimes unpatriotic
enough to wish that he could live in Philadelphi:

But the immediate cause and purpose of this letter is to re-
cord a bit of history and to tell vou something of your sister.

Both Mrs. Lloyd and myself are often called upon for ad-
dresses on different occasions. During the last week the State
Agricultural Society has been in session in one of our buildings.
Mrs. Lloyd, myself, and several of the other University professors
read papers before them. Mrs L.’s paper was on the “ Sugar
Rect Industry,’ and has been spoken of as the best paper read
before the Society. It is in regard to this that I have to speak.

You can imagine a large room filled with farmers, trying to
sit ‘at ease.’ As I read my paper, the President was reclining
on four chairs at the back of the platform and the audience,
well, your imagination can tell you best, not all of them had
their feet on the backs of the chairs in front. They took the
infliction as easily as they could.

Mrs Lloyd followed me.
men labored under the impres
ought to be inseparable.



















w I suppose that some of those
ion that a woman and a wash tub

At any rate they seemed surprised
that a woman could calmly walk up on the platform and read a

scientific paper. You should have seen the thrill of life that ran
through the assembly; the President sat bolt upright in only
one chair; the feet sought places inconspicuous ; interest came
into faces and eyes, and a perfect silence and deep attention
followed where a moment before had been conversations and.
T may be mistaken —but I thought I had lulled some of them to
sleep Then, before the lady appeared on the platform, the go
ings out and comings in had been both frequent and noisy. ‘The





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