A Campus Character

Tiiere have boen rumora lately to th effeet that okl "Doe." Nagele's days of usefuloess on the college campus are mimbered. For 47 years he has had charge uf the déad bodies whlcl are used in the dissect.ing room, but ïvmitly. t is saiil, lu has growi clilldlsh aud eccen'tric and unable to pi-öperiy attend to his duöes. Xngele bas been a couspieuous fljrurc cw the campus for 47 years and every n.oilic.-il gradúate since 1850 tenows lam. Ilis special woTk has beca to look after the cadavers, and nmay strange atarles are told oí his perloi-a.anccs al. mg tliat line. When he ïuspeets the piekling tortae is iiot Mi-ong enough, he is said to taste the u ixture regardless of grilmlng still's which have been in it for n onths. In the early days when boflles were stolen, "Doe" frequemüy' carne iiito eomtacl with the aiïthorlties and the storlee tola of his shrowd knarery wonld make a bcrok. Once a sheriff gave him $5 to bury a stolen body. He buried it iu a pilo of leaves, told the studente, wlio tok and turoed the pile, and g.?l a ;ii) tip from theni. Once a sh.'ritï' part oalled and "Doe" buried thre stole stlffs down the large hollow pillars o the east end of the itiedical building -Vuother part of his work iu earl fiaya was to rísisg a bril to cnJ rtn,r-i.is to lecture. The need for lilis ha poseed, but "íoc" han persllïl yr.ir ídter year in uinging hts lirti.# !iand IjeD for eaeh cla'ss. Tliis is oue o the eauses oí' conflict btween hini and Supt Beerefl. Nagele carne ro ti,:? coraitry í'roin Germaaiy ia 1ÍU9 and iu ccxmpany with Iüs wife wnlked from Buffalo to Ano !■ ivirl-.i-.iir a cent iu has pocket. TIion seeu today he wae biue .toíí sií.I: "Ai] niy oíd friends are deitá uiii( and I am left alone." He i 76 yeaTa o-ld and lias been eonneoted iili the U'Eívesrsity longer than any i man. Dr. V.-mhan said hefore olng to Europ-.v Náfrele should sia.v ero as long as te cnu handle .: stiff, ut Mr; Iïrcvc s.iys he .mst go.