virtue; and the highest intelligence and virtue cannot fail to be productive of the greatest wealth. The interests of production are often seen to be so parallel with the path of virtue, as to be more provocative of virtue than virtue herself. The admirable interaction of the laws of the several departments of man's social nature, the mutual support which they render each other, and the general concurrence of their motives, present topics not less suggestive of divine skill than those of the external world." He taught, he philosophized, and he left a deep impression upon this state and upon the university. In his classes were men like Senator Robert M. La Follette, Judge Robert G. Siebecker of the Wisconsin supreme court, and Charles R. Van Hise, now president of the University of Wisconsin.
On December 13, 1911, memorial services were held for this man at the university. The full tide of his influence was clearly shown at that time, the beginnings of which Bascom himself had lived to see. The following tributes paid to his memory show the respect for and appreciation of his work and influence.
Said Judge Siebecker on that occasion:—
"He held to the principle that we are bound in duty to use the school as a means of helpfulness in the world and that every true educational principle takes issue with any system of instruction that omits to call upon the school to take its place in the state as a constructive agency in the highest social economy."
