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Professor Florus A. Barbour Florus A. Barbour was born in Flint on February 14, 1S56, but spent his boyhood and early manhood in Pontiac, Michigan. After completing the high school course in Pontiac, he entered the University of Michigan in the fall ot 1S73. Owing to an eye injury, received in playing baseball, he was obliged to drop his studies for a year but took his A. B. degree in 1S7S. Later his Alma Mater bestowed upon him the complimentary degree of M. A. In 1907, upon the organization of a Phi Beta Kappa chapter at Michigan, the University chose him one of the two representatives of the class ot 1S7S, as a member of that society — an acknowledgment of his high class scholarship and splendid record as an educator. After his graduation he served as principal of Coldwater High School, leaving to become principal of a very large grammar school in Grand Rapids. He was called back after a year, however, as superintendent ot Coldwater Public Schools. In 1S83 he married one of the Coldwater teachers, Cora Titus, and in the fall of 1SS5 came to Ypsilanti as Head ot the English Department of the Michigan State Normal. In that capacity he served continuously until his death, December 6, 1926.
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in memory of professor harbour What Professor Barbour was to his friends and colleagues, and what his years of service meant educationally cannot he measured hut may be indicated by brief excerpts from tributes already published : I found that he was filled with a burning zeal for the noblest and the best things of lite; that he had a courage that rose superior to all defeats; that he had a tender and sympathetic heart for all in trouble and distress. And above all I found him to be the very soul of honor and integrity. Benjamin L. D ' Ooge Professor Barbour had a superb mind, and was a great teacher of English. He possessed an intense respect for the mother tongue and he made its literature a part of his very life. He was gifted with rare felicity of expression and power of interpretation. With eloquence, persuasiveness, charm, he led his students through the Elysian fields of English poetry and prose. . . Professor Barbour was a delightful public speaker. His mind was keen and analytical; he had a masterly command of language and his appeal was compelling and convincing. He was one of the most effective platform speakers Michigan has ever had. P . Clyde Ford Rarely are men gifted as was Professor Barbour with a feeling for the charm and beauty of language. Still more rarely are they gifted with such powers of expression as he possessed — moving, appealing, compelling. His lectures, though on scholastic subjects, were often specimens of creative art. Alma Blount So long was Professor Barbour connected with the Normal College and so outstanding was his influence that it is difficult to think of the college going on without him; nor will it, for his influence will live in the lives of the thousands whom he taught in the classroom or from the lecture platform. He has a secure place in the history of the college and the educational history of Michigan. diaries McKenny He saw life as an endeavor, a reaching forth after the Infinite. Even in the last year of suffering and sometimes darkness, he often said that his faith in God and the future life was as strong as ever. With such a belief no wonder he inspired all with the ideals expressed in great literature. Though his voice is now silent, his inspiration lives and will grow as those he inspired touch the lives of others. His life and work recall the words of a modern dramatist : Life is no ' brief candle ' for me. It is a sort of splendid torch, which I have got hold of for the moment; and I want to make it burn as brightly as pos- sible before handing it on to future generations. Abigail Pearce
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