Hamilton College - Hamiltonian Yearbook (Clinton, NY)

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HAMIL TON COLLEGE 7 jklajfaaen. gnsspb iiusmell igainlep, ZLSLE. OLDIER, editor, reformer, statesman, genial compan- -- ion, and loyal friend-great in each and greatest in the V ' A combination of these rare elements-honoring his Alma Mater as she proudly owns him her son, Sen- ' 1' - 5 ator Hawley deserves the tribute which the Hamilton- ian honors itself in giving. Steadfast and loyal public servants Hamilton likes to think that she sends out, and there are facts to justify her faith. Among the most shining examples of her sons is Senator Hawley. 8 Born at Stewartsville, North Carolina, Qctober 31, 1826, of English-Scotch lineage, he removed with his parents to Connecti- cut, his ancestral state, eleven years later. At Cazenovia Seminary he prepared for Hamilton, from which he graduated in 1847, with especially good record in debate and other speaking. His law-practice began three years later in Hartford, Connecticut. Those were stirring anti-slavery days, which called out the sturdy fighting qualities of this college man. First in the Free Soil Party, and then in the Republican, the first meeting in Connecti- cut for the organization of which was held at his call and in his ofiice, he did valiant service. ln the interest of this cause he became, in 1857, editor of the Haryana' Evening Press. When the first call for troops followed the firing upon Sumter, he was the first volunteer in the State, at the head ofa company which he had armed with rifles personally ordered by him. Dur- ing the war his career was distinguished and his promotion rapid. At its close he was chosen Governor of his State, of which he has since remained the most distinguished among many notable citizens. Re-entering journalism as editor of the Harzfara' Coaranf, he was soon. called upon to enter Congress, where he served three terms in the lower House before he was elected in 1881 to the Senate, of which he has been since then continuously a member. Among many important services were his opposition to paper mon- -ey, and his vigorous promotion of civil service reform legislation. Busy as his life has been, Commencement has found him regu- larly climbing the old beloved Hill, and rejoicing in the growing evidences of Hamilton's prosperity. That the evening shadows may lengthen slowly upon his life, and that the sunset splendors 'may be worthy of the day, every son of Hamilton devoutly prays. b

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L. N J 9 v 1 Q i i ll J- vi 3 HAJIIIL TON COLLEGE ' 9 imufessur Qliuiuarh gwurtb. 5L.ZEa.E. P11oF. ARTHUR s. HovT, D. D., ,72. R. NORTH is notable for his length of service as a Professor of Greek. Sixty years have probably not been equalled by any other American Pro- .,a.aaa.:, f .. . I hi - essoi. n t is respect he outstrips the great names associated with the language in this coun- try, Tyler and Felton, Harkness and Hadley and Taylor. There must' be a peculiar preserving quality in Attic salts, for all these men were rich and individual, kept pure and sweet through generations of students without being dried. But it is not the quantity but the quality of service that made Edward North so dear to the sons of Hamilton. He was the interpreter of Greek thought and life. He gave us the literature of power. Above everything else he was a hzmzfz7zz'.rf.- it was life that he loved and taught his classes. His own training had been received before the era of the specialist, and the conquest of lan- guage-teaching by the philologist. But the minutest scientific drill could not have dulled the poet's love and vision. tl do not know whether he was a scientific eXpert in the Greek language. At least he did not care to write a grammar or give learned disquisitions upon particles. But I do know that he had imbibed the Greek love of life and beauty, he lived in the Greek thought, and had his golden dreams, and renewed the lost ages, and glorified all with the light of the Divine Humanist, and gave a finer spirit to the pushing, peering, questioning soul of this western world. He said to a company of students that welcomed him on his return from a year in Athens: We have the best