Hunter College - Wistarion Yearbook (New York, NY)

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1 il f ' gi ogg? Dwi LILA WUODS, Woman Superintendent of the Hi? Q Normal Colle e d' d - Q W, March I 8 , 16 suddenly on the 8th of ii- 9 'c so K f 901 Although she hadbeenfor some time, -, Q out of health, few of her friends knew that her latest .. 0-x255,.,,51Q?q attack of illness was unusually serious. The an- : , .. nouncement in chapel of her death fell as a heavy blow upon students and teachers alike. I Professor Woods was born in Belfast, Ireland, and brought to this country as a child. She attended the public schools of this city and the Saturday normal classes. This schooling was, however, but the beginning of her education, for she was by natural inclination a scholar, and sought throughout her life, with tireless interest, the things that are more excellent? - When, in 187o, the Normal College was organized, Miss VVoods was appointed first assistant in the department of mathematics. She was subsequently transferred to the department of psychology. In 1888, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Miss Lydia F. Wad- leigh, Miss Woods was placed in the position of Woman Super- intendent. - A - The faithful service which she rendered to the college in this capacity is beyond praise. Yet it is as a teacher that she will be re- membered longest by the privileged graduates of earlier years,--a teacher luminous, inspiring, masterly. Perhaps but few of the stu- dents who came into contact with her in latter days,-impressed as all must have been by her conscientiousness, justice and kindliness, -had the opportunity to recognize fully her intellectual distinction. DZ1S'ZtZ'7ZCfZ'07Z is, indeed, the word that associates itself most readily with her character and personality, her high-mindedness and fine self-re- pression corresponding well with the singular dignity of her presence. Much as she did, we must remain most grateful for what 'she was. In thinking of her weariness, weakness and pain, long bravely borne, we cannot, despite our loss, but rejoice with her in her release. The words of Matthew Arnold have an austere beauty which makes them fitting to be spoken of 116181 6.2. My .-A-as-by Her cabin'd, ample spirit, It Huttered and failed for breathg To night she doth inherit The vasty hall of death. I3

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mr, NY., ,,l . 4:5115 I 2 Mg Q . , I rm, 1 4 V 5 . Y ,lk 151 f A01 Mffiuiak. HUUMTE'USIJEnw'ifIJ'1 '1Lna3'MSHA14fi'E'l5 E-'flldli-IF? MUJEIG.-IEEIUU 3 ' Executive Committee WALDO H. RICHARDSON, M. D., Chairman RICHARD A. ADAMS PATRICK J. WHITE JOSEPH KITTEL' VERNON M. DAVIS ABRAHAM STERN IOHN GREENE ARTHUR S. SOMERS I THOMAS HUNTER, PH.D., L.L.D