Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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THE GALE ing at which some decisive action was to be take11. He loved learning for learning's sake. and his scholarship was broad and accurate. 1 had tl1e privilege not merely of study- ing under these two men, but also of asso- ciation with them for many years on the faculty of Knox. Now' I come to one who was not only the honored colleague, but also tl1e revered teacher of all tl1ree. to one who was for nftv-live vears an active professor at lxnox a11d doubtless d1d 111ost to deter1111ne tl1e character of 1ts instruction a11d to put his unpiess upo11 tl1e intellectual habits of the Qtidents Prof Albert Hurd No blest RO11l21I'1 of them all l1as always been 11ur 111xoluntarv tribute a11d the college l1as reason to congratulate itself upon tl1e pos session ot so satistxmq a portrait 111 oil presented lw l11s triends a11d admirers The itts tl1e culture the disciplined pow ers tl1e ardor and tl1e dexotion wl11cl1 he Qaxe ot his l1eart to the college can spread upo11 no cam ass can t111d no por tru al 111 words Llem cut as a cameo w ere l11s features, but the expression 111 l11s thought had tl1e ClLll1l1tCll6Ss of outline a11d tl1e CllStlIlLtUCSS ot pro1ect1o11 of 1 mathematical hgure lhs expression was cle1r and 11111l because his ow ll conceptlon w lb so And lllb co111 111 11111 11t speech lllb l11 ely 11111Q111'1t1o11 and us c'l1lNt6 t1ste tounc alwavs the hting wor1l Truth w1tl1 l11111 was 9OIllCtllll'l2 sacred .1111 l11s l6I'lll7LI'1lll'lE'l1I was xolcauic so no student cared to trifle w1tl1 truth or w1tl1 lL professor llut intense as were 11s teeincgc strenuous lb were his labors 111s cnernies seemcd uexer to tire nexer exen 1 4 2 urmg 1 ITELC 11r 1 l11s hfe l1e W. 1 -111, TC Hl rc ot two or three men '1 w lcl 11 w 1s 11s 111111 e ace he 111. the Tcllldflx t11 111e th lt l1e h 11l nex er lcnowu 111 1 T It 1 1e tire To one who was 111111 t1rc1 such 1 rc111 1rlc w lb 1 rex ela o11 This retention ot mtellcctu 1l uuor exen 111 Ill cr 1 1r111c1es 11 s 1 w I5 111 1 NU 1111 111 1t 1 XXt flfllIl, whcrc wc w erc botl1 pres ll llSllLll s 1 tl llllll the hrst ie 1111 N 1 c th It l1e tl ok up the stud 1cr111111 K1 1 nc 1111 XXIII obsolctc kUllSll llLll0Ilb from lllar 11rs 1 c 1 1s ot X 11ses tl1e man of 11 , ce ll 1 11 1 1 1 el t thc 11 lleg The co111111u111 1r11l thc lcncl ts f 11 a truly 1s Prof Lhurcl ll Betore I became a stuc e11t 1 nox 1111 1111 lQlll 1111111 111 bccn lll,llLlxLllC'l and 111y 1ppet1te for lcnowlecge arpcncd I1 r 11 lIur1l s popul 1r lectures 1111 ceol 05 Prof Lhurclull s portrait l6 fr llltl'sIllLLL 11 11 tl t th lubhc qklltlll w1tl1 tl1e tltle Founc e 1 1 11111 s o f11lcs11 at Xnv lustorv of our lubhc L1br1ry 111ay well ne r1 llur1l s p1rt1'11t ls 1 frontispiecc with the title lUUIlCl6l' of Our Pu1 ic I1l1r TN 111 thc L1 1111111111115 1111y well 1111te tl1at it lb 1111lcbte1l to tl1e prese11t lDI'C'SlllLIlt of Ixnox c1lc-'1 t1r Xlr car11eg1es gift ct 350000 wlnch made t1e prcsent 11le11111te llltl be 1ut11ul lllllllllllj, for thc library poss1ble l'R1-xi QI1 llxlllg l1 1111 s with 1le1 'lllllljc guests XX hy how do you do 'HR llE1Rn how do you do' - - 1 - , , 1 L' ' , ' ' 1 ' , ' bfi , , y 1 , , 1 . . l'Q 'l': 1: ' l ' it' ' . I '- 11 1 1.3 . .. 'sv tl 2 ' :Q . ' Q ' ' ' l' ' ll 5 ' 3 il ' ' '. i' t 1 flap. ll ' ' 1 l1 j li t 1 f 'Q ' '15 1 l1' fl tl '1l' 'I ' , elld l yet, 'l 11 l A '1, 11st 'lll 'j , '1de l'1 lf, .X1.11i11 ll1'1111 wh: it was t1 l ' 11. ' ' ' l ' ' 1 l. 5 ' 1 ' 1 ' '1 ' 1 ' ti h . 11l1l age is i111li1'11tc'1l by his li1 ely ' ll est ill zll l 1 'l ' f it 11ly. lle '1 ', ' his last years. our pr 1fes.' r of l-:ti , l t 1 1 ' i S , ' ' ' ' 1't' -6 I. he r 5 ' :1cros.' the roo111 to me 'lllll llilfl me repeat aloud 1 ' i 5 ' rse uf J1lllIl'S gospel ill the oripi11al 511 that he might get the sound of tl1e Greek word, o111'--111, lt was after he was eifflny years of zu- 1 1 - y of 1 1 . Zlllfl he usel to cn - to 1 'il 5 11 ' I 1 till I.utl - ll'bIe. lt 1111-I.t bc- said of li111. as it wzg ' il 3 5, ' C 1d IIis eye was 11111 llllllll1C'll, llL'illlL'I' was his lllllllflll for' 1l2!lCCl.H 1 l'ut l'r1 '. lllli'4l'S services were 1111 '1111i11 1 11 1 -1 e. ' 'ty sh: ' I 1- -1:11 1e111's ' . A 'li . ' 1 l 1tK .' :.'1' lzl 1- U l,' 1 ' 'j' lj sh' 1 - vu' l' 1 '. 1 ' ' 1' ll, 1. . f ' ' i is tl 1 i ur 'Allis PTB' 11- e l V ,Q 1s, ' , ler of tl1 Illlllil' Sl lg f '1 -gl lf, .1 , 'Q 1 , l ' 1 ' ' I11' l 1f. 1 1' 1.'1 ' V ll Q a A l 1 -1 A 1 1 ' ' ' ' '1 ' ' ' Q' I ' 1 1l1,,'- '1 , . 'g K' 1' 1, l 1 1 1 1 1' ' ' - . 3. ,.:'11 I: 11 3: , ' ,., ,, .

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KNOX COLLEGE nndable debater in the countrv hut the president of Ixnox College set Xhraham Lin coln the example The question under dehate howewei was soon to be settled in the held of battle and in that struggle the young men of lxnox to whom the boy had looked up adnnringly did their duty with the same alnhty and courage that had shone in their president I make no attempt to reproduce the atmosphere of sohcitude and suspense that prey ailed at Ixnox PROF GEO CHURCHILI during tl e days of the war Ior those who experienced 1t such an attempt must he altogether mad equate for those who did not ex DGTICHQC t the reproduction would he altogether impossible The few boys who were left drilled for possible tall to the held under a sold1er from Ger many Mayor qtandiu who also acted as instructor 1n the ber man language The writer has an especially xixid ietollectlon of an attempt at regimenttl drill in which company front was repre sented hy a rope stretched and earned hy two students Oh xiously snth a drill tould not go far but it rehexed the tension of our sp1r1ts l v gixing us something to do 1nd gaxe us excellent exer cise in the open air l entered lxnox Academy as El lmov of hfteen and was for tvwo yeais under the re nne of hat lung of Prepdom Prof geo man Added t his alnhty getting at fund unent xl truth he lad great power of re ison and 1ll'lQlIllt1Ull Jnick enervetlt untirinfr thor ough his instruction was in the highest degree formatixe and ti nul ltlllo lle iad traveled much and his ohserx int receptive retentlxe mind assnnl lated everything so that it was ready for use at any time trans formed and transfused hy his own absolutely unique personality Whatex er he taught music math ematics language natural science the Bible it was in this xixifying style that demanded and com manded the attention of the stu dents To the highest n elfare of all his pupils he gaxe himself with all his heart and was ewer a vnse appreclatiwe friend Professor Milton L Lomstotk taught our class mathematics physics and astronomy In some respects he was the counterpart of his brother in law and class mate Prof Churchill While the latter was six acious and energetic in manner Prof Comstock was mild and serene His temper xx as calm and Judicial and in one of the hot scraps that character 1zed the career of the tlass of 1882 le was the students choice for chairman of a critical meet PROP iXlILTON L Comsaocit Oh but those prayers of W XTlxIINb ' . . V' 7 , F - ' . f . v 4. cs - f ' - . 1 I - l . . -V ' c 1 D ' i , . ' I Y . Pc , 2 . s 2 . , C s -figs 2 l ' f P w . ' ' ,V 5 c cg . ' L ' I 1 1A C v v - NY S V 1 c c i 2 X, , r -' f ' - ' 7 v ' Z R ' ' 1' - ' , 2 ' ' . ' .' - X V' V A P L vi Y 1 H Q t Churchill. Uur king was a gifted . o ' . ot Y A 2 2 1. ' . N' 1 Q 0 - 1 1 rg' 2 . , ' . 1' Q a A ' . ' 1 s ' 1 5. l. , 'Z . g , - .,,, , ,, . c , c 1 . C . r ' Y ' c - I 1 f V O P P V Y 7 - Y 4 c ' , ' c ' 'ii' . . Y . W as . . lg . t rc y - - 1 C s - 7 - C S s v o T' CT . 'T V1 gf YV' 1 p - 5 C 1 ' ' ' . Y , P ' 'f ' V,

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KNOX COLLEGE Professors I-Iurd Churclnll and Comstock constltute what we love to call the Knox trlumxrrate but the older graduates treasure also a X1V1Cl recollect1on of therr professor of anc1ent languages Inness Grant not only for h1s learnmg but also for hrs or1g1nahty and QUICK wrt One specnnen of the last mentroned I have often repeated but I do not know that It has ever appeared m prmt and It cer taxnly deserves preservat1on The story also mvolves Mr B P Marsh who passed away only last year after an honorable and Cl1St1IlgLllSl1CCl career as a phys1c1an Calhng the roll one day Prof Grant stopped at Marshs name and remarked You were not here yester day Mr Marsh Tlns wont do Marsh rephed But Professor I was here Well Mr M xrsh came the reply your body may have been here but your soul Ca favorlte phrase of the professor sl was not illlc. next day Mr 'Xflarsh was sure enough absent and when called to account the day followmg protested that he had been present but the old Scotchman 1I'lS1StCCl that th1s tnne there had been no m1stake Well Professor Sald Marsh perhaps my bodv was absent but my soul was here Qunck as a Hash came the retort Well Mr Marsh I do wrsh you would manage to l eep soul and body together We bovs af reed that IH the stock phrase of the Greek chorus It had been well spoken upon both S1dCS Dr Newton Bateman called to the presrdency ID 1875 had already made a record as superrntendent of Pubhc Instructron of the state of Ilhnors By h1s goodness of heart hrs affable affectlonate manner he won the love of al those who had deahngs vuth llllil all the teachers found It a pleas ure to work wrth and under such a man I hnrl hun hke Pres Blanch ard assoclated most 1n my mmcl wrth hrs chapel addresses But the two presxdents were altogether dlfferent 1n style Dr Batemans addresses were wrrtten to the last word and elaborated w1th exery devlce of rhetorlc They were 1nvar1ably read but the readmg was as hmshed as the composltlon Some of them were rehglous 1n the narrower sense and were very lmpresslve The storv of h1s struggles and triumph afforded mspxratxon to many a young fel low DR NEWTON BATEMAN Such another example st1ll hves m the person of one of Dr Bateman s puplls h1s successor as presldent of Knox College our own John Fmley now presldent of the College of the Cxty of New York We say our own and approprlate hnn as such because we beheve we haxe a 11ght to As a student he won the 1nter colleg rate mter state contest for Knox he took hxgh honors rn scholarsh1p and has always been a loyal graduate And when he became presldent tat that t1me the youngest college presldent 1n the countryj dld he not show lnmself always ready to devote hlmself to the uttermost to the lnterests of the mstrtutxon that was h1s 1n a two fold sense? In his career of d1st1nct1on smce he left us as professor at Prmceton as presldent of that magmhcent mstxtutlon Whlkh stands hke a castle m the axr an lnsplratlon and a revelatlon to the strugghng youth of that great c1ty m h1s d1s tlnctlon as representatlve of th1s country before one of the most 1llustr1ous umver s1t1es of the world the Sorbonne of Par1s ln all these achlevements we Clallll hxm as an embodlment of the sp1r1t of Knox One of our present Knox faculty caught th1s sp1r1t the hrst year and at a soclety reumon remarked I am golng home as much a Knox manlac as any of you That was hfteen years ago and the svmptoms have become more pro College bread mav mean a four year loaf but one must have the dough I r . 1 ' . :A ' 7' V1 . . , y . . , Y ' - . . . , I 1 1 I , l 1 , I 1 1 ' - - v vs , A A. l V U 5, I , ' vy .- y - f- v v I - - N r sv - J V , v . , I . I ln , YV , ' , , C ' , ' H sy ' .. l - y v C v v 31 ' AA ' ' 1 ' U Y I I . U D . , ll V - n ' ' V ' . , V ' ' y f . . . . 1 - S ,1 r A v 4 4 t K 1 A . . . ' ' g K r V . ' 4 I especxally the young. I am sure ' ' r- Q.. ,HL-I , ' ' ' V ' 'v '4- , . ' rl G . ' . ' A 1 ' ' I I , , Pg - . . I V V ' Al V! ' ' Y '. I - ', - 5 - it Y , , - 7 v , , Y u , 1 P 'K .