University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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31. Arthur Ernmn They do not cfie Nor lose their mortal sympathy, Nor change to us, although they change. HE year l908-09 in the University of Mississippi is signalized by its quiet progress. It is a year full of hope and progress, characterized by a spirit of harmony and united purpose. This feeling of brother- hood, of common interests, of loyalty to our University, the recognition of self- governing principles for the conduct of our University life-these are due to the influence of Arthur Brown as much as to all other influences combined. So we can never reflect upon the happy circumstances of this prosperous year without an over-shadowing sense of the loss we sustained in his death. Words will not speak our loss or tell to others the unmeasured regard, esteem, affec- tion we felt for him. l-le was with us for only a little more than two years, but in that short time he came to be a quiet force in our social life that extended to every phase of University activity. Freest approach was granted by him to all classes of the University community. The Chancellor, the Faculty, the students, all met him as a trusted friendg he was able to deal with all men, denying his confidence to none, betraying the confidence of none. The secret of Brown's rare character, the secret of his unusual power, is not found in what are usually considered the favored gifts of nature or in the cultivated faculties of the mind. No one spoke of his brilliant intellect, no one attributed to him striking talents. l-lis power was rather in his excellent grace of manner, and, more, in his generous spirit that found its natural expres- sion in thinking the best, in doing the best, and in leading others to do the best. l-le was untiringly active without obtrusiveness. What activity that gave pleas- ure or development to our life here did he not give his thought and energies to? On the football field he was found at the bottom of the scrimmageg and in the most discouraging year of our football history he wrote our songs and led our singing and gave, more than any one else, a spirit braver than the victor knows-the spirit to lose like men, with our faces to the front and banners 5

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flying. l-le was genuine. No one questioned his sincerity or his disinterested attachment to his fellows and to all the interests of the University. Thoroughly consecrated, deeply religious, there was no tone of cant in his talk, no sugges- tion of posing in his actions. l-le rang true, so the worldly and the religious, the reckless and the unrestrained as well as the serious-minded students, found in him alike a friend whom they could trust, whom they could follow. But the friendship he won from all classes was not purchased by any compromise of his religious principles. l-le had charity for all men, and he sympathized with those who were most removed from the spirit of the organization that was his special careg but no one of the most worldly, no one of those most heedless of moral restraints, ever had cause to question his entire allegiance to the religious life which his position implied. l-le was respected and admired by those who did not yield to his direct influenceg and his manifest consecration forced this respect. In the course of a few years the face of Arthur Brown and the inestim- able grace and beauty of his life will not be known in the memory of the stu- dents that come and go as the fleeting generations of the academic cycles. But the history of our University is as consequent and continuous as the life of an individual, and his influence, which has affected our life so vitally in these years, will extend far on to summers that we shall not see. -.--egnf' ' ' ' - . 31 V ,. -':..'.. ? if if ls 6