University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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DR SAMUEL BLACK LINHART Dr. Samuel Black Linhart, Secretary of the University since 1906, and Professor of History of Religion and Philosophy, died on December ll, 1936. He was a graduate of Wooster College, receiving there the degrees of A.B., MA., and D.D. In 1894 Dr. Linhart was ordained to the Presbyterian Ministry, and for four years was pastor of the old Forty-third St. Church. Before serving on the Board of Trustees of the University of Pittsburgh he was President of Blairsville College for Women. At the University he was the sponsor of the Student Y.M.C.A. and was the head of the first summer session of the University. He was a member of the Western Pennsylvania Historical Society, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Beta Kappa, the Sons of the American Revolution, Omicron Delta Kappa, the International Association of Rotary Clubs, the Chamber of Commerce, the Civic Club of Allegheny County, the National Council of Y.M.C.A., the University Club, the Duquesne Club, the Faculty Club, and the Longue Vue Country Club. 22 IN KMEMCRIAM

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TI-IE CI-IANCELLOR'S MESSAGE CHANCELLOR JOHN G BOWMAN HE OWL is a record. It is a record of moving forward to significant life. lust what this means we must each answer for ourselves. Let me suggest, however, that it means these things: that you are able to control your temper, that you find joy in common things and see beauty in grass and trees and creeks and hills, that you see beauty also in the character of those about youQtheir integrity, their persistence, their faithp that by sheer habit you play fair, and that you believe in good- ness. To this let me add, too, that the moving forward is a gain in ability to think. We all have some of this ability, although not much of it may be needed in order to earn a living. If, however, you are one who struggles to catch a rainbow, if you expect to be a doctor or a lawyer or a business man or an artist, and if in your vocation you expect to count as one who is significant, then you will need real capacity for thought-thought that can deal with material things and with the non-material. The Owl, then, is a record of growing, or moving toward an ideal of life which we each see for ourselves. It ought to be noblep it ought to be kind: it ought to be full of wisdom. lohn G. Bowman 23