Black Hills State University - Eoicha Yearbook (Spearfish, SD)

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Work of his predecessor, of him as a friend and helper, a consistent example of the doctrine of co-operation which Dr. Cook had urged so insistently. At the cemetery a prayer Was offered at the grave by his friend, Rev. C. D. Erskine, of Sturgis and the final obsequies were conducted by the Spearfish Lodge A. F. and A. M. Many friends and former students were present at the funeral. Few school men have had so long a tenure as was Dr. Cook's in S. N. S. For thirty-four years he gave unsparingly of himself and his limited means for the advancement of the school. Having no child, the school became the idol of his heart. He left no estate. His home even carried a mortgage to help finish the Normal gymnasium. The passing of F. L. Cook ended the active Work of one of South Dakota's greatest builders. We are yet too close to his day to fairly estimate the greatness of his contribution to the state. ' 9

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l IB' lil ll l lh4Ali'l'llA Xl. Vl'll,l,I.Xfx1S . . , 1 . -. Neil, 11 1.41-1 Miss Martha Vvlulamg was lurnn In ilclli 1.11111 in Ill-'ll' Y ' W Z 'AW 4wlVi1,Ni,. 1848 and died at Van Horn, W'z1slii115l11'l111 5'Ql 'l 'fv' , f'!'1 'W ,hm cf 'fl' ing from the SpC21I'lc1Sl1 Normal, she had lin-1l in ilu- ll lll' 1- .1'l . 1 1 1 1--111' Gaines. She was the last of a family of si-will. I ' 1 I 2 H V, rw . . . ' 1 - - 'g 'iq 11122 r. --7.L '.'1f1 I-'film l- 'il Ill lg- l'l'17', 1' fi. 2111 l 1. Collegiate Institute at Adams, New N oi l1. 11.4 -ll 11' 1-I1 ,J A H . q 'MI','.' supplemented her early education hy lyillfllly 11 ' ' l'l Oswego Normal and the University ol L lii1'ag11. 9 A y I 1 XL p At the age OfSCVCI1'ECC1'1,AllSS XXilliams1anrl11 W1 l-1 ' ' - ' 111 l '1 1 to Minnesota in 1873, and in the very l1l'lllll'1'l li1'i'lxil1'.. .. . Spearfish Normal. Before coming lit-re. liow1w'1'i'. SI511' ff- 5 cipal of high schools in Northheld, Xlinn1's11ia. :ind l'l1u1: .... .l . 1 .1 . . h H ,VU , ,V . 'xg f, , , 1. secured for this school, was teaching in Pillslini 3. ,X1 .11.1 , 111. .ZIV , .l.....1 - - '.g 'X . . . ,. .,,. An interesting feature of her lile was her ininnnzn 1 1 1 1 1- n 1- xi- 1-.li first met in Nlinnesota at the wedding of Xliss llin- .1 .. 1.1 1 .. .,- .. 'A' Bingham, One of hfliss lliilliam's former Slllilldllr . 1 Normal, recommended her to Dr. Cook. Nliss .1 Spearfish. During all of hliss NYilliam's' ihiriy mi'-r itil . . , g.l. together, the early attraction growing into lv-n1i1 --1 tr:1-:.1 1 almost inseparable. For thirty years hfliss llilliams reinain1-1l wiiii 2?.1' N rx V Work and exerted an inlluence for good that no fllll' 11. 1 .,.. . . . her death her membership was still with ih1- Q. llL'l'f'L' Where she had for so many years heen actin- in lliri if :Q l ',-, 2 if 51.11 School. For awhile she taught girls in the Xl. li. Sniniqij. 5- V . 1 .. 1 to be for years the popular teacher ol the young lllf'll'r 1' 151. K' 1. E11:.:1l Sunday School. No one understood hoys ln-111-r ilian 11, X 1 - 1- 1- g.lr1f1- to inspire them to Worthy undertakings. li was 11n1- 1-3 fri' 1 1 1 13,1 kitchen part of the Congregational Church parlors. 'l'E,1- ' 1 might have a separate classroom. Versatility Was a characteristic of Xliss XX'illiains. XX Fil- 1 1 1 chemistry, as necessity required she taught L'l't'xlll1ilwl'1. r 1 siography, physiology, and German. ' A i Ed In 1904 MISS Williams homesteaded near .Xla1ldin.lX 51-niizzu. l'1'si1i1- ll fll'iii.l'l-'-'- hmudnCl B31lY- In 1905 it becamelierlahor11l'hw-tii..t-,ii-V11.1-1,1-iggi-.2 zi1111ii1'i'. VY Oi Y111g1I1 1909 had reached the remarlaahh- age 1-li iiiii1-in-s1-11-mi. Xliss ll il- hangiqnevef 111l1Y fCCOVered from the strain mil- those liom- 11-.fix amonetlgas fggtunate m bavllis l1Q3I' Worli z1ppi'1'ci:i11'1l xxliih- liiing. N-1iahle alon gwiti GBM Cgcesicyof this appreciation is her piwlraii liangin: in iid- lilirary A ai in th r. .oo s and hlliss Thompson s, presr-xiii-1l ln. iiw class 117' 11217- faiult ande 55111501 1919 When it was learned that she wonlii noi r1-inrn. the Y . O er llends gave, 111 l1C1' honor. in a lic: lil' l s N11 ' - S 1 il'll9ll Canyon Whlch Sh lk d in i ii i i in 1n1 .i1. Dunn h He 1 e so. much, a farewell si1i'pi-iw PM-its er rst ' - ,. ,. ma k dl gb . Ysaf in W3Sl1111gto1i Xliss Nhilliani s ln-alln iiiipi'-well NUI? , 1,6 Y U1 during her last X1. -. V. . , , YSHF sie suilcicd lioni hiail 111-i1lil1.giadiiallylail- ing till the end came Bein ' . ' 8 dead she yet livelh in ll - -' ' s ' - 1 1 A ian Whose lives touched hers during her ini ' ll lu .mi U1 ml H .mu will K alll' Ysurs ol iiseliuliiess. iv-gy? 5 1 1 ,Y ' Q l l