Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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The class of 1924 RESPECTFULLY DEDICATES L ' AGENDA OF 1924 TO THE MEMORY OF TWO LOYAL SONS OF BUCKNELL: WILLIAM EMMET MARTIN, A.M., L.H.D. DEAN LLEWELLYN PHILLIPS, A.M., D.D. ♦ • 4 « 4 ♦ ♦

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ITH the improvement of the college annual at heart, the staff of L Agenda of 1924 has labored to produce in this volume a true reflection of Old Bucknell . The material between the of this book is the result of whole hearted co-operation between all members of the staff. Should their efforts count for aught in chronicling and picturing Bucknell they will be more than repaid. covers .4. .i-..% ' ♦

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JL« J. VJIJLV M. X J— V W Jl A j isS ' K- l iUiam Smmet iMartin, A.H., aj-2f-i9. Born May 15, 1848 Died May 20, 1922 Saltsburg Lewisburg Penna. Penna. Graduating in the class of 1871, returning the following year to become Principal of the Bucknell Academy, transferred from the Academy to the posi- tion of Librarian and Professor of Sociology in the year 1S94, Professor William E. Martin spent ]M-actically his entire life in and for Bucknell Uni- versity. In these jiositions he came into most intimate relations with the great bodv of Bucknell ' s sons and daughters, and had a personal acquaintance with them exceeded by none in the i)ast half century. Professor Martin was a scholar from choice not for business reasons, be- cause he was a lover of learning and culture, of art literature and music. He communed with the best minds of the ages, and had such a comijrehensive view of human thought, life and institutions that he was an inspiration to the student just entering the realm of learning. And countless students of Bucknell now look back to him as their intellectual guide. He was ahva -s kind and considerate, happy as a king when he found some- one groping after truth and knowledge, for like the ancient Cireeks he seemed to have made his (jwn their marvelous motto: We will follow the truth wherever it leads us. While intolerant of shams and false pretenses he expres ' ed his dissent in such a kindly manner that none could take offence. Professor Martin belonged to the old school, which most fortunately seems fo be coming into its own once more, the school of thinkeis that strive to see and know man in his many, increasing relations in life. He strove to find the causes of jierplexiug conditions, and to discover how discordant elements in society might be made harmonious and mutually helpful. He thought life too short and time too valuable to spend a life-time working in some narrow, con- tracted field, when all realms of thought and endeavor make up one body — humanity. The greatest studv of mankind is man : Man who is worth more than clothes, houses or food. But for him it was the spiritual man — the real man, iirt some contriver of things for man ' s use and comfort. His ideal scholar was one who knew the development of human thought and institutions, and saw them in their entirety. So, he strove to realize the relative value of things and of thought , in order that the discordant ele- ments in life and society might exist together harmoniously, and produce a bal- anced mankind, and a sjmmetrical, harmonious civilization.