Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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Dr. William Emmrtt Mat;tin- , ♦. ■ •♦■♦

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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.

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.L ' AGENDA OF 1Q2 I 59ean ailriurUyn piirtUips, k.M., Wi,B. Rorn April 15, il ' xj Merthyl Tyilvil Wales Died January 9, 1923 Lewisburg Penn. At the age of fourteen Llewellyn Phillips, the l)o -, entered Rucknell Academy. In 1S92 he graduated from the University in the arts course, leav- mg behind him an enviable record for industry, mastery and high-mindedness. For seven years after graduation he was instructor in the Academy in Greek and F.locution. After this he studied for three years at the I ' niversity of Chicago receiving the degree of Doctor of Divinity. Later he did post-graduate work at Chicago, Rocliester, Harvard and the L niversity of Perlin, Germany. In 1892 the Trustees of T iucknell made him Professor of Elocution and f ' ihetoric. In the same ' ear he was married to Miss Jennie Da ' is, 1901, who survives him. In 1916 he was elected the John P. Crozer F ' rofessor of Educa- tion and in 1918 was ajiiiointed Dean of the University. These two positions he held at the time of hi- death and was serving as chairman of the Catalog com- mittee and of the curriculum committee and was a niemiier of the Honorary Degrees committee. He was a man. Not in the brute sense, hut in the matters of refined cour- age, self-mastery and the capacity to meet efficientl - the itrd needs of develop- ing men. He was a gentleman, at home where mental and siiiritua! forces swept base things aside. Always he felt keenly and respected fully the rights and experi- ences of others. He was a scholar. In his own realm a master, he was appreciative of the activity and worth of all departments of the University, and enjoyed the task of keeping abreast of the world ' s advancing mastery. He was a Chi ' istian. The con i tency of his life and the genuineness of his devotion to Christ are, perhap s, the crowning glory to his memory in the minds of the student bodv. No one could know him and understand his teachings and entertain small th(jughts of Christianity or of Christ. He W(]n and deserved the admiration and lo e of the faculty, the students and the town jieople. For even balance, for wide .symiiathy and kindly helpful- ness he had no superior among us. 10