Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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In Memoriam TIIIC sudden death of Miss Frances Camp Parry, after a short illness, is one of the gravest misfortunes which has come to the school. As head of the Department of English, which she herself had organized and many members of which she had selected, Miss Parry was unceasing in her efforts to make the path straighter for both student and teacher; and not only to make it straighter, but to light it with purpose. “To know when one is interested oneself, is the first condition of interesting other people. The observation may explain in part Miss Parry’s very unusual success as a teacher; and it may further be said of her that she had a perfect understanding of what true and permanent causes it most concerns human beings to be interested in. Certainly, no one was more aware than she that the teacher’s highest privilege is to turn the emotions of youth in the direction of the Ideal. Miss Parry had splendid faith in the school. From her own treasures of spirit she enriched its life; and its meaning and aims came brightly from her lips. Iler influence spread from her classroom and her division, and was present through the entire institution. And as she was so much a part of its life, and the school was so much a part of hers, it was fitting that she should be buried from its halls, that the President should give the address at parting, and that the members of her staff should bear her away down the long aisles of her students. Haniel Long 1921