Columbus Academy - Caravel Yearbook (Gahanna, OH)

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T H E C .fi R V' E L THE FACULTY P. R. Van Syckel, Princefon.. ...., l-leadrnasfer F. Dennelf, Darlmoulh ,... ..,.... E nglish M. Sfocking, Amlwersf ..... .... M a+l'lemaHcs A. Beuclmer, Lalayelfe . . , ..... l-lislory P. I-lunf, Olxio Siale .... ..,. C oach R. Evans, Yale ,,.................. .... L afin A. LaBa'H, S+. Josepl'u's Norflweasfernw .,...,.. French Wlmiling, Bowdoin, M. I. T. ,,.... . M. Wiley, Darfmoullw ..,......... K. Wafers. Columbus Ar? School... A. Goodwin, Boslon Universi+y. M. ..... .Mafhemalics . . . , .Public Speaking .........,..Ari I. T. .... ..... S ciences

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TI..X'E7'E.E.,V TIIIRH '- IISIX Deceased THE COLUMBUS ACADEMY OFFICERS C. P. OUTHWAITE, Presidenl PAUL M. SMITH, Vice Presidenl I-I. P, MOORE, Secretary and Tr O. C. Allmaier L. L. Bigelow, M. S. P. Bush Slanley Coffman Melclrum Gray B. G. l'-lunflnglon James L. I-lamlllx Emil W. l-losler W. S. Leclde D. BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of Board of Trusiees O. C. Allmaier L. L. Bigelow, M. D. Emil W. l-losfer C. P. Oullwwalle Paul M. Smillm J. J. Slevenson l-I. A. Smlllm SGSUFSI' C. P. Oullwwaile Beale E. Posfe Phillp R. Pelers A. D. Richardson I'-I. N. Rose Paul M. Smillfx J. J. Slevenson F. J. Wrighf l'-l. A. Smillw

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.VI.'X'E7'EE.T T IIIH 7' 1'-SIX ' . IN MEMORIAM The abiding ThoughT ThaT should sink inTo The mind and hearT oT every boy and every Triend oT The Columbus Academy as The name oT James L. Hamill is heard or read is: The work oT a sTrong and good man has permanence and viTaliTy. By his naTure and by reason oT This habiT oT seeing Things Through which he underTook, he enTered upon The work oT esTablishing a school in Columbus Tor boys oT This CiTy wiTh a sense oT responsibiliTy and earnesTness ThaT assured progress Trom The very sTarT. ThoughT, inTelligence, good iudgmenT are gualiTies growing and expanding in The mind oT man: and when a man oT This caliber organizes, or TormulaTes plans Tor, a new insTiTuTion, Those qualiTies are imparTed To The work by The very naTure OT The case. Many are The causes Tor which Mr. Hamill worked, and They are all viTalized by The sTrengTh oT his personaliTy. IT was noT a haphazard beginning ThaT The Academy had. When Mr. Hamill wroTe, The maTTer has been careTully considered, The adverb expressed The TruTh. The emphasis was noT on display or misleading show. Scholarship, characTer, achievemenT-These were The aims and uses lvlr. Hamill envisioned. These were TraiTs ThaT The school began slowly To Take on, To be known Tor, reTlecTing The qualiTy oT The man who had prompTed and guided iT. And so, our sorrow aT The loss oT our greaT and good Triend This spring is al- mosT over Topped by our Teeling aT graTiTude Tor The Tine impress oT himselT upon The school, upon our lives, even when many oT us are noT aware oT The large parT he played in our developmenT. FirsT of all iT was Mr. Hamill who conceived The idea OT having The Academy here in Columbus: The invaluable Triends oT The school whom he drew To iTs help. associaTing Themselves wiTh him in Tounding and direcTing iTs growTh. AcTing as SecreTary-Treasurer Tor many years, he would summon and aTTend The meeTings oT The Board, where he kepT alive The inTeresT and developed his well conceived plans wiTh Their supporT. Financial worries he over-came, oTTen wiTh his own conTribuTions. When problems, Too diTTiculT Tor The HeadmasTer To adiusT alone, were Taken To him, wiTh invariable resulT ThaT supporT and comTorT were TorThcoming To The perplexed HeadmasTer in need oT counsel and advice, When The dining hall, The Lower School STudy, The gymnasium, The aThleTic Tield, The enlargemenT oT The TaculTy became pressing needs, iT was Mr Hamill who Tound ways and means, wiTh The aid oT Those good Triends, To secure Them Tor The school, The Tine men who have been PresidenTs oT The Board, Mr. Copeland, Mr. Lan- man, Mr. Rose, lvlr. OuThwaiTe, were really his choosing: and how unerring in This imporTanT maTTer was his iudgmenT. AlmosT To his lasT day-Through The TwenTy-Tive years-his ThoughTs were keenly alive To The welTare oT The Academy. WiThin The lasT year an incidenT oT This ThoughTTulness occurred, when he inquired wheTher a plaTe had ever been placed in The gymnasium recording The name oT The young boy Tor whose memorial The gym- nasium had been erecTed. No one else had ThoughT oT This. Upon being Told ThaT There was no such record, he direcTed ThaT a bronze TableT be insTalled and ThaT The charge be senT To him. He began The school, he loved iT, and he remained iTs consTanT Triend. LeT his name be long cherished and esTeemed in our midsT1 and leT us prepare our lives To do worThy work, whose record shall be cherished by Those who come aTTer us. F. P. R. Van Syckel.