Corning Free Academy - Stator Yearbook (Corning, NY)

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For a l1fet1me the people of Cornlng had IU the1r mldst one of the great men of th1s countrx , a man xx ho xx as quxetlx mfluencxng natlonal HHHITS ln such dlverse fields as lndustry, rel1g1on and statesmanshlp The reader of the Sturm at the age at xx h1ch one asks one s self xx hat brlngs success tn l1fe w1ll find help IH constdermg xxhat manner of man he xx as and hoxx he accompltshed results Wlsdom persuas1veness and gentleness xx ere perhaps Mr Houghton s outstandmg qualltxes 'Vlen dlffer less IU brains than 1n the energy xx1th Whlch they use thelr braxns Mr Houghton not only had extraordmarv mental equ1pment but xx as energetlc 111 1pplx1ng1t Hts persuaslxeness grexx out of h1s xxlllxngness to thmlc through the facts, to xxork out those aspects llkelx to appeal to others and to put h1s 1dCKS 1nto clear Enghsh bx xx r1t1ng out IH advance what he lntended to say He urged younger men to make their thoughts definlte by xx r1t1ng them doxxn In buslness as 1n other relationships, 'Vit Houghton s hrst thought xxhen h1s mterests ip peared to conflict xx1th others xxas alxxaxs to regard the other man not as an opponent but as a posslble allx xx1th xx hom he could xx orlc mttters out to the benefit of both He bullt up Cornlng Glass Works on the prlnclple of malclng better products and demonstratxng their superlorltx Optlmxsm and x1s1on contrlbuted to his success A tallx xx1th htm left one feellng that opportum I 1 e On xxlngs of deeds the soul must mount' When xxe tre summoned from afar Ourselves and not our xx ords xx1ll count Nlot xxh tt xxe saxd but xx hat xxe are' George Fawcett Rowe tres xxere boundless and he had a hablt of bemg rxght, exen 1n h1s most startlmg pred1ct1ons H1s v1exx that the xaluable properttes of glass xx ould result eventuallx rn innumerable nexx uses has been lusufied abundantlx bx developments of re cent years such as oven xx are top of stove ware, butldxng blocks and glass fiber He xx as gentle and AHCCIIOIIZIC bx nature Hls rellglous falth xx as strong He xx as for many years xestrx man and Sundax School Supermtendent of Chrlst Eplscopal Church ln Cornlng and xxas actlxe IU natlonal church affalrs Fnterlng pol1t1cs tt the age of 36 Wir Hough ton at once became consptcuous rn Congress soon thereafter xxas appointed to our countrx s most xmportant diplomatic posts ln Berlln and London and return1ng home xx as defeated bx a xerx narroxv margln for Umted States Senator One can only conyecture hoxx far he xx ould have advanced had he offered h1mself earlter for publ1c serv1ce Mr Osxxald Garrlson X 1llard xx ell knoxxn observer of publ1c affalrs refers to hlm as a reallv great American, one of the xxlsest and most farslghted statesmen 'Vit Houghton s career xx h1ch can be onlv maclequately touched upon in this space, 15 of special interest to Cormng Free Academx because for manx xears he xx as a member and at one tlme presldent of the Board of Education With h1s passlng xxe hlve lost tbeloxed friend a xxxse counselor 1 broad x xsloned contrlbutor to men s xx elfare xerx '77 rl I O W . ,,, , ,fl ' 1 W2 w V f .1 fl r ai. .. Y- N N ' 1 v 1 7 1 4 v f v I i' , 4 , . 3 , V V V V, U V A ' ' ' V v Y V v . ., V '- - V V - - , 7 , . . . . . . .X 1 I . -- v 7 X v , v h 1 . . t ' A V ' V , ' V V' . - ' V A . A . - - , . ' ' ' . . ,- 'z ' , t . - J . . . '. - 1 , . 1 . , , ,- V V, V. V V . . J . V V - V V , I, 7 . , 1 , . , . - - V Q K y .V K ' V ' 4 Y- v, . V, V- l- -, v A -1 , A ' 1 4 I 1 V , y VA y v r , - -Aa - h - V 4 . A . . 7 r- ' h V Y' -' . - ' V . , ' ' - ' ' V 7' ' , . ' V , - V V ' L 1 . 4 4 , . , V'-' - ' - - -- - , V - , . ,V - - . , 4 Hg 5:

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DEDICATION Alanson Bigelow Houghton

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