Emory and Henry College - Sphinx Yearbook (Emory, VA)

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In memorium to the life of our Dean this ly this section is presented. A day of incongruity has caused a us. Why must such a man die. a man live every moment and who so gave life unshamed to feel grief and sadness that taught us how to live, who led us to be of and to respect our humanness: who selves as selves, aware of our responsibilities was man enough to do it for us one at a time. Dr. Armbrister was not a paragon, he did not self as such. This is a part of the beauty of the man. He war' a man. with all the implications that made him human. The Dean always taught us. he was never unavailable to us. he was always honest with us: this, his greatness, because he was always honest with himself. He was dedicated to ideal; and principles of goodness and to a faith in and love for peo- ple. with their failings and their strengths, which led him to see us always as individuals. He accepted fears, weaknesses, in- insisted that they bo called human: that they humanness: that they not be hidden in as products of dishonesty. If he was of family he was completely unaffected by in his caring. The Dean was. indoed. uncommonly —Dan Adams. '63

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m emonam Victor Stradley Armbrister, Ph.D., November 8. 1902 October 6, 1962 —Dean, Emory Henry College— It is devoutly to be wished that the labors thus expended may not have been lost in futile scholarship or empty learn- ing, but that whatever of knowledge and wisdom which may have come by reason of these endeavors may be productive of creative thought and wholesome living, inspirational teach- ing and praiseworthy practice. Dr. Armbrister wrote the above paragraph in the preface to a compilation of his papers written in preparation for his doctoral dissertation. The lines serve as a written phi- losophy for his life. As Dean of Emory Henry College he gave his unfaltering attention to the school around which his life centered. His door was never closed and his mind never ceased thinking about the students and colleagues for which he lived. He was Dean from 1940 until his death. It has been said that a great man needs no marker for his grave. The lives which have been enriched by association with this great man will serve as a marker for the world to see as one man's influence lives on. 154

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Tobiat SnytH Houic 1838 MACTE VIRTUTE' 1963 Emory Henry College E. E. WiUy Adminiitrative Building