Furman University - Bonhomie Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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iUutrit nf uintstrrs With txpiratitm of (Errma of prbirc Rev. I). M. Ramsey, I). I)., I rc i lent......................................................Charleston A. G. Fchman, Esq., Secretory.................................................................Greenville 1907 ( 190S I 1909 , A. G. Forman, Esq Greenville J. J. I.awton, Esq Dr. Hkooks Hcti-KIxjk Rev. J. Hartwei.i. Edwards II. .1. Hayxswohtii, Esq It. V. I.kavki.1., Esq Key. 1). M. Ramsey, D. I) Chahi.es A. Smith, Esq Charleston Rev. .1. H. Boedridok, I). 1) Key. E. 1 . Easteri.ino Hon. XV. II. 1.yi.es Ht:v. A. C. XX'ii.kins. D. 1) McColl !•?. A. Carrou., Esq...............................................................Gnffncy Key. Z. T. Cody, I). I)......................................................Greenville .1. XV. Kino, Esq...............................................................Dillon A. .'I. Kennedy.............................................................XVilliston II. I . McGee, Esq..........................................................Greenville I .Mr. XX’. F. ('ox....'.......................................................Anderson !)r. J. XX . Eahi.e........................................................Greenville 1911 Hon. J. A. Kant.................................................................Union .Mr. J. M. Geer................................................................Easley Mr. XV. C. Mim.br...........................................................Charleston A. (i. Ft rman, Esq., Secretory II. J. Havnswohtii. Esq. lExrnttiur (£nmmtttrr H. I . McGkk, Chairman .1. B. Karix. M. I). Rev. .. T. Cody, I). D.

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man of quiet disposition, gentle manners, genial and courteous, though he lived out of sympathetic touch of the common moss of mankind, lie 'as a man of high character, profound learning and great intellectual ability. He was fond fo money, but not its slave. He was fonder of study and learning, and made his ample means serve both himself and many a grateful and indigent youth, lit; was fondest of power and a consummate master of diplomacy, lie knew human nature and the avenues to the human mind which stand open to a commanding presence, to superior knowledge and to persuasive logic; and where these were unavailing, his art of eliminating the opposition with the least friction appeared to the uninitiated as the very essence of artlessness. He reached a ripe old age and enjoyed both health and the homage customarily given to men of his rank, to the very last. The eulogies over his remains were heard by a large and reverent audience, and even the weather seemed to join in making his exit a scene of loveliness and of solemnity. His fidelity to Furman is rightly estimated, not by his failures as treasurer, nor by the introduction of a foreign policy, but by the fact that he always gave his best thought to the institution and made it richer in his last years by the sum total of $54,000, that is, $22,000 to the endowment, $15,000 to the Carnegie Library, $5,000 from his home place, $5,000 on the deficit in building the Alumni Hall, and some $7,000 bequeathed at his death. |14|

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(Oftucrii nf tin' Alumni Assuriatinu of Hutrntmt llntm'rsity President—B. E. GEKH, M. A., Gkkenvu.lk, S. ( Vice-President 11. (’. IIAYXSWORTH. K. A.. Sumter. S. C. Secretary and Treasurer- H. T. COOK, M. A., I.itt. I)., Greenville. S. C. tzxmitiuf (Cnmmittrc E. M. POTEAT, Ex-Officio B. E. GEEK H. C. HAYNSWORTII H. T. COOK M. 1). EARLE V. I. MASTERS |1«J