Hamilton College - Hamiltonian Yearbook (Clinton, NY)

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glexauher Qluhmm $131321: 1.. 00K, if you will, at the calm, clear, quiet, strong face of Alex. Soper of Rome and '67, of 1. Chicago and New York, of Lakewood and York Harbor! If you judge faces aright, you will like it: if you know the man, you will love it. It does not blaze or glow very much; it is radianic. The Soper forbears were business folk. The father, out of temporary reverse, came to great business success. The Chicago Fire singed the Sopers; but it left foundations for new machinery and there were eyes to see the value of the wide-shadowed acres of Michigan, Wiscon- sin, Georgia and Oregon; there were also business skill and steadfast energy to gather and direct results. Alex. Soper, as a boy, was level-headed and far-seeking. He realized the force of the plea toward what is called a liberal education just for ones individual self. In 1863 he was ready for college, and the Principal of Rome Academy - in these days known hereabouts as Square - turned him to Hamilton. He had no strong, prophetic impulse toward any profession. He knew what his work in College should be and he attended to it. He was earnest and steadfast, so the four years, to 1867, strength- ened, broadened, polished his Character and life. He was ready not merely for some immediate specific task; he was ready for life-with truth and sweetness in it. He has no fantasies or fads; he has never syndicated his soul or forgotten a daily energy for his heart. 8 A C 4V.