Hamilton College - Hamiltonian Yearbook (Clinton, NY)

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CHAUNCZY SHAFFER TRUAX

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a .i 3.: IC'I;, . i . ,. V W lyru . :A: 167219- .. .. 5,5 I Vz'vg . , i . '. . 5 r . ' ,1 :fur: '. .t , t5. --1. i'lf , I V i Viv; t- . verted from the old Middle College Dormitory. The Edward Huntington Mathematical Prize Scholarship is his gift, named in memory of one of his Classmates, and now the magnificent Commons Hall stands as another monument to our benefactors, the Sopers. He has also given a scholar- ship endowment in Hamilton College yielding an income of one hundred twenty-six dollars for the Rome High School. One of the most striking and most laudable character- istics of the man is his modesty; no effort of his friends could induce him to affix his own name to the Mathematical Scholarship although it is the richest in College. No one knows exactly, unless it be President Stryker, where the money to tinish Commons Hall came from. Mr. Soper volunteered to raise the money and did it, no small part of it out of his own pocket as many of his intimate friends believe. Various alumni subscriptions which Mr. Soper has managed do not contain his name in their lists but the check sent has been generally forty or fifty dollars in excesslof the total listed subscription. There is another sort of loyalty which Mr. Soper has shown and which others of our alumni might well imitate; he has sent his two sons to Hamilton. This seems but a small thing but gives a twinge to the veterans of the Faculty and Trustees when the son of a Hamilton man does not follow in the footsteps of his father but seeks an education elsewhere. The College appreciates this form of loyalty as much as it does donations of money. To such a man as Alexander Soper the College and the student-body are at a loss to express their gratitude. His classmates say of him, We are all proud of Soper, and grateful to him because he does so much that We would hke to do if we could. The College has made him a Trustee and now the Class of 1908 adds its mite in this dedication. 10 xxx Went. tweet; VH5! 4 1k r- Mu xx : fm

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3111 Memoriam i t FT?! HE. College holds, and will hold, in loving mem- r e $2341 ory the name of Chauncey Shaffer Truax, LL.D., :LC of the Class of 1875. When he died upon the 9th of August last a noble heart ceased that always had beat warm and true for the College he loved. One of our sturdiest and most hopeful benefactors fell from that front rank where, for the past ten years, shoulder to shoulder, a little group of ten or twelve men have steadfastly and con- hdently backed Hamilton by their presence, their counsel, their proclamations, and their deeds. The beautiful Hall of Philosophy stands as the durable memorial of his loyalty. And that conjoined with many another large and ever-willing assistance. His was no lip- service. His pulses were stirred to generosity. Works Wrought with his faith. We does his dust lie in the fair plot, where so many faithful companions sleep well, and within the daily calls of the Chapel bell. Alas, he will come no more! The material for such trustees is scarce indeed. A large and lofty mind was there-he was one who saw far as well as felt strongly. He had no affinity for the trivial and the insipid. His perceptions were never bent or dull. Miserliness he detested. All his life, even in its earliest days of limiting hardships, he had devised liberal things and stood by them. And he was modest in it all. Shrewd he was and cap- able of resolute indignations: but a sunny affection and a genius for friendship grappled him to the souls of those who knew him. How much room there is in that Trustee's chair which he Hlled! O dear companion! why did you go?