Hamilton College - Hamiltonian Yearbook (Clinton, NY)

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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?

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CHAUNCZY SHAFFER TRUAX

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MELANCTHON YVOOLSEY STRYKER. A. Bq Hamiltdn. 1872. D. ll. Hamilton and Lafayette, 1889. L1,. D., Lafayettu 1892. CD B K; E 4i PRESIDEN'I. 0F HAMILTON COLLEGE. 1892; VVALCOT'I' PROFESSOR OF THEISTIC AND CHRISTIAN EVIDENCES, AND OF ETHICS; PASTOR OF THE COLLEGE CHURCH. UREN ROOT. A. 8., Hamilton, 1856. D. D Rutgers. 1892. L. H. ll, Union, 1895. 4 B K; 2 q PRATT PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS. 1880; REGISTRAR.