Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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DIED JULY 27. 1912. Doctor Theodore Sterling, President Emeritus of Kenyon College, died in Gambier on the twenty-seventh of July, 1912. While not unexpected, his death had inevitably to come as a shock to many friends, both in Gambier and elsewhere. Those men who attended Kenyon between the years of 1867 and 1896 will recall with pleasure and deeper emotions their acquaintance with Doctor Sterling. His kindly and practical interest in them exercised a rare influence over the life developments of those under him. And an equal enthusiasm for the good of the College itself made the years of his administration notable ones for Kenyon. Doctor Sterling attended Hobart College, and while there attained mem- bership in the Sigma Phi and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities, graduating in 1848 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. As an alumnus he received the higher degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Laws from the same institution. He later graduated from the Western Reserve School of Medicine and estab- lished a considerable practice in Cleveland. Between the years of 1856 and 1867 he served as Principal of Central High School and in 1867 left Cleve- land to become a professor in Kenyon College, where he later held the chair of Physics and Chemistry. In 1891 Doctor Sterling became President of Kenyon College and during the five years following, a critical time in the his- tory of the College, he administered its affairs with ability and success. 7 he thirty-one

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The Rev. William Foster Peirce. B.A., M.A.. L.H.D.. D.D. President of the Seminary. The Rev. Hosea William Jones. D.D. Dean of the Seminary. F.lenthcros Cooke Professor of Ecclesiastical History. Church Polity, and Canon Law. Graduated from Bexley Hall, 1870. Held parochial charges at Portsmouth. Iron- ton. Cincinnati, and Brooklyn. King's College. Oxford University. D.D., Ken- yon. 1884. B K. The Rev. Jacob Streibert, B.A.. M.A.. Ph.D. Griswold Professor of Old Testament Instruction. B.A., Hamilton College. 1877. M.A., and Ph.D.. Hamilton College. Instruc- tor in the Classics and German, Lowvillc Academy. N. V. Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown. Conn. Ordered Deacon. Ordained Priest. 1881. Rector of Zion Church. Fonda, and Christ’s Church. Glovcrsville, N. V., 1882. Christ’s Church. West Haven. Conn.. 1882-85. Acting Professor of Greek. Kenyon Col- lege. 1885-90. Professor of Old Testament Instruction. Bexley Hall. 1885—. «I» B K. The Rev. David Felix Davies. B.A.. M.A.. D.D. Milnor and Lewis Professor of Dogmatic Theology. Moral Theology, and Christian Evidences. B.A., Marietta College. 1874. Lane Seminary of Cincinnati. 1876. Rector of parish at Fostoria, Ohio. 1891-93. at Mansfield, 1893-96. M.A., Marietta. 1898. Instiuclor in Dogmatic Theology. Bexley Hall. 1895-96. Professor of Dogmatic Theology. Bexley Hall. 1896—. A 2- «1». «I» It K. The Rev. Orville Ernest Watson. B.A.. B.D., D.D. Mcllvainc Professor of New Testament Instruction and Liturgies. B.A.. Ohio Wesleyan. 1882. Bexley Hall. 1892. B.D., Bexley Flail. Minor Canon at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland. 1892-1903. D.D.. Ohio Wesleyan, 1905. Professor of New Testament Instruction and Liturgies. Bexley Hall. 1903—. «I K . «I B K.

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Reveille for 1894 and 1895 gives interesting testimony as to his work during this period. At the time of his death he was Professor Emeritus of iVlathe- matics and Civil Engineering and Dean of the College Faculty. The last few years of Doctor Sterling’s life were saddened by affliction; the strenuousness of his services to Kenyon was telling upon him. But when there was no longer need for a more active demonstration, his strength of character showed itself in patience and fortitude that were truly inspiring. In appreciation as Kenyon men of the work he has done for Kenyon, and in gratitude for a firm and noble influence, we dedicate this page to the mem- ory of Theodore Sterling.