Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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' 3 KNOX COLLEGE Ida Mzller McCall STUART M C1MP13EL1. 88 Devoted Chr15t1an helpful fr1end cnthus1a5t1c and patlent teacher accurate and palnstakmg scholar such IS M155 lda McCall to whon1 tl11s ISSUE of the Gxuz IS dedlcated M155 McCall IS a graduate of our 01111 school of the class of 1875 Her hrst experlence 1n teachlng was 1n tlce Rusl1v1lle Tllgll School where she remamerl nve years leavlng a host of fr1ends and adnnrers a1nong wl1om her name IS stlll warmly cher15l1ed Returmng to Galesburg she taught 1n our c1tv H1gh School from 1880 to 1887 She came to lxnox 1n tl1e fall of 1887 that she nnght share 1n our Academy the work of her d1St1f1gl11Ql1CCl mother wl1o was a teacher here for about th1rty years Equally sk1llful 1n any department to wh1cl1 she was ass1gned M155 McCall was gradually set apart as n115tre5s of the Lat1n Quarter and here she cont1nued untxl her health fa1led Just as the school was break1ng up for the Chr1st1nas vacatlon 1n 1909 To many students and f11ends of Knox College tl1e memory of tl1e mother and daughter IS one memory Lox ely 1n the1r l1ves they developed a remarkable fellow sl11p IU character thought and 5erv1ce Tl1e mother IS remembered '15 a g1fted daughter of Mount Holyoke w1th a m1nd r1chly furn15l1ed a11d noted for 1t5 ac curacy and wlth a natlxe rehnement that shone through l1er beautiful face 1 pamstaklng accuracy and de1ot1on tl1e work 1n Mrs Mcfalls class room paral leled that 1n the class roon1 of Professor Hurd w1tl1 whom she was for so many years a contemporary The mantle of the 1notl1er rested upon the shoulders of the daughter M155 McCa1ls class room also beca111e a place of 1nsp1rat1on The qual1t1es that compelled results were her accuracy l1er enthus1asn1 for work tl1or oughly done and her fr1endsl11p for the 1nd1v1dual Who that has been 1n that class room can ever forget 115 accuracy? And wl1o can forget tl1e Joy of tl11s teacher IH a task l1l'lOlOL1gl1ly done? And who can ex er forget her kmdly personal touch as she carrled her puplls through the I11XSt6I'16S of Lat1n1tyP L1ke Don151e l'11l'1'lS6lf M155 McCall had an unerrlng scent for pa1rts 111 her pup1l5 and when she found the smack of It 1n a lad she rejo1ced openly' Then over all l1er work as a teacher there shone tl1e l1gl1t of a lovely Chr1st1a11 character Thus by her sklll her enthus1asm l1er trxendshlp and 11er l1fe sl1e pat1ently wrought at her task lt IS a pleasure to recall the fact that M155 McCall l1as been rewarded for her years of fa1thful to1l for perhaps no teacher 111 our school l1as a IHOFC extended 11st of loved and lovmg fr1ends than she Wh1le all may regret tl1e events tl1at brought to an end l1er d1rect 5erv1ce for Knox as a member of our faculty all share the sat15fact1on that n1ay be mdulged 1n over her recovered power and th15 qu1et trxbute may be another expressxon of that esteen1 IU wh1cl1 sl1e IS held for her years of 5erv1ce and for her cont1nued lnterest 1n the pro5per1ty of Old Knox o 1 . . , . . 2 . . . 5 1 1 1 1 1 ' . . 1 Y . - , . A ' - 1 y ' .. , . . . . . c , - 1 . V 1 - X ' 1. ' 11 ' 1 1 , 1. 1 - - 1 , . c Y - 1 , . . fl . . . . , 1 - ' 1 . , , . . . Y - , . D . 1 - A 1 - ,' . . r . H . . ,, . . 1 ., ' . . . U 1 ,, . . 1 1 M , . . ,, . . 1 c . v 1 1 - . . X . 1 . 1 , 1 1

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THE GALE 1 An Ideal Teacher JOHN H I'1xLEx 87 The 1deal teacher has been best defined by Professor George Herbert Palmer of Harx ard LlllXCI'S1tj -Xll that he saxs m hxs essay on that subject seems mn my opunon to be pecuharly appheable to lXl1ss McCall She nexer thought of g1Vlf1g accordmg to measure but she gaxe her best her personal mterest herself Her heart xx as m her xx ork and for that no equlx alent 15 posslble Miss McCall had mn a rare degree the aptltude for NICHYIOUSHCSS of vxlneh Mr Palmer speaks Her thoughts xx ere of tue needs of others her anmety was to put herself ln the place of her students and to bear their burdens I remember that the last of the four quahhtatxons named by Prof Palmer xx as a xxllhngness to be forgotten but one of that quahhcatnon IS surest not to be forgotten as all of us who haxe knoxxn lxllss McCall ln the past can testlfy Those xxho lose thexr hxes shall mdeed nnd them 'Xhss McCall has found hers m the deep affection vnth xxhxch all of her puplls haxe responded to her mlluence These quahtles the promptness to understand and sympathlze wlth others, to sacrnhce self for them the eaverness for a wealth of learnlng the ablhty to fulness xll 1 o to m mke a great person 1l1ty '1 great teacher 'md such was Miss MLC xll I Nlbll hcr lll my years of hfc 111 xxlnch to enjoy the frmts of her years of teach mg of Iklklllll others self forgetfulness CX c s 0 so IO 'T' 4 V ' Y ' A J . L p - - 4 ' v . , . ' 4- - ' ' as ' , 4 , ' , ' . . . v . z '. . rl 7. . v B Y . .- . . . . H C . . . . 9 to I 2 . . invigorate life through the imparting of knowledgeg and a complete self-forget- -1 g 1 ' Y . 2 ' , . ' 1 ' -. ' ' . ' z . 1 I ' V 1 . E. V .x . V . I - ' .- v ' ' 0' ' - - 1' ' , 1 3 ' if -..---gg-. s 9 A L f'?'x

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THE GALE ' 3 da McCall WILLIAM E. S1MoNDs It IS a happy prrxxlege to Jom wxth scores of loyal fxaends ln pavlng tribute to the scholarlv serxxce and graclous mfluence of BIIISS Ida McCall No one ever asso clated Wlth the college deserxes or could recexxe more hearty recognmon from those whose hx es haxe been lnfluenced wxthm Its walls I-Ier colleagues on the faculty are quxck to speak thelr apprecxatxon of the long assoc1at1on wxth thelr frxend whose genlal presence whole souled sympathy and dex otlon to the interests of Knox College haxe not onlv endeared her to them but have often been a direct msplratlon to them 1n thexr work Slnce her recent xllness and wlthdrawal from the old professxonal routlne, It has been heautxful to see how her former pupxls stxll chensh m loxmg memory the fresh remembrance of her affecuon and her helpfulness wh1ch they enjoyed per haps many years ago A few xx eelss smce the wrrter met on the college campus, a graduate of 94-a phx sxc1an of estabhshed reputatlon who stands at the head of has professxon nn 1 great eastern cltx he had come on a hurrxed trxp to spend a few days xx 1th h1s mother on the homestead m Iowa and had less than four hours to stay m Galeshuxg lt was wxthm a half hour of tram t1me when I met lnm I xx ent up to Nlrss NIcCall s he sind as soon as I got In VV1th1n the last two years I haxe had this ercperlence three or four tlmes xt IS srgmhcant and xt has happened oftener th1m I lcnow How could It be OIIICFVHSEP Few mstructors enjoy such mtamatelx personal contact w 1th thexr puplls as Nlrss lNIcCall has always en jox ed throughout the more than tw entx years of her connect1on with Knox Acad emv and I .Im sure that tlns w us her ewpermence durxng her sex en years of service m the Galeshurg Hugh School as xxell as durmg her nxe years m Rushxllle, where her profession tl xxorlc hex' tn Tlns mterest :UYXIXIIIQ through the years and now the rrchest of her pos 595510115 reflects of course Nlxss NIcCall s own sohcxtucle nexer mterrupted nexer chsturhed for the hoxs md Olrls whose acxdemlc trammg was so largely directed hx her Comp cr mx ely few te Ichers haxe gxx en tnemr puplls so mucl. as she h ts gn cn Ilere we recognue hrst the quahtxes of her scholarslnp scholar slnp m the strxctest sense sound ment tl chscxphne accuracy of knowledge me thochc ll ordermg ol worlc an enthusxxsm for learnmg for nts own salce and for the p crtmcul tr hranch of study lll the chrectlon of wlnch she showed such mar xclous poxxcr lhe glow or her enthusiasm kmdlecl that of her students, they couldnt help hut le lrn Iacm Xncl then there was tlns other element the hu suhjcct she llllglll much more th m that lessons m rrght hxmg and hlgh think me corrcctmg the cruchtrcs md m mnernsms that often charactertzecl the new comcrs n the cc Iclcmxc clrclc msplrmg them w1th tales ot xx hat had been accom phshed lx lxnox hoys md ,urls of former generatxons and how sympathetxcally how trctfully wlth wh tt lcmclness of heart 'Ihc sccrct of Nlxss NlcL tlls success IS 1 teacher IS the secret of her success IS 1 frrcnd md xt IS tn opcn sccret the m ister lscy to rll true success nn hfe She 11s ncxcr 5ULl,,ll mxthmg lor hcrs lf Un the contrxry she has alwrys set 1er thought on tlnngs for othcrs ller own IUILIISIIIOIIS rn the held of study h we been lcqulrcd for others she w ts happlest ln nnpartxng her knowledge to her students, to telch xx ts her clehght Xnd so the more th In tlnrty years of her devoted ser x1cc to Lfllklllllll mls xccn 1 constant glxlng to the g6llEI'l.tlO!'l whose SDdl1 lt mc csures She h cs gn en gcncrouslx gl tdly of hcr alnhty her physlcal strength hcr tnnc hcr sympathy hcr IIISDIYIUOII she hrs glxen herself to the students of these yc mrs 'Nlo xxonclcr as It th lt they scelc her home to rcmmd her of the httlc nn re ncmhcrccl xcts of kmdness and of loxe ' no wonder th at thcx comc to sce her and to spc lk therr grmtude Long m xy she hxc Ill tlns ttmosphcre of Serenity .md xffectron and long may she cont1m1e to cnyoy such trlhutcs of ttfcctnon md respect from those who were her students and who are now hcr loxlng frlcncls vu 1 f I 1 Y Y - Y v v . . 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