Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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KNOX COLLEGE TO TIiE ALUMNI CCEPT TIIE WVARMEST YVELCONIE TILXT .Tl-'17 .1-.I I.-.l TIIE X'OUNG BIEN AND XYOUNG XVOBIEN WVIIO ARE IIERE AT KNOX IN YOUR OLD PLACES CAN TENDER YOU. DIAY TIIE OLD TREES ,AND OLD IXUILDINCQS WVIIICII YOU LOVED IN 'YOUR X'OUTII BRING BACK TIIE IDLEIXSIXNTEST TIIOUGIITS OF OTIIER DAYS. BIAY YOU FEEL TIIIXT TIIE C7OLLEG-E ILXS IQROIXDENED IN ITS LTSEFULNESS Asn l?OYVl'IR, X'ET MAY YOU FIND IT TIIE SAME OLD KNOX IN TIIE DEEPI4IR, 1NIORl41 ESSENTIAL '1'IIINCiS. lNfIAY YOU FIND TIIE SPOTS YOU IJOVED, AND PEIRIIIXPS SODIE OF TIIE INIEN AND TIIE YViJlNIEN YOU IJOVED. AND MAY YOU SAY, IT IS ALL JUST TIIE SIXINIE, EX- CEPT TILXT WVE WVERE XYOUNGJ'

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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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THE GALE '13 Reminiscences of Knox and Knox People DEKXN THOMAS R. XVILLAR11 XX N llX L 1. l L l. My father, VV. C. XXIillarCl, was never connected with Knox Col- lege either as 21 student or in any otheial capacity. l1ut all his life he took 1 lixely interest in tl1e i11 5t1tut1on 11111 xx as xx ell a1qua1nted xx 1tl1 its trustees tea1hers and stu clents Some of its f1culty and a 11un1l1er of its students found a l111111e 111 h1s f11111lx 11111 tl1e result ot this f:11t xx 1N that knox Col lege xx as 1 111nsta11t theme of con XCI'x'1tl0Il 11111 111111111110 H1 Cl T 11exer lx1lCXX 1111 otl1er st'1te of 11111111 Ill'lI'l th1t of 1 deep interest 111 ltS 1tt'11rs Xlx t1therN '1LClLlZ11llt ll1CE xx1th PreN11le11t I11n1th111 BI1n1h'1rcl he 111 111 tl1e Qt1te of Vermont 11 l1en IIC xx IN '1 I1111 perl1111b mat enter llll' IN t1111N '1111I jonat 1111 I l1111h1r1I xx LN 1 Ntuclent 111 l11 1I1I111r1 C1IIe1e TI1e 1hur1h 1t Ix1111eNter Xt xxhcre mv f1t1er 11 N 111110 xx1tl1 T1I1I111 t11111Ix xx 1N xxlthout '1 D15 11r 1111I TIC 1l1x httle XX '1rr ll XX 1lI1r1I xx 1N tIlNIYXl1Lll6fI '11r11Q5 16 11u11t1111N t11 XI11l1lI1l111r1 1 ge 111 111 the 11111Itx to SLIJ 1 1e 111 111 I6 11 11xx1114 911111111 3 1 N N Q tXXl111t111 thi TNI 1r 1 11 Ill 11tI11r 1111111111t111111t hut thex r111Ile1I 1 1 N 1 KN 1 1 1 IC 1111 I1r11u11 1 11NN 111 of 11N N N 11 lllx 111111 1111111l Preblc Il N11 1 1 1r11 Lll lL 1th11111 ot the en NI11 1 N N 1 xx1tl1 1tN 1I1111eI serx 1 N11 tI111N NU' N I111 tw tl1e ll 1 ll 1 111 6511111 t11 th lt 11f1 1 I he 1 IP 1 N tl l11x1 his I1u5111eSs kl N NLTX 1 1 Q11 lI1e r111o1t 1 N N1 1111r 1111 1IQ 11111 I re1111111 1 I1111e11t for XI1s11I11111 xx 1 ll IXLK 11 1e11 1 111v 0 lX6 kno N r1N1 11 1 llt 1rlx to tI11 111eNCl1t 11H11e of le X11 X 1NQ Ll1111111t111'1 T11 111111111 lt XXI 1 N 1 11111 lJ111111l IN 1111111 ltes 1I11rIx enotg N LI 1 1 111 11' 1 we 111 1rx11I 1 1 1 N 1 LII' 1 t1 tl1e most xlll 11111 TIIIT 11111 1 l111 1 ' '15 Y 1' ' ' ' 3. . 1 1 5, 1 1 111: B 1 1 ' 9 l1': 1' 5, . I. T. ' 1 '11 1 5 ' B 'le I 1 j 1 g . 1 1 1 I 'I : . .. ' 1 H . I . nn r11h:111. xx':1g I' , the t . 1 11 ' 'H e luli j 'lilll1Nl.Xf R. XX'1 1111 1 12 5 I - I - 5- tl Il 1111 l1'11I'1's lx'1111.1' H115 'X'l'll7, 11fI'1' tl lifr 1l'1'- 'II 5 - i J' .' 11 I :'11l'1i l11 !11'1' '1'1'lf11 . 'I I ' I -Y IPI! fl ' 1 If tl f II ff - I., T1 I1111-R 1IiN11111111i11t1111'11t Is111'!1, 1111 Pre. CI1111'IeS liI2lllCl12l!'lI, 11' 1' 1: 1, gt he 111111 1111131 :1II II11- 1 11I'-as 'S I: I ' 1 ' 1 S, 111 th'1t 111 11f the .lll4IL'lll5, ,I1111:11l1.111 T:l:llTK'l1:ll-ll, 51 IIILWIIII 11'ez1 'he I, so tI I -' ,ht 11I1 :11'r ,, the 111111111t:1i11s the 51111l1111t 111'e:11'I1er xx'h11 xx'z1s t11 I1CCl1l11C I6 tl1e 1 1Iist111g111.l11-1I 111'1'.i1I1-1115 of lin x CHIIQ141-, I11 u' ' ' , 1' let I'l1111I1:1r1l if 1'l1i1'IIx' 11N 1'iz1t1-1I xxilh the most 'Ia 2 'I St ' Q: g ' tire 1111111l11-rg 'IT IIT th- 1-11Il1':1-, :t111I1-1113 z1111I f:1 'llItX', I 111e:111 'Q ' 1 'i'e. IIIIN 115. 1'1z1ti1111 iN KlllL'. 11111 111 1111 111111 llIClll1'l'X' of IC 31 x'ice:, t tes- 111x' uf l'1'1 f1'sN111'N k'I1111'1'z1iII, II11r1I :1111I C 111.1 'Ii, z1111I fl 'zIIy z ny I 1h1-r. T11 l11-111' llr. lZI:1111-l1:1r1I :nt 1'l1411111I serx'i1'1' 11:15 t11 l11-:1r l1i111 ut 1is st: this IN 1I11-11' 1111:111i1111111N 111.11111 IIX. Xly I':1tl1 -1' 11.11-1I ll'C1lllC1llIX' 1 -z '1 ' . to 1l thi, . 1 i1'1', :111l IIIZIIIX' 11h1-r I111si111-ss 1111-11 1li1I the .: 11e. T 1 ' 1f xxI11t Ilr. lII:1111'I1:11'1I s:111I :1t 1'I1:1l11'l xx':1s 11ft1-11 llIllIIL' ut '1 1 1 I16I' XIXIIIIX' the 111111111 111' the 1111-si1I1-111's C'1Illl'IlSI1 of Ilz1x'i1l': 1 .1 5. 'ith tI11 1'I1I1-1' IIl'lll1If, j111Ig1111-111 11111111 his 5 111. Th- rlilIII1'lI l-lllllllj' with xx'I111111 my f:1tI1er I1: I I' I 'I . I V. 5. ' ' x College its Iirft I:11Iy 11r1111'i11:1I. C111' -51111 Ii lg T2 U' 1 ' 5 3 1111 ' 1111-11. in 1h1-111-rs1111 11f ,I'.1 ' - - A . .lI6ll. l'r 1.1' ' I1I:1111'I1:11'1I's1I1-I:t- tl .'t11I 1 AX. 51: A 1 5 ' 1. -1 1 'I1 -lz1r:11-11-r z1111l :1I1'li1y. I'r11'. .XII t IlllSIll1L'II lI11rt, of II111'x'z 1I C1 II15 . .i1I a xx1Il 1I1-a- 'f t1'iI111t1- 11 ,XI1r:1l1:1111 Ii11c 1I11 f111' ISSlllllfi'i n 1:lz1lI1- ge 1 for- '1 -2 ' 'A' 11 gnizc XX'131.s11's 1 gh.