Lawrence University - Ariel Yearbook (Appleton, WI)

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'the work of his pupils. Every student felt instinctively that he must be at his best in Professor jones' class room, and the step from the intellectual to the moral best was easily taken under such leadership. Invisible to us, he enjoys an earthly immortality in the many lives which he has touched and, touching, lifted. It might well be written on his tomb that he was a true servant of God, and a true friend-not simply of man- kind, but of men. MARY A. P. STANSBURY, '59. io

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I unostentatious as possible, and it was not of a kind that does' good because 'it is an easy matter to do so. There were times in the early historyof Lawrence University when members of the faculty had to live as poor men do, and Professor jones was no exception to this rule. If he gave to religious and benevolent causes-and he al- ways did this-it was a kind of giving that cost some- thing, benevolence expressed through sacrifice. But I find I have gone beyond the limit assigned me in this slight notice. I have mentioned these two or 'three traits, because they always have impressed me deeply as characteristics of an departed friend. The college has had many faithful instructors, but none mo-re -devoted than he through the many years in which he served it. GEO. M. STEELE. The supreme objective test of character is its power to 'help the individual. Some men tower coldly and inaces- sibly as the pyramidsg others aspire like a flame, warm- ing and cheering all within the circle of their influence. judged by this standard, Professor jones measured to the full stature of a great and loving soul. Incor- ruptibly faithful to his own ideals of life and duty, he be- lieved also in the purposes and possibilities of others. Yet he never exercised that easy indulgence, often mis- called charity, which adapts itself as readily to faults as to virtues. I-Iis kindness could even veil itself on occas- ion in severity, only to shine forth the more brightly at the first evidence of a sincere effort at improvement. I-Iis own conscientious thoroughness repeated itself in 9

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