Millsaps College - Bobashela Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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Dr. J. A. Moore. AN APPRECIATION. » » So many worlds, so much to do. So little done, such things to be. How know I what had need of thee. For thou wert kind as thou wert true. This tribute to his lamented friend by England ' s great laureate comes easily to mind in view of the present death of Dr. J. A. Moore, our honored Professor of ] Iathematics. We cannot conceive of him otherwise than as fill- ing the right place and doing with his might the right thing, to whatever sphere God niav have called him. Like a true W ' esleyan he was never unemployed, never trifiingly emploved. ' So single was his aim in life, so constant his devo- tion to duty, and withal so unique was his personality, that he is become an integral part of the history of Alillsaps College. In an important sense it mav be said that he was the founder of our Department of Mathematics, for while not one of the original Faculty, he signed the diplomas of our first graduating class, and left the impress of his strong individuality upon their successors for a period of nearly fourteen years. The ordinary terms of obituary writing would not be appronriate in this appreciation of our subject. To say that a figure long familiar upon our cam- pus and in our college halls has disappeared ; that a teacher of rare equipment and distinguished service has been lost to the educational work of our State and Church: that the voice of a faithful minister of the gospel has been hushed in death ; that a kind neighbor, a true friend, a good citizen, a devoted husband, a wise and tender father has ceased to live — would all be true ; but those who knew Dr. Moore well would hardly think of these things as necessary to be said ; they fall naturally into the scheme of a life like his. It would be in doubtful taste, however the facts might justify it, to speak in terms of fulsome oraise concerning one whose dominant characteristic was simplicity and exactness. And yet he will, in college tradition, be always asso- ciated with the love and rememberable teachers, real or imaginary, that are met with in our reading of Ene-lish or other literature. He was not - Dr. Arnold, but Dr. Arnold himself had no greater gift of rectitude, no loftier stand- ard of life, personal or professional, than he ; he was not a counterpart of the master we read of in The Deserted Milage. and yet Goldsmith ' s genial dom- inie inspired no truer devotion, no more loyal admiration than did Dr. Moore among those who from time to time came under his tuition.