Mississippi College - Tribesman Yearbook (Clinton, MS)

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f rnftsanr Ulurray Hatter it be true that in ancient times men aspired to be demi-gods and gods, in this day of splendid realities, the greatest aspiration is to be a MAN. To be human is no longer cause for apology, for to be so human as to have a sympathetic touch with one’s environments is to incorporate a spirit akin to the divine. The purpose of this story is to trace in brief outline the portraiture of a man, still young, who has been an inspiration to hundreds of struggling youths, because of the many noble virtues in him which appear in positive and outstanding form. Science has explained many things, but it has never been able to explain the labyrinthic course through which God leads those whom He has called to special duties. They themselves cannot explain it. All that can be said is that it is God’s will. With this feeling, these chosen ones take up the burden of life with that self- lessness of character which knows no daunting, and they give to the world what they give just for the joy of giving. On the 8th of May, 1872, Murray Latimer was born, in a country home where his childish ears were first thrilled by the morning harmonies of the forest songsters, where the lad grew strong by the daily labors pertinent to the duties of a farmer boy, where his mind developed vigor by his close touch with nature, and where his soul was nourished on purity in a constant companionship of a faithful father and a devoted mother. At the age of four, in a log house, our scholarly Professor of Greek began his educational career. At that tender age he showed a great aptitude for learning. Soon after he entered school, the house was burned, and hence-forth the lad was forced to walk four miles to the nearest school. This he continued for three or four months each year until, at the age of twenty, he entered the Senior Preparatory Department in Mississippi College, Professor John L. Logan being Principal. Five years later, he finished his course with the honors of his class with the tw T o degrees of Bachelor of Arts, and Bachelor of Science. He was a member of the Philomathian Society, and the esteem in which his society held him was manifested by his election of Anniver- sarian without opposition. Perhaps Mississippi College never had a more reliable or accurate student than was Mr. Latimer, and his careful painstaking work then is responsible for his profound scholarship now. During his childhood and youth, he was consumed with a passion for an educa- tion. In spite of the fact that he had only fifty dollars which his father had given 6