Mount Union College - Unonian Yearbook (Alliance, OH)

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in i ..,. , I l mls. PROP. A. M, nizusn. Qtjlrs. Qmefia Qftlcdlaff Qljrusti, QD6. M., Projkssar of Englzkh, Reszjgned. For twenty years just past, Mrs. Amelia McCall Brush haS Occupied the chair of English Language and Literature, and has been preceptress of the La- dies' Department ot Mount Union college. During this period of uninterrupted labor, she has by her Christian character, rehned manner, scholarly attainments and marked teaching ability, left a perma- nent impress upon the minds and hearts of the thousands of young men and women who were so fortunate as to have her for their instructor and teacher, and it need scarcely be said that her influence has been such as to inspire in those taught, higher ideals of life and living and intellectual attainments. Mrs. Brush was a constant student, especially of the English language, with theliterature of which she is deeply interested and remarkably familiar. She possessed a splendid diction and a peculiarly pleasing expression which gained for her the rapt attention of her auditors whenever she chose to express herself upon any subject. She was especially gifted as a teacher in her chosen field and no one left her class-room without feeling that he had been sitting in the presence of a master. She created an interest in the subject and instilled a desire in her pupils for pure English by holding up the language before them in all its beauty of thought and expression. . Her criticism and judgement of literary productions were sought in all quar- ters of the country, and her reputation as a master of the subject was not con- fined to the school in which she taught. During these years, she has contributed many able articles to current literature as found in the magazines and college publications of the country, and her readers have been impressed with her origi- nality of thought and beauty of expression. ' She has been faithful and untiring in her work during her long connection with the college. She has done her whole duty and retires from. these labors to seek a well-earned rest. She now makes her home with her son, H. W. Brush, who is U. S. Consul to Clifton, Canada. She will be greatly missed by the stu- dents and alumni of Mount Union college, all of whom hold her in the highest esteem, and who wish her yet many years of life and happiness, il 16

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REV. ALBERT B. RIKER, A. M,, D, D,, Prgsz'denf-Elegg,