Mount Union College - Unonian Yearbook (Alliance, OH)

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Cfvnrgr IM. Gllarkv, 1511. E. On january 5, 1907, Dr. George Clarke, one of the founders of Mount Union College, passed away in VVink'insburg, Pa. His body was brought to Mo-unt Union and laid to rest near the scene of his heroic labors. The entire student body, headed by the faculty, marched to the church to pay their last respects to the man whom they honored for his tireless, self-sacrificing efforts for our college, and revered for his noble Christian character. - Dr. Clark was graduated from Allegheny College in 1852. At the urgent solicitatio-ns of his friends he was preparing, against his own con- victions thaththis was not to be his life work, to enter the ministry, when a call for a teacher came from Mount Union, then a seminary. He came here feeling that God had called him to the work, and during the forty- five years of his active service, amid hardships and discouragements, he cheerfully bore his heavy burdens, and his only care was to do his ut- most for the college. i-Ie was a member of that little group which, after great exertions, succeeded in having our college chartered. The story of his heroic efforts during the years while the college was struggling up to an hon- orable place and his unselfish devotion to its interests can never be fully told. He was so uncomplaining that no one but he knew how ter- rible was the strain of the toil and anxiety upon him. His power to adapt himself to every emergency is shown by the large range of sub- jects that he taught. When botany, Zoology and physiology were ,intro- duced these subjects were assigned to Dr. Clark, although he had never studied them. With characteristic energy he applied himself to the mas- tery of these subjects, laboring far into the night and spending Satur- days and holidays at his task, with the result that he was able to -teach these sciences very acceptably. Throughout his career at the college he was collecting and mounting specimens for the museum, and made sev- eral valuable donations to it. ' - Not only did he freely bestow his life and efforts upon the college, but he also, out of his meager salary, made many gifts to it. That the college had need was enough to insure a generous donation frompthis man who took more thought for others than for himself. He contribut- ed toward the museum, walks, equipment, endowment and bell, besides giving up part of his salary in a critical time. I A life like that of Dr. Clarkeis cannot easily be estimated. He sought no honor or gain for himself, but was-thoroughly devoted to the task which he felt sure his Master had assigned him. He was an earn- est, unassuming Christian. The record of his life is a long series of tasks cheerfully and well performed, great anxieties and sacrifices. He might have won a more prominent place elsewhere but he preferred to stand at his post, forgetful of self and desiring only the welfare of others.