New Jersey State Teachers College - Seal Yearbook (Trenton, NJ)

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- S ' I h ,. - X I ,, X X J X . if X X s ' - J- di- , , ,WW--' -- TAD There is no death! What seems so is transition. This life of mortal breath IS but fl S1fl4b1H'b of the life Elysian Whose 7:--artal we call Death. Elin jllflemnriam 1 : Bah 381055 E was Robert VVillis Bliss, our teacherg but he was Bob Bliss, our friend. Although his life covered only twenty-three years, he gave unmistakable evidences of marked ability. Even as a child he stood out because of his gay, gallant spirit and his quick intelligence. Because of his many admirable qualities he early became a leader in school work and in play. His was a well-rounded life with his interests running the gamut of ac- tivities. He possessed in a high degree that rare quality of mixing freely with people, and he could readily adapt himself to any situation. He was perfectly at home whether he was in the classroom or on the athletic field, at the bridge table or on the dance floor, at the lecture or at the concert. That, in the final reckoning, is an unfailing test of a gentleman. But it was in literature that he found his real vocation. Here his delight in adequate expression, his power of delicate discrimination, his keen sen- sitiveness to beauty, and his sustained enthusiasm were given full play. His ability to awaken similar responses in others proved him a true teacher. Bob Bliss seemed to have that happy combination of a teacher's mind and a student's interests. It was this quality which enabled him to under- stand the individual difficulties of his pupils and to clear them up by his sympathetic advice. Grief is not a fitting garment to cloak our memories of Bob Bliss. Rather may he remain as we always knew him, young, capable, and likeable, for to live in the hearts of loved ones is not to die. Seven