Northland College - Wedge Yearbook (Ashland, WI)

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3m memnriam 1857-1941 Bran Emeritus: mallarc QT Eitrhmtk We, the students now attending Northland College, did not know Dr. Hitchcock as a young and enthusiastic director of athletics, nor in any of those capacities in which he served when the college was new. We have known him as our dean, whose whole- hearted support was given to those activities which would best serve the interests of his student body. Our senior class has known him intimately for three yearSe-intimately because he went far out of his way to put right the personal difficulties which the stu- dents brought to himi No time given to the information sought by a student seemed to him to be wasted. It was not only individual attention that he gave, but specialized, continued and repeated heipi That he knew each one of us tar better than we realized, was evidenced by the insight and understanding he showed in helping solve our problems We remember in Dr. Hitchcock the keen, subtle sense of humor which showed itself in his wellwchosen chapel readings, and the sharp wit of his contributing comments. We remember that on bitterly cold days he often called the students who had difficulty in reaching school, and personally reassured those who were necessarily absent. We remember especially the Very real enjoyment he showed at the students' activitieseat our football games, and at the spring tug-of-wars. He stood in the hollow, encouraging first one team and then the other, but perhaps more often the freshman group! while he jammed his hands in his pockets and grinned with secret excitement. We remember the round upbraidings he gave the men upon occasion, when fraternity mischief or Hell Day pranks got the better of good judgment. We remember how he helped with little things, when he, especially, could be counted upon, above everyone else We remember his participation on Ivy Days, when he helped to plant vines which he enjoyed so much. He liked to see green things growing, and each new spring season seemed to give more pleasure than the last. He walked a great deal, especially on bright days, and on sunny fall afternoons would watch the football teams scrimmage. We can never realize how much Northland College meant to Dr Hitchcock, but we do realize and appreciate how much he meant to each of us. His helpful interest, his mag- nificent unselfishness, his accomplishments and his love of his work, have become an inseparable part of Northland College and of its students. GEORGIANA SZARKOWSKI, '41.