Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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aff? as -2 r -es H1914 SYLLABUS 51 wee W14 8 io iil is' ,424 s r A 29 4 if fl 7 51 npxmx gn ,f 1 7, 1 4 i 1 I X .4 xv' I ? i 5 Emi I CAPTAIN LAURENCE OscAR LAWSON Keeper of the United Statler Lzfe Saving Station at Evamzfon for twenty-three years 1880-1903 Captain Lawson was born in K age of eighteen he went to sea and sailed before the mast for siX years. He came to Evanston in 1868 and was appointed first keeper ofthe United States Life Saving Station in 1880. The crew at this station is the only one in the service manned by students, and Captain Lawsonis rigorous discipline brought it to a high degree of eiiiciency. His influence on the members of his crew was marked and many graduates ofthe University hold him in highest esteem as a man of strict integrity. He received the public thanks of Congress and was awarded a gold medal by the Treasury Department for distinguished conduct and bravery on the occasion of the wreck ofthe Calumet off Fort Sheridan in November, 1889. He was retired from service by a e in 1 ' ' ' V g 9o3 and died at his home in Evanston October 29, 1912. almar, Sweden, in September, 1842. At the :ln--1....

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I f V . .' Lan X ., 'E , , X is : J 'san M y in T2 ' 'jr- s g ,51H 1 Q14 S Y L L A 13 U S HM -e.. K 4 f af fix - t-THA gk ails gli Nl, N116 gl , W H1 l 1 if, ,Zi lil 1 l f f 1 Q DANIEL BONBRIGHT A.M. LL.D. g 74 1 Nov. 27 1912 y J ' fi X john Evanr Proffrfor of Latin Language and Literature. l 14 ll T , A Dean Emfrllnr of the College ofLlberalAr1f.r. xiii 1 1 4 l A . . Q Q Daniel Bonbright was born in Youngstown, Pennsylvania, March IO, I83I. ,Z y i Q He studied at Dickinson College and graduated from Yale University in 1850. ' Z The two succeeding years he spent at the Universities of Berlin, Bonn and Got- 5' ingen. He came to Evanston when Northwestern University was in its infancy, ,ll 5 I and gave to the new institution his true and noble devotion. In the words of if f I . . . . 1 , , y Frances Willard with all that was highest, purest, and best in Evanston, Dr. ' I Bonbright was associated from the day of his arrivalf, We are not merely in Zi ,lg possession of man tan ible tokens of his wise ractical lannin for the needs of il 1 1, Y s P P s A fi the college, but his very life and character were unreservedly built into the life I and character of the institution during the fifty-four years of his continuous service. 5 X2 His finished scholarship impressed every student with new ideals of cultureg l 1 ' as a teacher he was authoritative and unctilious' his executive abilit was un- 42 I 1 P 7 Y li l usual, as shown in his worthy bearing of responsibility as Dean of the College of y l, af Liberal Arts and as Acting President of the University. lf lg The pure light in which Daniel Bonbright dwelt was radiated into every part l F of this community. His memory abides as an animating summons to duty, and 1 Q, 1 as a perpetual rebuke to all that is sordid and unworthy. ii

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