Oberlin College - Hi-O-Hi Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

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u 1;. bid: 115 speak 11011111151 01' the dead but Uond T1115 implies that there are generallv a good 1111111' things that might be said o1he111'1'e, which 1111 t be charilahh passed 111'1.1' I11 11115 1-1151 1!11:str:111g1 11111 is 11121 ther'e 1; nothing to be pa ed met Nothing but good 11:15 3161 spoken 111 Mr. Sianlev 11111161111111 I rcnlcmbct 1111121 11m nr 1110 1efo1'e my departure 11:11 iug 111111 another member of the l-acultv in the park; and as some 1efer:nce 11215 made 111 Mr 9.1111111 1111 1111:1111 53111 11111111113111 :1 5111111111 find 3111 13111t 111111 Professor Stan e1 And this remark was made when we both supposed Inm to be 111 creed health and 112111161 thought ufpzrwiniw 111111 3111111'1 11111111111111.1311111141111 life there 11515 no occasmn to speak 1111111111151 but athmratzon of his noble c11a1acte1,so when We stand bx his gnu 1, 1111211 aj111 111.1111 1111111; of snrh :1 rounded, symnwtrical, heautiful character. The 1'011011 i116 resolution: 116m adopted by the Facultv 01' 0bc1li11 Collcvc' 111 11-111c11cu lu 311131211111 I11 11611 of the death of Instructor 1: II Stanlev the F c11lt1 010be1'1i11 College desire to place upon pcmmnunL rccurd tncir um '1'111'1111' 11 111211 has het'allen the 601161-36; the connnunitv and 1119111591115 personally It is given to few men in 30 511011 11 1cs1dcnu1 an 1Hy 111 g11h1 tht- eqteem 311d 115111111111 01' a co1111111111111'.1hth :1 spmt and tamper altovether 11111111110 he has gone in and 111112111111 0 llN. and 61511 whem lch 1111 11111111 1111111- hfr. I11 111 15214111111119 11e1' er formtli 5111611 '1 aim , and he 11:15 Conspicuoush patient. '1 1111mthet1c q111cke11i11g ui1iuu to 11mm pupik thir hcsl 511111111115: hi s preparatmu far his dnilv leaching 1151911111116 thoroughly broadl Lactfu 11'; he bewudged 11o labor in 21111 part of 1115 1101 ; bul in 11mm fidehh and 1v1th strength he pursued his 11011: to 115 end. II15 bearincr 1111s a111'n's that born of the hemt of co1111es1 111 11 Christian gcnlleman and hniuenccd c1111 1111151 111111 met 111111 but caiuallv. He hzlswmught his life into the growth of two colleges; and done much to mold the thinking and 'J1'1'1'11g11f111t11- luss than 11 11111111111111: of students. H14 best 1111211101131 is a loving memory in the hearts of all who knew him; fellow teacherS. pupils and frie11115,r-a11 of 11110111 :urTer personal It 1111115 dualh.H 113120111 J F. P121

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24 equable teiupen and seemiugh'just 215 ruady us ever to take up his xmtk willumt shrinking, he seems to have shown much. not only of patience. but of something very Closely akin to heroism. In thuw Last houwv when one might be pardoned ifhe thought only of himself, he was still thought- ful 0f the work of teaching that hail hwu i'mnmitted to him, and faithful in the least, he gave careful directions concern- ing a few alas cards remaining to he rqmncd. This high and patient lii'zch'u 5 1H'l'llal.' the largest inheritance which he has left behind hum Two other lm which new Ltilll'vizllly evident in Mr. S 'uiiq were made V and tmuoarenci' of clmractei. He d not underratc h , pom: ,, nor did he uminiv lire, their recognition. Ha xiilnik'd tn be judged by 11 work and to give every apportun' x' to have that work e. 1clly known. Hi: aims, his hopes, his pimped: hv was wont to allude to lleciix, lmt m'wr' 'ippmpriately nor to other than trusted friends, There wn: nothing,Y in them to he ' ahamwl of, and he had no fem in .xycakiug of them, He was cordiallv and uuwlrishly interested in the success of othexs, even if it Stood in the wav of his mm Llrulnotilm, :6 it well might, among Lcuvhvrc engaged in eimilar work and he was qui tn riieceru the merits and high abilit; 01 thSL into whose ranks he came. This he lmmi to acknowledge with a son. ufzulmimtimi and delight, Envy seemed impossible m him. He has expressed .eomethiug like this: qu the Lord has made another man that van do a Certain work better than I, I rejnice in it VYhat is g'ii en to me I will du. and what is reserved for some oLhm I lllus God he can find the other to do iL'l Sn ill' was quick 11nd glad to see time, noble. strung qualitie 111 other men around him. Hi fatAl .Nickncts L-Hmu :urhlenl'xx but it neither fright- Cucd imr confounded him, Life xx'a' sweet to him. Hi: p113 icimis told him thathc us to dim but even after this, feeling a litlh- relieved of his tlistretst, he said cheeihilly, ll Do you not think doctor. that I may yet ynll thmug ?H He hoped to live but lJL did not refuse to die, He simply hoped that it was Godis will that he might be spared for .1 while to his friends and his xmi'k. Hv died he had lived, quietliy Lnutfnlly happily. An Old Latin maxim

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26 alumni associations. iollege alumni association, Pn'sz'dml. JUDGE J, E. Inogxsmnq 45 I 'z'rr-anv'rf, 71m G. W. WALKER. '59. REV. S. V. S. FISHER, 68. Puma W, R. CHAMBERLAIN, 75. PROF, A, S. ROOT, PROF. J. F. Plath. Hm: T. E. BtnTox, . Oralnr for 1892. HON. J, H. KYLE. '78. . . . , . . . V . .Mternatc, 8,1,0bcrlin, . . . . . . . .Seczetary. . Treasurer, theological alumni assoriatiom 177mm m, Rm: J. G. W. Cowms, '59. I 'I'rrrl'V'mMrum REV. A. E. THOMPSOA, 194. REY. j, P. RIFDINGER. 76 PROF. J IJ-j-xmanAM. '87. Oberlin, , . . . . Secretary, Pnoyx G. KY. SHL'RTLEFF. '02, v . . . . . . Treasurer. EXVPRESIDENT JAMES H, FAIRCHILD. 38, , Preacher for 92. PRESIDENT E. M. vawwu, 60, . . . . . . . Alternate.