Peace College - Lotus Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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Henry Jerome Stockard S , mixed ill liiiii tliat Naluiv liilKlit sia And SUV tn all thr Wdll.l ' Tliis was a li When Dr. H.-iiry J.toiih. Sf.rkanl i.assr.l away, last aiitimiii, tlir Stair nf X,,i lost onr (if hi-r nolili-st suns, a ilcrp tliliik.T. a Rivat I ' diiratdr ali.l a siiifi.T of m.ii Ijeautiful; and the Peace girls lost a true friend. Beautiful tributes have been paid him by loviiin friends, far and mar. Iml In mi.ssed more, by any, than by those girls of Peace who sat at his feet in the classnu. knew and loved him as friend, adviser and college presiilent. Every pupil found in him a true and safe counselor, and a hriii and steadfast moved among us as the incarnation of what is true and beautiful and guud in lif for him was as natural as it was easy. His motive.s were as pure as the sunlight : as white as snow. His mind was clear and his thoughts deep. Both tenflerness a were his in even balance. His presence stiniulated the (imii to him.self, he could not be false to others. It has been said of him, by one of his frrends. that a :,i lets of earth for a crown of righteousness on holier height: than that where he livetl and taught and wrought. One of the misfortunes or frailties of our human natur 1 and I th; ■d th, Olv Kesprct rhap- lalid the true worth of our friends while they are yet with us. But after they are taken from us and we behold, in clearer outline, the purity of their motives, their aims and objects in life, then it is that we enslirine them and place them where they belong. While standing too near a great painting, we often see what we deem a flaw or a defect. But when we take our position at a point a little farther removed, then the beauty and mystery hold us in the power of its magic And this is true in luukii at the vantage pumt iif a at the life id eharaeter of a great ma (Ills estimation. And we standing f hi What tribute w-orlliv Can word or lillmf; pi These saiacd walls still I And Peace laliielils lie The laurel wicalli winch , n(l , lill keep- iVc-l, « TIl: II X. .he p: iImiU ;;li lie dreamed And felt the fan of Fancy ' s wings! He knew the real from what seemed The value and the worth of things. In all his work he lived, rejoiced, And all his |.,iweis of soul di.splayed; The call (if Diilv cleail v voiivd The Call of (lod, which he obeyed. Eliz. beth Bki.k, ' 11.

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