Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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6320th 61lbert Time BY WILLIAM DAY CROCKETT lli month til May had come again; athrill with the pulse of life aml the song- of hirtl: 211111 the little world of State College was glad with all the glatlness ml the spring. One day. as the month was waning. we were tUltl that Dean lluml, who had gniie tn New linglaml UH a mission COHHCCICtl with the Cnllege. hatl heen taken ill in New Haven, Connecticut: the next, we learnetl that the mem- bers ut' his family were hasteningr tn his llCtl'SlthI aml the next, ere we had any of us had the time to wonder what um' College wut'ltl WUllltl he without Ulll' Senior Dean, we were stunned lw the message that he had hreathetl his last in the hospital at New Haven. timie, leltl only lit'tyseight! thine, in the ripeness of his powers! tione. in all the l'm'eelulness of his characterethe many-sitletl. the far-sightetl. the gi'eat-heartetl man that he wass-gmie! At tirst. it seemed to us whn wet'e left, that all inemnplete was his life and wnrk. Nut is there any telling how large a work aml place. might yet have heen his. hatl he lived another seut'e or even half a seure of years. lhtt as the mmiths have gune since his passing . the greatness of the life work that he actually aeemnplisherl has gmwn upon us, with the months. aml it is nut for 11s tn call that life incomplete, lmt the rather, well-mumletl. timid aml faith- ful servant. he! ' The sun of .Uiel I'nml. a merchant ul' high standingr aml ul Amelia t Ruli- illsnnl Pulltl. uf line Ultl New linglantl stuck. George tiilhert PUIMl was how at llnllistun. Massachusetts, mi tinutl ltil'itlil't'. March :9, 18m. llis prepara- tinn fur enllege he received in the schools of his native tuwn. and he entered Amherst College in the autumn of I877. He was graduated with the degree ul' laehelm' nt' Arts. in 188i. He then spent a year in Germany, studying in the l'nix'ersity til tinettingen. after which he taught a year in high sehunl wm'k Ellltl then lieeame Instructor in L'hemistry at Amherst. 'I'he while he mntiimetl his studies. heing awarded the degree of XXI. in I884. The next year he returned to tinettingen: lmt he lure completingr his work fur the Due- tnrate he was Cilllctl hack to .Xnieriea. ln I889 Amherst lltllltil'ctl him with the degree of NH l. mm Wm... ; '5 luv mum s: $354231?in ,, , , 0 '17:. L42; mm. V .

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Since 1888 his life has heen identified with the life and development of The Pennsylvania State College. lirst, and always. as llrufessor of Chemistry, then. since its organization in 1890, as Dean of the Sehuul of Natural Science. Recently, he ZlClCtl for President Sparks, during the year of the latter's absence. Jlnt these phrases, in reality. tell but very little of what Doctor llunil meant to the Cnllege in which he grew with the College aml with the years. It is no disparag'enient of any one else ennneeted with the institution. no mat- ter how long 01' valued his services, to say of Dean Pond. that he, more than any one else. stoml for all that is best in our Liullege traditiuns in scholarship. lior more than any one else, so far as sehnlarship goes, he lliltl helped to create those trzulitiuns. lilintling the Department tlUWll at the heels. as he entered upon his work here. he sown made it a force in the College. resolving that come what might. the Course in Chemistry SllOllltl mean an education of positive worth and actual achievement. And his success in this his life work, all the World knows; for at the time of his death he was ranked with the very gr 'atest teachers of Chemistry in America. lYe have called him many-siiletl: he was all that, aml more. He was evenly-poisetl. Possessed of the power of viewing a question in its larger aspects, hi at the same time was lllllllSllex'lng in his attention to details. He took nothing fur granted: he saw that a thing was done. Ordinarily he was quick in forming his conclusions: but if a subject demanded close investiga- tinn. his convictions. when formed. were without uncertainty. while his ac- tions became the reflex of his ennvietions. i Nut infrequently was seen in his life evidence of a rugged sense of honor that would not permit him to diverge fmm a path deliberately chosen, even though that path might lead counter to the interests of certain groups or in- tliviiluals. He had strong prejudices. as a forceful and vigorous nature must have; he was impatient of pettiness whether of motives or of men; he admired ahility wherever he funntl it. though he kept ellar the distinction between ability and rank; to the possessor of ability he granted full recognition, how- ever hninhle one might he. August Ist, 1883. just as he was about to begin his work at State College, he was married to Helen Palmer. of Amherst. Massachusetts. who. in their thirty years aml IHUI'C together. has luyally SCCUIlthtl his every effort. To them gist: rmpfwmxu - r.