Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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THE LAST SAD RITES. I Burial of the Late President Smart at Latayette. Special to The Indianapolis Sentinel. LAFAYETTE, Feb. 24.— The funeral of the late Dr. James H. Smart of Purdue univer- sity was held this afternoon at 2 o ' clock. There were services in the Second Presby- terian church, of which the deceased was a member, conducted by the Rev. John P. Hale. The remains lay in state at the church from 11 in the moi-ning until 1 o ' clock m the afternoon. Each of the regular classes at the university was represented at the services by twenty-five members selected by the classes. The senior pharmacy class sent eight representatives, the junior seven and the short course in agriculture was represented by fifteen member-s. Over half the church auditorium had been reserved for those in attendance out of the city, for the atudent delegates, the members of the faculty and others connected with the uni- versity, the board of trustees, the active and honorary pall-bearers and for the relatives and members of the family. The active pall-bearers were: Profs. Stanley Coulter, W. K. Hatt, C. S. Plumb, J. C. Arthur and Messrs. Montgomery Meigs and Brown Brockenbrough. sr. The honorary pall-bearers were: Vice- President W. E. Stone, Messrs. W. V. Stuart, Samuel Moore, Robert W. Sample, James Murdock, James M. Fowler, William M. Blackstock, Mortimer Levering, Dr. G. F Beasley, the Hon. James A. Mount, the Hon. Hugh H. Hanna, Dr. Joseph G. Swam, president of Indiana university; Dr. W. P. Kane, president of Wabash college, and F. L. Jones, state superintendent of public ! Instruction. ; The floral tributes were many and very handsome and came as offerings ' of love and sorrow from the faculty, board ' of trustees, fraternity and class organiza,- tions and from friends of the beloved presi- dent. Covering the top of the coffin and reaching down the sides was a pall made of i purple violets with a border of ferns, ihe ■■ scripture lesson was read from the fifteenth chapter of Corinthians, and the address was i- a beautiful one, truly setting forth the life and work of Dr. Smart and paying a fitting tribute to his great worth as a rnan Lead Klnaiy Light and Nearer My Go to Thee were rendered- by a quartet composed 6m Miss Elizabeth Millsprugh of the Purdue school of music. Miss Mary Roseberry, Dr P. N. Evans of the Purdue faculty and Thomas J. Barnes, jr., a for ' Purdue. Miss Eva Linn, a graduate from Purdue In 1897, acted as organist POfiOIE ' S NEIIK PRESWT DB.. W. E. STONE, WHO HAS VICE-PRESIDENT. Board Selected Him to Continue in the Position Which He Has Been Filling. The board of directors of Purdue Unl- verslty, meeting at the Denison Hotel, announced late this afternoon that they had elected Dr. Winthrop E. Stone pres- ident of the university, to succeed James H. Smart, whose death occurred some months ago. Dr. Stone was vice-presi- dent of the institution and has been serving as president since Dr. Smart ' s death. His election was somewhat unexpected. His name had been proposed, but It was Line understood the board favored another man. H. W. Wiley, of the division of of the United States Depart- prominently f the b spoke, of his trustees, the honorary Pall-I e ' ; ,, : iVis ' t before the meeting representative delegation from the Purdue - ' highly probable faculty. The board also appointed Prof. Wlll- — lam F M. Goaa, of the university, to Gen. Harrison ' s BenntiCnl Tribnte. the position of dean of the engineering Gen. Harrison, president of the board of schools. trustees for Purdue university, said today: a - - ' ■- »»■-•..- . The death of President Smart is a great loss to the educational forces of ' vhe statfe, and almost an irreparable loss to Purdue university. He had very lovable traits of character and his intellectual equipment was of a very high order. He had the genius of common sense and a very rare and forceful executive ability, coupled with great suavity of manner. He was sincere and straightforward and won his ends be- cause his purposes were disinterested a ad his plans supported by convincing reasons. His Intercourse with his board of trustees and with committees of the leeislaturs was characterized by these qualities, and he rarely failed to get what he asked for in his I work. He was not only an educator, but a I 4 fine accountant and financier. He loved God and all of his creatures. I WEST TO ST. LOUIS KEOKUK KAN5A5 CITY OMAHA DENVER PORTLAND SEATTLE TACOMA LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO SOUTH TO EVANSVILLE NASHVILLE CHATTANOOGA JACKSONVILLE Chair Cars (seats free) kQENCV Through Tickets Soid to any part of the World HOS. FOLLEN, Passenger and Ticket Agent City Office, 113 Main St., Lahr House Block LAFAYETTE, IND. jt C. S. CRANE, H. id General General Passenger and Ticket Agent, ST. LOUIS, MO. P. TAYLOR, Assistant General Passenger and Ticket Agent,

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