Rockford College - Recensio / Cupola Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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4. THE CUPOLA Martha Waldo ye From thc I1'oc'1.'j'orr1 Uollrge Alunznmf Bullrlilz: The daughter of Rockford College. who has given twenty-four years of serv- ice to her,Alma Mater, and who has now laid down her life work and love, Martha NValdo Nye, has always seemed to many of her friends to embody in a, marked degree the sweetness and light which constitutes the modern ideal of woman- hood. Tl1e blending of these qualities of her mind and heart was so har- monious that her friendships were always tempered with elcarness of vision, and her judgment was always rooted in sympathy. I believe that no one whose relationship with Miss Nye was more than casual could fail to perceive the grace of her womanhood even in the most trying busi- ness situation. Those 'of us who knew her better charm was the outward sign of that line and deep noble women. That at child should toil in a glass realized that this personal sympathy which belongs to factory, that a college girl should lose father or mother, that a Belgian home should become a waste, caused her suffering that could be hidden only by disoliplined calmness of manner. This tenderness of nature found expression not only in human affection, but also in love of the beautiful in the objective world-a sprouting bulb or an unfolding tiower. A day in the Woods was to her a source of lasting joy. Of Miss Nye's intellectual endowment, it is sutiicient to say that she was not only a life-long student of higher mathematics, but a teacher who was able to present her subject in such a way that accuracy of thinking was stimulated even in the slowest minds. It is saying among us that very seldom did a student in her classes fail. Her judgment was always sane, taking account of causes as well as evidences. It was also to her clearness of vision that We owed her sense of humor, which often cleared the atmosphere of annoyance or criticism. The sweetness and light of Miss Nye's character showed as plainly in her religious as in her social life. The last time her voice was heard in the college chapel was on a morning early in the winter. IIer choice of scripture for the service was that psalm of unfailing trust in the fatherly God which begins: He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fort- ress, my God, in whom I trust. The service was closed by the singing of a part of Tennys0n's invocation to the Master in f'In Memoriamnz 'tStrong Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we can not prove : Let knowledge grow from more tomore, But more of reverence in us dwell, That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before. I No final utterance before the college which she loved could have better voiced the secret of Miss Nye 's intiuence. That the beauty of the Lord our God may in some measure rest upon us as it did upon her, cannot fail to be the result of her beautiful life among us. LORENA M. CHURCH. .5

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THE CUPOLA The Board 0 Trusiees ORIAIICERS JOIIN BARNES ............ EDXVARD POTTER LATIIROP. . GEORGE O. FORBES ....... FRED G. SIIOIIDY. . . . . . . . . . . . . Trrm. E.I'l1'1.l'l'.Y Jann' 1.91.3 EDWARD POTTER LATHROIJ ..... . 111113. :XDELE SIIITII STRUNG. .. MRS. CHARLES 141. IIERRICK. . MRS. JOHN H. SIIERRATT. . . FREDERICK HAINES ...... FRED G. SHOUDY ...... EDXVIN H. IQEELER ..... GYSTIXVE J. BOEIILAND. . . Term. E.:'p'zfr6s JHIICQ 1.916 AIRS. XVILLIAM A. TALCUTT, A.M. . . JOHN BARNES .................. HGENRY H. ROBINSON ..... XVILLIAM H. FITCH. M. D. . GEORGE O. FORBES .,.... WILLIAM T. ROBERTSON. . . XVILLIAM VV. BENNETT .... ROBERT K. XVELSH. HA .... .. . . Tcrm E.l'1.lZdl'f'.4 Jima, 1917 MRS. SEELY PERRY, AAI. . . .......... ...... . . . . REV. JOHN GORDON, B.D ......... JULIA H. GULLIVER, PH.D.. LL.D. . . FRANK L. CLEVELAND .............. . . . . . . ..Vl'I1Sid0l1t X7if'C-Pl'OSillPI1T . . . . .S0uI'OfzII'y . . .'l'I'OzIS1I1'm' . . HOT-kford . .fwllilfilgtl ... . .C'l1iuag1'O . . .Ruvkford . .Rfwkford . . .Rovkford . .ROvkfOI'd . . ROr'kfOI'd . .ROI-kford . .Rovkford . . .R01fkfO1'd . .Romfkford . .Rockford . .ROI-kford . .RO4'kSf01'd . . RGf'kf01'4:l . .ROI-k1fOI'd . .Rovkford . . .ROI-kfOI'd . .Rfwkfolid REV. THOMAS BARNEY THOMPSON, AB. . . . .ROI-kford FRANK F. WORAIWOOD ............... . .Rovkford Hmzorary Member MRS. N. C. THOMPSON E.:-mfzzffive CYDIIIIIIIFHCP BIRS. CHARLES E. IIERRICK ........................... ...... . .Chicago Resident MeI1IheI'S Of the Board Of TI'uStf3eS I Deceased 5