SUNY at Cobleskill - Voice Yearbook (Cobleskill, NY)

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DANIEL DODGE FRISBIE 1859-1931 (ilTlSSN CH UKCHMAN- STATESMAN SOMETIME. SPEAKER OF THE MEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLF AS A MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY FOR SCHOHARIE COUNTY HE INTRODUCED AND CARRIED THROUGH THE LEGISLATION WHICH RESULTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS INSTITUTION « • ♦ t THIS TABLET 18 IRK6TID 111 AFFECTIONATE ;«eoofuriofi of ms faithful amd unselfish 8E0!I)6E DURING TWENTY YEARS A3 FRIEND MU COUNSELOR OF T5 113 8SB00L AMO FIRST PRESIDENT OF ITS BOAR9 OF TRUSTEES il r » APftll 1033 '

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Dedication UV, the I '(tier Stuff of Xinrfrai hundred and thirl y-tiro. hereby dedi-eate this truth rolnuie of the Voire Annual, to our friend and teacher, .1 iss Anna li. liiles.

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In Memonam I ION. I AXI Kfj I). FKINimC Novkmkbk .‘Ml, 18. 0 - Ar ;rsT ( , HKU The passing of Daniel Dodge Frisbie truly leaves an empty space in I he life « r this i list i I ill ion. Therefore, il is fitting and propel dial we chronicle in (his annual some of I In out si a inline fads in regard lo his life. Failing this, we should he very much amiss. Mr. Frisbie was horn November -»0, I Soil a( Middlcburgh. N. Y., which was his home town throughout his life and il. was then dial In-died August ( , l!Kll. Mr. Frisbie was educated in tin- schools of his native- town and al llariwick Seminary. Al (lie laller institution In acijuired a broad ami liberal educalion. developing marked literary tastes, which in after years led him lo adopt journalism as a profession. I le also altained prominence as a public speaker and dcbalor. Leaving the seminary in LS7( , he -n!ered upon an active business cam-r with liis lather and later with his brother, which proved singularly sueeessful. and from ISiM) on. in addition lo journalism, he was privately interested in many important enterprises. Mr. Frisbie was a life long member of Si. Marks’ Lutheran ('linrch of Middlcburgh and lo (hat church he gave mist ini ingly of lime and funds. In public life Speaker Frisbie may justly and proudly be called one of Schoharie County's outstanding sons. He was first elected lo Un-assembly in IllOO and during this term secured immediate recognition as a statesman and leader so that when lie was returned by his county in mtU he at once became l he minority leader of his party. Again in IOOX lie was elected to the Assembly and served continuously in I his capacity up lo and including 1011. During this time he was the democratic leader and in 1011 was elected lo the position of Speaker. Il was during his Speakership in 1011 that Mr. Frisbie introduced and secured the passage of the Dill creating this New York Stale School of Agriculture til Cobleskill. incidentally, the birth certificate- gave the name of I lie Schoharie Stale School of Agriculture and that name is now engraved over tin front entrance lo Frisbie Hall. In ihe words of Mr. Frisbie this school got its first start in Ihe city of Kcussclacr February 2, mitt, when he presented a similar proposition al a (’handier of Commerce banquet and proposed that with assistance the school could be located in Kcnsselacr County. An extract of the statement in regard to this meeting, is on file in I he office and reads as follows: The promised •surprise' for I he evening was a petition lo Mrs. Itusscll Sage. New York City, to buy Seven