Shepherd University - Cohongoroota Yearbook (Shepherdstown, WV)

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JOHN GOTLIEB KNUTTI Born in Niedlluh, Switzerland, November 21, 1871. Came to America with his father's family whe11 he was eight years of age. Attended Public Schools and St. George-'s Academy. Entered tl1e Vlfest Virginia University in 1893, graduating in 1897. Member of the Faculty of Fairmont Normal School three years. In iooo he entered Leland Stanford -lr. University and received the degree of Master of Arts in 19113. Chosen assistant in Shepherd College in the fall of 14,102 and Principal in IQO3, serving until his death, which occured at Morgantown july 31, IQO9. He is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery at Morgantown.

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A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE OMMENCEMENT at Shepherd College in june, 1909, brought a pleasing round of anniversaries, society contests and commence- ment orations. It was a glad week midst opening bud and burst- ing flower and all the sweet influences of nature, rejoicing in the presence of friends, with the chorus' loud acclaim and the pianos' soft tones, with smiles and tears, amid God bless you and Amen, with greetings and partings, and a yearning after the Infinite-this was Com- mencement. Would that it could have lingered longer! The students soon departed for their homes, the Seniors, many of them, to take up active work in the school room in the fall, some to go to college and university, the undergraduates to rest, to work on the farm, and to look forward to the new school year. The Faculty almost as a body, went to the State Educational Association at Clarksburg, and after that to their homes for a short visit, then to a summer school or on a vaca- tion trip. The Principal, Prof. Knutti, accompanied by his family, went to Clarksburg, then to Morgantown where he attended the School of Methods for Sunday School workers and the Educational Conference. He also contemplated taking a little work in the Summer School, but was soon attacked with typhoid in a serious form, and almost from the first the physicians considered his recovery doubtful. Everything that medical skill or the ministration of a devoted wife and many friends could do was used towards his restoration, but the disease baffled all efforts and on Saturday, July 31, his spirit passed to the world beyond. Vlfe believe that the students, the alumni, and our readers generally, will sympathize with this humble effort to pay a tribute to the memory of one whom we all loved, and that this issue of The Picket will, as often as it is seen, remind us of the Work and influence ofa noble leader, now gone from us as to bodily presence, but whose memory still lives in our minds and hearts.-Shepherd College Picket. 9