University of Akron - Tel Buch Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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Q 0 . Qivqnrvzirat m Haw 'Mid the golden hours of the morning, I Thru the noon of toil and strife, In sun and in shadow he labored-, For -the cause that was dearer than 'lifeg With a love that was tender and earnesti With a purpose strong and high, With heart and hand ever willing, With a hope that could never die. As he toiled on, never faltering, lln'life's sunnysafternoon, ii As he sought to accomplish his purpose, 'Lest the night should come, too soong Lo! he fell asleep by the wayside, 1 'Ere the evening shadows fellg i 'Mid the flowers he had helped to nourish And the friends he had loved so well. There may he rest, while the sorrow. And the joy 'of the world rushes ony There may he peacefully slumber, For his work has been nohly done. ' I3

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AUGUSTUS CHURCH, A.'lVl., D. D., LL. D. 11 1-1 ll A. B.. St. Lawrence University, 1886g A. M., Buelitel College, I899g D. D. Sl. Lawrence University, 1901 3 LL. D., Tuft's College, 1905. Ordained in Universal ist1Vlinislry, 1888. President Buelitel College, 1901-November, 1912. 12

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Zin fllivmnriam DEATH OF PRESIDENT CHURCH A A No other death in Akron during the year has caused so wide-spread and 'sincere sorrow as that of our beloved president, Dr. A.. B. Church. Next to the immediate ' relatives and closest personal friends of Dr. Church, we, as teachers and students of Buchtel College, feel the loss most keenly, for it was here on the hill that his work, and interest, and sympathy centered for eleven yearsg it was for our college that this noble man lived and died. But Dr. Church's interests and labors werenot confined to the institution of which he was president: he was active in all efforts for a greater and better Akron: for several years he had been presidentof, the Ohio Universalist Convention, and held the position at the time ofhis deathg and he was a member of the NationallCom- mission on the Increase of the Ministry inthe Universalist Church. Hence, at his death the entire community was stricken as with a personal sorrow, and to the Universalist church throughout the whole land came the senseof a great loss. ' The suddenness of Dr. Church's death greatly intensified the shock of his untimely . ,J removal. A slight cold, which he attributed to exposure while watching a college contest i l A earlier in the week., did not prevent his going to be present at a church dedication in Belpre 'T ll 1 on Sunday. He attended that service and preached two sermons. On Monday he made Q A . several calls-one on the widow of his personal friend, the late' President of Marietta College, who passed away a few weeks before. Returning to Akron Monday evening A much exhausted, with the cold more developed, he took active measures for'relief and ' 4 sought rest. On Tuesday he seemed betterg and, though far from well, went to his'i'office to attend to duties which it was never his habit to neglect. Wednesday and Thursday he remained in and called a physician, rather as a precautionary measure than because W 1. he considered himself seriously ill. Thursday night symptoms of pneumonia appeared. A in Friday, other lurking enemies of his life joined in the attack, and Saturday evening, Novem- ber I6, the short and hopeless struggle ended. V 5 FUNERAL AND MEMORIAL SERVICES. 3 Q On Tllesday. N0VCmbCT l9, at IO a. m., a very pathetic memorial servicewas held in Crouse Ciymnasium. The room was filled with students of the college and the . Q ,Y '4 ll . s rl. 3 1 E Q .1 ' Qi it