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

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Dr., Church is no longer with us in the Heshg yet his work lives. John Brownis body lies a-mouldering in the grave, But his soul goes marching on. And the soul of Dr. Church goes marchingioni' in the fine results, seen and unseen, of hisgyears of endeavor amongst usg in the larger and better Buchtel of today, larger and better in every respect than when he came to his officeg in the scores of students who have been stimulated to nobler living by contact with his earnest personalityg and in the newer and still greater Buchtel that is to be-the Buchtel' of which Dr. Church dreamed and for which he labored, but which he was not destined to see realized in his own lifetime--the Buchtel which, whenever it shall come, will be built, in no small degree, on the founda- tions deep and broad and strong, laid by the patience and fidelity of Dr. Church. V I9

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for Buchtel College. While recognizing the need and the value of athletics and social diversions in college life, he ever insisted tht the fundamental business of the student is study, and the true measure of the worth of a college is the efficiency of its graduates in terms of ability and character and social service. It is mere justice to note that the unusually high ranking of Buchtel among the colleges of America-remarkable in so small an institution-is in large measure' 'due to the high academic standards maintained during Dr. Church's presidency. . h , i To the community at-large the loss is equally great, for Dr. Church was far more than minister and college presidentg he was ever the able and patriotic citizen, and the man of integrity and high worth. Able men who combine in themselves lofty ideals and a practical temper are all too fewg but Dr. Church was such a man. Akron, or any other city, can ill afford to lose men of this fine type. Keenly interested in the material growth and financial prosperity 'of Akron, and realizing-none more fullyj-what .these mean to the people, Dr. Church was interested even more vitally in whatever made for the higher life of the C0mmuf.ity+th0.s movements and institutions whose primary purpose is the intellectual and moral betterment ofthe city's life. Any endeavor for a better Akron 'readily enlisted his hearty support. Indeed, the illness which caused his death had its beginning in the strain and the exposure of the campaign to secure a municipal auditorium for Akron worthy of our growing city. Not only all friends and well-wishers of Buchtel College, but all workers for good citizenship, regret the passing from 'our midst of Dr. Church. i - . Z- A tribute, no matter how brief, to this great and good man, would be incomplete without mention of his genial nature, his unfailing optimism and cheer. Lover of books, he was no pedantg large of faith, he was never a, mere visionaryg deeply' serious, he ever remained sunny and thoroughly human. Dr. Church was the best of companions. 'His perplexities and discouragements he kept to himself. I-le did not wear his soul upon his sleeve. No matter how heavy the burden ion his mind and heart, he gave no outward sign, for his handclasp was as hearty, his smile as contagious, his words as kindly and bracing, as though he knew not trouble. The words of Lowell in his Commemoration Ode, descriptive of Lincoln, seem peculiarly htting to the character of Dr. Church' His was no lonely mountain peak of mind, Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark-now, now lost in vapors blindg Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lined, Fruitful and friendly for all human kind, it :F H4 as as as as rs ac sg The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, 5-Hsacious. patient, dreading praise, not blame. I8

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llbtganizatinn nf Efrnntrvn P. R. KOLBE, Ph. D.. President. FRANK M. COOKE, A. B.. I Vice-President. CHARLES R. GLIN, M. S., Secretary. A. H. NOAH, . A . Treas urer. PRESIDENT P. R. KOLBE, Ph. D., Ei-oficio. I 1 GEO. W. CROUSE, JR. ----- - ' Akrfm, O ARTHUR J. SAALFIELD - - - Akr011. O HON. JOSEPH HIDY, Ph. B.,'LL. D. '- - - - ' Cleveland, O JAMES FORD, B. S. - - - - Washington C. H., O A. I-l. NOAH J- - V - - Akron, 0. WALLACE L. CARLTON - - A Akron, O. F. H. ADAMS - - ' Akron, O. H. S.. FIRESTONE A- A - Akron, O REV. EQG. MASON, D. D. - - - - Muncie, Incl. REV. LEE S. MCCOLLESTER, D. D. - Tuft's College, -Mass F. M. COOKE, A. B. - - Akron O JOHN R. SMITH, A. B. - Akron 0 A. A. KOHLER, A. B., M. D. - Akron,,O A. H. MARKS - - - Akron JO F. A. SEIBERLING - 4 Akrgn, O J. P. LOOMIS --.. Akron, 0 HERMON A. KELLEY, A. M., LL. D. - - Cleveland, O CHARLES B. RAYMOND, A. M. - - Akron, O R. A. CLARK, B. S., LL. B. - - - Pittsburh, Pa WILL CHRISTY --... Akron, 0 JUDGE D. A. DOYLE, A. B., LL. D. - W. B. BALDWIN, A. B. - - M. D. STEVENSON, M. D. It F. W. ALBRECHT - - - Akron, Akron Akron Akron U D 9 O 0 O O