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fSEVETCiCg DR. RICHARD W. SILVESTER Witiiin ihi rc.iliii ..f rarr ami woe, W ' lKia ' plcri ' -nrc ' s (iiil - cmne and go, I i.iw iidIiIc a ' k-rd it i In lift rile lite of another o ' er xmie rift! Mow iivi-A{ is he, thei!. who has fought llis whole life long that a happier thought Might bloom for each who glimpsed his smile, ' riiru knowledge gained of a world worth while . Ah, well, indeed, he serves niaid ind Who thru the world of n master ' s mind Has to his fellow being,-, unfurled ' i ' he banner of thought — kev to the world. R. C. T 14
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Sr. Strljarii William g-ilupatn Bj) Thomas H. Spence ()RN near Norfolk, September i6, 1857, the son of , ' i Virginia planter and grandson of a Virginia physician, Dr. Silvester entered the Virginia Aiilitary Institute in September, 1873, whence he was graduated with honors in 1877. Having come to Maryland after graduation as instructor in mathematics and commandant of cadets at the Charlotte Hall Military Academy, he was elected principal of this school in 1885. In 1888 Dr. Silvester married Miss Lucy Lee Bowen of Prince (ieorge ' s county, Maryland. The latter survives him, with two children — Dr. Richard Lee Silvester of Baltimore and Miss Virginia Lyndsay Silvester of Prince George ' s countv. In 1892 the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Agricultural College selected Dr. Silvester as. President of the College. In June of 1907 there was conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws by Washington College. On December ist, 191 2, on account of a serious physical breakdown, he resigned the presidency of the College, and in recognition of his distinguished services was made President Emeritus. On the 31st dav of December, 1916, the subject of this sketch jia sed from this life. The honor of writing the biography of Dr. Silvester for the 1900 Revf.ille came to the writer, and it is an honor nov. ' to utter these few words by way of obituary. Twenty full years of toil, persistence, ])atience and self-sacritice, all to transform neglected farms into productive homesteads — that was Dr. l ilvester ' s self-imposed task, and that was his complete achievement. Never was he thwarted by criticism and discouragement. His optimism made obstacles melt away like frost before the morning sun, and the sunshine from his own heart warmed and enthused his faculty to unwonted zeal and loyalty. Few of the Maryland State bo} ' s of T917 can recall Dr. Silvester, but nearlv 3000 of the old boys will never forget their good old Captain, for his work with them and for them was the greatest element in their develoi)ment into men. His fireside was a haven for all. No one, from ranking professor to lowly prep, ever left his threshold without being inspired by his goodness and help. The community was better for his participation in public council, and the neigh- borhood made sweeter by his exemjilary private life. The appended resolutions of the faculty, from the ])en of Profes or W. T. L. Taliaferro, constitute a just mead of praise upon the life achievements of this great and good man : Whereas, on the 31st day of December, after a long and distressing illness. Dr. Richard W. Silvester passed from this life and entered into the Silent Land, and 15
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