University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Qlbyrapklbaf. tender heart, it may well he doubted whether it would ever have been so generously given except as a tribute to his ready speech, his rare wit, his inspiring thought, his expression of tender sympathy. - President Northrop began early to show those faculties for which he is now so famous. While a student in college he won prizes in oratory, and before he was thirty years of age he had achieved fame as a political speaker, even in -those days of giants which preceded the war. During the civil war and for a period of twenty years ending with 1876, he probably made more pub- lic addresses in Connecticut than any other man, with the ex- ception perhaps of Senator Hawley. These addresses were not written, have not been preserved, and could not be reproduced, but they stamped themselves upon the character of his native state, enlarging and uplifting its thought. They were character- ized by great earnest- ness and by an elo- quence which deep feel- ing over the mighty issues of the hourcould hardly fail to produce. Even in youth he pos- sessed in an unusual degree those physical gifts which aid so much the effective thought of the speaker. His form, his presence, his coun- tenance were com- mandingg add to these the eye twinkling with wit, the lips trembling with emotion, and the From ll photzwraplz taken when President Northrop was Pro essor of Rhetoric in Yule College. voice deep,' rich, flexible and sympathetic, and it is no wonder that crowds listened with delight to his words. 20