University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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V Z! 4 V , ,VVW 7, I I ,V 7 7' 7'f ' Z Z 7 X Z CYRUS NoRTHRoP Z Z wig?-iz:vita:-walking I-IE greatest thing at Minnesota is the student love for our Presl- Z Z dentf' Through it are we best known to the outside worldg by it Z Z the most casual visitor to the campus on the most ordinary day is Z f fisfffi . . . . . X Z chiefly impressedg under it and by it we all live. Z 7 - -.g.J' rf' . r Z Every great-movement has had its great leader. The rank and Z f Zia Z file of the movement would never have effected results had there Z Z 1 not been a guidinggenius, to whom they might at all times look Z g for friendly advice and wise direction, who was ever ready to point out the Z Z right course and suggest the best methods. As achievement follows upon Z f 7 Z achievement and success upon success, the masses become inseparably attached Z Z to their chief thru respect and admiration for his rare ability. When in addition Z Z the leader is a perfect example of Christian manhood, the attachment passes Z Z into a love which knows no lessening or weakening, but grows deeper and Z f . f f stron er as time advances 7 a g - i Z Z President Northrop always has been and Z Z always will be loved by the whole University Z Z for his exceptional ability and manliness. Z Z Early in life he began to show power as an Z Z orator. While a student at Yale he won prizes Z Z in oratory and before thirty he had gained con- Z Z siderable fame as a political speaker. As ed- Z itor of the 6'New Haven Pallacliumn he had Z Z political aspirations and because of his ability to Z f Z move men by words, he was looked upon as a Z Z sure popular favorite. But in 1863 he was Z g Pffsidenf N0f'h'0P of 18 given the chair of Rhetoric and English Liter- Z Z when he entered Yale Z Z ature at Yale, and for twenty-one years he suc- Z Z cessfully carried out the duties attendant thereon. When in ISS4, at the age of Z f . . . Z hfty, he was summoned from Yale to be the head of the University of Minne- Z Z sota, he found his true sphere-a big task which calls for the best in the strongest Z men in each generation. As the young Western institution under his able and Z Z far-sighted direction grew and advanced to its present high position among the Z Z great universities of our country, his oratorical ability was an invaluable asset. Z ? 7 X X ff' ff f ff , f,,,..ff cccc Z 4 10