University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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V Z! 5 yywv 7' A ' lv 2 ,Z J 7'v ' 7-, ' Z Z Z Z Z Z Z cYRUs NoRTHRoP-THE MAN Z f Z Z Z Z sfegihwcvv'whn.:fmh N ANOTHER age o e o er e ex erna recor 0 r. f Z , p fThGph th t 1 dfo Z Z Northrop's long, honorable and beneficient career is set down. Z Z But such a record can never express the deeper truth about a Z Z human being. If it did, the task of the biographer and historian Z Z were an easier one Z Z Cyrus Northrop is a great personality. To say this, is to dis- Z Z criminate between a man's outward accomplishment and the direct Z Z personal impression he makes upon those who meet him. Accomplishment, to Z Z be sure, is often the result of character, but, one is tempted to say, not always. Z g ere are persona ities w ic , y t e acci ents o ortune, remain o scure, Z Z Th 1 h'hb h 'fi ff ' h Z Z never attaining what is called fame. Yet, upon all coming into contact with Z Z them, and capable of appreciation, they produce an effect which suggests indi- Z Z viduality, power, the ear-marks of true greatness. Z Z Dr. Northrop's gifts are many and their results conspicuous. ln a service Z Z of more than a quarter century, he has made our University one of the leading Z Z institutions of its kind in the land. l-low much of wise direction, of initiative Z Z and adjustment, of tact, firm will and broad interpretation of policy have been Z Z behind this achievement is best known to those most familiar with American Z Z education of the past generation. But even when this is said, the secret has not Z Z been completely revealed. Z Z A man of equal intellectual capacity and gift for affairs might not have Z Z brought his work to such fruition, nor won the place he occupies in state and Z Z nation. It is because of his superb endowment in the ranges of the heart and Z Z the spiritual nature, that Cyrus Northrop has been able to do great things for Z Z us. And this is why l say that he is a great character. l-lis relation to his Z Z students, to his faculty, to legislators and to his fellowmen at large, has been Z Z vital for good, just because he is more than a scholar, a fine administrator, a Z Z skilled educator, to-wit, a noble human being, thinking in terms of the clarified Z Z emotions and estimating life, not from a set angle of vision, but with a broadly Z Z genial grasp of all the relations that bind together the children of men. ln an Z age of specialization, behold a man! At a time when even great persons seem Z Z lop-sided in their power, behold one who is human first and all the rest after- Z Z ward! Z X Z Z Z Z , Z V f f, Z Z fif ZZ ,ffl Q ZZ Z Z f ff e, f Z a f' Z , ,,,, 20

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V Z! 5, ig I Vvwv I ' fy 'Z-I, 71' 1' B09 7-ff, Z --'- I ,'-.i.,,,,,.Q CONGRATULATE Minnesota on the growth of her great Umver- Z Z sity, a University which shall, in time, be one of the noblest Z Z representatives of the noblest type of University, the American Z Z University of the people, of the free and independent State. l Z '-15'g 'w't . . . . . have known the University of Minnesota almost from its begin- Z Z ning, having visited it in almost all its stages, and having had a Z Z personal acquaintance with very many of its honored professors. Z Z Especially commend me to your beloved president, Dr. Northrop, who Z Z retires from the work which he has made his own and in which he has been so Z Z warmhearteclly successful. Croesus or some similarly antique chap says: Call Z no man happy until he is deadf' This remark applies especially to the stormy Z Z careers of college presidents, who live always in the Sturm and Drangn of Z Z public affairs, the squills and stress of ambitious young life, the impatience of Z Z rising merit, eager to be known on its own valuation, and withal in the possibili- Z Z ties of love and affection of those few-relatively few-who can really know Z Z him. Z Z . . . Z Z Dr. Northrop will soon be officially dead, and the rest of us, his contem- Z Z poraries, will speedily and cheerfully follow, but he is one who will die in no Z Z other sense. l-lis memory will live in the hearts of lVlinnesota's Alumni and Z Z sons of Alumni down to many generations. .For he was not merely or even Z Z chiefly a great executive, but a man overflowing with friendliness, whose first Z Z interest was in the lives of those who came to him for training. He need not Z f Z heed the words of Croesus. Dr. Northrop has been. happy at any and all Z Z times, because he has deserved, and happy the University that has such a man Q Z ' 1 d Z Z as its ea er. g Z DAVID STARR JORDAN. Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z f Z .... 22