University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Paul Bunyan hail a temperamental habit. When in deep thought he would brush his beard with a young pine tree. If he had a knotty problem to solve lie would seat himself on a hill, pull up a pine tree, and sit for hours or days or weeks ruminating and brushing his beard. When extremely agitated over some particularly obdurate problem, he would stride through the forest, crushing undergrowth and knocking down trees at every step. PAUL IMISYAS 29

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c W-jOMl.: I IMES, though infrequently, it happens that a man is so long associated with an institution that he becomes a part of it. and in passing, he becomes one of its traditions. Such a man was Professor Firkins. During the forty odd years that he was a member of the faculty, he watched thousands of students come and go, he saw the school grow from an insignificant beginning to the massive institution of today. Me was a familiar figure in Folwell Mall and in the Library, and he ranks with the greatest scholars of all lime. To the drama, he was. in the terms of the noted critic William Archer. “The greatest critic in America.” In the classroom, he will be remembered as an instructor who not only taught his work, but also lived it. There can be no doubt that with him. Minnesota has lost a figure never to be regained. It seems fitting and properthat the Gopher of 1932 should be a memorial to him. The old man of Folwell Hall has passed away, but so great was his influence that to the thousands of students and alumni who knew and loved him. Professor Firkins will never really be gone. 28

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