University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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dations for the essential college courses and to make those courses thorough rather than numerous. ' ' So here he lived and labored, with practical good sense, training the young to take their places in a society whose members are tt neither children nor gods, but men in a world of men. How fully he gained the respect and affection of a great crowd of U. of O. alumni, who testify to his sterling worth and distinguished usefulness, was shown at the time of his unexpected death, September 14, 1898. ' Che Blachbtrb , A black speck on the leafless limb, That sways and bends at the water's rim. The dullest blot on the wintry day When all is gloomy, chill and grey. A twitter, a trill, one melting note, ' Melody pours from the black-birdts throat That sweetness pierces the silent air; The birds bright soul floats everywhere. When winter comes does summer depart? Ah! no, it is stored in the blackbirdts heart.

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DR. CHARLES HIRAM CHAPMAN