University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Ivy Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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CU11 illivmnriam The closing of the school year last June was fraught with a sadness far deeper than that which is inevitable at commencement time and the parting of the ways , for Mr. I. N. Mitchell, who had long been connected with Milwaukee Normal and for whom we all possessed sincerest affection and highest esteem, was suddenly taken from us. It seemed in keeping with his character that his death should come at the rounding out of the school year. Though not .in old man, so methodically had he done his work that his full, active life seemed complete. Therefore, it may be truly said that he, Life's blessings all enjoyed, life's labors done, Serenely to his final rest has passed. It seemed hard to those of us who had known Mr. Mitchell, to come back to Normal last September and find his place vacant. So powerful had been the force of his unique personality working in its quiet way, that his absence caused a feeling of incompleteness. For over twenty years he had lived under the scrutiny of many eyes, so that the high appreciation set upon his worth can be but just. His life was one of idealism in the truest sense of the word: he aimed to accomplish t.he little everyday duties of life that count so much toward the building of that which is greater. He likewise demanded this same high standard of all his studentsg and, though at times his requirements may have seemed severe, in the end all could but be grateful to him. Not only was he pre-eminent in his own field of work-nature study and biology-but he possessed a fund of knowl- edge on many subjects that enabled him to give his students a broader and more varied outlook on life. To him, his students were not merely so many boys and girls to be instructed and then passed ong they were living personalities with individuality, and it can be said that he almost never forgot anyone whom he had taught in his classes. Not only did he remember his studentsg but with many of them he kept in actual touch, and his deeply sympathetic nature led him to many acts of kindness for those in trouble or in sorrow. It may also be said that he was always a perfect gentleman. His kind deeds bespoke high erected thoughts seated in a heart of courtesy. Those who knew him best admired him most, and the world is better for his having lived. HI-Ionor and reverence and the good repute That follows faithful service as its fruit Be unto him it ', lVI. D. T. 23