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8 f Cloths anu QEurIs- 1917 the United States, and now he is just the president of a State University? Perhaps the youth was right in his estimate of the true values of life. N 0 one who has been closely associated with Dean Page either as colleague or pupil, as friend or companion, could fail to apprehend certain outstanding features of a wonderfully direct and powerful personality. There is a maudlin sort of counterfeit democracy, which is ashamed to admit the existence of gen- tility as a moral asset. A man like Page is a living demonstration of the futility of such qualms. With a manner utterly simple and unpretending, an address free alike from hauteur and condescension, a modesty which ignores social differences and official distinctions; he yet leaves even upon strangers the im- pression, which only gentle nurture and assured social rank are able to produce. He forgets the long line of gentlemen and gentlewomen which stands behind him; but somehow you cannot forget; you see their dim forms and in his voice you hear their distant voices. The clairvoyance of youth is powerfully im- pressed by just this quality in one. who is also every inch a man. No small part of Pages power as an officer of government lies in this inherited social atmosphere, this potential social energy. Next in importance I incline to put a certain serenity of temper. The apostle ranks charity chief of Christian graces, because charity iiis not easily provoked. In an official, charged from clay to day with delicate and difficult duties, handling conditions which are too often exasperating or impossible, this element of power is priceless. More than once I have wondered at a patience and calmness that seemed ready to endure all things; and more than once I have rejoiced to see victory won by this temperance and self-control. In his dealings with young men Dean Page adds to serenity and courtesy the blessed ability to see a joke and enjoy a laugh. A few years ago a new society was organized embracing some of the most airy and irrepressible spirits in College. They called themselves the IMPis and there were wild rumors of what these supposed imps planned to do. The Dean invited them to his office and they promptly appeared. He explained to them the apprehensions of the College authorities. iiTell us, Dr. Page, said their spokesman, iljust what objections are made to our Society? Quoth the Dean, iiYour name alone would cona demn you. iiDr. Page? he replied with profound gravity, iil am astonished at you. That name was selected to do honor to you. The letters, Sir, are your initials. A spontaneous burst of universal laughter at this ingenious parry cleared the air of the ofhce. N 0 one ever heard that the I MPS gave any trouble after that day. l have passed over other qualitiesesagacity, courage, honesty, directnesse
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was his first assistant. The school was continued for eight years with admirable educational results and a fair degree of monetary prosperity. At the end of this time the young principal was called to Johns Hopkins as Fellow in Mathe- matics t 1895961, and the next year he was appointed Adjunct Professor of Mathematics in the University of Virginia. In 1896, also, he published a modest volume on Ordlnary Differential Equations, the fruit of Lies impulse and this post he still holds. The period from 1896 to 1904 was a difhcult period in the history of the University of Virginia. The destructive fire of 1895. had brought upon the the new the Visitors turned to Page. He was young, familiar with sound University traditions, somewhat experienced in business affairs, a successful disciplinarian for his own school, a successful professor, calm, sagacious, robust, laborious, sound in wind and limb. They made him Chairman of the Faculty for 1903-1904, and he justified their choice. Untouched by the ardour's and
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