Willamette University - Wallulah Yearbook (Salem, OR)

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PRESIDENT JOHN H. COLEMAN, DfD. I I

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John H. Coleman To him, who in the vigor of mature manhood is giving himself for our welfare, strong, fearless and tender, we owe an inestimable homage, for a broader outlook, nobler aspirations, and deeper convictions. ' Our President,-a man whose life has been a labor for mankind; a man whose eloquence has stirred thousands; a man who has sat with bishops and statesmen; a successful and a strong man. Yes, we are proud of him, prizing those qualities of greatness which belong to him. We exult that we have him for our leader, knowing that, as such, he shall make our old Willamette leader among the great institutions of learning. But, beyond the depth of pride and exultation, we are profoundly grateful to the it Giver of every good and perfect giftfi that He gave this man to be our friend. He loves us. He applauds our orators. He supports our athletics. He is always ready to listen to our troubles and worries, to give us words of sympathy and encouragement with such a tenderness that we know him to be a true friend. When our college days are but a memory, and our characters have become hardened in the mould, we shall many a time recall with thanksgiving, the kindly face, the sympathetic heart of Dr. Coleman, our President. IO

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Willis 6. Hawley Willis Chatrnan Hawley was born at Monroe, Oregon, on the fifth day of May, 1864. His ancestry is historical, and their deeds closely woven with the growth of the nation from its earliest infancy to the present time. Blessed by being the descendant of sturdy Englishmen who braved the dangers of the New World in early colonial times, gave their lives in the struggle for independ- ence from the tyranny of the mother country, and led the van of western immigration to Oregon in 1847-8, he has received the most priceless heritage of an American citizen, a crown of honor whose jewels are the many deeds of sacrifice and devotion commanded by sincere patriotism and love of country. Dean Hawley has been true to these traditions of his progenitors. His life has been a con- stant advance toward the higher planes of usefulness and the service by means of which to reap noble results. His name is inseparably and indissolubly connected with the true meaning to be conveyed in the words HOld Willamette.H Within her halls when a young man, he began the study which was the basis of his present scholarly attainments. From her he has taken the degrees of B. 8., A. B., LL. B., and A. M. But his time of greatest service to his Alma Mater occurred during the interim between the years 1893 and 1902. Then, when everything was fastly disintegrating, when Willamette's friends were becoming fewer every day, when popular feeling was constantly turning against her, and when unwieldy because of a burdensome debt, Dean Haw- ley took the presidenfs chair and by the aid of a loyal and devoted faculty, and unprecedented sacrifice on their and his own parts, he stemmed the terrible tide which portended inevitable des- truction and established his school so hrmly that she will never again rock on her foundations. No person can appreciate the sacrifice or understand the magnitude of his Titan undertaking unless it were those devoted few who struggled with him. It was the work of a man among men. Dean Hawley was the man. But there was still a herculean task to be performed. T her old debt must be liquidated, erased. Another giant personage was needed. President Hawley wished to stay with the students and continue his work as an instructor. The trustees thought his plan a wise one to fol- low, and so the ohice of Dean of the College of Liberal Arts was created for that special purpose. Such in brief is his oiiicial career. Loved and honored by all, an unexcelled instructor of, history and economics, he occupies a place second to none in the regard of all his students. 12 h