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S cu uyyi Smithy SPh. On the morning of Tuesday, May 3, both instructors and students were startled and shocked by the tidings which rapidly spread that Dr. Smith was dead. On Monday he had attended to his duties as usual, hearing the Senior class in the morning, the French of the Middle class in the afternoon, was present at a Faculty meeting later, and in the evening was at the meeting of the Society of Mechanical Engineers at Salisbury Laboratories. About nine o’clock he was seized with a sharp pain in his chest, became very pale and faint. After a few minutes, he rose and left the room. His nephew, Mr. Louis C. Smith, followed and assisted him—indeed, for the last of the way quite carried him to his house. A physician was quickly summoned, the remedies tried eased the pain, and he was for a time cheerful and apparently comfortable. No serious issue was apprehended. But about half-past eleven the sharp pain returned, the physician was again called, but before the latter could reach his bedside he suddenly threw up his arms and almost instantly expired. A disease of the heart which must have been making progress for months, if not years, cut him off thus suddenly. The funeral service at his late residence on Thursday, May 5, at 3.30 P. M., was conducted by Rev. Wm. V. W. Davis, D. D., of the Union Church, assisted by Pres. H. T. Fuller of the Institute, who spoke briefly of some of the salient points of Dr. Smith’s character. Besides family friends, there were present from the Institute the Trustees and Faculty, and members of the Senior class, and a delegation from the Middle class. Beautiful floral tributes were sent by the upper classes, the Alumni Association and the Faculty. The burial was on Friday at Middlefield, Dr. Smith’s early home. Prof. Smith was the youngest of nine children, and of four brothers who were college graduates. He received his diploma from Amherst College in 1865, taught a year in Hinsdale Academy, then spent a 7
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year at Obeiiin and a second at Andover in theological study. From the fall of 1868 he was for two years instructor in Latin at Williston Seminary. The next two years were spent abroad, chiefly in study at Halle and Paris. Meantime, early in 1872, he was appointed Professor of Modern Languages in the Institute, and entered upon his work in September following. Here for twenty years he had lived and labored—a single year, 1887-88, excepted, which he spent at Johns Hopkins University pursuing advanced studies. From Syracuse University at the close of this same year he received, after an examination, the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. With good natural mental endowments and excellent preparation for his duties Dr. Smith united a strong will and a high standard of duty. His convictions were like oak-roots, his purposes dauntless, and his industry untiring. His quick sympathies, his refined tastes, his love of music and the other fine arts, his kindly and thoughtful ministrations to the distressed and sorrowing, his ready response to every worthy appeal in the interest of humanity, were fully known only to those who were either more intimate with him or who had been the recipients of his benevolence. But the treasures of his cultured mind, the wealth of his affections and the e.xtreme tenderness of his sensibilities were best known, were only fully understood, in his home and by his family. Here he was, as every man should be, at his best—the faithful husband, the wise and loving and self-sacrificing father, and the thoughtful and watchful head and guide—God’s minister in a God-fearing household. “ The lesser griefs, that may be said. Who speak their feeling as it is. That breathe a thousand tender vows. And weep the fullness from the mind. iie Are but as servants in a house Wlio see the vacant chair, and think, Where lies the master newly dead. ‘ How good! liow kind ! and he is gone! ’ ” And yet not gone! For the memories of him and his work—his instruction, his example, his spirit— will abide in our hearts and teach and influence us evermore. 8
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