Ypsilanti High School - Ypsi Dixit Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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On May 1, 1865, Mr. Uhl was united in marriage to Miss Alice Follett of Ypsilanti, daughter of Hon. Benjamin Follett, one of the most enterprising and honored of the citizens of the town. Of this union, four children were born: Lucy Follett fMrs. Guy V. Thompsonl, David Edwin, Alice Edwina and Marshall Mortimer, all of whom survive him. Mr. Uhl was an earnest and consistent believer in the great truths of the Christian religion, and was for many years a mem- ber and official of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church at Ypsilanti, and later, of St. Mark's Church at Grand Rapids. Fifty-eight years of strenuous life had told upon Mr. Uhl's constitution, and before the end of tl1e year 1900, it became known to his friends that he was no longer a well man. His last few months were months of suffering and decline-of Huctuating hope and despair. Nothing that the tenderest love and most untiring devotion could suggest was wanting to insure his recovery and return to active participation ir1 the affairs of the community of which for more than a quarter of a century he had been so large a factor. But all could not avail. The clock of life had run down, and on Friday, May 17, 1901, l1e peace- fully passed over to the Majority. . BYRON M. CUTCHEON, Class of '57. The funeral services of Mr. Uhl were held in Grand Rapids May 203 for several hours the body lay in state in St. Mark's Church, and was viewed by hundreds of citizens. The next day it was brought to Ypsi- lanti for interment in the beautiful Highland Cemetery. The family and relatives came from Grand Rapids in the private car of President Ledyard of the M. C. R. R., and committees of citizens and oflicials in the private car of President Hughart of the G. R. 81 I. R. R. During the time of the interment the business places and the High School were closed and the fiags throughout Ypsilanti were at half mast. On May 30, the Circuit Court of Washtenaw County paused and elo- quent tributes were paid to the deceased by Judge Kinne. Judge Babbitt and others. On June 1, memorial services in honor of Mr. Uhl were held in the United States Court at Grand Rapids, Judge Wanty presiding. Judges Newnham, Wolcott and Perkins of the Superior Court took part in the proceedings, each delivering a eulogy on the life of the deceased. W. P. Belden and Gen. B. M. Cutcheon spoke for the Bar Association, of which 200 members were present.

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the Missiones Strip, embracing 31,000 square miles of terri- tory and tl1e nationality of 68,000 people. It was a matter of the utmost delicacy and in otl1er times could have been settled only by war. Mr. Uhl devoted several months of the most severe 'and careful labor to the study and brieiing of this case, and so thoroughly and conscientiously was the work performed that the President signed his finding without change. To sig- nalize his approval of the labor of Mr. Uhl, Mr. Cleveland specially commissioned him to deliver the award ofthe diplo- matic representatives of tl1e contending parties. This award was delivered February 6, 1895, and during the same year, Mr. Uhl went abroad, and traveled through a large part of the continent, inspecting the consular service, and directing such changes in methods as his examinations suggested. Not long after his return from tl1is important tour, a vacancy occurred in tl1e post of ambassador plenipotentiary to the German Empire, through the death of Chancellor Runyon, the incumbent. Numerous names were urged for this important mission, but as a result of his personal knowledge of and acquaintance with Mr. Ul1l and his excellent judgment in matters of state, the President upon his own motion, tendered the appointment to him. This was in February 1896, and in the following n1ontl1 he proceeded to Berlin and entered upon the duties of his ambassadorship. In the spring of 1897, not long after the inauguration of Presi- dent McKinley, the latter commissioned Hon. Andrew D. White, who had been one of Mr. Uhl's teachers in the University, to suc- ceed him. Returning to the United States in the summer of 1897, Mr. Uhl resumed the practice of law, in Chicago and in Grand Rap- ids. In Chicago he formed a partnership under the style of Uhl, Jones SL Landis, and in Grand Rapids, under the firm of Uhl, Hyde 81 Earl. But after a time, he found this double work too exacting, and that the vigor and energy of youth had been impaired during the years of l1is public service, and he withdrew from the Chicago connection, and in 1899 settled down for a quiet life of comparative ease, at his beautiful country place Wald- heim, a little beyond the southern boundary of the city of Grand Rapids. He had been re-elected president of the Grand Rapids National Bank, and he received many tokens of the continued esteem and confidence of his old friends and townsmen.

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Editorial F IN glancing over the simple pages of this book the reader's attention should be called to its faults and errors, let him heed the advice given in these lines of Pope: Who ever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend. In order for a book of this nature to be successful it must necessarily be unanimously supported by the School. Whether or not our readers will look upon this Ypsi-Dixit, Vol IV., as a success, we feel it our duty to acknowledge that the support we have received from the students and teachers has been every- thing that could be desired, and therefore we take this occasion to express our great obligation and publicly thank them. We are especially indebted to those who have honored us with literary contributions and wish to call attention to our various drawings executed by Miss Lindquist, Miss King and Miss Emerick. As has been demonstrated by our past Dixit managers, nothing can represent the progress or character of a school better than the Annual which it produces. lt has therefore been our constant allll and highest ambition to make this book truly representative of our old Ypsi. High School, and although we recognize our many failings, yet we cannot help but feel that we have in some small degree attained this, our cherished object.