The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-09
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GARFIELD AT COLLEGE.
When he was twenty three years Of age he
concluded he had got about all there was to
be had IN the obscure crossroads academy.
He calculated that he had saved about halt
enough money TO get through college, pro-
vided he could begin, as he hoped, with the
junior year. He got life insurance policy
and assigned II TO gentleman as security for
II loan to make up the amount he lacked, In
the fall Of 1854 he entered the junior class
of Williams college, Massachusetts,, and
graduated in 1866 with the met.
sphysical honors of his class. A
dsguerreotype of him taken about this time,
represents rather awkward youth. with
u shock of light hair standing straight up
from n big forehead, and frank, thoughtful
face of very marked German type. There
is not drop Of German blood the Gar,
field family but this picture would be taken
for some Fritz or Carl just over from the
Fatherland
Before he went to college Garfield had
connected himself with the Disciples, sect
having numerous membership In Eastern
aud Southern Ohio, West Virginia and Ken
tuclty where its founder, Alexander Camp.
be !, had travelled and preached, The prin-
cipal peculiarities of the denomination are
their refusal to formulate their beliefs into a
creed, the independence Of each congrega-
ton, the hospitality and iraternal feeling Of
the members and the lack of regular min
istry. When Garfield returned 10 Ohio it
was natural that he should soon gravitate to
the struggling little college of the young
sect nj Hiram, Portage county, near his
boyhood's home He became professor Of
Latin and Greek and threw himself with
the energy and industry which are lead
ing traits of his character into the work OF
building up the Institution, Before he had
been two years in his professorship he was
appointed President of the college. Hiram
is a lonesome country village three miles
from n railroad, built upon n high hill J, over
looking twenty miles of cheeso-making coun.
try to the southwark. 1t contains fifty OF
sixty houses clustered around the green, il
, tho centre of which stands the hoIaey red
! brick college structure. Plain living and
high thinking was the order Of things at Iii
ram college in those days. The teachers
v were poor, the pupils were poor and the in
! ittution was poor but there was grea
. deal Of hard faithful study done and man,
h. ambitious plans formed. The young Presi
: dent taught, lectured and preached, and NJ
!, the time studied MS diligently as any aco!yt
in the temple of knowledge. He frequent,
a spoke on Sundays in the churches of tn
J. towns in the vicinity to create an interest II
4 the college. Among the disciples anyon
h can preach who has mind TO, no ordination
being required, From these Sunday di;
o courses came the story that Garfield at on
(. himself such and never had any intention q
A,A;rg. IN, h., ,,,i,,tt liz. b;ttat
VI il he had any outside OF the school, lay
/, the direction Of law and politics.
d HIS MARRIAGE.
L. During his professorship Garfield Marie
p Miss Lucretia Rudolph, daughter OF farmt
l. in the neghbornood, whose acquaintance
e had made While at the academy, where 81
was also pupil. She WAS quiet, though
+ ful girl, of singularly sweet and refined d.
H. position, fond Of study and reading, posses
= ing warm heart and mind with Il
:; capacity of steady growth. The marrisl
3 was love affair on both sides and has be-
a thoroughly happy one. Much Of Gener
u CART Ids subsequent success in life may
le attributed to the never failing sympathy al
lie intellectual companionship Of his wife III
l. the stimulus of Il loving home circle. III
young couple bought u neat little Gotta
q fronting on the college campus and begd
IL their welded life poor and in debt, but VI
e. brave hearts.
n, In 1869 the college President was electt
ID to the State Senate from the counties
q, p rtage and Summit. He did not resis
ia his presidency, because he looked upon
40 few months in the Legislature as an episoc
not likely to change the course of his Iii
70 Hut the war came to alter all his plai
o. During the winter of 1861 he was active
s: the passage Of measures for arming Il
OF State militia, nd his eloquence and eners
ia made him conspicuous leader of the Unit
81 party Early in the summer of 1861 be W
81 elected colonel of an infantry regime
(the Forty.second) raised in Northern OH
10 many of the soldiers 10 which had be-
students ut Hiram. He took the field
Easter Kentucky, was soon put in commal
r. of "a Brigade and by making one of t
n hardest marches ever made by recruits ST
e, prised nd routed the Confederate forces und
rs Humphrey Marshall. at Piketon.
r. From Eastern Kentucky General Carrie
us WAS transferred to Louisville ana from th
es place fastened to join the army of Genei
be Buell. which he reached with his brigade
e. time to participate in the second days hgt
lllS ~ lItHuulH NC tuON IuIh
no the siege of Corinth and in the operatio
ne along the Memphis e Charleston railroa
lie In January, 1868, he was appointed Chief
IN Staff of the Army of the Cumberland al
to bore prominent share in all the campaig
a in Middle Tennessee in the spring and SUI
us mer Of that year. His last conspicuous m
e ,ary service was at the tile Of Chick
ID manga. For his conduct in the battle he W
%, pr NOTED to Major Generalship. It's 50
OF that he wrote all the orders given to t
m army that day, and submitted them to Ge
IN eral Rosecrsns for approval, save one. II
IT. one he did not write was the fatal order
er General Wood. which was SO worded as y
Vo to correctly convey the meaning of the cor
es manding General and which caused the d
ed struction of the right wing of the army.
ei ELECTED TO CONGRESS.
k. The congressional district in which Ga
lie field lived was the ono long made famous
A. Joshua r. GidClings. The old anti-slayel
I'd champion grew careless Of the arts OF politi
~ towards the end Of his career and came
10 10 upon nomination and reelection as
d. matter of course. His over confidence W
in taken advantage Of in 1853 by ali ambition
Id lawyer named Hutchins to carry conventic
IL against him. The friends of Giddings new
IN forgave Hutchiss, and cast about for meal
Il, of defeating him. The old man himself W,
IN comfortably quartered in his Consulate
10 Montreal and did not care to make fight
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