New-York tribune., 1881-12-13
friendly mediation boy who wanted 10 stu'y'
aud was moor called out his full interest.


He always had code of printed rules that ne ez,
pounded each tenn; nc eXsctcd weekly iepii'a ol
condnct: but his own personality was worm Tar
more than both rules and reports His management
of disciplinary cases was skIiul: On one Qc'd'iO'l'
after morning prayers. he read nnpre>SiNeis seic-
tions from PROVERBS vii. BE added. lnaihlni5
three Young mem expelled from inns schoOl'
Not a1nthrr word was slid hut the whole male a
profound impression. lie had unusual foWeI ~
controlling ana influencing bad BOYS. .enid III noI
always make them good: far from 10; huJ 10 t ht
so much heart and nature. was 80 Tree rom oLi1
and alcctation, that rough fellows VINO dtsp'11,u"
religious profession respected AM ioNeu mn,
Many boy was thus inclined toward so9Guun7
whom austeTity and pretenson would ha'c ui'''"
to evil.
Alter 1889 Hiram School received only part OF
ITS Principals energies:
Preaching lecturing politics and hls IaW-leaulne
made heavy and constant drauGhJs upon nm D'0
he was 80 full Of faculties, Of strength auu lo
sources. hat he did not seem weahShed Iheiops, ~
Ia 800 or 1850 this was common ld5 MoIN III
hIiu: "A chapel lecture IN In" morning; hNe s"at
hours of teaching perhaps SIX; attention W IL
istratlye details; a speech ten miles away III the
evening; home to bed at miuhl0ht. Ii 'ile ny
day sunday. he would give Two serin.iS' Pyho
haps fifteen miles of. OF course no man Nno
covers such field this can he called sleciaHs''
Still, he always kept abreast OF his schGoI-WoIh.
Gar.eld's mind was ever lrcSh hlS lhYusDV' his
new His reading Law. first along the llhes OF MS
rll.-teachmg lecturing, pteachlng ana poII,rst'
Sc Ond. in IS5S, he entered his naHc as 1luVeI'
at-laN with Cleveland firm. His legal stu"e- he
carried on at home and with suCn thoronghnes5
and zeal that he fitted for the OHIO bar IN ne lle
usually required by students VINO nave hotlhE oL3o E
on hand But third. he ad widely outside oI ms
work both present aud prospective. ie Ie','
hard reading" but fiction and poetry as Weu.
He naturallZed lennysOn, OF whom he oecaho I,
profound student, in Hiram. In later years he rei
evrrvwhere,-On the cars IN the Omnibus, ahi
after retiring at night lie rarely, or never went
ai,aV from home. even tor few hours, hut ne TOOK
his book lie made special efforts TO procure OUT
of -the-way reading. lf he was leaving "aehIhEt.n
for few days and had nothing requiring llii u,"u2
ha pOf ~ L
of Congress and say to the librarian: MI
Spofl0rd give me something that don { know any
thing about" stray book coming 10 hlm IN t,:lS
way would often lead to SpeclaI 81 iuIy oi W
ject. IN this way he kept hIs mind iui ana lresh.
But with all his rea ling he conld not nave uohe
the work that he did, but for the ready ana pow
erfu grasp with which he took hold OF subJect
aud for the wondrous ease and gucknes7 WIN
which he could organize the material that nc
needed He seemed 10 see at glance the relations
OF thIng, In hIs studies he strove to get hOid oi
the underlying principle, and was never Sdtish'd
until he could reduce facts 20 order once ne balu
| could not stay IN politics unless Iouhd s3t!c
plIilOSOphy." After he became ahsofOeG ia pHolc
.ilairs, be kept alive his classical readlug, more
particularly the Latin poets Once he sald, " EaIiy
ia life men read Virgil; later Horace Certainty
Horace grew upon him with the 1ight oi years
Since his death. it has been said that ms collection
of editions of the poet is one of tue finest ~ the
country The last summer the Hon ". NJ EVaris
brought him % and choice edition ihat ne hd
found in Europe. This was presented 10 tle lie'l-
dent on hs sick bed, and gave hun much pleasure
Bnt while thus drawn to the old heTatEres oy tiS'e
appreciation and association. he could not helP
seeing that the new cOnultlons-the enormous tA-
tension of knowledge, the growth of modern ltera-
ture and the development of lndnstry--caIcd nm
peratlgely for widely Differentiated educatl9n.
The new education took strong hold upon his
mind. u. believed in the new courses OF study.
He favored q revision of the classical course
He said Greek and Latin must somewhat give way,
but con Messed at the time that the proposition was
like putting his brothers aud sisters ont oi doors
The sketch of Garfield is appropriately supple
mented by a reprint of his speeches in Congress and
elsewhere educational subjects. All sho" MS
practicaty his love of thoroughnes', and the com
mon sense that was almost a genius. Mr. tInS-
dalc's book is evidently the work of writer in
experienced in the ways of authorship; and it is
rather too layishly expressive Of personal and
local feeling But it has interest and value as n
sketch of a alge-minded, large-hcartcd man In one
of the most benefcent phases of his life.