The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-13

SOUTH Dakota UNIVERSITY ROBBED
OF IT'S PRESIDENT.

DE-. Edward Olson y Victim of tile Mime
apolis Fire-,Action Of Faculty, Trustee.
aud Students-Sketch Of His Life
Other South Dakota News of All Sorts.
There was unusual sorrow at Vernillior
when 1t was known that DR.. Edward Olson
president of the University of Dakota, had
persisted in the Minneapolis holocaust
AT first the report was regarded as II ca.
nard, but confrmatory dispatches from
Prof. Bristol, who accompanied the presi.
dent to Minneapolis, soon banished the
hopes Of the most sanguine. DR.. Olson
had established himself in the affections
OF all with whom he came in contact, and
atthe tidings of his death their love and
8r1ef sought expression in the CUSTOMARY
insignia Of sorrow.
The exercises of the school were suspend
ed until after the funeral, the faculty in u
BODY and many students departed for Min
neapolis to be present at his burial. lie
Tore departing the faculty met and drew IN
the following resolutions:
WHEREAS. God in his infinite wisdom has
taken from us orr beloved president, DIR, Ol,on,
WHEREAS. We are overwhelmed by our fool.
ing OF personal grief. and deeply conscious OF
the loss to this institution and this state in.
volved in his death.
Rcsoired, That we attend his funeral at Min
leapolis.
Ihat We extend to his relatives our heartfelt
That We invite all intereatsd In the great
purpose of DIR. Olson in connection with this
institution to unite with us in carrying on In his
That these resolutions be published in the
vermtlliOn. Sioux City, Minneapolis and
Chicago pspors. and NAT u copy u them be
Mrs. Briustad.
At the same time the board of trustees
were IN session and passed these resolu.
tions.
WHEREAS. In tho untiLloiy and sudden dentl,
OF Or. Edward Olson, president of the State
tees realize that they have sustained an ire.
parable loss; for. under his wisO management,
sne school has been thoroughly organized, y
splendid faculty gathered, and the buildings
filled to Overlooking with earnest students.
whose numbers are constantly Increasing. AS
2 seacher ne was perhaps without u superior in
the students life and work b.cnme u delight :
ana those who took their studies because they
must. continued them from desire. III scholar
ship. accurate andthoroush, yet his education
Was 70 him an atmosphere, and not q burden.
~ was the spiritual essence of his being. In
sempefament. genial: Astounding in humor. In
eoffowe he did not share. There were mono
whose troublos lie did not make HIS own. Am.
Disious 70 DO wise and useful, he was by natu Ire
and instinct the patron OF every studious
youth. many. OF whom have been generously
aided from his purse and encouraged by his
; .apel a. : chr As = ge1 .ts without a super
spiritual. catholic. Therefore,
heso.ped. That words fail TO express our per.
S sTSa. s sorr1 hs ,I Inst wl do net sa believe that his
trustees will attend his funeral in Minneapolis,
On .ueraay. December3 ;. in their official cnpa-
ely; That we extend to the survivors of his
RxUtI OuE nAAffhfRIk VnN -. Sl-..
bereavement. That u copy Of these resolutions
De spread upon the journal of the board, printed
r. t oiso city Y PssRP en., and copy Furnished Mai. >,
at us funeral in Minneapolis.
The Students association met and made
arrangements for q memorial service 10 Lp
held the following Sunday, and before adj
lournment passed resolutions to the fol-
lowing effect:
w. The associated students of the Universe.
" o. nakota. realizing the great loss wo have
W. Edward Olson. do hereby pnss the following
revolutions:
., R ss That by this sad calamity each one
% ~ mas lost a personal friend. That the
seachtnge and example OF him. our adviser and
eympathtzer, have loft All inleliblo impress up-
On on. our ro, m n That by his dcnth there has
Sion 70 moral aud intellectual development
IhSt these resolutions he placed in tho minutes
Oh tnis associatton and that copies Of them be-
~ "a OAlOS tuu Guy naD0xS Qflu III
the leading papers Of the northwest. That n
copy OF these resolutions DO sent to the rein
lives OF our deceased president. az a token OF
our heartfelt sympathy.
Among expressions of sympathy received
BY wire came the following dispatch from
Secretary Duncan, of the C%hantuuulan a.
ISOLATION:
SYRACUSE. n. ", Doc. .. lss9.-ro Prof. Scott.
vermiliion. s. p: All Chsutauquans aympl.
tniSe with South Dakota university on tito sad
eGa sudden death of their beloved president,
W. A. DUNCAN, Secretary.
Edward Olson was born in Norway in
iSA6 and came to the United States in his
10th year. The next ten years of his life
.aere spent on his fathers farm in Wis
consin, and during the winter months he
attended the district school. At % wears
OF age, although entirely dependent upon
his own resources, he resolved to give
himself o collegiate education and entered
the preparatory department of Beloit col
ieRe. The following year he m%atriculated
IN the university of Chicago with the class
OF 1873 and graduated from that institu-
ton With the degree Of bachelor of arts.
Desiring to prosecute his studies more ex-
tensively he went to Europe and spent
" years ut the universities of Halle and.
Gattingen. He was then recalled by his
alma mater and made professor of the
modern languages and had the degree of
master of arts conferred upon him. In
lS77, while holding his professorship he.
took the degree of bachelor of divinity
from Morgan Park theological seminary:
in 1879 the university of Chicago made him
professor of the Greek language and litera-
ture, which chair he held until the insti.
tuition suspended in 1886; in 1886 Kalama.
zoo college conferred upon him the degree
OF doctor of philosophy, md in 1887 he
was called to the presidency Of the mi
versity of South Dakota.
DE-. Olson was q poor boy. HIS early
life was n of privation, but not Of DIES.
titutton. At 90 he left the paternal roof
with Q lesolute heart and % clear, receptive
intellect. His English was broken, his
manner rustic and his countcnance ingen-
"ous. At college he betrayed his expenses
y saving wood, serving as ianitor md
such other employment as he could obtain.
BY perseverance and vigorous application
to work he rapidly passcdthroughhis edu-
cAttonal period, and in the face of disad.
vantages which would have disheartened a
less determined mind he became in a brief
time the recipient of a combination of
honors which few obtain. His love of
learning was Unsuitable aud his industry
unfagging. When admonished that lie
was taxing his constitution beyond its
power OF endurance he replied: II got a
late start and must work under high pres.
sure to catch up" As a classical student
he had o Q position Of distinction
among the scholars Of America. For four
years be has occupied the Greek chair j
tue Chautauqua summer school, and he
declined the chair of Greek at Harvard to
eccept the presidency of the university of