St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-08
tribute TO A TUTOR,
A Granite Obelisk, in Memory
Of the Late Superintend-
ent Taylor,
Fittingly Dedicated by I'M
ppeSsive Services at Oak
land Cemetery.
Touching Tributes to the De-
parted by Those Who Knew
Him Best.
An Affecting Scene at the
Grave at the Close Of the
Ceremony.

The monument is handsome granite
obelisk bearing On three of its surfaces
the respective inscriptions ''The Best
Repository of the Virtues of the Dead
is in the Memory of the living" cat
the silyery gate He stands, with shining
smile and outstretched hands" On
the side facing the roadway the name
S. G. Taylor, with the date of his death.
The proceedings were opened with a
few words explanatory Of the occasion
by Prof. Gilbert.
1t was a common opinion, he said, that
mankind was selfish. This however, was
gathering which had assembled to do honor
to the noble man whose body lay beneath the
sod. To a man who was during his whole
life the friend of mankind at large, and or
those who had now come together for the
purpose of honoring his memory in par
ticular.
Following this introduction prayer
was offered by Supt. FRANKLIN, OF the
American Bethel association, OF Chi
cago, and hymn, Nearer, MY God. to
Thee" was sung by chorus OF high
school scholars. Then came few re-
marks relative to his acquaintance with
Prof. Taylor by Gen. George G. Smith,
principal of the Madison school. He
said:
'In connection with the dedication of this
monument to the memory of our late la
mented superintendent, feel that DO more
fitting occasion could present on which for
me to express the sense of utter bereavement
l feel at his loss. Twenty years ago when
first knew him, Mr.. Taylor was principal of
the old Adams school, which stood upon the
site of the present high school building. He
did his work there as grandly well as be sub
sequently did everything which came in the
line of his duty to God or mankind. 1t was
in those days which began between us the
friendship which lasted until the day of his
DEATH He was one of the grandest and
most noble men l ever met Christian and
q gentleman. AS such l commend him to
the God whom he served with all the earnest
ness of his earnest nature"
The address by Col. J. Ham David
son was fitting and graceful tribute to
the memory of him whose loss placed
the entire city in mourning. 1t was as
follows:
COL. DAvIDsoN's ADDRESS.
Friends and Fellow Citizens, Teachers and
Pupils of the Public Schools: We have
gathered in this beautiful resting place of
the dead, not to commemorate the deeds OF a
fallen warrior, but to honor the memory OF a
peaceful citizen, one whose whole life was
full of love, and of all those sweet charities
which enobles our race and makes men and
women wiser, better ana happier. He is one
who mace the world better by having lived
in it, Now that his career has closed, and
''finIS'' has been written at the end of the
volume of his life, we can review it with the
absolute certainty that naught can mar its
beauty or dim the stainless luster of its
purity. Death sets seal to the record and it
remains hangeable-eternal. Within this
cemetery, quiet resting place of the dead, lie
influence - men who have been in
their time leaders in finances, in trade
in craftsmanship, in literature men of
learning, of eloQuence, OF power, but none
who were more useful and helpful in their
lives to others than he whose memory we
honor to-day. Samuel Sargent Taylor was
born of bluest blue blood of the PuritanS.
His ancestors came over in the Mayt1ower.
and he was born amid the rugged granite
boulders of New Hampshire at Danbury,
March 8, 1885 New Hampshire land New
England as whole has been the home and
birthplace of many of the manifest men OF
the present century. 1t seems almost as
though there was something in the mount
aims and rugged rocks and pure air of old
New England which communicated its char
acteriStics to people born there. Around the
rock ribbed shores and bold headlands of the
New England coast the waves of the sea beat
with ceaseless cadence in storm and calm.
Like many another lad his early life was
clouded by the death of his parents when he
was of tender years. and his home as a boy
was with an uncle who gave him such educa-
tional advantages as were accessible. With a
strong prediSpoSition for books he continued
his studies, and mainly through his own
efforts he was subsequently, enabled to pur-
sue a classical course of study, and gradu-
ated from Dartmouth college in 1859. His
religious bent of mind, with his love for
doing good to his fellows, inclined him to
the ministry, but circumstances opened the
way for him to enter another one of the hon.
orable and learned professions. and he be-
came and continued through life teacher.
This profession. though not highly paid.
is one of the most honorable and
certainly most useful professions open to
the youths of the land. TWAS i'll this special
line as an instructor of the young that he at
tanned marked success and left behind him
in this community so many pleasant memor-
les.
The fact that he had to acquire an educa-
ton through his own efforts. doing great
deal of outside work during bis college
course, teaching at intervals, acting as
caterer for a club of students, and in every
honorable way securing compensation for
penses. perhaps gave him that keen, quick
sympathy for poor boys which was al ways
his marked characteristic. His heart was
ever on the alert to sympathize with and
help BOYS and girls who were struggling
up through adverse circumstances. He
gave advice thoughtfully, and financial
aid too literally in proportion to
his income and means, A ragged
girl needed a dress or an outer garment, a
barefOOted boy needed shoes or books, or a
hat or a slate to enable him TO attend school,
and ne went to Prof. Taylor and the diff
Guilty was removed, generally by a contribu-
ton out of his own pocket
came to know him soon after he settled
in this CITY, and later circumstances lat a try
ing time in his life and which involved not
only his honor as q professional man, but
his standing as man of integrity and honor
among mem gave me his utmost confidence,
and through all those weary months of trial
and anxiety. / never knew aught OF his life
or conduct and he never breathed a thought
| in nv hearing that evidenced anything but
absolute purity and fidelity to God and man.
His whole spirit was that of purity and
love Even toward those who were arrayed
against him he exercised the utmost charity
Samuel Sargent Taylor lived such life in his
community, tor nearly quarter OF century,
that over his grave to-day there is only love
| and respect He occupied the position of
principal in the four largest schools of this
city in the following order: Adams, Madi-
son. Jefferson, Franklin, and in 1896 was
elected superintendent of schools, which
position he held thereafter to the time of his
| DEATH March 19, 1889. He was never ro-
bust man. and from early life had to struggle
| more or less against physical ailments, which
| excluded him from the army at a time when
| his patriotism would have sent HIM to the
| front in defense of the Union. He was also
largely instrumental in making the night
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| of the night schools of the city. Aside
| from his life as teacher, he was an earnest
| Christian and public-spirited citizen. His
| church was of the Congregational denom-
| ination. and he was deacon and one of the
most efficient workers OF the First Congre-
| gationai church. He also was active in the
| Young Mems Christian association, and was
! at one time its president and foremost in all
benevolent and Christian work, and also as
| s11perintendent of Sunday school.With all the
| burden of school work and church work. he,
nevertheless found time to visit the sick and
minister to the needy, and those who knew
the intimacies of his private and home life
were amazed to see the tender, woman-like
| gentleness and patience with which, year
| after year, he cared for and nursed an III
| valid relative, doing for this paralyzed inmate
of the family circle every Office that love could
suggest, and never wearying ia work which
| brought to him many sleepless nights and
| weary hours of watching. Himself anrinya-
lid, oyerburdened with work, unable to
sleep i'll the usual manner or the hours usu,
ally allotted to rest. he nevertheless busted
himself to perfect and organize society OF
association to assist teachers who might be-
come i'll and be dropped from the pay rolls
on accounted absence from duty. This was
part of his work which he seemed most eager