St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-10
Children's ClOaks.
The LATE PROF. NIECE.
THE FUNERAL TOOAY-TRi6UTES TO
HIS MEMORY.

The funeral of Prof. McGes, principal
of the Van Buren, school, will take place
today at 2 p. m. The funeral services
will be held at st. Johns church, of
which the deceased was an honored and
active memqer. 1t is expected that the
entire teaching force of the public
schools will pay last mark of respect
to their dead comrade by attending the
obsequies.
The following gentlemen will act as
pallbearers: Superintendent of Schools
G. B. Gilbert, Prof. Bond, Prof. Bryant,
John G.. Donnelly, Hugh Campbell, A.
d. Mcleod, w. Mulligan and r. A.
Walsh.
A FRIENDS TRIBUTE.
NJ. ]. Donnelly sends the GLOBE a
feeling tribute to Prof. McGee, from
which we extract the following:
The death of Prof. Charles McGee,
announced in the GLOBE Of yesterday,
comes to me in the nature Of personal
bereavement. During period of tif-
teen years my association with him had
been so intimate that had come to re-
gard him with all the affection of a
brother. He was a self-made man.
While mere boy his father died, and
upon the youth devolved the support
and maintenance of the widowed mother
and helpless little ones. Every month
he sent the greater portion OF his earn
ings to his mother, and when, by dint
of strict economy and much personal
Inconvenience, he succeeded in saw
ing enough money to build modest
little home. he sent for the family to
come and be united with him in Its en-
joyment.
In all my life l never knew a man
possessed of more perfect equlpoise,
sound judgment and steadfastness of
purpose. Ii he had any fault it was
that he was faultless. He never did
any one an Intentional wrong, and lived
but to do good. His private life, like
his public career, was most exemplary,
and he never allowed anything to
moral rectitude. He died beloved and
respected by all. His life was gentle
and the elements so mixed in him that
nature might stand up to all the world
and say Here was man."
RESOLUTIONS OF THE VAN BUREN,
TEACHERS.
The teachers of the Van Buren, school
met yesterday and adopted a preamble
and resolutions testifyng to the great
worth of the deceased. Among tine res
olutions was the following:
Resolved, That in his death we
deeply syInpathiZe with the devoted
wife and helpless babes, the aged
mother, the loving brother and tender
hearted sister of the deceased, in this,
the sad hour of affection.
RESOLUTIONS OF THE PRINCIPALS.
The principals of the st. Paul schools
met Yesterday, and, after remarks by
President Willrich and Supt. Gilbert,
adopted the following:
Resolved, That the schools of the city
have lost the services of man eminently
fitted by his clear, judicial qualities of
mind for the position which he filled;
that his associates have lost fellow
laborer who was tireleSs In his efforts to
promote the best interests of the schools
and to maintain a spirit of harmony
among the teachers; and that the manly
virtues, gentleness and dignity set forth
in his daily life are worthy of the imita-
ton of our youth.
Resolved, That we sincerely mourn
his loss and hereby express our pro-
found sympathy with his afflicted fam
lily.