The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-08-17
The Late Guy George.
BY IRVING A. HAZEN.

Only as labor of love would one
undertake to write of the life of a
friend so well known to us all as was
our classmate who has gone. Yet it
is pleasure to recall to memory the
manly life and deeds which made and
held us friends.
Guy George was born in Bradford,
VT, in September, 1868, and there he
spent the earlier years of his life.
From his very boyhood ne was strong
and robust to a marked degree, and
soon exhibited traces of the ambition
to do and be something, an ambition
that became the ruling force of his life.
When II years of age he left his home
to work on farm in neighboring
town, and from that time ON to his
graduation at Dartmouth his struggle
for an education was one which few of
us would have had the courage or en-
durance to maintain. After having
once determined to get an education,
he was to be turned from that purpose
by no circumstances, no matter how
unfavorable.
In the years that Immediately follow
ed we find him at Thetford academy
for one or two terms, then attending
the high school at Chelsea, VT, at Cor
inth Academy, in the graded school at
Oxford, N H., studying with Con.
gregational minister who became in.
terested in him, in fact, wherever there
was an opportunity to study and pay
his way in the meantime we find him
working with mistaken purpose.
In the fall of $50 he went to Meri-
den, N. H., and entered Kimball
Union academy, where he spent two
years completing his college fit. In
the academy he made his natural force
of character felt in many ways, taking
prominent position in athletics, and
earnest in his endeavors to excel as
writer and speaker. His powers of
scholarship, while not as ready as
some, were of that character that
steadily grew in breadth and depth.
and were due entirely to earnest and
continued effort.
1t was at Meriden that he made
friends who became interested in him
to such degree that his dream of
college education became possible
through loans to be paid after gradu-
alton. Notwithstanding this aid,
throughout his college life we find that
same readiness for work of any kind
which characterized the man.
shall speak but briefly CT his col
lege life, as my knowledge of him at
any time was just the same as that of
most of you. We remember him as
one of the strong men of the class,
always loyal, always friendly, ready
and able to support the honor of '91.
He took points for us at various COL
lege meets-at wrestling as one of the
tug-of-war team, in putting the shot,
where he made the Dartmouth record
which still stands. In the class room
there was the same earnestness of
spirit which won the respect of class
mates and instructors alike.
In the spring before graduation he
obtained the position of principal of
the Windsor high school and entered
upon his duties in the following Sep
TENDER. His work there was con-
scientious and laborious, and was
marked with a high degree of success,
resulting in his reelection with in
creased salary in '92, and with furth-
err increase in 93
In the spring of '93 he was appoint
ed by Gov. Fuller of Vermont as ex-
amlner of the teachers of Windsor
county, and performed the duties of
that Office with eminent success, Dur
ing the summer of '93 he attended the |
summer school for teachers at Mar
tha's Vineyard, and later, in August.
conducted a school of similar charac-
ter for the teachers of Windsor county.
Ii is doubtful if any member of our
class has done more arduous and con-
slant work since graduation than
George, 1t was my pleasure to meet |
him often, both at Windsor and my
own home, and have been deeply i'm
pressed with the cheerful, manly way
in which he performed his many duties
His death was sudden and came so
Unexpectedly that it was hard to realize
that it could be true. Beiurning from
holding examinations in various parts
of the county, he found Windsor
stricken with typhoid fever, and be-
came victim himself while caring for
another, AT his death his family lost
q loving son and brother, his class
mates q true and lOval friend