The herald., 1894-12-16

principle which governs all good men il
| their intercourse with their fellow men
and which fret found utterance in th'
language OF the great apostle when h
| declared: III meat make my brothe
| to offend then will | eat no meat while
| the world stands" One other instancs
showing bis interest in and for young
men and close. When it was proposed
that the citizens of Pasadena shoult
honor him by a complimentary banquet
at the Hotel Green year ago. he was
very much concerned for fear that wineI
would be served, as is usual in Califor.
mia on such occasions. Supposing tha
l would have something to do with il
he called on me at my office, and aftel
expressing his gratitude for the pro-
posed compliment, and of our people,
appreciation OF his efforts to establish
this school, he expressed the earnest
wish that no wines or intoxi'
eating liquors might be served
at the proposed banquet and declared
that he would rather forego the banquet
altogether than that they shonld be
made feature OF the banquet. In con.
Guiding the interview his precise Ian
guage was this: II connot afford to set
such an example before the boys OF my
school as to be the recipient OF banquet
in my honor where wine is served" q
sentiment worthy to be written in LETT
ters Of living light upon the very frma-
ment itself as reminder OF the duty we
owe to those about US who may be in
t1uenced by our example.
l conclude this brief testimonial to
the life and character of the lamented
founder of this institute with the words
which Englsnd's greatest bard puts
into the mouth OF Hamlet in his tribute
to his deceaeed father: "He was Q man,
take him for ali and all; l shall not
look upon his like again."
Rev. CLARK Crawford addressed the
audience as follows:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN: | am glad to bring a
tribute of love and respect to this noble
man. remember the first time l met
him was in the q. A. z. hall where q
meeting of the Grand Army men was
being held, just after my arrival in Pas
adena. Someone standing near me in
troduced me to Father Thioop and said,
This is one of our best loved citizens" F."
A most delightful little interview fol-
lowed, in which Father Throop uttered
some OF those sentiments of patriotism
of which we all knew him to be 80
largely possessed. l was inspired by
the patriotism of the man. and my
heart was stirred as he went on to de-
scribe how in those stirring days OF batA
tie he had given his eon for the wellfars
of his country and then looking at the
grand old flag he said: "Do you wonder
that l love that flag, its stars and
stripeeP". The next time l met Father
Throop was on the corner of Colorado
street and Marengo. The subject on
that occasion was education. We all
know that his keari, his very life was
wrapped up, especially in the last days
he spent on earth, in Throop Polytech-
mic. After speakidg of the necessity OF
manual training, training of the eye and
hand, as we'll as OF the brain, he said {:
Back of all this there must be moral
education, for without that we
only increase the possibilities in
the minds OF young men and young
women for evil" We know, as the
president of the board OF trustees has 40
admirably and beautifully expressed. he
was a noble man. He desired the edu-
cation of the rising generation. but he
was aao lover of God, good man.
And when thinking OF him this morning
thought OF the words of Antony. when
speaking OF Brutus: "He was the noblest
Roman OF them ALL" and then little
farther on, Mature might stand up and
say to all the world, 'this was man. >"
Father Throop reminds us of the
greatness of manhood itself. as distin-
guished from all learning and culture
and literary attainments. His Was the
simple beauty of manlinses itself. He
and such men as he are worth more to
this world than all the learned. loved
him. | did not know him as we'll as
many of you, and yet l learned to love
him, and it was always an inspiration to
meet him and grasp his hand. He was
always uttering some grand truth. some
noble sentiment. And when his death
was announced, a sense of personal loss
came over me. Today we rejoice in his
noble life, and what he has done to
make this world better, and to make it
possible for large numbers of young
ladies and young gentlemen to train
themselves for noble manhood and
womanhood.
Mr.. Green then called on Mrs. l.. T.
W. Conger, who responded in these
especially pleasing remarks:
president AND FRIENDS: | feel that O
memorial today to Father Throop would
be incomplete il someone could not say
q word in reference to his appreciation
OF woman. How often l have heard
him speak OF his success in life and
never without referring to his wife, OIL
ways speaking OF her as the woman who
had helped him in those successes
materially.
ain the home he was always just and
true to his wife and daughter, and in
mis- later years, as HE daughter grew
older, he was very proud of her and
oiten consulted her Judgment in matters
of Importance. Many times, in speak
ing of this school | have heard him say
Il am not quite decided about this mats
ter, am going to write to Matte. and
get her opinion Not only in the home
did he appreciate woman, but in the
church, in the pulpit, women on the
board of trustees. on the executive
board. Not only woman to make hs
coffee aud cook his meat, but in
woman's power. morally. financially and
socially.
And when he was working out
his idea of this school | was
amused one morning when he came into
seat. said, "While my horse ia boing shod
| thought / would come and talk over
the school matters; they are not hurry
ing it aa | should like to have them, and
| want you to help me hurry it along"
WELL" l said. II don't know OF any,
thing I can do" "Yes, you can" he
said. "Now. when those boys and girls
come TO US we must take care of them.
II their parents entrust them to our
care we are responsible for them in the
achool and o1tside the echool" He