The Universalist., 1897-03-27
REMEMBERED IN AKRON AND
BUCHTEL COLLEGE.

on the Sunday afternoon following her
death. The faculty of Buchtel College
also place on record a testimonial OF re-
spect to her memory, in which they re-
cord their high esteem and regard for
the deceased friend whose loss they de-
plore. Entering the college in 1884,"
the tribute of the Faculty says, "she won
the good opinion of her teachers by her
conscientious attention to duty and her
frankness of character. She graduated
in 1885, and spent several years in Akron,
where her life fully bore out the prom
ise Of her student years.
"She was ready at all times to do
whatever she could 10 the interest of the
college in which she had been educated,
and when in 1898 she was made one of
its Trustees she proved herself a valua-
BILE ally to her colleagues on the Board.
Her death creates void not easily filled,
in every circle of which she formed
part. and by it Buchtel College has lost
friend and counsellor that could ill
be spared"
1t was truly representative gather
ing that assembled in the college chapel
to pay tribute to the memory of this
young wife and mother, who was 80
much beloved in Akron and among the
faculty and students of Buchtel Col
lege. In the congregation there we're
college teachers and students. Trustees,
alumni. relatives and friends Addresses
were made by the acting President of
the College. Prof. Knight, Mrs. Grace
Gorton Olin. who spoke for the Delta
Gamma fraternity. DIR. E. W. Claypole,
and Dayton A. DOYLE of the Board of
Trustees and Alumni. The floral trib-
utes were beautiful, and after the sing
ing of one of the old familiar hymns,
and prayer by the Akron pastor, Rev.
Mr.. Priest, the addresses followed. We
give in part the tribute of Prof. Knight:
TRIBUTE OF PROF. KNIGHT.
I'm the death of Mrs. Abby Soule
Schumacher, the college loses daught-
er the most sincere, the most clear in
comprehension of the college needs. and
so environed as to bring most helpful
influence to it's aid. l could ask no bet
ter lesson for the young student lives
before me than to stop for an hour the
eager, ambitious impulses of your
thoughts and contemplate this calm,
deep life which even the most loving
hands will sketch all too roughly. There
are many points in this fair life that
touch our own as students and teachers,
for most of her days were given to the
work of the student and teacher.
"She was one of US in her experience
and sympathies. She had moved among
the humble and humbly toiling-her
experience was right down to the COM
mon level OF humanity. She knew the
girl who tolls over the lexicon and prob
lem, and she knew the teacher who gives
day by day strength and vitality in train
ing the slow and uncertain thought of
the school room.
Mrs. Schumacher was an educated
woman and has added another to the
happy illustrations we have already of
the spirit of our educational institutions;
here we touch the great influence which
moulded her life. She had the great
ness of moral power. She had won the
grace of society-infuentia friendship
the urbanity and charm of a sincere
hostess-all these che had. all these you
know-but the strong force ruling her
life, which these clothed as with velvet,
was scholarly, we'll disciplined intel
lect To this and the great ability it
gave her we attribute her rapid success
in every effort.
"EarlY in life she recognized the value
of a college education to one who would
serve humanity. She told me once that
Mary A. Livermore and Caroline
A. Soule did more than others to
strengthen her purpose Of going through
college. Some students are sent to col
lege. Abby Soule came, and even when
she entered, she had caught the high
purpose which never faltered.
ut had been her plan to support
herself through college by teaching.
but through the influence of one of the
teachers here today the Buchtel home
was open to her. where her faithfulness
and true worth won her warm place in
all hearts. The honesty of purpose, the
devotion and tenderness of the women
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girl, Strengthening in her a beautiful
trait of character and leading her dur
ing the later years of her college life to
hunt out and cheer homesick and dis
couIaged girls. While in college she
wrote a little for the public, but her
essay on "Undercurrents" delivered on
Founders Day of her junior year, and
her oration on The Future" Ton gradu.
ating) showed a strong literary style,
terse, clear and unlabored.
after her marriage she was still
diligent student. and was fortunate in
having a husband whose intellectual
tastes fell in exactly with her own.
"And now what is the great lesson, the
great legacy of her life? That conscience,
intelligence and morality are the su-
preme power in life. What an inspira-
tion to every young woman-to heed the
divine voice in her own soul and
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