The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-17
STRONG IN DEATH
Was the Passion of DIR. Edwards for
His Alma Mater.

Was the Passion of DIR. Edwards for
His Alma Mater.
NEW YORK, June 16.-The gay com
mencement of Princeton university was
interrupted by the most pathetic spec
tacle hat has ever been seen within the
walls of Old Nassau on graduation
days. 1t was the funeral services Of
DR.. George F. Edwards, who was con-
sidered the most popular graduate of
the university since he obtained his
diploma in 1889. DR.. Edwards was a
college way. Possessed ola fund of
good nature, witty. loyal and gener-
Gus, he was a hail fellow we'll net. AT
all the university functions, he was a
conspicuous and necessary figure. He
was alive to the pranks of the horse
players" and earned in his college
course the sobriquet of "Horse" Ed
wards. In the burlesque games, in the
college minStrelsy, in all the tricks Of
university life, he was a leading charac-
ter. He left college in the spring of
1889. Subsequently he entered the med
lea department of the university of
Pennsylvania, where he was graduated
with hOnorS After a brief service in
the Presbyterian hospital in Philadel-
phia, he went to John Hopkins uni
versity and began the study of tuber-
culosis. While there he was infected
with consumption, through coming in
contact with the patients. The first
signs of the malady appeared in him
about three years ago. Then began the
long fight for life, which eliminated in
his death at Princeton. but not before
he had left his entire fortune of about
$3.50, 900 to the institution and to a uni
versity club of which he was a mem
Der.
DR.. Edwards realized last fall that
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Pacific slope in quest of health, but the
disease had mastered his vital powers.
81 shall probably die next spring" said
he to his friends, but 1 desire to pass
away in Old East college, where I
roCmed in Princeton. 1 want to see
one more Yale game. and attend an
other Ivy dinner, then I shall be
happy"
SO 1t happened that Horse" Ed
wards arrived in Princeton shortly
after the middle of last week. The
dinner of the Ivy club, the famous eat
ing club of Princeton, of which DR.. Ed
wards was a member, vas held on Fri
day night, in it's beautiful house. The
Horse was there. He was propped
up in a big chair in a room adjoining
the banquet hall. so that he could hear
all that was being said, and listened
to the speeches. All the Ivy men knew
he was near by.
AS the night wore on, and it was near
the time that the sufferer should be in
bed, he was taken into the dinner hall.
The Ivy men Ose to their feet and
gave him cheer afr cheer. DR.. Edwards
managed to find sufficient strength to
arise and make his final speech to the
Ivy club members.
That night he wrote a letter to a
negro boy, whom he had befriended,
and given an education. Next he start
ed to send a farewell message to the
Ivy club members and to dispose of ms
estate. Several times he lapsed into
unconciousness, but his friends manag-
ed to arouse him to finish the mes
sage. The farewell letter is filed with
an appeal to Princeton men to be loyal
to their Institution. After a series of
efforts he completed his will, in which
he leaves nearly all Of his fortune, esti-
mated at $50. 900, to Princeton univer-
sity. The Ivy club will receive a be-
quest, and a small legacy is left to the
negro boy whom he befriended.