Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28

time that government aid was With
Drawn from the denominations carry
ing on mission work among the Indians
In this state there has practically been
very little. If any, christianizing work
among them.
Professor Sterling's Long Service
The college commencement is over
and we shall soon here in Madison be
girding our lions for the summer ses-
sion in the university. There were
many old graduates who asked with
solicitude for Mrs. John Sterling. She
has not been we'll for some months
Her husband. Professor John w. Ster-
ling, rocked the cradle of the cTigers-
ity and remained in its service from
/ lS4S to his death in 1885.
When John II. Latnrop was made
chancellor in 1sis-rhe year Wis
consin became state-Sterling was
elected professor in mathematics The
Institution that now numbers 1880 stu
dents was then hardly a high school,
and it was so weak that a bill in the
legislature proposing to divide up its
assets amcng the UNCONVENTIONAL col
leges of Wisconsin was for a time a Sc
rious menace.
Professor Sterling was born in Pnila-
delphia in 1916 and studied law and the
ology. He was a slow, accurate precise
man, and very religious. and beloved
by all who came rear him Even D.
K. Teney, the Madison friend of In
gersoll, ard who himself writes infidel
pamphlets, had a profound respect for
Sterling's piety.
Sterling was the practical head of the
college While President Bernard was
roofing the common school system of
Wisconsin and for six years after. until
President Chadbourne came In the
primitive days the relations between
professors and students were very close,
and there are quite a number of old
graduates who ho,I the Sterling family
in affectionate remembrance for nurs-.
ing them in sickness in the Sterling
home.
She Loves Her Old Boys.
Mrs. Sterling is a forceful old lady,
with striking face, suggesting George
Idiot or Dante Her devotion to her
boys" of the institution, whom she
once knew so well, is suggested by what
a lady friend reports, having made an
extensive journey with her The story
is that Mrs. Sterling had no Bible with
her, but the most used Of her articles
of luggage was a worn volume of the
names of university graduates. 1t is
probable, howevfr, that the Bible was
there just the sa ne, for she is a stanch
Presbyterian and trained one of her
boys to the ministry, and he now holds
pulpit at Cedar Rapids. One of the
two daughters is a teacher of German in
the university, herself a Wellesley
graduate.
Made Up Purse Between Them.
Speaking of Chancellor Lathrop, after
he left Madison he went west some
where and following a few years was
burned out. The old man lost every
thing and his condition was very seri-
ors. But he had a host of friends in
Madison, and it occurred to B. j. Stew
ems, the lawyer. who is a very gener-
Gus man, to raise purse for President
Lathrop's relief So he went about
gathering in small subscriptions and
finally reached Mr.. Tenney's office. Mr..
Stevens told him what he was doing,
and suggested that $40 would be about
Tenney's share
The latter took the generous Stevens
TO task for his method, maintaining
IioN L<ntHlOp, WIZ was very PROUD
man, would never consent to receive
money raised in driblets
Now, Stevens" he said, you and
are being used pretty we'll by this
cruel world. and I'll tell you what we
ought to do. You send your check for
$3.50 and I'll do the same
Stevens was prompt to meet the sug-
gestion and they had a very nice let
ter in return from the old scholar ae-
cepting the gift.
The very best part of this story is
that Mr.. Tenuey had been expelled from
the university for some boyish prank
by the man whose distress he relieved.
Judges Who Wear Robes.
Milwaukee was much impressed re-
Gently by three federal judges sitting
together clad in their black robes. Down
in Connecticut it is said that the judges
of both supreme and superior courts
will wear them while sitting on the
bench, although their chief justice and
one of the justices are opposed 1t
would be fitting custom to introduce
in Wisconsins supreme court This is
simply in line with a general change
going quietly on the country over, by
which persons who have special lines
Of duty in the community adopt Gus
tune that designates them to the gen.
tral public.
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