The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-29

Acapatclly IOrtStTOnB IeeHLP IL was uucl
gto self discipline. He did not permit
ghimself to be easily disturbed He new
Ter wasted his energies on trifies. He
sknew when to speak out in his paper
dand when to remain silent. The latter
1knowled9e is somewhat rare. He had
Kit; and in that his course often served to-
sillustrate the saying that the shadows
Z murmur when the deeps are dumb.
d The range of Mr.. Nagles friendships
I has been matter of comment since his
Tdeath. This was to be observed at his
sfuneral. Journalists, men prominent I'M
epublic life, businessmen, professional
amen farmers and men in very humble
circumstances alike grieved over his
gdeath. He was not born or reared in|
luxury and he never allowed the change,
lin his position or III his circumstances To
Amake him Indifferent to the people with
sswhom he associated nor to the friend !,
kships formed when life was young.
4 His helpfulness towards young people,
ssand his influence for good upon them'
Twas not the least among his good quail /;
2 tiles, to the end of his life. His Interest,"
in them did not cease when he left the'
teachers vocation. They came to him.
freely for counsel and he liked to havel
them do so, and took pleasure in helpingl
them. He loved the purity and limo
cence of youth: and it, in his presence,
man said aught unseemly which caus
ell a boy or girl to blush admonition orr
rebuke was sure to follow the offense
His integrity Of character, his upright-s
ness in life, his adherence to convictions
his devotion TO principle his commonA
sense and good Judgment, strongly att
tracted young men toward him, andS
|, they felt that he was safe counselor
EAnd in crises when great public ques-s
stions called for solution and disruptedE
| party organizations, Mr. Nagle's infu-
fence and leadership among the youngA
Twas very marked because of their rel
fspect for his character and their conf
] A clear understanding of the mission9
'and Importance Of the common schools,
AN unselhsh and complete devotion ton
their welfare and improvement, and III
courage which never faltered in the ad- /
.vocacy of their cause, had become part
'of John Nagle's life. The public school,
at the crossroads was the only institu +
.tion of learning which he ever enteredN
as pupil, and until the day of his DEATH
he loved il as only one who believed thatS
it was indispensable to the maintenance
and perpetuity Of popular government
could love it. His first service in the1
of others was rendered asl
a teacher in the public schools, andE
his last service in like employment!
was performed in the supervision of
those schools as county superintendent.
There We're few men who understood2
their valde and their wants as well as heIe
did there were few who stated their,
title to public confidence and supportg4
more effectively than he did; there was
no man reader to make sacrifices inY
their behalf without counting the cost.
Since his death the gentleman whoX
fills the Office Of State Superintendent ofs&
Public instruction has been pleased TOT
say of Mr. Maggie that as a county super
intendent there was none ADLER i'll then
state than he, during the period of his
service. While it was spoken of the
dead, it WAS also spoken by one who
was peculiarly capable of forming a cor
rect Judgment on the subject.
Mr.. Maggie was not one from whom
tributes of esteem and confidence werey
withheld by his fellow men until he
died. They were given to him in gem
erous measure while he lived. Men be-
lieved that he was worthy to receive
such acknowledgements. and it was!
known that they did not affect his mod
esty, nor lessen his stock of good sense
and so they were made to him and they
gave him that degree of pleasure which,
u good man derives from the honest ap-:
probation OF his fellows. But it may beF
doubted whether any honor that was
ever bestowed on him afforded him
greater qualification, or affected himl
more deeply than did his election to the
presidency of the Wisconsin State Teach
ers Association.
He was but "a diifident country boy (.
when he first attended meeting of thatS
body, and he contemplated its promi- 4
nent members with scarcely less awe,
than respect, In after years, his selec-
tion by such men to preside over their
deliberations in annual council touchedN
him as few other things did in his life r
time Men ADLER than he, and of infin-I
Ii,ely larger ambitions have filled thatX
position And yet it may he stately
without hattery, that if no man less
worthy than Mr.. Maggie was shall evera
|be chosen TO the place, the Associations
Twill never be discredited 10y its presidingH