The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-17
DR.. MAGILL WILL WE'D AT 76.
ROMANCE OF SWARTHMORE COL
LEGE'S FORMER HEAD.

snrioR there Will occur IN New fork, pre-
.nmably in one Of the meeting houses Of
The Hicksite branch OF the Society OF
friends, the wedding Of DR.. Edward H..
Nasill Of S~warthmore College and Mrs.
Sarah E. Gardner Of l2e West Forty-third
street, New York. Several things combine
10 make the ceremony interesting.
Dr. Magill is one OF the best known
educators in the country, Ia a prominent
member Of the Society Of Friends Ind is
now in his seventy-sixth year. Mrs. Gard
per's age is said to be o5 and she also Is well
Known in the Society Of Friends.
swarthmore was one OF the earliest CO.
educational institutions in this country
and when, In 1900, DR.. Magill went there
no was married. In the years that followed
no became the father of five children, all
Girls. One after another these entered
S~varthmore, and that their training was
,horoueh is attested by the fact hat all
have taken places In the world where
Intellectual attachments are valued.
The eldest daughter, whose name wa
H,Icn. was graduated In tho first class
that came from Swarthmorc. h then
went 10 Boston 10 study and finally en-
tered Newrham College, England. After
oomplc'ing her studios shc went TO Brook
lyn, y. \. where while teaching she became
scouaip,rd with Or. Andrew d. White,
then President Of Cornell University and
now Ambassador OF the United States
10 GERMANY, and became his wife.
A~nc,i,er daughter is in London. where
she is translator Of French and German
IN tic Office Of n prominent firm az law
yer. A third daughter ia lecturer on art
Al Swarthmore md 4 fourth, now mar
ned. i a skilled musician. The fifth Is
4, calculator in the Astronomical depart
nent @! Columbia University.
To this last daughter, Miss Eudora
Magill, is due the omance that vii, termi-
mate in the wedding Of her father end Mrs.
Gardner. Twelve years ago MIR. Gard
per'- husband died. Soon after that she
entered the School Of Finance and Econ
om ~ Dr.. Gunton in New York, ard in
four Years was graduated.
While there she became Interested in
A daughter ~ Or. Gurton and desiring
q collegiate education for her took her
10 s~warthnorc. There Mrs. Gardner met
Dr.. Magill for the Ant time.
About the time that Mrs. Magill died
three years ago, Miss E1dora hagiIi se-
cured her present place III ,oi'iinnia ana
vi Ell she took up her residence m New
York u was natural lDat SnN sUouI1 go
10 the home Of Mrs. Gardner 10 live. There
IN calling on his daughter pr. Magiu met
Mr.. Gardner freldeutly.
Two wears ago when Mrs. Gardner sent
her niece. Miss Elizabeth Sutton. to Swarth-
more pr. Magiil exercised a personal SUI
pervision over the young woman's studies
and In TINT way he and Mrs. Gardner were
again brought INTO contact. The result
was that they decided 70 get married and
q few week. ago announcement was made
Of the ensns cement.
DR.. Mngiii's career has been interesting.
So many years q his life have been spent
at Swarthmore tl.At in telling OF II II Is
necessary 10 refer TO the history Of the
Institution TO which he has contributed
Born Sept. ~. 1926. in Salisbury. Bucks
county, Pa, he started life under con-
ditions not altogether favorable to the
acquisition OF knowledge. Settlers In that
part OF Pennsvlvania were Obliged to work
- hard for the necessaries Of life that
they had little time TO devote TO learning
DR.. Magill early showed a disposition to
study. and in that he was encouraged by
his mother: but his father told hm HAT
the life Of q student, while useful TO the
community, was not at all remunerative
and that there was little possibility OF ac-
cumula,ing a competence In that way.
DR. Magill determined, however, to be a
teacher, and, after mastering the studies
Of the neighboring schools, became a
az AAt' ~ VI w. 80 h'N'
Williston Seminary 10 prepare for Yale
College and a year later entered that in
%stitution. his intention being 70 graduate
with the class Of 1854.
just a. he WIS ending his freshman year
DR.. Francis WaylAnd returned from a
tour u the educational institutions OF
Europe imbued with the value 81 elective
courses, and started lis school at Provl-
den~ ID Magill, impressed with b he
had heard o. the new system OF education,
$3.50 - Dr.uHa.aZaaa uharg after AnInA
conversation with Dr. Wayland. he sur
prsed him by saying:
1t Was my Intention To graduate from
Yale with my class. Now. however,
want 20 become a student under you ana
want 90 he graduated In 1852
Dr. WsylAnd looked az him In
pent Tor al instant and then replied
Young man, such n thing Ii posAible' hu'
not probable
The experiment. vas made and In 1851
b. vac graduated With the degree ~ A "
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