Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-06
TRIBUTES TO Or. BEARDsHEAR.
Expressions of Appreciation from j. B
Hungerford and Dr.. Sabin.

| Des Moines. Aug. 6.-J. r. Hunger
| ford. of Carroll. chairman of the board
of trustees of the state college. arrived
| in Dies Moines last night from Ames.
Both for himself and for the board he
expressed the keenest sorrow at the
death of President Beardshear.
1T is almost an irreparable loss to
the institution and to the state said
Mr. Hungerford. Those who knew DIR.
Beardshesr the best esteemed him the
most. and in the associations of the last
ten years he has endeared himself To
every member of the board. OF his
great abilities as an educator and of
attempt to speak but there is one trait
ton. This was his extreme unselfish-
ness. | we'll remember one incident i'll
Illustrating this quality. When the legis
lature for the first time provided a sup
port fund for Amcs, DR.. Beardshear was
largely responsible for securing it. The
first meeting of the board after the app
preparation was held in May. and one
of the first acts of the board was to
raise Dr. Beardshear's salary from
$500 to $4,000. | can never forget the
touching scene when we called him and
told what we had done. His face was
a burst of surprise; he started TO say
he didn't want it. and then broke down.
His manner. stronger than his words,
showed that he had been working for
the school, not for himself, and that he
had no idea that a result of the addi-
tional income would be to swell his; in
come In not the remotest way had
any suggestion reached the board that
he expected or wanted an increase. He
was so absorbed in the school that he
did not think of himself. and SensitiNely
feared it would be thought he sought
the appropriation for his own good.
Henry Sabin for years superntend-
ent of the state department of public
instruction. has been acquainted With
DR. Beardshear ever since the latter
came TO Iowa Mr.. Sabin yesterday paid
the following tribute to DR.. Beard
shear:
NO man in Iowa had wider circle of
friends among the teachers of the state
than DR.. Beardshear and it is here that
he will be- most missed. Some other
man can be found who will do the work
~ Ames, and the institution will con-
tinue to grow in public favor and in
usefulness. Rut 1T will be only when
the present generation of teachers has
passed away that the warm grasp of
the hand. the kindly eye. the cheering
voice. the manly form of President
will be forgotten. He was
more than a teacher: more than a coll /
lege president. more than successful
man of affairs. His heart reached out
for all beautiful things. He found COM /
panionS in the trees and flowers and he
talked With nature as one friend talks
with another. Even the dreary college
catalog. which usually is redolent only |
of hard names and dry courses of study,
under his touch became almost q poem.
fitted for the desk of him who loves a I
beautiful quotation or appreciates (
gem from the pen of a great thinker.
He had the graces of a ready writer and I
was n power on the platform. In this
respect he had made marvellous
growth within the last few years.
will Dr. Beardshear rank as Il great
man among the teachers of the land?
Not as some men count greatness. He
was not familiar With the depths of
pedagogy. nor was he Il recognized eX
tonent of the truths of psychology. But
If to be able to bring out oe the store
1ouse of his heart those things which
make for light and JOY: which cheer
md help: which fill even the night with
ight If TO dispense those things until
very heart in his audience is singing
ike a bird. then this man was great.
The educational world will be lonesome
without him"