Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-02-16

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rane devoted much Of his time to lee.
lures. He said: Il
When one soul passes to the grea,
unknown many others are cast into
depths Of dependency by seemingl,
incurable grief caused by an irreparabls
loss. 1t depends upon the limits Of the
circle Of acquaintance of a deceased how
many join to mourn his loss. The scr.
rowing ones may be only relatives and
intimate friends; they may be organiza.
tions and large bodies of people with
whom the deceased was closely connect.
ed and sometimes nation weeps over
the death of a favored son. 54&
The circle of acquaintance of the late
Judge Cochrane was unlimited. The
number of people who were shocked al
the news Of his sudden death were
countless. Relatives, friends, organiza.
tons and bodies of people, our whole
state keenly feels and deeply mourns his
loss. --. - /.
In this connection may be mentioned
the student body of our state univer.
sity, more especially the members of the
law department, for there in connection
with his work at the institution, was his
field of greatest activity. From the very
inception of that department Judge
Cochrane was one of its strongest pill.
lars. 49, :. a:ys II 1%;. ssa1 S.r3
| When news of the, sudden death
spread throughout the state we, the law
school graduates, who were his students
were appalled,. We thought of him as q
young though fully matured man. Al
first we could not realize that our gen
ial, kind hearted, large souled, beloved
nay even adored friend and INSTRUCTORS
was dead. When we fully understood
our loss we learned to appreciate the
value and the work of the man. !
He was ever kind and considerate and
untiring in his efforts to aid US. Nc
man was more willing to say kind
word. No one could be kinder. Nc
man was more willing to render mater
ial aid. No one aided more efficiently
To us his door was always open His
time was always at our disposal and il
is matter of common knowledge that
many a needy student received pecu,
mary aid from Judge Cochrane. ~
He was an ideal instructor His was
one of those clear, analytic minds that
go straight to the root of every prob.
lem. His great intellect was stranger
to defeat and failure. When his mint
had solved problem his wonderful
command of language always brough,
plain and simple truths from the most
entangled mass. His wonderful intel.
lect, aided by that lucid manner of ex.
preston, coupled with absolutely I'M
limited willingness, almost it,exhaustibls
capacity for work and the most pro.
found knowledge of his. subject, made
him an instructor unsurpassed.
He taught us law, fundamental prin.
ciples and practice. He did more thar
that, infinitely more. His personalit,
and example were to us of far greater
value. He taught us that low station
| in life is no hinderance to success; thai
a poor boy has but poor excuse fol-
! becoming poor man; that the doors o.
the hall of fame open just as freely tx
him who begins life without one cen
as to one who was born heir to mil
lions; that there is vast differenc,
between the man who can handle none,
who can charge certain rate of inter
est and compute the samoa vast diff
ference between that man I say, and
gentleman. The burden of his lecture
and talks to us was: Boys, be homes
with the people and with yourselves
have confidence in yourselves; be thor
ough; be never satisfied with niomen
tary apparent success, but work, work
work, till you reach the heights. =
He sought to mold character which
makes the kind of men our countr,
needs. We need men who know til,
law of our land and are not afraid t,
enforce it; men who recognize the bes
interests and needs of our country; me,
who will fight even unto death to sup
ply them; men who when confronted
with certain state of affairs can thinl
for themselves, can form their. owl
opinion; men who are not hampered b,
what the neighbor may think; menswho
mindful always of the best interests O.
our country, know and dare and act
That is the kind of man Judge Coch
rane was, That is the kind of man h,
aimed to make of every student witt
whom he was connected. Had he sue
ceeded in thoroughly imbuing the mine
OF one youth with these elevating prin