The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-12-07

longer Wlen IL nA0 been otherwise, but may even
De Rratefful to their Heavenly Father for having
LED them in way they knew not and by . path
they had not chosen, to heavenly places in
Christ Jesus
Committee of the Faculty.
THOMAS NICHOLSON,
President,
JOHN l.. sEAroN,
Secretary.
After the the chapel exercises.
the faculty With their wives held
short prayer service at the
presidents home. At the close
of these services the student
body formed an escort to the re-
mains as they were taken to the
depot, and this escort formed in
crescent at the depot grounds
awaiting the arrival of the train.
This escort of college associates
when in line of march reached
for four blocks along the route,
and as the train bearing the re-
mains pulled away from the de-
pot the student body uncovered
and remained with bowed heads
until the train had disappeared.
Twelve large boxes of flowers,
tributes of love from personal
friends, from the faculty, the
different student societies, the
high school, and the w. G. r. U.
OF Mitchell. followed the remains
to Milbank.
State Superintendent Ramer,
President Nicholson, Prof. G. V.
Gilliland, principal of the pre-
paratory department, aud Miss
Luella Robinson, the dean of
women, accompanied the body to
Milbank, and remained to the
funeral service,and the following
students also came as represen-
tatives of the school to attend
the funeral, the young men act
ing as pail bearers, together
with two of her high school class
mates-Frank Lowthian and
Frank Mittelstaedt: Miss Flor
ence Morris, Miss Lottie Stenin-
ger. and Miss Amanda Clement,
Messrs. Leroy Morris, Geo. r.
Minty, Floyd Gillis and H. l.
Pratt.
The funeral service in Mil
bank was held at the M. E. church
on Tuesday afternoon, the church
being filled to standing room
with sorrOwing friends whose
hearts go out to the stricken
family in this awful bereave-
meDt. The service was proba-
bly, the most impressive event of
this character eyer held in the
community. President Nichol-
son related the incidents attend
ing the calamity which cast it's
pail of grief over two communi-
ties. Rev. A. Murrman read
the scripture lesson, Prof. Gill;
land and Miss Robinson spoke
touchingly and tenderly of the
school life of Miss Goldie, her
fine intellectual acuteness, the
developing of a splendid Chris.
tian character, her bright ideals
and blame1ess life, and the re-
gard in which she was held by
her fellow students and teachers.
Rev. Mr.. Hunt also referred, as
pastor, to Miss Goldie's life in
the home church, Sunday school
and Epworth League, and State
superintendent Ramer, a neigh
Dor of the family for years and
the young lady, instructor for a
period of her school life in Mil.
bank, gave glad testimony of the
bright promise of the young life
that had been so suddenly taken
away. A choir, consisting of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Burgan, Miss
Louise Seide and Fred Scnei-
der, interspersed these exercises
by several selections of hymns,
and Miss Florence Morris and
Miss Seide rendered solos, the
closing address being made by
DR.. Nicholson, who touched upon
the mystery that surrounds
these dispensations of provi-
dence, and the difficulty of recon
Cling them with God g goodness.
because we are only able to see
the partial plans of q great
whole. The entire service was
Of the most touching and sym
r,afho otic charocfor nn1 ln~-1
Impressed the large congreea
ton OF friends who had xathered
to show their loye and respect
for the departed girl, sid sym. |
pathy for the sorrowiug.
During the hours of th1ser vice.
from 2,to3;10 y, M, byunYnimous
agreement the merchknta of the
citv closed their houses Of bust. |
ness, and the students and |
teachers Of the high school at.
tended the service in n hodv A