Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-25

Surance with which he did this made
MIN most successful teacher of re-
liSlon. TO a rare degree the personality
OF Professor Elder was pcrmc1tel by his
religion. and its outspokcn influence was
felt throughout the college and the vhol,
circle of his acquaintance. To the Bible
ana religion in the experience OF men he
Drought the same careful study thai; he
gave to scientific problems
His life and character was his mes
sage spoken still with more or less ac-
curacy by every student who ever took
his courses"
Dr. .WhittcmOrc then cited the contri-
buttons of Professor Elder to the re-
lislous and scientific press. chief among
them beng his book Ideas from Ma IL.
ture.' issued in 1898. and read a letter
from Henry z. Robbins. D. D.. president
of Colby from 1913 to 1882, to whom tn"
book was dedicated
In closing. the speaker pictured tn ,
home life of Professor Elder and his
heroic struggle against encloaching fee
bfcnesS near the close of his life.
On Friday, June o. 1903. the strong
soul went home to God. There were no
days Of special illness. The vital forces
il'th ottil utterly consumed.
''On the death of Robert Browning il"
wrotL: 1 do not think of such men as
dead. True work fifty done de.i"s death
The song will sing itself about tho world
One more name is added to the long rol!
Of those who thro' all time. b. gifts of
heart and brain. have helped to max"
human life noblcr in purpose, i.chcr in
results
Through Sln II souls alone
Gud soothing shows sufficient of his light
For us j the dark To rise by.
of William Elder these words are
true"
The memorial address of Professor
T.ahan Edwards Warren was given by
| Key. Fred NJ. Preblc. d. D.. of Au-
burn. class Of 81. The structural plan
| Of the address may be seen in the fol-
lowing paragraphs:
Like the story of Il cathedral is the
story of Il character. 1t. too. is the
growth of years For this COMPARE
son there is an old and sacred Guaran-
| tee. In literature choice and inspired
| il is said of men, 'Yc are the temple of
| Cod
1t is the story of Il life that is to be
| told today. Into its making entered
many things. Like Il cathedral it had
| its foundation and sIIDerStructurc its
| recommendations and distinctive feat
| uTCs Complete as it was at its close
| it was the accretiv" growth of years
| And lust as we may study the story of
that genuine and beautiful building ON
the bank of the Rhine. so may We
/ ,,Jx- I,. of hot
beautiful life-the life of Laban Ed
| wards Warren
| Likening parentaGc, environment.
| education to the foundations. DIR.
| Prcblc passed on to speak of the super
| structure. or the work of Professor
| Warren as a teacher, saving in sub
stance: Or. Warren was man of
| knowledge ana culture: he was emil
| ncntly vie; his was an intellect clear
| and shining; IN his mind there were
| ncither cohwehS nor coats of dust
| Alists and foss and clouds could never
| linSer long in the chambers OF his in
| telligcnC". A born mathematician. his
| mental processes We're always precise,
| accurate and exact. In the classroom
never did he seem to sropc for ideas.
ana never did he stumble over the ex-
| preston of them.
| With devotion akin to reverence.
| Professor Warren performed the duties
of his profcssorship. His recitation
hours We're stimulus and inspiration to
lratisnt AMI careful dcvot on on the part
of his students. \ rare and enthusi-
astic sch olar himself his very presence
| made scholarship a shining goal to be
attained.
Then too. there was always the per-
sonal element in the educational work
OF Professor Warren. He was deeply
interested in his studies, but he was as
deeply Interested III his students. He
sought not TO instruct them at the end
Of q pointer. nor across the gulf Of diff
ferential calculus, and he was as much
IN master of himself as he was of math-
IematicS. His Sclf-mastcry made him
master of others. He had the singu-
lar faculty of getting Il great amount
from the student without seeming to
cocrcc him. Schoolmastcr that he was.
he was never a taskmaStrr,
| HE was Il rare man. III him were
blended qualities which made u char
laCtcr ~ uncommon brand He had
G"ntlcnrss without weakness. goodness
without ShaiIoWncss. urlanity without
haUghtiucsS. humility without sycn-
lrhnnry, mpd"stv without hypocrisy.
His friendly nature his pleasant voice,
his gracious manners. his courteous de-
mcanor. made for him Il charming per
SOnality. AS much as any man that |
HAY" ever known, Professor Warren
fills out III" Incasur" Of the ratrician
igCrti"man.'
In describing the denominations Of
| Dr. Wnrren's life, Or. Prrhle spok" of
his fondncSS for literature. having a
passion for Milton and Dante. for Ten
nyson AMI Brnwning Then too. he was
q poet himself of choice ability and
delicate taste. as his owa verses show.
To TIL enriChinG thoughts and inspiring
harmonies of music his heart was as
sensitively responsive as the strings Of
an aeolian harp are to the carrcssing
winds of a summer evening"
| "In addition to all. Professor Warren
| was an artist Whether or not nc
uspl color or brush. he had the spirit
ard tho taste Of the painter. His for
! NAL nrt courses added much TO the col