The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-30
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DR.. .ALDERMAN'S
GLOWING TRIBUTE
President Of University Of Vir-
ginia Regarded the Lamel1ted
Teacher AS Man Of Great,
5 Even Untold Useful
ness Funeral
Tomorrow.

The death OF Professor John Peyton
Mcguire which occurred yesterday morn lnoolrS
Ing at his home. came as Il great sio sioch
to multitude OF friends and hdnlireIs
3 throughout the city und the Stale. iie
has been prominent In the lie OF thc citS
4 fo,. over forty Years, and during that tlllle
many thousands Of the Guys youths youths
passed under his guidance as me lieadf c$ " o.
McGuire's University School. They one
& and all gather iii tho expression OF sriei sr,i't
i that swes up from every side. i
3sE Az n meeting OF Alumni cOinmlttee Of
the school yesterday, II was decided, 20
553hold Il 1nass meeting today at MOOT ~ a.
which resolutions OF regret Wouid pe
+ passed and active pall-benrers chos'eh en-
j t is hoped BY the committee thnt every
student and alumnus OK the school WIZ
attend this meeting, which will be held
in the Chamber OF Commerce building.
The funeral arrangements have all been
II made. with the exception OF the sciec.
ton OF pall-bearers. The funeral WI!
be from ST. James Protestant Episcopal
n Church tomorrow afternoon at . Q cloc".
The intermcnt will be in Hollywood.
Pointed to High Ideals. #
When the death OF Professor John
Peyton Mcclure became known the thou
Il sa nds who had sat at his feet and list
cred to his high and noble precepts
hoard the news in sorrow. They felt, as
none else could feel. that the loss was
4 ,rrcparabIe, and that none could teach
as he had done. a great teacher mad
c,ied. and there was none to take MS
4 place. @ t$s x $f
For forty years the man and teacher
+ had laborcd, and during the forty years
NJ OF progress that has gone on over the
t,,1~,, nf 10
{ an 1866. among the forces NJ ma king tor
the GOOD and betterment of men, none '
has been moro .,nt en ts than tha4ss qlites
influence! 81 lis iife Hid issh Ideals e 6
II he set them forth in the schoo room "a "a .
4 lived them In his daily lie IT has. IN
S deed. been said that the first and Tore ore
most thing he taught his pupils was y
that honor should beat with their MOOT ee1,
SIX was the high and lofty purposes OF lie
NJ. he expounded them, that made MS
school tho school Of noble character
X through which It was but necessar? 10
Is v,ass to acquire share OF the idcals o.
the master. His aim was as much 70
educate the heart and mora! be'hs "a az
for the attainment of mere facts OF " ~.
crature and language.
The end was not unexpected. lot ne
b,a hnen alling Some time. His years
~ service were Weighing upon him, ana
daath came quietly, naturally. as II thet
a working out OF some well -defined purpose.
,rhn end came at 2:a5 yesterday morn
ing at the family residence NO. I North
\ Belvidere Street.
y Clergynlan's Son.
Mr.. MCGUIRE was born at ihe rat
.onnge." In Essex county. september ~,
1s36. He was a member OF the younger
branch Of McGulres OF Fermanagn, IN
ireland. who crossed the Atlantic ana
found a home on the shores OF inc iree
continent OF America. They finally set
+,e,1 near Winchester, Va, about ll4L.
@ and from this sturdy Irish blood. nave
descended some OF the most distinguished
~ the yirginian families. many OF them
having shed blood in the war OF gthe
revolution, and others having served
with distinction In the army Of the Con-
X fedcracy Still others rose to the highest
\ rlaces Of trust and honor in the Comm on
wealth. !,
John Peyton Mcclure was the son OF
the Rev. John Peyton Mcclure, rector OF
south Farnham Parish from 1895 to 1852,
4 and who was ono OF the most successful J
ministers OF tho Protestant Episcopal
Church In Virginia. and 1t was OF him
that Bishop Meade, speaking OF the work
he had done In the Rappahannock Val
lev. declared 'that 1t was the Lords
doing, and It Is marvellous In our eyes"
Mr.. NIcGuire's mother was Maria Mer-
Ger Garnett, of Essex, who was the
daughter OF the Hon, James Mercer Gar
nett n of Eln,wood. and Mary Eleanor
Mercer, his wife, Ills grandfather was
the distinguished Colonel william Nc
M CURE, who took prominent part In the
Revolutionary war and later studied law
Il and rose 10 the position of chief Justice
OF the Territory OF Mississippi,
Mr.. Mcclure was educated IN school
maintained by Ills father The parson-
age" at the Episcopal Iilsl, School W
IN Alexandria, Of which his father was
principal from 1852 till the breaking out
OF the war hetween the States and AZ
the University of Virginia, where he was
n1atriculated In 1854, For two years ne
studied there under the celebrated con-
stellatlon Of stars In the educatlona'
world DR. Gessner Harrison, DR., Al
bert TAYLOR Bledsoe, Professor Francis
IT. Smith and DR.. Schele De Vere,3I ,eay-
ing the University In 1856 he taught as
assistant to his father at the High school
IN Alexandria, when the war began and
4, nut an end for a time to his educational
work.
8 Becomes a Teacher,
After the close OF the, war, throughout
which ha served with distinction, he
ppened his school In Richmond,
p This was In 1868, On the start the
young educator had but twenty-five pu-
nils. but as year after year passed,
fhere was gradual increase, and during
he session Of lsO2-'3 the roll numbered
me hundred ana ninety-six, During the
yortv years of his service he has gradu-
ated four thousand pupils, who have made
thelr mark In. this world. duo In part to
a he influences Of their teacher and friend,
The following words from pr, Edwin A.,
Alderman, Of the University OF Virginia.,
are interesting; , s8
n ,omm,,nity and throughout the con-
tiguous territory--in fact In the State
3 at large--Air, Mcclure has exerted an (