The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-01-16
DIR. JUDsoN IS DEAD.

DIR. JUDsoN is DEAD.
For More Than Half Century He
Had Zealously Labored for the Up
building Of the University to Which
He Gave His Undivided Affection.
Greenville, Jan. 12.-Dr. Charles
Hallett Judson, for 81 years professor
of mathematics at Furman university,
died at AS o'clock this afternoon.
The funeral services will take place on
Tuesday at noon in the First Baptist
church in this city.
DR.. Judson was stricken with pa
ralysis on Monday and continued to
grow worse unit 1.-The end came. He
suffered three distinct strokes in all,
the last effecting his side and throat
to such an extent that he was unable
to take norishment. DR.. Judson leaves
only one surviving relative, his sister,
Miss Mary c .Judson, who, like him
self, has consecrated her life to edu-
cation, having been connected with
the faculty of the Greenviile Female
college for half century.
In all DIR. Judson gave $4,000 70
Furman university from his estate,
which he accumulated in the course
Of long life tine by dlnt Of careful
saving. These gifts have made the
Carnegie library building and the
s10o, 600 endowment OF Furman pos
sible.
/, Charles Hallette Judson, IL. D.,
was born in Munroe. Conn, April 20,
1920. His parents were both of pure
English stock. His father, Charles
Judson, was a man Of sterling quail
tie and became one Of the most
prominent men in his community, in
business and social circles.
The mother Of DR.. Charles 81. Jud-
son was Miss Abb Sherman, Of Con-
necticut, a relative Of the distinguish
ed Roger Sherman.
DR.. Judson's earliest education was
obtained at the public school in his
own town. From this he was trans
ferred to a high school, near his
home, taught by a graduate Of Yale.
He was afterwards sent to New Haven
to prepare himself for business. Not
long after going to the city he be-
came interested in meetings Of one
Of the Baptist churches Of the place.
He professed faith and joined the
Baptists. At about the same time
Locke's Essay on the Human Under
standing" fell into his hands. These
two circumstances combined to
change the current Of his life. AS a
result he resolved upon leaving busi-
ness and continuing his education. He
entered Hamilton Literary and Theo-
logical Institute, located at Hamilton,
n. Y, known today as the Colgate
university, and the Colgate seminary.
He remained at Hamilton two years
and was then compelled to teach for
while to obtain means with which
| to further prosecute his studies. Ever
since that day he was able to sympa-
| thize with the poor boy struggling for
an education, and he generously as
sisted such all through his long and
useful life.
He went from Hamilton to Virgin
l., where he taught several years and
then entered the University of Virgin
ia, where he remained two years This
course helped him to shape his work
as teacher for life. There he form
/ ed high ideals as to what a college
course ought to be, and these high
| ideals he had before him for over so
years, and thiss has largely made Fur
man university what it is and what it
has been.
In 1S47 DR.. Judson married Miss
Emily Bosher, Of Richmond, Va. To-
gether they walked life's journey,
childless, till May, 1903, when she
entered her heavenly rest 1t was a
happy marriage, and in all respects
she was a true helpmeet. Soon after
their marriage he began teaching a
boys school in London, Va. After
two years here, he went to Warrenton,
Va, where he remained teaching one