The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-11

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which will be recorded by the future
historian the character and achieve
ments of Dawson county's OUTGOING
county superintendent, Professor q.
j. Quigley. During ten consecutive
years as superintendent of the Mitch
ell city school and four years as
county superintendent he has made
an enyiable record and has left upon
those under his charge the impress
lon of truly great man that will
never fade.
Nothing commands ones admira-
tlon more than a finished man. John
Locke said: Education begins the
gentleman, but reading, good COM
pany and reflection must finish him. -
Humboldt declared: "The finest fruit
earth holds up to it's Maker is a fin
ished man." Such a man is Professor
Quigley. He has never sacrificed the
sweeter diviner things of life for the
babble of wealth and power,-al-
though in his quiet way he has
amassed a snug little fortune and
will retire Independent. But with
him wealth has always been a second
ary consideration.
Few men were ever endowed with
greater combination of virtues than
he. Prudent, firm, sagacious, wise,
dignified, scholarly, lovable and mob
ly courageous he has never been too
manly to deceive. too maganinmous
to retain a grudge, too wise to lower
the standard of his ideals for politi-
cal gain and too generous to Give
unto himself alone" His has been
the life ideal-one to be envied by
those who fail to control their cir
cumstances.
Since his birth iu humble New
York valley, nearly three score and
ten years ha7e sped .rto the ire
deemable eternity Of tic past; the
Mexican, the civil aud the Spanish
American Was havc been fought;
the population of the nation has doub-
lei, its wealth has 1aadrupled, and
.he great empire west of the Miss
issippi river has been settled and de-
veloped until today it is struggling
with the east for supremacy; what
an age in which to live!
With him life's shadows are now
falling toward the east; life's sky
has begun to redden along the west
ern horizon with the tinted glow of
an amicable sunset, while the rosy
tipped fingers Of morn leave but tiny
chickering's in the east. With him the
day is nearly spent, while the slowly
increasing twilight must of neces-
sity bring back to him sacred memor-
les of those whose early lives he has
helped to mould.
Professor Quigley was graduated
from Pike seminary, New York, and
later received the degree of Master
of Science from Hillsdale college,
Michigan. He holds teachers life
diplomas in New York and South Da-
kota. For culture, for recreation, and
for its commercial value, he studied
law as a side-line and was admitted
to practice in the courts of New York:
later he became a member of the
Dawson county, South Dakota Ha,.
At present he is vice president of the
National bank. of the Mitch
ell Trust company, and of the Y. M.
G. A.
Under the heading, Things Edu-
cational," in the newspapers of Davi-
son county, the last week in Decem-
ber he said:
This week l shall close fifty
ye" rs of work as teacher and SUPER
inte, lent, all of which, excepting
ST. v"ars as principal of schools in
Yn'N Vile, ILL.,, has been spent in
W on' ing county, New York and
~ v:son county, South Dakota l
HI .e not always reached my ideals
bu; have done my very best, and ]
have a sense of satisfaction that
comes with this consciousness. School
work has always appealed to me as
most important, and I lay it down
with no regrets that l have given
my life to is. ttlieve l have hld the
respect and confidence of my pupils
and the teachers over whom I have
teel placed 'The recent shower cr
Christmas greetings by teachers Of
the county is appreciated ana viii be
long remembered and treasured. Bat
] n;'st say a long goodbye AMI will
close by bespeaking for my worthy
the same generous, courte-
GUS and helpful treatment that ! 'ilye
received
o. N the Star Theatre.
Walpole G Goldaagen are the new
of the Star theatre