Putnam patriot., 1909-11-12

wife. his daughter, Edith D. Harris, and Dr. Harris and his family were at the bedside when the end came. \ son, Tht odote, who k Hi attorney-nt. law, lives al san Antonio, Texas. The funeral was held al Bell street Chapel Tuesday and interrnent was Tn the family lot at Putnam Heights, Conn.
 William Torrey Harris was born al North kiilinRly, Conn, now Putnam Heights, Sept. 10, ls3b. His early ed- ucalien was received in the common schools and in several academies, among them Phillips Andover, while for two years and half he was a mem Der of the class of ls5s at Yale College, but withdrew before graduation.
 In iS57 Dr. Harris moved from Con necticut to St. Louis, Mo-, where for 23 years he was teacher, Principal, As sistant Superintendent and superin- iendent of Public Schools, holding the las, of these e.sices from 1857 10 1880. Dr. Harris published during this time To NOiuutts ot uhb Nic'S So'7 tributed to the education exhibit of the United States at the Paris exhibition Of 1878 attracted such attention that he was rendered the honorary title of aOfiicer de l'Academie" and the rec ports were placed in the pedagogical library of the Ministry of Public ln- slruetion. In 1889 he was further honored with the title of "oiiicer de llnstruction Pubhque" from the French Government.
 On resigning the position of Super intendent of Public Schools In St. Louis in 1880, on account of failing health, Dr. Harris received gold medal and purse of slo0o from the citizens in recognition of his "faithful and dis,in gutshed servlce.e He then visited Europe, representing the United states Bureau of Educators at Brussels.
 On returning to America he settled in Concord, Mass, where he founded and took a prominent place as lee turef in the school of Philosophy. In issu he again represented the United States Eurean of Education al the Paris Exposition, and on Sept. i2 of that year he was appointed United States Commissioner of Education, and moved to W Washington, D. (.
 In iso6 pr, Harris founded the Phil. osophlcal Society of St. Louis, In lsia l he was President of the National Edu- l eational Association, and for i5 years he was an officer of the American So eial Science Association, for which he
 wrote many papers. He was also as
 sistant editor of Johnson Cyclo
 paedia, contributing 10 articles Ia th,
 departments of philosophy and psy
 choloey. In cooperation with A. ]
 Rickoif ana Mark Bailey he prepares
 the Appleton school readers; and will Duane poty of Detroit Mich, drew uI
 for the Educational Bureau the tirsl formulated statement of the Theor,
 of American Education indorsed b, educators throughout the country an,
 used al the Worlds Exhibitions a Vienna and Paris, He was also tn editor of Appleton's "lnternations Education Seiies.'
 He was looked upon as the mos
 deeply versed and eminent eNpounde
 of German thought in America, an, puhlished," Hege's Logic, A Book o , the Genesis of the .ateguries of tn Mlnd,n and commentary on "rh , Spiritual Sense of Dante's nivin Commedia,n both of which rank il the highest order of philosophical pr,
 duetions.
 Since l.ssi Mr. Harris had been Pres : ident of the Boston Schoolmsster' Club. He had contributed yolumi nously to magazines on art and educs ton. as well as on philosophy, and ha'
 translated extensively from German and Italian thinkers of the adya ance'
 school.
 In iS5s Dr. Harris and Miss SaVal
 T. Rugbee of North killiuglv, Conn, were married. Two children, son
 Theodore, and a daughter. Fslith n
 who has been her fathers amanuensi
 for the nast h sears, and the widos
 survive nina. Dr. and Mrs. Harris ot