The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-06-08

Chattanooga. This he also declined.
What Others Say OF Him
Prof. Borden p. Bovine, Boston
University: Il have great esteem
for Mr.. Weir in both character and
scholarship and in teaching power"
Prof. Il. II. Buchner, Johns Uni
versity:-"Dr. Weir is a scholar of
worthy attainmtnts, striking person
a!ty, and a man of great energy.
He has shown his executive ability
Ill the management of a normal
school. His training in this country
n abroad, and his connection with
American Universities. have given
him ripe acquaintance with the
needs and aims Of cur growing in
stitutions."
DIR. William F. Mcdowell, now
one of the Bishops OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Chicago, lilly
take pleasure in saying hat l have
known DIR. Weir very we'll for a
good many years. and have a yery
high regard for him. He is a man
of fine equipment, superior char
acter. excellent teaching and ad-
ministrative ability. and generally
a very high grade man. do not
hesitate to commend him in the
very strongest terms"
Able Scholar.
When the leecy-winged Angel of
Life gently laid Baby Weir into his
mothers lap. it gave to the world
a thinker-a thinker, il you please,
of the E~mersonian style. A half
century has passed by since Wilson
wrote those immortal words:
Think for myself! One good idea,
But konwn to be thine own,
Is better than a thousand CLEANED
From fields by others sown.'
This is DR.. Weir's creed. Original
thought is his hobby. He Ices his
own thinking; he inspires his stu
dents to think.
His extensive preparation. coupled
with his broad successful experience,
has made him easily the ripest
scholar in the state. AS a student
at Northwestern he. won the Gage
debating prize: at Jena he was hon
ored as no other American have ever
been. Professor WOODBURY., princi-
pal of the Training School, N. N.
I. S., Aberdeen, S. D., who took some
work in philosophy under DR.. Weir
during summer school at the D. w.
u, a few years since. said to the
writer, Il didn't suppose we had
a man like him in the state"
Following r a few extracts from
testimonials in his behalf, received
from some of his former students
who have now won distinction:
Prof. E. L. Karp, Syracuse Uniyer-
sity:-"Dr. Weir is a mar of wide
scholarship, charming personality,
and unusual gifts as a teacher. 1
was under him as a student in the
Graduate School of New York Uni
versity. where he was one of the
most popular and successful pro-
fessors, and during these two years
his classes were always full and he
was listened to with great interest,"
DR.. William F. Anderson, Bishop
M. E. church, New York City:-I
knew Professor Well at the time
wien I was taking post graduate
work in New York University. 1
have been a student successfully in
three Universities of high grade and
in one theological seminary, and I
count DR.. Weir easily one of the
best teachers whom it has been my
privilege to know. He distinguished
himself in one Of the German uni
versities for original work. While
holding on to all that is essential in
the past, he is thoroughly up to date
as a scholar. He has a happy faculty
Of inspiring his students with en-
thusiasm. He is a man of high per-
sonal character, clean and high
minded. He is also a man Of pre-
eminent common sense, has fine exc
cutive ability, and excels in platform
work"
DR.. w. A. Shoemaker, President
of the State Normal School Of st.
Cloud. Minnesota:-"I was for a
time a pupil of DR.. Weir's while he
was professor in the New York Uni
versity. 1t was q consensus Of
opinion among the members Of my
class that DR.. Weir was by far the
strongest man IN the Untversity. His