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rae Roosevelt OF Dakota WESLEYAN
usivesesty-that round headed. en-
durtak, philosophical, substantial
edusstsr, Or. Samuel Weir;-how
the iasissNon with which no is iden.
tilted has learned to love him, the
state a large to revere him. aud the
educational and theological frater-
nities Of the whole nation to hearken
to his learned advice!
DIR. SAMUEL WEIR
Dean School OF Education Dakota
Wesleyan University.
Or. Weir was born at London.
Midslese1 county. Province of Onta-
rio, Canada, three days after the fir
ing on Fort Sumpter at the inception
of the Civil war.
Education.
his early education was acquir-
ed in the public schools at his ma
tive province and in the Provincial
Normal School. 1t is frequently said
OF a mar, He has been given all
that the schools of this country af-
ford" More than that may be said
for Weir: he has been given all that
The schools OF two continents afford.
lie fnished his course at Garrett
Biblical Institute. in 1887, receiy-
ing hiR B. D. degree. Two years la
ter he received his A. b. from
North western; and in 1891, Illinois
Wesleyan honored him with his Mas
ter's degree. Later he studied for
one year In Boston University. Still
dissatisfied with his preparation, he
went abroad for study and travel.
PluRging at once into the weighty
Philosophical course in the famous
University of Jena, into it's classic
library of 100000 volumes, into its
1O0.ee0 dissertations, into its 900
volunes of ancient manuscripts, he
came forth in 1895 as a finished pro-
duct Of the school. and was honored
with hh Phi. ID. degree, summa cum
laude, q distinction never before ac-
corded by that institution to any for
eigner ander the sun. He also did
some work at the University of Leip-
sic.
Experience.
Applying a mans education be-
comes his experience. If he is alert,
absorbs from his surroundings and
applies we'll the theory gained, his
experience soon becomes the most
valuable part of his education. No
man can long tread water in the cur
rent OF iife. We may presume he is
merely standing still resting,
hut shortly he will, observe that the
shore line opposite him is much near
er the falls than it was when he first
ceased to struggle. DR.. Weir has
eve ceased the battle. His con-
stant struggle onward and upward
in the experience of life has broaden
&c his education more than did his
academic preparation. After grad
uating from the normal school in his
native province, he removed to Michi-
gan in 1884 and Joined the Detroit
Conference of the M. E. church. This
experience gave rise to his ambition
to finish the course at Evanston.
Upon his graduation from Northwest
ern in 1889, he accepted the position
of Professor of Latin and Greek in
the Southwest Kansas College. A
year later he was called to the pasto-
rate Of st. Paul's church, Wichita,
Kan, and before another year had
passed he was elected to the First
church. Cheyenne, Wyoming.
DR.. Well had been married in 1889
to Miss Caroline Voss. The altitude
at Cheyenne so greatly effected her
health that at the close of his first
year Of pastoral work at that place,
ne waa compelled to resign and seek
a new field. Accordingly he accept
ed a temporary appointment as In
structor IN Mathematics, North
western University. From there he
went to Boston to study. and from
the latter place to Germany.
Upon his return to America In the
summer of 1895, after his gradua-
ton at Jena. he was elected Profess
sor Of Hthics in the School of Peda-
gogy. University of New York, and
Professor of Philosophy, Graduate
School, of the same institution. He
held these two positions for six
years, and then resigned voluntarily,
because he could not conscientiously
endorse the administration of the
school. The next year he spent as
Lecturer on Education, University Of
Cincinnati. The next two years were
spent az Principal of the State Nor
NAL school. Clarion, Penn; and the
school year 19O4-5 was utilized by
him a. Honorary Fellow. Clark Uni
versity.
In 1905 he was, called by DR..
Thomas Nicholson, at nat time presi-