The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-12-25
DONOR OF KNAPP HALL
Boston Transcript, Feb. 1, 1912.
Miss Katherine Knapp.

1here passed from among us on
Thursday, January 25th, a gracious
spirit whose loss will be felt in
many lives. Katherine Knapp was
true daughter of New England,
quick in response to the call Of
right against wrong, eager in en-
joyment Of the world Of nature and
VI books and devoted to the work
of passing on TO others what life
had brought Of good to her.
A graduate in one OF the early
years of what was then called The
Girls High and Normal School," she
soon after, in 1859, became one
Of its teachers and for thirty-five
years was one Of the pillars OF the
school. Not only in her own city,
but scattered all over the country,
her old pupils remembered with af-
lection and gratitude her love and
loyal friendliness expressed in many
delicate ways; they remember too
the high standard in scholarship
ever held before them in her class
es in Latin and the fresh love OF
flowers. and all growing things, in
spired in her classes in botany by
her own love of every opening bud
and leaf. This love did not lessen
with the years, for in the last
month of her life she was enjoying
at the Lowell Institute course OF
lectures on her long-cherishej
study of botany. In the eighteen
years that have elapsed since she
gave up her connection with the
school her interest in ii never
wavered and she worked for ii con-
stantly through the associations OF
its alumnae.
Her various journeys in Europe
and visits to relatives and friends
whose homes are in England gave
her unusual and interesting exper-
fence, the fruits Of which she knew
how TO share both with her pupils
in the school and with friends out
side. A bright pupil once said she
never had any real idea of Venice
until she read a little description
of the famous city which Miss
Knapp had written for the school
paper.
Miss Knapp's power in writing OF
whatever interested her was con-
slant delight to her friends; and III
her letters and papers there was
not only the charm Of delightful,
descriptive style, but constant
touches of humor and happy au-
dacity in her comment that dared
to come out through her pen far
oftener than in her spoken word.
She was a sister of Mr.. George b.
Knapp, who survives her, and OF
Mr.. Arthur Mason Knapp, so long
assoc lated with the Boston Public
Library and so well remembered by
its readers. She shared with them
their love Of books, their interest
in travel and their strong feeling
for family ties. Both they and she
loved to gather at Thanksgiving
time all members of the family who
could be brought together in BOs-
ton for the Thanksgiving feast, and
this last November Miss Knapp
spoke with pleasure of plan she
had for the family party on the
coming Thanksgiving Day; she had
picked out two or three interesting
letters written by members OF the
family who had died before the
younger members could know
them, and she was to read these let
tiers so that all the relatives could
enjoy them together and the yonn-
ger ones become acquainted, in a
very real way, with their relatives
of an earlier time. whom they had
never seen or known but little. As
one OF Miss Knapp's gifts was the
delightful, old-fashioned one Of
reading well aloud, one can imagine
how pleasantly the Older relatives
were made known TO the younger.
The family for many years at
.aaaad tha Shawmut CongreRatIOn-