The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-08-13
IN ME MORIAM.
Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, La, Aug 3, 1914

Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, La, Aug 3, 1914.
Editor State-Times,
Baton Rouge, La.
Into the lives of all of US, at one
time or another, mnst come something
of sorrow or pain, most of which is
borne secretly and in silence; some
times, however, it is shared by whole
community, and rarely by a whole
commonwealth of mothers and fathers,
sisters and brothers, whose hearts go
out in sympathy to the bereaved family
which has been stricken.
The members of the Alpha Gamma
chapter of the Kappa Alpha order feel
that the untimely death of Brother
Henry Cecil Boyd is source of grief
of the latter kind, and wish publicly to
express their deep sensibility and ap-
probation of his upright life, his manly
bearing and his Christian virtues, and
to tender to his bereaved family their
profoundest regret and sympathy.
Henry Cecil Boyd was born July 5,
1895, and received his elementary edu-
cation in the public schools of Baton
Rouge. In the fall of the year 1911,
he entered the Louisiana State Univer-
sity, where, from the first, he main
tanned the esteem of his associates, the
respect of his instructors and the love
and admiration of all who knew him.
In the short period during which he
labored with us, he served with credit
in many positions of student honor,
conferred upon him through no solicit
tations of his own, among which we
enumerate the following:
He was a member of the Reveille
staff, the Y. NJ. C. A. cabinet, the
Tennis, German and Dramatic clubs,
the Hill Debating society and the
cadet battalion; an officer of his class
and the Tennis club and member of
the tennis team which engaged in
series of contests with Tulane Univer-
sity; assistant student manager of the
football team, and was identified with
other student activities.
Henry was genial, popular and intel
ligent to an unusual degree, and par
ticuIarly devoted to his friends, among
whom were numbered all with whom
he came in contact. 1t is our honest
opinion that there was no one in the
whole university who had for him any
feeling other than of high and kind
regard.
In the summer of 1912, Henry was
afflicted with very severe case OF
para-typhoid fever, which left his con-
stitution impaired. Thereafter, he SUI
fered almost constantly from bodily
ills, though few were aware of this
except the members of his immediate
family. In the fall of 1913, this
brought on a case of nervous aberra-
ton, necessitating his resignation from
school, and his health continued to
grow worse. On December Is, 1913, he
disappeared from his home and was not
heard from until his body was found,
cast ashore by the river, on July 80,
1914. Neither his friends nor his fam
lily knew or know of any reason for bis
disappearance, and his death viii ever
remain an unsolved mystery.
To us and to ALL this is the beginning
and the end. He was devoted son
and an honorable man. To us, he was
in every sense brother whose memory
we cherish as one who, being dead,
yet liveth," in the example of Christian
manhood which he left for our emula-
ton. With the family of our beloved
brother, we mourn his loss, although
we feel that he has received the reward
merited by a noble life. We are
Your obedient servants,
ALPHA GAMMA CHAPTER OF THE
KAPPA ALPHA ORDER.
By VIM. M. Phillips.