Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-01

treasures in literature which have come
down from its founders, and vet he founl
time 10 answer any inquiry on any mat
ter which might concern the college.
In addition TO all this work he contrib
uted TO periodicals many articles relating
10 his professional work, one OF the most
important being school and College
Libraries" paper prepared for the
Worlds Library Congress in 1879 and
printed IN the report OF the United States
Commissioner Of Education in that year
He also published one III TWO textbooks
for the use OF his class. very valuable
historical sketch Of Bowdon College,
edited and published TIE general cata-
logLe for several years and IS the author
OF the volume, comprising more than go
pages entitled Descendants of George
Little who came TO Newaury. Massa Gnu
sets. in 1870 In 1850 he was given the
degree of A. NJ. by Bowdoin and in 1874
the degree of Lift. d.
a great variety of interests outside o.
books appealed to Professor Little, but
chief of these so far as activity went was
that Of mountain climbing, which has a
peculiar appeal 10 many men Of literary
| tastes In 1896 he went TO British Column
| hia. where his friend and companion
Philip H. Abbott, lost his life i'll an at
| ten7pt to ascend Mount LEROY. In 1851
under the leadership Of Swiss GUIDE
| Professor Little was one Of the party
| that first made the ascent Of Rogers peak
| in the SelkirIls and other high mountain
peake. in the Canadian Rockies. He was
| a member of the Alpine Club and the Ap-
nalachian Mountain Club. In 1905 he
| iourneved TO Egypt and in company with
| Two friends crossed the desert to Mount
Sinai where they were entertained at
| Ct GATHERINGS Convent. This journey
was made with a train of Il camels and
| took is DAYS This last venture among
the hills of the old world was the mos
| cherished in Professor LItues memory
An honor he greatly appreciated was that
| conferred by the Dominion Governments
| Of Canada in naming one Of the 10 peaks
in Bow Valley, Alberta, Mount Little.
| The noble recreation of mountain cEmb-
! ing was to him a constant delight; me
fresh air and broad view gained in the
| high nlaces always inspired him. The
silence and majesty of the hills were cen
stantly reflected in his character.
professor Little married December IS,
1884, Miss Lilly T. w. Lane OF Braintree'
! Massachusetts,. He is survived by his
wife and four children, Mrs. Kay W. Pet-
-ingill Of Cambridge, Mass, Miss Ruth
p little Of Brunswick. 9. Toppan Little
| - BOSTON and Noel c. Little, a student
| at BoWdoin.
The death Of Professor Little will he a
| great loss and a deep and abiding grief
| TO his fellow members upon the boWdoll
| College faculty, by whom he was be-
| 1ovad and admired. He took a deep in
teresr in public institutions ana IN the
rta IF the town in which he lived. Pro-
| lessor Little exempifed IN life eXac'l!
| what a Christian gentleman should pc
| His kindly face. his figure with the schoi'
| avs stoon to the shoulders, his modest
manner his gentle voice will long be re-
| men7bered by the men o. bo"uoih aiu
| the citizens Of Brunswick
II it be true. and who questions H. tha'
| the real spirit of democracy is the eX-
pression Of our own best self. which is
| nohIe and peaceful and secure. then the
| s,1hiec- Of this sketch represents the idea
re democracy. Professor Little belonged
in a world unknown by those who holc
themselves commissioned to realize ths
ideal of industrial and political oreaniza'
tim Had he lived in an age when spirit
ual conventions we're dominant, he woult
nave stood forth a knight OF the Round
Table Patiently he spent the formative
wears of his life mastering details and
fitting himself for that large service z
great New England cAege demanded