The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-02
H. 7. Healing, President Of Western
University, Passed Away at His
Residence Quindaro Kansas, after
aProlonged Illness.
The Entire Race Mourns the Loss of This Edu-
Gator and Scholar.

The many friends and admirers of
this Community and the entire United
States were grieved to hear of the
passing out of one of the best loved
men of this country, DR.. H. T. Keal-
ing, the President of Western Univer-
= sity Quindaro, Kansas, last Monday
evening.
As an orator DR.. Healing ranked
among the foremost of his race and
could sway his audiences at will. His
wit was spicy, ever quick at repartee,
enjoyed good story and was most
successful in telling good story,
driving it home to its logical and
moral conclusion. His last public ut
terance being delivered to an appre-
ciative and large audience January 6
on "a man without eyelids." 1t prov
ed to be his swan song. At the climax
of an interesting little story told in
connection thereof he made a striking
appeal to his people for them to try
to always be somebody in particu-
lar"
DR.. Healing was distinctively an
educator and a lover of aspiring
youth His life was characterized by
simplicity, efficiency and quality. He
and honesty of purpose above attain
ment He was not a radical but a
practical reformer.
Hightower 7. Healing, A. NJ. D. D.
LII D. was born in Austin, Texas,
April l, 1859 and departed this life
February 25, 1918 at S:55 p. m. at the
age of 5S years, 10 months and "a
days. After completing the work of
the public schools of his native city
he graduated from Straight Univer-
sity at New Orleans, La. and still
having an Unsuitable desire for more
knowledge went to Tabor College, la.
where he finished his collegiate
course with great credit. He was
ever a student of philosophy, science,
languages, sociology and the Holy Bi-
BILE. Thus he thoroughly prepared
himself. for a great career. His first
work after leaving college was to be-
come Vice President of the State Nor
NAL school at Prairie View, Texas.
From there he became supervising
principal of the Colored public
schools of Austin, then principal OF
the Negro High School of the same
city. Later he became President OF
the Paul Quinn College at Waco, Tex
In 1896 the General Conference in
session at Wilmington, N. c., elected
him Editor of the A. M. e. Review
which position he filled with credit
to himself, the Church and the race
splendidly. Here he displayed his
ripe scholarship, a profundity of in
formation that can only be secured by
wide and careful reading, a keen an
alytical mind of philosophical poise
and a complete mastery of forensic ex
preston. In 1901 he was delegate
to the Ecumenical Conference in Lon
don, England; participating in the de
liberations of this meeting and in all
of its constructive policies. While
abroad he visited throughout England
France and Switzerland. On October
l, 1910, at the call of Governor Stubs
of Kansas and on the recommenda
tions of Booker T. Washington, Bishop
Abram Grant and DR. ] r Ransom he
resigned the Editorship of the Review
and accepted the Presidency of Wes
tern University. In 1911 he became
member of the Anna Jeannes FunC
Board which handles the million dol
lar fund for the education Of Negro
youth taking the place left vacant by
the demise of Bishop Grant. Associ
ated with him on this Board were Elk
President Theodore Roosevelt, r. X
Motion, Mr. Wilcox, e. ]. Scott, ant
others of National prominence. HI
was also a member of the American
Academy, Political and Socia
Science, International Peace Confer