Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-05-02
Good Words for Prof. Lynch

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RI Prof. W. H. Lynch, field agen
e for the Springfield Normal, ha
e returned from a five weeks tri]
in which he covered PRACTICAL.
every sectionof Southwest Miss
. ouri and spoke in % schools.
Prof Lynch has been actively
engaged IN educational work fol
more than, fifty years, and there
are few persons connected with
the schools of Southwestern Mis-
souri, who have not profited by
his tutorage.
He spoke in the schools of the
following towns: Texas county,
Houston, Licking and Cabool;
Howell county. Willow Springs,
Stony Point, Pine Grove, Forest
Flower, West Plains, Oak Ridge,
Greenwood, Brandsville, Noun
tain View and Pomona; Oregon
county, Thayer, and Mammoth
Spring, Ark; Wright county,
Mountain Grove, Fairmount,
Hartville, Mansfield, Douglas
county, Ava; Webster county,
Seymour.
A glowing tribute was paid to
Prof. Lynch after a visit to his
home county, where spoke at
the Licking public school. The
article, an extract of which foil.
ows, was written by 10. Payne,
superintendent of the Licking |
school, and published in the Lick |
ing News:
" lis useless TO attempt tot
find words worthy of expressing
our appreciation of Prof. Lynch
and the noble and generous work
be has done for education in
South Missouri. After listening
TO the address given before the
entire school and a large number
If our citizens in the high school
auditorium on last Tuesday morn
ng and then to remember that
or more than fifty years he has
been busy-yes, ever busy
scattering the seeds of sunshine
good cheer and optimism through
'ut this Ozark region, we are led
% wonder how great his inhuen. {
;e over this great section of our {
mighty state, when measured {
n its noble men, clean, virtuous l
women and industrious citizen. S
hip. Prof. Lynch has passed q
he seventy.eighth mile stone, I
ct how young, how clean, how s
opeful. how cheerful and how S
elpful in these latter days. He L
1ay die in the flesh; he may suff 4
r his body to be buried ere long +
ut we all know that, that spirit a
hat has characterized his rich il
fe will live on and on and on in t
he lives of those thousands he IL
as touched in the school room, t
n the street and in the shop. Ii
lis life will be much like the
tone thrown into the middle of v
mighty ocean that sets in mo. il
on the waves that set others IN il
lotion and these in turn others, e
ntil they finally reach the utter "
'ostfshores of that sea. So his
fe and personality, having touch q
d first hand so many thousands a
lives and these having trans. H
lifted the spirit on to others E
nd these will continue to affect d
thers, his influence will be car.
led on and on to the distant al
aores of eternity. Truly it may n
. said he hath not lived in vain. al
he influences he has set in mo. W
on are of the highest moral te
'pe. No man can say he used Ell
profane word, obscene or W
nutty language, proved him. fc
If unworthy of trust, was un. in
or despised a worthy cl
.use. It
Many proud schools are Hatt. va
ed to claim his residence, but 81
is left to Texas county to lay ia
aim to his birth place aud ear. s,
training and she ia indeed p
'oud of him, and can point to vi
m with pride as her choicest al
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