Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-02-15
ACTION OF BAR ASSOCIATION
ON DEATH OF |. IRVING HANDY
HIS OLD FRIENDS AND ASSO-
GATES PAY HIM A TRIBUTE
Resolution Adopted by the New Castle
County Bar Association of Which
He Was a Member


A glowing tribute was paid to the
memory of the late Levin Irving Han
dy, former Congressman, who died on
February 3, by the New Castle Coun-
ty Bar Association, Tuesday afternoon
at a special meeting held in courtroom
No. l. Resolution of respect were
drawn and adopted and a number OF
the members paid individual to Mr..
Handy in addresses. His zeal and
courage in supporting right policies,
and his loyalty to friends, were
among the characteristics emphasized
by the speakers.
John G. Gray, William F. Kurtz,
Harry Emmons, William F. Smalley, |
Wilbur L. Adams and Judge Herbert |
L. Rice were among Mr.. Handy's |
eulogists. Mr.. Gray, who presented |
the resolutions, was the chief speaker. |
He reviewed briefly the career of Mr..
Handy from the time he adopted Della
ware as his native state and became
one of the leading educators of Kent
and Sussex counties. His later career
as a Congressman and platform ora
tor was also sketched.
"He was a man who would endure
! for his convictions, and not desert
\ Them" Mr.. Gray said. "He loved his
= friends; he was pleased to learn of
: their success. His deeper nature eX-
pressed itself, however, when they
were distressed or visited by misfor-
tune. He made the higher ideals the
preachments of his life, the monu-
ments of conduct locating the boun-
diaries between rightful privilege and
trespass, and strove to keep the State
stable by attacking the political Of
fenses that caused the binding forces
or orderly society to decay. He was
proud of the history of his State
Jealous of her future, and the attitude
of those who might be permitted tC
shape her destinies."
The resolutions adopted were a:
follows:
"Whereas, The death of Levin Irv
ing Handy on Friday evening, Febru
airy 8, 1922, has impelled his associate
to cease their labors and convene il
his memory;
Therefore be it resolved, That TIL
bar of New Castle county express a
citizen and as a lawyer; they an
record their appreciation of him recog
nize in him a man of great natura
ability, whose industrious mental et
forts and wide reading had r;pene
for him an intellect that rendered hi
public and professional efforts cor
spicuous for the courageous, INTEL
gent and Illuminating manner in whic
they were undertaken, as well as fC
his finished and highly entertainin
style of delivery.
are "His work as educator, editor, LEI
turer and statesman, before he entel
y ed the profession of the law, had bui
for him a broad and appreciative al
quaintance throughout the State ar
beyond, which rendered his advent
the Bar conspicuous and interesting.
"The high ideals which inspired ar
ornamented his public performance
and utterances were attainments whiC
lent lustre to his conception of profe
hs sional service and to his fidelity to tt
law and the courts. The years of a
ISOLATION with him, as a member
the Bar, have left enduring memorie
with US all, of his rare intellect, h
charming style of address or approac
his piquant wit and ready sense of h
NOR, which made the pouring out
information amidst sunshine and ha
piness, the composite atmosphere
the life he lived and by which he W
RIM be remembered.
ave feelingly and sincerely pla
this tribute to his memory, as we
knowledge our bereavement at t
? passing of our friend and associate.
"Be 1t Further Resolved, That,
an expression of our sympathies,
copy of these resolutions be sent
his family; that copy be spread up
the minutes of this association; tn
n copies be presented to the Suprei
( Court, the Superior Court in and
New Castle County, the Court
Chancery, and to the District Court
the United States for the district
Delaware; and that copies be furni'
ed the public press"