River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-12-03

5peaketh" through the lives of those
who have been privileged to know
her as teacher and friend.
IF stores of dry and learned lore
We gain,
We keep them in the memory Of
the brain;
Names, things and facts, what'er
we knowledge call,
There is the common ledger for
them all;
And images on this cold surface
traced
Make slight impression and are
soon effected.
But we've a page more glowing
and more bright
On which our friendship and our
love to write;
That these may never from the
soul depart
We trust them to the memory of
the heart.
There is no dimming, no e1face-
ment there,
Each new pulsation keeps the
record clear;
Warm, golden letters all the tablet
fill,
Nor lose their lustre till the heart
stands still"
Irma B. Armstrong.
Miss Fleming was my colleague
for seven years in Baltimore, Nd,
helping to found and firmly establish
a city Normal School in community
where merit alone could pave a
strangers way to the good will of
the people. During those years of
arduous labor and intimate acquain-
lance, l discovered and appreciated
to the full, her spirit and her teach
ing ability.
Always sufferer physically, she
never spared herself and never per-
mitted others than her most init
mate acquaintance to know how
great tax she placed upon her ply
steal energies. Unable to study in
the evening, she, without external
aids save an occasional note, plan
ned her lessons for the following
day, and what plans they were!
Her critical mind and genius for
detail were invaluable aids in shap-
ing the plans of the school from term
to term. But it was in the class
room that one discovered her great
est gift. Always logical, always apt
in questioning, always quick to fore
see difficulties, always cheerful and
ready, her teaching was a work of
art. l never observed a lesson or
followed a demonstration before the
students and teachers without myself
receiving instruction and inspiration.
After many years of work with
students and teachers l can truly say
she was the finest teacher | have
ever known.
Sarah C. Brooks, St. Paul, MINI.
The River Falls Normal School
certainly has reason to be grateful
to Miss Fleming. l shall always
feel that she gave her life for it,
doing so many things that were mot
nominated in the bond" Had she
been less lavish of her strength, per-
haps she might still be with us.
Speaking more personally, 1 can
say that in over thirty years of the
closest association, she never once
failed to give that tender loving I'M
derstanding which is the finest test
of a true friendship. Many times,
as l erred and fell short in small
things and great, she always under
stood and forgave and went on low
ing. What more can be asked of a
friend? / shall ever count it one of
the best things life has given me that
l should have such a friend.
Carrie 7. Pardee,
Vernon, n. Y.
The life of Elizabeth Fleming, as
/ saw it, was a distinct contribution
to the cause of education. Her
charming personality, strong and
forceful; her steadfastness and fl
deity to duty; her belief in the pos
sibilities of the young and her en-
deavor to develop those possibilities,
I have had a marked influence in
the growth and character and
scholarship of the many groups of
pupils who year after year, have
come under her instruction A beau
tiful and useful life has closed, but
a priceless heritage remains.
Lovila M. Mosher.
New Richmond, Wis.
Nv p,pptal nict1lra Of orr dear de-