The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-28
De PAW RECALLS
BEVER|DGE LORE
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when it hung in the old fraternity
hall on west side of the Courthouse
Square during his student days.
At chapel Friday De Paw will
hold a memorial service for the late
orator and author, with DIR. Henry
Boyer Longden, university vice pres
ident the principal speaker. Long
den was a close friend of Mr.. Bev.
eridge, being a member of the same
fraternity and having taught him in
language classes.
DR.. William Warren Sweet, his
tory professor, who read much man.
usCript for Beveridge, will speak on
him as a writer and historian.
City, Students Mourn
De Paw students and residents
of Greencastle alike, mourned the
untimely death of 'Beveridge, who
was a frequent visitor here. He
had spoken on numerous occasions.
since graduation and recently con-
ferred with Jesse Weik, Lincoln
authority, relative to material for
his Life of Abraham Lincoln"
Beneath a beech tree near the
Big Four Railroad bridge, west Of
Greencastle. was a spot dear to the
heart of the noted American author,
and always visited it on his trips
back home" It's sturdy trunk bore
the carving of heart with the mi
tails "a. B. and K. L."
The "a. E" was the mark of
Beveridgo and the tx. L." were
initials Of katherine Langsdale,
Greencastle. the authors sweetheart
of college days and later his wife.
She died June IS. 1900. George
Langsdale, father of the young WON.
an. was a publisher of the Green
castle Banner and active in promo.
ting the building of Soldiers and
Sailors Monument at Indianapolis.
Beveridge won high scholastic
honors as a student and was award
ed Phi Beta Kappa key on grad
uation. He was a school trustee
from 1910 to 1914.
Beverage was an earnest and
diligent student and never was will
ing to be outdone. He always want
ed to appear the master of a situa-
ton" said DR.. Longden.
He Loved to Work
Once l gave a Virgil class an
unusually large assignment to test
their nerve. Many pupils COM
planned of the task, but Beverage
came to class with the entire assign.
ment translated in poetry.
He simply would not be outdone.
l had always felt that his love for
his work and his literary devotion
would prove fatal.
ION the occasion of the inaugu.
ration of a De Paw president sew.
eral years ago Beveridge was the
principal speaker. He told me the
day before while strolling arm in
arm across the campus that he
would read his speech the follow.
ing day, something he never had
done before.
L said, We'll, the audience will
be disappointed. Some of the rest
of us can do that, but no one ex-
poets to hear you read a speech.
He replied that the manuscript
already had been given to news
papers.
But that night, after a reception,
he went to his room in my home
and spent the night mastering his
address. The next morning he came
on the platform and delivered an
hours address practically verbatim"
Loss of sleep meant nothing to
him compared with the possible dis
appointment of an audience" said
Longden
Had Hot Temper"
DR.. Longden said at one time
Beveridge differed on a point with
DIR. Ridpath, historian, and the ar.
gument nearly resulted in the
youths suspension from college.
The professor said Beveridge's hot
temper was aroused and he told DR..
Ridpath that IF such and such a
thing happened such and such a
thing would happen"
But such and such a thing didn't
happen, so there was no trouble, e"
declared Longden.
While a United States Senator
Beveridge visited Russia and was
informed an embassy from Japan
was about to arrive.
Beveridge waited for the arrival
of the embassy and was greeted by
a Hello there Bev." from Count
Suitinia Chinda, former student
friend. The principal advisor to
the Emperor of Japan was grad
uated in 1881, and later became
prominent in international relations.
Aside from his regular college
work, oratory was Beveridges
speciality. He won sufficient prizes