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Ji &i 1) A. M . JUo Vol. 11. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. CHAPEL HILL. N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1903. No. 12. THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF' THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. DR. H. F. LINSCOTTi As Known by Colleague, Student and Friend. immense Republic, having viewedgwholesome truth. Jthat he will be long1 missed in the We do not know whether hisisocial life of the community. Look-: dife for some several years from the$ TRIBUTES & REMINISCENCES Henry Farrar Linscott, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Born at Thomaston, Maine, June 4, 1871; Died at Chapel Hill, N. C., December 30, 1902. A.B. Bowdoin, 1892; A.M. Bow- doin, 1893; Ph.D. University of Chi cago, 1895; Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Delta Phi; Instructor in Brown Un iversity, 1895-96; Instructor in Latin in U. N. C, 1896-97; Asso ciate Professor of Classical: Philol ogy, in U. N. C , 1897-99; Professor! of Latin in U. N. C, 1899-1902; Assisted Harkness iu the latest edition of his Latin Grammar; At the time of his death he was en gaged in the preparation of two Latin text books; Published various articles, lectures and poems. Son of A. N. Linscott; Mother and father both living- at Thomaston, Maine; Married Miss Annie Orr of Chicago, 1900. vantage point of a great urban Un iversity, he came into another rural community which had risen with ideas inherited from a stalwart peo pie, diametrically opposed to those of his parentage, and he - was at home. Such was the judicious tact thought often sought expression in poetic form. But we may believe that it did. It is certain that the verses published in the University Magazine for March, 1900, on the death of Samuel May, display no! touch of the prentice hand. They of the ripe young man, that whilelhave the chastened beauty and sug- he held to the juster views of the people of his youth, he grasped the good of his new friends and would not see their shortcomings. Sifting the best from all life wherever found, he earned an exalted seat in Mtheir affection. Linscott's breadth of conception was the outgrowth, to be sure, of a wide knov, ledge and profound schol arship; but the success meted him resulted, not from those qualities ialone. The culture of the single, AS KNOWN BY HIS COLLEAGUES The University has lost, by the death of Henrv Farrar Linscott.one; of the ablest men in its Faculty. Finely trained for his work, he en tered upon it with a zeal and fidelity which could only lead to the highest success. Few. more scholarly men have ever taught in these halls His literary instinct was true, with a touch of the finer poetic spirit. His -mdfement was sate and ne j o kept a quiet, sound balance of mind which made him of great value in council. He gladly took his part in all that made for the upbuilding of the Uni versity and did not spare himself in loving labor for its welfare. Honest and true, gentle, unselfish and un failingly kind, a rare and lovely spirit has been taken from our midst, and we shall long feel his loss. F. P. Venable. gestiveness of true poetry. If more time had been allotted to him. Professor Linscott might have obtained an honorable place 'among1 the American scholars who kare also men of letters. W. D. T. Though my association with Dr Linscott extended over only four months, I felt from the start that his was a rare nature and that closer Lmi tVi-Jnnr.t cr.flnp anrl L'mH.iacquatntance would mean closer linessof his nature readily gainedlfriendship and warmer admiration fnr hltn frinnH sinrprPanH o-prminP And SO it Was. for I never left his H , i , r i . i :imono- the oeoole new to him. presence witnout reeling anew tne: This pen falters when the writerlcharttl ot his genial personality and knows he wrote with such el gance,HrealiZia afresh the beauty and dis- but force, spoke with such rythmicltiactl0n ot hls character. B o i -1 i r i i t i' eae. but oower. One is remindedfl cnoiarsnip rusea, witn ruggea. of the remark of a colleague whoImatlliness geatleness wedded with said, "Linscott never writes oristrenth' a culture that placed ser speaks but 'tis a poem." vice above self a courtesy as refined In the takins" away of this goodas tailing, keen critical power man. a flower of e-enius was pluckedlDUt Wlth no ta,nt or cynicism am. . f , - - . i in the . plendorof its bloomino-. aBDreadtfV ot view matched only by stay removed from a tender devotedIaa e(lual oreaatn ot sympattty-H ,;fo ar,A wp mn.im nrnfnnnHlv hkitnese were tne traits in ur. Linscot It 1 J- V. UUV4 V UJVHi li whim J w w ing back upon his career since he has been a member of the faculty of this University, there is absolutely noth ing which one would wish to change. He was a gentleman without re proach. J as. C. MacRae. loss from this world, but breathe a prayer of praise in the quieting! thought that he has gone to the brighter home. You ask me what about Dr. Lin- . . T csott impressed me most. it was the genuineness of the man, his broad sympathy which was deep as! well, and his' ready helpfulness.Yet, be its tranquil course or short or long, jthat changed my respect into admi ration and my admiration into love Three years ago, on the death o an honored colleague, he closed a poem with these lines: "And mortal life is like the gentle stream, Which leaps with rippling of its childhood song, Fulfills, in manhood strength, the youthfnl dream; There may be many man who know as much Latin, but I don't know where we shall ever find such ano therman. Collier Cobb. Dr. Linscott was a teacher, a gift-i ed and successful teacher. tits scholarly training was thorough; his devotion to his calling complete. But he had also a creative talent There are times when from theljwhich marks the man of letters. fulness of the heart the lips cannot speak. Poignant emotions over whelm the friend as he would esti mate the man. Dr. Linscott may be spoken of as a "northern gentleman," an exam-j pie worthy of emulation, it matters not what mav be one's heritage. It is rare that a scholar, brilliantly erunte, possesses a gracious com bination of the three great qualities desirable in an University professor. Primarily a teacher of exceptional ability; a delver into the unknown giving the results of his researches to the world; a conservative, yet ad vanced, leader of younger men was Linscott. ! Reared among traditions of ex treme localization in one part of this When, a few years ago, the young er members of the University Facul ty wished to perform a play for the entertainment of theThursdayClub, wrote it with ease. During the re hearsals he frequently added with out effort new verses which the sit uations seemed . to demand. It Must ever widen to the sea And float into eternity." He too has now passed from the hurry of the river to the calm of the sea. Perhaps "the youthfu dream remained in part unful filled; but he has left behind him the record of an honorable achieve ment, tne memory or a gracious life, and the heritage of a stainless nobility. C. Alphonso Smith. The passing away of Dr. Linscott has caused a very great loss to the Universitv. He was so finished a he wrote a very creditable one andoscholar as to leave nothing to be de sired in the head of his department He was so wise in council ond con versant with business methods as to make him an invaluable aid in the . 11 I I-.- LL I- J f I L f il. ' . I rt . is not HKeiy mat ne .aitatneuiimanagemenc 01 ine internal aiTairs much importance to this production, Hof the institution. which however might have been an He was so gentle and cultured in difficult task for many college in-Iihis bearing towards those who were structors. Hunder his instruction, as well as in His public addresses and even hisMhis association with his fellows, as occasional speeches were character-Mto beget not only respect but regard ized by richness of thought and ele-gfor him in the minds of all with jas a man strong, kind and true; as gance of diction. They afforded thejwhom he was brought in official con-a scholar zealous, accurate and intellectual pleasure which comJtact. And he was so pleat from the adequate expression oflenial in his intercourse with allj r J. W. Gore. About the middle ot December I walked from the office with Dr. Linscott. A sad, vivid feeling came over me and I remarked on reaching home that our friend would not live until New Year's. On Christ mas Day a party of us dined with him. The gentleness of his spirit was so strong that his physical pain was overlooked. His concern for his guests was so eager that we forgot his weakness; and the oc casion will live as we live a day of sweet social concourse. On Wed nesday following we rendered the last solemn services of friend to triend. Thus the life of gentle service, of sweet sympathy, of heroism, of self-control, flowed on into the very ocean of Death. What is the secret of such a life? How can a man born and reared in Maine come and take his place in our heart life? Tell me this and you tell me the secret of the rare ife that has gone from us. Dr. Linscott was a child of the sea. Life on the sea is a bold thing and yet dependent; it is free yet full of trust; it is intense yet wide as the heavens. These were his charac teristics. He was intense, vet no ne thought of him as sectional. He was firm in his mental proceses, yet all good things claimed his in terest and sympathy. He was broad and progressive, yet he labor ed peacefully by the side of the most conservative. Such a life as this cannot die. It is genuine;' it-is high. It must abide with us as an inspiration. H. H. Williams. Dr. Linscott came among us a stranger and was with us only a few years, yet it seemed that he was a life-long friend; a kindly face, heartiness of manner and goodness of heart sealed at once bonds of friendship. He was broad and liberal in his view, candid and ear nest in expression of opinions, yet always mindful and considerate of the feelings and sentiments of thers, strong in mind and charac ter, forceful in expression, yet of gentle disposition and charitable in n his judgements. He was cheer ful, frank and earnest in - conversa tion, without a tinge of insincerity or of doubtful meaning. His earnestness and enthusiam were contagious and his responsive nterest in what concerned his friends was quickening. There is but one estimate of him:
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