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Excerpt from The 1926 Index, Vol. 56
One attribute. I shall always remember was his ability to take a joke on him self. It was after the World War. Hundreds of the boys were coming back to college in the winter term. Some few expected all past deficiencies to be forgiven them. Credit was allowed them for a term's work, but actual deficiencies like debts. Of money were to be satisfied. One boy was told this in no uncertain terms. Instead of disputing further, he turned to the crowd of boys in the office and said, Well fellows, we are back home. A good laugh was enjoyed by everyone.
It did not matter how well or how poorly he felt, his Good morning was always a hearty one. He was never known to speak of his own ill health without a smile as though persuading himself that it was a joke nature was playing on him. He never complained of being overworked, although I have known that he stayed until. Eleven or twelve o'clock to interview students at the Opening of college.
His courage was moral as well as physical. No matter how unpopular an idea was, he championed it if it were for the good of the college. Nor did he leave anyone in doubt as to his stand on any question. His courage and his humor were two outstanding characteristics. -he never sought popularity, but it came because of these attributes.
A truer friend or a more willing servant the College never had.
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