Ohio University bulletin Summer school, 1909 . years. In accept-ing that resignation, June 27, 1871, the Boardof Trustees, by appropriate resolutions, maderecord of the faithful manner in which had performed his executive dutiesand the heavy sacrifices he had made for theUniversity. With Dr. Stantons life after he left thehalls of Miami University, this sketch hasnothing to do. The incidents of that life,until its close in 1885, are recorded elsewhere. The writer did not know Dr. Stanton in-timately. Few of the students, in that firstyear of his administration, did. He was nota man
Ohio University bulletin Summer school, 1909 . years. In accept-ing that resignation, June 27, 1871, the Boardof Trustees, by appropriate resolutions, maderecord of the faithful manner in which had performed his executive dutiesand the heavy sacrifices he had made for theUniversity. With Dr. Stantons life after he left thehalls of Miami University, this sketch hasnothing to do. The incidents of that life,until its close in 1885, are recorded elsewhere. The writer did not know Dr. Stanton in-timately. Few of the students, in that firstyear of his administration, did. He was nota man to wear his heart upon his sleeve fordaws to peck at. Few of us ever fathomedthe depth of feeling that lay beneath thatcalm, dignified exterior. We know now thathis was a deeply sensitive nature, and wecan imagine how rudely it was shaken attimes by the exigencies of the position hefilled. Dr. Stanton was a thoroughly conscien-tious man, supremely loyal to his convictionsof honor and duty. He desired the good will 116 OHIO UNIVERSITY BULLETIN. The Hock-Hocking Eiver Near Athens of his fellows but he would pay no ignobleprice to secure it. Where right, as he sawit, pointed the way he directed his footstepswith inflexible resolution. His was a strong,manly, and withal, generous character. HisCircular was evidently written under greatstress of mind. In it he uses plain languagein describing the ins and outs of his ad-ministration. Occasionally a feeling of re-sentment crops out in his sentences but almostimmediately thereafter there is a qualifyingphrase almost apologetic in its nature. Alto-gether the Circular is not unworthy of itsauthor although the propriety and necessityfor its publication might be called in must be remembered, however, that a mansgood name and professional standing are andought to be very dear to him. To seek tovindicate his course is the natural desire ofevery one who has been subject to unjustcharges and misinterpretation of motive. No page of
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