| Show PROF MATHEWS DIED ON SUNDAY University Professor Pass Passes s Away from Hemorrhage in la laBODY a nOD BODY CREMATED TODAY t nai Con can ait V b or of lb Iii lelh Irot R B Matthews ot of tie the Uni University efly Is dead The lad sd tidings reachel reached this city yesterday esterday afternoon from ne Red California the he pIneo wh ro tue For several yearn Pt Prof had been suffering from lung trouble and his death was hast hastened t ened b by a mot most severe seer hemorrhage Dath Death came Sunday night nt at California ho he hind spent the rummer Au elon soon as the news of Prof Mt Mat Matthews death reached tho th University President dismissed ni all tho ho classes and ond a a mas m meeting ot of students was In the tho art galery gallery The t promptly held a special meeting and appointed A commIttee to dr f lons ions of oC for tor thu tho bereaved and for tor the tho o of th the de de deceased ceased The student als also appointed rs n committee for tor tte tt same lame purpose whIch comprised Hewett Caire Caine Eler Elier Lck beck and G Georg rl S Gibbs Tho memo bm berta of oC the Della Phil Phi postponed their selon fur one onG treek ck Every Eer member or of th the faculty every student br bore tho cur of oC thol who hd had suffered a personal IO hoes Reynolds Matthews wa was bor born In Ohio on the tho Western Re He cerre In 61 soon loon lter after the tOi Confederate federate guns un werl were turned upon Fort Sumter r Ills parents were In independently dependently Ilch and nd therefore able to indulge their grentel greatest wish that of Ing to their eon n a thorough college training lie He begon his hll school career it itIn it itan In an carl early age tt it 10 later ter at the tho Highs school ml then at MaNlon Ohio In he reo se the cele degree A n 13 fron front Adelbert clee college city ot of tl the W trl Reserve He entered th the Divinity schol school of Yale lle In September of the same year yar and In mi 1157 tok took out the dere degree dotor doctor or of divinity At this time h hit took nd Vantage of the opportunity to realize his hi highest ambition od and Europe there ho bo prosecuted his study of Ian luce and philosophy n as seii as cloe close I iy observed the manners and custom us wel veli lS as the political l I cal of continental Europe studying especially at Zurich and Berlin after which he returned to America and en entered the sch school 1 of harvard tere lie He graduated In 1590 nl as master of arts arll arllIn In theology and philosophy I thirst for Cor knowledge seemed to be Insatiable as th year ear found him again at t lunard Harvard but WIB was compelled to qui quit hil his there thero on account of failing wol lie caled called to the chair or of le WI modern languages In the tho University ot of Utah In 1602 From that time up to February last lut luthe he filled that chair wih with signal ability fled nd gace grace Despite hIs rapIdly falling health and the of friends to take a rs rest ne lie was wa so ID in II sits work that those who were at the thc Uni at the tho time readily remember hol how he dragged himself to hl his glasses Ind and how hi hIs pallid chek cheeks lit hit up wil with enthusiasm when he began to Impart to them hi ide learning nut But he Wn was final finalI I compelled to gIve lP up the struggle be belag lag leral literally unable to at attend n his hll clos class eSt Cs and on Starch forch 3rd he wa was granted n a leave lenn of absence and Mr lr PIeper ens em temporarily to tl fill his place Professor accompanied br bl his wire wife went to 10 Pasadena California hl last lut March Il Ills life e was 1 despaired ot of tot for some time after he reached the coast but when summer lummer came on he COat seemed to be revIved and he received new naw hope In September he removed remond to Re Sled lands where ho he WI was apparently nty reo se covering rousing Isis hIs hopes hope to n a high pitch ns as hi his letters to the University vIli attest But Dul tie the fatal hemorrhage occurred 1 and the culture cultured and renne refined spirit or of George Matthews passed Into the mystic realm His Is boy body wa was cre matt mated In toda today and funeral rI 1 held over the ashes STUDENTS PAS PASS RESOLUTIONS The following are the which were ere drawn up by the student students committee Wt lYe the students of the University of oC Uth Utah learn Wll wills d deepest lt sorrow larroW ot of the death of our toner former teacher lr tenor Gorge George Reynolds Matthews In his death we recognize the loss of 00 one whom we loved and reverenced for hi lofty ideals his hll rae rare culture his hll exceptional scholarship his hll liberality of DC judgment and his ht lasting influence Upon 11 all who knew him We therefore join In a sincere ox ex of our highest etem esteem for hi his he character and of four our sym sympathy pathy for his hi bereaved wIfe and Ind rela wishing a as we do do that such a aman to mn man might have hae lve lived forever ben the faculty met at In the afternoon their Committee consisting or of Professors Dron G 0 M lit Marshall and J 1 F Merrill submitted the following resolutions which were adopted Whereas Oo God In his Infinite wisdom ha has removed from our midst b by death our beloved George Reynolds be I it Resolved That we the faculty or of the University ot of Uth Utah bowing to the will Im of the Ruler Buler of the Universe express our deep sorrow at atour atour our great rat loss lOll nd and et nd our heart heartfelt felt relt relatives sympathy to his berele bereaved wife and We realize that In Matthews death ath we lurer suffer n a loss that cunot cannot be filled 11 Ills powerful nr M good o every department ot of the institution Kon Keen of intellIgence ripe In varied scholarship broad In cuI tune ture In counci council z zealous lou In help tactful In sympathy he en ennobled nobe the those whom lie he taught In hI his conceptions or of the purpose of ofu u life courageous a aini In righteousness strong Id and purt pure In di dis dispositIon positIon ei ever cheerful In suffering faithful In friendship generous tn In heart In his own life he was wal MIn an in Teacher nd and student students as 01 the they came in contact wih with him rel felt that their lve lives had touched a noble abut a worthy worth heIr to immortality a lul soul that Penetrated theirs and o opened e new windows of thought and hope D now Avenues of le life 11 and Influence |
