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Show B PROFESSOR LANGTON B In the death of l'lofessor Wlllard BB Samuel Lungton tho Stato of Utah BB 'UlH '08t "u of 'l0r notn,J'0 sons. BB I,ori1 n fuw cnTti !lfler lll sttlo- BB ment of tho valley ho wovo out of BB tho enrly experiences Incident to pi- BB ' oncer llfo a career rotunrkablo for BB its fullness and completeness. From BB early youth ho was a studont and a BB ' philosopher, yet his lntorost In hu- BB man llfo nnd Its nctlvltlcs remalnod BJ keen to tho last. Ills rich oxperl- BB cnco "ni1 varlod qualities mado him BB nu exceptionally ngrecablo compan- , Ion and a do voted friend. ' Strong In body, strong In Intellect BB ' nnd strong In tho purposo to do right, yet In his nature ho was kind nnd gentlo to n fault. Ho always Bl strove to do right. At tho mima tlmo Bfl his purposo was to attain tho desired Bfl end with the lenst friction nnd with Bl tho greatest consideration for tho BA feollngs and convictions of others. Bm Ills strength domanded for himself n rightful oxortlso of his own convlc- Bb tlon; his generosity nccordod tho BB eanio rights to others, S In scholarly pursuits ho spent his HI nctlvo llfo and attained a position 8 held by few and surpassed by nono BB In his lino In tho westom states. Ills B keen mind mado It easy for him to grasp and solvo tho dllllcult problems I of mathematics. Tho result was B that ho achloved enilnenco In his BJ chosen lino. BB Tho spirituality of tho man was BB particularly Htrong. Everything ho BS dhl or thought assumed n spiritual solution. This was as truo of tho BB Btudy of mathematics ns It was of H the llfo of St. I'aul. To his mind BB this was a spiritual world. Every- thing In Its organization and oporn B tlon wus governed by n dlvluo order B under tho Immodlato supervision of m n Dlvluo Creator. In his humhlo BS wnyi which embodied tho dlvlno nnd BS tho human, ho attomptcd to tulnla- K turo tho dlvlno. I Ab a teacher ho stood forth In his BS full strength. Whether It was in BS mathematics or biology ho mado tho BB' subject a living reality. Every stu- BS dent who Btudied with him dlscov- BM crd n nuw wor'J. I'110 tcchnlc of BJ tho work afforded tho uocossary men. M tal training and tho philosophy of BV tho work connected it with Ufa and BS tho problems wo all havo to solvo H Looucr or later. Tho teacher's sym- H imthy was always presont to load H tho Btudent over tho dllllcult places. H Ills disciples nnd dovotod admirers, BS among friends and fonuor studonts H In this stato and tho surrounding H states aro legion. His memory will j llvo forevor to bless and brighten BM tho Uvos of tlioso who havo over felt B tho touch of that maguotlc hand H shako which exprossod a soul of pow- BJ er and a chaructor of strength, |