Show e r JHOF It M 1 CUtXOCK AN HOUOnED INSTRUCTOR IN OLD NOIITMWnSTCnN I II h lmtm llr I Palo ttnlh with l ewe Sad Ihinn llolM a n Jnall J I1 r M no lathes of liliintlonul J pwM j IIm IOn Iloberl j e 9 0 McLean Cumnock Is f ono of the most honored Instructors 111 V of Northwestern j unlterslt Trib O CY t eo ute of prnlt whleh > V often lack the ring of sincerity are not > I the kind bestowed 2 = upon him by the admiring students of K < nn ton Ho li universal popular popu-lar both with town and gown Protestor Protes-tor runtnnek Is I very Scotch and proud of hit lineage And he hu rea on to be since the glorious Scotch trail of true manliness and whole heartednett havo brought him honor and unuirnUhed reputation through tho year of bis workada life One can mill fancy the tree di > s of the boys life In that land ot ballad and romance wbose sangt and stories are yet sa dear to the ion of her bonito nnd braes I Old ntudents of Wesleyan In Middle town Conn still remember him In these wldetituko college days when ho acld l l as tire tenor finest fellow AIII moat popular bo on lhe > campus The Wle4ii clmtrcr wnll the presidents presi-dents garden and old North Hall must mill hold echoea of that cheer strong I romniandlng voice that stld so many goodly word nod shouted m man on I thtistiutlo greetings The elocutionary advantages of Mlddlctonn aroused his aspirations Tho klndl words of ad tire from 1rofMsor Hlhhird n master In vole culture and also from tile prcl dent Ir Joseph dimming brought the decision that his vole was his callIng call-Ing Daring hit college course ho was a member of tho Val Vpsllon fraternity mill at tbc close of Ibo course his high rook In srolarshlp gate him on election I elec-tion Into Phi lien ICniipi With tbo lint prix for oratory and the prlio for oscond honors ns being next to tho I lion teomeet man In college ho gradu ateil In 1SCS In forsaking college halls he WAS leaving only friends In tho fall of IbGS by tho Introduction of his former teacher Dr Miner hay mood be some as tutor of elocution to Northwestern unlterslt Since then I n 1 I vnov R M CUMNOCK Y his homo has been In Evanston with the university Ills election 1 < < to Ibo professorship I pro-fessorship ot rhetoric And elocution C18 II r Cou look photo In I 1873 while In 1881 ho also accepted tha same professorship In Oar I rest Hlbllcal Institute Professor Cumnocka work Is I not of the past I but of the present The hours nf every day are filled with limo Outlc that como to him as director of the magnificent college of oratory ho has 1 hullt up The oratory building at Northwestern Ian monument to his unflagging un-flagging Industry and genius Iii Is the I oily building of YI Its kind I on the Amen Iron I-ron continent As a reader Professor a tl Cumnocli 13 equally at homo with tho powerful Shakespearean tragedy the rippling lava ditty and the grand poetry t and beauty of the Illble When ho roil tiers Dickens tho listener Is at loss whom to admire most the author or the reader I Professor Cumnoclc holds an enviable I placo as an author since his Choice I Headlnga ham passed through many I oillllona and his School Speaker I I + widely known Ills words so often repented re-pented In the classroom Cultivate the > soul have been embodied In bin own nature tor he Is I n man of sturdy heart and sympathetic nature His protesnlonal career has always been chaructirlzed by an Indomitable spirit + and a hearty good < 1 wilt |