Has Passed To To The Unknown

 HAS PASSED TO THE UNKNOWN

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The Death of Dr. Charles Kendall Adams

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AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS

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He Succumbed to Bright's Decease at Redlands, Cal., on Sunday

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     Charles Kendall Adams, aged 67 years, former president of the University of Wisconsin, and former professor of history and Latin in the University of Michigan, died Sunday from Bright's disease, after a lingering illness, at Redlands, Cal.

     Dr. Adams had been ailing for several years. While president of the University of Wisconsin he was granted a long leave of absence, going to Europe, where he seemed to recuperate. Shortly after returning to his work at the University of Wisconsin, about a year ago, the disease which affected him soon told upon his system, and at the end of a few months he resigned and went to California. The end came painlessly and was the result of a relapse similar to many which had occurred during the past week, each one of which took away a little more strength than it was possible for the pain-racked body to restore. For the greater part of several days before his death, Dr. Adams was in a semi-conscious condition.

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     Dr. Charles Kendall Adams was at one time one of Michigan's foremost educators, and was widely known in the world of letters. He was president of the University of Wisconsin until a year of the time of his death, and was for seven years at the head of the faculty of Cornell University, in addition to his long service on the faculty of the University of Michigan.

     Dr. Adams was born at Derby, Vt., January 24, 1835. Later he removed to Michigan and graduated from the University of Michigan with the degrees of A. M. and L.L.D. After completing his college course he visited Europe and spent many months of study in Germany, France and Italy, preparing to teach Latin and history. On his return to Michigan in 1863, he went to the University of Michigan as assistant professor in history and Latin, in which position he served for four years. He was then called to the chair of history and Latin, where he served till 1885. His work here was such as to remodel the entire course of instruction in the branches which he taught, and his services to the university were invaluable. 

     Accordingly it was with great regret that the University of Michigan was forced to give Dr. Adams up to Cornell college at Ithaca, N.Y., when he was called there to accept the presidency of that institution. He occupied this chair until 1892, when he became president of the University of Wisconsin.

     As an author he gained marked recognition with his "Democracy and Monarchy in France," "Manual of Historical Literature," "British Orations," "Christopher Columbus: His Life and Work," together with many papers in the various educational and literary reviews and magazines of the country.

     His latest service of importance to the educational world, outside of his college work, was as editor-in-chief of Johnson's Universal Cyclopedia, now known as the Universal Cyclopedia. The supervision and compiling of this great work covered a period of three years from 1892 to 1895.