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In His Memory

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Day
23
Month
December
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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From ten o'clock till twelve on Saturday, the remains of Professor Perry ay in stato at the Congregational hurch while hundreds of students and itizena passed and repassed before the offln to gaze for a last time on the orm they knew and loved so well. There were flowers without number. 'he Clenadis, the St. Thomas school, ie school board and numerous citizens ent wreathes and bouquets. In the fternoon Rev. Bradshaw conducted he services and Judge Cheever read 10 memorial address. Sunday mornning services at the Conregaticnal church were memorial of 'rof. Perry. Prof D'Ooge, who gradated in the same class with Mr. Perry, poke of nis work as a teacher. "His fo," he said, "was an open book and 11 who read its pages feit that they were nsullied by any moral stain and illumined by deedB of unselfish and beautiervice. My acquaintance with Mr. Perry began in college days when for everal months we met at the same able. There I learnecl to know the terling worth and winsome traits of his character. I well remember how he wa9 looked upon by his college associates, as a maaly, earnest and de voted student whose.influence was always on the right side. In him were combinad in a remarkablc degree, the qualities of a virile. manhood swcetened with benovolonce in such a sort i that a ehild would twinoa trustful hand n his unasked and find comfort in his ace." Mr. E. C. Goddard described his first meeting with Prof. Perry when he carne to this city to enter the high school and went to the superintendent for adv ice. He found the kindliest interest manifested and his heart went out tovrard the great educator. The same kindly sympathy he found throughout his later acquaintance. "Mr. Perry" he said, "was always faithful to his religious duties. The last time he appeared at Sunday school he was breaking down. 'I am too vveary to be here' he said, 'but I can't go home until we have talked about the beautiful things in this lesson." In closing, Judge Waples, who spoke of Mr Perry as a deacon in the church, 8aid. "His success was in a large degrce due to hls having in hlmself, the mind that was in Christ. He speaks to you young man and tells you that what Prof. Perry was you niay be also." RESOLUTIONS. The following resolutions werc adopted by the High School Alumni association and former teachers of the high school, Whebeas, in the ordering of an allwise Providence, our beloved teacher, associate and friend, Prof. Walter S. Ferry, has been taken from us b.y death, therefore, ltesolvcd, That we enter upon record the following minute aa expreBsing in sonie degree our deep sense of porsonal bereaveinent and public loss : Superintendant Perry has been at the bead of the public schools of thjs city for a period of twenty-seven ycars, being at the time of his decease the oldest superintendant in the state. During this period Mr. Perry has guided the affairs of the schools with graat patience and wisdom, exhibiting In his intercourso wlth fellow-teachers and puplls allke a truly christian spirit of kindness and gentleness, and devotinghimself unsparingly to the discharge of his duties and to the welfare of those under his iufluencc. We mourn ia liis departure the teacher who alwaysheld up beforehis puplls the ideáis of a noble manhood and womanhood, the man of spotless and excmplary life who furnished a model of pure and boautiful charactor worthy of imitation, the friend, who stood rcady at all time3 to assist us by his counsels and to ajd us in every worthy endeavor: the public-spirited citizen, who took the side of every rightous cause and gave his help to every fjood work. In his death we have lost a beloved friend and associate, and the community and tho state have lost a man who was a blcssed and potential forcé in promoting the interest of sound education and of the purest moraüty. Resolved, That a copy of this minute be sent lo the sorely beraved family of Mr. Perry with the assurance of our sympathy with them in the great sorrow that has come upon them.

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