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■exponent. You students will recollect how tender^ his
hand rested upon this bible when he quoted to you one of its
sublime precepts or encouraged you to make it the guide of
your youth, in onq of those morning talks when he was all
your own.
The man has gone, but the character, well-rounded, un
selfish, conservative, complete, has not left us, and it will be
many a da} r before we forget the refining lessons of his life.
Memorial Service in Honor of L. S. Ross.
BY G. L. SNEED.
College Station, Texas, January 16.—Ladies and gentle
men as we come together today to commemorate the eventful
life of our late president, I feel that of all the bodies repre
sented here that we as a corns of cadets should feel the
deepest sympathy. For it was for us that Governor Ross
had given up other pursuits of life in order that he might
throw his whole life into, and expend his every energy upon
a cause that was to elevate and make happy the Texas youth.
Well do each of us remember tbe first day that we came
to college how cordially we were welcomed by this man of
whom we had heard and read. He was not only a friend to
the new student but the first greeting was always such that
ever afterward we felt that if anything should happen and we
were in need of a friend, that we could always find in yonder
office a trusty adviser and with this feeling within us we
would move forward in our work to find that instead of hav
ing to go to him again to ask advice, that our path would be
cleared. For he with his ever watchful eye had removed
tho obstacles for us.
’We know that he was always ready and anxious to do
anything that would add to the enjoyment of the boj's here
in college. We see him as he visits the natatorium yonder,
how his eyes sparkled and his face lights up with a smile as he