The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 7, 1901, Page 13

Corore FORIIOLSLOLE 205 &5 Pages 13 10 22 Boxone La0) HPRPHOR S LEZITER 22 < 3 i i $ : : i i Dages 13 10 2 GOROHPLEOXPESROLD KO OROLDX OO e 2 Q %) 1E 7 VOL SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JULY 7, 1901—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PROFESSOR JOSEPH LE CONTE OF STATE UNIVERSITY DIES IN YOSEMITE VALLEY [+ VENERABLE | s SCIENTIST | g \ NO MORE § | || | Succumbs Suddenly to Heart Failure While Sojourning in Beautiful Valley | | Dying Man Calls His Daugh- { ter to His Side, Gasps for Breath and Quietly Expires | Pleasure Trip’ Is Terminated | Through Unexpected Visic| of the Dread Destroyer| OSEMITE VALLEY, July Professor Joseph Le Conte ¥ this morning at 11 0" y of heart fai took a ned ling of pain in th He took a nap t feeling much refre: O. Taylor, one of | party. | e rrofessor would not to remain at home, but | the trip he had planned. | Cross of the Sen- 1 was sent for. The physician | e Conte in great dis-| ing of the pain in the ] some remedies | daughter | breath for | or Le Conte had | Body on Way to San Francisco. 3 and left here y Mrs. Davis, ge, hung with 1 gold. It will arrive e of seventy miles, | o'clock train in | San Fran e in his vaca- ¥ for sev- | Yosemite | 1 he expected to be | of the Sierra Club, | ixty, and start | to make a | Profes- vill alter the | FEELING RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD-TIME ASSOCIATES ——— | Professor George Davidson Tells of | the Virtues of Dead Fellow- | Scientist. d loved Pro- s 0ld friend | ge Davidson, | who de- year both became | ornia Academy of | interest in that insti- | ht them much into each oth- From '77 to '8¢ Davidson | of the University of | | r's soclety. served as Reg Continued on Page Sixteen. { | BIRTHDAY | WAS ALWAYS — : g i | REMEMBERED - S : = | | ME - e e P}:;p}'\}:sson AL THUUTE;?:;iHéA GS MAY BE FGRGOTTEN BY SOME, PURE IN HIS IDEAS AND SPEAKING ILL OF NONE, | OX spoke feelingly on the F WHAT HE WAS ‘ e ! Tefi?g;fi(‘ p}{gox% 1E WILL ALWAYS ENDURE . HE WLS A MODEL FOR ALL YOUNG MEN TO FOLLOW hé sild. “It attracte IS soul was clear as ! is graci o bt . ‘ R el Gy a crystal. His graciousn ¢ “to i ! } 0% who saw him oniy e o ronadssm i gm[ dcs}s of manher was only th'e E was a supreme man, made to impart knowledge. As Agassiz said, I | | d kindliness and 2 fe, was grace and human kindness personi- am a teacher,” so may ‘it be sasd of ‘Le W i He could fied. A kindly human interest threw i, . 7 . SO TS Mook, Rhen sespecially. He conld Siontiic e and ,,lddc'],,’m s ];:r;;l ;{:c‘;t its rob;‘ o’ve:i al[llt]lt‘e f’:ame'work of Izz; “knowledge, not only to the young, bt the old as well. Bl 3 P B cie fe, 5 iis attainments and all his knowing, a vital, 5 “He ¢ 1 1 ili 1 . ihefl;-a:‘;a;vfhfls?:;; h‘”’“g} IUt'llllg,l ?clpful human force. He dealt with the world of natu:e Iilt its les- to say ’I;{: % il(l}fl: Z'flofeieéi'; 31::3;5;1";:’;’1;115::111131? :nly i ffligi g—-—hc ”7}” u't;eflfi‘d ( | h birthday 1 R sous for the life of man, the cl i ifti d social ti > ' i e f\ enticth birihda C‘::t%m“?o afegdie! o f‘ wan, for the c cansing and uplifting of personal and social life, and no matter how much evil was reported of a man; he woudd still belie{'e l;:re | greet him in b classes op that : £ A/u" t;zc umportance to his thought. Many among the hundreds who “must be some good streak in lim. i ‘ anoiversary with his desk plled have sat in his lecture-room may forget what he taught ill “His I is 1 ro | maner -~ rr*tx;fiemonuv’:x i S TR SR peige el I berks Rk outgt’/;g ":u’;i-;::;lh g;rizz‘ 'whtft he + o3 H_fs !1fg was pure.. His ui_eas were. pure. He was thoroughly religious, and, | o RN T wity” W HEELER ON LE CONTE, person- _w_ule bcltevmg‘ m‘jwluhan, he tried to reconcile scientific evolution with :the doc- ! 111 trines of the Bible”’—DAVIDSON ON LE CONTE. —t . ——— 3 | California, | fessor. | the ideal professor. FAMOUS EDUCATOR OF WORLD Noted on Two Continents as a Natural Scientist and as an “Evolution” Philosopher Respected and Revered by the Many ‘Students Who Came Under His Influenca L, His Loss Mourned Not Only at Berkeley but in the East and European Cities OSEPH LE CONTE, aged; revered and gray from a long life of scientific usefulness, died in na- ture's own garden. Amid the towering mountains and the broad sweeping valleys of the Yosemite—the mountains and the valleys which he loved so well—the life of this truly great man passed from its earthly cerements. name will endure, not only in the halls of the University of where he was apotheosized, but the world over, where natural sclence and its teachings are of any moment. In Joseph Le Conte’s death the Univer- sity of California loses & teacher and a name writtén on the tablets of seientific He ‘was more than a great pro- His gentle, lovable and ‘strong nature was a power felt by all who came under the influence of his personality, which was a teacher in itself. Old and fame. | feeble in body, but with a mental vigor | capable of coping with the sternest prob- lems. of religion and sclence, “Prof, Joe™* | has steered many a man and woman over the obstacles’of thought. FHis playful im« agination, the' poetic side of his makeup and his warm generosity made him a | man to be revered and loved. His phil- | osophy of life was naturalistie, but he reconclled it with the teachings of Chris- | ttanity in his own logical and comsistent {.way. Was the Ideal Professor. In the classroom Joseph Le Conte was It was not the rever- ence , and the respect always shown him by his' students that mads him the beloved of the -university. There was heart to him. He had that rare faculty of making life out of death. Dry and coldly scientific as his subjects were, under his hands they took on the shades and color of interest. His class- rooms were always crowded and from the beginning to the end of his lectures an cager student body hung upon his words. The place of his death was his own e —————— Continued on Page Sixteen. . e ———if | PRONOUNCED | STAND UPON EVOLUTION ROFESSOR MARTIN KEL- Dr. Le Conte a all-round scientific man. He was not so much a specialist as a scien- tist in the broadest sense of the term. It is viewed in this light that we must consider him a very eminent man. We were all proud of him and glad to see him hon- ored. There was no man whose honors were so universally appre- ciated and approved by us as Dr. | Le Conte’s. And among others his attainments were recognized ' and his opinions respected. He had a distinguished number of acquaint- ances and correspondents abroad. He was warmly admired and loved by the student body. His lecture reom was always crowded, for his charming personality drew us all to him. Though he gave a remark- course of lectu saying that it w the man, the contact with his mind and teachings that attract- ed. His method of lecturing was remarkably agreeable. He had an unusual literary gift in. public speaking that amounted practical- ly to oratory. In his bearing he was cordial and courteous to everybody. “He was not a man to come into personal collision yith others. He didn’t trouble himself much with the routine work of the institution, but he did a great deal to put heart and admiration into the body of students. “In philosophy he took his pro- nounced stand on evolution. In re- ligious beliefs he was originally in South Carolina distinctively a Pres- byterian, but here the influence of his wife and brother made him lean toward Episcopallanism. He was a devout man. He was lib- eral, receptive and cool-headed, but he had a strong religious faith. “Dr, Joe was more vigorous and alert than his brother John, He had a wiry frame and was capable of ‘standing long trips and much hardship. He loved to explore mountain ranges and thelr forma- tion. Lake Tahoe he knew well, and especially the Yosemite Val- ley. In one sense it was almost appropriate that he should end his life In the place he was so fond of, He made frequent trips to the Sierras in recent years and always seemed to come back stronger and more cheerful. His health was un- usually good; only recently he had suffered somewhat from persistent attacks of the grip.” —————————————————t