isa-normaladvance-1915-00009

Description:	THE NORMAL ADVANCE93n iHemortamROBERT PARSONS.uHoiv Long We LiveNot Years, But Actions Tell.Robert Parsons, son of President and Mrs.W. W. Parsons, passed away in his twenty-first year on July 23, 1914.Robert began his student life at the age ofsix in the Normal Training School and continued there until he was graduated from thehigh school four years ago. He then enteredWabash College, where he distinguished himself in scholarship, winning the Rhodesscholarship in his junior year and Phi BetaKappa in his senior year. In college, as inthe Normal School, he endeared himself to histeachers and associates by his gentleness ofspirit and unfailing courtesy.It is the regret of all who knew him thatthis life of such great promise did not bloominto its full maturity and yet few men of threescore and ten have lived so full a life as Robertdid in his twenty-one years. To President andMrs. Parsons in their great sorrow, the facultyand the student body extend their warmestsympathy.CAPTAIN WILLIAM II. ARMSTRONG.In offering this tribute to the services ofCaptain William H. Armstrong as member andPresident of the Board of Trustees of the Indiana State Normal School, it is fitting to recognize not only his valuable work and the fidelity and zest with which it was always performed, but also the uniform courtesy andkindly spirit which accompanied it. This educational service was only a small part of thatlarger field of good citizenship in which thesesame qualities were shown. To indicate theliberal equipment he brought to his serviceupon the Board, brief reference is made to hislife career.Captain Armstrong was born near the townof Wigton, Cumberland County, England, May14, 1844, but when three years of age came withhis parents to Knox County, Illinois, and from1847 to 1863 he was receiving an educationfrom this new, strange environment, from hishome life and from the country and villageschools. He thus received the. influences oftwo nationalities. At nineteen years of age heentered the Federal Army, and served untilMarch, 1866, thus taking up into his education the great and enduring influences of theCivil War. At the close of this service, he entered upon the business of real estate and collection of government claims, in Paducah, Ky.In 1869 he received from the government anappointment in the Internal Revenue Service.Later, he removed to Terre Haute, entered uponthe business of druggist, identified himself withthe general interests of the city, serving withcredit a term as Mayor. About 1885 he removed to the larger field of Indianapolis, andestablished himself as the head of a firm engaged in furnishing druggists supplies and apparatus. In all these forms of activity he wasa conspicuous representative of good citizenship. He filled with credit his place as a householder, as a churchman, and as a member of theGrand Army of the Republic, and its alliedorganizations. It was his characteristic to enter with strong and constant interest and zestinto the affairs of each organization with whichhe was allied. In 1892 he was appointed aTrustee of the Indiana State Normal School,and became President of the Board. In hislong and valuable service of more than twenty-one years, he manifested in a marked degree,
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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