In the death of Mr. George W. Sawin Harvard has lost an able and at the same time popular man. Perhaps no one among the younger members of the faculty was so generally known and respected. But gifts and position aside, it is particularly of Mr. Sawin's pleasant relations with the students that we like best to think at this time. He was always kindly and agreeable, and ever ready to help one and all. Although an instructor, and hence a leader, he seemed to enter into our life as students with the greatest zest and good-fellowship, knowing our needs and appreciating in every way our position as college men. It was this that so endeared him to us all. He seemed to stand in the breach between the conservative government of our university and the more democratic body of students, and thus as spokesman of both groups, he helped each to understand the attitude of the other on matters of general college interest. His loss will be severely felt, and Harvard will not, we fear, soon fill his place again.
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