PROGRAM.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS,
HENRY A. WILLIAMS,
President of the Club.
INVOCATION,
REV. IRVING MAURER.
"LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT,"
DOUBLE QUARTET,
Messrs. Karl Hoenig, John M. Sheridan, Ray R. Smith, Frank T.
Well-
ing, A. M. Calland, Harold G. Simpson,
W. D. McKinney
and Wm. A. Vause.
RANDALL, OUR PRESIDENT,
OSMAN C. HOOPER,
Secretary of the Club.
RANDALL AND THE OHIO SUPREME COURT,
HON. HUGH L. NICHOLS,
Chief Justice Ohio Supreme Court.
RANDALL, THE ARCHAEOLOGIST-HISTORIAN,
HON. JAMES E. CAMPBELL,
President Ohio Archaeological and
Historical Society.
RANDALL AND THE CITY LIBRARY,
JOHN J. PUGH,
Librarian City Library.
RANDALL, SON OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION,
COLONEL W. L. CURRY,
Past President Ohio Sons of the American
Revolution.
RANDALL, THE MAN,
HON. DANIEL J. RYAN.
"NEARER MY GOD TO THEE,"
DOUBLE QUARTET.
BENEDICTION,
DR. JOSEPH S. KORNFELD.
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RANDALL MEMORIAL MEETING.
Mr. Henry A. Williams, president of The
Kit-Kat Club, in
opening the meeting, said:
Ladies and Gentlemen, Members and
Friends of the Kit-Kat
Club:
For the first time since this Club was
organized in October,
1911, we have assembled in memorial
session. Remarkable as it
is that for more than eight years death
should not have invaded
our membership, it is still more
remarkable that when he finally
struck, he struck among our noblest, and
took away our President,
-our revered friend and beloved member,
Emilius O. Randall.
It is hard to speak in measured terms of
Mr. Randall. He
touched life in so many and varied
activities, and touched nothing
that he did not brighten and make
better, so that no phrase seems
fitting for him, save words of eulogy.
He was an ideal citizen,
an ideal neighbor, an ideal friend, and
ideal in all the endearing
ties of domestic life.
It has been beautifully said that
"Since all must die, how
glorious it is that some may die in an
undying cause." Mr. Ran-
dall died in the undying cause of
devotion to truth, and fidelity
to all that was highest and best. His
creed of life was service.
He was never too busy or too fatigued to
give himself without
stint or reserve to any call that might
make even the humblest of
men brighter, better or more content.
And so he came to the
end of life.
It may well be said of him, as was said
of Mordecai in
Daniel Deronda:
"Nothing is here for tears; nothing
to wail
Or knock the breast; no weakness, no
contempt,
Dispraise or blame; nothing but well and
fair
And what may quiet us in a death so
noble."
Rev. Irving Maurer, pastor of the First
Congregational
Church, of which Mr. Randall was a
member, will offer the
invocation.
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INVOCATION.
BY REV. IRVING MAURER.
0 God, bless us in this hour with worthy
memories. We
thank Thee for the life of this friend
of ours, for his genial
presence and his noble heart. We thank
Thee for his faith in
the simple virtues, for his confidence
in the ways of the people,
for his trust in Thee.
Grant to us, as we think of him in this
fellowship of kindred
spirits, a more steadfast loyalty to the
institutions which were
dear to him, that for each of us life
may hold more courage and
cheer.
May Thy peace attend our thoughts of
him, and may he not
have lived in vain. For Thy name's sake,
Amen.
The double quartet from the Republican
Glee Club, of which
Mr. Randall was an honorary member and
at whose banquets
he had often served as toastmaster, then
sang:
LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT.
Lead, kindly light! amid th' encircling
gloom,
Lead thou me on;
The night is dark, and I am far from
home;
Lead thou me on;
Keep thou my feet: I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for
me.
So long thy power has blessed me, sure
it still
Will lead me on
O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and
torrent, till
The night is gone,
And with the morn those angel faces
smile
Which I have loved long since and lost
awhile!
Mr. Williams, in introducing Mr. Osman
C. Hooper, said:
As I have have stated, Mr. Randall, at
the time of his death,
was President of the Kit-Kat Club. He
was one of its most
active members, and his papers, read at
its meetings, were always
models of entertainment and instruction,
setting a mark of per-
formance so high that they were a source
of inspiration and
despair to those who followed.
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It is fitting that Mr. Hooper should
speak for the Club on
this occasion. Mr. Hooper is a charter
member of the Club, was
its first President, and has been for
many years its Secretary and
active Executive. I have the privilege
of presenting Mr. Osman
C. Hooper.
RANDALL, OUR PRESIDENT.
BY OSMAN C. HOOPER.
Secretary of the Kit-Kat Club.
The Kit-Kat Club meets today in sorrow.
Death has entered
our circle and taken our President,
Emilius Oviatt Randall who,
whether the mood was of laughter or
tears, was our friend of
unfailing sympathy; a leader of our
thought, and a promoter of
our companionship. His coming to the
Club presidency -an
office given unanimously and joyously
because there was none
other whom it fitted so well- had been
the assurance to us all
of a pleasant and profitable year. He
had planned the year's
schedule with care and had begun a
service that promised the
fulfillment of every wish for a flawless
fellowship in the consid-
eration of themes worthy of us and in
full keeping with our pur-
poses as a Club. He presided at the
first meeting in October,
bravely and uncomplainingly enduring, as
he did so, the first
suffering of a fatal disease. When he
left that gathering, it was
to return no more to our circle and
never to resume the active
work of his profession. Save for a few
occasions when he was
permitted to ride out, he was for weeks
confined to his home or
the hospital. But his thoughts were with
us as ours were with
him. Out of his weakness and pain, he
gave counsel in the con-
duct of Club affairs, and did not rest
till he was assured that all
was done for another successful meeting.
In those days of
anxiety, members were privileged to call
at his home and join
personally in the formally expressed
hope of the Club that he
would soon be in his accustomed place at
the head of the table.
But on the morning of December 18, death
came, dissipating our
hopes and saddening our hearts by taking
him from our earthly
fellowship forever.
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Mr. Randall was born at Richfield, Ohio,
October 28, 1850.
His mother was a woman of culture and a
lover of the best and
most beautiful things in life. His
father, whom in his later
years I was privileged to know, combined
in his person qualities
that were many and varied. Besides being
a leading book-dealer
of Columbus, he was an eloquent divine,
a devoted and influential
churchman, a profound Biblical scholar
and an author of books
which in many Ohio homes ranked next to
the Bible because they
were an exposition of its themes. There
was dignity in his walk,
serenity in his face and authority in
his speech. To the son were
transmitted the characteristics of both
parents - an exceptional
heritage of birth, glorified by an
Americanism which antedated
the Revolution and shared in the
struggle for independence. His
wise father directed his training in the
schools and, before his
college days, broadened his learning by
taking him on a trip to
Europe when royalty was aflame. It was a
rare comradeship -
that of father and son -and the latter
often referred to it with
the tenderest feeling.
Graduating at Cornell in 1874, Mr.
Randall first turned his
attention to editorial work and then,
partly through force of cir-
cumstances, to business. Later he
studied law at the Ohio State
University, where he took both the
bachelor's and master's degree
in law, and for six years was professor
of law. In the meantime,
he had made friends and had been honored
in every circle he
entered, whether of literature, business
or law. In 1894 he be-
came secretary of the Ohio
Archaeological and Historical Society,
and in the following year was elected
Reporter of the Ohio
Supreme Court. Thus he came to two
important tasks that were
congenial and suited to his diverse
talents. In them he continued
to the end, performing a great volume of
work as reporter of
Supreme Court decisions, as editor of
the Archaeological and
Historical QUARTERLY, as author of
numerous historical books
and as speaker on historical and
literary themes, at the invitation
of people both within and beyond the
limits of the state. These
were years of earnest, joyous service of
others - a service that
will never be forgotten by those for
whom it was so freely ren-
dered. Some recognition of it was made
last year when Ohio
University conferred upon him the degree
of doctor of laws.
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But a recognition, wider and even more
highly prized, was
that written in the hearts of those who
knew and loved him.
During his college days at Ithaca, Mr.
Randall met Miss
Mary A. Coy, the lady who later became
his wife. To her and
their two sons and daughter, we of the
Kit-Kat Club offer our
sympathy. We, too, have suffered a
grievous loss. We knew
his genial companionship, his ready
helpfulness and his contin-
uing friendship. His sterling
scholarship, his vivacious eloquence
and his industrious pen won for him a
wide admiration, while
his historical research offers to this
and succeeding generations a
legacy of inestimable value.
We are proud to have known him and to
have walked with
him through the years; and here, in this
solemn hour, we write
down among our most treasured memories
his qualities as man
and citizen, companion and friend.
Mr. Williams then said:
Mr. Randall was Reporter of the Supreme
Court of Ohio
from 1895 until his death. Since the
adoption of our present
Constitution in 1851, until the present
time, ninety-nine volumes
of reports have been issued, with one in
preparation. Of these
one hundred volumes, forty-eight, almost
one-half, will bear the
name of "Randall" as the
compiler. This gives us something
of the measure of his service as an
official of our highest court.
But it is only a superficial gauge. None
of us, outside of the
court, can know fully how much he
contributed to the preparation
of the reports, but we can rest
confident that his breadth of
knowledge, his gift of expression, and
his wide reading, both in
law and in literature, were freely at
the command of the judges,
with all of whom his relations were of
the most intimate and
cordial character. Mr. Chief Justice
Nichols will speak:
RANDALL AND THE OHIO SUPREME
COURT.
BY HON. HUGH L. NICHOLS,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Ohio.
That fascinating orator, Senator
Conkling, in his classic
nominating speech, at the Republican National
Convention, in
1880, presenting the name of General
Grant as a candidate for
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President, said, in one of those
wonderful sentences that he
alone could compose, speaking of his
great chieftain: "His fame
was born not alone in things written and
said, but of the arduous
greatness of things done."
In somewhat similar vein, one can well
speak of Mr. E. O.
Randall, late the Reporter of the
Supreme Court of Ohio. His
field of activity was so wide, his
accomplishments so great, and
his achievements so marked, that one is
perplexed to determine
whether he was most excellent in his
literary labors, in his splen-
did speeches, or in the things he has
done.
If our State had an Institute, patterned
after the fashion of
the Academy of France, where by
selection the intellectuals of
the state were gathered into one body,
as a mark of the very
highest distinction, I would, had I the
right to select, have cast
my vote for Mr. Randall; and I am of the
firm conviction that
by common consent his name would head
the list.
Mr. Randall was the efficient and
well-beloved Reporter of
our highest Court for nearly a quarter
of a century, and, since
the Constitutional Judicial Amendment in
1912, he
was also the
Official Reporter of the Courts of
Appeals. In this capacity he
was the repository of the private and
confidential matters apper-
taining to the administration of
justice. Prior to 1913, it was
his laborious duty to prepare the law
points argued in each re-
ported case, and to collate the
authorities relied upon by counsel.
This particular function of reporting
was abandoned in 1913, as
it has been in all but fourteen of the
States of the Union. His
work of reporting, covering but
one-fourth of the Court's life,
embraced, however, five-twelfths of its
actual output.
In my chambers in the Judiciary Building
I have spent many
happy hours in social intercourse with
Mr. Randall, and I want
to bear testimony to the fact that I do
not recall that I ever had
converse with him without adding to my
store of knowledge.
We found much edification in joint
perusal of the letters of
Mrs. James G. Blaine, published about
ten years ago by her
daughter. These letters were written by
Mrs. Blaine principally
to her several children. We felt that in
these letters the picture
she unconsciously drew of herself as a
wife and mother is one
of the most beautiful in all the pages
of literature.
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Mr. Randall was a roommate, at Andover,
of the eldest son,
Walker Blaine, and he well remembered
the circumstances of the
son reading to him the mother's letters
written to Walker while
he was his fellow-student.
The Supreme Court of Ohio feels that
some signal honor
should be paid to this great man, and to
that end the Court itself
has prepared a Memorial to be published
with and made a part
of Volume 101 of the Reports of that
Court. It is thought that
Mr. Randall, had he the privilege of
selecting the forum where
his memory might be most enduringly and
lovingly preserved,
would have chosen this instrumentality.
No other Reporter has been so signally
honored; indeed,
none of the distinguished members of the
Supreme Court have
been remembered in this wise by the
Court itself, it being the
established custom of the Court to
memorialize its deceased mem-
bers through the means of a committee of
the Ohio Bar, ap-
pointed by the Court for that purpose.
And so it is, that for many generations
yet to come, indeed
so long as our very Government shall
endure, the memory of
Mr. Randall will be perpetuated, for
every published volume of
the 1O1St Ohio State Reports must
contain the Supreme Court's
estimate of its beloved Reporter.
The Memorial is as follows:
"The Supreme Court learned with
deep regret of the death
of Hon. Emilius O. Randall, for almost a
generation the Reporter
of the Court. He was an unusual man,
and, as such, an unusual
Reporter. Unusual as both, he sustained
exceptional relations
with the Supreme Court of Ohio,
officially, and with its members,
personally, for a long period of years.
Those relations justify
the unusual, special proceeding which
this Court unanimously
and sincerely approves.
"In recognition of his long and
valuable service in that place
and of his distinguished position as a
leader of wholesome public
thought in the state, the Court has
ordered that the following
Memorial be spread upon its Minutes and
published in Volume
1O1 of the Ohio State Reports:
"Emilius Oviatt Randall was born in
Summit county, Ohio,
October 28, 1850, and died at Columbus,
December 18, 1919. His
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parents were natives of Connecticut and
were of strong Puritanic
stock. Three of his great-grandfathers
fought in the Revolution-
ary War. They were John Randall, Patrick
Grant Pemberton
and Benjamin Oviatt. Another direct
lineal ancestor was Eben-
ezer Pemberton, one of the founders and
for many years pastor
of the famous Old South Church of
Boston.
"Endowed by nature with fine
literary capacity, and with the
instinct for historical and archaeological
research, Mr. Randall
received the education which was best
suited to the exercise of
those talents. As a scholar at the
Columbus High School, and
at the famous Phillips Academy of
Andover, Massachusetts,
where he attained high rank, he found
opportunity for the display
of his natural ability. In the former he
was editor of the High
School News, and, at Andover, of the Philo Mirror, the school
magazine. He graduated from Cornell
University in 1874, with
the degree of Ph. B. He then took a
special postgraduate course
in history at Cornell and in Europe. He
was the Commencement
Day orator at Cornell and the historian
of his class. Of fine
social tendencies, his gentle impulses
were quickened and made
firm by membership in two Greek-letter
fraternities.
"For a short time after his return
from Europe he was an
editorial writer on a Cleveland paper,
but at the solicitation of
his parents he returned to Columbus in
1878, and from that time
until 1890 devoted himself to mercantile pursuits. During this
time he read law and was admitted to the
practice by the Su-
preme Court of Ohio June 5, 1890. He graduated
from the law
school of the Ohio State University in
1892.
"Having early developed a capacity
for imparting knowledge,
and possessing a warm and sympathetic
intimacy with young
men, he was made one of the Professors
of Law of the Ohio
State University in 1893, which position
he occupied with great
benefit to the institution and credit to
himself until 1911.
"On May 14, 1895, he was appointed
Reporter of the Su-
preme Court of Ohio, and occupied that
position until his death.
He published forty-eight volumes of the
Ohio State Reports.
They constitute an outward exhibition of
his service in that posi-
tion, but they do not adequately testify
to the great assistance
he rendered in presenting to the bench
and bar of the state the
Emilius Oviatt Randall. 91
contributions made by the Court to the
body of the law and to
our system of jurisprudence.
"For more than thirty years Mr.
Randall led a semi-public
life. His activities in the spread of
intelligence and in the instruc-
tion of the people were manifold and
far-reaching. It is doubt-
ful if any other citizen of Ohio has
mastered with such breadth
and detail the history of the great
Northwest Territory, which
he always presented with attractive
diction and vast learning.
He had extensive knowledge of the mounds
and Mound Builders.
He knew the history of the tribes of
Indians who have lived in
the Northwest Territory, their chiefs
and their achievements, and
he eloquently described with sympathetic
voice and pen the de-
cline of the Indian influence in
America.
"He was in great demand as a
speaker on art, literature,
history, economics, politics and
religion. In great public crises,
like the recent world war, his services
were much sought, and
willingly and laboriously contributed
for the public good.
"His vast fund of knowledge on
affairs relating to the gov-
ernment of the state and its
institutions led to his being consulted
on important matters by every Governor
of Ohio for the last
quarter of a century, and by many state
officials and members
of the General Assembly.
"In 1893 he was appointed by
Governor McKinley trustee
of the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society. He
became Secretary of the Society in 1894,
and has been reap-
pointed trustee by Governors Bushnell,
Nash, Herrick, Harris,
Harmon and Cox. He was editor of the
Society's QUARTERLY,
and in 1903 was the protagonist and
director of the Ohio Cen-
tennial celebration held at Chillicothe.
Mr. Randall edited the
account of the proceedings of that
celebration, a work of over
700 pages.
"A Republican in politics, he was a
delegate to the National
Convention of that party in 1904. He
occupied many state and
municipal positions of trust.
"He actively engaged in the
procuring of funds by private
benefaction and public appropriation for
the carrying on of many
works for the historical and literary
instruction of the people.
"In addition to many lectures which
he wrote and delivered
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Society Publications.
in different parts of the country and
which disclosed his wide
learning and versatile literary talents,
he was the author of a
number of works. Among these are Negotiable
Acts Bills of
Ohio, Cases in Ohio Agency, The
Separatist Society of Zoar,
The Mound Builders of Ohio, and Blennerhassett. He was an
associate editor of Bench and Bar of
Ohio, two volumes, and
contributor to Cyclopedia of Law and
Procedure and Encyclo-
pedia Americana. He was joint author with the Hon. Daniel J.
Ryan of Randall and Ryan's History of
Ohio, in five volumes.
If the distinguished authors of this
work had rendered no other
services to their state, this great work
of itself would entitle them
to the lasting gratitude of the people
of Ohio.
"Mr. Randall wrote well and with
conspicuous beauty and
strength of statement. His enthusiastic
and optimistic nature
and superb humor made a fit setting for
the gospel of good cheer,
of which he was the apostle. One of the
finest things about him
was his splendid love for children, and
this always showed itself
in the frequent lectures that he
delivered in the public schools
and institutions, particularly to the
afflicted children at the School
for the Blind.
"He was a member of the American
Historical Association,
the American Bar Association, Ohio State
Bar Association, the
American Literary Association, English
Speaking Union, honor-
ary life member of the Columbus Chamber
of Commerce, and
Trustee of the Sessions Academy of Art.
At his death he was
President of the Kit-Kat Club of
Columbus, a literary organ-
ization, whose meetings were a constant
delight to him, and which
he enriched with his learning and wit.
"On October 28, 1874, Mr. Randall
was married to Mary,
the daughter of John H. and Catherine
Coy, Ithaca, N. Y., who,
with two sons and a daughter, survive
him. His private life was
delightful and serene. He had a firm and
beautiful belief in his
religion and was loyal to the
Congregational Church, to which he
belonged. Of incorruptible integrity and
purity of character,
he had the gentle spirit and the love
for mankind which adorns
and never fails to benefit the community
in which it is found.
"It is ordered that a copy of this
Memorial be sent to the
family of Mr. Randall."
Emilius Oviatt Randall. 93
Mr. Williams, in presenting Gov. James
E. Campbell, said:
Conspicuous as Mr. Randall was in many
different and va-
ried activities, there is one field in
particular, where he stood
pre-eminent, and that was the field of
archaeology. Fine as he
was in literary ability, he there had
his rivals; happy as he was
as an after-dinner speaker and
toastmaster, others there ventured
to challenge his superiority, but in
knowledge of the early history
of Ohio, and of its earliest
inhabitants, he was universally recog-
nized as having no equal. His writings
on the Mound Builders
and their works, concerning Indians and
Indian life and charac-
ter, are and will continue to be
accepted as authority.
Mr. Randall was a trustee for many years
of The Ohio
Archaeological and Historical Society.
For the last twenty-five
years, he has been its Secretary.
During much of Mr. Randall's connection
with the Society,
Governor Campbell has been a conspicuous
and helpful member,
and is now its President. He knows much
of Mr. Randall's con-
tributions to its literature and its
records, and will speak.
RANDALL, ARCHAEOLOGIST AND HISTORIAN.
BY HON. JAMES E. CAMPBELL.
It is especially fitting that these
impressive services in mem-
ory of Emilius Oviatt Randall should be
feelingly participated
in by The Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society; for,
of the many eminent and useful citizens
associated with that
organization in its long career, his
name leads all the rest.
In February, 1893, the society was in an
unsatisfactory con-
dition generally, and three thousand
dollars behind financially.
Governor McKinley, having a full
appreciation of the work for
which the society had been founded,
repeatedly urged Mr. Ran-
dall to accept a trusteeship and,
although a very busy man, he
finally consented. Having assumed the
responsibility, however,
he took hold of his duties with his
customary intelligence and
vigor, and a few months later, became
Secretary of the Society
which position he held continuously
until his death - having been
successively appointed as trustee by
Governors Bushnell, Nash,
Herrick, Harris, Harmon and Cox. In
addition to his work as
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Hist. Society Publications.
secretary, he has been all of that time
editor of the Society's
many and valuable publications.
One of Mr. Randall's services to The
Ohio Archaeologica
and Historical Society was to assist
largely in procuring an ap-
propriation of ten thousand dollars from
the General Assembly
for the purpose of holding, under the
auspices of the society, the
centennial celebration of Ohio's
admission into the Union. He
was secretary of the commission having
charge of that celebra-
tion, labored unceasingly to make it a
success and was universally
conceded to be its protagonist. Another
service, and an almost
invaluable one, was to procure an
appropriation of one hundred
thousand dollars to erect the artistic
and well adapted building
which now houses the collections of the
society. That beautiful
structure with its priceless treasures,
may well be called a monu-
ment to Emilius Oviatt Randall.
Mr. Randall was known far and wide as
the leading author-
ity upon the Mound Builders who created
a very large proportion
of the archaeological remains of the
country. These remains are
especially numerous and interesting in
the State of Ohio. To
the various locations where relics of
Mound Builders have been
found and which have become the property
of the society, such
as the Serpent Mound and Fort Ancient,
and the historical spots
which are memorials of the Indian
occupation of the State, such
as the Logan Elm, also the property of
the society, Mr. Randall
gave much personal attention. The scientific exploration of
archaeological locations he was content
to leave to such of his
associates as specialized thereon. He
found time, nevertheless,
for frequent speeches and lectures on
the subject, for numerous
articles, and for several pretentious
archaeological papers and
monographs. In his own words, he had,
through contact with
the archaeological specialists and their
explorations, "acquired an
irresistible interest in the subject - a
subject fraught with fas-
cination because of its uniqueness and
mystery." Mr. Randall's
more important writings on archaeology
include The Serpent
Mound, Adams County, Ohio, published in 1905; Masterpieces
of the Mound Builders, published in 1908; and the very interest-
ing resume of Ohio archaeology in the
introductory chapters of
the History of Ohio - The Rise and
Progress of an American
Emilius Oviatt Randall. 95
State. This last named work, in five volumes, is an immensely
valuable contribution to history in
general and is a permanent
testimonial to the accuracy,
impartiality, exhaustive research
and fine descriptive writing on the part
of Mr. Randall and his
co-author, Daniel J. Ryan.
While Mr. Randall's surprising
historical activities and the
executive duties of his office as
Secretary of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society
precluded a greater output
of archaeological literature on his
part, nevertheless he had at-
tained a position before the public
unique in its relations to the
Ohio Mound Builders and prehistoric
Indian tribes. He was the
interpreter of things archaeological as
between the scientific in-
vestigator and the public. His
remarkable gift of oratory, his
happy facility of expressing the most
complicated ideas in terms
intelligible to the average audience,
together with his rare humor
and pleasing personality, assured to his
hearers a treat so unusual
that few could forego subsequent
opportunities to come under
the spell of his oratory.
With respect to the Indian period of
Ohio history--the
direct connecting link between the
semi-historic and the pre-
historic and belonging almost equally to
each - Mr. Randall was
at once the master of fact and
eloquence. His striking descrip-
tions of the stirring events of Indian
warfare in Ohio, of the
Ohio tribes and their great chieftains,
are word pictures so
strongly and beautifully drawn as to
hold the mind of the reader
transfixed. His Life of Tecumseh, "the
finest flower of the
American aboriginal race" (1906)
pays a tribute to the great
Shawnee chief only equalled in its force
and beauty by that of
the classic Parkman and his eulogy of
Pontiac. His Life of
Logan, published in 1911, is a forceful monograph; and his
handling of the Indian in the History
of Ohio is unsurpassed in
literary excellence.
Mr. Randall's activities as a writer
were numerous and va-
ried. As a boy of sixteen he edited and
published for one
year a paper known as the Whip-poor-will.
This paper was
the outcome of a debating society of
which he was the president
at fifteen, and which attracted so much
attention that it was
written up in the newspapers by a young
reporter named George
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Kilbon Nash-later Governor of Ohio. The Whip-poor-will
was so successful that out of the
proceeds of its short existence
young Randall was enabled to pay his
expenses to Europe and
the Holy Land as a companion to his
father, a famous Baptist
minister. Later, while a student at
Cornell University he edited
the Cornell Era. In spite of the
loss of time devoted to editing
this latter publication, he was able to
become the orator at com-
mencement-his subject being The
Spectator and the Tribune;
and, on class day, was historian of the
class of 1874 to which he
belonged.
In addition to the archaeological
publications hereinbefore
mentioned and the History of Ohio, the
following works were
written by him: The Zoar Society, a
sociological study of that
communistic society in Ohio, for which
purpose he spent several
weeks in that community as its guest; Blennerhassett,
a tale of
the Aaron Burr conspiracy, as well as a
biography of Harmon
Blennerhassett with all its romantic
details. He was also author
of Negotiable Acts Bills of Ohio,
Cases in Ohio Agency, and con-
tributor to Cyclopedia of Law and
Procedure, and associate
editor of Bench and Bar of Ohio. His
high standing as a his-
torian is attested by the many
historical societies which elected
him to membership.
Mr. Williams then introduced Mr. John J.
Pugh, as follows:
We are all proud of the splendid
building that stands at the
head of State street, as the home of the
Columbus Public Library.
It bears over its door the name of
Andrew Carnegie. When
the complete story is told of the
securing of that building for
Columbus, it will be seen that in all
fairness there should be
chiseled by the side of the name of the
donor, the name of
Emilius O. Randall. To him more than to
any other man are
we indebted for the Carnegie Library
Building. He was a trus-
tee of the Library for thirty-five
years, serving at the time of his
death. He had its advancement always at
heart. During all the
time that Mr. Randall was a member of
the board, there was one
other who equalled him, not only in
point of length of service,
but also in devoted allegiance to the
library and its interests. Mr.
Pugh, the present City Librarian, spent
with Mr. Randall the
span of a generation in this common and
delightful service.
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RANDALL AND THE CITY LIBRARY.
BY JOHN J. PUGH, LIBRARIAN.
It is not without emotion that I
approach the subject, "Mr.
Randall and the Library." The
intimacy of my relations with
Mr. Randall during the thirty-five years
he served as Trustee of
the Public Library, was such that the
personal note cannot be
excluded. However, a Johnson can well
afford to have a Bos-
well. The estimate of Mr. Randall as a
factor of the Library
does not suffer, even though written by
a librarian who was
devotedly attached to him.
"And so I trust, tho' I perchance
may strike Love's chord with clumsy
hand,
You'll feel the melody I tried to play-
you'll understand."
To E. O. Randall the Library was more
than a trust. He
regarded it as an object of love to be
affectionately cared for.
And through all the years that he was
one of its Trustees, he
lavished upon it the best of his time
and thought. To one who
knows the relation of Mr. Randall to the
Library, there cannot
but occur the inscription that adorns
the north transept of St.
Paul's over the tomb of Sir Christopher
Wren, builder of that
famous edifice, "Si monumentum requiris circumspice"-
"Reader, if thou ask for a
monument, look around thee!" If
any one wishes to see the most enduring
monument of E. O.
Randall, he need but look at the
Library. It is his building, for
it was largely through his influence
that it was made possible. It
is his spirit that constitutes the most
precious treasure house
therrein.
Mr. Randall's love of books flowed
largely from his love of
humanity. To him, knowledge was not a
spade to dig with, nor
a crown wherewith to adorn oneself, but
power-power over
the forces of darkness and its attendant
evils and sorrows. He
wanted every one to have a chance to
better his lot and improve
his life, and that chance he saw in the
Library where all the
people might drink at the fountain head
of knowledge. He had
a Herculean task before him. He had to
educate the city gov-
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ernment to appreciate the need of a
library, and the people to
the use of it. He succeeded in both
because of the transparent
sincerity of all his appeals. Thus the
library sentiment grew
steadily until finally Mr. Carnegie,
convinced by Mr. Randall of
the needs of an adequate building, and
charmed by his winning
personality, gave more generously than
his wont toward the
erection of our splendid library
structure.
Every nook and corner of the library was
dear to Mr. Ran-
dall, but none so dear as the Children's
department. He took
especial delight in visiting with the
juvenile readers, fellow-
shipping with them and listening with
genuine boyish interest as
they recounted the story of some boy-hero
in the book they had
just read. He often quoted this from
Garfield: - "I feel a pro-
founder reverence for a boy than for a
man. I never meet a
ragged boy on the street without feeling
that I may owe him a
salute, for I know not what
possibilities may be buttoned up
under his coat."
The ideals which he sought to make real
in our local library,
he carried into the larger field of
state-wide library development,
and the present progressive Ohio library
laws bear the impress
of his thought.
A lover of books, -himself a writer of
books, E. O. Ran-
dall's life is after all his finest
book. Its pages abound in lessons
of love and loyalty which will ever be
an inspiration to those
who contemplate them.
By the lovers of love and light, he
lifted those about him to
"that mountain where the Lord
commandeth blessings, even life
forevermore."
Mr. Williams then said:
Mr. Randall is a fine example of the
truth of the philosophy
of Oliver Wendell Holmes, who declared
that the best way to
train children, so as to produce the
highest and best in character
and equipment, is to begin with the
grandparents. Mr. Randall
was fortunate in his ancestry. His
Americanism and devotion to
country were exemplified in his
forbears, who, on both sides in
his ancestral line, bore arms in the
cause of liberty in the Revo-
lutionary War. Mr. Randall was justly
proud of this heritage.
He was a member of the Ohio Society of
the Sons of the Amer-
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ican Revolution, and of the Benjamin
Franklin, the local chapter.
He served as an officer in both
organizations and spoke upon
many occasions on patriotic subjects at
their meetings and ban-
quets.
Col. W. L. Curry, a charter member of
the State Society, a
Past President and for many years State
Registrar, and an active
executive of the Society, will speak.
RANDALL, SON OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
BY COL. W. L. CURRY.
Emilius Oviatt Randall, to whom we pay
tribute today, was
a very active member of the Society of
the Sons of the American
Revolution for more than a quarter of a
century. He joined the
Society, March 31, 1894. His ancestors,
both paternal and mater-
nal, served as soldiers of the
Revolution, in establishing American
independence, and had long and honorable
service. They were
of sturdy New England stock and some of
the strains of the
families were traced back to the
Puritans.
John Randall, his great-grandfather,
served as a soldier of
the Continental Army, enlisting from New
London County, Con-
necticut, and served during the entire
war.
Benjamin Oviatt, his great-grandfather,
served as a Minute
Man, enlisting from the town of Goshen,
Litchfield County, Con-
necticut.
Patrick Grant Pemberton, his
great-grandfather, served in
the Connecticut Militia.
Mr. Randall often referred with pride to
the long and hon-
orable service of his ancestors in the
Revolution with his convic-
tion that the warm blood of patriotism
and heroism which flowed
in the veins of the men of '76 does not
become cold in the veins
of their descendants by the lapse of
years. He was a firm be-
liever in the tenets of the Society,
that, though far removed in
kinship, blood will tell for successive
generations, when the op-
portunity comes; that the spirit which
led these ancestors to battle
for liberty inspires their descendants
to fight the battles of all
our wars in which they have taken so
prominent a part; that
Christianity and patriotism go hand in
hand, and that the higher
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a nation stands the more halo there is
about the flag and the
character of the people is measured by
their devotion to it.
Mr. Randall served as President of the
Ohio Society during
the year 19O1, and took an earnest
interest in all the activities of
the membership, and made many addresses
before the chapters
in different sections of the State. As
Secretary of the Society,
I had the pleasure of accompanying him
on many of these speak-
ing tours where he was always received
with warm enthusiasm
by the members of the Society present,
and he always gave them
a message teeming with facts and
humorous illustrations, which
injected a new and lasting interest into
their patriotic work.
One of the great historic meetings that
I attended with him
was at the dedication of the monument
erected at Point Pleasant,
W. Va., to commemorate the battle fought
on that ground be-
tween the Virginia troops commanded by
General Lewis and the
Indians under Chief Cornstalk, October
10, 1774, now recognized
as the first battle of the Revolution.
Thousands of people were
present from Virginia and other states.
Mr. Randall was at his
best and made a most eloquent historical
address before many
distinguished citizens, which was
received with great enthusiasm.
While Mr. Randall was not a writer of
poetry, he was very
fond of patriotic lines and I recall a
stanza or two from a poem,
which he sometimes quoted at the
meetings of the Society, in
memory of the services and achievements
of our ancestors.
One thought was theirs, to see this land
Crowned with the blessings of the free-
To plant with an unshackled hand
The graceful tree of liberty;
The might of kings could never stay
The onward march of hero sires,
Nor quench for one brief summer day
The glow of Freedom's beacon fires.
Hail to the men who made us free!
Hail to the stainless swords they drew!
A thousand years will never see
Forgetfulness of men so true;
Their deeds will live while grandly
waves
The flag of a united land
Above their scattered, sacred graves,
From mountain height to ocean strand.
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He was particularly interested in
Americanization of for-
eigners, always emphasizing the fact
that members of the Society
of the Sons of the American Revolution
were the original work-
ers along that line. He assisted many
foreigners in preparing
their applications for naturalization
without expense, and at the
time of his death was a member of the
Americanization Society
as the representative of the Sons of the
American Revolution,
always attending the ceremonies before
the United States Court
graduating classes in naturalization,
and giving these new-made
citizens good and helpful advice which
they highly appreciated
and will remember with gratitude.
It is of special interest to recall on
this occasion that Pres-
ident William McKinley joined the
Society when Governor of
Ohio, and took a very active part in all
of the meetings held in
Columbus during his administration. He
and Mr. Randall were
boon companions and at these meetings
the members attended in
full force as they were assured of a
most delightful entertain-
ment.
What memories come crowding thick and
fast as we recall
the early days of the organization, some
thirty years ago -some
sweet and some sad memories. Sweet
memories of associating
with that galaxy of distinguished men,
members of the Society,
not one of whom at the call of the roll
can answer, "Present":
William McKinley, Marcus A. Hanna, Gen.
William H. Gibson,
Gen. Henry Cist, Gen. Roelif
Brinkerhoff, Gen. Chas. C. Walcutt,
Gen. H. A. Axline, Gen. James Barnett,
Judge Martin Follett,
Gen. George B. Wright, Judge Jacob F.
Burkett, Gen. Cyrus S.
Roberts, Col. James Kilbourne, Hon. Geo.
L. Converse, Gen.
Manning F. Force, E. O. Randall and many
others. Sad mem-
ories when we recall that these men whom
we all respected and
loved have answered the reveille of the
Great Commander, have
joined their ancestors on the other
shore, and our friend the last
to answer the call.
The presence of our Mr. Randall will be
greatly missed by
the members of the Society in these
critical days when his coun-
sel, demonstrating unto the last the
full measure of devotion to
our country, is so much needed.
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We revere his memory as a patriotic
citizen and high class
Christian gentleman.
"Why weep ye then for him, who,
having won
The bound of man's appointed years, at
last,
Life's blessings all enjoyed, life's
labors done
Serenely to his final rest has passed;
While the soft memory of his virtues yet
Lingers like twilight hues, when the
bright sun is set."
Mr. Williams said:
Emerson, in one of his great essays on Character,
in speak-
ing of the Earl of Chatham, said that
when he had made a speech
in the House of Lords and finished,
there was always disappoint-
ment, when he took his seat. No matter
how great his speech,
nor how greatly his hearers might have
been stirred, there was
the feeling that he might-have made a
better impression, had he
tried; that somehow the man seemed
always greater than the per-
formance. And so it is with all men who
in character are truly
great. The man is always larger and
finer than his achievement.
This is true of Mr. Randall. He, too, is
something more than
the sum of his performances. We may
state them all, and
unitedly they fail to account for him.
The character, the spirit,
the soul that flamed through them and
fused them all into a har-
monious and living whole, make up the
real man, the man we
knew and loved. It is fortunate that
Hon. Daniel J. Ryan is
to speak of "Randall, the
Man." No one could do this more
fittingly. They were kindred spirits,
treading many of the paths
of life together.
Mr. Ryan served with Mr. Randall
twenty-seven years as
fellow trustee of the Ohio
Archaeological and Historical Society.
They were both trustees of the Columbus
Public Library, at the
time of Mr. Randall's death. They
prepared and published, as
joint authors a great History of
Ohio, a work, which of itself is
enough to place the people of this State
under lasting obligations
to both of them. They were friends, and
neighbors, affiliated in
the same political faith, and approached
our many public and
social problems with the same broad and
sympathetic judgment.
It is a privilege to present Mr. Ryan.
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RANDALL, THE MAN.
BY DANIEL J. RYAN.
Emilius O. Randall had the inestimable
advantage of being
well-born. Not by inheritance of the
muniments of wealth or
caste or rank, but through the
influences of forebears whose
chief purposes in life, and whose
aspirations and achievements,
were within the sphere of the
intellectual and spiritual. They
were Americans more than a century
before Bunker Hill, and
were among the founders of New England,
of whom Longfellow
wrote: "God sifted three kingdoms
to find the seed for this
planting." Through six generations
his ancestors justified this
saying. They helped to bear the burdens
of the forefathers;
theirs was the Heroic Age of American
history. It was the era
when the first forests were felled and
the virgin soil was tilled;
when the conquests of nature and the
Indian went hand in hand;
when the French invader was driven out;
and greater than all,
when popular government was established,
and a new Nation
given to mankind. The Randalls and the
Oviatts did their full
share of all this, and in the later days
of peace they pioneered
to a western land to lay the foundation
of homes of culture and
refinement. They preached the Word and
they taught in the col-
leges and schools of the new land. They
brought with them the
sturdy New England character sifted
through generations of
hardships and tribulations.
This was Randall's heritage - a gift from
God that he pre-
served throughout his ife. He never
compromised it. Beneath
his gentle exterior, which he wore as a
velvet glove, he grasped
the moral side of every question with a
grip of steel. It was the
operation of his New England conscience
which he inherited
from his Puritan ancestors. He had the
robust qualities of
steadfastness of purpose and firmness of
thought. He encour-
aged no conflict in deciding between
right and wrong, he toler-
ated no debate of expediency; he simply
and quietly, but quickly
and immovably took the side of right.
Thus, as he thought in
his soul, so he was in his life - clean
and straight, and free from
hypocrisy and guile. The meaner vices of
life never even cast
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their shadows near him. It was because
of this, when approach-
ing the end that he could say to his
pastor, Dr. Maurer, "I am
not afraid to go; I have led a clean
life." Hence, there was no
"moaning of the bar" when he
"put out to sea;" on a smooth and
level tide the flood bore him to meet
his Pilot face to face.
This man has departed from us, leaving
us heirs to the les-
sons of his exemplary life. It was one
blest by all the virtues
that go to make a real and valuable man
- incorruptible integ-
rity, purity of character, gentleness of
spirit and love of his fel-
lows. What a splendid substitute for
wealth and power! These
attributes were the foundations of his
name, which was, in his
lifetime, the pride and admiration of
his loving friends. The
best and wisest of mankind have held
that such a life is the most
enduring. "A good name is rather to
be chosen than great
riches," sayeth the Proverb. Upon
this foundation he builded
an intellectual and spiritual structure
that will be to him a monu-
ment more lasting than marble.
Almost his whole career was one of
mental activity, and all
his efforts were to the end that this
activity should assume and
develop into a higher form of intellectual
life. Even the avoca-
tions of his livelihood were within this
sphere. To him the world
of commercialism was repellant. He took
no pleasure in barter,
and the efforts and vigors of business
made no appeal to him.
He lived entirely within the domain of
thought in its various
phases and emotions. Herein were his
labors, his studies, his
researches and his amusements. In his
readings he ran the gamut
of human knowledge - theology,
history, science, economics,
politics and polite literature. Rarely is
this done without de-
flecting the mind from sound and safe
thinking. The book-
student too often becomes a crank or
faddist. But with him the
pursuit of extraordinary information and
the study of new and
ruddy-colored ideas and doctrines were
either for adding to his
knowledge of human nature or for
intellectual amusement. He
never read or studied himself out of the
realm of everyday life.
He quaffed deeply of the Pierian Spring,
but was neither dulled
nor intoxicated by its waters. Few men
can do this, but Randall
did it, and it was due to his
penetrative mind and his uncommon
common sense.
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Before the tempestuous uprisings of
recent years as mani-
fested in the new doctrines of
government, sociology and religion,
he stood unbending, and "four
square to the winds that blow."
And yet he read every book on these
subjects, and when the
messengers of the heralded "new
day" came, whether it was
Emma Goldman or Debs or Plumb, he was in
their audiences.
With a deep and patriotic attachment for
the representative
democracy which his forefathers fought
to establish, he rejected
government by the crowd. He knew that it
had been discussed
by the founders of the Republic, and
that the struggle toward
civilization had been to get away from
mass rule, because it
begat the very autocracy which it sought
to destroy. His judg-
ment therefore refused the referendum,
with its handmaidens, the
initiative and the recall, as subversive
of conservative and repre-
sentative government. As he saw state
after state, including his
own, adopting them, he felt that they
were simply digging out of
the junk pile of history machinery
rejected ages ago, and fur-
bished up for use by the power-hungry
crowd. But on these
topics he rarely expressed himself, and
never wrote concerning
them. There were other and less militant
subjects to which he
directed his speech and pen. He took no
pleasure in the polemics
of politics.
Likewise he rejected Socialism. Twenty
years ago he en-
tered into the study of its doctrines
with an open and even mind.
He conscientiously read its fascinating
literature, from the Cap-
ital of Karl Marx to the political platforms of that day.
His
imaginative mind saw the beauty and
attractiveness of its ideals.
He knew that ever since the days of
Plato, and later, since the
days of Sir Thomas Moore's Utopia, men
and women have
dreamed of a cooperative brotherhood. He
knew that the world
was full of wrongdoing, and of injustice
and of unmerited suf-
fering, but he felt this would be
remedied more by man acting to
man as a brother, rather than as a
member of a brotherhood
established by law. He was sure that the
cure was not in drying
up the great reservoir of individual
effort and responsibility,
which gives vitality to human
personality and human purpose.
From his viewpoint, what the Socialist
sought to attain de-
pended upon a complete change of earthly
motives and passions;
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it was an aspiration to transform human
relations into heavenly.
His practical mind could see no
accomplishments in all this
reasoning. From this theoretical
discussion he turned to an ex-
amination into the physical operation of
Socialism. At that time
there was in this state, at Zoar, a
communistic society that had
existed for nearly three generations.
Founded to share property,
profits, labor and lives in common, it
was a fine example on a
small scale of the Socialistic state. To
this living type of Social-
ism in action he turned for the best
testimony. He was received
hospitably by its people, and a vacation
was spent in studying
the domestic and civil life, the
government of its church, its busi-
ness operations, its local literature
and social life. The result of
his labors was a book entitled Zoar:
A Study of Sociological
Communism. This little book is one of the most effective an-
swers to Socialism ever offered; it is
not an argument; it pre-
sents a picture of the hard fact of
failure. It is the best and
most valuable contribution of original
research work of the au-
thor's literary life. He has phased here
an institution that in the
first generation was founded and
followed with religious enthusi-
asm, in the second with lukewarm
fidelity and waning strength,
and in the third with decrement leading
to death. The end was
that the courts received its wreckage
for distribution according
to law. The book Zoar with its
record will always be a truthful
witness when called on the stand to
testify as to the practical
operation of Socialism. The Ohio
Archaeological and Historical
Society has issued edition after edition
in response to inquiries
from scholars, economists and students
throughout the world.
His favorite field of study-in which he
traveled afar-
was the pre-historic and the Indian
period of our State. He was
easily the first authority in this
country on these subjects, and
his writings are authoritative and will
remain as a lasting monu-
ment to his life-work. His studies of
Ohio are reflected from
thousands of pages, and he scattered his
knowledge widely and
freely among the people through
lectures, addresses, books and
pamphlets. While his name is indelibly
impressed upon the his-
torical literature of Ohio, he did not
limit his studies to this sub-
ject; he wandered widely through the
elysian fields of letters, and
of every branch of knowledge he was a
devotee. He was a lover
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of good books, and to him they were the
flowers of literature,
and every day was their summer time. He
loved to quote Words-
worth:
"Books we know,
Are a substantial world, both pure and
good;
Round these, with tendrils strong as
flesh and blood,
Our pastime and our happiness will
grow."
To those who enjoyed his intimacy the
truth of this is known.
Wherever he was there were his books;
his home saw them
placed in every room at every hand; in
his office they were at his
side; at rest or in travel they were his
companions. Thus the
stately characters of all ages - the
good, the true and the beau-
tiful of the past, and the wisest of the
present were his constant
counselors, his associates and his
friends.
If these serious phases of his nature
were admirable to his
friends, his social qualities were an
especial charm and delight.
In his library, at the club and at the
banquet board he was a
fountain of enjoyment, and a companion
always warranted to
dispense knowledge and dispel care; and
a privilege, indeed, it
was for one to sit with him. How well do
we remember him at
many a feast contributing his learning
and humor with great
flavor and with no favor. He was a philosopher
of happiness,
"of infinite jest, of most
excellent fancy." It could be said of
him as Macaulay said of Addison, that he
had a wit without a
sting, and a humor without coarseness.
With these he was "wont
to set the table in a roar." This
dignified lightness of heart was
with him one of the cultivated
philosophies of his life. It served
him well in his labors, it lightened his
researches and even in the
sombre last days he did not fail to
invoke it. To say more of this
man would be to transform fact into
eulogy, and he does not need
that. He was of a fine type. God mixed
in him all the elements
of true manhood. He has left us in his
life a most beautiful
memory. To his family he has committed a
heritage that all
the money in the world could not buy,
nor all powers of earth
wrest from the Fates. He will long be
remembered as a man
with an unsullied name, as a scholar of
great learning, as one
who knew how to use wit and humor
without abusing them, and
as a citizen who kept all the pledges of
the Athenian oath.
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To us, his fellow-members of the Club,
which for nearly ten
years was a pleasing part of his life,
his going means much. But
he leaves no vacant chair. He will ever
be with us, will ever be
talked of, and his chaste association
ever be a benediction and
an influence. We will always remember
his boyish smile of
friendly greeting. When he spoke, the
nights of the Club be-
came Attic nights, and we recall them
with no other regret than
that they can return no more. For 'tis
but the truth, and each of
us can say to him today:
"We spent them not in toys, or lust
or wine;
But in search of deep philosophy.
Wit, eloquence and poesy,
Arts, which I loved, for they, my
friend, were thine."
To his name and his gentle spirit, we,
his friends, are here
to do honor, to keep fragrant his
memory, and to urge his ex-
ample. We send him a message, but it
bears no tone speaking
of the sadness of farewell, nor
complaint of the inevitable; it is
one bearing the appeal of our hearts and
the prayers of our souls:
Emilius, may the companionship of God be
with thee, and may
His mercy and guidance be with us, till
we meet again.
The double quartet -Mr. Charles H. Orr
having replaced
Mr. W. D. McKinney, who was compelled to
leave the city-
then sang:
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!
E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me;
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!
Though like a wanderer,
The sun gone down,
Darkness be over me,
My rest a stone,
Yet in my dreams I'd be
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!
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Then, with my waking thoughts
Bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I'll raise;
So by my woes to be
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee
The meeting was concluded with prayer.
BENEDICTION.
BY DR. JOSEPH S. KORNFELD.
To the departed Emilius Oviatt Randall,
whom we now af-
fectionately remember, may peace and
bliss be granted in the
realm of eternal life. There may he find
grace and mercy before
the Lord of Heaven and earth. May his
soul rejoice in that
ineffable good which God has laid up for
those who love and
revere Him. A never-failing inspiration
in life, may his memory
be a never-dying benediction.
May our Heavenly Father vouchsafe unto
the bereaved His
gracious care and may the light of His
love lead them through
the darkness that surrounds them.
Peace to the dead, power to the living.
Amen.
EMILIUS OVIATT RANDALL, PROFESSOR OF
LAW.
BY DR. W. O. THOMPSON.
The characteristic feature of the
present day in education
seems to demand a highly specialized
study in a rather narrow
area as a preparation for teaching.
Perhaps more than any other
one thing the academic man feels that
his equipment for teaching
is not quite complete until he has
demonstrated his power of
original research and has received the
testimony of that fact in
the form of a degree known as the Doctor
of Philosophy. In
the absence of such testimony there is a
disposition to assume a
certain superficiality in the work that
men do. The older days,
therefore, are often looked upon as less
critical and more super-
PROGRAM.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS,
HENRY A. WILLIAMS,
President of the Club.
INVOCATION,
REV. IRVING MAURER.
"LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT,"
DOUBLE QUARTET,
Messrs. Karl Hoenig, John M. Sheridan, Ray R. Smith, Frank T.
Well-
ing, A. M. Calland, Harold G. Simpson,
W. D. McKinney
and Wm. A. Vause.
RANDALL, OUR PRESIDENT,
OSMAN C. HOOPER,
Secretary of the Club.
RANDALL AND THE OHIO SUPREME COURT,
HON. HUGH L. NICHOLS,
Chief Justice Ohio Supreme Court.
RANDALL, THE ARCHAEOLOGIST-HISTORIAN,
HON. JAMES E. CAMPBELL,
President Ohio Archaeological and
Historical Society.
RANDALL AND THE CITY LIBRARY,
JOHN J. PUGH,
Librarian City Library.
RANDALL, SON OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION,
COLONEL W. L. CURRY,
Past President Ohio Sons of the American
Revolution.
RANDALL, THE MAN,
HON. DANIEL J. RYAN.
"NEARER MY GOD TO THEE,"
DOUBLE QUARTET.
BENEDICTION,
DR. JOSEPH S. KORNFELD.
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