A Memorial Discourse on the Life and Services of Henry Simmons Frieze, LL. D: Professor of the Latin Language and Literature in the University From ... the Senate, March 16, 1890 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Excerpt from A Memorial Discourse on the Life and Services of Henry Simmons Frieze, LL. D: Professor of the Latin Language and Literature in the University From 1854-1889; Delivered in University Hall by Request of the Senate, March 16, 1890

It was Professor Frieze's great success as a teacher in Providence that attracted the attention of the authorities of the University towards him, and the qualities which secured success there did not fail to have their legitimate result here. He possessed the essential qualities 'of a teacher. With a keen sense of the great importance to the state and to society of clear thinking, he always sought to make his students under stand that words must not be a substitute for thoughts. Feeling pro foundly the robust good sense, the grace and charm, the keen vision into the Springs of human action, the passionate hatred of vice, the practical wisdom, of the authors who were read in his classes, he knew how to inspire in all his students. According to the measure of their capacity, a similar feeling. This was undoubtedly the strongest side of his teach ing; many a man has learned for the first time in Professor Frieze's class-room what was the charm of great poetry, what was the power of noble thoughts Yet he did not neglect the drier part of his work in order to cultivate what was more agreeable. Not only did he recognize the disciplinary value of a thorough grammatical study, but he felt that to appreciate the beauties even of any literature a more than superficial acquaintance with its language was indispensable.

In his relations with students he was kindness itself, winning the affection of all; and the news of his death will carry grief into many widely separated households.

He was always and, everywhere the ideal Christian gentleman. To him may be applied the words once used of the venerated Dr. Williams Thy gentleness hath made us great and the sentiment of his own favorite poet.

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