THE MINNESOTA 



HORTICULTURIST. 



VOL. 25. OCTOBER, 1897. NO. 10. 



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WARREN WENDELL PENDERGAST. 



The son of Hon. William Wirt Pendergast, Superintendent of Pub- 

 lic Instruction, died at the home of his parents in Hutchinson, 

 Thursday, Aug-ust 26th, aged 22 3'ears. 



" The King of Shadows loves a shining mark," and again has he 

 called from us one of Minnesota's most gifted workers. In the 

 morning of life, Warren has finished his labor and gone to his re- 

 ward. The home, the farm, the school, the university, the state and 

 even the nation had felt the worth of his character and acknow- 

 ledged the value of his work. He inherited noble qualities, received 

 careful training and improved his opportunities. Born in a farm 

 home and stimulated by the inspiring influences of nature's life and 

 beauty, he early manifested unusual endowments which, under ju- 

 dicious schooling and happy home influences, rapidly developed 

 into a strong and beautiful character. 



Hia love for the freedom of rural life and his desire for the im- 

 provement of farm economy caused him to enter the School of Ag- 

 riculture in 1888 in its first class, with which he graduated before he 

 ■was fifteen, with the highest honors. During the two years follow- 

 ing, he managed his father's farm summers, taught district school 

 one winter and finished the Latin course in the Hutchinson High 

 School in 1892. In the next four years, he completed the agricultural 

 course in the State University where, by both faculty and students, 

 his talents and virtues were quickly recognized and repeatedly hon- 

 ored. When the editor-in-chief of the '96 Gopher was elected, he was 

 the unanimous choice. When the joint debate was planned with 



