XXX RESOLUTIONS 



therein have been mainly my opportunities for knowing him. 

 But such association quickly made him a highly esteemed 

 personal friend, and revealed him to me as an admirable man 

 of marked ability and earnest devotion to noble purpose. 

 His usefulness as a Regent of the University was great and 

 increasing, and his counseling will be missed in our delibera- 

 tions. 



We will be moved to mention at this time our appreciation 

 of his valuable service to the State in the recent Constitutional 

 Convention, and we will gratefully recall the quieting satis- 

 faction we had in knowing that he was one of the leading 

 members of its committee on education. 



The members of the Board will probably wish to have in- 

 serted in our Journal a portrait of Regent Shipman, together 

 with a biographical sketch of his general career. 



With kindest regards. 



Very sincerely yours, 



Pliny T. Sexton. 



Remarks by Vice Chancellor Vander Veer 



My Brother Regents: 



We deeply regret the absence of our dearly beloved Chan- 

 cellor Sexton. His absence, I understand, is due to illness 

 in his family, though not of an alarming nature. He will be 

 greatly missed, not only in our official duties for the day, but 

 during the entire Convocation. 



The sudden and unexpected death of one of our asso- 

 ciates brings us a sorrow that will permeate all our delibera- 

 tions. In the death of Regent Shipman we are called upon 

 to part with an unusually able fellow worker. He was un- 

 tiring in his devotion to his duties as a Regent, and his very 

 presence was one of cheer and comfort, especially when we 

 had serious problems to consider. He was a broad-minded 

 citizen, thoroughly posted upon a great variety of subjects, and 

 possessed a knowledge with which we can ill afford to part. 



It seems proper that we should make record in our min- 

 utes of our great respect for Regent Shipman and our deep 

 appreciation for the past few years of beneficial assistance 

 granted us by him. When we reach our roll call it will be the 

 saddest in a period of nearly twenty years. To his family 



