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soon ceased to be official relations, and became, rather, the 

 close, intimate and friendly relations of persons engaged in 

 some good work who are doing their best to promote the 

 common weal. At our last session at Buffalo, I could but 

 notice the modesty with which he received the compliments 

 showered upon him for his very helpful and intelligent work 

 in connection with educational matters in the Constitutional 

 Convention, of which he was a distinguished member ; he being, 

 in fact, the only member of our body in that convention. He 

 understood our ways and our policies, and it was an invaluable 

 service he rendered to the people of this State in making our 

 ways and our policies known to members of the convention, so 

 modestly and yet so well that the convention, almost without 

 discussion, provided in the Constitution for our continuance 

 in well doing. 



I shall never forget the evening after the adjournment of 

 our Board at Buffalo the pleasure I had in having Regent 

 Shipman and his wife dine with me; then I became their 

 guest at a simple entertainment, and once again the genial, 

 pleasant, companionable and inspiring nature of the man 

 revealed itself, and once again I saw his devotion to his wife, 

 and thoroughly understood the cause for it. After the evening 

 thus spent so agreeably that I shall never forget it, we bade 

 each other "good-bye," and the next I knew of Regent Ship- 

 man was the announcement of his death in the public press. 

 His loss is not only a loss to the State and to our body offi- 

 cially, but I believe it is a personal loss to each one of us, as 

 I know it is a personal loss to me. 



Tribute of Regent Kellogg 



Regent Shipman was a scholar of attainments, a distin- 

 guished lawyer, hard working, conscientious and thorough in 

 everything that he did, zealous in his desire to serve the State 

 and, with his many capabilities, rendering the State a splendid 

 service. In his death, I have lost a good friend, and we a 

 valued associate. 



Remarks by President Finley 



The death of Regent Shipman gave us special shock because 

 there had been no word preparing us for it. When I last saw 



