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an appointment as lecturer In German, 

 and in 1892 he was made professor. 



Ho was university librarian from 1873 

 to 1891. It was largely through hus 

 efforts that the library was rebuilt 

 after the fire which destroyed it in 



Deceased was the author of numer- 

 ous works on German, including a 

 Krammar and a number of text books 

 for high schools. A translation of 

 Goethe's "Faust" by him was recently 

 published. , , ^ 



Professor van der Smissen held many 

 honors. He was elected president ot 

 tv-e Canadian Institute in 1886 and 

 president of the Ontario Modern Lan- 

 guage AsKOCiation in the same year. 

 In 1892 he was appointed a member 

 I of the university Senate. Together 

 j-with Prof. James Mavor in 1912 the 



honor of Ph.D. was conferred upon 

 I him by the university. In 1880 he wa3 

 • elected president of the Literary 

 I Society. 



In liis nearly 50 years of teaching', 

 youths whoso fathers had studied 

 under him were his pupils, and even 

 the grandchildren of some of those 

 timt students have become Varsity 

 men. Many of his pupils have become 

 distinguished. Professor Stephen Lea- 

 cock, the author, Judge Gait of Win- 

 nipeg, Judge Stewart of Calgary, Chief 

 Justice Sir Glenholme Palconbridge, 

 are among them, while most of ll-.e 

 present staff of the modem language 

 department have studied under him. 



His widow and two daughters, Mrs. 

 Lawton Ridout of Toronto and Mrs. 

 v. E. Henderson, wife of the present, 

 head of the German department at the 



j university, survive. His son, Capt. W. 

 H V. van der Smissen, was killed in 

 action in 1916. 



