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Thomas  S.  J  Tic  gaud. 
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Thomas  S.  Wiegand  possessed  a  very  retentive  memory.  He 
often  surprised  a  pharmacist  on  visiting  the  College  several  decades 
after  graduation  by  recalling  his  name  and  those  of  his  class  asso- 
ciates along  with  incidents  of  their  college  experience.  To  a  very 
large  degree  this  faculty  was  retained  by  him  till  the  end  and 
accounted  for  the  reminiscent  character  of  his  talks  on  public  occa- 
sions. Those  who  were  present  at  the  last  alumni  reunion  and 
banquet  will  never  forget  his  pathetic  appearance  and  remarks  at 
this  his  last  appearance  at  a  public  function. 
For  several  years  his  many  friends  have  been  compelled  to  note 
the  general  inroads  of  age.  His  ambition  and  active  mentality  sus- 
tained him  in  his  determination  to  participate  in  the  events  of  this 
year's  commencement  week.  Since  then,  the  infirmities  of  old  age 
became  more  evident  and  gradually  the  physical  organs  lost  vitality 
till  exhausted  nature  ceased  the  strife. 
"  Tired  he  sleeps  and  life's  poor  play  is  o'er." 
At  the  full  ripe  age  of  83  years  he  departed  this  life  on  August 
10th  and  his  body  was  interred  on  August  14th  alongside  of  those 
of  his  wife  and  daughter  in  the  family  plot  in  the  cemetery  at 
Beverly,  N.  J.   He  is  survived  by  two  daughters. 
The  correct  estimate  of  his  worth  and  the  value  of  his  life  cannot 
be  gauged  by  the  usual  standards  of  men.  His  life  was  not  lived  in 
the  public  eye,  and  neither  worldly  fame,  position,  nor  wealth  became 
his  portion.  His  services  were  those  of  a  quiet  unobtrusive  life  of 
devotion,  true  friendship,  and  self-sacrifice,  and  were  not  marked 
by  conspicuous  deeds  of  valor  that  called  for  public  plaudit.  His 
contributions  to  the  literature  are  by  no  means  an  adequate  measure 
of  his  influence  on  pharmacy.  Far  more  important  and  greater  in 
achievement  has  been  that  quiet  influence  exerted  through  his  asso- 
ciation and  the  value  of  his  example  on  students  at  the  period  of 
life  when  characters  are  formed  and  lives  moulded. 
The  historians  of  the  world  record  the  martial  events,  great  dis- 
coveries, social  advances,  literary  progress,  and  political  discussions, 
but  such  services  to  humanity  as  were  rendered  by  the  gentle  spirit 
of  our  departed  friend  remain  unrecorded  by  these.  Pericles  said : 
"  For  of  illustrious  men  the  whole  earth  is  the  sepulchre ;  and  not 
only  does  the  inscription  upon  the  columns  in  their  own  land  point 
it  out,  but  in  that  also  which  is  not  their  own  there  dwells  with 
every  one  an  unwritten  memorial  of  the  heart,  rather  than  of  a 
material  monument." 
