T HE ST OR Y OF Am m i B radfo rd Hyde D T ENRY A RR P h . A R HU R H O P . E , , n iver sit o D ver P rofessor of Latin i the Un y f en . 23 2 MB! TO A L L WH O S EEK IN SP IRATION IN B A LIFE NO LY LIVED . C ONTENTS . Y T H E 1 . OU U O AND D CATI N , I T I. C AREER AS EACHER Z S 1 . CA ENOVIA EMINARY 2 M E! P C . ILITARY ERIEN ES , L O 3 . C IFE AT ALLEGHENY LLEGE , F7 L B O U O D 7 : A RS IN THE NIVERSITY F ENVER , III P 3 . S O O D C O O 9 ELECTI NS FR M IARY AND RRES NDENCE , I V . L I ITERARY ACT VITIES , V . W IT HU O AND M R , VI. B R A D F OR D H MA N AMMI YDE , THE LI T IL T T S OF LU S RA IONS . 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The title chosen gi ves the writer a bit o f lee I all o him n way . t ws to eglect some de ta ils and invi te the re ader t o give s ome rein to m A m i a a . t a i gin tion the s e t me , the title m a m It u presents cer tain e b arr ss e nts . s g gests some a ttempt at a readable account that sh all seek to keep the reader in a State of anticip ation a s the p ages Of the book ar e turned. If it b e o bjected that the book carri es some m atter n o t specifically connected with ’ mm a a A i Br dford Hyde , the uthor s excuse an d a a s the defense must be , th t , story of the o ak m ay well include the mention o f the sunshine an d the rain an d the soil that con ’ t o o S O tribute the tree s successful gr wth , the story o f Ammi Bradford Hyde may ap FOREWORD pr opr iat ely refer t o all those circumstances which have surrounded him an d those people ha la with whom he s bored . Dr . Hyde is still enj oying vigorous health . Only recently he gave striking evidence Of his youthful spirit and a gi li ty by walking from his home in Uni versity P a rk down t o the a o f and a a a a a he rt Denver b ck g in the s me d y , a a a di st nce Of fourteen miles . Th t night he a a wa s - e a ttended reception , bright ey d , lert , an d an d th da was a s e cheery, e next y fr sh h - a a e . s June ros This book, t erefore , seeks to bestow flowers on the living rather than on a the de d . T h niv er sit o Denv er e U y f , Mr 1 1 9 1 a ch 3 2 . , ’ A BIRD S - EYE VIEW YDE MMI RA DFORD . a a H , A B , prof l ngu ges , d env er . a o . Univ . Of D ; b Oxfor , Chen ngo C , 2 Mr 13 1 5 . n 8 a . a ar Y a . d N . , , ; S As hel J M y H ’n x Y . ed C . (Hinckley) ; prep . O ford , N . ; a a nn gr d . Wesley n Univ . , Middletown , Co . , 1 4 m D 8 6 . a . a . ( M A s e ; S T , Syr cuse Univ ; i n Y . D . env er . a . Litt . , U v of D ) ; m Utic , N , 2 0 18 m 50 a a . July , , Mir S ith (now dece sed) ’ i mm n n Wa s . an a o e in service U S . S t ry C , t er ed m 1 4 h . 8 8 a s a M E . inistry , ; t ught in I m m . several colls . ; ndependent in politics ; e A m . a hi o c . A m . o c . a Orient l S , P lol S , N ti n al e o G . c . R S o . a a a og , S A , Phi Bet K pp , l ’ hi . o a en er C olo Sch o m sters Club , D v P los S o c . Author : S ong o f Solomon an d Ecclesi ’ h edon s m a 1875 ES astes (W C om ent ry) , ; S a s 1884 Of y , ; Story Methodism , ’ ’ t e 58 . u n b r Me h R v . ont . r s C to y , weekly S day School Notes to P it ts bu r g h C hr istian A d o ca t e fo r and v consecutive weeks , to other j ours . t : a . Address Universi y P rk , Colo ’ — ho ho in A m r ic W s W e a . 9 A m m i B radfo rd Hyde YOUTH AND E DUCATION NEST L ING am ong the hills of south central n Of a New York, in the cou ty Chen ngo , lies the little villag e of Oxfo r df Over a century Old Wa s un d a 1 793 it is , for it fo de in the ye r ; but while other villages established the s am e ye a r went ahead by leaps a n d bounds an d ha all ear - m f m now ve the arks o the etropolis , d Oxford contentedly plo ded on , living the a a a a th unostent tious life , p tiently w iting e day when the world Should wake up to the fact tha t gre at m en m ay be born in Obscure am h lets . It w a s dur ing the first ye ars of the in fant n ation tha t a little b and Of New Eng a am m a all l nders , ong the Elij h Hovey, of m e the stout of s oul , with nerves of Ste l , pushed westwa rd from the Old B ay State to escape the distractions of a busy common a m un at a we lth . Fortune guided the til l st they pitched camp amidst be auti ful hills c ov 11 AMMI BRADFORD HYDE ered with magnificent forests Of pine and a a r an a a h rd m ple , through which , like thre d o f am m gle ing Silver, the cha r ing and r o m a t a o n ic Chen ng River . Here they deter a o m f r mined to est blish new h es ; o , with abunda nce Of fi sh in the stre am and game on a h s m n score Of ill , with ti ber a d soil rich in m h h pro ise , they could not but feel that t ey a d found a spot t o which their hea rts might fondly cling . Their earliest business wa s cutting the splendid pine t rees and sending the timber do wn the Chenango into the Susquehann a an on a a B a and d into Ches pe ke y , thus to m the city Of B alti ore . Later they worked up the forest into pota sh and black s alts . These s ons o f New England brought along with them some of the best Of the a m a colonial tr ditions , pro inent mong which wa s a wholesome regard fo r education ; and so a e o r a a , ft r three four ye rs , in the ye r 1 9 an 7 7, they built a cademy in their young an a a village . This institution continued c d a 1850 was emy till bout , when it Shifted into a d a high school, which to y gives the youth Of the vicinity a very res pectable preparation fo r e coll ge .