SOPHIA F. RICHARDSON
1855 - 1916
The Faculty wish to record their sorrow at the
death on February 2, 1916, of Sophia F. Richardson,
Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Miss Richardson,
who was graduated from Vassar in 1879 and who re-
turned as instructor in 1886, had almost completed
thirty years of devoted service to her college.
She literally gave her life to teaching and to study
for the sake of teaching, using her many talents
and employing her times of rest solely for the
benefit of her profession. Her work was character-
ized by definiteness and originality of teaching
method and by the mental and moral energy of the
response which she secured from her students. While
her great reserve confined her friendships to a
small circle, those who knew her well received the
highest inspiration from her exquisite appreciation
of the fine things of life, her singleness of pur-
pose, and her essentially Christian character. By
her death the college loses a rare personality, a
teacher of long and successful experience, and a
faithful friend.
Amy L. Reed
Adelaide Underhill
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