Per Ancestry Family Tree, Eschol Taylor was the daughter of Rev Dr Zachary Clay Taylor (1848 – 1919) and Kathryn S Crawford (1862 – 1894).
Following info submitted by FG Contributor, Florence:
Eschol Taylor was a graduate of Blue Mountain College, Baylor University School of Music (1911), and was a student at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Liepzig.
She was also a student of Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler.
She taught Pianoforte at Baylor University from 1911-1913, and from 1914-1919.
She died in the Corpus Christi Hurricane of 1919.
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Hello! I found articles about Eschol Taylor from The Lariat (Waco, Texas), Vol. 21, No. 01, Thursday, October 09, 1919:
TWO PROMINENT MEMBERS OF BAYLOR'S FINE ARTS FACULTY, VICTIMS OF CORPUS CHRISTI STORM
Baylor and friends over the entire southwest are saddened because of the death of Prof. Rudolf Hoffmann, head of the Department of Music, and Miss Eschol Taylor, instructor in pianoforte, who drowned during the recent storm in Corpus Christi. Professor Hoffmann, who was an American citizen by naturalization, was forty-five years old at the time of his death. He received his early musical education in Hamburg, Germany, and Paris, France. Prior to his leaving Germany he was a clerk in his father's music store and later was a clerk in a music store in San Diego, Chili, where he also gave private music lessons. He became head of the Department of Music at Baylor in 1899. Two or three years later he was married to his present wife, who now resides in Germany with two children, six and eight years of age. At the opening of the war in 1914, he and his family were visiting Hamburg, Germany, and on account of inadequate transportation facilities, he returned to this country, leaving the family there, not thinking he would be cut off from them. He passionately loved his family and home. John S. Tanner, who witnessed his death, said a few minutes before he was swept away, he came down from the roof, entered the house already several feet in the water, took the pictures of his children, tenderly put them in his spectacle case and went back to the roof, from which he was swept, together with Rev. and Mrs. Zachariah Taylor and Miss Eschol Taylor. He did not rise after going down and was reported found and identified, although Dr. Brooks, after a careful investigation, found no one who had served to identify him. Professor Hoffmann was a cultured, versatile man and a lover of athletics, but did not participate in them to any great extent. He was one of America's best chess players and has solved many difficult chess -problems which have been published in the newspapers of this country. This was his chief diversion when not engaged in his music or study. He was a constant amazement to his pupils in the breadth of his knowledge, being able not only to tell the history of the music work, but also of the life of the composer, and of the times in which it was composed. He was familiar to a high degree with literature, being able to quote easily from the masters. After his death, an English edition of Shakespeare, which he brought with •him from Germany in 1898, was found on his desk. During his connection with Baylor, he was an organist at different times at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Austin Avenue Methodist church, and the First Baptist church. He was punctilious to a fault in his social habits, never calling on anyone for a visit without first telephoning or asking if he might make the call; he liked to have the same courtesy shown him. If in these twenty years anybody has ever made a serious criticism about him as a man or as a teacher, it has escaped public notice. Miss Eschol Taylor, who drowned at the same time as Professor Hoffmann, was an accomplished pianist and was loved by all who knew her. She was born in Brazil, where her father and mother. Rev. and Mrs. Zachariah Taylor were missionaries under the appointment of the Southern Baptist Convention. She was educated in the schools of Brazil until, as a young woman, she was sent to America to study in the colleges of the south. When Miss Taylor came to Baylor she was a skilled musician and quickly won the respect of Professor Hoffmann. who highly valued her musical ability. After studying both piano and pipe organ for several years under Professor Hoffmann she graduated in 1911 from the Baylor University School of Music. Having been given a leave of absence from her duties as a teacher here, she spent the year 1913-14 studying in Leipzig, and with great difficulty along with other tourists was able to return home shortly after the great war broke out. She was one of nature's noblewomen; very quiet, almost excessively modest, never thrusting herself forward in anything but was always able to prove her merit in any responsibility placed upon her. She not only had the respect of her pupils but was especially loved by her fellow teachers and those who knew her best. Baylor students and faculty deeply feel the loss of these two fellow workers and extend heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved ones.
The Lariat (Waco, Texas), Vol. 21, No. 02, Thursday, October 16, 1919
IMPRESSIVE MEMORIAL SERVICE HONORING TWO STORM VICTIMS
School Pays Last Respects to Professor Rudolf Hoffmann and Miss Eschol Taylor of Baylor College of Fine Arts.
Memorial services honoring Professor Rudolf Hoffmann of the School of Music, and Miss Eschol Taylor, teacher of piano in Baylor, both of whom perished in the late gulf coast storm, were held Friday morning in Carroll Chapel. Preceding these services, at dawn the big flag on the university flag pole was lowered to half-mast as a mark of respect to these two splendid people. The program as arranged by Professors Trantham and Frank was begun with "Marcia Funehre," by Chopin, by Professor Frank, and orchestra. Appropriate resolutions, which were unanimously adopted by the faculty and student body, were read by Professor Trantham. Dr. Brooks then spoke words in appreciation of Professor Hoffmann and Miss Taylor. As an intimate friend as well as a faculty associate he was well qualified in saying. "I have never known two more sincere or conscientious people. As Miss Taylor had been a student of Professor Hoffmann, she understood his methods of teaching. There was always perfect harmony between them. They had both studied at different times under the same masters abroad To those who were closely related to Miss Taylor her loss will indeed be great. Professor Hoffmann was a Christian man of great forbearance. As a man who loved his family, he was always on the lookout for their safety and welfare. In 1914 when war was declared he had to leave them in Germany, but he continued to communicate with them whenever possible. When the storm waters were gathering around the Taylor home in Corpus Christi he did not leave for higher ground until he had put his family's pictures safe in a pocket case and offered prayer with his friends, in Professor Hoffmann I lost a friend who cannot be replaced. As one who could regulate matters of any nature, he was a great help to me. Professor Hoffmann and Miss Taylor will in the years to come to be splendid examples to students and faculty alike in Baylor." The -services were concluded with two musical selections, the first being "Our Loving Father," sung by Katie Claire Rogers, and the second being "Largo," by Handel, by Professor Frank and orchestra. The resolutions as prepared by the committee and read by Professor Trantham are as follows: Rudolf Hoffmann was born in Hamburg, Germany, on January 10, 1877. There he spent his early years and laid the foundations for that musical skill and culture through which he was to perform so notably a service in later years. As a young man, he continued his studies in the 'Royal Conservatory at Leipsig, where he had the advantage of personal contact with several of the masters of musical art. He lived and studied for a time in Valpariso, ''Chile, and while there was also engaged in business with a relative. Coming to Baylor University in 1900, he entered upon a career of patient and devoted service — a career which has endeared him to hundreds who have known him in the intimate relations of the teacher to pupil; which has won the respect and even the admiration of thousands who have known him through the far-reaching results of his labors. As dean of the department of music at Baylor University, he displayed that unfailing tact and courtesy, that consistent, yet sympathetic firmness which marked him as an administrator of a high order. Unassuming to the point of extreme modesty, gentle in speech and manner, painstaking and thorough, utterly conscientious m his conception of duty, singularly correct in every relation of life, he was indeed a teacher to lead, to inspire his pupils. to think upon high things. A devoted husband and father, a sincere and sympathetic friend, an exemplary Christian— in all respects he showed himself a gentleman without fear and without reproach. His death leaves a void that must remain, but we can find consolation in the thought that our beloved friend built more wisely than he knew in the lives of those young men and women who will lament his tragic passing and yet more resolutely bear on the torch which he so bravely held aloft these twenty years. Therefore, be it resolved by the faculty, students, and friends of Baylor University, in chapel assembled: First, in the death of Rudolf Hoffmann, Baylor University has lost an able teacher: the Baylor family a beloved member, and the community a loyal citizen. Second, this formal expression of our esteem for our departed colleague. teacher and friend, be tendered to the widow and children thus sadly bereaved. Third, that the text of these resolutions is spread upon the minutes of the faculty of Baylor University; that copies be handed to the editor of the Baylor Lariat and of the Round-Up for publication in those periodicals; and that the press representatives of Baylor he requested to arrange for the publication of those resolutions in the daily papers of the city of Waco. It is peculiarly appropriate that Baylor University should express in this formal manner the profound emotions which are awakened by the death of Miss Eschol Taylor, for three years a student under the lamented Professor Hoffmann, and for six years a teacher in the department of music. A daughter of Dr. Z. C. Taylor, an honored alumnus of Baylor University, and one of the first pioneers in the mission field of Brazil, Miss Taylor reflected in her gracious and womanly life the traditions of the old Baylor. Called at an early age to an important position in the department of music, she. nevertheless, by her faithful performance of every duty and by her fine technical skill, won the esteem and affection alike, of her pupils and colleagues. Her gentle Christian character, her conscientious art, and her unaffected dignity proved a benediction to all who knew her. Therefore, be it resolved: First, in the death of Miss Eschol Taylor, Baylor University lost a valued teacher, the Baylor family a beloved member, and the Baptist denomination in Texas and the south one of its fairest daughters. Second, that this expression of our esteem for the departed be tendered in profound sympathy to the sorrowing brothers, sisters, and other near relatives who survive her. Third, that the text of these resolutions is spread upon the minutes of the faculty of Baylor University; that copies be handed to the editor of the Baylor Lariat, and of the Round-Up for publication in those periodicals; and that the press representative of Baylor is requested to arrange for the publication of these resolutions in the daily papers of the city of Waco.
Contributor: Florence (48388881)
Following info submitted by FG Contributor, Florence:
Eschol Taylor was a graduate of Blue Mountain College, Baylor University School of Music (1911), and was a student at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Liepzig.
She was also a student of Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler.
She taught Pianoforte at Baylor University from 1911-1913, and from 1914-1919.
She died in the Corpus Christi Hurricane of 1919.
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Hello! I found articles about Eschol Taylor from The Lariat (Waco, Texas), Vol. 21, No. 01, Thursday, October 09, 1919:
TWO PROMINENT MEMBERS OF BAYLOR'S FINE ARTS FACULTY, VICTIMS OF CORPUS CHRISTI STORM
Baylor and friends over the entire southwest are saddened because of the death of Prof. Rudolf Hoffmann, head of the Department of Music, and Miss Eschol Taylor, instructor in pianoforte, who drowned during the recent storm in Corpus Christi. Professor Hoffmann, who was an American citizen by naturalization, was forty-five years old at the time of his death. He received his early musical education in Hamburg, Germany, and Paris, France. Prior to his leaving Germany he was a clerk in his father's music store and later was a clerk in a music store in San Diego, Chili, where he also gave private music lessons. He became head of the Department of Music at Baylor in 1899. Two or three years later he was married to his present wife, who now resides in Germany with two children, six and eight years of age. At the opening of the war in 1914, he and his family were visiting Hamburg, Germany, and on account of inadequate transportation facilities, he returned to this country, leaving the family there, not thinking he would be cut off from them. He passionately loved his family and home. John S. Tanner, who witnessed his death, said a few minutes before he was swept away, he came down from the roof, entered the house already several feet in the water, took the pictures of his children, tenderly put them in his spectacle case and went back to the roof, from which he was swept, together with Rev. and Mrs. Zachariah Taylor and Miss Eschol Taylor. He did not rise after going down and was reported found and identified, although Dr. Brooks, after a careful investigation, found no one who had served to identify him. Professor Hoffmann was a cultured, versatile man and a lover of athletics, but did not participate in them to any great extent. He was one of America's best chess players and has solved many difficult chess -problems which have been published in the newspapers of this country. This was his chief diversion when not engaged in his music or study. He was a constant amazement to his pupils in the breadth of his knowledge, being able not only to tell the history of the music work, but also of the life of the composer, and of the times in which it was composed. He was familiar to a high degree with literature, being able to quote easily from the masters. After his death, an English edition of Shakespeare, which he brought with •him from Germany in 1898, was found on his desk. During his connection with Baylor, he was an organist at different times at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Austin Avenue Methodist church, and the First Baptist church. He was punctilious to a fault in his social habits, never calling on anyone for a visit without first telephoning or asking if he might make the call; he liked to have the same courtesy shown him. If in these twenty years anybody has ever made a serious criticism about him as a man or as a teacher, it has escaped public notice. Miss Eschol Taylor, who drowned at the same time as Professor Hoffmann, was an accomplished pianist and was loved by all who knew her. She was born in Brazil, where her father and mother. Rev. and Mrs. Zachariah Taylor were missionaries under the appointment of the Southern Baptist Convention. She was educated in the schools of Brazil until, as a young woman, she was sent to America to study in the colleges of the south. When Miss Taylor came to Baylor she was a skilled musician and quickly won the respect of Professor Hoffmann. who highly valued her musical ability. After studying both piano and pipe organ for several years under Professor Hoffmann she graduated in 1911 from the Baylor University School of Music. Having been given a leave of absence from her duties as a teacher here, she spent the year 1913-14 studying in Leipzig, and with great difficulty along with other tourists was able to return home shortly after the great war broke out. She was one of nature's noblewomen; very quiet, almost excessively modest, never thrusting herself forward in anything but was always able to prove her merit in any responsibility placed upon her. She not only had the respect of her pupils but was especially loved by her fellow teachers and those who knew her best. Baylor students and faculty deeply feel the loss of these two fellow workers and extend heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved ones.
The Lariat (Waco, Texas), Vol. 21, No. 02, Thursday, October 16, 1919
IMPRESSIVE MEMORIAL SERVICE HONORING TWO STORM VICTIMS
School Pays Last Respects to Professor Rudolf Hoffmann and Miss Eschol Taylor of Baylor College of Fine Arts.
Memorial services honoring Professor Rudolf Hoffmann of the School of Music, and Miss Eschol Taylor, teacher of piano in Baylor, both of whom perished in the late gulf coast storm, were held Friday morning in Carroll Chapel. Preceding these services, at dawn the big flag on the university flag pole was lowered to half-mast as a mark of respect to these two splendid people. The program as arranged by Professors Trantham and Frank was begun with "Marcia Funehre," by Chopin, by Professor Frank, and orchestra. Appropriate resolutions, which were unanimously adopted by the faculty and student body, were read by Professor Trantham. Dr. Brooks then spoke words in appreciation of Professor Hoffmann and Miss Taylor. As an intimate friend as well as a faculty associate he was well qualified in saying. "I have never known two more sincere or conscientious people. As Miss Taylor had been a student of Professor Hoffmann, she understood his methods of teaching. There was always perfect harmony between them. They had both studied at different times under the same masters abroad To those who were closely related to Miss Taylor her loss will indeed be great. Professor Hoffmann was a Christian man of great forbearance. As a man who loved his family, he was always on the lookout for their safety and welfare. In 1914 when war was declared he had to leave them in Germany, but he continued to communicate with them whenever possible. When the storm waters were gathering around the Taylor home in Corpus Christi he did not leave for higher ground until he had put his family's pictures safe in a pocket case and offered prayer with his friends, in Professor Hoffmann I lost a friend who cannot be replaced. As one who could regulate matters of any nature, he was a great help to me. Professor Hoffmann and Miss Taylor will in the years to come to be splendid examples to students and faculty alike in Baylor." The -services were concluded with two musical selections, the first being "Our Loving Father," sung by Katie Claire Rogers, and the second being "Largo," by Handel, by Professor Frank and orchestra. The resolutions as prepared by the committee and read by Professor Trantham are as follows: Rudolf Hoffmann was born in Hamburg, Germany, on January 10, 1877. There he spent his early years and laid the foundations for that musical skill and culture through which he was to perform so notably a service in later years. As a young man, he continued his studies in the 'Royal Conservatory at Leipsig, where he had the advantage of personal contact with several of the masters of musical art. He lived and studied for a time in Valpariso, ''Chile, and while there was also engaged in business with a relative. Coming to Baylor University in 1900, he entered upon a career of patient and devoted service — a career which has endeared him to hundreds who have known him in the intimate relations of the teacher to pupil; which has won the respect and even the admiration of thousands who have known him through the far-reaching results of his labors. As dean of the department of music at Baylor University, he displayed that unfailing tact and courtesy, that consistent, yet sympathetic firmness which marked him as an administrator of a high order. Unassuming to the point of extreme modesty, gentle in speech and manner, painstaking and thorough, utterly conscientious m his conception of duty, singularly correct in every relation of life, he was indeed a teacher to lead, to inspire his pupils. to think upon high things. A devoted husband and father, a sincere and sympathetic friend, an exemplary Christian— in all respects he showed himself a gentleman without fear and without reproach. His death leaves a void that must remain, but we can find consolation in the thought that our beloved friend built more wisely than he knew in the lives of those young men and women who will lament his tragic passing and yet more resolutely bear on the torch which he so bravely held aloft these twenty years. Therefore, be it resolved by the faculty, students, and friends of Baylor University, in chapel assembled: First, in the death of Rudolf Hoffmann, Baylor University has lost an able teacher: the Baylor family a beloved member, and the community a loyal citizen. Second, this formal expression of our esteem for our departed colleague. teacher and friend, be tendered to the widow and children thus sadly bereaved. Third, that the text of these resolutions is spread upon the minutes of the faculty of Baylor University; that copies be handed to the editor of the Baylor Lariat and of the Round-Up for publication in those periodicals; and that the press representatives of Baylor he requested to arrange for the publication of those resolutions in the daily papers of the city of Waco. It is peculiarly appropriate that Baylor University should express in this formal manner the profound emotions which are awakened by the death of Miss Eschol Taylor, for three years a student under the lamented Professor Hoffmann, and for six years a teacher in the department of music. A daughter of Dr. Z. C. Taylor, an honored alumnus of Baylor University, and one of the first pioneers in the mission field of Brazil, Miss Taylor reflected in her gracious and womanly life the traditions of the old Baylor. Called at an early age to an important position in the department of music, she. nevertheless, by her faithful performance of every duty and by her fine technical skill, won the esteem and affection alike, of her pupils and colleagues. Her gentle Christian character, her conscientious art, and her unaffected dignity proved a benediction to all who knew her. Therefore, be it resolved: First, in the death of Miss Eschol Taylor, Baylor University lost a valued teacher, the Baylor family a beloved member, and the Baptist denomination in Texas and the south one of its fairest daughters. Second, that this expression of our esteem for the departed be tendered in profound sympathy to the sorrowing brothers, sisters, and other near relatives who survive her. Third, that the text of these resolutions is spread upon the minutes of the faculty of Baylor University; that copies be handed to the editor of the Baylor Lariat, and of the Round-Up for publication in those periodicals; and that the press representative of Baylor is requested to arrange for the publication of these resolutions in the daily papers of the city of Waco.
Contributor: Florence (48388881)
Per Ancestry Family Tree, Eschol Taylor was the daughter of Rev Dr Zachary Clay Taylor (1848 – 1919) and Kathryn S Crawford (1862 – 1894).
Following info submitted by FG Contributor, Florence:
Eschol Taylor was a graduate of Blue Mountain College, Baylor University School of Music (1911), and was a student at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Liepzig.
She was also a student of Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler.
She taught Pianoforte at Baylor University from 1911-1913, and from 1914-1919.
She died in the Corpus Christi Hurricane of 1919.
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Hello! I found articles about Eschol Taylor from The Lariat (Waco, Texas), Vol. 21, No. 01, Thursday, October 09, 1919:
TWO PROMINENT MEMBERS OF BAYLOR'S FINE ARTS FACULTY, VICTIMS OF CORPUS CHRISTI STORM
Baylor and friends over the entire southwest are saddened because of the death of Prof. Rudolf Hoffmann, head of the Department of Music, and Miss Eschol Taylor, instructor in pianoforte, who drowned during the recent storm in Corpus Christi. Professor Hoffmann, who was an American citizen by naturalization, was forty-five years old at the time of his death. He received his early musical education in Hamburg, Germany, and Paris, France. Prior to his leaving Germany he was a clerk in his father's music store and later was a clerk in a music store in San Diego, Chili, where he also gave private music lessons. He became head of the Department of Music at Baylor in 1899. Two or three years later he was married to his present wife, who now resides in Germany with two children, six and eight years of age. At the opening of the war in 1914, he and his family were visiting Hamburg, Germany, and on account of inadequate transportation facilities, he returned to this country, leaving the family there, not thinking he would be cut off from them. He passionately loved his family and home. John S. Tanner, who witnessed his death, said a few minutes before he was swept away, he came down from the roof, entered the house already several feet in the water, took the pictures of his children, tenderly put them in his spectacle case and went back to the roof, from which he was swept, together with Rev. and Mrs. Zachariah Taylor and Miss Eschol Taylor. He did not rise after going down and was reported found and identified, although Dr. Brooks, after a careful investigation, found no one who had served to identify him. Professor Hoffmann was a cultured, versatile man and a lover of athletics, but did not participate in them to any great extent. He was one of America's best chess players and has solved many difficult chess -problems which have been published in the newspapers of this country. This was his chief diversion when not engaged in his music or study. He was a constant amazement to his pupils in the breadth of his knowledge, being able not only to tell the history of the music work, but also of the life of the composer, and of the times in which it was composed. He was familiar to a high degree with literature, being able to quote easily from the masters. After his death, an English edition of Shakespeare, which he brought with •him from Germany in 1898, was found on his desk. During his connection with Baylor, he was an organist at different times at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Austin Avenue Methodist church, and the First Baptist church. He was punctilious to a fault in his social habits, never calling on anyone for a visit without first telephoning or asking if he might make the call; he liked to have the same courtesy shown him. If in these twenty years anybody has ever made a serious criticism about him as a man or as a teacher, it has escaped public notice. Miss Eschol Taylor, who drowned at the same time as Professor Hoffmann, was an accomplished pianist and was loved by all who knew her. She was born in Brazil, where her father and mother. Rev. and Mrs. Zachariah Taylor were missionaries under the appointment of the Southern Baptist Convention. She was educated in the schools of Brazil until, as a young woman, she was sent to America to study in the colleges of the south. When Miss Taylor came to Baylor she was a skilled musician and quickly won the respect of Professor Hoffmann. who highly valued her musical ability. After studying both piano and pipe organ for several years under Professor Hoffmann she graduated in 1911 from the Baylor University School of Music. Having been given a leave of absence from her duties as a teacher here, she spent the year 1913-14 studying in Leipzig, and with great difficulty along with other tourists was able to return home shortly after the great war broke out. She was one of nature's noblewomen; very quiet, almost excessively modest, never thrusting herself forward in anything but was always able to prove her merit in any responsibility placed upon her. She not only had the respect of her pupils but was especially loved by her fellow teachers and those who knew her best. Baylor students and faculty deeply feel the loss of these two fellow workers and extend heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved ones.
The Lariat (Waco, Texas), Vol. 21, No. 02, Thursday, October 16, 1919
IMPRESSIVE MEMORIAL SERVICE HONORING TWO STORM VICTIMS
School Pays Last Respects to Professor Rudolf Hoffmann and Miss Eschol Taylor of Baylor College of Fine Arts.
Memorial services honoring Professor Rudolf Hoffmann of the School of Music, and Miss Eschol Taylor, teacher of piano in Baylor, both of whom perished in the late gulf coast storm, were held Friday morning in Carroll Chapel. Preceding these services, at dawn the big flag on the university flag pole was lowered to half-mast as a mark of respect to these two splendid people. The program as arranged by Professors Trantham and Frank was begun with "Marcia Funehre," by Chopin, by Professor Frank, and orchestra. Appropriate resolutions, which were unanimously adopted by the faculty and student body, were read by Professor Trantham. Dr. Brooks then spoke words in appreciation of Professor Hoffmann and Miss Taylor. As an intimate friend as well as a faculty associate he was well qualified in saying. "I have never known two more sincere or conscientious people. As Miss Taylor had been a student of Professor Hoffmann, she understood his methods of teaching. There was always perfect harmony between them. They had both studied at different times under the same masters abroad To those who were closely related to Miss Taylor her loss will indeed be great. Professor Hoffmann was a Christian man of great forbearance. As a man who loved his family, he was always on the lookout for their safety and welfare. In 1914 when war was declared he had to leave them in Germany, but he continued to communicate with them whenever possible. When the storm waters were gathering around the Taylor home in Corpus Christi he did not leave for higher ground until he had put his family's pictures safe in a pocket case and offered prayer with his friends, in Professor Hoffmann I lost a friend who cannot be replaced. As one who could regulate matters of any nature, he was a great help to me. Professor Hoffmann and Miss Taylor will in the years to come to be splendid examples to students and faculty alike in Baylor." The -services were concluded with two musical selections, the first being "Our Loving Father," sung by Katie Claire Rogers, and the second being "Largo," by Handel, by Professor Frank and orchestra. The resolutions as prepared by the committee and read by Professor Trantham are as follows: Rudolf Hoffmann was born in Hamburg, Germany, on January 10, 1877. There he spent his early years and laid the foundations for that musical skill and culture through which he was to perform so notably a service in later years. As a young man, he continued his studies in the 'Royal Conservatory at Leipsig, where he had the advantage of personal contact with several of the masters of musical art. He lived and studied for a time in Valpariso, ''Chile, and while there was also engaged in business with a relative. Coming to Baylor University in 1900, he entered upon a career of patient and devoted service — a career which has endeared him to hundreds who have known him in the intimate relations of the teacher to pupil; which has won the respect and even the admiration of thousands who have known him through the far-reaching results of his labors. As dean of the department of music at Baylor University, he displayed that unfailing tact and courtesy, that consistent, yet sympathetic firmness which marked him as an administrator of a high order. Unassuming to the point of extreme modesty, gentle in speech and manner, painstaking and thorough, utterly conscientious m his conception of duty, singularly correct in every relation of life, he was indeed a teacher to lead, to inspire his pupils. to think upon high things. A devoted husband and father, a sincere and sympathetic friend, an exemplary Christian— in all respects he showed himself a gentleman without fear and without reproach. His death leaves a void that must remain, but we can find consolation in the thought that our beloved friend built more wisely than he knew in the lives of those young men and women who will lament his tragic passing and yet more resolutely bear on the torch which he so bravely held aloft these twenty years. Therefore, be it resolved by the faculty, students, and friends of Baylor University, in chapel assembled: First, in the death of Rudolf Hoffmann, Baylor University has lost an able teacher: the Baylor family a beloved member, and the community a loyal citizen. Second, this formal expression of our esteem for our departed colleague. teacher and friend, be tendered to the widow and children thus sadly bereaved. Third, that the text of these resolutions is spread upon the minutes of the faculty of Baylor University; that copies be handed to the editor of the Baylor Lariat and of the Round-Up for publication in those periodicals; and that the press representatives of Baylor he requested to arrange for the publication of those resolutions in the daily papers of the city of Waco. It is peculiarly appropriate that Baylor University should express in this formal manner the profound emotions which are awakened by the death of Miss Eschol Taylor, for three years a student under the lamented Professor Hoffmann, and for six years a teacher in the department of music. A daughter of Dr. Z. C. Taylor, an honored alumnus of Baylor University, and one of the first pioneers in the mission field of Brazil, Miss Taylor reflected in her gracious and womanly life the traditions of the old Baylor. Called at an early age to an important position in the department of music, she. nevertheless, by her faithful performance of every duty and by her fine technical skill, won the esteem and affection alike, of her pupils and colleagues. Her gentle Christian character, her conscientious art, and her unaffected dignity proved a benediction to all who knew her. Therefore, be it resolved: First, in the death of Miss Eschol Taylor, Baylor University lost a valued teacher, the Baylor family a beloved member, and the Baptist denomination in Texas and the south one of its fairest daughters. Second, that this expression of our esteem for the departed be tendered in profound sympathy to the sorrowing brothers, sisters, and other near relatives who survive her. Third, that the text of these resolutions is spread upon the minutes of the faculty of Baylor University; that copies be handed to the editor of the Baylor Lariat, and of the Round-Up for publication in those periodicals; and that the press representative of Baylor is requested to arrange for the publication of these resolutions in the daily papers of the city of Waco.
Contributor: Florence (48388881)
Following info submitted by FG Contributor, Florence:
Eschol Taylor was a graduate of Blue Mountain College, Baylor University School of Music (1911), and was a student at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Liepzig.
She was also a student of Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler.
She taught Pianoforte at Baylor University from 1911-1913, and from 1914-1919.
She died in the Corpus Christi Hurricane of 1919.
***********************
Hello! I found articles about Eschol Taylor from The Lariat (Waco, Texas), Vol. 21, No. 01, Thursday, October 09, 1919:
TWO PROMINENT MEMBERS OF BAYLOR'S FINE ARTS FACULTY, VICTIMS OF CORPUS CHRISTI STORM
Baylor and friends over the entire southwest are saddened because of the death of Prof. Rudolf Hoffmann, head of the Department of Music, and Miss Eschol Taylor, instructor in pianoforte, who drowned during the recent storm in Corpus Christi. Professor Hoffmann, who was an American citizen by naturalization, was forty-five years old at the time of his death. He received his early musical education in Hamburg, Germany, and Paris, France. Prior to his leaving Germany he was a clerk in his father's music store and later was a clerk in a music store in San Diego, Chili, where he also gave private music lessons. He became head of the Department of Music at Baylor in 1899. Two or three years later he was married to his present wife, who now resides in Germany with two children, six and eight years of age. At the opening of the war in 1914, he and his family were visiting Hamburg, Germany, and on account of inadequate transportation facilities, he returned to this country, leaving the family there, not thinking he would be cut off from them. He passionately loved his family and home. John S. Tanner, who witnessed his death, said a few minutes before he was swept away, he came down from the roof, entered the house already several feet in the water, took the pictures of his children, tenderly put them in his spectacle case and went back to the roof, from which he was swept, together with Rev. and Mrs. Zachariah Taylor and Miss Eschol Taylor. He did not rise after going down and was reported found and identified, although Dr. Brooks, after a careful investigation, found no one who had served to identify him. Professor Hoffmann was a cultured, versatile man and a lover of athletics, but did not participate in them to any great extent. He was one of America's best chess players and has solved many difficult chess -problems which have been published in the newspapers of this country. This was his chief diversion when not engaged in his music or study. He was a constant amazement to his pupils in the breadth of his knowledge, being able not only to tell the history of the music work, but also of the life of the composer, and of the times in which it was composed. He was familiar to a high degree with literature, being able to quote easily from the masters. After his death, an English edition of Shakespeare, which he brought with •him from Germany in 1898, was found on his desk. During his connection with Baylor, he was an organist at different times at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Austin Avenue Methodist church, and the First Baptist church. He was punctilious to a fault in his social habits, never calling on anyone for a visit without first telephoning or asking if he might make the call; he liked to have the same courtesy shown him. If in these twenty years anybody has ever made a serious criticism about him as a man or as a teacher, it has escaped public notice. Miss Eschol Taylor, who drowned at the same time as Professor Hoffmann, was an accomplished pianist and was loved by all who knew her. She was born in Brazil, where her father and mother. Rev. and Mrs. Zachariah Taylor were missionaries under the appointment of the Southern Baptist Convention. She was educated in the schools of Brazil until, as a young woman, she was sent to America to study in the colleges of the south. When Miss Taylor came to Baylor she was a skilled musician and quickly won the respect of Professor Hoffmann. who highly valued her musical ability. After studying both piano and pipe organ for several years under Professor Hoffmann she graduated in 1911 from the Baylor University School of Music. Having been given a leave of absence from her duties as a teacher here, she spent the year 1913-14 studying in Leipzig, and with great difficulty along with other tourists was able to return home shortly after the great war broke out. She was one of nature's noblewomen; very quiet, almost excessively modest, never thrusting herself forward in anything but was always able to prove her merit in any responsibility placed upon her. She not only had the respect of her pupils but was especially loved by her fellow teachers and those who knew her best. Baylor students and faculty deeply feel the loss of these two fellow workers and extend heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved ones.
The Lariat (Waco, Texas), Vol. 21, No. 02, Thursday, October 16, 1919
IMPRESSIVE MEMORIAL SERVICE HONORING TWO STORM VICTIMS
School Pays Last Respects to Professor Rudolf Hoffmann and Miss Eschol Taylor of Baylor College of Fine Arts.
Memorial services honoring Professor Rudolf Hoffmann of the School of Music, and Miss Eschol Taylor, teacher of piano in Baylor, both of whom perished in the late gulf coast storm, were held Friday morning in Carroll Chapel. Preceding these services, at dawn the big flag on the university flag pole was lowered to half-mast as a mark of respect to these two splendid people. The program as arranged by Professors Trantham and Frank was begun with "Marcia Funehre," by Chopin, by Professor Frank, and orchestra. Appropriate resolutions, which were unanimously adopted by the faculty and student body, were read by Professor Trantham. Dr. Brooks then spoke words in appreciation of Professor Hoffmann and Miss Taylor. As an intimate friend as well as a faculty associate he was well qualified in saying. "I have never known two more sincere or conscientious people. As Miss Taylor had been a student of Professor Hoffmann, she understood his methods of teaching. There was always perfect harmony between them. They had both studied at different times under the same masters abroad To those who were closely related to Miss Taylor her loss will indeed be great. Professor Hoffmann was a Christian man of great forbearance. As a man who loved his family, he was always on the lookout for their safety and welfare. In 1914 when war was declared he had to leave them in Germany, but he continued to communicate with them whenever possible. When the storm waters were gathering around the Taylor home in Corpus Christi he did not leave for higher ground until he had put his family's pictures safe in a pocket case and offered prayer with his friends, in Professor Hoffmann I lost a friend who cannot be replaced. As one who could regulate matters of any nature, he was a great help to me. Professor Hoffmann and Miss Taylor will in the years to come to be splendid examples to students and faculty alike in Baylor." The -services were concluded with two musical selections, the first being "Our Loving Father," sung by Katie Claire Rogers, and the second being "Largo," by Handel, by Professor Frank and orchestra. The resolutions as prepared by the committee and read by Professor Trantham are as follows: Rudolf Hoffmann was born in Hamburg, Germany, on January 10, 1877. There he spent his early years and laid the foundations for that musical skill and culture through which he was to perform so notably a service in later years. As a young man, he continued his studies in the 'Royal Conservatory at Leipsig, where he had the advantage of personal contact with several of the masters of musical art. He lived and studied for a time in Valpariso, ''Chile, and while there was also engaged in business with a relative. Coming to Baylor University in 1900, he entered upon a career of patient and devoted service — a career which has endeared him to hundreds who have known him in the intimate relations of the teacher to pupil; which has won the respect and even the admiration of thousands who have known him through the far-reaching results of his labors. As dean of the department of music at Baylor University, he displayed that unfailing tact and courtesy, that consistent, yet sympathetic firmness which marked him as an administrator of a high order. Unassuming to the point of extreme modesty, gentle in speech and manner, painstaking and thorough, utterly conscientious m his conception of duty, singularly correct in every relation of life, he was indeed a teacher to lead, to inspire his pupils. to think upon high things. A devoted husband and father, a sincere and sympathetic friend, an exemplary Christian— in all respects he showed himself a gentleman without fear and without reproach. His death leaves a void that must remain, but we can find consolation in the thought that our beloved friend built more wisely than he knew in the lives of those young men and women who will lament his tragic passing and yet more resolutely bear on the torch which he so bravely held aloft these twenty years. Therefore, be it resolved by the faculty, students, and friends of Baylor University, in chapel assembled: First, in the death of Rudolf Hoffmann, Baylor University has lost an able teacher: the Baylor family a beloved member, and the community a loyal citizen. Second, this formal expression of our esteem for our departed colleague. teacher and friend, be tendered to the widow and children thus sadly bereaved. Third, that the text of these resolutions is spread upon the minutes of the faculty of Baylor University; that copies be handed to the editor of the Baylor Lariat and of the Round-Up for publication in those periodicals; and that the press representatives of Baylor he requested to arrange for the publication of those resolutions in the daily papers of the city of Waco. It is peculiarly appropriate that Baylor University should express in this formal manner the profound emotions which are awakened by the death of Miss Eschol Taylor, for three years a student under the lamented Professor Hoffmann, and for six years a teacher in the department of music. A daughter of Dr. Z. C. Taylor, an honored alumnus of Baylor University, and one of the first pioneers in the mission field of Brazil, Miss Taylor reflected in her gracious and womanly life the traditions of the old Baylor. Called at an early age to an important position in the department of music, she. nevertheless, by her faithful performance of every duty and by her fine technical skill, won the esteem and affection alike, of her pupils and colleagues. Her gentle Christian character, her conscientious art, and her unaffected dignity proved a benediction to all who knew her. Therefore, be it resolved: First, in the death of Miss Eschol Taylor, Baylor University lost a valued teacher, the Baylor family a beloved member, and the Baptist denomination in Texas and the south one of its fairest daughters. Second, that this expression of our esteem for the departed be tendered in profound sympathy to the sorrowing brothers, sisters, and other near relatives who survive her. Third, that the text of these resolutions is spread upon the minutes of the faculty of Baylor University; that copies be handed to the editor of the Baylor Lariat, and of the Round-Up for publication in those periodicals; and that the press representative of Baylor is requested to arrange for the publication of these resolutions in the daily papers of the city of Waco.
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