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DEATH OF DR. BARLOW,
C.M.G.
- a
Vice -Chancellor of the
University.
South Australia has lost by death one
of its most valued sons by adoption in the
person of Dr. William Barlow, C.M.G., the
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ade-
laide. The event occurred on Mon-
day at his residence, North Ade-
laide. The deceased had attained
the mature age of 81. The State
can ill afford to lose a scholar so emi-
nent, and, although South Australia is
fortunate in the possession of men of talent
and erudition, it will not be easy to fill
the breach which has been caused by the
removal of one whose best years have syn-
chronised with the growth and progress
since ite establishment of its principal seat
of learning. In its early— and most cri-
tical-time the destinies of the University
have been guided by two men than whom
no better could have been found. The
Chancellor (Sir Samuel Way) still takes an
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THE LATE DR. BARL0W. C.M.G.
active part in the affairs of tie institution,
but the Vice-Chancellor is dead. These
two venerable figures, associated as they
have been so long in council, senate, and
congregation in the guidance and regula-
tion of the chief educational institution,
have indelibly impressed on it their own
individuality— a feature that will remain as
ineffaceable as the corner stone of the
material fabric.
—Biographical.—
Dr. Barlow was born in Dublin in 1834,
and was a son of Mr. Peter Barlow, a
learned Queen's Counsellor of the Irish
Bar. He was educated at Trinity Col-
lege, Dublin, and at that University had
a brilliant career. In November. 1854. he
took a senior moderatorship in ethics and
logic, and qualified for the B.A. degree,
which was conferred on Shrove Tuesday,
1855. He gained the LL.D. degree in 1884.
While at the University Dr. Barlow was
associated with the Trinity College His-
torical Society, and in 1850 became its
auditor, or chief executive officer, and ob-
tained the gold medal for oratory. He
was called to the Irish Bar in Hilary Term,
1858, and for some years practised his pro-
fession in the Emerald Isle. In 1870 he
chose South Australia as a suitable field
for his energy and learning. He was ad-
mitted to the South Australian Bar in that
year, and practised alone until 1873, when
he joined Sir Richard Baker in partner-
ship. Dr. Barlow has not confined himself
wholly to law, although he was one of the
best-known figures in the legal community
locally. His principal public services
have been conferred upon the Adelaide
University. That institution was estab-
lished in 1874, and in December in the
same year he was selected registrar— an
office which he filled until 1882. For some
time he also acted as clerk of the Univer-
sity Senate. When he relinquished the
registrarship Dr. Barlow was elected to
the council, of which he remained a mem-
ber until his demise. Upon the death of
Mr. J. A. Hartley, Inspector-General of
Schools, in 1896, Dr. Barlow was elected
Vice-Chancellor of the University. He
was a prominent member of the Church of
England, and was for some time Chancel-
lor of the Diocese of Adelaide. He was a
member of the Synod and standing com-
mittee. He rendered distinguished ser-
vice to Freemasonry in South Australia
and elsewhere, and has been honoured by
the Grand Lodge in Adelaide. He was ini-
tiated in Ireland, and became Worshipful
Master of the Military Lodge in Dublin.
He was one of the foundcrs and Worship-
ful Master of Mostyn Lodge in this State,
and subsequently was one of tho founders
and the first Worahipful Master of Lodge
St. Alban. Dr. Barlow was included in
the King's Birthday honours list in 1914,
when he was given the distinction of
C.M.G. The picturesque ceremony of the
investiture of the insignia of the Order
was performed by His Excellency the
Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro-Fergu-
son) on September 3, when His Excellency
came to review the 1st Contingent of South
Australian troops prior to its departure
for the theatre of war. The ceremony was
performed nt Government House, when the
guests— who included Lady Helen Munro -
Ferguson— were received by Sir Henry and
Lady Galway. Dr. Barlow's sponsors
were Sir John Downer and Professor Stir-
ling, C.M.G.
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