Arthur J. Hoare Scholarship
Arthur J. Hoare, a graduate of the 1900 ‘Century Class’ from the University of Michigan, taught high school for several years before accepting a position as professor of mathematics at Fairmount College in 1906. During his tenure, he organized the first summer school in 1909, acted as administrative head of his department, and served as Dean of Fairmount College for nearly a decade. He established the Kansas State Association of Collegiate Mathematics in 1913, serving as president for two years.
In October 1919, Mr. Hoare was diagnosed with atrophy of the optic nerve resulting in complete loss of vision in his right eye and all but 3% in his left. A ‘born teacher he learned to type, read Braille, and using his incredible memory skills, resumed full-time teaching in 1922. His students regarded him with utmost respect, once even surrounding a fellow classmate who had cheated during an exam, explaining, ‘Do that again and you’ll wish you’d never set foot on campus.’ Mr. Hoare retired in 1944.
In 1961, upon his passing, colleagues contributed to the Arthur J. Hoare Scholarship, originally established in 1957, to honor the ‘man who taught in the dark.’