Final rites for Dr. Harry Newton Glick, who died of coronary thrombosis at his home in Amherst, Mass., Friday morning at ten o'clock will be conducted from the Congregational Christian Church of Amherst today at 11 a.m.

A son of Joseph M. and Diana Miller Glick, Dr, Glick was born Feb, 10, 1885, at the old Glick homestead, one mile south of Centerville, Augusta County. Here he grew to manhood, participating in all the farm and social activities of a large rural family of that period in the Shenandoah Valley. He was always studious and completed the public school curriculum of Augusta County at an early age at Centerville school. Being interested In education, at the age of 19 he secured a teachers' certificate for Augusta County and taught two sessions at Summit public school, before entering Bridgewater Academy in the fall of 1906. He graduated from Bridgewater College in 1913, with the Bachelor of Arts Degree.

While in college he was well known as a debater, representing the college and receiving recognition throughout the country.

During the summer of 1913 he did graduate work at the University of Chicago.

Dr. Glick and Miss Mabel Ruth Stuff of Polo, Ill., were married July 24, 1913. The same fall he entered Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., to further his education in the fields of psychology and philosophy, graduating with the Master of Arts degree in 1914.

The following three years he taught in Waukesha High School, Waukesha, Wis., and in the Freeport High School, Freeport, Ill.

In 1917 he moved to the farm of his father-in-law, near Polo, Ill., where he engaged in farming until the fall of 1920, when he moved to Urbana, and entered the University of Illinois, receiving the Doctor Philosophy degree in 1923. He then became professor of education and psychology in Massachusetts Agriculture College, now the University of Massachusetts, located at Amherst. In 1930 he became head of t h e philosophy department of the University of Massachusetts, which post he held until the day of his death.

Dr. Glick had lectured to his final classes before retirement from teaching, and with Mrs. Glick, was to have arrived at Bridgewater Sunday afternoon, May30, to visit relatives before moving to their estate in Rockbridge County, near Lexington.

Gardening was his hobby and through the years he had pursued it on the acres surrounding his home in the fertile Connecticut River Valley.

Since early childhood he had been a member of the Church of the Brethren, rendering active service as a minister until moving to Massachusetts, where he became an affiliate member of the Congregational Church. He preached many times at the Northampton Congregational Church, where Calvin Coolidge worshipped.

Dr. Glick was a radio lecturer and entertainer; he assisted the government as a psychologists to veterans; and is listed in "Who's Who In America." He and Mrs. Glick spent 1951-52 on sabbatical leave from the University of Massachusetts in Hawaii, where he attended lectures at the University on international relationships.

Mrs. Glick .survives, as do two sons, Deane Newton Glick, professor of landscape architecture at Michigan State College, East Lansing, Mich., and John Ferol Glick, in business in Los Angeles, Calif., and four grandchildren.

A small daughter, Vonne Virginia preceded him in death, as did a brother and sister, Edward M. Glick and Emma Glick Miller.

Surviving brothers and sisters are: Mrs. Minor A. (Bess) Shull, Staunton Route 3: Mrs. William A. (Ida) Craun, Bridgewater Rt. 2; Mrs. C. Shirley (Annie) Shifflett, Weyers Cave; Mrs. Roscoe (Mattie) Wise, Bridgewater; John T. Glick and William J. Glick, Bridgewater; and J . Paul Glick, Waynesboro. He also leaves 53 nieces and nephews, among whom are Dr. Galen Glick Craun of Harrisonburg; Dr. John T. Glick, Jr., of Broadway; Boyd J. Glick, principal of Montevideo High School; and Rudolph Glick, professor of mathematics, Bridgewater College.

Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg, Va
Tuesday June 1, 1954