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Samuel Spahr Laws was born in Ohio County, Virginia, United States, the son of James and Rachel (Spahr) Laws. His ancestors had come from England to Maryland in 1672.
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Samuel Spahr Laws was born in Ohio County, Virginia, United States, the son of James and Rachel (Spahr) Laws. His ancestors had come from England to Maryland in 1672.
Having acquired the rudiments of his education in an old-field school in Virginia, he entered Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, where he was graduated in 1848 as the valedictorian of his class. He then was a student for three years in Princeton Theological Seminary, graduating in 1851 with highest honors. In New York he studied law at Columbia College and in 1870 he was granted the degree of LL. B. His interests then led him to become a student in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, where in 1875 he received the degree of M. D.
In 1851 Laws was ordained and became pastor of West Church in St. Louis. His career as an educator began in 1854, when he became professor of physical science at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri. He was made president of this institution in the following year and served in this capacity until 1861, when, on account of difficulties resulting from his sympathy with the South in the Civil War, he resigned and began making a translation of Aristotle. As a Southern sympathizer he was arrested by Union authorities and confined in several prisons but eventually he was paroled.
He then spent some time abroad, mostly in Paris. Before the close of the war he obtained a position as vice-president of the New York Gold Exchange, an office which he filled with recognized efficiency. After resigning this position, he invented and introduced the "ticker" by which market reports could be telegraphed simultaneously.
In 1869 he was admitted to the New York bar. Called to the University of Missouri by unanimous action of the curators, he became on July 4, 1876, president of this institution and professor of mental and moral philosophy and of the evidences of Christianity. He served in this position until July 1, 1889. In his plans for the development of the university he displayed clear foresight. He believed that the university should be an integral part of the public-school system of the state, a fact which he forcefully brought before the legislature in 1887.
After leaving the University, Laws engaged privately in scholarly work until 1893, when he accepted a position in the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina, as Perkins Professor of Natural Science in Connection with Revelation and Christian Apologetics. He retired from this position in 1898, at the age of seventy-four, moving to Richmond, Virginia, and later to Washington, D. C.
Samuel Spahr was a scholar in the classics and in Hebrew. He had an extensive knowledge of the sciences; an able student and writer in the field of theology, he was successful in business and made a notable mechanical invention. His most profound interest appeared to be in theology, as evidenced by his teaching and writings. The latter, although brief, reveal a well-disciplined, logical mind and an extensive acquaintance with the literature in their respective fields. His published works include: A Letter by the Rev. S. S. Laws, LL. D. to the Synod of Missouri (O. S. ) (1872); Metaphysics: A Lecture (1879); Life and Labors of Louis Pasteur (1886); Christianity: Its Nature (1903); Polygamy and Citizenship in Church and State (1906); and The At-onement by the Christian Trinity (1919). He died at Asheville, North Carolina, in his ninety-seventh year.
Samuel Spahr was best known today as the inventor of the Laws Gold Indicator, a predecessor of the ticker tape machine. During his tem as president of Westminster he raised funds to establish an endowment that compared favorably with the more established east coast schools, and enrollment ranked fourth among all colleges of the Presbyterian Church.
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Quotations: "The authority of government in a school is not derived from the pupils nor is it dependent upon them in any sense whatever. . It does not come up from them, but it comes down upon them. . The only alternative to a pupil in school is to obey or leave, willingly or by restraint. . Any other theory works its own inevitable destruction"
Laws was a solidly built man of medium height, revealing in his appearance a strong, vigorous character, tempered with geniality, but capable of brusqueness on occasion. Although he was thoroughly honest in motive, his legalistic point of view, positive convictions, forceful will, and directness of word and act in discipline and in other administrative matters undoubtedly resulted in antagonisms which greater tact might have mitigated or even have avoided. His equally outstanding characteristics were his breadth of interests and his extensive and thorough scholarship. With an unusual memory, he had at command a definite, comprehensive, and well-organized stock of knowledge.
Laws was married, on January 19, 1860, to Ann Maria (Broadwell) Doubleday, daughter of William Broadwell of Fulton, Missouri.
