St. Clair County, Illinois - Chapter 29, 1928 (part 1 of 3)

Chapter 29

>HE Board met in June, 1894, with serious problems before it. The president had resigned; there had been nothing paid on the debt: and the first mortgage note, held by Mrs. Rebecca Forman of O'Fallon, was due July 19. She had already notified them that there would be no further extension of time, and that unless it was paid she would institute foreclosure proceedings. There was no candidate for the presidency. There seemed to be no one wanting a position so full of difficulty. The old college was like a ship on the rocks, with the tide receding and the pilot gone. After much deliberation, the Board elected Dr. Thomas A. Parker as president. He was a McKendree graduate of superior ability and ripe experience, who had already achieved things worth while. He had attained high distinction as a preacher, and in the educational field had held the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in the state of Missouri. He was elected without his knowledge and immediately informed of the action of the Board. He came and looked over the ground and considered the situation carefully and decided not to accept either the honor or the responsibility. This of course was after the Board had adjourned. The Executive Commit' tee immediately assembled to consider what must be done- They decided that the man for this difficult place was the Hon. McKendree H. Chamberlin. He had never been engaged in educational work, but the committee thought that under the circumstances the best man for the place was one that could raise the money to pay the debt. When first approached on the subject, Mr. Chamberlin refused to consider it. But Mr. Alexander W. Morriss, the only man of means on the committee, declared that he would not stand for another dollar unless "Mac would take hold and pull the old college out of the mire" So he agreed to think it over. After center' ing his thought on the matter for a few days he began to see in it a Providential call. He had a very close natural connec tion with the college. His father. Rev. David Chamberlin, was one of the subscribers to the original fund for the founding of the institution in 1828. He had been for a time a Methodist itinerant, and later he was a local preacher and lived in Lebanon. In the late thirties, when Dr. Merrill was president, David Chamberlin was in charge of the boarding department of the college and with his family lived m the original college building. It was at this time that his youngest son was born. November 17, i8j8. He was named McKendree Hypes Chamberlin. Thus it came about that he was born in the college, and named after Bishop McKendree and Uncle Ben Hypes. He grew up in the college atmosphere, entered the preparatory department as early as the rules would permit, and was graduated m 1859 with the A. B. degree and the first honors of his class. He then went to the Harvard Law School, completed the course, and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In later years he received the honorary degree of LL. D. from Grant University at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and in 1906 the same degree from the University of Illinois. He was married to Miss Helen L. Dana at Kansas City, June 8, 1869. Their only son is Cliffiard Dana Chamberlin, who graduated from McKendree in 1898. He practiced law in Kansas City for some time and later in Beardstown, Illinois. In 1872 he was a Republican candidate for Congress in the Springfield district which had been overwhelmingly Democratic. He was defeated by a very small majority. He tried various other enterprises but did not meet with what the world calls success, though he was a man of sound judgment, keen intelligence, excellent social qualities, polished manners, and unusual tact and urbanity in his contact with both friend and stranger. He was a man of vision and saw in his mind so many great things which he hoped to accomplish, that he was accused by some of being visionary. For almost half a century he had been cherishing dreams of what McKendree should become in the years ahead. He had been the leading spirit of the Educational Convention in 1868 which commemorated the fortieth anniversary of McKendree's founding, and which he hoped would result in the liberal endowment of the institution. He had tried the gold fields of the west and the stock markets of the east in the hope of making a fortune that he might bestow it upon his alma mater as an endowment. Up to this time none of his efforts had attained any considerable degree of success financially. But now he was offered the presidency and he got a new vision. It occurred to him that here was a Divine call to task through which he might accomplish the dream of his lite to endow McKendree. If he could not make the money himself, perhaps he could induce others who had met with fin.mcial success, to furnish the money that would place the old college on a firm foundation and assure her future for all time to come.

With this view of the case he accepted the offer of the presidency, feeling that he was herein answering a divine call. One of his friends said that he beUeved "Mac" had been fighting a call to the ministry during all the years since youth and that was why he had not succeeded any better in any of his many undertakings; but that the presidency of a Christian college was so near the equivalent of the ministry that the Lord would compromise with him and grant him success in this laudable undertaking.

The Board was called together in a special session on July i8 and confirmed the action of the Executive Committee in electing Mr. Chamberlm, president. The note was due the next day. Mrs. Forman was interviewed and consented to postpone foreclosure long enough to see what the new president could do. Here was the situation. The institution was under a burden of debt of $5,500 with no resources for its liquidation. It had less than $25,000 of productive endowment. The interest on the debt would counterbalance enough to bring it under $20,000. The institution was about to go under the sheriff's hammer to be sold for debt. The dismal financial situation would probably have its effect on the attendance. The rumors that floated about were not at all conservative. Financial matters so absorbed the energy of the President that he could not give much attention to a canvass for students. The vacancies m the fliculty were filled by the election of William C. Walton to the chair of Greek and Professor Fred Pesold to the head of the music department, with his daughter OtiUia as assistant in piano. It so happened that when the enrollment was complete there was no slump, but a shght increase. President Chamberlin went to conference, made an enthusiastic speech, and aroused the interest of many of the preachers. But for the first year his efforts were chiefly financial. After thinking the situation over long and carefully he reached this conclusion. The college must have at least $100,000 of new endowment to make its foundation safe. But he could not ask for endowment until the old debt was paid. Therefore he announced that he would expect the people of Lebanon to pay the debt, then he would ask a wider constituency to furnish the endowment. So he began his canvass of the citizens of Lebanon. It was necessary to give many of them a larger vision of what the college was worth to Lebanon, in order to induce them to get under the load with large enough contributions to lift the debt.

President Chamberlin was of a very emotional temperament. On the subiect of McKendree he always felt deeply. And when he was protraying the sacrifices which the fathers had made for McKendree in the days gone by, the tears often flowed freely. One good German lady, after hearing his presentation of McKendree's claims, and noting the earnestness of his speech and the tears in his eyes, suggested that she would like to engage him on the spot, to preach her funeral when the time came. The debt raising was a tremendous task. It took the greater part of the year. The difficulty of the task was increased many fold when just before Chirstmas came the failure of Henry Seller's bank. This not only cancelled Mr. Seiter's subscription of five hundred dollars, which headed the list, but also entailed upon the people of Lebanon who were depositors in the bank, a loss of over sixty thousand dollars. The undertaking seemed almost hopeless; but President Chamberlin was fired with an enthusiasm which was equal to that of some of the old prophets of Israel ; so he kept on in the face of discouragements. The winter passed and spring came. Still he lacked one thousand dollars of reaching the goal. One day in May he went to O'Fallon to see Mrs. Forman and tell her of his success or the lack of it. He found her at home with Miss Jennie Scott who lived with her. She seemed to think that the payment of this loan was merely a matter of business and did not call for any sentiment. But Dr. Chamberlin began to tell her the story of McKendree and the sacrifice of its founders, and what they had endured that the college might exist to bless the world, and how many parents had sacrificed that their children might get an education, and thus be more useful to humanity and the age in which they lived. As the subject grew upon him the Spirit of the Lord possessed him and he became as truly inspired as Amos the preacher of righteousness or Jeremiah the weeping prophet. The old lady's heart was touched as it had never been before. She sat amazed at the fiery enthusiasm of the man of God before her. She had thought of the college before as a borrower who was honest but unfortunate and slow to pay. Now she looked upon its representative as a messenger of Jehovah sent to reveal to her the truth which she had never even suspected before. She saw McKendree College in a new light and began to realize how important it was that the institution should live on and continue the work it had been doing. She now saw that money invested in that kind of an enterprise might go on forever bringing in returns in the form of world betterment and the development of human character and talent for usefulness, instead of a paltry six per cent. After a while she looked through her tears at this spirit- tilled prophet who stood before her with a divine light in his eye, and said, "How much do you need?" Immediately he replied, "One thousand dollars will clear the debt and enable us to go on with our program". Turning to Miss Scott she said, "Jennie, get out that box". Miss Scott pulled a sort of treasure chest from under the bed and unlocked it. Then from its contents Mrs. Forman carefully counted out one thousand dollars in cold cash and gave it to President Chamberlin. "Take this", she said, "and use it in the Lord's work". Thus the debt which had clouded McKendree's horizon for years was paid off. Later, in the fall of 1895, Mrs. Forman gave two thousand dollars more to install a steam heating plant in the three buildings which the college had at that time. Dr. Chamberlin had a marble tablet commemorating the donor placed in the brick chimney at the north end of the Science Hall. The system is still in service, tho it has been enlarged as new conditions required.

The paying of this debt was such an important factor in the subsequent expansion of the college that we insert here the names of the donors with the amounts contributed by each. The total was $5550.00.

The commencement of 1895 was full of enthusiasm. President Chamberlin had proved his ability to handle a difficult situation. He had accomplished what no president had for a score of years before. The Board did not know just what to expect of him, but they gave him free rein and they had suspicions that great things might happen.

Dr. Chamberlin felt that now with the debt out of the way, one thing more was necessary before the college would have sufficient self-respect to ask men of means for the money it needed for endowment, and that was to repair and rehabilitate the run-down buildings. So during the vacation of 1895, he turned his attention to that matter. He again appealed to the people of Lebanon for the means to restore the old buildings to a condition which would be attractive to students. Lebanon did not fail him. A larger number took part in this than in the debt-paying because smaller amounts would be acceptable. Since this improvement was another important step in McKendree's expansion, we give here a list of the donors as found in the records of the Joint Board.

Besides these cash donations, Mr. J. C. SomerviUe, of St. Louis, furnished window glass to the amount of about three hundred dollars. The windows of "Old Main" were changed so that they had two panes of glass instead of twenty-four. The windows of the other buildings were likewise modernized. Another gift at this time was a portrait of Dr. Akers, a fine oil painting by John Lupton. A suitable frame for it was donated by Fred Guerin, of St. Louis. The preliminary work having been accomplished, Dr. Chamberlm set out to find a hundred thousand dollars of new endowment for Mc- Kendree. He had a considerable acquaintance in St. Louis, and naturally tried to cultivate that field. But the moneyed men of that city had scarcely ever heard of McKendree Col' lege; however, recognizing the fact that it must be a worthy cause which he represented, would offer him a pledge of fifty or a hundred dollars. But these he steadfastly refused as being too small a scale on which to initiate so great an enterprise. He was greatly handicapped in his work by lack of means to pay expenses. His salary, after the first year, was fixed at twelve hundred dollars, but the old rule was strictly enforced that the salaries should be paid pro rata to the extent of the income of the college, and that any unpaid balance should not stand as a debt against the college. During the early years of Dr. Chamberlin's term, the members of the faculty actually received from sixty to eighty per cent of their small salaries. As the college seemed unable to provide an expense fund. Dr. Chamberlin spent a good part of his paying the expenses of his college work, and his family lived the best they could on the balance. He frequently compared himself with the Israelites in Egypt, compelled to "make bricks without straw."

Finally Mrs. Henrietta Cramp, of Bloommgton, through the influence of her brother-in-law. Rev. Lemuel Cramp, who was one of Dr. Chamberhn's classmates in McKendree, provided about two thousand dollars as an expense fund. With this his sphere of operation was enlarged. He reso' lutely adhered to his plan of getting a subscription of not less than $20,000 to head the list. After many months of effort, he finally secured a pledge of that amount from Dr. D. K. Pearsons, of Chicago. The Doctor was an eccentric individual, well-advanced m years at that time. He had retired from medical practice and was spending his last years in giving away the fortune which he had acquired through the rise in value of Chicago real estate. His idea was to help small colleges. He declared that it was "the best fun in the world." His benefactions to colleges before his death amounted to more than four milUons of dollars; and this was distributed among scores of struggling institutions which appreciated it more than the big universities did the larger gifts of the multi-millionaires. Even with this good start. Dr. Chamberlin had a Herculean task. There were not many really wealthy men in Southern Illinois at that time, and those who had wealth were not trained to give in thousands. Dr. Pearsons' pledge was conditioned on raising the remainder of the $100,000 by a certain time. But the time limit had to be moved forward several times before it could be said that the conditions were really met. It was not until in April, igo-i:, that Dr. Chamberlin announced in chapel one morning that every dollar of the hundred thousand of new endowment had been subscribed. The students went wild with enthusiasm. A holiday was declared and they proceeded to celebrate. How a group of students hitched themselves to a carriage and hauled the faculty around over town has been told in another place.

That evening scores of the citizens called at Dr. Chamberlin's home and offered their congratulations. Many speeches were made, indicating the high degree of loyalty and goodwill for the college and its president that was to be found in the hearts of many of the people. Also the boys rang the old college bell as another outlet for their enthusiasm. Its tones of victory floated out on the night air hour after hour the whole night long, and the ringing did not cease till break of day. We have not at hand a complete list of the subscribers to this first real endowment fund the college ever had; but a few of the principal givers, those whose subscriptions amounted to one thousand dollars or more, were: Dr. Pearsons, Preston M. Johnston, John M. Mitchell, Charles S. Deneen, Mrs. Lucia I. Priest, Mrs. J. F. Robinson,

J. T. Keplinger, Dr. P. G. Manley, M. B. Woodworth, James E. Kelsey, and Judge Ethelbert Callahan. Dr. Chamberlin realized that this was only the beginning of what ought to be done in this field. No church college can run successfully and maintain proper standards without more than a hundred thousand dollars of endowment. However, this seemed such a vast sum compared with any endowment that McKendree had ever had before that some felt that everybody ought to be satisfied with it and let the matter rest. But Dr. Chamberlin fully intended to continue his efforts until there should be at least a half million of productive endowment. The Board provided him an expense fund, and like some of the college agents in the early days, he went East where there IS supposed to be a surplus of wealth merely waiting for a chance to be invested in some benevolent enterprise. He did not find it an easy matter but he did gain access to some of the agencies of benevolence and secured a subscription of $25,000 from the Clark Brothers, of Philadelphia, and the same amount from Andrew Carnegie, conditioned on the completion of another hundred thousand to be used either for endowment or new buildings. He later induced Dr. Pearsons to subscribe $10,000 more and there the matter rested for a while.

In his report to the Board at their meeting in 1906, Dr. Chamberlin gave his idea of the functions of a college, which seems worth quoting here: "The function of a college is not to guarantee perfect scholarship nor a complete knowledge of the subjects offered to and pursued by its students, even though they may have been passed to graduation. It is rather to furnish such knowledge of the various subjects pursued as will give the student a proper conception of their import; and the power to compare and correlate, that he may be intelligently fitted of himself to continue, by original research, along any of the lines to which he has given the four years of study incident to a college course; or to adequately equip him for successfully continuing his investigation in the best schools of technology."

He also had very definite convictions on the subject of college athletics. We quote again from the same report: "In what we have said concerning the college curricula, it will be noticed that no mention is made of athletics, for the reason that it has no proper place in that category. It is a mere incident to college life. While that should be its true status, it is nevertheless a fact that, in some of the larger universities, as well as many of the colleges, the incident is fast becoming the dominant factor with a large portion of the students in such institutions. The pretext used by the adherents of the more strenuous sports in college life, are as fallacious as the sports are reprehensible. The plea, long since used in defense of that most indefensible game, football, to the effect that it gives the needed exercise for the promotion of the highest type of physical development, and is the most successful method of creating college spirit, was very effectively ventilated during the discussion of that subject last fall by the public press, as well as college authorities. In spite of the fact that the tendency of the press, the country over, was emphatically adverse to the game, and its barbarities were so mercilessly exposed, there were no good-faith ameliorative rules adopted for the government of the gridiron; the season closing with twenty-seven deaths and one hundred and forty persons seriously disabled by broken limbs and kindred occurrences. Granting for the sake of argument that this particular type of exercise does promote the highest type of physical development, an institution which permits it is placed in the stultifying position of giving special privileges to the welfare of eleven of its students, at the expense of all the others who have greater need of its advantages than the stalwart few who have been gathered together as a team, by some ambitious high-priced coach, after raking the entire country, as with a fine-toothed comb, to secure the most effective material for his team. It must be admitted that the argument in favor of such a cruel sport is wellgrounded, if the chief object of an institution of learning is to promote so-called physical culture at the expense of human life and the broken bodies of the contestants. Serious as are the consequences named in connection with this so-called sport. President Eliot, of Harvard, names the above indicated evils as the smallest part of the objectionable features of football, stating in substance, that it is a fight, and that it promotes commerciahsm, professionalism, coupled with bad faith, deceit, and anything-to-win tactics, thereby giving to both the prize fight and the bull fight a place of moral respectability above that of the college game we are discussing.

"To localize our remarks, at the opening of the fall term, we exacted from the members of the McKendree team that they should, within a given time, obtain the written consent of their parents before being permitted to play the game. This it seemed difficult for them to secure, judging from the time it took many of them to meet the requirement. On personal consultation with the parents in four separate families, living in Lebanon, whose sons were on the McKendree team, it was found that in each case they were strenuously opposed to the game. Notwithstanding that fiict, through the importunity of their sons, coupled with the quasi-endorse- ment of the game by the college in permitting it, written consent was given. I pause to ask the question 'Can any institution of learning justify its attitude, by either sustaining or permitting a condition of things which teaches disloyalty to the precepts taught at the hearth-stone?' The above suggestions touching football are our warrant for recommending its unconditional abolishment. It might be said in this connection that the abuses found in all college games may be traced very largely to their intercollegiate character. The stimulus of rivalry in contests purely physical, between teams of different institutions, where less than a dozen contestants are engaged on each side, infects the whole body of students. Trainloads, in many places, go as 'rooters' and representatives of their respective institutions, until demoralization in college work proper naturally follows, while the victors are welcomed home with demonstrations which, in many instances, are a violation of state and municipal laws, both civil and criminal.

"It is no extravagance to say that many of our institutions of learning are schools of anarchy. Anarchy is disobedience to law, and as before stated, the infraction by students of both the civil and criminal code is not uncommon. If our colleges are to be schools where sound learning is to be dispensed and character made, all such lawlessness must be uprooted. The interdiction of inter-collegiate games would go far toward curing all these evils, and their abrogation before they become established factors in our college life would prove fruitful of beneficial results. Some institutions have already adopted the policy with the very best results, and have made themselves popular in the homes of the people, for the reason that the parents feel that their children will be safeguarded, under such regulations, from many of the dangerous influences with which some of our colleges are compelled to contend because of these reprehensible practices.

"I do not wish to be understood as being opposed to athletics. Physical culture is important, and field sports on a home field are not to be discouraged. Some plan should be devised whereby our gymnasium might be well-equipped and a physical culture teacher employed to take in hand the training of the students. In like manner he should have the control of the field sports, and stand for a system of physical culture leading to healthful bodily development, with the strenuous and demoraHzing games, requiring itineration, entirely eliminated."

prohibited, as well as all intercollegiate contests. A physical director was employed to take charge of gymnasium classes and home field sports. Professor Bertram E. Wiggins was the teacher employed for this work. He organized regular classes in various lines of gymnasium work, such as tumbling, trapeze work, parallel bars, Indian clubs, etc. In order to secure a spirit of competition, he organized basket ball teams in Philo and Plato and had them play against each other. The spirit of competition was excellent. They had cultivated that sort of thing in the literary societies until some of them had a rather strong spirit of animosity toward each other, but in the basket ball contests their contact was much closer and the feeling of opposition developed was correspondingly more intense until it was closely akin to hatred. After two years of this policy without any football and without inter' collegiate games of any kind, it was felt by many people of the community that there was too much of division in the school itself. Instead of all uniting against some other school, they were inclined to fight each other and lose the real college spirit. Then, too, there was much dissatisfaction among the students, and petitions were presented to the Board, asking for the restoration of intercollegiate games, and, of course, foot ball. At the meeting of 1908, feeling ran high. There was an inclination m the minds of many of the Board to reverse the athletic policy. By the second day of the meet' ing, without having taken a vote, it was evident to the minds of some who were able to feel the pulse of the assem' bly that this would be done. Dr. Chamberlin had already indicated to some of his intimate friends that he would not attempt to "carry on" as president if his athletic policy should be set aside. One of his close friends in the Board said to him, "We must elect a president at this session. Say that you will accept and we will re-elect you." But while the Doctor did not plainly say that he would refuse, he would not say that he would accept. From this, the impression prevailed in the Board that he would not serve longer if re-elected. So the motion was, to take a ballot for president without nomination. When the ballots were count' ed there was not a majority for any person, but there was a plurahty of five votes for Dr. John F. Harmon, and he was declared elected. Thus Dr. Chamberlin's term as President of McKendree College was ended. He had completed fourteen years of service, which was the longest term that any president of McKendree had ever served, and it is still the longest that has been served in the century of McKendree's history. In some ways the results were the greatest achieved in anv administration either before or since.

The enrollment was not greatly increased during the period. The total was two hundred and eight the year before he began and two hundred and forty-six the year he finished. Though at one time the total was slightly more than three hundred, yet it was made up largely of music and art students. It was not Dr. Chamberlin's usual policy to encourage the "side lines," but he emphasized the plain four-year college course, including plenty of work in the Classic Languages and Philosophy. During his term one building was erected. This was the gymnasium, built in 1902. The greater part of the money for its construction was given by Andrew Eisenmayer, of Trenton, so it was called the Eisenmayer Gymnasium. It was originally a plain, rectangular building, forty by eighty feet in dimensions, and equipped with a bowling alley. But later this was removed to give room to play basket ball. Some years afterward, wings were added on each side to furnish seating capacity for the crowds at the basket ball games.

During the Chamberlin administration, the endowment was increased from twenty-four thousand to one hundred and thirty-seven thousand. At the same time the salaries of the professors were increased from about seven hundred dollars annually to one thousand two hundred, paid in full. He also secured the subscription of $60,000 of the $100,000 that was later put into the dormitories and dining hall. He did much to secure the recognition of McKendree College in educational circles and in the councils of the church. He was able to utilize the services of the bishops and other prominent leaders of the church for baccalaureate sermons to a greater extent than any of his predecessors had done. Among the bishops who came to McKendree during that period were. Berry, Walden, FitzGerald, McDowell, Anderson, and Luccock. When Bishop FitzGerald was the resident bishop at St. Louis, he used to come out to Dr. Chamberlin's home occasionally, just to rest up a little. He also used his influence generously to assist in promoting Dr. Chamberlin's plans and the interests of McKendree. President Chamberlin was a Lay Delegate from the Southern Illinois Conference to the General Conference at Cleveland in 1896, and again to the one in Chicago in 1900. He was chosen a delegate to the Ecumenical Conference held in London in 1901. He was a member of the Rhodes Scholarship Commission for Illinois during the years 1904-1908, and a trustee of the Illinois State Historical Society, 1904-1910. While connected with the lastnamed organization, he secured the inclusion of the main facts concerning the early history of McKendree in one of their publications, and thus made them accessible to the later historian for all time to come.

In 1905, the year that he tinished the tisk of raising the hundred thousand dollar endowment fund, a number of his friends and friends of the college made up a sum sufficient to buy the Herbert Morriss home, in which Dr. Chamberlin had already been living for some time and which was then the property of Dr. Hypes. It was valued at $4,000 or more, but Dr. Hypes himself made a big contribution by a big reduction in the price. By previous arrangement, on Commencement Day, at the close of the graduation exercises and the conferring of the degrees and prizes, while the chapel was filled to its capacity with a crowd of interested people, Bishop FitzGerald, who was on the platform at the time, arose and, addressing Dr. Chamberlin, made a brief but appropriate presentation speech and handed him the deed to his own home. It was a melting occasion. Dr. Chamberlin was by nature very emotional, and he was so overcome by this unexpected evidence of good will that he was unable to utter a word for a little time. The Bishop started the old song, "Blest be the tie that binds," and the audience joined in. After singing a few verses, the nervous tension was relieved, and then Dr. Chamberlin expressed his gratitude in a few fitting words, and the people went home feeling that they had been present on a great and historic occasion.

In 1908, at the time of his retirement. Dr. Chamberlin was seventy years old and his health more or less impaired by the strenuous life he had lived for fourteen years in the service of the college. It was not likely that he would be able to take up a new job. The Board designated him as President-Emeritus of McKendree, with a salary of six hundred dollars a year. They also made him a Trustee, and he was thus a member of the Board. This was soon after the establishment of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. One of the functions of this organization was to furnish retiring allowances for teachers in higher institutions of learning. Earnest efforts were made by his friends, both in Lebanon and St. Louis, to have him placed on the list for a retiring allowance. But there were two rules in the code of the Carnegie Foundation which it was impossible to get by. One was to exclude all denominational colleges from their list. That kept McKendree out as a college. The other was that fifteen years of service was the minimum that would make an individual teacher eligible, provided all other conditions were met. Dr. Chamberlin had served only fourteen years, and so all efforts to secure a pension failed. About two years after becoming President- Emeritus, he sold his home and went to live in the sunny land of Southern California. His home for the rest of his life was m Los Angeles. Even m this new field, he made many friends in the evening time of life. His death occurred July 28, 1914. His body was cremated and the ashes shipped to Lebanon. With very simple funeral rites conducted by Prof. W. C. Walton, who had been his Vice-president at McKendree, they were laid to rest in College Hill Cemetery, a spot which he had regarded as sacred during the whole span of his earthly life. Mrs. Chamberlin still lives (1928) in California with her son and grandson. She was her husband's great inspiration during all their married lite, and now IS only waiting to join him again in the life to come.

A resolution expressing appreciation of Dr. Chamberlin's work m behalf of the college was presented by Rev. F. W. Loy, D. D., and was unanimously adopted. It reads as follows :

The Joint Board of Trustees and Visitors of McKendree College, in annual session assembled, June 11, 1908, as an expression of appreciation of the enthusiastic and able services rendered by you to McKendree College in its time of need, unanimously adopted the following resolution:

Whereas, Doctor M. H. Chamberlin, as President of Mc- Kendree College for the past fourteen years, has by his untiring efforts and disinterested service, rendered to the cause of Higher Christian Education, relieved the college from embarrassing indebtedness, improved and increased its property, and added a hundred thousand dollars to its permanent endowment; and

Whereas, by his wise counsel, the courses of study have been improved, and the standards of the college elevated, and by his invigorating personality, its influence has been extended;

Therefore, be it resolved. That we gratefully record and heartily express our appreciation of the devotion of his exceptional powers of mind and soul, for so long a period of his life, to the upbuilding and administration of the college; and our belief that whatever advancement McKendree makes in the future has been made possible by the work of Dr. M. H. Chamberlin, whose Hfe has been built into its structure, and whose name is inseparably connected with its history; and therefore, we pray upon him and upon his noble wife, and upon all who are near and dear to them by the ties of nature and of love, the benediction of our Gracious Heavenly Father, who knows the hearts of men, and who alone can reward each according to his merit.

The following is ,1 list of instructors in McKendree who became members of the faculty during the presidency of Dr. Chamberhn. Biographies of some of these will be found elsewhere in the history : Fred Pesold, Director of the Music Department; Otillia Pesold Fulgham, Piano; Arnold Pesold, VioHn; William C. Walton, Greek; George C. Worth, Law; M. Edwin Johnson, Voice; C. Munro Sandoval, Spanish; Edward P. Perry, Expression; George A. Crow, Law; Charles R. Forster, Latin; William Earl Stilson, Mathematics; CHfford D. Chamberlin, Spanish; George W. Greenwood, Mathematics; Leroy T. Weeks, English; William E. Lugenbeel, Mathematics; Frank W. Cady, English; Bertram E. Wiggins, Director of Athletics; James C. Dolley, Latin. PROF. JAMES C. DOLLEY, D^ Litt.

James Clay Dolley was born m New Hampton, Virginia, August 7, 1865. His father was Rev. Saul B. Dolley, a member of the Baltimore Conference of the M. E. Church, South. He was a product of the "Old Dominion," born in the year McKendree College was founded, and was a Methodist before the time of the division of the church over the slavery question. James C. graduated from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia, receiving his A. B. degree in 1888, and m 1898 the same institution granted him the degree of A. M. He also received the same degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1918. Immediately after his graduation, he took up educational work and has been engaged in teaching ever since, except for brief periods devoted to further preparation. Among the positions he has held are the following : President of Allegheny Collegiate Institute, Dean of Hogsett Military Academy, and Principal of Kentucky Wesleyan Academy. He has been Professor of Latin in McKendree since 1899, and by a readjustment of the work in.1915, he has also been Professor of Greek since that time. He was Vice-president of McKendree for a period of four years, and registrar for the last five years, and still holds the office. He was secretary of the faculty for many years and has long been the official editor of the catalogue. He belongs to the Classic Association of the Middle West, The Classical League of America, The National Education Association, the American Philological Association, and the Archaeological Institute of America, Chicago Branch. He has done summer graduate work in the universities of Wisconsin and Michigan. In the summer of 1924 he spent a term in the American Academy at Rome, and travelled for some time in Greece before returning home In the summer of 1926 he made a second trip abroad, during which he spent most of the time in France. He was married June 7, 1896, to Miss Mary Turnley, of Spottsylvania Court

House, Virginia, who was his most etBcient helpmeet m every good work until her death in July, 1925. Three of their four sons have graduated from McKendree and are married. They are: Paul T., of Los Angeles, California; James C, of Berkeley, California; and Robert D., of Jacksonville, Florida. The youngest son, John Seiver, is now a Junior in McKendree.

Professor Dolley has also been active in religious work. Though not an ordained minister, he has frequently filled pulpits in various places on special occasions. He was treasurer of the Lebanon Methodist Church for many years. He has also been a leader in Prohibition and Anti-Saloon League work in this section, and has served several terms in the Lebanon City Council.

Prof. Fred Pesold

A remarkable musical genius, identified with the Lebanon community for more than a half century, was Professor Fred Pesold. He may well be regarded as the founder of the music department of McKendree, though he himself was willing to share the honor with his close friend of many years. Dr. William F. Swahlen. His name does not appear in the records as the first music teacher in McKendree, but he was the inspiration back of the movement. Mr. Pesold came to Lebanon from Germany in 1869 when he was only nineteen years old, and was closely associated with Lebanon interests for the rest of his life, and when his career was closed in 1926 his body was laid to rest in College Hill cemetery.

For many years he conducted a jewelry store in Lebanon, but on the floor above, was his music studio and that was his real vocation. He received his musical training largely in Germany from his maternal grandfather who was a friend of Richard Wagner, the great composer. Professor Pesold's Music School in McKendree reached its highest peak under the presidency of Dr. Chamberlin. During that period many of his students attained the degree of Bachelor of Music. In 1909 he withdrew from the work of teaching and went to St. Louis to live, but he never ceased to be interested in Lebanon. He continued to own property there and held it as his voting place to the end of his Ufe. He served the Lebanon community not only in connection with the college, but he had something to do with improving the music of every church in Lebanon, and for many years was Director of the Lebanon Singing Society. He also served as a member of the City Council, as City Treasurer and as a member of the School Board. He was married in 1873 to Miss Louise Reinhardt, of Lebanon. All their children had musical talent, but two must receive special mention here.

Mrs. Ottilia Pesold Fulgham Prof. Arnold Pesold

MRS. OTTILIA PESOLD FULGHAM His daughter Ottilia became an expert in piano and for years was his assistant as teacher of piano in McKendree. She married Dr. John H. Fulgham who was for years a prominent physician in Lebanon, and a member of the Board of Trustees of McKendree, but afterward moved to East St. Louis and is now the Coroner of St. Clair County. PROF. ARNOLD PESOLD Arnold F., the younger son of Professor Fred Pesold, born in Lebanon, very early in life manifested superior musical talent. At the age of eight he was playing the violin in the McKendree Orchestra. He delighted large audiences with his violin solos. Later when he was of suitable age he was the teacher of violin in McKendree for some years. He went to Europe and studied under the master violinists in Berlin. About that time he composed the well known "Mc- Kendree March" which for years was frequently heard about McKendree's campus. After returning from Europe he was married to Miss Irma Quante and they established their home in St. Louis. Since that time Professor Pesold has been teaching violin in St. Louis and playing for some of the large churches of the city. For fifteen years he has been a member of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, one of the best known musical organizations in the Mississippi Valley. For two periods he has been the violin soloist of that body. He now has a large class of violin pupils in his St, Louis

The Class Of Ls9.5 Alonzo R. Anderson

Alonzo R. Anderson was born at Belleville, Illinois. His parents are Abraham and Henrietta F. Anderson. He took the course in the Law Department of McKendree, receiving the degree of LL. B. in June, 1895. He did not engage in the practice of law, but at once resumed his work in the service of the International Harvester Company, in whose employ he has been ever since, according to our latest information. He was married in February, 1895, to Miss K. Morris Brown, of St. Louis, Missouri. They have two children - Alonzo R., Jr., and Margaret. He is a member of the Masonic Order.

Robert V. Gustin

Robert Vernon Gustin was born at Andersonville, Indiana, November i, 1874. He became a student in McKendree in September, 1892, and graduated from the Law Department in 1895, receiving the degree of LL. B. He was a member of the Philosophian Society. He was married July 18, 1899, to Miss Anna B. Lewis, of Lebanon, who was also a student in McKendree for several years. After his graduation, Mr.

Gustui was Principal of the Summerfield School from 1896 to 1900 He then began the practice of law in East St. Louis, where he is still one of the prominent attorneys. He served in the World War, holding the office of Lieutenant. He is a member of the following lodges: Masons, Elks, Redmen, and Woodmen. Mrs. Gustin died in 1916.

Mrs. Jessie Jepson Ritcher

Jessie Ormiston Jepson was born at Romeo, Michigan, January 15, 1875. She came to Lebanon in 1887 when her father became a professor in McKendree. She became a stu' dent in the Academy in 1889, and completed the Collegiate Course in 1895, receiving the degree of A. B. She was an active member of Clio. After her graduation, she taught school for five years - three years in Troy, Illinois, and two years in Lebanon. She was married June 25, 1902, to Charles E. Ritcher, an attorney-at-law in East St. Louis. After living in that city for some years, they went West and located m Omaha, Nebraska, where she died in 1918, leaving her husband and three children.

Rev. Peter R. Keplinger

Peter Russell Keplinger was born at Hornsby, Illinois, July 23, 1871. He entered McKendree in the fall of 1888 and graduated in the class of 1895, receiving the degree of A. B. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. His two brothers and sister were all students at McKendree for some time, but none of the others graduated. After finishing his course at McKendree, he entered Garrett Biblical Institute and received the degree of S. T. B. from that insti' tution. He was married in 1901 and has two sons and one daughter. He preached for several years as a member of the Southern Illinois Conference, then in Michigan for several years. Then he went West and served for several years in the mission fields of Wyoming. In 1912 he moved to Denver, where he remained for some years. In 1924 he was pastor of a Presbyterian Church at Brush, Colorado.

Rev. J. Arthur Large

REV. J. ARTHUR LARGE James Arthur Large was born at Dundas, Richland County, Illinois, October 17, 1867. His parents were both natives of Ohio. His father was of Irish descent, and his mother, whose maiden name was Kirk, was of Scotch-Irish and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. In 1872, his parents moved to a farm near Newton, Illinois. He graduated from the Newton High School in 1885, and from Hayward Collegiate Institute in 1890. He entered McKendree in 1892 and graduated in 1895, receiving the degree of A. B. He received the degree of A. M. from the University of Denver in 1910. While in McKendree, he was a member of the Platonian Literary

Society. During his last year in college, he served as supply pastor at Glen Carbon, Illinois. He then joined the Southern Illinois Conference and served regular pastorates until 1905. He was then transferred to the Colorado Conference and spent the remainder of his life in that field. He was married in October, 1895, to Miss Lulu May Love. They have six children: Robert Walter, Grace Evelyn, Roy Vernon, Mary Lois, Ruth Elizabeth, and Agnes May. He died at Alamosa, Colorado, September 4, 1922.

Robert S, Louden

ROBERT S, LOUDEN Robert S. Louden was born near Trenton, Illinois, October 26, 1866. He is a son of John and Rosanna (Craig) Louden, who were both natives of Ireland coming to America m early life. He took several terms of regular college work in McKendree and completed the Law Course m 1895, receiving the degree of LL. B. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. After graduation he practiced law and engaged in the real estate and insurance business in Lebanon for several years; he then served as assistant postmaster in Lebanon for three years; then engaged in mercantile business in CoUinsville. He was a member of the Masonic Order. He was married in June, 1899, to Miss Alice Hadley, of Collinsville. They have two children, Mary and Robert. He died at Denver, Colorado, Dec. 31, 191 5.

Charles J. Maurer

Charles J. Maurer was born m St. Louis, Missouri, August 8, 1868. While living at St. Jacob, Illinois, he came to McKendree as a student. He took only a part of the Literary Course, but completed the Law Course. He graduated in 1895, receiving the degree of LL. B. He was a member of the Plato Society. He was admitted to the bar of the state of Missouri and practiced law for some years in the city of St. Louis with good success. In 191 3 he moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, where in addition to his law business, he is engaged in raising citrus fruits. He was married August 15, 1900. He is a Mason.

Mrs. Olive Miller Chaffin

Olive Irene Miller was born near Caseyville, Illinois, December 7, 1875. She is a daughter of Dr. Lloyd T. Miller, who is of German ancestry, and Mrs. Margaret (Blake) Miller, American. She became a student in McKendree in September, 1891, and graduated in June, 189'i, receiving the degree of B. S. She was a member of the Clionian Literary Society. She was married September 6, 1899, to H. C. Chaffin, of the class of 1897. Their only son died at the age of twenty. They now Hve on the Miller farm near Caseyville.

Hon. William E Trautmann

HON. WILLIAM E TRAUTMANN William Emil Trautmann was born near CaseyviUe. Illinois, August 16, 1872. He first became a student in McKendree in the fall of 1889 and completed the Law Course m 1895, receiving the degree of LL. B. In 1895 he completed the Scientific Course and received the degree of B. S. In 1898 he was granted the degree of Master of Science. He was a member of the Philosophian Society. He began the practice of law in East St. Louis in 1897. In 1898 he was elected to the Illinois Legislature from the forty-ninth Senatorial District. He was re-elected in 1900, 1902. and 1904. In May, 1905, he was appointed by President Roosevelt to the office of United States District Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois. He was re-appointed to the same position by President Taft in 1910. He was married November 25, 1910, to Miss Evelyn L. Kinne. They reside in East St. Louis. Mr. Trautmann is a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Elks, and Modern Woodmen ; he also belongs to the East St. Louis Commercial Club and the St. Clair Country Club.

Dr. Herbert A. Morriss

Herbert Alexander Morriss was born in Chicago, December ji, 1875. Later his parents moved to Lebanon and he became a student in McKendree in 1889. He graduated in 1895, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of Plato. He then took a Medical Course in St. Louis University, and received the degree of M. D. in 1898. He then went abroad and pursued graduate studies in Medicine in Berlin and in London. From 1902 to 1904 he was Professor of Surgery in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in St. Louis. For many years he has been practicing his profession 'n Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a member of the Elks and Masonic Lodges. He was married January 10, 1912, to Miss Lillian Dingle, of Louisiana. They have one son, Herbert Alexander, Jr.

William Morrow was born in Guernsey County, Ohio. He attended Madison College, at Antrim, Ohio, where he graduated in 1857. He was a Presbyterian minister, and after spending many years in the pastorate, he was employed in his later years as agent for a home for the aged in Chicago. McKendree conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts in 189'i.

Mrs. Kate Otwell Karnes

Kate Otwell was born at Plainview, Illinois, October 21, 1872. Her parents are William H. and Frances (Brown) Otwell, who are both American for many generations back. She entered McKendree in the fall of 1889 and graduated m 1895, receiving the degree of A. B. She immediately took up post graduate work and secured the degree of A. M. in 1896, and Ph. D. in 1898. She was a member of the Clionian Society. She taught school four years - two near Plainview, Illinois, and two in Montana, at Fridley and Chico. June 5, 1901, she was married to Francis M. Karnes, of Fridley, Montana. They have one son and two daughters. They lived on a ranch about one mile from the Yellowstone River and within five miles of Yellowstone National Park. Mrs. Karnes has been a member of the Methodist Church since early youth.

When their oldest son, Guy, was old enough to enter McKendree, the Karnes" moved to Lebanon to give their children an education. Guy and Christine both graduated from McKendree. Marie finished her Junior year and then went to another institution to get some special work she

Mrs. Ella Surguy Bainbridge

Ella Surguy was born at New Haven, Illinois, in 1874. She is a daughter of James and Sarah E. Surguy. After completing her general education, she came to McKendree and entered the Music Department, from which she graduated in 1895, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Music. She afterward took a course at the Beethoven Conservatory, in St. Louis. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church. She was married in 1899, to Mr. C. W. Bainbridge, a banker of Norris City, Illinois. They have one daughter, Beatrice Louise, born in June, 1909. They later moved to Pana, Illinois.

Prof. C. Edmund Neil

PROF. C. EDMUND NEIL One of the McKendreans who has attained high standing in his chosen field is Charles Edmund Neil, Professor of Public Speaking in Boston University. He was born in Clinton County, Illinois, October 12, 1871. He took his A. B. at McKendree in 189'; with the first honors of the class. He then went to Ohio Wesleyan University, where he graduated from the School of Oratory in 1897 and received the degree of A. M. in 1898. He was then for two years a special student m the psychology of speech and character interpretation. After these years of deliberate thorough preparation he was ready for the highest type of service in his chosen field of Speech. He has held the following positions: Assistant Professor of Oratory in Ohio Wesleyan, Professor of Oratory in Denison University, Professor of Public Speaking in West Virginia University, and Professor of Public Speaking m Newton Theological Institute and Boston University, which is his present position. Besides this work of teaching he has been doing public platform work for thirty years, covering the greater part of the United States and Canada, and portions of the Far East. He is author of "Sources of Effectiveness in Public Speaking". He has travelled extensively in Europe and the Orient. He was speaker and organizer for the various patriotic causes during the World War, and m 1918-19 was special commissioner for the Centenary in the Far East. He is a member of the following organizations. Platonian Society at McKendree, Amphictyonian at Ohio Wesleyan; the Sigma Chi, Theta Nu Epsilon, and Masonic Fraternities; Square and Compass Club, Boston City Club, Twentieth Century Club, Appalachian Mountain Club, and English Speaking Union. He was married in 1901 to Miss Grace Gardner of Delaware, Ohio. They had one son who died in infancy.

THOMAS O'HARA Thomas O'Hara completed the Law Course in McKendree College and graduated in the class of 1895, receiving the degree of LL. B. He afterward practiced law in St. Louis. AVIS P. O'NEAL Avis Patience O'Neal was a member of the class of iSgi . She received the degree of B. S. Her father was a retired steamboat captain who made his home in Lebanon. He died before his daughter finished her college course. After her graduation, she and her mother left Lebanon and we have not been able to trace their history since that time. EDITH L. THRALL Edith Laura Thrall was born at Freeburg, Illinois, July I, 1874. She IS the daughter of Rev. L. W. and Edith (Flint) Thrall. Her parents are native Americans, of Welsh and English ancestry. She entered McKendree College in 1889 and graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1895. She immediately entered upon a course of post-graduate study and was granted the degree of A. M. in i8g6, and Ph. D. in

1898 by her Alm.i Mater. She was a member of the Clionian Literary Society. She is a graduate of the Chicago Training School and she attended Chicago University one summer. She has held the following positions in educational work: one year assistant principal of the Marissa High School; two years teacher in the Lebanon public schools; one year assistant principal of the Morrison High School; four years teacher of English in Jennings Seminary, at Aurora, Illinois. She is still a member of the faculty in Jennings. She has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since early youth and besides her teaching, she engages in deaconess work.

Robert L. Merker

Robert L. Merker, of East St. Louis, enrolled in the Mc- Kendree College Law Department, from which he graduated in 1895, receiving the degree of LL. B. In 191 3 he was employed in the interest of the International Harvester Company, with headquarters at Atlanta, Georgia. Since then we have failed to get any information concerning him. He has not reported recently to the college.

Frederick F. Miller

FREDERICK F. MILLER Frederick F Miller was born at Troy, Illinois, October 28, 1867. After having had some previous preparation, he entered McKendree in 1893, to take a law course. He grad' uated in 1895 with the degree of LL. B. He was a member of Philo. He immediately entered upon the practice of his profession in Troy, and continued in this line until his death, which occurred March 5, 1907. He was a member and active worker in the Methodist Church. He also helonged to the Odd Fellows. He was married July 2, 1897, to Miss Mayme Joseph, of Troy. To them were born five sons - Melvin,Elwood, Orator, Frederick, and Ray.

Mrs. Mamie Turner Rhodes

MRS. MAMIE TURNER RHODES Mamie Elaine Turner was born near Lebanon, Illinois, June 22, 1874. Her parents are Young and Mary Turner, who are both American born. They were both slaves before the Civil War. She became a student in McKendree in September, 1891, and graduated in June, 189^, receiving the degree of A. B. She attended Oberlm College in Ohio for some time before entering McKendree. She taught school one year at Gallatin, Missouri, and two years at Pittsburg, Texas. She was married December 30, 1897, to James Henry Rhodes. They have two children - Vernice and Amy Belle. Mrs. Rhodes is a Methodist and has been an active Sunday School worker a good part of her life time. She and her husband resided near Lebanon for some years till the husband died. Mrs. Rhodes then engaged in teaching, which is still her vocation. She works in one of the colored schools in East St. Louis. Both her daughters are high school graduates. She has the distinction of being the only colored graduate Mc- Kendree has ever sent out.

Jennie O. Watts

Jennie Olive Watts was born in Lawrence County, Illi. nois, July 24, 1871. She became a student in McKendree in 1889 and graduated in 1895, receiving the degree of B. S. She was a member of Clio. She has been engaged in various lines of art work, chiefly photography, ever since her graduation. She conducted a studio for some years in Lebanon, and for many years was employed in the Strauss Studio, m St. Louis. For the past few years she has been living with her sister in Asheville, North Carolina. She is a member of the Methodist Church.

Orrin N. Yingst

Orrin Nevin Yingst was born at Carlyle, Illinois, November 9, 1871. He is a son of Rev. Adam and Nancy (Johnston) Yingst, who are both natives of Clinton County, lUinois. His father was for many years in the active work of the ministry and is a member of the Southern Illinois Conference. Orrin entered McKendree as a student in September, 1890, and graduated in June, 1895, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. Since his graduation he has taught school eight years, part of the time in Illinois and part in Colorado, and spent four years as a general contractor in Denver, Colorado. He homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of government land in Garfield County, Colorado, in the Grand River Valley, twenty miles from Glenwood Springs, in the great fruit belt of Colorado. In addition to looking after the interests of his ranch, he is teaching at Silt, Colorado, his present home. He was married June i, 1898, at Waterloo, Illinois, to Miss May E. Akers, of Bluffton, Iowa. They have two daughters and

The Class Of 1S96 Rev. Charles P. Andrews

THE CLASS OF 1S96 REV. CHARLES P. ANDREWS Charles Page Andrews was born at Byron, Illinois, July 5, 1867. His father. Dr. C. N. Andrews, was a native of New York Stite, of Scotch and German ancestry. His mother, Mary A. Page, was a native of Connecticut, and of Puritan- English stock. He entered McKendree in the spring term of 1893, having already spent a year in Rockford Academy, and two years at Blackburn College. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and before coming to McKendree had been licensed to preach by that body. During the entire period of his student life at McKendree, he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Lebanon, and at the same time preached alternate Sundays at Carlyle, 111. In addition to his college and pastoral duties, he found time to do society work as a member of Plato. He graduated in June, 1896, with the degree A. B. He then entered the McCormick Theological Seminary, of Chicago, where he received the degree of B. D in 1899. During vacations while in the seminary, he was pas tor of the Presbyterian Churches at Blair and Steelville, 111 and Wausaukee, Wis. He has since served churches at Gar den Plain, 111., and Amberg, Abbotsford, and Beloit, WiS' consin, and at Holt, Michigan. He was married May 10, 1899, to Miss Josie M. Otwell, who was a classmate at Mc Kendree. They have two sons, Wilbur and Leonard.

Rev. William L. Cunningham

REV. WILLIAM L. CUNNINGHAM William Littleton Cunningham was born at Mulberry Grove, Illinois, February 26, 1869. His parents were Henry Pyatt and Elizabeth Jane Cunningham, both native Americans. He grew up on a farm, joined the church at the age of 14, became a Sunday School Superintendent the following summer, and has been active in church work ever since. He entered McKendree in March, 1892, and graduated with the degree of B. S. in 1896. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. With the assistance of a fellow student, J- P- CARTER

Mr. T. P. Brannum, he edited a college paper known as the "McKendrean." He was baritone singer in a McKendree quartette which did much entertaining throughout the conference. Before coming to McKendree he had completed courses in two business colleges and, with the aid of this equipment, he paid a part of his college expenses by giving instruction in shorthand and typewriting. In 1896 he joined the Southern Illinois Conference, and has been continuously in the pastorate ever since, except one year that he sustained a supernumerary relation, that he might recuperate his health. During that year he was engaged in newspaper work. During this time he has served five years in the Illinois Conference, and one year in the Austin (Texas) Conference, but in 1911 he returned to the Southern Illinois Conference. He was married September 25, 1896, to Miss Myrta Sproul, of Sparta, Illinois. They have three sons and three daughters. He died in 1927.

Augustus H. Baer was born January 7, 1875. He is the son of Aaron and Adelaide Baer, who were both of German descent. He entered McKendree in the fall of 1895, and after completing his Law Course, graduated in 1896, receiv ing the degree of LL. B. from McKendree He afterward took a course in law at the University of Michigan and also ob' tained the degree of Bachelor of Laws from that institution. Besides his general practice in the city of Belleville, he has been City Attorney of Belleville for two years, corporation counsel for Belleville for many years, and has been special counsel for a great number of cities in the matter of street improvements and paving ordinances, as he has made a specialty of that line of legal work. Mr. Baer is a thirtysecond degree Mason and a member of the Order of Elks. J. P. CARTER

Mrs. Minnie Herdman Clemens

John Paul Carter was born at Nashville, Illinois, January 8, 1876. He entered McKendree in 1892 and graduated in 1896, receiving the degree of A. B. He was a member of the Platonian Society. After his graduation he took a Law Course in Washington University, St. Louis, and received the degree of LL. B. from that institution in 1899. He then entered upon the practice of law in his native city, Nashville, which is the county seat of Washington County. He is still pursuing the same vocation in the same city. He has held the office of City Attorney for several terms and has an extensive private practice. He is a member of the Methodist Church, the Modern Woodmen, and the Masonic Order. He was mat' ried June 25, 190J, to Miss Nellie M. Zerweck, of Lebanon. MRS. MINNIE HERDMAN CLEMENS

Minnie E. Herdman was born near California, Missouri, September 12, 1873. Her father was James Lynch, formerly of Lebanon, Illinois. Her mother died when Minnie was an infant. She was adopted January i2, 1875, by Rev. and Mrs. T. H. Herdman and was reared and educated in their family. She became a student in the Academic Department of McKendree College in 1890 and graduated from the Music Department in 1896, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Music. She was a member of the Clionian Literary Society. She was married November 2, 1898, to Mr. Charles E. Clemens, of Lebanon, Illinois. Their residence was in or near Lebanon - part of the time at Trenton, Caseyville, and

Collinsville - till July, 191 3, when they removed to Walsenburg, Colorado, where Mr. Clemens has a position as electrical engineer. Mrs. Clemens was from her youth a member of the Methodist Church, but some time after her marriage she united with the Baptist Church, with which her husband was affiliated. She died in Colorado a few years ago. DANIEL McGLYNN

Prof. William V. Jones

Daniel McGlynn was born at Nilwood, Macoupin Couit ty, Illinois, September 11, 1865;. He graduated from the Law Department of McKendree in 1896, receiving the degree of LL. B. After his admission to the bar, he practiced law in East St. Louis. For six years he held the position of City Attorney. He is a member of the following organizations. St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, B. P. O. E., Knights of Columbus, and the East St. Louis Chamber of Commerce. He has been twice married and has five children. PROF. WILLIAM V. JONES

William V. Jones was born in West Fulton, New York, October 24, 1842. He graduated from the Albany Normal School, which is now the New York State Normal College, and later received the degree of A. B. from Washington and Jefferson College. He received the degree of Ph. D. on exam' ination from McKendree in 1896. He taught for many years in the New York Normal College, holding various positions, among them the professorship of German until 191 2, when he was retired on a pension. Two of his daughters are college graduates, and his youngest son, a graduate of Cornell, is Professor of German at Dartmouth College. Professor Jones is a member of the Methodist Church and of the Grand Army of the Republic, having served three and a half years in the Civil War.

Joseph Burbridge McCullagh was born in Dublin, Ireland, in November, 1842. He came to New York in 1853 and became an apprentice in the office of the Freeman's Journal. In 1858 he came to St. Louis and was employed by the Chris' tian Advocate, one of the official papers of the Methodist Church. The next year he became a reporter for the St. Louis "Democrat." At the opening of the Civil War he enlisted in the Union Army and served as Lieutenant under General Fremont. He was also army correspondent for the "Cincinnati Commercial," and after the war was Washington correspondent for the same paper. In this difficult and delicate position he made a national reputation. In this period he was working in competition with Carl Schurz, Whitelaw Reid, and other notable newspaper men. He is said to have been the originator of the practice of publishing interviews with prominent men. In 1870 he founded the in Chicago. It was destroyed by fare m 187 1. He then c.ime to St. Louis to edit the "Democrat," later the "Globe," and finally the "Globe-Democrat." This position he held at the time of his death, December 31, 1896. He was recognized as an unusually able editorial writer. He established the McCullagh Prize in McKendree College in 1896, and the same year received the degree of LL. D. from McKendree. REV. ROBERT L. NUCKOLLS Robert L. Nuckolls was born at Fulton, Kentucky, June 29, 1865. His parents, John W. and Nancy A. Nuckolls, were both native Americans. He became a student in the Law Department of McKendree in 189";, and graduated m 1896, receiving the degree of LL. B. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. After his graduation, he practiced law in the city of Metropolis, Illinois, for several years and served one term as City Attorney. In 1900 he left the profession of Law and entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and became a member of the Southern Illinois Conference. A year later he was transferred to the Oklahoma Conference and labored m this field for ten years. He was appointed Superintendent of the McAlester District but after one year was compelled to give up district work on account of his health. By the advice of his physician he transferred to the Colorado Conference. He was married in November, 1884, to Miss Idora Cummins. They have one son, George L. Nuckolls, who is a member of the Colorado Conference, and two daughters, Lennie A. and Flora. Mr. Nuckolls is a member of the Knights of Pythias and I. O. O. F., having taken the higher degrees of Oddfellowship. He died in Colorado many years ago.

Mrs. Lulu Patterson Nelson

MRS. LULU PATTERSON NELSON Lulu Patterson was born at Beaucoup, Illinois, June 14, 1875. She IS the daughter of Ed. A. and M. J. Patterson, both of whom are native Americans. After having acquired sufficient Hterary training in other schools, she came to Mc- Kendree in September, 189J, and graduated from the Music Department in June, 1896, receiving the degree of B. M. She occupied a position as governess of children in Chicago from December 20, 1899 to July 10, 1904. From that time until the date of her marriage she taught music in Nashville, Illinois. She was married January 6, 1909, to Mr. Herbert J. Nelson. They have two children - William Edwin and Lena Irene. Mrs. Nelson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church wheri she resides at Lake Villa, Illinois. MRS. ORA POWELL McTEER Ora Powell was born at O'Fallon, Illinois, September 14, 1877. Her parents were William H. and Mary E. Powell - both Americans. She entered McKendree in 1893, and graduated from the Music Department in June, 1896, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Music. She was married July 28, 1900, to John McTeer, of CoUinsville, Illinois. To them were born two children - Harold and Beulah, of whom only the former is now living. Mrs. McTeer taught music for about four years before her marriage. She was a member of the Baptist Church and active in various lines of church work. She was Superintendent of the Baptist Sunday School for two years, and also served as president of the Ladies Aid Society for some time. She died December 7, 1910, and her husband followed her to the better world about two years later.

Mrs. Josephine Otwell Andrews Homer L. Richey

MRS. JOSEPHINE OTWELL ANDREWS Josephine M. Otwell was born at Plainview, Macoupin County, Illinois, October 29, 1874. Her parents, Wm. H. and Frances Brown Otwell, were both born in Illinois, of a mingled ancestry which includes representatives of the English, Irish, and French, among them John Alden, of Puritan fame. She entered McKendree in the fall of 1890 and completed the Classical Course in 1896, receiving the A. B. degree. She was a member of the Clionian Society. She was valedictorian of her class, while her future husband was salutatorian of the same class. She was married May 10, 1899, to Rev. C. P. Andrews, and since that time has been mistress of the manse in the various pastorates which her husband has held. She has utilized her college education in the discharge of the various duties of a pastor's wife and the training of her two sons, Wilbur and Leonard. HOMER L. RICHEY Homer Leroy Richey was born near Flat Rock, Illinois, September 19, 1874. After a preliminary education in the public schools, he entered McKendree and became a member of the Philosophian Society. He graduated from the Law Department in the class of 1896, receiving the degree of LL. B. He was married in 1900 to Miss Ella Cunningham, of Palestine, Illinois. They resided for many years on a farm near Flat Rock. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mrs. Estelle Spies Seiter

MRS. ESTELLE SPIES SEITER Vera Estelle Spies was born at St. Jacob, Illinois, February 19, 1876 Her parents are Charles and Emma (Blanke) Spies, who are both native Americans but of German ancestry. Her f ither graduated from McKendree in the class of 1872. She entered college in September, 1891. and graduated in June, 1896, receiving the degree of B. S. She was a member of the Clionian Literary Society. She was married June 22,

1898, .It St. J.icoh, 111., to Victor M. Seiter, of LeKinon, and for several years a student in McKendree. Shortly afterward, Mr. Seiter went into business in Kansas City, Moand their home has been in that city ever since. They have two children, Eugene Spies, born m 1901, and Dorothy Florence, born in 1906. Mrs. Seiter is a prominent social leader where she lives; is a teacher of both vocal and instrumental music; a popular soloist and professional accompanist. She IS the originator and an active worker m a "Mother's Club" in Kansas City, which has for its object the aesthetic training of children

Robert W. Sikking Hon. John R. Thomas

ROBERT W. SIKKING Robert W. Sikking was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, May 25, 1876. He was educated in the schools of his native city and then took a course m the McKendree Law Department, graduating in 1896 with the degree of LL. B. Most of the time since then he has been engaged in the real estate business, though he has served the public in various capacities in his own city. He was clerk of the South Side Levee and Sanitary District Commission and had charge of the work of the commission. At present he holds the office ot City Comptroller of East St. Louis. He was married in 1900 and has one daughter - Miss Marion Sikking. He has been a member of the Illinois Legislature. HON. JOHN R. THOMAS John Robert Thomas was born at Mt. Vernon, Illinois, October 11, 1846. He was educated principally at Hunter Collegiate Institute at Princeton, Indiana; and received the honorary degree of LL. D. from McKendree in 1896. He was a captain of volunteers during the Civil War. After the war he studied law and was City Attorney of Metropohs, Illinois for two terms and State's Attorney four years. He was then a member of Congress for five terms in succession and served on various important committees, including the committee on naval affairs. He has been called the "Father of the modern American Navy." He was Judge of U. S. Courts in Indian Territory for one term, at the close of which he resumed the practice of law and located in what is now Muskogee, Oklahoma. He has been Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge in Illinois, and a member of the G. A. R. He was shot and killed January 19, 1914, by an escaping convict at the state penitentiary at McAlester, Oklahoma.

Martha C. Weaver

in History and Dean of Women in Upper Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa, for some years. She was again Dean of Women at the Illinois Woman's College from 1903 to 1913. She is now teaching in the Cumnock School in Los Angeles, California. She received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from McKendree in 1896.

DR. MARSHALL W. WEiR Marshall W. Weir, Jr., was born in Belleville, Illinois, September 3, 1873. After being educated in the schools of his native city, he entered the McKendree Law Department, and after completing the course, he graduated in 1896, receiving the degree of LL. B. He was not a member of either literary society. After several years he decided to make medicine his profession instead of the law; and entered the Medical Department of Washington University, St. Louis, from which he graduated in 1906 with the degree of M. D. The following summer he did graduate work in New York City. Also the same year he successfully passed examinations before the Board of Medical Examiners of the State of Illinois, and also of Oklahoma. He located in Oklahoma City, where he is an influential member of the medical fraternity of that state. He is a member of the Oklahoma County Medical Society; the Oklahoma State Medical Association; the American Medical Association ; and is a member of the staff of the Wesley Hospital and City Hospital of Oklahoma City, and a member of the faculty of the Post-Graduate Medical School of the Southwest. He is a member of the Baptist Church, Yoemen and Mutual Protective League, and the Phi Beta Pi Medical Fraternity. He was married December 23, 1909, to Miss Jessie M Watson, of Oklahoma City. They have one son, Marshall W Weir, III, who was born January 4, 1913.

C. M. Wilton

C. M. WILTON Charles Melvin Wilton was born at Huey, Illinois, September 23, 1873. His father, William F. Wilton, was a soldier in the Civil War and a student in McKendree for a time after the close of the war. His mother, Sarah (Chard) Wilton, who died a few years ago, was a member of one of the pioneer families of Clinton County. While Mr. Wilton was a student in McKendree, he was an active member of Plato and much interested in music and expression. Even in his early years he was a good singer and song leader, and a competent accompanist. He was prominent in various lines of entertainment work and a member of one of the best male quartettes McKendree ever sent out. He graduated in 1896, receiving the degree of B. S. He was married in 1900 to Miss Lola Townsend, of Lebanon. They have one daughter, Mildred

Maurine, who was a student in McKendree several years. She is now Mrs. H. G. Price, of Ogden, Utah. After his graduation, Mr. Wilton engaged in teaching for some years. He was Superintendent of Schools at O'Fallon for five years. He then spent a few years in the business world. He was cashier for the Campbell, Reid, and Western Sales Stables, of East St. Louis, and later office manager of the Horse and Mule Commission Company, of Ogden, Utah. He has been a life-long Methodist and al' ways engaged in church work as a side line; but he enjoyed C. M. WILTON that work so much that he decided to make it the main job. He accepted a position as Choir Director and Financial Secretary of the First Methodist Church, of Enid, Okla. After a year there, he came to his present position as Church Secretary and Director of Music and Religious Education in Union M. E. Church, of St. Louis. He has twice served as Instructor in Hymnology at the McKendree Epworth League Institute. Mr. Wilton is still youthful in spirit and is therefore a popular leader in young peoples' work.

Mrs. Nellie 2Erweck Carter

MRS. NELLIE 2ERWECK CARTER Nellie Mabel Zerweck was born at Lebanon, Illinois, July 28, 1876. She is a daughter of Louis and Eleanor (Thomas) Zerweck, who are both native Americans. She entered Mc- Kendree in September, 1891, and graduated in June, 1896, receiving the degree of B. S. She was a member of the Clion ian Literary Society. After teaching several years in the Lebanon public school, she was married June 25, 1903, to Mr. J. Paul Carter, of Nashville, Illinois. Their only son died in early childhood. Mrs. Carter is a leader in social circles, is a member of the Presbyterian Church and of the Order of the Rebeccas and prominent in the Women's Club.

The Class Of 1897 Rev. Thomas P. Brannum

THE CLASS OF 1897 REV. THOMAS P. BRANNUM Thomas Perry Brannum was born at Nashville, Illinois, June 19, 1874. His parents, William Thomas Brannum and Sarah J. Scott, were both born in St. Clair County, Illinois. His father was a Methodist preacher and a member of the Southern Illinois Conference. He first enrolled as a student in McKendree in 1893. He was a member of the Platonian Society. While a student he was associated with a fellow student, Mr. W. L. Cunningham, in the enterprise of editing and publishing a college paper known as the McKendrean. He received the degree of A. B. from McKendree in 1897. The same year he became a probationer in the Southern Illinois Conference, and two years later was received in full connection. His first charge was Villa Ridge, Illinois, where he remained continuously for six years. He then entered Garrett Biblical Institute and in 1905 received from that institution the degree of S. T. B. In 1904 he transferred to the Rock River Conference and has served pastoral charges continually in that conference until a few years ago when he went to Redlands, California. He was married to Miss Miriam E. Roberts, September 5, 1907. They have one son, Hugh R. Brannum.

Mrs. Jennie Blanck Eisenmayer

MRS. JENNIE BLANCK EISENMAYER Jennie E. Blanck was born at Lebanon, Illinois, June 26, 1897. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Blanck who have long resided in Lebanon. Her father was bom in Germany but her mother is a native American. After com' pleting the public schools in Lebanon she entered McKendree and graduated June 12, 1897, receiving the degree of B. S. She was a member of the Clionian Literary Society. She was gifted with an excellent voice which she developed by special training. She was for several years Instructor in Vocal Music in McKendree College. She has also held the position of Supervisor of Music in the Lebanon public schools. She was married February 13, 1909, to Homer C. Eisenmayer, who was a student in McKendree for some time, and who was cashier of the State Bank of Lebanon for many years. They have one daughter, Elizabeth Blanck Eisen' mayer. Mrs. Eisenmayer and her husband were both mem' bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her death occurred in February 1919.

Horatio C. Chaffin

HORATIO C. CHAFFIN Horatio Clarence Chaffin was born at Clay City Illinois, January 4, 1873. He is a son of John Milton and Mary E. Chafiin who were of American parentage. He became a student in McKendree in September 1890, but his course was

Rev. Louis G. Cummins Mrs. Viola Crosby Moore

MRS. VIOLA CROSBY MOORE M. Viola Crosby was born April 28, 1881 at Rock Spring nursery which is situated three miles west of Lebanon. She entered McKendree in 1892 and graduated in 1897 with the degree of Bachelor of Music. After her graduation she taught music for a number of years. She is a member of the order of the Eastern Star, O'Fallon Chapter No. 487. After being employed by a commercial firm for a few years she was married to Mr. George Moore of O'Fallon. They still reside in that city. They have one son.

Prof. Alfred Ewington

PROF. ALFRED EWINGTON Alfred Ewington was born in the city of Chicago in the year 1862. He took the greater part of his college course at Illinois College, but spent his senior year in McKendree and graduated in 1897 receiving the degree of A. B. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. He taught school for a number of years before taking his college course, and after graduating continued to teach, study, and travel. He travelled in Europe in order to perfect his knowledge of the modern languages, studied in Paris, Madrid and Florence. He taught French in Washington University, St. Louis, and Modern Languages in the University of Missouri at Columbia. He has been for many years employed in the high school of Los Angeles, California.

Norma J. Hoffman

Norma J. Hoffman was born in Lebanon, Illinois, February 13, 1879. After attending the public schools of Lebanon she spent a year in Monticello Seminary at Godfrey, Illinois. She then entered McKendree where she pursued literary studies for two years and finished the course in instrumental music, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Music in 1897. She has been a life-long member of the Roman Catholic Church in Lebanon.

William Hutchinson

William Hutchinson of Belleville enrolled in the McKendree Law Department in 1895 and completed the course in 1897, receiving the degree of LL. B. Later he lived in East St. Louis.

James C. Jones

James CHnton Jones was born at Coulterville, Illinois, January 22, 1877 and died at Denver, Colorado, March 29, 1899. He was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Jones of Coulterville, Illinois. He was educated in the public schools of his home town, the Coulterville Academy, the Marissa Academy, the Normal School at Dixon, Illinois, and McKendree College. He entered the Law Department of McKendree in 1895 and graduated in 1897, receiving the degree of LL. B. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He was an able young man with the promise of a bright future before him; but about the time of his graduation his health began to fail, and after receiving the best medical attention without avail, he tried the effect of the climate in New Mexico and Colorado, in which latter place he finally gave up the struggle against disease as stated above. CARRIE F. JONES, A. B.

Rev. Clarence O. Kimball

Clarence Oliver Kimball was born at Golconda, Illinois, August 23, 1868. He received his education at the home schools, Anna Academy, Austin College of Effingham, and McKendree. Austin College, which gave him his A. B. has long since disappeared from the educational field. His work at McKendree was graduate work entirely. He received the degree of Ph. D. on examination in 1897. In 1909 Willamette University conferred upon him the degree of D. D. Previous to his coming to McKendree he had studied law and had been admitted to the bar. But he afterward changed his mind and entered the ministry. He served pastorates m the Southern Illinois Conference until 1902, when he was tran.sferred to the Colorado Conference, and in 1906 to the Columbia River Conference. He has served on the Board of Trustees of McKendree, of Denver University, and of Willammette University. He was a member of the General Conference of 191 2. He has been pastor of several prominent churches in the west. He now lives in Southern California. PHEBE E. LEWIS, B. S.

Adolphus S. Nelson

Adolphus S. Nelson of Belleville, took the regular course in the Law Department of McKendree College and graduated in 1897. Some time afterward he was engaged in the law business in East St. Louis.

Charles D. McCammon was born and reared in Cairo, Illinois. After completing the home schools and studying for a time in the Anna Academy, he came to McKendree, completed the classical course and received the degree of A. B. in 1897. He was a member of Plato. He immediately joined the Southern Illinois Conference. He served in this field for some years and then transferred to the Rock River Conference. For some years he was stationed in Joliet. Later he went to Wisconsin and decided to exchange pastoral work for agricultural. Our latest information indicates that he is located at Mills Lake, Wisconsin.

Mrs. Maggie Pace Mead

Maggie Pace was born at Huey, Illinois, October 17, 1882. She is the daughter of Dr. Joseph F. Pace who was a native of Mount Vernon, Illinois, and Georgia A. (Cooper) Pace of Huey, Illinois. When she attended McKendree her home was at Breese, Illinois where her father was engaged in the practice of medicine. She graduated from the Music Department of McKendree College in 1897 receiving the degree of Bachelor of Music. She afterward studied music under Prof. George Buddens, and Prof. Ernest Kroeger of St. Louis. After teaching music for some time she was married to Mr. Grover Mead of Alhambra. Their home is now at Cirlyle,

James S. Porter John J. Raleigh

Mrs. Joseph Porter of O'Fallon. He studied law at McKendree together with a part of the regular college course. He graduated from the Law Department receiving the degree of LL. B. in 1897. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He has been for many years in business as a member of the General Roofing Company of East St. Louis. He is vice-president of the company. He was married in 1903 to Miss May Ritcher of St. Louis. They have one daughter, Jane, born in 1912. They reside in the city of St. Louis. Mr Porter is a member of the Masonic Fraternity. JOHN J. RALEIGH

John J. Raleigh took the Law Course in McKendree College and graduated in 1897 receiving the degree of LL. B. Later he was in the employ of the John Hancock Insurance Company of St. Louis. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He is now deceased.

Hon. Erastus D. Telford Rev. Robert S. Young

Erastus Dolson Telford was born on a farm near Salem in Marion County, Illinois. His parents are James D. and Sarah A. Telford who are both Americans. He entered McKendree in 1894 and graduated in 1897 with the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. After taking courses in the Law Department of the Georgetown University he received the degrees of LL. B. and LL. M. from that institution. He was clerk in the Treasury Department at Washington, D. C. from 1899 to 1906. Since 1906 he has been practicing law at Salem, Illinois. He held the office of City Attorney of Salem for one term. In 191 1 he was elected State Senator from the 42nd Senatorial District. Mr. Telford, though a Republican was elected by a good majority in a Democratic district. He was married November 1, 1900 to Miss Coral B. Wright of Lincoln, Nebraska. They have three children, Elbridge W., Dorothy Margaret, and Evelyn Alice. Mr. Telford is a member and an active worker in the Methodist Church at Salem, and belongs to the Masonic Lodge - Chapter and Commandery; he is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. REV. ROBERT S. YOUNG

Robert S. Young, son of John and Sarah E. Young, was born in Illinois, and entered McKendree in 1889. His course was interrupted through no fault of his own in such a way that he did not graduate until 1897. In that year he received the degree of A. B. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He entered the ministry and joined the Southern Illinois Conference in 1897, but after a few years was trans- ferred to the Newark Conference, o{ which he is still a member. After leaving McKendree he went to Yale where he won a $ioo prize for research work in philosophy and obtained the Master's degree. In 1899 he went to Drew Theological Seminary where he pursued courses m N. T. Greek, Hebrew, and the Philosophy of Religion. He also took graduate courses in Sociological Science m the University of New York, from which institution he received the degree of Ph. D. In the fall of 1906 he organized the first Preventorium movement in the great antituberculosis campaign. To the end of the year 1913 over 1900 unfortunate mothers and their children had been brought from the tenement districts of New York City to the beautiful and healthgiving quarters of the Preventorium in the Shawanga mountains near Otisville. The work of Dr. Young and his wife has been highly commended by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Dr. Young was married August 6, 1897 to Miss Lena Caldwell of St. Louis. They have four children, Sherman Plato; Sara Roberta; Helen Lynette; and Lena Dorothy. HON. WILLIAM J. BRYAN William Jennings Bryan was born at Salem, Illinois, March 19, i860. His father. Judge Silas Lillard Bryan, was a graduate of McKendree. William J. graduated from Illinois College at Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1881 and received the degree of A. M. from the same institution in 1884. He graduated from the Union College of Law in Chicago in 1883; and received the degree of LL. D. from McKendree in 1897. He was married in 1884 to Miss Mary E. Baird of Perry, Illinois. He practiced law at Jacksonville, Illinois, and then at Lincoln, Nebraska. He was a member of Congress 1891-1895; Editor of the "Omaha World" 1894-1896. In 1896 he was a member of the National Democratic Convention at Chicago, where after making his famous "Cross of Gold" speech he was nominated for President of the United States. In the campaign that followed, on the Free Silver platform, he travelled over 18,000 miles and spoke in every important town in the United States. In 1898 he was Colonel of a Nebraska Regiment in the Spanish War. In 1900 he was again the Democratic Candidate for the presidency, and was again defeated by William McKinley. He was candidate of the same party for the third time in 1908 when he was defeated by Theodore Roosevelt. He is author of several books; was editor of the "Commoner" published at Lincoln, Nebraska; world-wide traveller, and popular lecturer. In 191 3 he was appointed Secretary of State by President Woodrow Wilson.

When Mr. Bryan saw that war with Germany was inevitable he resigned his office. In his latter years his home was in Florida. He died in July, 1925.