Clarion University of Pennsylvania - Sequelle Yearbook (Clarion, PA)

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LEWIS V. HEPINGER was born near Clarion, Pa. His prelininary education was obtained in the rural schools near his home. At the age of sixteen lie entered Clarion Nor- mal as a member of the Junior Class, grad- uating with the Class of ' 02. Since graduation he has been actively engaged in the teaching profession. For the past year. Prof. Hepinger has held the principalship of the Kaylor. Pa., Public and High School. Previous to this he taught two terms in the Grammar Grade of the Edenburg Public Schools. He has also taught at Elk City and other places. As a writer on various educational subjects, he has gained considerable prominence. His produc- tions have appeared in some of the best edu- cational 1 CHARLES R. HANKS was born in Craw- ford County, Pa. He received his preparatory ' education in the school at Coopers town wliere in addition to school duties he was in the employ of a physician and druggist. He was also a member of the local military company of that place. Association with Clarion grad- uates inspired him with the desire to enroll as a student, which he did at the age of sixteen. While at this institution he won the favor of teachers and students by his earnest, persevering efforts and with much credit com- pleted the course in 1904. After graduation he taught one year and spent four years as a drug clerk in Pennsylvania and Colorado. At present he is a member of the Class of 1910 at the Columbia University College of Pharmacy. MARGARET MAY HIMES was born in Shippen% ' ille, Pa. She received her elementary school training in the public schools of Mar- ienville. She graduated from the Clarion Nor- mal in 1S97. The summer of 1904 was spent at Columbia LTniversity. New York City. She returned to the Normal after the course was extended, again graduating with the Class of 1905. In January, 190S, she passed the New York City examinations for teachers with an honor grade in a class of more than four hun- dred. Her teaching experience extends ' over thirteen years. She is now, in addition to her school work, taking a course at the City College of New York, with the intention of

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S. M. WHITMER was born on a farm near Lickingville, Clarion Co., Pa. He completed tlie common school course at the age of fifteen and then entered the Clarion State Normal from which he graduated in 1898 as the pnsident of his class. For seven years Im taug-ht successfully in the schools 1 Forest County. During this time he I ed on the committee for perman- nt certificates from 1S95 to 1S9S, be- 11 appointed by State Supt. N. C. s. liieffer. In 1898 he entered the ' Tiplcyment of the Penn Tanning Com- pany ' s plants at Sheflleld, Pa. He is- ;ilso a director in the Sheffield Glass Buttle Company. In 1900 Mr. Whit- mer was married to Miss Emma Moore Browne, of Clayton, N. J., and now has an interesting family of four chil- dren. In politics Mr. Whitmer is a staunch Democrat. MISS LUCY POWELL was born near Cochranton, Pa., where she received her earlv education. After complet- ing the high school course at that [ttce she entered the Clarion Normal. ■-he graduated m 1897 as the class I « t She taught several years in the public schools of Crawford and Butler ' ounties after which she went .to J I pan as a missionary. For eight irs she taught in a girls ' school at ■-- ndai Japan, where her work was ni ist successful. During the Russo- I ipanese War she received medals II im the Patriotic Society and the Red loss Society for assistance given in the military hospitals. While abroad Miss Powell has been interested in literary work, having written a num- bei of poems as well as various ma - nzinc irticlcs. .ALVERDI J. SIMPSON was born in T ' nion Township. Jefferson Co., Pa. During young manhood he helped to harvest in summer, went to school or taught in tlie winter and worked in a sawmill. His education was obtained in the public school of Union Township, Corsica Academy, Valparaiso, Ind. , and Clarion State Normal, where he graduated in the class of ' 93. He taught school for six years and in 1S97 graduated from the Medical De- partment of the Western University of Pennsylvania. The following two years he practiced medicine in Alvy, W. Va. In 1899 he moved to Summer- ville. Pa., and has been in active practice there ever since. He is a member of the Jefferson Co. Medical Society. He married Ella Sara Guth- rie, of Summerville. Pa., April 4, 1904. The following year she died leaving a son, James Samuel Simpson, who since has been in the care of his grandparents. BYRON C. FAGLET was educated in the country schools of Clarion Coun- ty until his parents moved to Clarion. He entered Clarion Normal, gradua- ting in 1897. After his graduation he became principal of the Enterprise schools in Warren Co., for two years. On Juno 7. isn:i, h.- -■[Uered the Ac- accept V York. In 1901 Department, re- in August, 1902, position with the of New York. w;is chief Cost Accountant of the At- lintic district of this company for 3 years, resigning m 1905 to accept the position of Assistant to the Auditor of the General Fireproofing Co., of Youngstown. O. He became associa- ted in 1907 with the Buffalo Belting iind Weaving Co.. as their secretary. He is El graduate of Erie Business Un- iversity. On August 30, 1901, he mar- ried Miss Agnes Bergold, of Erie, Pa. One son, Philip E.. was born in 1900.

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C C IvPELCR class poet ami co-nmon m nt ol itnr of the Class of 1S92 took post-gl adulte work at Clar- ion m 1°91 ind it California in 1895. TT 1 iis) I grLCluxte m the Solen- tiii( t L s tnd the cours-e in Oratory 11 the Nation tl Normal University of I I 1 !• Ohio who e he received the 1 I 1 1 B S ana B. O. Mr. Keeler I; U5ht tor ten years since grafl- t ilni liom C ' li on has been engag- 1 m nc.cantile business one year, ind is at present senior editor of the Iliiral Valley Advance, wliich position he has held for six years. In 1902 he in:irried Miss Maggie Harkleroad and IS now the father of two sons, Frank- lin and Burbank T. Although Mr. Keeler his for the last five years suf- fered from ill health his thrift and energy have enabled him to carry on his work sucr-ess- ' ully. HOWARD B. EDG.VR was born in the City of Allegheny, Allegheny, Co., Pa. He received his preparatory training- in the Second Ward School rf that city and the Wilmerding Pub- lie Schools, graduating from the lat- ter in 1904. After spending one year in the ComV.ercial Department of the Turtle Creek High School, the vast opportunities which the Clirion State Normal ottered for inca-e ising one ' s K-n vledg pre to him, and he registered as a student the fcllowing fall term. He gradua- ted from the institution in the spring of isas. At present Mr. Edgar is oc- cupied in raising the standard of edu- cation as a teicher in the South Pork Public School of C imbria County, Pa. born 1 in Beaver sper iding tv. ' o yea she weni : with h Pall; mon id the r. school 1 a g rade; 1 school. MISS IS.IBBLLE HENDERSON was County, Pa. After s in a country school ?r parents to Beaver maining years of her After finishing the course in Beaver Palls she entered C. S. N. S. in 1S9S, graduating in 1900. During the first year at the Normal she was chairmian of the Devotional Committee of the T. W. C. A. and t-he following ye.ar held the office of ■ ' . ' ice-President. She has taught for nine years and is at present a teach- er in the gr.tded schools of Edge- worth. Pa. n2RTn.4 M. SHARP was born in Eldred Township. Jefferson County, in 1.SSS. Her early life was spent in Sigel where she attended the public school. In 1901 her family moved to Elk County where Mr. Sharp has an interest in the lumber business. Miss Sharp attended the Hallton High School and tlie Sigel Academy. In the fall of 1905 she enrolled as a stu- dent in the Clarion State Normal School from which she was graduated with the Class of IOCS.