Colorado College - Nugget Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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UUltam $rtbn tk riorum, i. 1., ££. i. President and Head Professor of Philosophy. A. B. (Amherst), 74; B. D. (Andover), 78; LL. D. (Amherst), ' 93; LL. D. (Nebraska), ' 94; D. D. (Beloit), ' 01; LL. D. (Illinois College), ' 04; LL. D. (Harvard), ' 12; Colorado College, ' 88. Studied in German Universities and at Johns Hopkins. Ordained Congregational Minister, 1878. Pastor, Amesbury, Mass,, 78- ' 83 ; First Congregational Church, Baltimore, ' 83, ' 88. With this thorough preparation, President Slocum came to Colorado Springs in the Fall of 1888 to assume the duties of the executive office of Colorado College. The property of the college consisted then of a few acres of prairie and one building, the original Palmer hall, which has since been used by Cutler Academy. From this meager beginning President Slocum, during twenty-five years of untiring and faithful work, has developed this institution so that it is now one of the leading colleges of the American Continent. The early growth of the college has perhaps been slow, but it has been steady and certain. All improvements have been made and all buildings have been erected with the future in mind, and today the College boasts a beautiful campus and buildings of the finest type in the country. College property is today valued at $1,047,277.52 and there is a permanent endowment fund of $1,035,752.31. During his residence in Colorado, Dr. Slocum ' s interests have gone beyond the sphere of the College at all times. He has been actively interested in the political and social problems of the state and nation. He has written extensively on social subjects and is the author of The Nation ' s Guarantee of Personal Rights. He represented the United States at the International Peace Conference at The Hague in 1913. As one of the leading educators of the country, he was given a place on the board of trustees of the C arnegie Foundation for the advancement of teach- ing, and has recently succeeded the late President Harper of Chicago Univrsity as vice president of that board.

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Hanj (6. riorum President Slocum has been fortunate, during his twenty-five years of service at Colorado College, in having such a devoted and inspiring helper as Mrs. Slocum. In all that he has undertaken for the college she has been more than ready to do her part. Perhaps her greatest individual work has been as president of the Women ' s Educational Society, the organization which has given help to so many deserving students and which has proved invaluable to the Col- lege in many a critical situation. These results are tangible, but it is impossible to measure the influence which Mrs. Slocum has brought to bear upon the life of the College through the past twenty-five years, and the inspiration which she has been to all who have come in contact with her. There is no better proof of the esteem in which she is held than the fact that she was awarded an honorary degree at Commencement last year and was presented with a Steinway Grand piano by students, alumni and friends. Mrs. Slocum is admired and loved by all who have ever been enrolled as students in Colorado College, and to them she is Our First Lady of the Land.