Intermountain Union College - Prickly Pear Yearbook (Helena, MT)

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llllllCCll6.llYllll!A1R Among the many eminent patrons of Intermountain Union College are few who deserve mention here more than the Rev erend E1k0 J Groeneveld D D pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Butte and Nestor of Montana Presbyterianism Coming to Montana in 1882 Mr Groene veld soon became identified With Chris tlan educational movements Locating at Deer Lodge in 1882 he served as pas tor of the Presbyterian Church and la ter also as a professor 1n the College of Montana Twice he has been Moderator of the Synod of Montana the highest honor within the gift of Montana Pres byterians He was a trustee and a found er of the College of Montana and was a charter trustee of Intelmountain Union College Oscar Mon1oe Lanstrum M A M D has long identified himself with these movements which uplift the spirit of humanity and has given freely of his time his influence and his wealth to promote a better and a greater State of Montana. Born in Illinois after completing his training for the medical profession he came to Montana in 1895 and settled at Marysville. He served in the Montana legislature for the sessions of 1903 and 1905, and 'has since been strongly influ- ential in the councils of the Republican party of the State. He is a member of Phi Gamma Delta, of Nu Sigma Nu, and of several orders of the Masonic fra- ternity which has honored him with the 33rd degree. He is a trustee-emeritus of Montana Wesleyan College. PAGE 19

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1 - iiiucietvlirlii Harry Lester Smith, A. M., D. D., L. L. D., was f Mk consecrated a 'bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the General Conference of 1920 after serving with much distinction pastorates in Allegheny, Pennsylvan- ia, Buffalo, New York, and Detroit, Michigan. He held an episcopacy for a quadrennium in India before be- ing appointed resident bishop of the Helena Area. Regarding his interest in scholastic affairs, it is suf- ficient to remark that he wears a Phi Beta Kappa key. His services to Michigan Masonry led to his re- ception of the honor of the 33rd degree in that frater- nity. Bishop Smith's counsels and unremitting efforts in behalf of Intermountain Union College have earned for him the gratitude of all friends of Christian educa- tion in Montana. Samuel Vernon Stewart, L. L. B., fifth governor of the State of Montana, an Ohioan by birth, has served Montana too long and too well to require any lengthy introduction to the readers of 1926 Prickly Pear. He located in Virginia City in 1898, and rapidly rose in the esteem of his fellow citizens owing to his public spirit until he was made governor in 1913 and was re- elected to that office in 1916. When the friends of Intermountain Union College or- ganized the GREATER INTERMOUNTAIN CAMPAIGN OF 1926, they were happy to secure the services of this eminent citizen as Chairman of the General Committee. PAGE 15

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