Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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GUY POTTER BENTON, DDH LL.D., President of Miami Univer- sity, Oxford, Ohio THE RISVEREND SHERIDAN W. BELL, Pastor 01 the Methodist Episcopal Church. Madisonville, Ohio WILLIAM OXLEY THOMPSON, D.D., LL.D., President of Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio THE REVERICND CHARLES F. Goss. D.D., Pastor of the Avondale Presbyterian Church, Avondale, Cincinnati, Ohio THE RICYICRICND ANDREW DOUSA IIICPBURN, DD. LL.D., Profes- sor Emeritus of the English Language. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio niversity Preachers For Nineteen-Ten and Eleven CHARLES RICHMOND HENDERSON, Pull. D.D.. Professor of Sociology and University Chaplain, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois VVILLIAM ARNOLD SIIANKLIN, D.D.. LL.D., President of XVes- leyan University, Middletown, Connecticut THE REVEREND LEVI GILBERT. D.D., Editor of the XVesteI-n Christian Advocate, Cincinnati, Ohio VVILLIAM H. CRAWFORD, D.D., LL.D.. President of Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania THE REVEREND THOMAS NICHOLSON, D.D., Corresponding Sec- retary 0f the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church, New York 14

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13 Miamfs Oldest Living Alumnus JOHN PARKER REYNOLDS Class of 1838 T almost 91-he will be 91 on March 1st4John Parker Reynolds, 0f the Class of 1838, Miamfs oldest living graduate, residing at Chicago. 111., retains his mental vigor unimpaired and talks with ready pleasan- try and a fund of information of the old days at Miami University. He is smooth-shaven and wears his white hair rather long, so that it falls down to the collar of his frock coat. His features are spare and cleanly moulded; his brow is broad and his mouth firm. His physique is not of the robust type and he has the stoop 0f the scholar, but his health is good and he continues totinterest himself in the affairs of his Alma Mater and in the agricultural advancement of Illinois. which has for many years been his Chief study. Home: 67 Washington Place, Chicago, 111.; born, Lebanon, 0., March 1, 1820; son of John P. and Laura Patience tVVi1s0n1 Reynolds; A. 13., 1838, A. M., 1843 and LL.D., 1896, Miami University; LL.B., 1840, Cincinnati College Of Law; married Eliza Ann Rebb. of Hamilton, 0., November 3. 1842. Admitted to bar, 1841; practiced law at Hamilton, 0., in partnership with William Bebb, 1841-9; engaged in stock farming in 111in0is, 1849-60; editor National Live Stock Journal, 1869-73; secretary 111in0is State Agricultural Society, 1860-71; presi- dent State Board of Agriculture, 1873-4; president Illinois State Horticultural Society, 1867; secretary 1nter-State 1ndustria1 Exposition, Chicago, 1873-91; Illinois Commissioner to Paris Exposition, 1867; president Illinois Commission to Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876; president Illinois State Sanitary Commission, 1862-5; Chief State 1nspect0r of Grain, Illinois, 1877-81; Director- in-Chief Illinois Worlds Columbian Fair Commission, Chicago, 1891-93.

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15 yceum Attractions For Nineteen-Ten and Eleven IRVING BACHIiLLER. Lecture: The Cheerful Yankee November 17, 1910 FRANCIS MACMILLEN, Violinist December 12, 1910 NEW YORK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA January 24, 1911 MISS ELLEN TERRY. Heroines of Shakespeare February 11, 1911 CHARLES W. CLARK, Baritone April 6, 1911