West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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CONTENT! DEDICATION CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION SENIORS JUNIORS SOPHOMORES FRESHMEN ACTIVITIES ATHLETICS MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS MUDDY COLA

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GEORGE W. BOWERS, to whom this book is dedicated, was born in Wheeling, W. Va., September 6th, 1878, son of Frank W. Bowers and Margaret B. Bowers, both natives of Wheeling, W. Va. Married Sara George of Wellsburg, W. Va., daughter of Samuel and Eliza George. Mr. and Mrs. Bowers have three daughters, Sara Margaret, Frances and Martha. Graduating from the Wheeling Schools at the age of fifteen, he entered the employ of the Wheeling Pottery Company. For a period of ten years he was associated with this company, resigning at the age of twenty-five to establish his own pottery company in Manning- ton, W. Va. Since its incorporation. Bowers Pottery Company has grown to be one of the largest manufacturers of Plumbers ' Earthen- ware in this country. Mr. Bowers is also connected in an official capacity with factories manufacturing vitrified hotel and table china, window glass and paper, and is an officer and director in several financial institutions. He has always taken an active part in public affairs. Beginning at the age of twenty-two with his nomination as a member of the Council of Wheeling, W. Va. He has served the people of his commuity and State in many ways, among which might be mentioned: President of the Board of Education, Mannington, W. Va., Chairman of Local Board No. 2, Marion County, during the World War, and Member of West Virginia State Senate from the Eleventh Senatorial District, consisting of Marion, Monogalia and Taylor Counties. While in the Senate, he assisted in securing appropriations which resulted in the erection of some of the modern buildings now in use at the West Virginia University. He was many years President of the Manning- ton Kiwanis Club. He is President of the Board of Trustees of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Mannington, W. Va., Past presi- dent of the West Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, through which Society he has for several years been presenting Good Citizenship Medals to pupils in many High Schools throughout the State. He is much interested in the advancement of educational work. His hobby is book collecting. Interested in books from child- hood, which interest has grown with the years, Mr. Bowers has a well- selected library, which numbers more than 7,000 volumes. Active in many lines of endeavor Mr. Bowers may be well termed one of West Virginia ' s leading citizens.

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3n iWemoriam Russel Love Morris, professor in the Engineer- ing School of West Virginia University since 1895, was loved by the students as well as his fellow-members of the faculty. He not only served the school to the best of his ability, but also his city and his state. His work and his name will long be remembered by those who knew him.