West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

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The Faculty, Frank B. Trottkr, AJI., ice-Presi- dent of the Seminary, was bom Fcliruary 27, 1863 in Ohio, where he Hvetl until he was twelve years of age. His family then nioA-etl to a farm in Preston Connty. West N ' irginia. At the age of twenty-four, Professor Trotter entered Roanoke College in Virginia, from whieh he was graduated three years later. Soon after graduation, he accepted a position as teacher in the Seminary, and with the exception of ' 91 and ' 92, which were sjient at Harvard, he has been in our school since that time. Since 1894 he has held the position of ' ice-]3resident, and a part of this time he has served as Presitlent. In 1895, Pro- fessor Trotter married iliss Ijillian Steele, the daughter of a Methodist minister. They lia ' e a very pleasant home in Buckhannon. The Professor is recognized as one of the ablest men in the Seminarv. Frank B. Trotter. A. Ivl , Vice-Pres. W. (). Mills, Ph.B., Mathematics and Pedagogy, was born .July 24, 1860. on a farm near New Paris, ( )hio. Until he was sixteen years of age. he attended the puljlic schools and worked on the farm. He attended the Western (.)hio Normal at Euphemia and taught school until September, 1,S8], when he entered Otter- bein. University. He continued to attend college and to teach until his graduation in the Philoso|.)hical course in 1888, when he came to Buckliannon as Assistant- Principal of the West A ' irginia Normal and Classical Academy. The following year he became Principal and remained in this work until .Jime ' 97, when he was elected a teacher in the W. ' . C. S. Professor Mills has been twice married; in 1886 to Miss Edna Ginn of Galena, Ohio, who died June 4, 1892, and in 1897 to Miss Nellie Dougla.ss of Buckhannon. Profes- sor Mills has made a specialty of mathe- matical studies, and his fairness has won for him the respect and love of every student in the school. Prof. W. 0. Mills, Ph. B.