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

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»M — p — i j4 MureMureMQNTisT If T a special meeting of the Trustees of the College, August 12th. 1915. Rev. Wallace B. Fleming. A. M. Ph. D.. was elected to the presidency of the College. Doctor Fleming was born at Cambridge. Ohio. November 22nd. 1872- He graduated at Muskingum College. New Concord. Ohio, with the A. B. degree in 1894. In 1897 he completed a theological course at the Drew Theological Seminary, receiving the B. D. degree. Later he received the M. A. and D. D. degrees from Muskingum College. His advanced postgraduate work was done at Columbia University, from which institution he received his Ph. D. degree. He joined the Newark annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1897. and held successful pastorates at North Paterson. N. J.. Bayonne and Maplewood. During the seven and one half years of his pastorate at Maplewood the Church advanced to a place of great prominence in the conference and a $30,000 stone church was erected. In 1911 he was elected adjunct Professor of Hebrew and Greek, and Registrar at Drew Theological Seminary. Madison. N. J., from which position he came to take up his duties as President of Wesleyan College. Dr. Fleming is proving the ideal man for Wesleyan. He is loved by the entire student body and thru his labors he is placing Wesleyan upon firm ground in every way. The school is growing extensively under his administration. Wfe TT iS

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MURMURMONTIS ' Thomas W. Haught, A. B. Dean of IVeslcyan College Professor of Natural Sciences West Virginia Conference Seminary West Virginia University Harvard University Post Graduate Taught in West Virginia Conference Seminary Keyser Preparatory School West Virginia IVeslcyan College Tommy Haught is one of the most popular and appreciated men who ever belonged to a West Virginia Wesleyan Administration. He spent some time with us in his earlier years as a student. After leaving Wesleyan he spent some years in teaching. Before returning to us he took work at West Virginia University and Harvard. As a teacher and Dean of the College he is doing a great work. He requires fairness and that is all. No Dean has ever been so well loved by the student body and in these few words the sentiment of everyone connected with Wesleyan is expressed: We cannot exist without Tommy. W togrrrf tf