Wyoming Seminary Prep School - Yearbook (Kingston, PA)

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,TOT-IN I-IANDTE It was a source of deep sorrow to us, when we returned from the winter recess, to learn that our beloved friend and classmate, john'I-landte, was dead. The outstand- ing element of character which gave him his great 1nHuence, and in such a definite wily won the hearts of all who really knew him, was his absolute loyalty to the God e loved. It is beyond our power to pay him- a finer tribute. When the United States entered into the World War, john enlisted at the. first call for troops, and was a member of Battery B, 106th Field Artillery, 27th.D1v1sion, N. Y. I-Ie went overseas in june, 1918. The history of the 27th Division is a bright and glorious chapter in the events of the war-a story of bravery and sacrifice. Fightf ing at Verdun, St. Mihiel, the Argonne, and the breaking of the ' I-lindenberg Line are a part of his record. I-le came home in April, 1919, and entered Wyoming Semin- ary in September, l92O, to prepare for the Methodist ministry. While pursuing his studies he was stricken with pneumonia, and died at the Nesbitt West Side Hospital in Kingston, Dec. 29. I-Iis funeral was the largest ever held in the Vestal lvl. E. Church, of which he was a member. There was not a vacant seat-so great was the number of friends and relatives who came to pay him their last tribute of love. The Rev. W. M. Watson preached the funeral sermon, taking for his text, I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith, 2nd Tim. 4-7. The casket was carried on the shoulders of eight veterans of the late war, while four young ladies and four young men of the Epworth League acted as flower bearers. the gkolhgawagcaqmembecrl of the church, President of the Epworth League Secretary of y I oo , an .a very active church worker. All who knew him respected and loved him for his clean-cut Christian Character. Greater love hath no man than thisg That he lay down his life for his friends 18

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WYOMING SEMINARY Abram Nesbitt ecember 9, 1831 and died at his residence September Zo 1921 I-le was of English ancestry, the family summer , . coming to the United States in 1685. 1-lis grandfather was born in Fairfield County, ' 1 l ' ' h ' of cut, coming with his father s family to the Wyoming Valley in t e spring BRAM NESBITT was born in Kingston, Pa., D Connecti 177 3. Mr. Nes it . Seminary. l-le early took up the profession of civil engineering and became expert and an authority in this profession. l-le has initiated some of the largest and most suc- cessful financial undertakings that have characterized the business of Wyoming Valley. Among these are the Second National Bank of Wilkes-Barre and the Spring Brook Water Supply Co. lt was his foresight and financial ability that very largely initiated nd consummated this water system that so bountifully supplies the Wyoming Valley. a l-le has been identified as Director with the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., Vulcan lron Works and many other large corporations of industrial life. l-le was a Trustee of Wyoming Seminary for thirty-four years and President of the Board for eleven years. Since his election to the Board he has contributed largely to all of the financial under- takings of the Seminary-in buildings, endowment and to the payment of debts arising from deficits in running expenses. ln 1895, he built and donated our beautiful Nesbitt l-lall, one of the finest academy buildings in educational work. Mr. Nesbitt had wonderful f1nancial ability. l-lis keen sense of commercial ' ' ' l nts and his memory of details values, his foresight in relation to industrial deve opme ' ' ' ed in the commercial world as of superior merit. in hnancial transactions were recogniz ' ' d ossessed a fine spirit of good fellow- ln social life, lvlr. Nesbitt was companionablean p V A lhl f iends A large loss was felt in the Wyoming Valley d b ship that was enjoyed by is r . -. ' 'f d his memory will long be treasure y b t was educated at the Dana Academy of Wilkes-Barre and Vifyoming when he passed from the scenes of this 11 e, an ' ' h had enjoyed his fellowship. thousands whom he had helped in various waysand w o 17

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WYOMING SEMINARY MARY EGAN The third sad death which occurred during the school year,and which also came very unexpectedly, was that of Miss Mary Egan, of Pittston. She was born in that city March 7, 1904, and had lived there all her life. She attended the Pittston public schools and graduated from the Pittston I-ligh School in the spring of 1920. In the fall of the same year Miss Egan entered the Shorthand and Typewriting Department of the Wyoming College of Business, in which she was progressing rapidly. Death came at the City I-lospital, Wilkes-Barre, February 22, as a result of an un- successful operation. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. joseph Egan, of Pittston. Mary was an industrious and faithful girl, and an active member of the Catholic Church. She was well liked by all who knew her, and her death came as a sad surprise to her many friends in the Shorthand and Typerwiting Department, 19