Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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Ciba Qiurpnratiun of Qmberst Qiullege ' GEORGE A. PLIMPTON, New York, N. Y. President of the Corporation REV. GEORGE HARRIS, D.D., LL.D., Amherst, Mass. Prfsnlent of the College PROFESSOR WILLISTON WALKER, D.D., New Haven, Conn Setvzftary of tba Corporation G. HENRY WHITCOMB, M.A . . . Worcester, Mass REV. WILLIAM HAYES WARD, D.D., LL.D. New York, N. Y CHARLES M. PRATT, M.A. . . . Brooklyn, N. Y HON. CHARLES H. ALLEN, LL.D. . . Lowell, Mass REV. HENRY H. KELSEY, M.A. ' Hartford, Conn REV. L. MASON CLARKE, D.D. . . Brooklyn, N. Y ARTHUR C. JAMES, M.A. . . . New York, N. Y JOHN W. SIMPSON, LL.D. . . . New York, N. Y REV. CORNELIUS H. PATTON, D.D. . . Boston, Mass VERY REV. WILFORD L. ROBBINS, D.D. . . New York, N. Y EDWIN F. BAYLEY, ESQ. . . . Chicago, Ill FRANK H. STEARNS ....... Boston, Mass ARTHUR C. ROUNDS ....... New York, N. Y WALTER M. HOWLAND, ESQ. Trearurer of the Corporation Qwmerszers nf the Cibarxtahle Jfunh REV. JOHN M. GREENE, D.D. . . Lowell, Mass M. FAYETTE DICKINSON, JR., M.A. . Boston, Mass PROF. WILLIAM B. GRAVES, M.A. . . Andover, Mass JOHN C. HAMMOND, M.A. . . . Northampton, Mass REV. ROBERT M. WOODS, M.A. . Hartfield, Mass LEWIS W. WEST, ..... . Hadley, Mass REV. JAMES W. BIXLER, M.A. ..... New London, Conn WALTER M. HOWLAND, M. A., I:0NlHll'J'.!'l'07lPl'

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. . . 3 . 1 1-' f 7 1 . 'D Q A 'V TS Z N 1' 1 4 mf 46 4. QNX ?W77 X-:sf I 4' YVPWYI 'Tv lwfg Ni 1... - ' gf. Q .'?f l' igdlllllufb r Z 'X . s' - 'fr-2 ' 2 1-9, - E f 7 ' 1 ' ' ' ' . F P 18-- Merle were be Jfacultp Gieonori l'iARRIS, A J fb , fb If li' , President. li. A., Amherst, '66, D. D., Amherst, '83, D. ll., Harvard, ,QQQ Ll,.lJ., Dartmouth, '99, llll, Yale,'o1. Born at liast Machias, lVlaine. Prepared for col- V lege at Washington Academy in his native town. Grad- uated from Amherst, 1866. Studied a year in the Theological Seminary at Bangor and then went to Andover, where he was graduated in 1869. Soon after his graduation from Andover he accepted a call to the High Street Congregational Church at Auburn, lVlaine. ln 1872 he became pastor ofthe Central Congregational Church of Providence, R. l., where he remained until I 1883, when he hecame Ahhot Professor ol' Christian Theology in Andover Seminary. At this time he became one of the editors of the Andover Rl UI'I'7.U and in 1896 published a hook on flflnrul lffuoluflmz, and in 1897 lnfqunlily nm! l'z-ogravx. ln 1887, in connection with the organist of his church in Providence and l,l'CSlClL'l1lf 'l'ucker, he published Hymnr of liar l m'rlJ, which was in 1891 re-edited, condensed, and adapted to the use of students. For many years he was one of the college preachers at Dartmouth and Harvard. l-le was called to the presidency of Amherst in 1899,