Baldwin Wallace University - Grindstone Yearbook (Berea, OH)

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then given his instructions which were, to strip and in the most cautious manner enter the water until it reached his armpits, all the while maintaining the strictest silence. He was then to carefully open a large sack which had been given him, grasping the neck of the sack firmly with both hands, directing the opening up stream. The instructions were followed to the letter, and although an obstreperous small fish now and then made vicious jabs at unprotected portions of his anatomy, he never made a ' ' kick 1 however much he felt like it; but scarcely daring to breathe for fear of frightening away the peculiar species he was after. When the ' boys left him, ostensibly to go up the river to scare down the fish, he stood there the picture of expectancy. His clothes went with the boys, while they, after following the course of the stream until out of sight of their victim, quietly returned to their rooms, leaving our enthusiast in the water patiently waiting for the fish to come down. It is further related that a certain rustic returning home that night at a very late hour espied our fisherman, and after vainly trying to get an answer to several interrogatories, finally began pelting stones at him. This brought the young man to the shore in a hurry, when he briefly related his reasons for being there and was inclined to complain at this interruption which had spoiled a great night ' s sport. Haw! hawt haw! laughed the swain, I can tell you how you can catch a bigger fish than any you ' re lookin ' fer. How is that ? Why, you get into that thare bag and you ' ll have a bigger ' sucker ' than was ever ketched about these parts before. Light dawned on our hero and after vainly trying to find his clothes, he, like the Arab, folded (not his tent,) but his grain sack about him, and silently stole away. His reception by his fellow-students on the morrow is left to the imagination of the reader. Much of the prosperity of a college depends on the ability of its President, the strength and harmonious working of its Faculty and Board of Trustees, and the loyalty of its alumni. In all of these directions, Baldwin University is blessed in the right direction. Arthur H. Perry. T 4

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PRESIDENT M. F. WARNER. J 1 illard Fillmore Warner, the fifth president JYl of Baldwin University, was born in Tus- 1 1 carawas Co., O., in 1848. He was fitted for college in the preparatory department of Ohio Wesleyan University, a college located at Delaware, O. In 1871, he graduated from the University, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In the fall of the same year, he went to Drew Theological Seminary where he graduated two years later with the degree of Bachelor of Divinity. His first work was service as a pastor in the Newark Conference in New Jersey. In 1879, he was transferred to the North Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and served in various pastorates, among which were those of Ashland, Wellington and Shelby. In 1887, he entered the Faculty of Baldwin University and was soon after elected to the vice-presidency. A vacancy occurring in the presidential chair, through the resignation of President Stubbs, now of University of Nevada, Professor Warner was elected Acting President of Baldwin University. In 1895, Dr. Warner was elected President and transferred from the chair of Literature to that of Philosophy. In President Warner, the University has a man, wise, genial, and an educator in the truest sense of the word. Under his skillful guidance, the Uni versity is sure to have continued prosperity. He has always been a great favorite with the students.