Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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□ H)D BLfHANIAN J{ n W. K. Pendleton nc ) )£ i»4 3( [ Dn

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w To AM CAMPBELL PENDLETON, whose character, standards, and ideals brought him the love of all and whose life will serve as a guiding star for the generations to come we respectfully dedicate this volume of the Bethanian. e iSI

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Hi 1 )D BELTM A MIAN - 1 in. William Campbell Pendleton was hum in Bethany, . a . May J, 1S4 -). He died in Warren. Ohio. October 7. 1922. He was the son of .Mrs. Lavinia Campbell Pendleton and .Mr. . K. Pendleton. I lis early life was spent in Bethany, his lather then being President of Bethany College. Even in his youth he was a great lover of nature and spent much of his time in the open. After graduating from Bethany College he spent several years traveling in the west. Alter a time he settled in Warren, Ohio, and was united in marriage with Miss Nellie Austin of that city. I lis practical and inventive mind brought him increasing suc- cess as a manufacturer and he remained throughout his life the ideal type of Christian business man. In spirit he was ever with Bethany, and he hoped to live to see Bethany a leading institution of learning, inspiring young men and women to higher standards of living. [lis love lor Bethany was manifested in his gilt for the restor- ation of the Commencement I kill. lor a number of years prior to his death he was a Trustee, and visited his birthplace every spring. fT i i y r f « i i