Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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■iiinnirinnMifT in ' mymi 1906] BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY 29 CHARLES D. CLINGAN, ' 88 Mr. Clingan prepared at Lewisburg High School and Buck- nell Academy. He completed the first two years of his col- lege course and then took up special work. After leaving school he held the principalship of schools at Orlando, Fla., from ' iS9 to ' 95. After resigning the principalship he read law and was admitted to the Pennsylvania har, later to the Florida bar. In ' 98 he went to Kansas City, Missouri, and was soon after admitted to the bar of the State of Missouri. As a member of the law firm of Warner, Dean, McLeod Holden he is pursuing a prosperous career. E. H. GUIE, ' 89 After leaving Bucknell Mr. Guie studied law, and is now a practising attorney in Seattle, Washington. He was speak- er of the House of Representatives in the Legislature of Wash- ington in ' 99. While in college Mr. Guie was one of the editors of the first L ' AcENDAever published, which came out in ' 88. Rev. a. J. IREY, ' 79 In ' 80 Rev. Mr. Irey was ordained as a minister of the Gos- pel at the Pilgrim Church, Philadelphia, and one year later was graduated from Crozer Seminary. He has held pastor- ates at Vincent, Pa., Wheeling, W. Va., and Warren, Pa. As a Minister his preaching is scriptural, doctrinal, thought- ful, anil his methods are quietly and steadily aggressive. Harmony and a sol id, gratifying growth have marked his ministry wherever he has been called. At its Commence- ment, June 22, 1904, his Alma Mater conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. -♦-♦ i ' i ... ♦ ' ♦• ■♦-

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28 L ' AGENDA [Vol. 13 Dr. R. W. PERKINS, 72 Dr. Perkins was graduated from Crozer in 75, and tlien spent a year in resident work in philosophy and theology. From ' 77 to ' 87 he was pastor at Camden, N. J., and from ' 87 to ' 01 at Lock Haven, Pa. In ' 01 he became President of Leiand University, New Orleans, La. In Camden he served on a number of church boards and took an active part in organized charities. In Lock Haven he was instrumental in starting a public hospital and a library. Leiand Uni- versity, of which Dr. Perkins is President, is one of the best institutions in the United States for the education of the col- ored people, and has enrolled in all its departments almost two thousand students. ■;■-- .. JOHN B. WESTON, ' 75 After completing his course at Bucknell, Mr. Weston graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Penn ' a. In ' 80 his Alma Mater conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts, and in ' 04 that of Doctor of Sci- ence. After his graduation as a Physician, he practised in Chester for ten years, and then went to Duluth, Minn., where he is at present following his profession. He has successfully held various offices in connection with the Health Department of his home city, and has been active in its differ- ent Medical Societies. DELAZON P. HIGGINS, ' 75 Mr. Higgins prepared for college at Fort Edward Institute and Amenia Seminary, N. Y. State, and entered Bucknell in ' 73. He was graduated in ' 75 with the degree Sc. B. After graduation hewas engaged in teaching at Mill town, Dykemans, and Amenia Seminary, New York State, until ' 70. There- after for fifteen years, until ' 94, he was engaged in business at Lewisburg, during which time he filled several ward and borough offices, among which was that of Chief Burgess. He served as Treasurer of Union County, Pa., during ' 94- 5-6, and since that time has been Postmaster at Lewisburg.

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U.-v r . rti ,al 30 L ' AGENDA [Vol. 13 L. T. FETZER, ' 98 L. T. Fetzer was born in Chillisquaque Township, North- umberland County, Pennsylvania, in ' 73. He was graduat- ed from Bucknell University in ' 98, and received the degree of M. A. in ' 04. At the outbreak of the War with Spain he was appointed First Sergeant, Company A., 12th Regi- ment, Pennysylvania Volunteer Infantry. After the Regi- ment returned to quarters he entered Columbia University Law School, New York City, and in ' 00 was admitted to the practice of Law in the State of New York. At the end of two years ' clerkship he became a member of the firm of Fet- zer GriHiss, 35 Wall Street, and has since succeeded in laying the foundation of a lucrative practice. He was Ad- jutant of the New York State Spanish War Veterans for about three years, afterwards serving on the Staff of Commander- in-Chief. He is associated with a number of secret orders, philanthropic societies, and clubs, including the Masons, the Graduates Club, and the Bar Association. Mr. Fetzer was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. ARTHUR MALCOM, ' 59 Mr. Malcom began his studies in Bucknell Academy the year his father. Rev. Howard Malcom, D. D., became presi- dent of the University. He continued his work in the In- stitution until ' 58, when his family moved to Philadelphia. In ' 61 he entered the wholesale drug business, which he continued until ' 81 when he became a manufacturer and im- porter of teas and spices He was engaged in this business until the first of January ' 00, when he retired from business life. For a number of years he was deacon of the Fifth Baptist Church of Philadelphia, and is, at the present time, a Trus- tee and Treasurer of the Baptist Orphanage of Philadelphia: Director and Treasurer of the American Baptist Historical Society, and a member of the Executive Board of the Penn- sylvania Baptist Education Society. ♦ •♦•