Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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EDMUND H. REPPERT, ' jj. Edmund H. Reppert was graduated in the class of 1877. Member and president of Theta Alpha Society. Served as vice-principal of tlie Uniontown public schools for one year and as principal for two years. Was ad- mitted to the bar in the year 1881. Elected a Judge of the Fourteenth Judicial district, composed of Fayette County, in 1897, taking his seat January i, 1898. Became Presi- dent Judge of the district in 1899, which position he still holds. MILTON WILLIAM SHREVE, ' 84. Milton W. Shreve, Esq., graduated from Bucknell with the class of ' 84. While in college he was active in student afifairs. Fraternally, he is a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. Since leaving Bucknell, Mr. Shreve has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession — law. He is an attorney and counselor at law, and is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court and other Federal Courts. He has served a term as District Attorney of Erie County, where he resides. He is also a director of the Peoples Bank of Erie, one of the strongest financial institutions in Northwestern Penn- sylvania. REV. HERBERT FENTON STILWELL, ' 81. Rev. Herbert F. Stihvell. who was born near Asbury Park, N. J., in 1856, spent his boyhood in Philadelphia. He secured his preparation for college in the Classical and English Seminary at Doylestown, Pa. Entering Bucknell, he graduated in 1881, and was awarded the Latin Oration Prize at graduation. In 1884 he was graduated from Crozer Theological Seminary. Dr. Stilwell ' s career in the ministry has been marked with exceptional success. After graduation from the Theological Seminary he accepted a pastorate at Free- hold, N. J., at which place he was ordained in 1S84. On March 15, 1898, he became pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in Minneapolis. He assumed the pastorate of the First Baptist Church in St. Paul in 1898. During his successful career in St. Paul, the title of Doctor of Di- vinity was conferred upon him by the Macalaster College of St. Paul and shortly after by Bucknell. In 1903 he ac- cepted a renewed call to become pastor of the First Bap- tist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, which charge he has since held.

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Representative Alumni EDWARD M. TOMLINSON, ' 67. Edward Mulford Tomlinson was born at Roadstown. N. J., October 22, 1842, and was prepared for college at Union Academy, Shiloh, N. J. He was graduated from Bucknell University in 1867, with the degree of A. B., and was immediately elected Professor of Greek in Alfred Uni- versity. Resigning his position, he spent considerable time in visiting the leading colleges and universities in this country. He then went abroad and studied for two years at the universities of Berlin and Leipsic. Upon his return he accepted a position as Professor of Greek, Latin and German in Germantown Academy, Philadelphia. In 1881 he returned to Alfred as Professor of Greek, in which position he has been in continuous service to the oresent time. Dr. peter N. K. SCHWENK, ' 76. Dr. Peter N. K. Schwenk graduated in 1873 from the Lewisburg High School. He immediately entered Buck- nell University, from which he graduated in ' 76 with hon- ors. During the following three years he taught school in Northumberland County. In 1882 he graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, receiving there high class honors. Ursinus College con- ferred upon him in 1900 the degree of M. A. He is a member of all the Masonic bodies. Dr. Schwenk ' s Medical career has been a very suc- cessful one. June 22, 1883, he was appointed a Clinical assistant in the Eye and Ear Department of the Penn- sylvania Hospital and in 1896 was elected one of the At- tending Surgeons in the same Hospital, which position he still holds. In 1883 he received an appointment as Clini- cal Assistant to Dr. G. C. Harlan at Wills Eye Hospital; was elected an Assistant Surgeon in 1890, and an Attend- ing Surgeon in July. 1898, which position he holds to- day. He filled various positions in the Northern Dis- liensary from 1882 to 1896. ♦ ♦ ♦

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: nLES OSCAR NOLL, 87. Rev. Miles O. Noll at the age of eigliteen entered Bucknell Academy, where he prepared for Bucknell Uni- versity, from wliich institution he graduated in 1887. The same year he entered the Theological Seminary at Lan- caster, graduating in 1890. The following May after grad- uation from the Seminary he was ordained to the ministry and installed as pastor of the Bellefonte Church, which he served until January, 1895. At the latter date he became pastor of the Reformed Church at Carlisle, Pa., where he remained until his death, November 27, 1905. Rev. Noll was a member of the Board of Home Mis- sionf of the Reformed Church, Board of Trustees of Mercersburg Academy, and president of the Carlisle Classis. In 1903 he was elected president of Catawba College, a successful Reformed institution at Newton, N. C. This position he declined as he also did several calls to prominent churches. He was a member of the Order of Masons, Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen. Rev. Noll ' s career was a most successful one and his work gave promise of still greater accomplishments had not death taken him away in the prime of his life. G. LIVINGSTON BAYARD. ' 8q. Chaplain Bayard graduated from Bucknell in i88g. and later took post-graduate work at Harvar d, receiving there the degree in Arts. After completing a course of study at Crozer Theological Seminary, he was selected as chap- lain in the Navy, having been chosen from among a host of applicants. He was assigned to the European Squad- ron, with which he is now associated, and has traveled over the world. Chaplain Bayard is a lineal descendent of the Bayard family, and wears the seal coat-of-arms carried by his ancestors in every war in the history of our country from the earliest colonial times to the Spanish war. when it was worn by himself. While in college he served as i rchon of the first district of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. During the war with Spain, the Chaplain was a member of the Light Battery A, P. V. A., and served with it during the cam- paign in Porto Rico. Chaplain Bayard has done considerable work of a high character in the Navy, and is held in high esteem by the officers and men (if the service. 22