Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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CLARENCE A. WEYMOUTH, ' oo. Clarence A. Weymouth prepared for college at the High School at Lock Haven, his birthplace, and entered Bncknell University in 1896. In 1900 he graduated with the degree of B. S., specializing in Chemistry. While at Bucknell he was a very active participant in student af- fairs, having won numerous honors on the athletic field and in other lines. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and also Theta Delta Tan. In 1900 he entered the Senior class of Sheffield Scien- tific School of Yale University and later was transferred to the L,aw School, wdiere he remained two years. At Yale he played on the Varsity basketball and football teams, winning his Y on the latter. He was also a member of the college crew in the year 1901-2. In the fall of ' 02 he took a position at St. Paul ' s School, Garden City, Long Island. In conjunction with this position he engaged in business. Mr. Weymouth is proving a very .successful business man, and is a leading official in a number of prominent companies having head- quarters in New York City. AMANDUS M. SMITH, ' 01. A. M. Smith graduated in 1894 from Kutztown Normal School with the degree of B. E. and later took a two years ' scientific course, receiving his B. S. degree. He entered the Sophomore class at Bucknell University in 1898, graduating in 1901. The following year he was elected to the head of the Department of Mathematics in the City High School of Elkhart, Indiana. January i, 1906, he resigned his position in the High School to be- come Municipal Engineer for the city of Elkhart, which position he still holds. While at Bucknell Mr. Smith took a very active part in athletics; he also directed athletics while in the Elkhart High School. Fraternally, he belongs to the Masonic Or- der and to the Odd Fellows. Upon resignation Mr. Smith used his influence to secure the election of F. J. Bevan, ' 01, as his successor in the Elkhart High School. HARRIS A. SPOTTS, ' 04. Born in 1876, Harris Alvin Spotts began attending the Lycoming County Normal School at the age of 14. At 16 he began teaching and at 17 graduated from the Normal. He entered Lafayette College with the class of 1900, attending two years when he was called to teach at the Lycoming County Normal. He was principal of the Ralston High School during the year 1S98-99; principal of Montoursville High School 1899-00; and assistant prin- cipal of Lycoming Normal and Muncy High School the next two years. He attended Bucknell during the year 1902-03, and graduated in ' 04. He has held the position of principal of Lycoining Normal and the Muncy High School since the fall of 1903. Mr. Spotts ' career as a teacher has been a very successful one. The attend- ance at the Norinal School has increased 50 per cent, during the two years of his administration. 25 . . , ♦ 4

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GEORGE E. DEPPEN, ' 94. George E. Deppen was born in 1873. He prepared for college at Freeburg Academy, which school he en- tered in 18S7. In 1890 he entered Ursinus College, but left in the Senior year and came to Bucknell University, graduating with the class of ' 94. He was admitted to the bar in Northumberland County in May, 1897. Since then he has been residing in Sunbury, where he is suc- ceeding very well at his profession. Mr. Deppen is president of the local Bucknell Alunnii Association. He was Regimental Sergeant Major of the National Guards for three years, and is at present Bat- talion Adjutant for the First Battalion of the Twelfth Regiment. LEWIS C. WALKINSHAW, ' 96. Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, bom at Saltsburg, Pa., Au- gust 24, 1874, is a son of Hugh Wilson and Lottie Rals- ton Walkinshaw. He graduated from the Greensburg High School, i8gi, and from Bucknell University, i8g6. He has taught school at East Greensburg. Jeannette and Irwin. Mr. Walkinshaw was admitted to the Westmore- land County Bar, November 3, 1900, and to the Pennsyl- vania Supreme and Superior and United States Courts two years later. In adherence to Bible truth he is a Bap- tist; in political affiliations a Democrat; in college com- panionship a Phi Kappa Psi; in brotherhood a Mason, and in reverence for patriotic ancestry a Son of the American Revolution. In partnership with his father he is prac- ticing law at Greensburg, Pa. JOSEPH HENRY DEPPEN, ' 00. Mr. Deppen graduated from Mt. Carmel High School in 1893. In the fall of 1893 he entered Shamokin Business College, graduating in 1894 in the Bookkeeping and Short- hand Course. He became stenographer for Hon. Voris Auten, Additional Law Judge of Northumberland County, Pa., prior to his election to the Bench. Entering Buck- nell University in 1896, he graduated in 1900. He was admitted to the Northumberland County Bar, December 29, 1902. Mr. Deppen is serving a second term as a mem- ber of the Board of Education in Mt. Carmel, and was the first graduate of the Mt. Carmel Public Schools to become a director of the same. At present he is suc- cessfully engaged in the active practice of the law in the place of his boyhood. 24 :.i•♦ ♦ -♦ ' . «

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Honorary Alumni GEORGE W. PHILLIPS, 84. George W. Phillips was educated in the public schools of his native State (Pennsylvania), at the Millersville State Normal School, Wyoming Seminary, and Lafayette College, where he graduated in the classical course June, 1878. In 1881 he received his master ' s degree from the same institution. He has been principal of Pleasant Mount (Pa.) Academy, also principal of Dansville (N. Y.) Seminary. Was for three years principal of the old Scranton High School prior to his election as City Super- intendent. In 1889, after a term of service of nine years as Superintendent, he resigned to take a temporary rest fnim school work, but was called to the principalship of the new High School. After a term of service of three years he resigned and was subsequently called in 1891 to the office of Superintendent of Schools, which position he now holds. Bucknell University conferred upon him the degree of D. Sc. in 1899. CHARLES LOSE, 85. Charles Lose prepared for college in the Montours- ville Borough Schools and the Lycoming County Xormal School. He entered Lafayette College with the class of 1882 and did two years ' work. He then entered Bucknell University, where he worked one year with both Junior and Senior studies. Was afterward granted the degree of A. M. by Bucknell University. Later he took a term in the Teachers ' College, New York, studying Psychology, Methods of Teaching and the History of Education. Previous to and during his college course he spent much time in teaching, serving in this capacity in the Muncy and Mcntoursville Schools and Lycoming County Normal, of which he was principal afterwards for four years. Mr. Lose served as County Superintendent of the schools of Lycoming County for eight years; was Super- vising Principal of the schools of Philipsburg, Pa., for three years, and then was elected Superintendent of the Schools of Williamsport. where he is now serving his fourth term, or tenth year. 26 i--.i i .i ' -» .»-