Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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Coi . GEORGE NOX McCAIN, ' 97. ■ ' Who ' s Who ill America says of Colonel McCain: Educated. Pittsburg High School and Classical and Scientific Institute. Mt. Pleasant. Pa. (A. M.. Bucknell University, 1897). Publisher. Times and Mining Journal, Ml. Pleasant, 1S78-9: City Editor and New York Cor- respondent Pittsburg Dispatch, 1880-7; Washington Cor- respondent Pittsburg Gazette. 1888-9; Editorial Staff Philadelphia Press. 1889-1902. and since December. 1904. Editor and Publisher Colorado Springs Gazette. 1902-04. Lieutenant Colonel. Mihtary Staff. Governor of Penn- sylvania; decorated by Government of Venezuela with Or- der of the Liberator; President Pittsburg Press Club: President Legislative Correspondents ' Association; mem- ber General Society War of 1812; author. Through the Great Campaign. ' ' The Crimson Dice; contributor to magazines and periodicals. THOMAS J. SMITH, ' 97. Dr. Thomas J. Smith was born near Salem. N. J. He graduated from Williams College in 1862 and obtained his Medical degree from the Llniversity of Pennsyhania in 1866. After post-graduate studies he settled pirnuni- ently in Bridgeton. N. J. Bucknell University cunicrred upon him the degree of Sc. D. in 1897. Dr. Smith has been very active in his special line of ■ work. He has occupied various offices in the Cumber- land County Medical Society, including that of president. In 1897 he served as president of the State Medical So- ciety and for eight years previous to that edited its An- nual Volume of Transactions. In 1893 he was a delegate to the Pan-American Medical Congress, held in Wash- ington. Fraternally, he is a member of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; an associate member of the G. A. R., and a Knight Templar in the Order of Masons. For twelve years he was president of the Board of Trustees of South Jersey Institute, and is now a mem- ber of the Board of Directors of several State institutions. ADDISON E. JOi ES, ' 00. Addison L. Jones received his education in the Nor- ristown High School, West Chester State Normal School and the University of Pennsylvania. He taught in the public schools of Montgomery County, after which he was principal of Unionville High Scjiool. a teacher in the West Chester State Normal School. Supervising Principal of the Conshohocken Public Schools, principal of West Chester High School, principal of the Model Department of West Chester State Normal School and Superintend- ent of the West Chester Public Schools seventeen years. Superintendent Jones has taken a prominent part in all matters educational in the communities where he worked. He was for several years a member of the E.xecutive Committee of the State Educational Associa- tion, the president of the Department of City and Bor- ough Superintendents, and the president of the State Association at the Wilkes-Barre meeting. Honorary de- grees have been conferred upon him by Bucknell Uni- versity and Lafayette College. At the Louisiana Pur- chase Exhibition at St. Louis, Mr. Jones was Director of Education for Pennsylvania. 27

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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 ' -» .»-

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Rev. harry W. JONES, ' oo. The Reverend Harry W. Jones, after completing his studies, was ordained a Baptist minister March 9, 1893. at Snffern, N. Y., and became pastor of the First Baptist Church there. June 6. 1896. he was commissioned a Chap- lain in the United States Navy. He served on the U. S. Battleship Texas during the war with Spain under Capt. John W. Philip. U. S. N., and besides other engagements was present at the destruction of Cervera ' s fleet. He buried our first dead in Cuba, at Guantanamo Bay, June 12, 1898. During the burial service the funeral party was attacked by Spanish guerrillas and a fierce fight ensued. Bucknell conferred the degree of Master of Arts upon him in 1900, and Wake Forrest conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1899. He entered the Episcopal Church in 1901. and was ordained to the priesthood November 13, 1904, by the Bishop of New York, in St. Paul ' s Church, New York City. Chaplain Jones ' family were all Episcopalians and he simply re- turned to the church in which he was raised as a boy. HENRY A. HENDRICKSON, ' 04. Henry Augustus Hendrickson, a practicing physician and surgeon of Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, was born March 24, 1867. He graduated from the Keyport Graded School in 1884. He taught public school in Mon- mouth County two years, during which time he studied Latin with Rev. Charles D. Buck, a graduate of Williams College. In 1886 he entered the University of the City (if New York and received therefrom his M. D. degree in 1889. In i8gg ne took for one year special courses of in- struction at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Medical Department of Columbia University. In 1904 Buckneil University conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. He is a member of the Practitioners ' Society of Eastern Monmouth and of the Monmouth County Medical Society. Rev. JOHN T. JUDD, 04. Rev. John T. Judd is one who is very well known to the students and alumni of Bucknell. The first step in his career occurred in 1872, when he graduated from Co- lumbian University. From there he went to Crozer Theo- logical Seminary, graduating in 1875. Immediately after graduation he accepted the pastorate of the First Baptist Church at Harrisburg, Pa., which he served from 1875 to 1884. On June i of the latter year he accepted a call to the Lewisburg Baptist Church of which he has sinct been pastor. He has acted as Clerk of the Northumber- land Baptist Association since 1893. During his pastorate in Lewisburg of over 21 years he has endeared himself to the hearts of all with whom he has come in contact, and has done an inestimable service for the denomination of which he is a member, serving as he does one of the most important Baptist charges in Pennsylvania. In recogni- tion of his ability and his work Bucknell conferred upon him in 1904 the degree of D. D. 28