Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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HARRY GARFIELD SNAVELY, ' 07. Harry Garfield Snavely prepared in the Steelton High School, from which he graduated in 1898, and also in the Lock Haven Normal School. After graduating from the Nor- mal he taught for three years, having in that time received experience in the various grades. During his last year of teaching he was Supervising Principal of the Enhaut schools. He entered Bucknell with the class of 1907 and graduated with that class, taking honors Smnma Cum Landc. During the spring term of his Senior year he taught in the Shippens- burg State Normal School. During the past summer he was elected head of the Department of Mathematics in the Cen- tenary Collegiate Institute at Hackettstown, New Jersey, having three regular assistants and one substitute on his teaching force. While at college Mr. Snavely was active in all college interests and made an imjiregnable barrier on the football eleven. L. J. ULMER, ' 02. L. J. Ulmer received his elementary education in the rural schools of Lycoming County, and graduated from Lycoming County Normal School in 1896. He then taught in the rural schools during the winter, taking some special work at Dickin.son Seminary in the springs of 1897-98. In the fall of 1898 he entered the Freshman class of Bucknell. While in college he was closely associated with the Christian and literary organizations, and was a member of the Demos- thenian Club. He graduated with the degree of Sc.B. in the class of 1902. In the summer of 1903 he took special work in Physics at the Harvard School, and studied Cryp- togamic Botany at Cold Spring ' Harbor in the summer of 1905. In 1907 he received the Sc.M. degree from Bticknell. Since his graduation from Bucknell, he has been head of the Science Department in the Williamsport High School. W. NORMAN MORRIS, LL.B. W. Norman Morris was born in Line Lexington, Mont- gomery County, Pa., September 28th, 1867. His home was the birthplace of his ancestors for a number of generations. His father, Oliver G. Morris, was a member of the State Legislature, and his uncle, Matthias Morris, represented his district in Congress. Mr. Morris ' early education was obtained in the local school. A three years ' special course at the West Chester .Xormal School was followed by his entrance to Bucknell. After graduation he became Principal of the Merion Square High School, and at the same time studied law in the office of Hon. Wayne McVeagh and the late George Tucker Bis- pham, Esq. In 1891 he entered the law school of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, graduating with the class of 1894. Success has attended a close application to his profession, and he numbers among his clients some of Philadelphia ' s largest business houses and corporations. He is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi, the Tau Nu Epsilon, the Law Academy and the Business and Professional Men ' s Club. A few years ago he married Miss Rebekah McDowell, daughter of the late Francis W. McDowell. Mr. Morris is Vice-President of the Bucknell Alumni Club of Philadelphia. His law offices are at 1118-1120 Chestnut Street, Phila- delphia. 20

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HARLAND A. DENNEY. Harland A. Denney, lawyer, was born at Equinunk, Pa., May 9th, 1867. He was graduated from Keystone Academy in 1889 and then spent two years at Bucknell. After this Mr. Denney read law with McCoUum Smith. Montrose, Pa., and was admitted to the bar of Susquehanna County at the August term of court, 1893. He commenced the practice of law in Ma ' , 1895, and was admitted to practice before the Superior Court of Pennsylvania on January 19th, 1903; and being elected District Attorney of Susquehanna County in 1904, he was re-elected to the same ofhce without opposition in November, 1907, the three parties combining to elect him. Mr. Denney was elected chairman of the Republican County Committee of Susquehanna County in January, 1908. He was Secretary of the Susquehanna County Legal Associa- tion, President of the Susquehanna County Historical Society and Free Library Association in 1905-1906, and is now its Vice-President and a Director. Mr. Denney is a member of the Montrose Lodge of Odd Fellows, Warren Lodge of Masons, Warren Chapter, Great Bend Commandery Knights Templar, and Irem Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Vilkes-Barre. E. O. BICKEL, ' 05. E. O. Bickel was born in White Deer Township, Union County, in 1882. He began his educational career in the public schools of his district, afterwards entering Milton High School, from which he graduated in 1900. He taught for two years in White Deer Township. He resigned his work to enter Bucknell in 1901, and graduated with the Bachelor ' s degree in 1905. After graduating from college he served for two years as Principal of Reedsville High School. From this institution he went to Xew Windsor College, Md., where he is serving as Professor of Mathematics. He received the A. M. degree from Bucknell in June, 1907. REV. GEORGE W. ALEXANDER, ' 01. Rev. George W. Alexander was graduated from Bucknell with the class of 1901, with the degree of A. B., having also received his Academic training at Bucknell Academy. He was graduated from Crozer Theological Seminary in June, 1904, and received the degree of B. D. in 1905. Before entering upon his educational career, he held a position as bookkeeper in Philadelphia, and during his college course was bookkeeper in the Registrar ' s office. He was President of his class in his Junior year, and of the Y. M. C. A. in his Senior year. While taking the work of the Senior year at Crozer, in 1903, he assumed charge of a new suburban field at Glenside, Montgomery County, Pa. Here he organized the First Baptist Church and erected a modern building, thus establishing a church where both town and church have a promising future. He is now pastor of the First Baptist Church of Laurel, Md. 19

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EDWARD HERBERT DUTTON, ' 98. Edward Herbert Dutton was graduated from Bucknell Academy in i8q4, and from the college in iSqS. During his course in Bucknell he was a leader. He won a place on the Commencement jilatform and also took a personal interest in all the activities of the college. While Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. he so enlarged the scope of the organization that even to-day his hand can be seen in some features of the work. In the fall of 1S98 he entered Rochester Theological Seminary. At once he became a force in the life of the seminary and in the city Y. M. C. A. In the second year of his seminary course, because of his reli- gious activities, he was made an associate of John R. Mott, in the inter- national work of the Student Federation. After an absence of six months he returned to the seminary and was graduated in lyoi. Before his graduation from the seminary he had accepted a call to a Baptist Church in Troy, New- York. In Troy, among a working ]3eople in two years, he paid ' off a church mortgage ' of five thousand dollars, increased the pastor ' s salary and the offerings for beneficence, and led the church to support a missionary in the foreign field. His success in his first pastorate, his interest in foreign missions, his ex- perience as a secretary and business man, opened a larger field— the secretaryship of the Baptist Young People ' s Missionary Movement, with headquarters in Boston. In this position he remained only one year, for the time was not ripe for the inauguration of a policy like that on which he had set his heart. From Boston he went to the Cedar Street Baptist Church in Buffalo, . Y. Here, in a down-town church, he has done his characteristic, solid, con- structive work. Recently a heavy debt was cleared, the church was renovated and a foundation laid for enlarged acti ities. G. W. ENGLISH, ' 02. G. W. English was born in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1882. He received his early education in the public schools of Pittsburg. Graduating from Pittsburg Academy in i8g8, he entered Bucknell and graduated in 1902. While in college he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, Dramatic Club and Varsity Basketball team. After graduation he entered the employ of the Monongahela Furnaces of the National Tube Company, at McKeesport, Pa., where he became assistant superintendent. He resigned this position in April, 1907, to accept the position as superintendent of Cleveland Furnace Company, of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1906 he married Miss Esther B. Godcharles, of Milton,lPa. REV. RAYMOND G. PIERSON, ' 01. Rev. Raymond G. Pierson was born in Camden, N. J. He was educated in the public schools of Philadelphia, and graduated from Bucknell Academy in 1897, s- from Buck- nell University in igoi with the Ph.B. degree. After graduating from Bucknell he attended the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. While at Chicago he was student pastor of the Waterman (Illinois) Baptist Church. After graduating from Chicago he was for two years pastor of the Baptist Church of Moundsville, W. Va. Leaving this pastorate, he became religious work director in Bedford Y. M. C. A. of Brooklyn, X. Y. Since July, 1907, he has been pastor of the South Baptist Church of Milwaukee, Wis., the second largest church of the city, having a membership of 425. Two missions are also under his care. While in college he was a member of the track team for four years, glee club one year, manager of the Mirror for two and one-half years, and assistant manager of the football team of ' 00. On June 14th, 1905, he was married to Miss Agatha D. Hequenbourg, of Dunkirk, N. Y., who graduated from Chicago University in ' 03