Central Methodist University - Ragout Yearbook (Fayette, MO)

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W A weweeee Fldab Ross Hker 'cfwt-'IWW And now we. come to the part of our class which indeed sets us to thinking. If we say anything good we will have her husband to fight, and if we say anything bad we will also have him to fight. And so -we write slowly and thoughtfully. VVe consider the history of this life as one of the saddest ones in the history of the Class of 1903 and so we weep much every time we think of it. Yet we will defer the sad part as long as possible but when pos- sible does arrive we will give an- other sorrow to the World. This creature of circumstance was born February 28 and wonderful though it may seem, she posi- tively affirms that she is yet alive. Her childhood career was a checkered one. She is the only child of her parents and just like allother people who have been placed in like circumstances, she is what she is. As a child she was unusually bright and espec- ially of an inquisitive nature. So great was her propensity in this direction that three people were constantly hired for the sole pur- pose of answering her questions, and as one would become tired out and faint away exhausted, another was hurried in to take the place of the fallen one who was taken from the place to be revived. Before she was eight years old she had written and published several thousand vol- umes of books which were at one time considered very abstruse but which have recently been found to be highly interesting reading matter for the dime novel reader. Thus do the tastes of the people change. Alas we come still nearer the long deferred topic. She was born in Virginia and came to ltlissouri somewhat later. She graduated from Park College in 1897, taught school some time and then as a crowning act of her wild and dissipated career, she promised to love and honor one C. M. Aker until death should part them. Just here our muse fails to work. This mar- riage is the climax toward which we have been working, hence we stop to weep. ' AAAAAATAAA

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.. J, Q -MMV ,gil 5: 1 .ui . ,V ,, gs- . I Q..-I , , N x 'ws 'it 5 . Us We 'ks 'lm A-1 'U-as has Um 'lar- lin 'lm has .5 naw. FWHM 'lf as 'WWW PM ai 1 'if' ft' fi as mm: Q Mi :SLI if -I 291 x, . -19:3 iq , sd. 'fl' JM, sg if W ew' ..,-' 0 M 'HY . we Cecil miller Hker, alias walmart we W . , , H MGP' . Oh, mighty mass of molecular. make weight! Magnificent ma- jestic mogul, grand nabob, and grinning bagdad, great fighter of the devil, and smiter of sin, we pause with fear and trem- bling as we consider thy magni- tude. But we must nevertheless take the task upon our weak and unworthy shoulders of writing the biographies of the members of the Senior Class of 1903. lllr. Aker was born in Gray- son county, Virginia, on lVIay 15, 1876. His early years were spent in farming in the summer and in going to school in the win- ten In September, 1895, he came to llflissouri and entered Park College where he remained for three years. Irlaving taken up the Nlinistry he spent his first year after leaving Park on a cir- cuit and during this time, he was married to Miss Adah Ross, of Parkville. The following year we find him teaching in lllacon District Academy at Clarence, lllissouri. In the fall of 1900 he moved to Fayette and entered Central College as a Sophomore. Since that time he has had charge of a circuit besides his regular school duties. For this reason he has not been able to take a very active part in the college organi- zations. His powers of endur- ance are very strong. He has had work enough for the last few years to ruin the health of many men yet his health is not im- paired and he is even gaining flesh. llflr. Aker has held the following positions of honor: President of the Aristotelian Society, Central-VVilliam Jewell Debater, 1900-701, Central- Drury Debater, 1901-,02g Cen- tral-Drury Debater, 1902-'03, Local. Editor of the Ragout l9023O3. His bad habits are eating and sleeping to excess. His highest ambition is to 'chitch his wagon to a star? 4 VK A wg,- s Q1 I ' A is uk 9