College of Wooster - Index Yearbook (Wooster, OH)

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With a deep sense . of gratitude and hearts overflowing with thanlcfulness we dedicate this book to Henry Clay Friclc.

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HENRY CLAY FRICK HE closing years of the nineteenth century wit - . i . . - nessed the rise of a young man in the industrial circles of Western Pennsylvania, who proved to be one of the chief factors in making that region the leader of the industrial world. That young man was Henry Clay Frick. flf.He received as good schooling as the neighborhood afforded and entered early into busi- ness. He has always felt the advantage of what school- ing he obtained and is a firm believer in advanced education. Mr. Frick has a hearty sympathy for the early struggles of young men and women, for only by persistent effort supported by a vigorous manliness has he forced his way to the top. flLStarting in his business life as a clerk in a dry-goods store, he knows by experience the buffets of the world. His insight, however, into the future of the steel business, caused him to become deeply interested in the manufacture of coke. So that at one time he was the possessor of forty thousand acres of coal land and twelve thousand coke ovens. His remarkable ability as an organizer and director of large business concerns obtained for him the position of chair- man of the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited. UL But though he was in daily contact with the world, he did Page four