Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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mf s .5 A 4, . . WILLIAM DOUGLAS OTIS. Williani Douglas Otis was born in Stark county F, P. BEAVER. Mr. F. P, Beaver is one of the staunchest SUP' porters of the university, his residence being 111 Day- ton, Ohio. Among many evidences of his 1HfC1'ff5f in the institution is the gift of a fine athletic fifild- Mr. Beaver has won his place in life as the head of the Beaver Soap Company, manufacturers of the famous Grandpa Wonder Soapf' the original and the most popular tar soap on the market. As a business man he has the.highest respect of his associates, and as a citizen, the highest respect of his fellow-townsmen. Denison owes much to Mr. Beaver. Ohio, in 1841, and graduated from Denison in 1872. lltf snnlied medicine and obtained his M. D. degree from Wooster Medical College in 1874, and also took his A. M. degree a year later. Mr. Otis enlisted in the army and did gallant service for his country in the late Civil W'ar. As a physician and editor, Mr. Otis stands foremost, being county coroner at Otis, Lfol.. and editor of Otis Enterprisef' Denison is proud to claim Mr. Otis among its alumni, although he is far from the scene of his college days, she has yet a place in her heart for such a man. it . . l . L. .., Q-H .f v- AMBROSE SWASEY. Ambrose Swasey, of Cleveland, was born in Exeter, N. H., in 1846. The firm of Wfarner S Swasey, manufacturers of machine tools and astro- nomical instruments Was started in 1880. Since then h-e has been steadily rising, and has received many honors in the engineering and astronomical worlds. Mr. Swasey received the Chevalier Order of the Legion of Honor at Paris in 1900. He has been president of the Civil Engineering Club of Cl,-X-LL land, and is now president of the American Societv of Engineers, and president of the Cle X A i ber of Commerce. Although Mr. Swasey is not :1 graduate of the university, he is much interest vtland L hant- ed in lt. He was one of the chief donors of Cleveland HHH' 1116 COHCQC is Dl'0l1Cl tO place him among the list of men interested in Dqsliigon, 16 l I I l l l

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HON. VVILLIAM C. SPRAGUE. Mr. Sprague was born in Malta, Ohio, 1n'1860- He graduated from the high school in the spring of 1877, and in the fall entered the freshman class of Denison. l-le became a member of the.Beta fl1C'll2l Pi fraternity. After his graduation in 1882 he studied law in the Cincinnati Law School. ln 1889 Mr. Sprague organized the Sprague Correspondence School of Law, which was the hrst correspondence school in the world. Since then .he has organized several others. ln the meantime his publishing busi- ness developed, and he was at one time the managing editor of five publications. The best-known of these is The flH'L67'7iCCl11' Boy. The phenomenal growth of the publication has attracted wide-spreadpattention. Mr Sprague has written a large number of books of At the fiction and several valuable works on law., 1 ' tion of the Commercial Law League of organiza . America in 1890, he was made the first president. HON. HARVEY RAY KEELER. llarvey Ray Keeler is a graduate of Denison, a nieniber of the class of 1880. l-le'was active in all student enterprises while here, being a member of ' bl the Siffnia Chi fraternity. Mr, Keeler is an a e C7 lztwver, :intl has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Cleveland. For a number of years he was prosecuting attorney of Cuyahoga county, and, is at present judge of the Common Pleas Court. He. has been a trustee of this institution for many years, :intl has always been actively interested in its prog- ress, judge Keeler is a man of fine character and great ability, and one of the men whom it is a delight lt' llullur. C. A. MARSH. C. A. Marsh, Chicago, lll., born 1857, and reared in Granville, stimulated by the evidences in Deni- son U11lVCf5ifY 'fllat 3 larger life was open to those who were willing to tread the whiloni thorny and rosy path of learning, he entered the college, receiv- mg his A. B. degree in 1878. He has been promi- nent in business circles many years, being vigrx- president of the Marsh K Bingham Co., lumber dealefi Cl1iC?lgO. Also associated with the Union Marsh is one not th 'L ll L' ML Oi 1 Cmsoui- Ml.. - ost .tlunini who are ever wlllmts to show that interest. l8 5