Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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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

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E. D. B URTON. E. D. Burton was born in Granville, 1856. He graduated from Denison in 1876. From 1876 to 1879 lVl'r. Burton devoted his time to secular teaching. lin 18873 he graduated from the Rochester Theological Seminary. Since that time he has been very active in religious instruction. He was associated with the seminary mentioned the year following his gradua- tion, then with the Newton Theological Institute from 1883 to 1892. Many Scriptural guides dating from 1888, are of Mr. Burton's authorship, several of which are used and highly appreciated in the Bible study courses at Denison. Mr. Burton has also been a strong arm to several theological papers. Since 1892 he has been Professor of New Testament Litera- ture and Exegesis 'in the University of Chicago. D. E. VVILLIAMS. D. E. WVilliams, now of Columbus, Ohio, was born in 1850 among the VVelsh hills. From Denison he received the degree of A. B. in 187-1. Later, from 1886 to 1897, he became identified with the city gov- ernment of Columbus, serving from 1886 to 1897 as clerk to the Trustees of the Sinking'Fundg from 1890 to 1893 as city auditor, in 1895 stepping forth as an independent candidate for mayor. Not for- getting the place of his birth and education, upheld by the high motives inspired by these, he has lived a noble and useful life. PROP. I. STANLEY BROWN. 'Professor Brown was born September 13, 1863, near Cumberland, Ohio, He graduated from Gran- ville Academy, and in 1889 graduated from Denison. During his college life he was an active member of the local chapter of Beta ThetafPi. After his graduation from college he taught in the public schools of Blandville, Ky. Mr. Brown then took charge of Arlington College. Here he raised the attendance from one hundred to three hundred. Next we find him president of the State Normal School at The Dalles, on the Columbia River, Ore- gon. Th-e fall of 1893 found him principal of the Joliet, Ill., City High School. At the.organ1zat1011 of the Joliet Township High School in 1899, Mr. Brown was elected superintendent, and has held that position ever since. Mr. Brown haS a1WHyS mam' tained an active interest in Denison and her progress. 19