Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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A ' X f-,, 1 ,,,, The Ad tum, l9I 3 Contents Dedication -- History of Denison Classes Athletic Literary Dramatic Religious D Miscellaneous Organizations The Greeks Honorary Fraternities Faculty Calendar ' Jokes Advertisements 5

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c X . f . s Q1 ,...... if G. lVl. Peters MONO Denison's older alumni there are few men who have kept as active an interest and borne so large a share of its problems as Mr. C-. lVl. Peters. A member of the Class of '67, he has kept up active work along educational lines and for Denison is particular. And now, retired from ac- tive business, he stands at the head of Denison's trustees and devotes 'much of his time to his duties there. lVlr. Ci. Nl. Peters was born August 31 st IS43 near Circle- ville, Ohio. l-le may be said to have begun his educational career in the year l860. l-le was then living in Fairfield county, Ohio, not far from Pleasantville, and in the Fall of that year entered Fairfield Academy. By the Spring of the next year the country was all aliame with the excitement of the civil war, and Fairfield Academy, like many other schools and colleges, was almost en- tirely broken up by its students enlisting in the army. Mr. Peters managed to remain in school until the end of the Spring term, but before the Fall tenn opened he had enlisted in the l7th O. V. l., responding to President Lincolnfs first call for three year men. l-le was engaged at the front and after eight months service he was honorably discharged on account of dis- ability. His health was much impaired by his army experience, and it was nearly two years before he was able to resume his studies. l-le entered Denison University in the Spring of eighteen sixtyethree and was graduated in the class of '67. After a year. during which he was preaching most of the time, he entered Rochester theological Seminary from which he was graduated in the class of '7I. and was called at once to the pastorate of the first Baptist Church of Penn Yan New York which he served for nearlv, four years. l-le was then called to the Cedar Street Baptist church of Buffalo, N. Y., where he remained for seven years. ln the fall of l88l, Mr. Peters was again much broken in health-filial duties also were pressing upon him-so that he felt impelled to resign his office as pastor and entered business-first at Xenia, Ohio, and later at Cincinnati, Ohio, which has been his residence for the last twenty-five years or more. It was not Mr. Peter,s intention when he entered bus- iness to abandon permanently the ministry, but circumstances over which he had no control seemed to compel his remaining in active business. l-le has served the King Powder Co. as presi- dent for twenty-five years and founded and organized the Peters Cartridge Co., inventing much of its machinery, and helping to plan and develop many of its policies. l-le appreciates the honor bestowed upon him, of being elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and in having con- ferred upon him by his Alma Mater the degree of l...l.,.D. For years he was a trustee of Vassar College and President of the Board of Trustees of Rochester Theological Seminary. l-le has served as a trustee of Denison University, for over twenty- five years, being now president of its board, and for the same period was a trustee of the Ohio Baptist Education Society and also of the State Convention whose president he was for four years. Since his retirement from active business some two years ago, he has engaged somewhat in literary pursuits,-a life of Christ entitled, The Master having been recently published by him. Mr. Peters represents a high type of successful American manhood, of staunch principles and persistant and dutiful ac- tivity. It is only with a feeling of appreciation for his services to Denison that we dedicate this Adytum to him.

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