Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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Chanticleer Staff

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CHHNTICLEEP ' m Bishop John CarHsle Kilgo rOHN CARLISLE KILGO was horn in Lainvns, S. C, at Iho bc}, ' inninK of the Civil War. He was educated in prixaU ' sclmols and at W ' offord College, from which he holds the degree of Master of Arts. After leaving college, he tatight school for one year, and joining the South Carolina Conference in 1882 remained in the pastorate for six -cars. In 1889 he was made financial agcnl of Wofford College. In this position he did some of the hardest and most useful work of his life. In addition to his duties as agent he became Professor of Philosophy in 1 8go and continued to serve in this double capacity till 1894. In that year he was elected to the presidency of Trinity College where, as all the world k nows, his career was conspicuously successful. Dr. Kilgo has been a delegate to five General Conferences of the M. E. Church, South, and was a delegate to the Ecumenical Conference which met in London in 1 90 1. He was fraternal messenger to the General Conference of the M. E. Church held in Los Angeles, California, in 1904. His address on that occasion gave him a national reputation as an orator of consummate ability. He was elected Bishop at Asheville in 19 10. The degree of D.D. was conferred upon Bishop Kilgo in 1904 by Wofford and Randolph-Macon Colleges, and in recognition of his distinguished services in the cause of education, Tulane gave him the degree of LL.D. in 1910. Bishop Kilgo is a trustee of Trinity College, and as a member of the Executive Committee is actively engaged in the affairs of the College. He is also lecturer in the department of Biblical Literature and constantly concerns himself with the religious welfare of the community.

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P CHflNTICLEEP Board of Editors Editor-in-( ' liief CLAUDE BENNETT Assistant Editors W. G. SHEPPARD N. I. WHITE JAAIl-S CANNU.N, JR. Business Manager A. S. BROWER Assistant Business Managers H. A. MrKINNON H. L. WILSON Literary Department K.I. WHITE MARV LOO.MIS SMITH Art Department S. S. ALDERMAN J. V. REED I department of Organizations WADE E. ELLER F. S. BENNETT PAUL BEST Athletic Depart)iient C. B. BRINN j. A. RAX I) Lazi ' Department H. G. HEDRICK H. C. DOSS Woman ' s Department MAUDE UPCHURCH EMMA B. MrCULLEN MARY GORHAM