Eastern Kentucky University - Milestone Yearbook (Richmond, KY)

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LIEUTENANT SOLOMON FERVIS VESTAL, Lit- ' Uteiiant ' estal was horn in Xortli Carolina May 2, 1864. When he was very young his parents retuoved to Indiana. His early education was received in the public schools near his home and at ali)araiso Normal, ' alparaiso, Ind. In 1,884 lie was appointed a cadet from his district in Indiana to the United States Military Academy, West Point. His four years ' course was finished in iSSS, and he was graduated thirteenth out of a class of forty-five. After his graduation he was assigned as second lieutenant to the Fifth United States Cavalry, stationed in Indian Territory-, and afterward he served with his regiment in Kansas and Texas; then he was promoted to first lieutenant of the Seventh Cavalry. Lieutenant ' estal served with this re,L;inient until August, 1896, when he was detailed as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at DePauw Uni ' ersit ' , Greencastle. Ind. In the s]iring of 1S97 lie was transferred to the same position at Central Univer- sity. Though Lieutenant ' estal has been here but a short time, he has already ingratiated himself into the hearts )f the jieople of Richmond as well as of the students of the Uiiiversitv.

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feV CHARLES ROBERTSON PEPPER, M, A. Prof. Charles R. Pepper was born in Bristol, Tenu., a town situated upon the line between Virginia and Tennessee. His father removed there from Montgomery county, Va., where his ancestors had settled before the Revolution. Professor Pepper comes from distinguished families on both his father ' s and moth- er ' s side. Through his mother he is related to Maj. J. Hoge T ler, the present Governor of ' irginia, and descended from the Revo- lutionary Howes of Boston. His b.ome is now at Rural Retreat, W ' the county, Va., where his father, who is a physician, is en- gaged in the drug busine.ss and agriculture. Professor Pepper graduated from King College in iSSS. Afterward he took a three years ' course in the Universit}- of Virginia, where he re- ceived his M. A. degree. He began his career as a teacher in Washington College, Tennessee. In 1892 he was elected to the Chair of Greek in King College, and in the summer of 1896 he was elected by the Board of Curators to this same chair in The Central University of Kentucky. He has been a successful teacher and is very popular. 19

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ASAHEL WILKES SMITH. M. D.. D. D, S, Dr. A. Wilkes Smith was born September 12, 1844, in Champaign county, to Ohio. His father was a native of Xew York City, and removed at an early age to Kentucky, and thence to ' Ohio. Dr. Smith received his early education at a district school in his native county, and also studied under his father, who was a schol- arly gentleman and devoted himself with earnestness to instructing his son. At the early age of nineteen he began the study of medicine and dentistry in Ohio. Began the practice of dentistry in 1S70. In 1872 was graduated from the Pennsjdvania College of Dental Surger} ' ; in 1884 was graduated from the Hospital College of Medicine in Louisville. lyocated at Richmond, Ky., in 1871, where he has since been successfully engaged in the practice of dentistry. In 1878 he was Clinical Professor of Oral Surgery in the Ohio College of Dental Surgery. In 1881, he was elected to the Chair of Phj-siology in Central University. In 1885-86 was Lecturer on Oral and Dental Surgery in the Hospital College of Medicine. Took a leading part in the establishment of the Louisville College of Dentistry, and now is Emeritus Professor of Oral and Dental Surgery in that insti- tution. For the most time Dr. Smith ' s practice has been limited to dentistry, and in that he has been eminentlj ' successful. 21