Friends University - Talisman Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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Dedication TO Professor H. Ernest Crow, who has been willing to give his talents to a small college with idealsg and who has given to the students, who have been privileged to be associated with him, his best in knowledge, advice, and example of Christian livingg We the class of 1925 dedicate this Talisman. Page Four

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Foreword AS the Talisman is the year book ofa Quaker college, it was deemed appropriate to use the idea of Quakers wherever possible. In keeping with the desire of the Talisman Stag, Mr. Herbert Demmin of the Mid-Continent Engraving Company designed all the panels which have been used in this book. The small house on the faculty panels is what is left of the residence which was built in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for William Penn by his commissioners before his arrival in America. Parts of it are still standing on the west side of Letitia Street on South Market and it is known as Letitia Cottage. On the panels of the class of 1923 is a picture of Preston Patrick chapel, headquarters of several groups of enthusiastic men and women who were earnestly seeking after the Truth, It was here that Francis Howgill, in obedience to the will of God, refrained from preaching when he desired to do so, thus permitting George Fox to speak words of encouragement and help to the people there. Wlilliam Penn, another early Friend,is buried at Jordan's in Bucking- hamshire, England. In 1688 a small Friends Meeting House was built here which is still standing. It was near this meeting house that the conference of young Friends was held in the summer of 1920 im- mediately following the YVorld Conference of Friends in London, England. A small picture of this old building is to be found on the senior panels for 1924. - In the early years of Quakerism, its adherents were often severely persecuted. Francis Howgill was imprisoned at Appleby for refusal to take the oath of allegiance and supremacy to the English king. His imprisonment lasted three years and eleven months, being terminated by his sudden death. He was buried at Sunny Bank Grayrigg near which he had formerly lived. It is a picture of this building which appears on the panels for the class of 1925. The cover design which was secured from the Malloy Company was originally designed for Penn College, lowa,and is supposedly a picture of William Penn. Page Three

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PROFESSOR H. ERNEST CROW Page Five