Hamilton College - Hamiltonian Yearbook (Clinton, NY)

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Thrown out upon the world he went to Chicago where for six months he was employed in a bank leaving this posi- tion to enter the lumber business as shipping-clerk and book-keeper. After two years he formed the partnership of Pond 86 Soper, a firm which prospered abundantly and when, in 1884, the Soper Lumber Company was incorpora- ted, its annual sales were over one million dollars. Of this company Mr. Soper was first Secretary, then Vice-Presi- dent, and finally President since 1893. The company owns saw-mills in Michigaii and Wiscoiisin, propellers and barges on the lakes and docks in Chicago and has won an enviable reputation for fair dealing throughout the country. ln Chicago he is a member of the First Presbyterian Church and of the Union League Club. He was also President of the Chicago Lumber'Exchange for one term. So much for what Alexander C. Soper stands for in the great world beyond the walls of our College, but what he is to his Alma Mater can be reckoned in no prosaic row of figures. His constant solicitude and anxiety for our Welfare is not reducable to dollars and cents, although of these he has been prodigal in his gifts to us. Through the donations I I f l Q ' QF 1 .1 M f fl X I ,i ,.f,v f-,nf 1 sf ' fy 1, G- gf 4. u f,.., r ai. . I I -.f i 1 im'-,.,V, ,X I -ww' 1 Vl. J. Lpfflmi N! X! fu- .nifw . ' Jul ':' I f Inf' l 'Uv 1 xy ' r 'M' ' A, t 'A ,551 rf. f. If ' ' 'ff , K . wi, ,fin 1,851 f'f . . 27ff.'1'i.' f ' . , . ,.. .Vi -r.! V4 Q! V ,'...,..44:-ifla 5 ., , r . J., f. 1 , ' H ,, -.x 1 rar 1494, . .pi-3,..,.1 7jaj',f,l1'I ll jf'.'.' . s 4, .Vu My ,V ,. v ,M 1 . l5!,iQ'nliY',.yffmisyff ., jgigayf . f.52fpq. -Sf' 1, 'ii was . .- A ' anal . N lc'-7I7jF,'ijWf,j .x i ,M 14 -gy my ff ,W1'1f,,.ral1-.',,- 2:0541 E, J'if,,':,'i ll 'uf , cf: fifaiq l,M',5 ffyif ELL. Q' fx sf! . 523:13 75 :I fi' X7 I 1-.42 iii? 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CHAUNCEY SHAFFER TRUAX