Hobart College - Echo of the Seneca Yearbook (Geneva, NY)

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The President of Hobart College spent the first twenty years of his life in the state of New York, living chiefly in New York city and at Middle Granville, Washington County, where his father's manufacturing plant was located. His history is that of many Americans, a youth divided between city and country. He entered Williams College in the autumn of 1875 and in due course graduated with honors in 1879. He was a member of the Chi Psi and Phi Beta Kappa societies, also President of the Adelphic Union. In his senior year he was awarded the Graves Literary and Oratorical Prize, a coveted Williams honor. He was not noted as an athlete. After graduation he studied divinity at the Episcopal Seminary in Alexandria, Va. At the close of the first year finding his health impaired by long study he became a Topographer in the U. S. Geological Survey in the Division of the Grand Canon of the Colorado. Mr. Jones did not re- turn to the Seminary but completed his divinity preparation privately. During this time he had many inducements permanently to adopt a scientific career, the most notable being an offer of the position of astrono- mer in the ill-fated Greely Polar Expedition. In 1882 he was ordained Deacon by Bishop Paddock, of Massachusetts, and was assigned to St. John's Chapel, Williamstown.where his taste for work among students was developed. Two years later he was called to the Rectorship of St. Luke's Church, Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he remained six years, building up a strong and prosperous parish. In November, 1897, he became Rector of Trinity Church, Columbus, Ohio, and remained there four years. Hard work and an unfavorable climate made it necessary that he should seek change and recuperation in Europe, where he remained a year. Returning to this country he became First Assistant to the Rev. Dr. W. R. Huntington, at Grace Church, New York, and afterward on the death of the Rev. Dr. Charles Hoffman he took a similar position with the Rev. S. DeLancey Townsend, Rector of all Angels Church in succession to Dr. Hoffman, where he remained until his election to thePresidency of this col- lege in June. 1897. Pres. Jones is a progressive man. Under his guid- ance Hobart may well look for a wonderful future. 4

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oui' new President, fl is lx oli is respectfully dedicated.

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