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

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To h e Rev. JOHN B R E W STER H U B B S , A.B., B.D., D.D., D.C.L., i B K Chaplain of the College and Instructor in History Is This Book Affectionately Dedicated By The Class of Nineteen Seventeen

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Dedication AS AN evidence of the high esteem and respect which we, the members of the Class of 1917, hold him, we respectfully dedicate this, the fifty-fifth volume of the Echo of the Seneca, to a loyal friend of Hobart and her students, John Brew- ster Hours, A.B., B.D., D.D., D.C.B., Chaplain of the College and Instructor in History. Doctor Hubbs was graduated from Union in 1877, a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, and went directly to the General Theological Seminary, from which he got his B.D., in '80. Franklin presented him with the doctor’s degree in ’( 7, and the Chicago Law School with a D.C.L. in the same year. Doctor Hubbs became rector of St. James' Church, Oneonta, N. Y., immediately after leaving the seminary, and remained there one year. From 1881 -82, he was rector of St. Augustine's, Ilion, N. Y. In 1882 he became assistant rector of St. Paul's Church, Albany. In 1884 he was called to St. John’s parish, Johnstown, N. Y., where he remained for six years. He then accepted a call to Grace Church, Grand Rapids, Mich., where he remained until 1897, when he became rector of St. Peter's, Geneva. In [913 he accepted the position of chaplain of Hobart College and instructor in History. He has also been Lecturer on Ethics and Evidences, DeLanccy Divinity School, Geneva, since 1902. He was a dele- gate to the General Convention at St. Paul in 1895 and Cincinnati in 1912. During the years of his ministry in St. Peter’s, he thoroughly endeared himself to the hearts of his parishioners. When he re- signed to take tip his position at Hobart, they presented him with a handsome watch and a beautifully illuminated testimonial of their affection for him. Dr. Hubbs was made a member of Phi Beta Kappa by this college.