Illinois Wesleyan University - Wesleyana Yearbook (Bloomington, IL)

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Uhr llhalviyana, IHHH C1'LI1m'1m1 E. Qlaxpm, AE., JIRA. Charles L. Capen was born in U11ion Springs, N. Y., January 31, 1845. I-le came to Bloomington in 1856, where l1e 'has since resided. He attended the lfVesleyan Univer- sity two years, and later graduated from the High School Department at State Normal. Mr. Capcn next attended Harvard, where he was graduated in 1869 with the degree of l3.A. He received his M.A. degree from the same institution in 1871 after a graduate course. Mr. Capen was admitted to the har in .1871 and since that time has practiced law in Bloomington. He became a member of the law school faculty in 1899. The Charles Laban Capen Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta legal fra- ternity was installed in March, 1908, of which organization Mr. Capen is an honorary mem- ber. 3Inl1n 31. fllllnxtiszvg, EERE. 20 John I. Morrisrsey was horn in Blooming- ton, Illinois, October 15, 1858. He attended the public schools of this city, and was gradu- ated from the High School in 1874. He later attended the VVesleyan Law School, where he received, his degree in 1880. Upon admission to the bar he took up the practice of law in Bloomington, which he still continues, and is one of the most prominent attorneys in the community. Mr. Morrissey is an honorary member of Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity. I

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Ellis llllenlvgana IHHH Bnllanh A. iltunaell, i.l5.A., Judge Rolland A. Russell was born in X'Vindsor, Illinois, in 1860. Nr. Russell began his literary education in the country school south of Windsor. In the spring of 1880 he entered the Preparatory School of the iNes- leyan, and was graduated froinathe College in 1887, having paid his own way through school by teaching and working on the farm. The following two years he had charge of the High School at Greenlield, Illinois. In 1889 he entered the VVesleyan Law School, from which he was graduated in 1891. After leav- ing school he began the practice of law in Bloomington, and in T893 became an instruct- or in the X1Vesleyan Law School. Mr. Russell was elected judge of McLean county in june, 1897, and at present holds the same ollice. Judge Russell is a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Zlarnh QH. Elinhlegl Jacob P. Lindley was born 'near Monro- via, Indiana, May 23, I842. Mr. Lindley re- ceived his preliminary eclueational training at Poplar Ridge Academy in lndiana, and at New Providence Academy in Iowa. He then attended the University of Illinois for one year, after which he taught school for three winters. .l-le was later graduated from the University of Indiana with the degree of B.A. Mr. Lindley received the degree of LLB. from the Wesleyan University in 1883. He immediately became one of the law profes- sors at Wfesleyan, which position he now iills. He was city attorney from 1892110 1897. Mr. Lindley is a member of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. KA., EQIBZ. 19

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Ellie lmezlegami, IEIHS 153. Blake Eearli, EJ-X., W. Blake Leach was born in McLean, Illi- nois, Iuly IO, 1877. He attended the High School at McLean, where he was graduated in 1892, and spent the next three years in the High School Department of Normal Univer- sity, at Normal, Illinois. I-le received the de- gree of BA. from the University of Illinois in 1899, and that of LLB. from the WVcsleyan in 1902. I-le was admitted to the har the same year and has since practiced his profession in Bloomington. Mr. Leach has been an in- structor in the Law School for the past three years. l-le is also secretary of the Law De- partment. Mr. Leach is an honorary member of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. Thai. EHR. Stone, I-lal M. Stone was born july 31, 1877, at Mason City, Ill. I-lc received his preliminary education in the schools at Mason City, where he was graduated from the High School in 1894. I-Ie then spent six years teaching school, after which he entered thc University of Illi- nois Law School, where he received the cle- grcc of LLB. in 1903. 1-Ie was appointed an instructor in the Law School at WVeslcyan in 1906. 1:-le is also judge of the VVesleyan Moot Court. Mr. Stone is a member of Phi Kappa Sigma and Phi Delta Phi fraternities, and also of Theta Kappa Nu. an honorary law fra- ternity at University of lllinois. 21