Illinois Wesleyan University - Wesleyana Yearbook (Bloomington, IL)

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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

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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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s Ellyn mealegana, IHIIH Qlnllvgr nf itll-Instr fllllra. Elnhn Zi. tbrag - There are few musicians and teachers who have a more enviable reputation than Mrs. John R. Gray. 1 For the past twenty-one years she has been connected with the Wesleyaii College of Mu- sic, and for tifteen years as Director Cfollow- ing her husband, the late John R. Grayj. Her musical education is the result of tive years' study in Leipzig, Germany, under the instruc- - tion of Eibenschutz, VVeidenbach, Richter and Jadassohn, in the Royal Conservatorium, from which school she holds a graduate's diploma. Not content with past study, Mrs. Gray has devoted all her time not spent in teaching to further pursuit of musical knowledge in every direction and has studied with E. D. Hale, Chas. Capen and Miss Henay, all oi Boston, and with Frederic Grant Gleason and l-lerriot Levy, of Chicago. She has drawn in- spiration from every source possible, adding whatever of good she tinds in modern methods and music to past experience and knowledge. Her own enthusiasm being so great, she iniuses into her pupils so strong a love for, and lively interest in music, that year by year the work accomplished by them is surprising, and it is her best recommendation. Mrs. Gray unites a brilliant technique with a sympathetic interpretation and the brilliant concert success of so many of her pupils and their reputation as teachers, are a tribute to her ability. fflllr. Glenn Itltllarh 6111111 The Board of Trustees of the University and the management of the College of Music are pleased to announce that they have made arrangements with Mr. Glenn Dillard Gunn, considered one of the greatest piano teachers and soloists in Chicago, to give the college a portion of his time. This is a great oppor- tunity, especially for advanced students to re- ceive superior instruction. Mr. Gunn l1as in the past six years risen to the position of one of the first native Amer- ican musicians. He has been widely heard in concert and recital, while his standing as a critic and writer upon musical subjects is suliiciently attested by the fact that he is mu- ical editor of the Chicago Inter' Ocean, and a regular contributor to a number of musical periodicals. Although he has been a resident' of Illinois but six years his reputation as a pianist and teacher has become so firmly estab- lished in that short time that he was last year elected president of the music teachers' asso- ciation of that state, a position which he still holds. ln connection with the University of Chicago Extension Mr. Gunn's services have been in especial demand in the lecture-recital field. Here he has clone some very original work. Selecting for his themes a variety of live and practical subjects, he has been especially successful in making plain to the layman something of the musicians attitude toward his art. '72