Irving College - Irvingiana Yearbook (Mechanicsburg, PA)

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Beit. Tthnmpsnn ijrriigmzxn 652 EV. THOMPSCN PRETTYMAN EGE, having received the beneit of the Common and Select schools of his boyhood, was prepared specially for College in Bloomield Academy, then under the principal- ship of Prof. Patterson, from which he was passed to and matriculated in the Freshman Class of Dick- inson College, at the opening session, in the Fall of 1851. He was graduated with the degree of A. B., 1855, succeeding to that of A. M., 1858, was tutor in private families for three years, Assistant Principal in Cottage Hill College, York, 1858-59, Principal of Cumberland Valley Institute, Meclianicsburg, 1860-65, Pres- ident of Irving Female College, 1863-83, Professor of Greek in Germantown, Pa., Academy, 1883-84, Associate Rector of St. Peter's Church, Germantown, Rector of Church Prince of Peace, Gettysburg, 1888-98, Bishop's Supply Staff until 1891, Rector of St. Paul's Memorial Church, Oaks, Pa., 1898 until the present time. He is a member of the Belles Lettres Society of his Alma Mater.

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gllfarg gllzrnhznzlr gfimszslm: ARY LAUBACH KESSLER, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Laubach, a clergyman of the Lutheran church, and his wife, Ellen W'underlich, was born August 25, 1843, at the home of her maternal grandfather, in Southampton township, Franklin county, Pa. Mrs. Kessler is the widow of Rev. Christian Kessler, of the Reformed church. She has one daughter, Eleanor, graduated from lrving College in 1892. Mrs. Kesslerls education was begun very early by her mother. Later, when old enough, she attended the well-known private school of the Misses Pinner, and other schools of her home, Chan1bersburg, Pa. After four years of study in Hagerstown Seminary, Md., she was graduated in 1861. Her life has been devoted to study and teaching. Mrs. Kessler taught tive consecutive years in Hagerstown Seminary, Md., 1877-1882, three in Luther- ville Seminary, Md., 1883-86, and seven in Irving College, 1888-95. She is now Assistant Principal of the Soldiers' Orphan Industrial School, Scotland, Pa., where she has been teaching eleven years, 1895-06. Other fields of work have been: Mercersburg College, 1867-69, Uniontown, Pa., Lehighton, Pa., Chambersburg High School, Shippensburg Normal School and Oxford Academy, Oxford, N. Y.