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Prof. Alvin Edgar Sliroyer ROFESSOR Alvin I dgar Shroyer. B. D., was born oil thf first day of May, 1875. in the beauti- ful and picturesque Lykens Valley, Dauphin County. Pennsylvania. The first ten years of his life were spent in tlie quiet little borough of Pillow. Here he attended the public schools in Winter and during the Summer devoted his energies to the pursuit of the common occupation, noted throughout the Mahontongo, agriculture In the twelfth year his field of life broadened. The family moved to Shamokin The first four years found him in the employment of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and Mining Company. The following four years were spent in a more lucrative position in the employ of Pennsylvania Railroad and Mining Company. When about seventeen, a desire and longing for a better education began to assert itself This ambition, that was not satisfied with the instruction in the common branches received in the public schools, culminated in his attending the night sessions in the Shamokin Business College. Not long after this while attending Lykens Valley Campmeeting he listened to a stirring address on education given by Dr. Benjamin E. Bierman, President of Lebanon Valley College. The latent and dormant desires were now awakened into a living passion for self- cultivation and expression. In the Fall of 1896 he was numbered among the en- trants of Lebanon Valley College and in June, 1900, was graduated, receiving the degree of B. S. In the follow- ing Autumn he entered Union Biblical Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, from which institution he graduated in 1903 with the degree of B D While pursuing his studies at the Seminary he held the position of Instructor of Greek and Mathematics in the Ohio Central Normal School during the years of 1901 and 1902. During the last year of his course he served as pastor on the charge of Harrisburg and Little York, Ohio. Upon graduating in May, 1903, he was appointed to complete the unexpired term of Rev. Smoker, deceased. In the Autumn of 1903, he was stationed at Highspire, Pa. This pastorate he held until the Fall of 1909 when he succeeded Dr. J. T. Spangler to the Chair of Greek and Bible in Lebanon Valley College. The duties in- cumbent upon this professorship he has since ably performed. His cheerful ways and genial disposition have won our hearts. His interest in the scholar and his work has awakened our esteem. His kind and encouraging word to the struggling student has called forth our respect. His sympathetic nature has struck a responsive chord in our being. His integrity has gained for him the trust of our student body. His devotion and loyal support to athletics have brought him our admiration. And his no- ble virtues and Christian character have endeared him to each and every one.
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