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ANDREW EISE NMAYER GYMNASIUM OF McKENDREE COLLEGE. 26
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J- M. CHAMBERLAIN, A. M. Member of Executive Committee. Chairman of Commissioners of Endowmen ' Fund. 25
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HON. ANDREW EISENMAYER. Illinois had many f raiul im-n thirty ti) titty years ago who coiitrihutcd to make- that State .s, ' Tc-al. Imt tlnre were tew who did more iti his (|uiet. modest way than Andrew Eiseninayer. of Trenton, 111. While not lar elv known in these later years, he was widely known in the sjeneratior, previous to this, ( )f strong- character, intle.xilile honest . kindly, philanthroijic nature no one knew him hiil to like him, Mr, I ' jsenniaver was horn in llas.shnla, I ' .avaria, for many years ,i part of l- ' rar.ce. l- ' ehruary 22. iS 4. and died in Trenton. 111.. AuKUSt ;. hjoo. lie came to this country when he was lO years old. reaching New Orleans in jnne. 1840; he came at of.cc to St, Louis and from there went to St, (lair county, where some years later he was engaged in milling, in which business hy ])rudent management, he amassed a fortmie. His unostentious philanthropic gifts attest his generous kindly nature. To the t ' entral Wcslyan College at Warrenton. Mo,, he gave a hall for students. To McKendree College, at Lebanon. 111., he gave a handsome gvinnasiimi and he did not forget his Bavarian home, which has a buihling contributed by him for or- I)hans. The gynmasium which was donated to McKendree College by .Mr. Ijser.mayer is completed and now stands as a model of tlic most modern architecture and as an everlasting monument to the memory of a great and noble man. To the son and daughter of Mr, . ndre v Eisenmayer. namely. Mr. Conrad Lisenniayer and Mrs. Liz- zie Webrmaim. we the students of McKendree College, tender a cordial vote of thanks for their most kind and generous gift of the s|)lendid e(|ui|iment for the gymnasium, for we rerdize that in tbi-- gift they have not oidy carried out the wishes of a loving fatlter. but have given to the students of this institution a gymnasium coTuplete in every detail, which lias been for many years the one thing necessary to place our institution in the lead of all other scIdoIs. 27
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